Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 15, 2024

Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22

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How far 15,767 bills had gotten

At month 22 · Nov 15, 2024

In committee 14,454 92%
Sent to committee, never taken up13,529 86%Discussed in committee, not voted out925 6%Approved by committee558 4%Passed the House or Senate621 4%Passed the House and Senate16 <1%Vetoed12 <1%Became law106 <1%13 ceremonial

13 of 106 were ceremonial (post-office namings, coins, designations).

92% of the 118th Congress’s bills had not left committee at month 22. 1 in 149 had become law.

Excludes resolutions; includes ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 15, 2024 How we count stages How we classify bills

Shortcuts and dead ends

How endings are recorded

Endings

23Failed floor votevoted down in the House or Senate
12Vetoedby the President
12Veto upheldof the 12 vetoed
0Committee recommended against ita committee reported it unfavorably

Routes around committee

206Skipped committeeof the 755 that passed at least one chamber, with no committee report
44forced out of committee, by petition or Senate rule12 by petition or motion, 32 by Senate Rule XIV

Veto upheld is part of vetoed. A count of 0 has no list to open. Skipped committee usually means suspension of the rules or unanimous consent; discharge is by House petition or Senate Rule XIV.

How far bills get, by lobbying

Each group by stage reached · colors as in the bar above

No lobbying on file8,873 bills · 6% past committee
1 to 4 organizations lobbied5,796 bills · 8% past committee
5 or more organizations lobbied991 bills · 20% past committee

Bills that 5 or more organizations lobbied on got past committee about three times as often as bills with no lobbying on file.

Counts organizations that reported lobbying on a bill, once each, from filings made before the bill left committee. Only organizations with a PAC on file are counted (about 2,200), so universities, hospitals, local governments and most nonprofits are left out and “no lobbying on file” can include bills others lobbied on. Set aside: 107 must-pass bills (spending, defense, stopgap, budget) and the handful of bills lobbied by more organizations than almost any other (12 became law).

Lobbying disclosure filings public by that date · 118th at month 22 Method

How long they take

median days10th–90th

Introduced → approved by committee126 days
14,454 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber13 days
558 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both82 days
621 not yet passed the other chamber
Passed both → became law9 days
16 awaiting the President
06 mo1 yrCongress ends

Half of the bills a committee approved got there within 126 days.

Medians use only bills that made the step.

Action dates · 118th at month 22 Method

How long they are

Words (each step is 10 times longer) · bills per bar

median 533
2001k10k100k1M
ShortestH.R. 899To terminate the Department of Education.17 words
LongestH.R. 2670National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024391,735 words

The median bill is 533 words; 7 are over 200,000.

Latest text version on file, which can be newer than this point in the Congress. 14 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.

GovInfo bill text, latest version · 118th at month 22 Method

Every bill

8,873 bills · latest action first

Lobbying: No lobbying on fileClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 9935Lowering Energy Costs for Manufactured Homeowners ActDMarie Gluesenkamp Perez WAOct 4, 2024SubstantiveIn committee395 words00
H.R. 9937Stop Predatory Investing ActDEmilia Strong Sykes OHOct 4, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words20
H.R. 9938Promising Pathway Act 2.0RBruce Westerman AROct 4, 2024SubstantiveIn committee4k words10
H.R. 9939Organ Donation Referral Improvement ActRRobert J. Wittman VAOct 4, 2024SubstantiveIn committee352 words40
H.R. 9538Local Procurement ActDRosa L. DeLauro CTSep 11, 2024SubstantiveIn committee468 words10
H.R. 9560HPRP Progress Act of 2024DJasmine Crockett TXSep 12, 2024SubstantiveIn committee300 words10
H.R. 9602Forest Legacy Management Flexibility ActDJohn Garamendi CASep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee635 words100
H.R. 9899Abandoned Vessel Prevention ActDJosh Harder CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee382 words00
H.R. 9911Safeguarding the Supply Chain ActRMichelle Steel CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words00
S. 1549Congressional Budget Office Data Access ActDGary C. Peters MIMay 10, 2023SubstantiveBecame law101 words20
H.R. 9106Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024RMichael Lawler NYJul 23, 2024SubstantiveBecame law206 words120
H.R. 9890Reporting Medical Debt Payments as Positive Consumer Credit Information Act of 2024RDon Bacon NEOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee382 words10
H.R. 9891To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 765 West Old Route 66 in Ash Fork, Arizona, as the "Fayrene Hume Post Office Building".RElijah Crane AZOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee79 words40
H.R. 9892Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2024DSuzan K. DelBene WAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee6k words10
H.R. 9894Cool Roof Rebate Act of 2024DValerie P. Foushee NCOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee935 words150
H.R. 9895BARRIER Act of 2024RMatt Gaetz FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee173 words90
H.R. 9896ICE Security Reform Act of 2024DRobert Garcia CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.8k words00
H.R. 9897To amend section 3559 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a misdemeanor for which no punishment or no maximum punishment is prescribed by statute shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.RH. Morgan Griffith VAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee56 words00
H.R. 9900BioTech Innovation and National Security Continuation ActDRo Khanna CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee132 words00
H.R. 9901Child Care for America Act of 2024DRo Khanna CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee19k words00
H.R. 9903Next Generation Military Education ActDRick Larsen WAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee809 words00
H.R. 9904Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China ActRCory Mills FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee150 words70
H.R. 9905To make supplemental appropriations for disaster relief in response to Hurricane Helene, and for other purposes.DJared Moskowitz FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee102 words20
H.R. 9906School Safety Notification System ActDJared Moskowitz FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee342 words30
H.R. 9907Long COVID Research Moonshot ActDIlhan Omar MNOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee4.3k words230

Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file