Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 15, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,767 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 15, 2024
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.
Shortcuts and dead ends
How endings are recordedEndings
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
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
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
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
991 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 6684In committeeImproving Efficiency to Increase Competition Act
- S. 3431In committeeCustoms Modernization Act of 2023
- S. 3439In committeeConcrete and Asphalt Innovation Act of 2023
- H.R. 133Discussed in committeeMERIT Act
- H.R. 1352Discussed in committeeIncreasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023
- H.R. 2880Discussed in committeeProtecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act
- H.R. 4881Discussed in committeeTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit cost sharing for drugs under the Medicare program.
- H.R. 5371Discussed in committeeChoices for Increased Mobility Act of 2023
- H.R. 5372Discussed in committeeExpanding Seniors' Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act of 2023
- H.R. 5385Discussed in committeeMedicare PBM Accountability Act
- H.R. 5386Discussed in committeeCutting Copays Act
- H.R. 5388Discussed in committeeSupporting Innovation for Seniors Act
- H.R. 5393Discussed in committeeTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fair assessment of pharmacy performance and quality under Medicare part D, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6364Discussed in committeeMedicare Telehealth Privacy Act of 2023
- H.R. 6494Discussed in committeePIPES Act of 2023
- H.R. 6545Discussed in committeePhysician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act
- S. 2860Approved by committeeSAFER Banking Act
- S. 3422In committeeClean Competition Act
- S. 3410In committeeProtecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
- H.R. 2798Approved by committeeCFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act
- H.R. 5961Passed HouseNo Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act
- H.R. 1807Approved by committeeImproving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2023
- H.R. 6487In committeeNo Fees for EFTs Act
- S. 3369In committeeGOSAFE Act
- S. 954Discussed in committeeAffordable Insulin Now Act of 2023
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file