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

991 bills · latest action first

Lobbying: 5 or more organizations lobbiedClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
S. 3170REPAIR Act of 2023RBill Cassidy LAOct 31, 2023SubstantiveIn committee3.6k words55
S. 2281Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation ActRCynthia M. Lummis WYJul 12, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee42k words06
H.R. 3309Standard FEES ActRGary J. Palmer ALMay 15, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee553 words25
H.R. 3343Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking ActRAugust Pfluger TXMay 15, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee418 words17
H.R. 4528Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023DDiana DeGette COJul 11, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.4k words08
H.R. 5995Federal Retirement Fairness ActDDerek Kilmer WAOct 19, 2023SubstantiveIn committee184 words1318
H.R. 6007Retirement Investment in Small Employers ActRClaudia Tenney NYOct 19, 2023SubstantiveIn committee166 words37
H.R. 6065Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2023RLloyd Smucker PAOct 25, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words106
H.R. 995Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation ActREarl L. "Buddy" Carter GAFeb 14, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.6k words55
S. 3127Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023DJeff Merkley OROct 25, 2023SubstantiveIn committee29k words611
S. 3131ORPHAN Cures ActRJohn Barrasso WYOct 25, 2023SubstantiveIn committee177 words315
S. 3102Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2023DJohn W. Hickenlooper COOct 19, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words48
H.R. 5760Climate Resilience Workforce ActDPramila Jayapal WASep 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee20k words435
S. 2415Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023RShelley Moore Capito WVJul 20, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee295 words216
S. 3018A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes.RTim Scott SCOct 4, 2023SubstantiveIn committee374 words78
H.R. 5871Rail Worker and Community Safety ActDMelanie A. Stansbury NMOct 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee11k words5110
S. 2934SHOP SAFE Act of 2023DChristopher A. Coons DESep 26, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.9k words212
H.R. 3557American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023REarl L. "Buddy" Carter GAMay 22, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee14k words1116
H.R. 4822Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023RJason Smith MOJul 24, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee24k words033
H.R. 5746Addressing Whole Health in Medicare Advantage ActRGus M. Bilirakis FLSep 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee210 words25
H.R. 5796Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care ActRMichelle Fischbach MNSep 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words367
H.R. 5784Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2023DJamaal Bowman NYSep 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee9.5k words825
H.R. 5793Water Access ActDDebbie Dingell MISep 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee57 words86
H.R. 5803Grid Resiliency Tax Credit ActDSteven Horsford NVSep 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words116
S. 2992Ag Disputes ActRBill Cassidy LASep 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words65

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