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. 2033American Innovation and Choice Online ActDAmy Klobuchar MNJun 15, 2023SubstantiveIn committee3.7k words58
S. 2036Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act of 2023RJohn Barrasso WYJun 15, 2023SubstantiveIn committee131 words47
H.R. 2868Association Health Plans ActRTim Walberg MIApr 25, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.5k words77
S. 1967PBM ActDRobert Menendez NJJun 14, 2023SubstantiveIn committee783 words620
S. 1969De Minimis Reciprocity Act of 2023RBill Cassidy LAJun 14, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words18
H.R. 1843Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023RMichelle Steel CAMar 28, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee107 words3213
H.R. 4021Fair and Open Skies ActDMark DeSaulnier CAJun 12, 2023SubstantiveIn committee137 words726
H.R. 4059To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior.RKat Cammack FLJun 13, 2023SubstantiveIn committee120 words255
H.R. 4070Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023RDoug LaMalfa CAJun 13, 2023SubstantiveIn committee360 words335
S. 1957Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023RRoger Marshall KSJun 13, 2023SubstantiveIn committee135 words156
H.R. 4008Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings ActRJim Banks INJun 12, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words35
H.R. 4035Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023RPatrick T. McHenry NCJun 12, 2023SubstantiveIn committee180 words4415
H.R. 3810Drug Origin Transparency Act of 2023DAnna G. Eshoo CAJun 5, 2023SubstantiveIn committee613 words47
H.R. 3875Expanded Telehealth Access ActDMikie Sherrill NJJun 6, 2023SubstantiveIn committee296 words666
H.R. 3940Neighborhood Homes Investment ActRMike Kelly PAJun 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee4.7k words1116
H.R. 3942Lifetime Income For Employees ActDDonald Norcross NJJun 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee589 words17
S. 1906Promising Pathway ActRMike Braun INJun 8, 2023SubstantiveIn committee2.5k words175
H.R. 3882Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 ActDTerri A. Sewell ALJun 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee9.4k words7813
S. 1842Innovative FEED ActRRoger Marshall KSJun 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee879 words79
S. 1856Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 ActDSherrod Brown OHJun 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee9.4k words1712
S. 1869SITE ActRMike Braun INJun 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee2.8k words214
H.R. 3858No Free TRIPS ActRDarrell Issa CAJun 6, 2023SubstantiveIn committee110 words55
H.R. 835Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts ActRJ. French Hill ARFeb 6, 2023SubstantivePassed House505 words76
H.R. 3812Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2023DBill Foster ILJun 5, 2023SubstantiveIn committee184 words26
H.R. 698Assault Weapons Ban of 2023DDavid N. Cicilline RIFeb 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee14k words1947

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