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. 3388In committeeRAMP Act
- H.R. 3413In committeeAM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023
- H.R. 3417In committeeFAIR Act
- H.R. 3421In committeeMedicare for All Act
- H.R. 3432In committeeTelemental Health Care Access Act of 2023
- H.R. 3481In committeeFAMILY Act
- H.R. 3535In committeeAdvancing America’s Interests Act
- S. 1673In committeeProtecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023
- S. 1688In committeeYes In My Backyard Act
- S. 1706In committeeMain Street Tax Certainty Act
- S. 1714In committeeFAMILY Act
- S. 1752In committeeFair and Open Skies Act
- H.R. 3281Discussed in committeeTransparent PRICE Act
- H.R. 3285Discussed in committeeFairness for Patient Medications Act
- H.R. 3291Discussed in committeeProportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
- H.R. 3409In committeeHealthy Families Act
- H.R. 501Approved by committeeBlock, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act
- S. 1636In committeeProtecting Rural Telehealth Access Act
- S. 1642In committeeReConnecting Rural America Act of 2023
- H.R. 2Passed HouseSecure the Border Act of 2023
- S. 1628In committeeAmerica Grows Act of 2023
- S. 1631In committeeSafeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023
- S. 917Approved by committeeSecuring Open Source Software Act of 2023
- H.R. 3335In committeeTo ensure the successful development of the electronic Income Verification Express Service of the Internal Revenue Service by amending the Taxpayer First Act to clarify that taxpayer identity verification is the responsibility of users of the system rather than the taxpayer, and for other purposes.
- S. 1207Approved by committeeEARN IT Act of 2023
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file