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
- S. 1176In committeeWorkplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- H.R. 2656In committeeTrigger Leads Abatement Act of 2023
- S. 1165In committeeReentry Act of 2023
- H.R. 2463In committeeJunk Fee Prevention Act
- H.R. 2474In committeeStrengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
- H.R. 2530In committeeNurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023
- H.R. 2534In committeePROTECT 340B Act of 2023
- H.R. 2584In committeeSAVE Act
- H.R. 2620In committeeFederal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023
- H.R. 2630In committeeSafe Step Act
- H.J.Res. 7Became lawRelating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.
- H.R. 12In committeeWomen’s Health Protection Act of 2023
- H.R. 1812In committeeReforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 2023
- H.R. 1835In committeeSaving Access to Laboratory Services Act
- H.R. 1996In committeeTo provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health John E. Fogarty International Center for fiscal year 2024.
- H.R. 2369In committeeVALID Act of 2023
- H.R. 2377In committeeSaving Access to Laboratory Services Act
- H.R. 2389In committeeResident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023
- H.R. 2390In committeeGun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023
- H.R. 2400In committeeReentry Act of 2023
- H.R. 2408In committeeAccess to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023
- H.R. 2411In committeeNational Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023
- H.R. 2412In committeeHelping Kids Cope Act
- H.R. 2434In committeeNext Generation Fuels Act of 2023
- H.R. 2489In committeeCFPB Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file