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
H.R. 1495Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act of 2023RRandy Feenstra IAMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee986 words187
H.R. 1459PRECISE ActRAshley Hinson IAMar 8, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words207
H.R. 1472Plant Biostimulant ActDJimmy Panetta CAMar 8, 2023SubstantiveIn committee490 words135
H.R. 2467Supporting Middle America’s Airports ActRDaniel Meuser PAApr 3, 2023SubstantiveIn committee143 words16
H.R. 2471Vote Without Fear ActDRaul Ruiz CAApr 3, 2023SubstantiveIn committee488 words210
H.R. 1740To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to establish payment and performance security requirements for projects, and for other purposes.RMike Bost ILMar 23, 2023SubstantiveIn committee217 words176
H.R. 1770Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services ActRAdrian Smith NEMar 23, 2023SubstantiveIn committee498 words14825
H.R. 1790Biologics Competition Act of 2023RMariannette Miller-Meeks IAMar 24, 2023SubstantiveIn committee254 words48
H.R. 2406ALIGN ActRJodey C. Arrington TXMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee338 words4020
H.R. 2448Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act of 2023DLinda T. Sánchez CAMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1k words185
H.R. 2450Strengthening Supply Chains Through Truck Driver Incentives Act of 2023DAbigail Davis Spanberger VAMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee705 words710
S. 1073AMERICA ActRMike Lee UTMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee3k words97
S. 1077Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023RMike Rounds SDMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.1k words48
S. 1110Rural Hospital Support ActDRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee882 words215
S. 1113Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023DSherrod Brown OHMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee6.6k words68
S. 1117ALIGN ActRJames Lankford OKMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee338 words1215
S. 1128Ensuring Access to Generic Medications ActDMargaret Wood Hassan NHMar 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee381 words27
H.R. 2163To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for U.S. Department of Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Multinational Species Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2024.RAndy Biggs AZMar 29, 2023SubstantiveIn committee61 words46
S. 1024Access to AEDs ActDCory A. Booker NJMar 29, 2023SubstantiveIn committee952 words195
S. 1026Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023DEdward J. Markey MAMar 29, 2023SubstantiveIn committee103 words226
S. 1034Truck Parking Safety Improvement ActRCynthia M. Lummis WYMar 29, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words146
S. 1038Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023DPeter Welch VTMar 29, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words216
S. 1043Natural GAS Act of 2023RJohn Barrasso WYMar 29, 2023SubstantiveIn committee870 words615
S. 1044Railway Accountability ActDJohn Fetterman PAMar 29, 2023SubstantiveIn committee749 words210
H.R. 1818Aviation Workforce Development ActRMike Collins GAMar 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee226 words16212

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