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. 944Next Generation Fuels Act of 2023RChuck Grassley IAMar 22, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.7k words46
H.R. 1152Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Act of 2023RDavid Rouzer NCFeb 24, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee703 words28
H.R. 1385DOC Access Act of 2023REarl L. "Buddy" Carter GAMar 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee985 words887
H.R. 1389GRID ActDJason Crow COMar 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee210 words37
H.R. 1488Affordable Insulin Now ActDAngie Craig MNMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.8k words1026
H.R. 1503Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2023RDiana Harshbarger TNMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee367 words3212
H.R. 1512Greater Access to Contraceptive Options ActRNancy Mace SCMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee274 words08
S. 844Assistance for Local Heroes During Train Crises ActDRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAMar 16, 2023SubstantiveIn committee873 words38
S. 856FAIR Contributions ActRRoger F. Wicker MSMar 16, 2023SubstantiveIn committee539 words47
S. 862Restoring America’s Health Care Workforce and Readiness ActDRichard J. Durbin ILMar 16, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.6k words16
S. 874Farm Operations Support ActDJon Ossoff GAMar 16, 2023SubstantiveIn committee93 words18
S. 826International Nuclear Energy Act of 2023IJoe Manchin, III WVMar 15, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.5k words18
H.R. 1577BUILDER Act of 2023RGarret Graves LAMar 14, 2023SubstantiveIn committee3.9k words028
S. 775Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications ActDMargaret Wood Hassan NHMar 14, 2023SubstantiveIn committee570 words37
S. 785Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2023RDeb Fischer NEMar 14, 2023SubstantiveIn committee347 words1711
H.R. 1350Cameron’s LawDJosh Gottheimer NJMar 3, 2023SubstantiveIn committee356 words15
H.R. 1359Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access ActDDonald Norcross NJMar 3, 2023SubstantiveIn committee673 words707
H.R. 1499Good Jobs for Good Airports ActDJesús G. "Chuy" García ILMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.9k words977
H.R. 1507Stop Corporate Capture ActDPramila Jayapal WAMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.2k words845
H.R. 742TELL ActRJeff Duncan SCFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee280 words65
S. 701Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023DTammy Baldwin WIMar 8, 2023SubstantiveIn committee2.7k words396
S. 737No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) ActDRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee2.3k words2110
S. 738Tax Fairness for Workers ActDRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee270 words2913
S. 753Good Jobs for Good Airports ActDEdward J. Markey MAMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.9k words125
S. 763Reduce Russian Uranium Imports ActRJohn Barrasso WYMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee785 words56

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