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. 1440In committeeModern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023
- H.R. 1447In committeeStriking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act
- H.R. 1477In committeeFreedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act
- S. 694In committeeModern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023
- S. 704In committeeREDI Act
- S. 705In committeeSPARC Act
- S. 710In committeeStriking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act
- S. 719In committeePrecision Agriculture Loan Act of 2023
- S. 720In committeePRECISE Act of 2023
- S. 721In committeeHomeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act
- S. 722In committeeFreedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act
- H.R. 1382In committeeTABS Act of 2023
- H.R. 1392In committeeNational Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2023
- H.R. 1410In committeeConsumer Financial Protection Commission Act
- H.R. 1411In committeeCFPB–IG Reform Act of 2023
- S. 686In committeeRESTRICT Act
- S. 665In committeeConrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 1108Passed HouseTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to grant a license or construction permit through a system of competitive bidding.
- H.R. 1293In committeeCabin Air Safety Act of 2023
- S. 629In committeeUNITED Act
- S. 649In committeeHydrogen Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
- S. 652In committeeSafe Step Act
- H.R. 1238In committeeDecreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally Act
- H.R. 1309In committeeTo require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1310In committeeSHARE Act
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file