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. 1313Transparency in CFPB Cost-Benefit Analysis ActRAlexander X. Mooney WVMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee473 words236
H.R. 1325Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023DChellie Pingree MEMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee144 words338
H.R. 1332Thirty-Two Hour Workweek ActDMark Takano CAMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee342 words85
S. 113Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023RChuck Grassley IAJan 26, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.2k words1826
S. 142Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars ActDAmy Klobuchar MNJan 30, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee7.3k words819
S. 148Stop STALLING ActDAmy Klobuchar MNJan 30, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.9k words615
S. 574Increasing Prescription Drug Competition ActDMargaret Wood Hassan NHMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee417 words16
S. 597Social Security Fairness ActSponsor not on fileMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee278 words5013
S. 601Flood Insurance Affordability ActSponsor not on fileMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee49 words16
S. 602Risk Rating 2.0 Transparency ActSponsor not on fileMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee708 words16
S. 610Credit Union Board Modernization ActIKyrsten Sinema AZMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee285 words326
S. 615Cabin Air Safety Act of 2023Sponsor not on fileMar 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.9k words16
S. 79Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023DRichard J. Durbin ILJan 25, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.4k words312
H.R. 1059SECURE Notarization Act of 2023RKelly Armstrong NDFeb 17, 2023SubstantivePassed House3k words309
H.R. 1160Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting ActRTim Walberg MIFeb 24, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee412 words623
H.R. 1249Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2023RNancy Mace SCFeb 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words215
H.R. 1262CCU Parity Act of 2023RDavid Schweikert AZFeb 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee278 words66
H.R. 209Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023RPete Stauber MNJan 9, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee2k words3615
H.R. 716Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023DJohn Garamendi CAFeb 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee524 words386
S. 532National Right-to-Work ActRRand Paul KYFeb 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee327 words305
S. 542CCU Parity Act of 2023DSheldon Whitehouse RIFeb 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee278 words16
S. 557Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2023RMike Lee UTFeb 28, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words27
H.R. 1200National Right-to-Work ActRJoe Wilson SCFeb 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee171 words1375
H.R. 1202REDI ActRBrian Babin TXFeb 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee186 words7420
S. 537FOCA ActRTodd Young INFeb 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1k words2710

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