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. 393Social Security Expansion ActIBernard Sanders VTFeb 13, 2023SubstantiveIn committee7.5k words67
S.J.Res. 7A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".RShelley Moore Capito WVFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee49 words497
H.R. 621PART ActRJames R. Baird INJan 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words8316
H.R. 731Workforce Mobility Act of 2023DScott H. Peters CAFeb 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee2.9k words39
H.R. 762Building Resilient Supply Chains ActDLisa Blunt Rochester DEFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee3.1k words311
H.R. 911Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2023RBrian K. Fitzpatrick PAFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee94 words575
H.R. 976TCJA Permanency ActRVern Buchanan FLFeb 10, 2023SubstantiveIn committee9.9k words10311
H.R. 889Broadband Grant Tax Treatment ActRMike Kelly PAFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee472 words298
H.R. 900To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow for the consideration of private flood insurance for the purposes of applying continuous coverage requirements, and for other purposes.DKathy Castor FLFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee117 words29
S. 341Broadband Grant Tax Treatment ActDMark R. Warner VAFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee472 words197
S. 365Dream Act of 2023DRichard J. Durbin ILFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.4k words18
S. 368Aviation WORKS ActDMark Kelly AZFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words17
S. 373RISEE Act of 2023DSheldon Whitehouse RIFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee3.2k words235
H.R. 866Equal COLA ActDGerald E. Connolly VAFeb 8, 2023SubstantiveIn committee168 words957
H.R. 856Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees ActDDonald S. Beyer, Jr. VAFeb 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee1.6k words565
S. 293Fair Access to Banking ActRKevin Cramer NDFeb 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee2.2k words369
S. 298Keep Americans Safe ActDRobert Menendez NJFeb 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee996 words245
S. 307Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023DMark R. Warner VAFeb 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee2k words86
S.J.Res. 8A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".RMike Braun INFeb 7, 2023SubstantiveIn committee40 words488
H.R. 842To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.RJames C. Moylan GUFeb 6, 2023SubstantiveIn committee69 words08
H.R. 547Better Care Better Jobs ActDDebbie Dingell MIJan 26, 2023SubstantiveIn committee6.4k words1007
H.R. 748Stop CCP Infrastructure ActRClaudia Tenney NYFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee825 words78
H.R. 812Inflation Reduction Act of 2023RAndrew Ogles TNFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee57 words247
H.R. 139SHOW UP Act of 2023RJames Comer KYJan 9, 2023SubstantivePassed House648 words265
H.R. 768Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2023DSalud O. Carbajal CAFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee3.1k words96

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