Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 14, 2024

Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22

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How far 15,745 bills had gotten

At month 22 · Nov 14, 2024

In committee 14,432 92%
Sent to committee, never taken up13,507 86%Discussed in committee, not voted out925 6%Approved by committee559 4%Passed the House or Senate620 4%Passed the House and Senate16 <1%Vetoed12 <1%Became law106 <1%12 ceremonial

12 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 14, 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 754 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 file9,270 bills · 7% past committee
1 to 4 organizations lobbied5,540 bills · 8% past committee
5 or more organizations lobbied829 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: 106 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
14,432 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber13 days
559 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both82 days
620 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 530
2001k10k100k1M
ShortestH.R. 899To terminate the Department of Education.17 words
LongestH.R. 9161Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2024266,084 words

The median bill is 530 words; 3 are over 200,000.

Latest text version on file, which can be newer than this point in the Congress. 113 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.

GovInfo bill text, latest version · 118th at month 22 Method

Every bill

559 bills · latest action first

Stage: Approved by committeeClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 1796Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2023DDina Titus NVMar 24, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee5.1k words96
H.R. 3162Protecting American Voters ActRChip Roy TXMay 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee468 words40
H.R. 2426Find and Protect Foster Youth ActRTony Gonzales TXMar 30, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.1k words221
H.R. 4316Citizen Ballot Protection ActRGary J. Palmer ALJun 23, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee156 words90
H.R. 5450To amend the Small Business Act to modify the application of price evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to certain contracts, and for other purposes.DHillary J. Scholten MISep 13, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee141 words10
H.R. 5687HSA Modernization Act of 2023RBeth Van Duyne TXSep 26, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.3k words08
H.R. 6156Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act of 2023DGreg Landsman OHNov 1, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee237 words100
S. 1840SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2023DTammy Baldwin WIJun 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.6k words122
S. 3393SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization ActIBernard Sanders VTDec 4, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee26k words114
S. 644Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access ActDEdward J. Markey MAMar 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.3k words96
H.R. 2553No More Political Prosecutions Act of 2023RRussell Fry SCApr 10, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee101 words100
S. 1863PROVE IT Act of 2024DChristopher A. Coons DEJun 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee5.2k words1013
S. 3392AREA ActIBernard Sanders VTDec 4, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee54k words14
H.R. 3372To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a safety data collection program for certain 6-axle vehicles, and for other purposes.RDusty Johnson SDMay 16, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee976 words324
H.R. 3400Small Businesses before Bureaucrats ActRBob Good VAMay 17, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee320 words174
H.R. 187Default Prevention ActRTom McClintock CAJan 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee766 words42
S. 1405Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Exchange Act of 2023RMike Lee UTMay 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.5k words10
S. 2018Connect Our Parks ActRJohn Barrasso WYJun 15, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee746 words40
S. 2149Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship ActDJon Tester MTJun 22, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee2.5k words00
S. 2216Montana Sportsmen Conservation ActRSteve Daines MTJul 10, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee941 words00
S. 432Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2023DPeter Welch VTFeb 15, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee222 words10
S. 507Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site ActDJon Ossoff GAFeb 16, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee556 words10
S. 608Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2023DEdward J. Markey MAMar 1, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee170 words20
S. 961Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study ActDEdward J. Markey MAMar 23, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee307 words00
H.R. 6585Bipartisan Workforce Pell ActRElise M. Stefanik NYDec 5, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee4.5k words2511

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