Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 12, 2024

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

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How far 15,699 bills had gotten

At month 22 · Nov 12, 2024

In committee 14,395 92%
Sent to committee, never taken up13,464 86%Discussed in committee, not voted out931 6%Approved by committee555 4%Passed the House or Senate619 4%Passed the House and Senate12 <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 148 had become law.

Excludes resolutions; includes ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 12, 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

205Skipped committeeof the 749 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 file9,224 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 committee125 days
14,395 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber13 days
555 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both84 days
619 not yet passed the other chamber
Passed both → became law9 days
12 awaiting the President
06 mo1 yrCongress ends

Half of the bills a committee approved got there within 125 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

15,699 bills · latest action first

BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 9894Cool Roof Rebate Act of 2024DValerie P. Foushee NCOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee935 words150
H.R. 9895BARRIER Act of 2024RMatt Gaetz FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee173 words90
H.R. 9896ICE Security Reform Act of 2024DRobert Garcia CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.8k words00
H.R. 9897To amend section 3559 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a misdemeanor for which no punishment or no maximum punishment is prescribed by statute shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.RH. Morgan Griffith VAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee56 words00
H.R. 9898Securing America’s Midstream Critical Materials Processing of 2024RBrett Guthrie KYOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.7k words110
H.R. 9900BioTech Innovation and National Security Continuation ActDRo Khanna CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee132 words00
H.R. 9901Child Care for America Act of 2024DRo Khanna CAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee19k words00
H.R. 9903Next Generation Military Education ActDRick Larsen WAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee809 words00
H.R. 9904Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China ActRCory Mills FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee150 words70
H.R. 9905To make supplemental appropriations for disaster relief in response to Hurricane Helene, and for other purposes.DJared Moskowitz FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee102 words20
H.R. 9906School Safety Notification System ActDJared Moskowitz FLOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee342 words30
H.R. 9907Long COVID Research Moonshot ActDIlhan Omar MNOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee4.3k words230
H.R. 9908Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2024DBrittany Pettersen COOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee395 words11
H.R. 9909Working Waterfront Disaster Mitigation Tax Credit ActDChellie Pingree MEOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.7k words10
H.R. 9910Supporting Federal Employees in the National Guard and Reserves ActDAbigail Davis Spanberger VAOct 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee50 words21
S. 133NAPA Reauthorization ActRSusan M. Collins MEJan 30, 2023SubstantiveBecame lawText pending370
S. 134Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment ActRSusan M. Collins MEJan 30, 2023SubstantiveBecame law247 words370
S. 2685Reuse Excess Property ActDGary C. Peters MIJul 27, 2023SubstantiveBecame law728 words10
S. 3639A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2075 West Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the "Robert Hayden Post Office".DGary C. Peters MIJan 23, 2024CeremonialBecame law75 words10
S. 3640A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 South Main Street in Mount Clemens, Michigan, as the "Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson Post Office".DGary C. Peters MIJan 23, 2024CeremonialBecame law81 words10
S. 3851A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 McCamly Street South in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the "Sojourner Truth Post Office".DGary C. Peters MIFeb 29, 2024CeremonialBecame law153 words10
S. 4698DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2024DGary C. Peters MIJul 11, 2024SubstantiveBecame law392 words11
S. 612Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization ActDCatherine Cortez Masto NVMar 1, 2023SubstantiveBecame law208 words40
S. 656Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023RDeb Fischer NEMar 6, 2023SubstantiveBecame law561 words101
S. 670IMPACTT Human Trafficking ActDGary C. Peters MIMar 7, 2023SubstantiveBecame lawText pending21

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