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

931 bills · latest action first

Stage: Discussed in committee, not voted outClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
S. 4310Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2024RLisa Murkowski AKMay 9, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee3.9k words11
S. 4424National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024Sponsor not on fileMay 23, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee13k words11
S. 4431A bill to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.RSteve Daines MTMay 23, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee203 words00
S. 4432A bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification.RSteve Daines MTMay 23, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee331 words00
S. 4449River Democracy ActSponsor not on fileJun 4, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee28k words14
S. 4451RESERVE Federal Land ActDAlex Padilla CAJun 4, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee891 words00
S. 4454Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program ActRJohn Barrasso WYJun 4, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee2.6k words00
S. 4456A bill to amend the Granger-Thye Act to modify the maximum term for certain special use permits for housing.RJohn Barrasso WYJun 4, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee76 words00
S. 4457Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation ActDCatherine Cortez Masto NVJun 4, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee25k words02
H.R. 8467Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024RGlenn Thompson PAMay 21, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee139k words0102
H.R. 7938Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act of 2024RCliff Bentz ORApr 11, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee467 words01
H.R. 8263Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion ActRLauren Boebert COMay 7, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee448 words00
H.R. 8296GAO Database Modernization Act of 2024RCliff Bentz ORMay 8, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee180 words00
H.R. 8315ENFORCE ActRMichael T. McCaul TXMay 8, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee847 words117
H.R. 8437Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security ActRMichael T. McCaul TXMay 16, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee2.2k words514
S. 3803Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2024DElizabeth Warren MAFeb 26, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee3k words60
S. 3819Shrinkflation Prevention Act of 2024DRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAFeb 28, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.2k words90
H.R. 1199Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023RNeal P. Dunn FLFeb 27, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee488 words478
H.R. 1406Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home ActRJohn Joyce PAMar 7, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee548 words653
H.R. 3012North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2023RYoung Kim CAApr 28, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.7k words370
H.R. 3246Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2023DGregory W. Meeks NYMay 11, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee996 words400
H.R. 468Building America’s Health Care Workforce ActRBrett Guthrie KYJan 24, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee384 words375
H.R. 5394Expanding Remote Monitoring Access ActRTroy Balderson OHSep 12, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.3k words33
H.R. 681READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2023RChristopher H. Smith NJJan 31, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee56 words810
H.R. 758Promoting Access to Capital in Underbanked Communities Act of 2023RAndy Barr KYFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee676 words173

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