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

558 bills · latest action first

Stage: Approved by committeeClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 1245Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023RHarriet M. Hageman WYFeb 28, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee131 words42
H.R. 4762To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the non-premium war risk insurance program.RRudy Yakym III INJul 20, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee23 words13
S. 1303TICKET ActRTed Cruz TXApr 26, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.4k words22
S. 1669AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023DEdward J. Markey MAMay 17, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee2.8k words5311
S. 2272Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023IKyrsten Sinema AZJul 12, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee5.7k words71
S. 285Improving Government Efficiency and Workforce Development through Federal Executive Boards Act of 2023DGary C. Peters MIFeb 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee4.2k words21
S. 885Department of Homeland Security Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve ActDJacky Rosen NVMar 21, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee3.6k words13
S. 1852Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2023RTim Scott SCJun 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee244 words21
S. 2333Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response ActDRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAJul 18, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee32k words328
S. 1080Cooper Davis ActRRoger Marshall KSMar 30, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee5.2k words210
S. 1425Satellite Cybersecurity ActDGary C. Peters MIMay 3, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee3.6k words10
S. 359Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023DSheldon Whitehouse RIFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee6.1k words343
H.R. 369NIST Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination ActRYoung Kim CAJan 17, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee553 words51
H.R. 3995Small Business Regulatory Reduction ActRBeth Van Duyne TXJun 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee214 words61
H.R. 4090Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023RThomas H. Kean, Jr. NJJun 14, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee355 words141
H.R. 4469No Fuel Credits for Batteries Act of 2023RGreg Pence INJul 6, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee150 words27
H.R. 4671Corrective Action Report Oversight and Accountability ActDMarie Gluesenkamp Perez WAJul 17, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee271 words10
S. 884Improving Digital Identity Act of 2023IKyrsten Sinema AZMar 21, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee3k words17
H.R. 783To designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the "Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center".DBill Foster ILFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee81 words10
S. 1865TAG ActDGary C. Peters MIJun 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee2.4k words22
S. 1886Pray Safe Act of 2023DMargaret Wood Hassan NHJun 8, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee4.3k words50
S. 2043Department of State Authorization Act of 2023DRobert Menendez NJJun 15, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee58k words01
S. 473American Security Drone Act of 2023RRick Scott FLFeb 16, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee3.4k words70
H.R. 3932Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024RMichael R. Turner OHJun 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee27k words018
H.R. 3286Securing Open Source Software Act of 2023RMark E. Green TNMay 15, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.8k words32

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