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
S. 1530COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023RLindsey Graham SCMay 10, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.5k words101
H.J.Res. 29Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment".RTracey Mann KSFeb 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee64 words92
H.J.Res. 46Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat".RCliff Bentz ORMar 30, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee48 words123
H.J.Res. 49Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat".RPete Stauber MNMar 30, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee46 words122
H.R. 1541Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2023DJason Crow COMar 10, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee209 words30
H.R. 16447(a) Loan Agent Oversight ActRDaniel Meuser PAMar 17, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee335 words20
H.R. 1651Small Business 7(a) Loan Agent Transparency ActDDean Phillips MNMar 17, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee394 words10
H.R. 1730Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2023RRoger Williams TXMar 22, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee318 words72
S. 666Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs ActDMargaret Wood Hassan NHMar 7, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee581 words21
H.R. 501Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments ActRDiana Harshbarger TNJan 25, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee687 words78
H.R. 1153DATA ActRMichael T. McCaul TXFeb 24, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee3.2k words11
H.R. 1482NWR Modernization Act of 2023RStephanie I. Bice OKMar 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee699 words60
H.R. 1496National Weather Service Communications Improvement ActRRandy Feenstra IAMar 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee245 words161
S. 257BOLIVAR ActRRick Scott FLFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee642 words30
S. 479Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance ActDAlex Padilla CAFeb 16, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee276 words41
S. 780Duplication Scoring Act of 2023RRand Paul KYMar 14, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee579 words21
S. 917Securing Open Source Software Act of 2023DGary C. Peters MIMar 22, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee2.8k words15
S. 1199STOP CSAM Act of 2023DRichard J. Durbin ILApr 19, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee38k words52
S. 1207EARN IT Act of 2023RLindsey Graham SCApr 19, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee6.5k words216
H.R. 801Securing the Border for Public Health Act of 2023RDebbie Lesko AZFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee332 words140
S. 243A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities.RJames Lankford OKFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee561 words51
S. 717Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023DGary C. Peters MIMar 8, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee1.3k words11
S. 108Guidance Clarity Act of 2023RJames Lankford OKJan 26, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee198 words40
S. 824National Risk Management Act of 2023DMargaret Wood Hassan NHMar 15, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee803 words12
H.R. 1690ORDER ActRMichael T. McCaul TXMar 22, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee829 words180

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