Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 15, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,767 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 15, 2024
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.
Shortcuts and dead ends
How endings are recordedEndings
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
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
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
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
- H.R. 2640Approved by committeeBorder Security and Enforcement Act of 2023
- H.R. 2794Approved by committeeBorder Reinforcement Act of 2023
- S. 1240Approved by committeeMillennium Challenge Corporation Candidate Country Reform Act
- S. 1325Approved by committeeWestern Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023
- S. 396Approved by committeeHaiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023
- S. 682Approved by committeePARTNER with ASEAN Act
- S. 797Approved by committeeUnited States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act
- S. 841Approved by committeeCaribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act
- S. 933Approved by committeeFederal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2023
- S. 326Approved by committeeVA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023
- H.R. 675Approved by committeeSecure Space Act of 2023
- S.J.Res. 10Approved by committeeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".
- S. 385Approved by committeeA bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1376Approved by committeeCOVID–19 Origin Act of 2023
- H.R. 1603Approved by committeeHomeowner Energy Freedom Act
- H.R. 1058Approved by committeePromoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
- H.R. 1068Approved by committeeSecuring America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
- H.R. 1070Approved by committeeTo amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1085Approved by committeeREFINER Act
- H.R. 1115Approved by committeePromoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act
- H.R. 1131Approved by committeeTo require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain critical energy resource facilities, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1140Approved by committeeTo authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive application of certain requirements with respect to processing and refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1141Approved by committeeNatural Gas Tax Repeal Act
- H.R. 1155Approved by committeeKeeping America’s Refineries Act
- H.R. 1158Approved by committeeElimination of Future Technology Delays Act of 2023
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file