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

7,606 bills · latest action first

Words: under 500Clear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 9623Ending Drug Trafficking in Our Communities ActDJosh Harder CASep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee268 words20
H.R. 9628ACTIVATE ActDRo Khanna CASep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee456 words00
H.R. 9629Reserve Health Readiness and Access Act of 2024DRo Khanna CASep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee70 words00
H.R. 9638Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa Criminal Justice Support ActDGregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan MPSep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee66 words10
H.R. 9639AI Ads ActDAdam B. Schiff CASep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee314 words250
S. 2949Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023DCatherine Cortez Masto NVSep 27, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee122 words13
S. 4686Transparency in Student Lending ActRJohn Barrasso WYJul 11, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee158 words13
S. 5064Protecting Investments in Our Ports ActRJohn Cornyn TXSep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee229 words10
S. 5066No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2024RRand Paul KYSep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee341 words01
S. 5068A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the organization and authorities of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense with duties relating to industrial base policy and homeland defense.RDan Sullivan AKSep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee470 words10
S. 5070Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act of 2024DRobert P. Casey, Jr. PASep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee70 words10
S. 5073A bill to limit the use of funds for entities that care for unaccompanied alien children and have been identified as engaging in misconduct toward children.RChuck Grassley IASep 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee133 words10
H.J.Res. 203Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Representation-Case Procedures: Election Bars; Proof of Majority Support in Construction Industry Collective-Bargaining Relationships".REric Burlison MOSep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee43 words82
H.R. 705Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActRMike Bost ILFeb 1, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee234 words734
H.R. 7980End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024RCarol D. Miller WVApr 15, 2024SubstantivePassed House428 words42
H.R. 9487House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization ActRBryan Steil WISep 6, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee174 words10
H.R. 9606Enhancing SAFER Grants for Local Firefighters ActDGreg Landsman OHSep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee186 words11
H.R. 9608Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers ActRMariannette Miller-Meeks IASep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee130 words03
H.R. 9609To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.DJoe Neguse COSep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee243 words10
H.R. 9610To amend the Small Business Act to waive the accrual of interest and payments for certain disaster loans for a year, and for other purposes.DJoe Neguse COSep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee99 words10
H.R. 9611Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2024DJoe Neguse COSep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee181 words10
H.R. 9612To prohibit the importation of platinum and palladium from the Russian Federation.RMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr. MTSep 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee27 words00
S. 2120TRACE ActRThom Tillis NCJun 22, 2023SubstantivePassed Senate276 words40
H.R. 9552Flight Refund Fairness ActRMaria Elvira Salazar FLSep 12, 2024SubstantiveIn committee71 words81
H.R. 9565Securing Infrastructure from Adversaries ActRDusty Johnson SDSep 12, 2024SubstantiveIn committee397 words90

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