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. 9548High-Impact Tutoring for Military Families ActDMikie Sherrill NJSep 11, 2024SubstantiveIn committee316 words00
S. 2927WaterSMART Access for Tribes ActDBen Ray Luján NMSep 26, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee142 words20
S. 4016Help Hoover Dam ActIKyrsten Sinema AZMar 21, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee142 words52
S. 4242Drought Preparedness ActDJohn W. Hickenlooper COMay 2, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee70 words10
S. 4458Rural Water Supply Program Reauthorization ActRMike Rounds SDJun 4, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee78 words20
S. 4576Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension ActDJohn W. Hickenlooper COJun 18, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee88 words30
S. 5000A bill to provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.RMike Lee UTSep 10, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee254 words00
S. 5005A bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act.DAlex Padilla CASep 10, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee90 words10
S. 5013Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit ActDMichael F. Bennet COSep 10, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee419 words10
S. 5018Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients ActRBill Cassidy LASep 11, 2024SubstantiveIn committee300 words36
S. 5019A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building".DBenjamin L. Cardin MDSep 11, 2024CeremonialIn committee89 words10
S. 5020Local Procurement ActDCory A. Booker NJSep 11, 2024SubstantiveIn committee468 words00
S. 5022A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29 Franklin Street in Petersburg, Virginia, as the "John Mercer Langston Post Office Building."DMark R. Warner VASep 11, 2024CeremonialIn committee79 words10
S. 5025FIRE Cancer Act of 2024DGeorge S. Helmy NJSep 11, 2024SubstantiveIn committee327 words11
H.R. 2864Countering CCP Drones ActRElise M. Stefanik NYApr 25, 2023SubstantivePassed House148 words156
H.R. 3790Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2023DElissa Slotkin MIJun 1, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee354 words230
H.R. 510Chinese Currency Accountability Act of 2023RWarren Davidson OHJan 25, 2023SubstantivePassed House265 words20
H.R. 5870Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2024RKeith Self TXOct 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee151 words10
H.R. 6606To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to the statement of policy.RAumua Amata Coleman Radewagen ASDec 5, 2023SubstantivePassed House74 words01
H.R. 6614Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency ActRRonny Jackson TXDec 6, 2023SubstantivePassed House399 words12
H.R. 7089Global Anti-Human Trafficking Enhancement ActRJohn James MIJan 25, 2024SubstantivePassed House400 words50
H.R. 7404Subterranean Border Defense ActRElijah Crane AZFeb 16, 2024SubstantivePassed House61 words140
H.R. 7589ROUTERS ActRRobert E. Latta OHMar 8, 2024SubstantivePassed House188 words11
H.R. 7592To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions.RStephanie I. Bice OKMar 8, 2024SubstantivePassed House481 words30
H.R. 7593Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data ActRStephanie I. Bice OKMar 8, 2024SubstantivePassed House291 words40

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