Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 13, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,716 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 13, 2024
12 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 148 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: 106 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 125 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 529 words; 3 are over 200,000.
Latest text version on file, which can be newer than this point in the Congress. 113 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 118th at month 22 Method
Every bill
2,449 bills · latest action first
- S. 1897Discussed in committeeEnhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act
- S. 2871Discussed in committeeMulti-Cloud Innovation and Advancement Act of 2023
- S. 4085Discussed in committeeExport Controls Enforcement Improvement Act of 2024
- S. 4094In committeePREVENT DIABETES Act
- S. 4106In committeeStudents Bill of Rights Act of 2024
- H.R. 7894In committeeSTAGE Act
- H.R. 7907In committeeWelcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act
- S. 1662Approved by committeePilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act
- S. 2247Approved by committeeUpper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act of 2023
- S. 4079In committeeRural Obstetrics Readiness Act
- S. 4082In committeeEnsure Accountability in De Minimis Act of 2024
- S. 4084In committeeSTAGE Act
- S. 4086In committeeA bill to authorize the confiscation and repurposing of blocked assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
- S. 4088In committeeWelcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act
- S.J.Res. 67In committeeA joint resolution to provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security.
- H.R. 5202Approved by committeeVirginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 4770Approved by committeeChesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023
- H.R. 7853In committeeRoyalty Transparency Act
- H.R. 7861In committeePaul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 7825In committeeShrinkflation Prevention Act of 2024
- H.R. 7833In committeeNuclear Family Priority Act
- H.R. 7835In committeeHatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act
- H.R. 7848In committeeRight Drug Dose Now Act of 2024
- H.R. 7708In committeeTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require MA organizations offering network-based plans to maintain an accurate provider directory, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 7714In committeeColorectal Cancer Early Detection Act
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file