Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 12, 2024

Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22

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How far 15,699 bills had gotten

At month 22 · Nov 12, 2024

In committee 14,395 92%
Sent to committee, never taken up13,464 86%Discussed in committee, not voted out931 6%Approved by committee555 4%Passed the House or Senate619 4%Passed the House and Senate12 <1%Vetoed12 <1%Became law106 <1%12 ceremonial

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.

Excludes resolutions; includes ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 12, 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

205Skipped committeeof the 749 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 file9,224 bills · 7% past committee
1 to 4 organizations lobbied5,540 bills · 8% past committee
5 or more organizations lobbied829 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: 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

Introduced → approved by committee125 days
14,395 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber13 days
555 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both84 days
619 not yet passed the other chamber
Passed both → became law9 days
12 awaiting the President
06 mo1 yrCongress ends

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

median 530
2001k10k100k1M
ShortestH.R. 899To terminate the Department of Education.17 words
LongestH.R. 9161Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2024266,084 words

The median bill is 530 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

15,699 bills · latest action first

BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 9753Parent Plus Parity ActDAlma S. Adams NCSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.8k words41
H.R. 9754SRO Funding Protection Act of 2024RJack Bergman MISep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee538 words20
H.R. 9755Human Trafficking Fingerprint Background Check Protection Act of 2024RLauren Boebert COSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee581 words00
H.R. 9757No More Taxpayer Cash for the Taliban ActRJosh Brecheen OKSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee476 words90
H.R. 9758Evaluating DeFi Opportunities ActRWarren Davidson OHSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee567 words01
H.R. 9759Protect the Permian Act of 2024RTony Gonzales TXSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee498 words00
H.R. 9760Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience ActDJared Huffman CASep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2k words92
H.R. 9761To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an increased dollar limitation for section 179 property placed in service in the trade or business of farming.RGreg Lopez COSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee284 words00
H.R. 9763No Funding Without Freedom ActRDaniel Meuser PASep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee385 words130
H.R. 9764Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2024DBrittany Pettersen COSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee527 words31
H.R. 9765Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act of 2024DBrittany Pettersen COSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee336 words51
H.R. 9766Undersea Cable Security and Protection ActRAugust Pfluger TXSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words11
H.R. 9767Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color Through Inclusive Lending ActDMaxine Waters CASep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee3.8k words02
S. 288End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2024DRobert Menendez NJFeb 7, 2023SubstantivePassed SenateText pending20
S. 3067Facilitating Hazard Mitigation Projects ActDGary C. Peters MIOct 18, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee799 words11
S. 3558Prohibiting Foreign Access to American Genetic Information Act of 2024DGary C. Peters MIDec 20, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee3.9k words107
S. 4367Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024DThomas R. Carper DEMay 20, 2024SubstantivePassed SenateText pending39
S. 5134RIDER ActDElizabeth Warren MASep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee466 words11
S. 5135Taxpayer Data Protection ActRJohn Kennedy LASep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee164 words12
S. 5136Plum Island Preservation Study ActDRichard Blumenthal CTSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committeeText pending20
S. 5137Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2024RBill Hagerty TNSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words61
S. 5138VETS Opportunity Act of 2024RThom Tillis NCSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee152 words50
S. 5139Empowering Main Street in America Act of 2024RTim Scott SCSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee9.2k words105
S. 5140COVID Spending Transparency Act of 2024RMitt Romney UTSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee35 words40
S. 5141Find It Early ActDAmy Klobuchar MNSep 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.6k words10

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