Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 11, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,674 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 11, 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 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
14,384 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 7507Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in Lexington, Nebraska, as the ‘William E. and Elsie L. Barrett Post Office Building.
- H.R. 7508Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1285 Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as the "Gladys P. Todd Post Office".
- H.R. 7623Discussed in committeeTelehealth Modernization Act of 2024
- H.R. 7779Discussed in committeeGood Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024
- H.R. 7890Discussed in committeeChildren and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
- H.R. 7891Discussed in committeeKids Online Safety Act
- H.R. 8107Discussed in committeeEnsuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act of 2024
- H.R. 825Discussed in committeeBOLIVAR Act
- H.R. 8405Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 McCamly Street South in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the "Sojourner Truth Post Office".
- H.R. 8449Discussed in committeeAM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024
- H.R. 8505Discussed in committeeHousehold Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 8516Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office".
- H.R. 8530Discussed in committeeImproving Federal Building Security Act of 2024
- H.R. 8616Discussed in committeeEQUIP Act of 2024
- H.R. 8641Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Walter Francis Ulloa Memorial Post Office Building".
- H.R. 8689Discussed in committeeAmtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act
- H.R. 8692Discussed in committeeAmtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act
- H.R. 8717Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West Main Street in Santaquin, Utah, as the "SGT Bill Hooser Post Office Building".
- H.R. 8728Discussed in committeeState-Managed Disaster Relief Act
- H.R. 8784Discussed in committeeFREE Act
- H.R. 8841Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 Center Street East in Roseau, Minnesota, as the "Floyd B. Olson Post Office".
- H.R. 8868Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, New Hampshire, as the "Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Building".
- H.R. 8909Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82-6110 Mamalahoa Highway in Captain Cook, Hawaii, as the "Army 1st Lt. John Kuulei Kauhaihao Post Office Building".
- H.R. 8919Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 151 Highway 74 South in Peachtree City, Georgia, as the "SFC Shawn McCloskey Post Office".
- H.R. 8931Discussed in committeeTo redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park.
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file