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. 8946Discussed in committeeReversionary Interest Conveyance Act
- H.R. 8976Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West White Street in Millstadt, Illinois, as the "Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt Post Office".
- H.R. 8995Discussed in committeeBaby Changing on Board Act
- H.R. 9024Discussed in committeeExtreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act
- H.R. 9037Discussed in committeeFederal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce Planning Act
- H.R. 9067Discussed in committeeBuilding America’s Health Care Workforce Act
- H.R. 9121Discussed in committeeFire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act
- H.R. 9135Discussed in committeeEnsuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act
- H.R. 9159Discussed in committeeAppalachian Trail Centennial Act
- H.R. 9174Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 31143 State Highway 65 in Pengilly, Minnesota, as the "First Lieutenant Richard Arne Koski Post Office".
- H.R. 9285Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3913 Leland Avenue Northwest in Comstock Park, Michigan, as the "Captain Miguel Justin Nava Post Office".
- H.R. 9313Discussed in committeeThink Differently About Building Accessibility Act
- H.R. 9322Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 675 Wolf Ledges Parkway in Akron, Ohio, as the "Judge James R. Williams Post Office Building".
- H.R. 9421Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 North Main Street in Bucoda, Washington, as the "Mayor Rob Gordon Post Office".
- H.R. 9492Discussed in committeeTo amend Public Law 99-338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits.
- H.R. 9494Failed in HouseContinuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025
- H.R. 9541Discussed in committeePOWER Act of 2024
- H.R. 9549Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the "Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building".
- H.R. 9566Discussed in committeeSHARE IT Act
- H.R. 9580Discussed in committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Brentwood Road in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the "Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office".
- H.R. 9591Discussed in committeeTo require the Administrator of General Services to sell certain property related to United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 9592Discussed in committeeFederal Register Modernization Act of 2024
- H.R. 9593Discussed in committeeMANAGER Act
- H.R. 9594Discussed in committeeProtecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act
- H.R. 9595Discussed in committeeFIT Procurement Act
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file