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

2,475 bills · latest action first

Words: 1k–2kClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
S. 709Federal Agency Performance Act of 2024DGary C. Peters MIMar 8, 2023SubstantivePassed Senate1.4k words11
H.R. 7248FDA Modernization Act 3.0REarl L. "Buddy" Carter GAFeb 6, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words464
H.R. 7265Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety ActDLauren Underwood ILFeb 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.9k words23
H.R. 7275Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring ActDMatt Cartwright PAFeb 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words40
H.R. 7282Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion ActDBill Foster ILFeb 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words40
H.R. 7315PATH ActDDonald Norcross NJFeb 9, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.7k words140
S. 3794PATH ActDMartin Heinrich NMFeb 9, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.7k words30
S. 2385Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023DMichael F. Bennet COJul 19, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.8k words52
S. 3441Terrorist Financing Prevention Act of 2023DMark R. Warner VADec 7, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.3k words32
S. 3769Alternative Pathways to Child Abuse Prevention ActDBen Ray Luján NMFeb 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.7k words01
S. 3779Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety ActDBrian Schatz HIFeb 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.9k words84
S. 3792Technology Workforce Framework Act of 2024DGary C. Peters MIFeb 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words11
S. 3749AID Local Government Leadership ActDRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAFeb 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.6k words90
S. 3753Improving State and Local Government Access to Performance Contracting Act of 2024DPeter Welch VTFeb 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1k words21
H.R. 262ALERT ActRBob Good VAJan 10, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.6k words31
H.R. 7247Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2024DJoyce Beatty OHFeb 6, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2k words190
H.R. 7260Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa College Access ActDGregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan MPFeb 6, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words10
S. 3737AVERT Future Violence Act of 2024DGary C. Peters MIFeb 6, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1k words11
S. 3739NCAA Accountability Act of 2024RMarsha Blackburn TNFeb 6, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words10
S. 3740STRONGER ActRJohn Cornyn TXFeb 6, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.1k words72
H.R. 7141Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition Act of 2024DMorgan McGarvey KYJan 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1k words40
H.R. 7220EB–5 Regional Center Program Advisory Committee Authorization ActDGreg Stanton AZFeb 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words90
H.R. 7142Alternatives to PAIN ActRMariannette Miller-Meeks IAJan 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.1k words572
H.R. 7194PFAS Accountability Act of 2024DMadeleine Dean PAFeb 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words37
H.R. 7197Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024DAnna G. Eshoo CAFeb 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words40

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