Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 15, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,767 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 15, 2024
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.
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: 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
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
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
7,606 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 9314In committeeLIFE Act of 2024
- H.R. 9318In committeeTo amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make available to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands additional funds for community service senior opportunities.
- H.R. 9319In committeeSCOPE Act
- H.R. 9325In committeeTo authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to retired Colonel Philip J. Conran for acts of valor in Laos as a member of the Air Force during the Vietnam War.
- S. 3938Passed SenateA bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lynchburg, Virginia, as the "Private First Class Desmond T. Doss VA Clinic".
- S. 4235Passed SenateReauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act of 2024
- H.R. 9243In committeeAviation Medication Transparency Act of 2024
- H.R. 9248In committeeRailroad Responsibility Act of 2024
- H.R. 9277In committeeREG Act
- H.J.Res. 195In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Use of Digital User Accounts to Access Buy Now, Pay Later Loans".
- H.J.Res. 196In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Defense relating to "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Architect and Engineering Service Fees (DFARS Case 2024-D019)".
- H.J.Res. 197In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relating to "Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024".
- H.J.Res. 198In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Gross Proceeds and Basis Reporting by Brokers and Determination of Amount Realized and Basis for Digital Asset Transactions".
- H.J.Res. 199In committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to "Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and Beyond".
- H.R. 9239In committeeACS Choice Act
- H.R. 9241In committeeSafeguarding Infants from Dangerous Sleep Act
- H.R. 9242In committeeTo designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the "Abit Massey Poultry Research Center".
- H.R. 9249In committeeShow Me the Science Act
- H.R. 9255In committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 John Street in New York, New York, as the "Jack Greenberg Post Office".
- H.R. 9256In committeeTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and adjust for inflation the above-the-line deduction for teachers.
- H.R. 9260In committeeFreedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2024
- H.R. 9262In committeeBivens Act of 2024
- H.R. 9267In committeePreserving Rural Housing Investments Act
- H.R. 9268In committeeSafer Skies Act of 2024
- H.R. 9271In committeeTelehealth Access for Tribal Communities Act of 2024
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file