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

7,606 bills · latest action first

Words: under 500Clear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 599To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3500 West 6th Street, Suite 103 in Los Angeles, California, as the "Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office".DJimmy Gomez CAJan 27, 2023SubstantivePassed House90 words500
H.R. 6073To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9925 Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald Post Office Building".DBrendan F. Boyle PAOct 26, 2023CeremonialPassed House82 words160
H.R. 6651To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 603 West 3rd Street in Necedah, Wisconsin, as the "Sergeant Kenneth E. Murphy Post Office Building".RThomas P. Tiffany WIDec 6, 2023CeremonialPassed House83 words70
H.R. 7192To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 333 West Broadway in Anaheim, California, as the "Dr. William I. 'Bill' Kott Post Office Building".DJ. Luis Correa CAFeb 1, 2024CeremonialPassed House85 words500
H.R. 7199To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the "Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office".RScott Fitzgerald WIFeb 1, 2024CeremonialPassed House78 words70
H.R. 7423To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in Rayville, Louisiana, as the "Luke Letlow Post Office Building".RSteve Scalise LAFeb 20, 2024CeremonialPassed House76 words50
H.R. 8699Humane Transport of Farmed Animals ActDDina Titus NVJun 11, 2024SubstantiveIn committee428 words50
S. 2233Youth Poisoning Protection ActDTammy Duckworth ILJul 11, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee440 words22
S. 2546A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office".IKyrsten Sinema AZJul 26, 2023CeremonialApproved by committee77 words10
S. 3277A bill to amend the Marine Debris Act to reauthorize the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.RDan Sullivan AKNov 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee54 words10
S. 3946A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1106 Main Street in Bastrop, Texas, as the "Sergeant Major Billy D. Waugh Post Office".RTed Cruz TXMar 14, 2024CeremonialApproved by committee82 words10
S. 4077A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the "Dianne Feinstein Post Office".DAlex Padilla CAApr 8, 2024CeremonialApproved by committee74 words10
S. 4107Think Differently Transportation ActDTammy Duckworth ILApr 11, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee411 words10
S. 4922VA Transportation Programs Act of 2024DJon Ossoff GAAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee53 words00
S. 4925Stop GREED Act of 2024RJerry Moran KSAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee308 words20
S. 4933Preserving Rural Housing Investments ActRJerry Moran KSAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee111 words80
S. 4934Homeowners Premium Tax Reduction Act of 2024RRick Scott FLAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee282 words01
S. 4935Physician Fee Stabilization ActRJohn Boozman ARAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee182 words712
S. 4936A bill to require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site.RJames E. Risch IDAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee114 words10
S. 4937Defending American Sovereignty in Global Pandemics ActRJohn Barrasso WYAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee156 words130
S. 4938A bill to 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".DAmy Klobuchar MNAug 1, 2024CeremonialIn committee77 words10
S. 4939Safeguarding Infants from Dangerous Sleep ActDRichard Blumenthal CTAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee193 words00
S. 4940Bivens Act of 2024DSheldon Whitehouse RIAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee45 words20
S. 4944Access to Homeownership ActDJon Ossoff GAAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee398 words01
S. 4945Rural Opportunities and Revitalization Act of 2024DPeter Welch VTAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee260 words00

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