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
S. 4888A bill to include Czechia in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Czechia.DPeter Welch VTJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee45 words61
S. 4889Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2024DSherrod Brown OHJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee468 words11
S. 4890Access to Small Business Investor Capital ActRSteve Daines MTJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee382 words00
S. 4894A bill to urge the United Nations to abolish the position of Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and to withhold United States funding for such position.RMarco Rubio FLJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee240 words00
S. 4903Generation Now Workforce Representation Act of 2024DLaphonza R. Butler CAJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee242 words10
S. 4906FASTER ActDEdward J. Markey MAJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee201 words13
S. 4908James R. Dominguez Memorial Act of 2024RJohn Cornyn TXJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee220 words32
S. 4909A bill to clarify the use of direct deposit for contributions to ABLE programs.DRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee43 words50
S. 4916Credit Freeze for Newborns ActDMargaret Wood Hassan NHJul 31, 2024SubstantiveIn committee429 words10
S. 690NET ActDJohn W. Hickenlooper COMar 7, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee329 words33
H.J.Res. 122Providing 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 "Credit Card Penalty Fees (Regulation Z)".RAndy Barr KYMar 29, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee38 words216
H.J.Res. 124Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to "Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions".RByron Donalds FLApr 5, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee44 words110
H.J.Res. 126Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation relating to "Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions".RErin Houchin INApr 5, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee41 words60
H.J.Res. 127Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors".RBill Huizenga MIApr 9, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee40 words403
H.R. 1105Debbie Smith Act of 2023RAnn Wagner MOFeb 17, 2023SubstantiveBecame law77 words852
H.R. 4534Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2024DBrendan F. Boyle PAJul 11, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee353 words353
H.R. 802Respect State Housing Laws ActRBarry Loudermilk GAFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee32 words354
H.R. 9186Private Smither Act of 2024RJodey C. Arrington TXJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee173 words00
H.R. 9189Feed the Community ActDNanette Diaz Barragán CAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee398 words180
H.R. 9191No Union Time on the Taxpayer's Dime ActRDan Bishop NCJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee110 words62
H.R. 9196Pregnancy Empowerment Act of 2024DEmanuel Cleaver MOJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee427 words320
H.R. 9198Maximize Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Licensing ActRByron Donalds FLJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee188 words30
H.R. 9199To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act to limit the type of applications reviewed by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and to exclude reviews by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's annual assessment and collection of fees and charges.RByron Donalds FLJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee170 words30
H.R. 9201Nuclear USA Act of 2024RByron Donalds FLJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee279 words30
H.R. 9202Nuclear Waste Reprocessing ActRByron Donalds FLJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee327 words41

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