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
943 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 6826Discussed in committeeTo designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.
- H.R. 6843Discussed in committeeTo expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.
- H.R. 7177Discussed in committeeTo amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.
- H.R. 7332Discussed in committeeUtah State Parks Adjustment Act
- H.R. 8219Discussed in committeeLahaina National Heritage Area Study Act
- H.R. 8413Discussed in committeeSwanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land Conveyances Act
- H.R. 8419Discussed in committeeAmerican Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act
- H.R. 8666Discussed in committeeTo amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize holding court for the Central Division of Utah in Moab and Monticello.
- H.R. 8704Discussed in committeeTo require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species.
- H.R. 8811Discussed in committeeAmerica’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 9533Discussed in committeeESA Amendments Act of 2024
- H.R. 9605Discussed in committeeNo Censors on our Shores Act
- H.J.Res. 117Discussed in committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter".
- H.J.Res. 133Discussed in committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3".
- H.J.Res. 139Discussed in committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting".
- H.J.Res. 163Discussed in committeeProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule".
- H.R. 1479Discussed in committeeChiricahua National Park Act
- H.R. 1504Discussed in committeeApex Area Technical Corrections Act
- H.R. 1605Discussed in committeeNatural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023
- H.R. 1720Discussed in committeeOcean Pollution Reduction Act II
- H.R. 2672Discussed in committeeFEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act
- H.R. 2892Discussed in committeeWARN Act
- H.R. 3149Discussed in committeeTo designate United States Route 20 in the States of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts as the "National Medal of Honor Highway", and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3227Discussed in committeeEnsuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
- H.R. 3356Discussed in committeeMotor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file