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. 9204Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act of 2024DAnna G. Eshoo CAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee71 words80
H.R. 9208Improving Military Recruitment at Senior Military Colleges ActRRonny Jackson TXJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee144 words10
H.R. 9210Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2024DHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. GAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee367 words20
H.R. 9213Endowment Accountability ActRMichael Lawler NYJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee99 words00
H.R. 9221RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2024RNathaniel Moran TXJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee413 words51
H.R. 9224Department of the Treasury Officer Protection Act of 2024DEleanor Holmes Norton DCJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee173 words00
H.R. 9227Porch Pirates Act of 2024DDean Phillips MNJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee147 words270
H.R. 9231BODEGA Act of 2024DRitchie Torres NYJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee132 words00
S. 1973All-American Flag ActDSherrod Brown OHJun 14, 2023SubstantiveBecame law409 words40
S. 227Improving Access to Our Courts ActRJohn Cornyn TXFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveBecame law74 words30
S. 3249A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, as the "Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic".RJerry Moran KSNov 8, 2023SubstantiveBecame law99 words10
S. 3285A bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic".RSteve Daines MTNov 9, 2023SubstantiveBecame law478 words00
S. 3574National Fossil ActRMike Braun INJan 10, 2024SubstantivePassed Senate104 words30
S. 3706Victims' VOICES ActRJohn Cornyn TXJan 31, 2024SubstantiveBecame law201 words20
S. 4610A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the bald eagle as the national bird.DAmy Klobuchar MNJun 20, 2024SubstantivePassed Senate388 words30
S. 4831Families Care ActRTed Budd NCJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee165 words10
S. 4832Lulu’s LawRKatie Boyd Britt ALJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee102 words72
S. 4833Federal Employee Locality Accountability in Retirement ActRBill Cassidy LAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee188 words01
S. 4834Federal Employee Return to Work ActRBill Cassidy LAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee292 words02
S. 4837Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2024DRichard J. Durbin ILJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee367 words10
S. 4840RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2024DChristopher A. Coons DEJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee413 words12
S. 4846A bill to provide for referral of denied applicants to the Service Academies to the senior military colleges.RTed Cruz TXJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee133 words10
S. 4847Advancing Medical Readiness Act of 2024DCatherine Cortez Masto NVJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee188 words10
S. 4849A bill to require the Secretary of State to seek to enter into negotiations with the Government of Ukraine for the establishment by that Government of a foreign investment review mechanism.RMarco Rubio FLJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee289 words00
S. 4850CONVEY ActDJohn W. Hickenlooper COJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee455 words00

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