Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 12, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,691 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 12, 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
205 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 8038Passed House21st Century Peace through Strength Act
- H.R. 7888Became lawReforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
- H.R. 3033Passed HouseSolidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2023
- H.R. 4681Passed HouseIllicit Captagon Trafficking Suppression Act of 2023
- H.R. 4691Passed HouseIran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2023
- H.R. 5826Passed HouseNo Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
- H.R. 5917Passed HouseStrengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
- H.R. 5947Passed HouseTo provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6603Passed HouseNo Technology for Terror Act
- S. 4050Passed SenateA bill to extend the deadline to commence construction of certain hydroelectric projects on the Red River.
- H.R. 4723Passed HouseUpholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act
- H.R. 6306Passed HouseEmbassy Construction Integrity Act of 2023
- H.R. 6602Passed HouseTo amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to the review of the interagency dispute resolution process.
- H.R. 6610Passed HousePassport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act
- H.R. 7511Passed HouseLaken Riley Act
- H.R. 7454Became lawAirport and Airway Extension Act of 2024
- H.R. 7463Became lawExtension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024
- S. 3859Passed SenateJustice for Murder Victims Act
- H.R. 2766Passed HouseUyghur Policy Act of 2023
- H.R. 3016Passed HouseIGO Anti-Boycott Act
- H.R. 3202Passed HouseAssad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023
- H.R. 4039Passed HouseNo Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act
- H.R. 533Passed HousePromoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
- H.R. 5375Passed HouseStrengthening the Quad Act
- H.R. 5856Passed HouseFrederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file