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. 8815Youth and Family Engagement in Child Welfare ActRAdrian Smith NEJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee224 words10
H.R. 8817Promoting Accountability, Reporting, Information Sharing, and Health ActRW. Gregory Steube FLJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee214 words10
H.R. 8819Religious Exemptions for Social Security and Healthcare Taxes ActRTroy Balderson OHJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee218 words20
H.R. 8822To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the payment of certain Federal taxes with bitcoin.RMatt Gaetz FLJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee317 words21
H.R. 8827To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Cumberland Street in Rochester, New York, as the "Minister Franklin Florence Memorial Post Office".DJoseph D. Morelle NYJun 25, 2024CeremonialIn committee80 words190
H.R. 8829Tribal Courts Support ActDIlhan Omar MNJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee478 words31
H.R. 8831Emergency OASIS ActDRaul Ruiz CAJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee366 words00
H.R. 8832Maintaining Innovation and Safe Technologies ActRDavid Schweikert AZJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee108 words10
H.R. 8835FAIR Pensions ActRJefferson Van Drew NJJun 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee157 words01
H.J.Res. 169Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot".RJodey C. Arrington TXJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee73 words30
H.R. 8793Foster Care Adoption Oversight and Support ActRBrad R. Wenstrup OHJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee244 words20
H.R. 8794Border Workforce Improvement ActDColin Z. Allred TXJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee323 words51
H.R. 8796Stop Comstock Act.DBecca Balint VTJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee220 words1291
H.R. 8798Promoting Community-Based Prevention Services ActRMike Carey OHJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee369 words30
H.R. 8800To designate the bald eagle as the national bird.RBrad Finstad MNJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee375 words142
H.R. 8803Illegal Labor Accountability Act of 2024RAnna Paulina Luna FLJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee98 words40
H.R. 8804Family Reunification Act of 2024RAnna Paulina Luna FLJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee225 words50
H.R. 8806Safeguarding Social Security and Medicare ActRZachary Nunn IAJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee253 words11
H.R. 8808Short-Term Detention Standards ActDElissa Slotkin MIJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee342 words10
H.R. 8810Ensuring Legal Representation for Child Welfare ActRClaudia Tenney NYJun 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee323 words10
S. 3960A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and for other purposes.DChristopher A. Coons DEMar 14, 2024SubstantivePassed Senate60 words10
S. 4598Internet Application I.D. ActDCatherine Cortez Masto NVJun 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee497 words10
S. 4599Gateway Partnership ActREric Schmitt MOJun 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee489 words00
S. 4600A bill to require the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs to provide a briefing on the status of establishing a course of education on authentication of digital content provenance and a briefing on a pilot program on authentication of digital content provenance, and for other purposes.DGary C. Peters MIJun 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee377 words00
S. 4601MCLB Albany Innovation ActDJon Ossoff GAJun 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee63 words00

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