Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 12, 2024

Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22

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How far 15,699 bills had gotten

At month 22 · Nov 12, 2024

In committee 14,395 92%
Sent to committee, never taken up13,464 86%Discussed in committee, not voted out931 6%Approved by committee555 4%Passed the House or Senate619 4%Passed the House and Senate12 <1%Vetoed12 <1%Became law106 <1%12 ceremonial

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.

Excludes resolutions; includes ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 12, 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

205Skipped committeeof the 749 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 file9,224 bills · 7% past committee
1 to 4 organizations lobbied5,540 bills · 8% past committee
5 or more organizations lobbied829 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: 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

Introduced → approved by committee125 days
14,395 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber13 days
555 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both84 days
619 not yet passed the other chamber
Passed both → became law9 days
12 awaiting the President
06 mo1 yrCongress ends

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

median 530
2001k10k100k1M
ShortestH.R. 899To terminate the Department of Education.17 words
LongestH.R. 9161Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2024266,084 words

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

15,699 bills · latest action first

BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 9149ASSET ActDJimmy Gomez CAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.2k words80
H.R. 9165Public Land Search and Rescue ActRCeleste Maloy UTJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee378 words40
H.R. 9182Avian Influenza Research and Response ActDElissa Slotkin MIJul 26, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1k words50
H.R. 9226Domestic Seafood Production ActDMary Sattler Peltola AKJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.6k words20
H.R. 9446Patient Navigation Assistance ActDMark DeSaulnier CASep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee794 words00
H.R. 9447Ending China’s Unfair Advantage Act of 2024RNeal P. Dunn FLSep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee325 words40
H.R. 9448School Hunger Elimination Act of 2024DJahana Hayes CTSep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee761 words230
H.R. 9450PROTOCOL ActRAugust Pfluger TXSep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words10
H.R. 9451Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2024DKatie Porter CASep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee3.4k words00
H.R. 9452Common Sense Real Estate Consumer Rights Protection Act of 2024RBill Posey FLSep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee447 words00
H.R. 9453To amend title 10, United States Code, to require payments to contractors for subcontracting with Pacific Insular Area concerns, and for other purposes.DGregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan MPSep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee495 words20
H.R. 9454Protecting Military Bases from Connected Vehicles of Concern Act of 2024DElissa Slotkin MISep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee411 words00
H.R. 9455IDEA ActDNydia M. Velázquez NYSep 3, 2024SubstantiveIn committee714 words11
H.R. 9440SEAS Act of 2024RNathaniel Moran TXAug 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee3.3k words10
H.J.Res. 201Providing 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 "Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders".RAndrew Ogles TNAug 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee44 words10
H.R. 3161CDFI Fund Transparency ActRJohn W. Rose TNMay 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee328 words283
H.R. 3507Yes In My Backyard ActDDerek Kilmer WAMay 18, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee609 words456
H.R. 6127MAPWaters ActRBlake D. Moore UTNov 1, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee1.2k words72
H.R. 7285To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal cost share for the supplemental nutrition assistance program administration to improve staffing and retention.DJahana Hayes CTFeb 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee254 words191
H.R. 7294Watershed Protection and Forest Recovery Act of 2024DJoe Neguse COFeb 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee783 words60
H.R. 7362SPACE Act of 2024DSuzanne Bonamici ORFeb 15, 2024SubstantiveIn committee589 words51
H.R. 7391SUNRAY for Energy ActDEric Sorensen ILFeb 15, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words30
H.R. 7408America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation ActRBruce Westerman ARFeb 20, 2024SubstantiveDiscussed in committee9.5k words223
H.R. 7421McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality ActDEleanor Holmes Norton DCFeb 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee59 words01
H.R. 7430Public Lands in Public Hands ActRRyan K. Zinke MTFeb 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee378 words11

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