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. 8644To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 to expand eligibility for underserved community harbor projects, and for other purposes.RBryan Steil WIJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee172 words40
H.J.Res. 166Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees".RTim Walberg MIJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee43 words515
H.R. 8620TRUMP Act of 2024RPaul A. Gosar AZJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee94 words00
H.R. 8621Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2024RDon Bacon NEJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee459 words70
H.R. 8629GAZA ActRMatt Gaetz FLJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee88 words30
H.R. 8634Criminal Illegal Alien Report ActRMorgan Luttrell TXJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee124 words00
H.R. 8635Affordable Child Care ActRMarcus J. Molinaro NYJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee201 words20
H.R. 8638To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1810 FM 1462 in Rosharon, Texas, as the "Army Specialist 5th Class Clarence Sasser Post Office Building".RTroy E. Nehls TXJun 5, 2024CeremonialIn committee88 words02
H.R. 8642MAIL ActRPete Stauber MNJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee108 words10
H.R. 8643Foster Youth Mental Health Support ActRMichelle Steel CAJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee337 words00
S. 4447Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception ActRJoni Ernst IAJun 4, 2024SubstantiveIn committee495 words131
S. 4459Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act of 2024RTom Cotton ARJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee290 words50
S. 4464Postal Processing Protection ActRMike Rounds SDJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee272 words102
S. 4465Uyghur Human Rights Policy Reauthorization Act of 2024RMarco Rubio FLJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee50 words10
S. 4466Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting ActRMarsha Blackburn TNJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee294 words10
S. 4467Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2024RMarco Rubio FLJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee92 words00
S. 4468Stop the BIS RULE ActRMike Lee UTJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee100 words00
S. 4471Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2024DTammy Baldwin WIJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee459 words00
S. 4473A bill to limit the definition of commercial in title 9, United States Code.DRichard Blumenthal CTJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee183 words00
S. 4475Response to Conflict in Sudan Act of 2024DTim Kaine VAJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee440 words10
S. 4477Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024RShelley Moore Capito WVJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee307 words71
S. 4478SAFE ActRMarco Rubio FLJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee306 words20
S. 4479COMMAND Act of 2024RTed Cruz TXJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee152 words10
S. 4483Securing Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2024RTed Cruz TXJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee80 words30
S. 4485Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2024RRon Johnson WIJun 5, 2024SubstantiveIn committee217 words70

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