Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 15, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,767 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 15, 2024
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.
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: 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
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
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
- S. 4486In committeeDefense Technology Report Parity Act
- S.J.Res. 92In committeeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule".
- S.J.Res. 93In committeeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Revision of Firearms License Requirements".
- S.J.Res. 94In committeeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the proposed rule submitted by the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule.
- S.J.Res. 95In committeeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments".
- H.R. 1687Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".
- H.R. 192Passed HouseTo prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022
- H.R. 5034Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2119 Market Square in Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Lieutenant General Samuel E. Ebbesen Post Office".
- H.R. 6188Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 420 Highway 17 North in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, as the "Nancy Yount Childs Post Office Building".
- H.R. 6418Approved by committeeEmpower Charter School Educators to Lead Act
- H.R. 6750Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 Mercer Street Southwest in Wilson, North Carolina, as the "Milton F. Fitch, Sr. Post Office Building".
- H.R. 784Approved by committeeInternet Application I.D. Act
- H.R. 8605In committeeNew Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency Act
- H.R. 8608In committeeSAFE Act
- H.R. 8617In committeeAdoptee Citizenship Act of 2024
- S. 4446In committeeNational Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2024
- S. 4448In committeeAdoptee Citizenship Act of 2024
- S. 4453In committeeRural Mail Delivery Improvement Act
- S. 4455In committeeFair Credit for American Hostages Act
- S.J.Res. 91In committeeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting".
- H.R. 7321Approved by committeeElectronic Filing of Electioneering Communication Reports Act
- H.R. 8594In committeeStop the Scam Act
- H.R. 8595In committeePromoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act
- H.R. 8596In committeeMAIL Theft Act of 2024
- H.R. 8599In committeeOral Health Products Inclusion Act
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