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. 8551Confronting CCP Malign Influence ActRAndrew Ogles TNMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee179 words120
H.R. 8552Protect Democracy From Criminal Corporations ActDIlhan Omar MNMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee434 words30
H.R. 8558Gaza Strip Travel Restriction ActRKeith Self TXMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee126 words00
H.R. 8559To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances.RMichelle Steel CAMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee139 words30
H.R. 8564Elevating Biotechnology Threats Reporting ActRBrad R. Wenstrup OHMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee280 words30
S. 3772Simplifying Subcontracting ActRJames E. Risch IDFeb 8, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee271 words61
S. 4395PATCH ActDBrian Schatz HIMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee141 words01
S. 4398Retirement Investment in Small Employers ActDMargaret Wood Hassan NHMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee166 words16
S. 4400Small Entity Update ActRKatie Boyd Britt ALMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee427 words00
S. 4401Small Business Regulatory Reduction ActRRoger Marshall KSMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee189 words40
S. 4405Natural Gas Tax Repeal ActRTed Cruz TXMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee81 words120
S. 4408ARM ActRTed Cruz TXMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee364 words30
S. 4410Stop the ICC ActRDan Sullivan AKMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee313 words00
S. 4411REDUCE ActDRichard J. Durbin ILMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee143 words00
S. 4416Special Guerilla Unit National Memorial ActDRichard Blumenthal CTMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee209 words00
S. 4417Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business ActRJohn Kennedy LAMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee263 words01
S. 4421Agricultural Biotechnology Coordination Act of 2024DAlex Padilla CAMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee350 words11
S. 4423Parity for Native Hawaiian Veterans Act of 2024DMazie K. Hirono HIMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee357 words10
S. 4427DOE and SBA Research ActRJohn Kennedy LAMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee412 words00
S.J.Res. 90A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities".RRoger Marshall KSMay 23, 2024SubstantiveIn committee38 words71
H.J.Res. 151Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category".RMike Collins GAMay 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee44 words153
H.R. 3317Rolling Stock Protection ActREric A. "Rick" Crawford ARMay 15, 2023SubstantivePassed House105 words70
H.R. 4688To direct the Administrator of General Services to sell the property known as the Webster School.DEleanor Holmes Norton DCJul 17, 2023SubstantivePassed House359 words10
H.R. 5754To designate the United States courthouse located at 350 W. 1st Street, Los Angeles, California, as the "Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse".DJimmy Gomez CASep 27, 2023CeremonialPassed House73 words640
H.R. 6248Think Differently Transportation ActRMarcus J. Molinaro NYNov 6, 2023SubstantivePassed House373 words180

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