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. 8484To amend the Buy Indian Act to include the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.DMary Sattler Peltola AKMay 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee177 words10
H.R. 8487HEROS ActRJefferson Van Drew NJMay 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee251 words22
S. 4372Deliver for Veterans ActRLisa Murkowski AKMay 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee110 words20
S. 4382East Point Water Infrastructure Enhancement ActDJon Ossoff GAMay 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee50 words00
S. 4383Coastal Georgia Flooding Prevention ActDJon Ossoff GAMay 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee75 words10
S. 4384Georgia Stormwater Management ActDJon Ossoff GAMay 21, 2024SubstantiveIn committee74 words00
H.R. 8146Police Our Border ActRAnthony D’Esposito NYApr 29, 2024SubstantivePassed House468 words01
H.R. 8456To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement certain recommendations made by the Comptroller General with respect to disaster recovery, and for other purposes.DSara Jacobs CAMay 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee63 words02
S. 4368IVF Protection ActRTed Cruz TXMay 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee336 words43
S. 4369Secure Smartports Act of 2024DRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAMay 20, 2024SubstantiveIn committee295 words11
H.J.Res. 138Providing 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 "Clarifying the Eligibility of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Certain Other Noncitizens for a Qualified Health Plan through an Exchange, Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit, Cost-Sharing Reductions, and a Basic Health Program".RAugust Pfluger TXMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee68 words250
H.R. 7251Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024RLori Chavez-DeRemer ORFeb 6, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee124 words71
H.R. 8325Physician and Patient Safety ActDRaul Ruiz CAMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee227 words73
H.R. 8330Stop Nurse Shortages ActDHaley M. Stevens MIMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee312 words12
H.R. 8360No Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics ActRAnna Paulina Luna FLMay 10, 2024SubstantiveIn committee198 words31
H.R. 8375Strengthening Our Pediatric Mental Health Workforce ActDYadira Caraveo COMay 14, 2024SubstantiveIn committee447 words131
H.R. 8395AUDIT EPA Act of 2024RCathy McMorris Rodgers WAMay 14, 2024SubstantiveIn committee415 words00
H.R. 8415Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care ActRMichelle Steel CAMay 15, 2024SubstantiveIn committee233 words70
H.R. 8454To amend title 10, United States Code, to add to matters covered by counseling in the Transition Assistance Program.DSara Jacobs CAMay 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee74 words00
H.R. 8455To direct the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to conduct a feasibility study develop a plan to carry out a program to construct facilities of covered military housing and to submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on such study, and for other purposes.DSara Jacobs CAMay 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee272 words10
H.R. 8460Court Improvement Program Enhancement Act of 2024RBlake D. Moore UTMay 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee439 words40
H.R. 8464Tokenization Report Act of 2024RWilliam R. Timmons IV SCMay 17, 2024SubstantiveIn committee377 words22
H.J.Res. 147Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to "Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process".RMary E. Miller ILMay 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee36 words2810
H.J.Res. 149Providing 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; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State".RDan Newhouse WAMay 16, 2024SubstantiveIn committee55 words00
H.R. 1199Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023RNeal P. Dunn FLFeb 27, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee488 words4710

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