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. 9242To designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the "Abit Massey Poultry Research Center".REarl L. "Buddy" Carter GAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee75 words120
H.R. 9244NO BAN ActDJudy Chu CAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words861
H.R. 9246Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2024DSteve Cohen TNAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee557 words00
H.R. 9247BIS IT Modernization ActDJason Crow COAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee627 words30
H.R. 9249Show Me the Science ActRChuck Edwards NCAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee190 words21
H.R. 9250Active Shooter Alert Act of 2024DVeronica Escobar TXAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words260
H.R. 9253National Gun Violence Research ActDValerie P. Foushee NCAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2k words400
H.R. 9254Tax Fairness for Survivors ActDLois Frankel FLAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee513 words20
H.R. 9255To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 John Street in New York, New York, as the "Jack Greenberg Post Office".DDaniel S. Goldman NYAug 2, 2024CeremonialIn committee75 words210
H.R. 9256To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and adjust for inflation the above-the-line deduction for teachers.RH. Morgan Griffith VAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee94 words00
H.R. 9257Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment ActDRaúl M. Grijalva AZAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.1k words70
H.R. 9258Disrupt Fentanyl Pill Production ActDJosh Harder CAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee676 words10
H.R. 9259Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument Establishment ActDSteven Horsford NVAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words10
H.R. 9260Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2024RDarrell Issa CAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee100 words621
H.R. 9261Continued Presence Improvement ActDGlenn Ivey MDAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee761 words20
H.R. 9262Bivens Act of 2024DHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. GAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee45 words110
H.R. 9263Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act of 2024RMike Kelly PAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words92
H.R. 9264Campus Accountability and Safety ActDRo Khanna CAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee5.3k words70
H.R. 9265SPEED ActRYoung Kim CAAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.8k words20
H.R. 9266Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2024DAndy Kim NJAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.8k words260
H.R. 9267Preserving Rural Housing Investments ActRDarin LaHood ILAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee111 words20
H.R. 9268Safer Skies Act of 2024RNicholas A. Langworthy NYAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee205 words263
H.R. 9269IVF Access and Affordability ActRMichael Lawler NYAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee745 words50
H.R. 9270Cyber Ready Workforce ActDSusie Lee NVAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee794 words20
H.R. 9271Telehealth Access for Tribal Communities Act of 2024DTeresa Leger Fernandez NMAug 2, 2024SubstantiveIn committee397 words70

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