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. 8295Immediate Support for Israel ActRBeth Van Duyne TXMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee84 words114
H.R. 8298Equal Remedies Act of 2024DSuzanne Bonamici ORMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee284 words110
H.R. 8306SHUSH ActRBob Good VAMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee474 words72
H.R. 8307Women Who Worked on the Home Front Memorial Location ActRKay Granger TXMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee273 words650
H.R. 8309Global Internet Freedom ActDSara Jacobs CAMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee313 words10
H.R. 8313Help DPA ActRBlaine Luetkemeyer MOMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee358 words00
H.R. 8320Spend It At Home ActRTroy E. Nehls TXMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee265 words20
H.R. 8321Antisemitism Community Service ActRAndrew Ogles TNMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee69 words20
H.R. 8322Study Abroad ActRAndrew Ogles TNMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee69 words60
S. 4278Physician and Patient Safety ActRRoger Marshall KSMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee227 words04
S. 4282A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing any rule or regulation requiring the mandatory use of electronic identification eartags on cattle and bison.RMike Rounds SDMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee34 words10
S. 4284Education Flexibility for Veteran Parents Act of 2024RMarco Rubio FLMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee209 words20
S. 4285United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Cooperation ActDGary C. Peters MIMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee387 words21
S. 4288Efficient Nuclear Licensing Hearings ActRTim Scott SCMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee485 words03
S. 4290Antitrust Freedom Act of 2024RRand Paul KYMay 8, 2024SubstantiveIn committee84 words00
H.J.Res. 98Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status".RJohn James MINov 9, 2023SubstantiveVetoed36 words6831
H.R. 2379To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 616 East Main Street in St. Charles, Illinois, as the "Veterans of the Vietnam War Memorial Post Office".DRaja Krishnamoorthi ILMar 29, 2023CeremonialBecame law87 words160
H.R. 2754To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2395 East Del Mar Boulevard in Laredo, Texas, as the "Lance Corporal David Lee Espinoza, Lance Corporal Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez & Sergeant Roberto Arizola Jr. Post Office Building".DHenry Cuellar TXApr 20, 2023CeremonialBecame law114 words370
H.R. 292To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24355 Creekside Road in Santa Clarita, California, as the "William L. Reynolds Post Office Building".RMike Garcia CAJan 11, 2023CeremonialBecame law79 words500
H.R. 3865To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South 8th Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as the "Lieutenant William D. Lebo Post Office Building".RDaniel Meuser PAJun 6, 2023CeremonialBecame law83 words160
H.R. 3944To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, as the "Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office".RRick W. Allen GAJun 9, 2023CeremonialBecame law84 words130
H.R. 3947To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 859 North State Road 21 in Melrose, Florida, as the "Pamela Jane Rock Post Office Building".RAaron Bean FLJun 9, 2023CeremonialBecame law81 words270
H.R. 8257Washington Channel Public Access ActDEleanor Holmes Norton DCMay 6, 2024SubstantiveIn committee77 words02
H.R. 8265Social Security Overpayment Fairness ActDYadira Caraveo COMay 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee365 words21
H.R. 8269ROC ActRPat Fallon TXMay 7, 2024SubstantiveIn committee238 words10

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