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
S. 4960Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes ActRJames E. Risch IDAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee98 words121
S. 4961NO BAN ActDChristopher A. Coons DEAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words230
S. 4962Campus Accountability and Safety ActDKirsten E. Gillibrand NYAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee5.3k words70
S. 4963Wildlife-Agriculture Disease Prevention Act of 2024DTammy Baldwin WIAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words50
S. 4964Long COVID Research Moonshot ActIBernard Sanders VTAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee4.3k words41
S. 4965Small Nonprofit Retirement Security Act of 2024RJames Lankford OKAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee731 words12
S. 4966Expanding Energy Efficiency for Affordable Housing Act of 2024DPeter Welch VTAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee113 words10
S. 4967Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2024RDeb Fischer NEAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee5.3k words60
S. 4968IDeA Reauthorization Act of 2024RCindy Hyde-Smith MSAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee289 words00
S. 4969Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2024DMartin Heinrich NMAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee942 words01
S. 4970Female Officers Ballistic Protection ActDJon Ossoff GAAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee762 words11
S. 4971Rural Homeownership Continuity Act of 2024DPeter Welch VTAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee196 words01
S. 4972Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms ActRCynthia M. Lummis WYAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2k words21
S. 4974A bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, and for other purposes.RLisa Murkowski AKAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee368 words20
S. 4975Smarter Weather Forecasting for Water Management, Farming, and Ranching Act of 2024DJacky Rosen NVAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee571 words21
S. 4976Artificial Intelligence Acquisitions Act of 2024RMarco Rubio FLAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words21
S. 4977Digital Integrity in Democracy ActDPeter Welch VTAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words30
S. 4978No American Land for Communist China ActRCynthia M. Lummis WYAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee247 words30
S. 4979FAA SMS Compliance Review Act of 2024DMaria Cantwell WAAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words12
S. 4980CONSTRUCTS Act of 2024DJacky Rosen NVAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.6k words01
S. 4981Skilled Workforce for America ActDJacky Rosen NVAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee445 words00
S. 4982Protecting Our Produce ActDJon Ossoff GAAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee893 words00
S. 4983Pipeline Accountability, Safety, and Environmental Standards Act of 2024DEdward J. Markey MAAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee7.6k words00
S. 4984Fight Illicit Pill Presses ActRJohn Cornyn TXAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee261 words30
S. 498521st Century Wildlife Enhancement and Partnership ActRJames Lankford OKAug 1, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.2k words20

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