Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 12, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,691 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 12, 2024
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.
Shortcuts and dead ends
How endings are recordedEndings
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
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
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
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
482 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 7245In committeeTo provide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.
- S. 3727In committeeProprietary Education Oversight Task Force Act
- H.R. 7061In committeeHEAL Maui Act
- H.R. 7162In committee401Kids Savings Account Act of 2024
- S. 3654Discussed in committeeAgency Preparation for Transitions Act of 2024
- S. 3716In committee401Kids Savings Account Act of 2024
- S. 1863Approved by committeePROVE IT Act of 2024
- S. 3663In committeeTurn the Tide Act
- H.R. 5745In committeeDigital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act
- H.R. 6805In committeePFAS Action Act of 2023
- H.R. 4767Approved by committeeProtecting Americans’ Retirement Savings from Politics Act
- H.R. 6857In committeeSimplify and Expand Health Savings Accounts Act
- H.R. 6775In committeePublic Banking Act of 2023
- H.R. 6803In committeeGrandfamilies Act of 2023
- S. 3548In committeeHealth Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act
- H.R. 4531Passed HouseSupport for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
- S. 127Approved by committeePharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023
- H.R. 5988Approved by committeeUnited States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act
- H.R. 6622In committeeClean Competition Act
- S. 3439In committeeConcrete and Asphalt Innovation Act of 2023
- S. 3443In committeeProtecting Education from Malign Foreign Influence Act of 2023
- S. 3457In committeeFans First Act
- H.R. 6641In committeeKeep America’s Waterfronts Working Act
- S. 2860Approved by committeeSAFER Banking Act
- S. 3422In committeeClean Competition Act
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file