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. 9220Restoring Confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency Act of 2024RJohn R. Moolenaar MIJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.1k words20
H.R. 9221RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2024RNathaniel Moran TXJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee413 words51
H.R. 9222Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2024DJoseph D. Morelle NYJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee999 words00
H.R. 9223Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2024DJerrold Nadler NYJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.4k words60
H.R. 9224Department of the Treasury Officer Protection Act of 2024DEleanor Holmes Norton DCJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee173 words00
H.R. 9225HIRRE Prosecutors Act of 2024DJimmy Panetta CAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee779 words140
H.R. 9227Porch Pirates Act of 2024DDean Phillips MNJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee147 words270
H.R. 9228BE HEARD in the Workplace ActDAyanna Pressley MAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee27k words372
H.R. 9229MAIL ActDAdam B. Schiff CAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee605 words130
H.R. 9230Climate Pollution Standard and Community Investment Act of 2024DPaul Tonko NYJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee28k words00
H.R. 9231BODEGA Act of 2024DRitchie Torres NYJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee132 words00
H.R. 9232Residential Recovery for Seniors ActDLauren Underwood ILJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee3.5k words70
H.R. 9233HEALTHY BRAINS Act of 2024DJennifer Wexton VAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee936 words200
H.R. 9234SWIFT ActDSusan Wild PAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.9k words71
H.R. 9235Strategic Ports Reporting Act of 2024RRobert J. Wittman VAJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee870 words20
S. 1973All-American Flag ActDSherrod Brown OHJun 14, 2023SubstantiveBecame law409 words40
S. 227Improving Access to Our Courts ActRJohn Cornyn TXFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveBecame law74 words30
S. 3249A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, as the "Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic".RJerry Moran KSNov 8, 2023SubstantiveBecame law175 words10
S. 3285A bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic".RSteve Daines MTNov 9, 2023SubstantiveBecame law478 words00
S. 3574National Fossil ActRMike Braun INJan 10, 2024SubstantivePassed Senate104 words30
S. 3706Victims' VOICES ActRJohn Cornyn TXJan 31, 2024SubstantiveBecame law201 words20
S. 4548Foreign Extortion Prevention Technical Corrections ActDSheldon Whitehouse RIJun 13, 2024SubstantiveBecame law950 words10
S. 4610A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the bald eagle as the national bird.DAmy Klobuchar MNJun 20, 2024SubstantivePassed Senate388 words30
S. 4831Families Care ActRTed Budd NCJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee165 words10
S. 4832Lulu’s LawRKatie Boyd Britt ALJul 30, 2024SubstantiveIn committee102 words71

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