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
7,535 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 2468Passed HouseMountain View Corridor Completion Act
- H.R. 3354Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 North Hatcher Avenue in Purcellville, Virginia, as the "Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Post Office Building".
- H.R. 3386Discussed in committeeBottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
- H.R. 4094Passed HouseGreat Salt Lake Stewardship Act
- H.R. 4259Passed HouseThink Differently about Education Act of 2023
- H.R. 522Passed HouseDeliver for Veterans Act
- H.R. 5302Passed HouseMichel O. Maceda Memorial Act
- H.R. 5509Passed HouseElectronic Permitting Modernization Act
- H.R. 5729Discussed in committeeTo prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5799Passed HouseJames R. Dominguez Memorial Act of 2023
- H.R. 6474Passed HouseTo amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.
- H.R. 6656Passed HouseStuck On Hold Act
- H.R. 6810Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 518 North Ridgewood Drive in Sebring, Florida, as the "U.S. Army Air Corps Major Thomas B. McGuire Post Office Building".
- H.R. 6852Passed HouseHolcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative Site Act
- H.R. 6983Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the "Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office".
- H.R. 7180Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 1st Street in Kingsland, Arkansas, as the "Kingsland 'Johnny Cash' Post Office".
- H.R. 7311Discussed in committeeCombatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2024
- H.R. 7370Passed HouseGEO Act
- H.R. 7385Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29 Franklin Street in Petersburg, Virginia, as the "John Mercer Langston Post Office Building".
- H.R. 7417Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 West Spring Street in Titusville, Pennsylvania, as the "Edwin L. Drake Post Office Building".
- H.R. 7606Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1087 Route 47 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey, as the "Carlton H. Hand Post Office Building".
- H.R. 7607Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the Township of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jersey, as the "George Henry White Post Office Building".
- H.R. 7893Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 Pickens Street in Marion, Alabama, as the "Albert Turner, Sr. Post Office Building".
- H.R. 8057Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California, as the "Little Saigon Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Post Office".
- H.R. 8068Discussed in committeeStop the Baseline Bloat Act of 2024
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file