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

15,767 bills · latest action first

BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
S. 4799Discount Window Enhancement Act of 2024DMark R. Warner VAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.3k words00
S. 4800Waterfront Community Revitalization and Resiliency Act of 2024DTammy Baldwin WIJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.5k words00
S. 4801Tax Relief for Coerced Debt Act of 2024DTina Smith MNJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee283 words10
S. 4802Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025DJeff Merkley ORJul 25, 2024SubstantiveApproved by committee35k words035
S. 4804Health Over Wealth ActDEdward J. Markey MAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee7.6k words63
S. 4805FREE ActRCynthia M. Lummis WYJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.6k words20
S. 4806Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery ActRTed Cruz TXJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee427 words02
S. 4807Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery ActDEdward J. Markey MAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee2.3k words00
S. 4808Virtual Currency Tax Fairness ActRTed Budd NCJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee422 words21
S. 4809Angel Tax Credit ActDChristopher Murphy CTJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.5k words00
S. 4810OCTOPUS Act of 2024DSheldon Whitehouse RIJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee557 words10
S. 4811Prevention Services for Youth ActDLaphonza R. Butler CAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee552 words21
S. 4812Strengthening Supports for Youth ActDLaphonza R. Butler CAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee966 words21
S. 4813Cyber Ready Workforce ActDJacky Rosen NVJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee794 words10
S. 4814Transportation Assistance for Olympic and World Cup Cities Act of 2024DMaria Cantwell WAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee1.6k words10
S. 4815Student Loan Accountability ActRMitt Romney UTJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee436 words42
S. 4816Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection ActRTommy Tuberville ALJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee940 words00
S. 4817State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2024DEdward J. Markey MAJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee4.5k words10
S. 4818Safeguarding Americans From Extremist Risk (SAFER) at the Border ActRSteve Daines MTJul 25, 2024SubstantiveIn committee604 words80
H.J.Res. 193Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself.DJoseph D. Morelle NYJul 24, 2024SubstantiveIn committee183 words1550
H.R. 2405North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2023RKelly Armstrong NDMar 30, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee3.2k words01
H.R. 2989Save Our Sequoias ActRKevin McCarthy CAApr 28, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee5.3k words573
H.R. 3293Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews ActRJeff Duncan SCMay 15, 2023SubstantiveDiscussed in committee660 words16
H.R. 3954Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2023RKen Buck COJun 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee427 words30
H.R. 5617Space Transformation And Reliability ActRKevin McCarthy CASep 21, 2023SubstantiveIn committee41 words110

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