Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 11, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 18,299 bills and resolutions had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 11, 2024
12 of 106 were ceremonial (post-office namings, coins, designations).
89% of the 118th Congress’s bills and resolutions had not left committee at month 22. 1 in 173 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 and resolutions that 5 or more organizations lobbied on got past committee about twice as often as bills and resolutions 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: 108 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 102 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 or resolution is 511 words; 3 are over 200,000.
Latest text version on file, which can be newer than this point in the Congress. 124 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 118th at month 22 Method
Every bill
737 bills and resolutions · latest action first
- H.R. 9106Became lawEnhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024
- S. 5284Passed SenateLieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act
- S. 5292Passed SenateA bill to amend the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 to modify a provision relating to the acquisition of a Coast Guard icebreaker.
- H.R. 9747Became lawContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
- S.Res. 888Agreed toA resolution honoring the life of James Ralph Sasser, former Senator for the State of Tennessee.
- H.R. 1103Passed HouseHong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act
- H.R. 1823Passed HouseTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 207 East Fort Dade Avenue in Brooksville, Florida, as the "Specialist Justin Dean Coleman Memorial Post Office Building".
- 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. 5646Passed HouseStop Campus Hazing Act
- H.R. 5799Passed HouseJames R. Dominguez Memorial Act of 2023
- 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. 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. 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.Res. 1469Agreed toEnsuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- S.Res. 876Agreed toA resolution designating October 2024 as "National Principals Month".
- S.Res. 877Agreed toA resolution designating the week of October 6, 2024, through October 12, 2024, as "National Community Policing Week".
- S.Res. 878Agreed toA resolution honoring the life, legacy, and contributions of James Earl Jones.
- S.Res. 879Agreed toA resolution permitting the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file