Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 15, 2026
Where this Congress’s bills stand
How far 17,174 bills have gotten
So far · as of Nov 15, 2026
2 of 144 are ceremonial (post-office namings, coins, designations).
Ceremonial laws pile up in the lame duck: the 118th finished at 30%, but was at 12% at this point.
40 to 60% of a Congress’s laws arrive after Election Day.
90% of this Congress’s bills have not left committee; the 118th was at 92% at month 22. 1 in 119 became 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: 76 must-pass bills (spending, defense, stopgap, budget) and the handful of bills lobbied by more organizations than almost any other (10 became law).
Lobbying disclosure filings · 119th so far Method
How long they take
median days10th–90th
Half of the bills a committee approved got there within 142 days.
Medians use only bills that made the step.
Action dates · 119th so far Method
How long they are
Words (each step is 10 times longer) · bills per bar
The median bill is 552 words; 8 are over 200,000.
Latest text version. 45 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 119th so far Method
Every bill
8,740 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 10246In committee9–8–8 Community Infrastructure Act
- H.R. 10247In committeeFuture of America’s Workforce Act
- H.R. 10248In committeeSERVICE for America Act
- H.R. 10249In committeeKids Safety on Set Act of 2026
- H.R. 10252In committeeLaunching with Healthcare Act
- H.R. 10253In committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, as the "Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building".
- H.R. 10254In committeeMORE Savings Act
- H.R. 10257In committeeTo require the United States Postal Service to designate ZIP Codes for certain communities.
- H.R. 10258In committeePROOF Act
- H.R. 10259In committeeDHS Community Consultation Act of 2026
- H.R. 10261In committeeEdgely Community Protection and Transparency Act
- H.R. 10262In committee21st Century SPR Act
- H.R. 10264In committeeAmerican Made Federal Uniforms and Apparel Act of 2026
- H.R. 10265In committeeWhite House Fellows Program Authorization Act
- H.R. 10266In committeeNo Elite Athletes Using X-pro status to ensure Prioritizing Recruitment Of Student-athletes (NEAUX PROS) Act
- H.R. 10270In committeeSupporting 9–8–8 Crisis Stabilization Act
- H.R. 10271In committeeMobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2026
- H.R. 10272In committeeEnd Gas Station Heroin Act
- H.R. 10273In committeeFairness for Farm Workers Act
- H.R. 10274In committeePartnerships for Better Health Act
- H.R. 10275In committeePuerto Rico Energy Opportunity and Geothermal Assessment Act of 2026
- H.R. 10276In committeeBallots by Election Day Act
- H.R. 10277In committeeAccess to School Supplies Act of 2026
- H.R. 10278In committeeREAL Sugar Act
- H.R. 10279In committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9995 Southeast Federal Highway in Hobe Sound, Florida, as the "Special Operations Chief Petty Officer Aaron Carson Vaughn Post Office Building".
Congress.gov bill status · 119th so far · 25 bills a page