Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 12, 2026

Where this Congress’s bills stand

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How far 17,125 bills have gotten

So far · as of Nov 12, 2026

In committee 15,472 90%
Sent to committee, never taken up14,644 86%Discussed in committee, not voted out828 5%Approved by committee654 4%Passed the House or Senate838 5%Passed the House and Senate15 <1%Vetoed2 <1%Became law144 <1%1 ceremonial

1 of 144 are ceremonial (post-office namings, coins, designations).

Ceremonial laws pile up in the lame duck: the 118th finished at 29%, but was at 11% 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.

Excludes resolutions; includes ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 12, 2026 How we count stages How we classify bills

Shortcuts and dead ends

How endings are recorded

Endings

11Failed floor votevoted down in the House or Senate
2Vetoedby the President
2Veto upheldof the 2 vetoed
0Committee recommended against it7 resolutions of inquiry, in Bills + resolutions

Routes around committee

281Skipped committeeof the 999 that passed at least one chamber, with no committee report
106forced out of committee, by petition or Senate rule8 House discharge petitions reached 218 signatures this Congress

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 file10,273 bills · 8% past committee
1 to 4 organizations lobbied5,872 bills · 10% past committee
5 or more organizations lobbied909 bills · 22% past committee

Bills that 5 or more organizations lobbied on got past committee nearly 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: 71 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

Introduced → approved by committee140 days
15,472 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber18 days
654 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both96 days
838 not yet passed the other chamber
Passed both → became law21 days
15 awaiting the President
06 mo1 yrCongress ends

Half of the bills a committee approved got there within 140 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

median 550
2001k10k100k1M
ShortestH.R. 899To terminate the Department of Education.17 words
LongestH.R. 8800National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027422,562 words

The median bill is 550 words; 3 are over 200,000.

Latest text version. 137 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.

GovInfo bill text, latest version · 119th so far Method

Every bill

17,125 bills · latest action first

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BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 10360Safeguarding Taxpayer Investment for Executive Airlift Act of 2026DJoe Courtney CTSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee82 words190
H.R. 10361To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.RAndrew R. Garbarino NYSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee158 words120
H.R. 10362Stop Rogue AI ActDJosh Gottheimer NJSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee1.8k words21
H.R. 10363No Grounds for Discrimination ActDJosh Gottheimer NJSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee156 words10
H.R. 10364American Copyright Protection Act of 2026RDarrell Issa CASep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee5.9k words06
H.R. 10365AmeriCorps Access for Dreamers ActDJulie Johnson TXSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee140 words40
H.R. 10366NO FLOCK ActDRaja Krishnamoorthi ILSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee188 words20
H.R. 10367Working Americans Affordability Tax Credit ActDGreg Landsman OHSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee18k words00
H.R. 10368Jimmy Deal Trafficking Survivors Assistance Act of 2026DSusie Lee NVSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee1.2k words20
H.R. 10369Net Effective Cost Transparency and Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2026RRyan Mackenzie PASep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee4.2k words43
H.R. 10370Ailani Myers Accelerating Innovation in Medicine to Cure Kids with Cancer ActRMichael T. McCaul TXSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee1.9k words20
H.R. 10372FABRIC ActDJerrold Nadler NYSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee3.4k words80
H.R. 10373Protecting Workers' Wages from Medical Debt ActDRobert C. "Bobby" Scott VASep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee239 words50
H.R. 10374Affordable Premiums for Seniors Act of 2026DTerri A. Sewell ALSep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee227 words201
H.R. 10376Telehealth Reporting and Transparency Act of 2026DJames R. Walkinshaw VASep 14, 2026SubstantiveIn committee888 words10
H.R. 1372To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building".RTim Burchett TNFeb 14, 2025CeremonialPassed House79 words80
H.R. 1431To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the "James J. Howard Post Office".DFrank Pallone, Jr. NJFeb 18, 2025CeremonialPassed House81 words110
H.R. 1501Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025RJefferson Shreve INFeb 21, 2025SubstantivePassed House106 words21
H.R. 1706To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the "William J. Donovan Post Office Building".DTimothy M. Kennedy NYFeb 27, 2025CeremonialPassed House82 words260
H.R. 1830To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office".RJulie Fedorchak NDMar 4, 2025CeremonialPassed House80 words00
H.R. 1869Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2026RAshley Hinson IAMar 5, 2025SubstantivePassed House976 words443
H.R. 2175To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the "Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building".DSalud O. Carbajal CAMar 18, 2025CeremonialPassed House87 words510
H.R. 2466To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5225 Harrison Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, as the "Jay P. Larson Post Office Building".DEric Sorensen ILMar 27, 2025CeremonialPassed House79 words160
H.R. 323To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".RClaudia Tenney NYJan 9, 2025CeremonialPassed House83 words240
H.R. 3350To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 East 1st Street in Tustin, California, as the "Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building".RYoung Kim CAMay 13, 2025CeremonialPassed House80 words120

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