Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 12, 2026
Where this Congress’s bills stand
How far 17,125 bills have gotten
So far · as of Nov 12, 2026
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.
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 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
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
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
- S. 4052Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Clay Street in Marshfield, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the "Edwin P. Hubble Post Office".
- S. 4079Approved by committeePEARL Act
- S. 4523Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the "Sorensen-Estrada Post Office".
- S. 4623Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office".
- S. 4745Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the "Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building".
- S. 4830Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".
- S. 5163Approved by committeeNo Bonuses for Bad Service Act
- S. 5384In committeeThirty-Two Hour Workweek Act
- S. 5385In committeeA bill to 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.
- S. 5386In committeeDon’t STEAL Act
- S. 5387In committeeDCA Air Safety Act
- S. 5388In committeeStudent Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act
- S. 5389In committeeEnding Presidential Corruption in Banking Act
- S. 5390In committeeEnd Trump’s Tariff Tax Act
- S. 5391In committeeRobert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2026
- S. 5392In committeeTEAM USA Act
- S. 5393In committeeFABRIC Act
- S. 5394In committeeHands Off Our Great Lakes Act
- S. 58Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".
- S. 829Approved by committeeA bill to 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".
- S. 917Approved by committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office".
- H.R. 1276Became lawTo remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.
- H.R. 2069Became lawStop Secret Spending Act of 2025
- H.R. 2196Became lawNational Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act
- H.R. 5366Became lawDoug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
Congress.gov bill status · 119th so far · 25 bills a page