Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 12, 2026
Where this Congress’s bills stand
How far 19,903 bills and resolutions 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.
88% of this Congress’s bills and resolutions have not left committee; the 118th was at 89% at month 22. 1 in 138 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 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: 79 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 114 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 or resolution is 523 words; 3 are over 200,000.
Latest text version. 166 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 119th so far Method
Every bill
17,292 bills and resolutions · latest action first
- 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".
- H.R. 10281In committeeFEMA for Safe Recovery Act
- H.R. 10282In committeeStronger Start for Working Families Act
- H.R. 10283In committeeCongressional Pension Accountability Act
- H.R. 10284In committeeSmart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act
- H.R. 10285In committeeTelecommunications GAP Act
- H.R. 10286In committeeConsumer Affordability and Pricing Concessions Act
- H.R. 10287In committee9-8-8 Crisis Response Act
- H.R. 10288In committeeRural Broadband Modernization Act
- H.R. 10289In committeeGovernment Travel Transparency Act
- H.R. 10290In committeeNo Pardon Paydays Act of 2026
- H.R. 10291In committeeJARED Act
- H.R. 10292In committeeSouthern Nevada Wastewater Infrastructure Lands Act
- H.R. 10293In committeeRural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act
- H.R. 10294In committeeBetter Pay for American Workers Act
- H.R. 10295In committee9-8-8 Call Center Improvement Act
- H.R. 10296In committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4650 East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Dionne Phillips Bagsby Post Office Building".
- H.R. 10297In committeeEl Salvador TPS Act of 2026
Congress.gov bill status · 119th so far · 25 bills a page