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. 167 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 119th so far Method
Every bill
3,010 bills and resolutions · latest action first
- H.R. 9688In committeeHigh Court Gift Ban Act
- H.Res. 1423Agreed toProviding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, and other Federal laws, to improve benefits for veterans and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
- S. 4961In committeePATH Act
- S. 4966In committeeHigh Court Gift Ban Act
- H.R. 2478Passed HouseFinancial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025
- H.R. 8720Approved by committeeCampaign Finance Transparency Act
- H.R. 8873Passed HouseRecover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
- H.R. 9651In committeeSpace Ready 2.0 Act
- H.R. 9655In committeeFAIR Data Act
- H.Res. 1377Approved by committeeProviding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9022) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, and other Federal laws, to improve benefits for veterans and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- H.Res. 1398Failed in HouseProviding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1383) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts; and for other purposes.
- S. 3468Approved by committeeNational Programmable Cloud Laboratories Network Act of 2025
- S. 4954In committeeCitizenship Act of 2026
- H.R. 9625In committeeFreedom to Build Act
- H.R. 9630In committeeBILL Drivers Act
- H.R. 9631In committeeBear Poaching Elimination Act
- H.R. 9633In committeeBirthright Citizenship Clarification Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1421In committeeImpeaching Sparkle L. Sooknanan, a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
- H.R. 9206In committeeDHS CANDOR Act
- H.R. 9232In committeeCritical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act
- H.R. 9271In committeeGovernors’ Right to Inspect Act of 2026
- H.R. 9314In committeeDHS Surveillance Technology Moratorium Act of 2026
- H.R. 9374In committeeFind Our Families Act of 2026
- H.R. 9386In committeeUnited States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2026
- H.R. 9592In committeeAmerican Space Leadership for the 21st Century Act
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