Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 13, 2026

Where this Congress’s bills stand

How far 19,903 bills and resolutions have gotten

So far · as of Nov 13, 2026

Sent to committee, never taken up16,699 84%Discussed in committee, not voted out837 4%Approved by committee698 4%Passed the House or Senate1,487 7%Passed the House and Senate36 <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.

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.

Includes 2,396 non-binding resolutions and ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 13, 2026 How we count stages How we classify bills

Shortcuts and dead ends

How endings are recorded

Endings

25Failed floor votevoted down in the House or Senate

2Vetoedby the President

2Veto upheldof the 2 vetoed

7Committee recommended against itall House resolutions of inquiry

Routes around committee

779Skipped committeeof the 1,669 that passed at least one chamber, with no committee report

112forced 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 file12,797 bills and resolutions · 11% past committee

1 to 4 organizations lobbied6,114 bills and resolutions · 11% past committee

5 or more organizations lobbied913 bills and resolutions · 22% past committee

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

Introduced → approved by committee114 days

17,536 not yet approved by committee

Approved by committee → passed a chamber11 days

698 not yet passed a chamber

Passed one → passed both70 days

848 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 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

median 523

2001k10k100k1M

ShortestH.Res. 598Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 589) providing for the public release of certain documents, records, and communications related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.7 words

LongestH.R. 8800National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027422,562 words

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

16,699 bills and resolutions · latest action first

Search Type Stage Ending Lobbying Sponsor party Chamber Committee Sort

Stage: Sent to committee, never taken up Clear all

Bill	Title	Sponsor	Introduced	Type	Stage	Words	Cosponsors	Lobbied by
H.R. 10489	American Renewable Energy Act of 2026	DYvette D. Clarke NY	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	4.1k words	0	1
H.R. 10490	Born to Invest Act of 2026	DSharice Davids KS	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	136 words	1	0
H.R. 10491	CHARGE Act	RWarren Davidson OH	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	185 words	0	0
H.R. 10492	Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act	DMaxine Dexter OR	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	7.1k words	2	2
H.R. 10493	Reclaim Local Control Act	RTom Emmer MN	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	88 words	3	1
H.R. 10494	American Tariff Rebate Act	DValerie P. Foushee NC	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	3.1k words	0	0
H.R. 10495	CATFISH Act of 2026	RAbraham J. Hamadeh AZ	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	2.5k words	0	0
H.R. 10496	Revising SSDI Disability Classifications Act	RJ. French Hill AR	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	934 words	1	0
H.R. 10497	Protect Our Polls Act	DChrissy Houlahan PA	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	1.2k words	8	0
H.R. 10498	Illegal War Refund Act	DRo Khanna CA	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	332 words	4	0
H.R. 10499	Meals for Communities Tax Credit Act	RDarin LaHood IL	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	505 words	2	0
H.R. 10500	Unleashing American Pipelines Act	RLaurel M. Lee FL	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	313 words	0	1
H.R. 10501	Communist Control Act of 2026	RRichard McCormick GA	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	114 words	3	0
H.R. 10502	To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.	RAddison P. McDowell NC	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	276 words	2	0
H.R. 10503	To establish a Federal grant program to reimburse certain States for the costs incurred and damage caused by widespread deployment of Federal immigration officials, and for other purposes.	DIlhan Omar MN	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	470 words	6	0
H.R. 10504	CURE Act	DJamie Raskin MD	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	341 words	3	0
H.R. 10505	Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2026	RMaria Elvira Salazar FL	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	79 words	2	0
H.R. 10506	Packers and Stockyards Improvements Act	DMary Gay Scanlon PA	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	4.5k words	0	0
H.R. 10507	Justice for Veterans and Victims of Terrorism Act of 2026	RDavid J. Taylor OH	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	454 words	1	0
H.R. 10508	To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes.	DMike Thompson CA	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	Text pending	1	0
H.R. 10509	BEEF Act	DGabe Vasquez NM	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	465 words	1	0
H.Res. 1558	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that, to maintain the health care safety net, Federally Qualified Health Centers should continue to operate under their longstanding single patient definition for delivery of all services, including prescription drugs.	RJack Bergman MI	Sep 17, 2026	Non-binding resolution	In committee	526 words	1	0
H.Res. 1559	Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".	DJoaquin Castro TX	Sep 17, 2026	Non-binding resolution	In committee	329 words	61	0
H.Res. 1560	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4393) to secure the border and reform the immigration laws.	DVeronica Escobar TX	Sep 17, 2026	Substantive	In committee	162 words	0	0
H.Res. 1561	Expressing support for the designation of the third week of September as "Fungal Disease Awareness Week" and encouraging efforts to improve awareness, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and prevention of fungal diseases in the United States.	RVince Fong CA	Sep 17, 2026	Non-binding resolution	In committee	896 words	3	0

H.R. 10489In committee
American Renewable Energy Act of 2026
DYvette D. Clarke NYSep 17, 2026Substantive4.1k words0 cosponsors1 organization lobbied
H.R. 10490In committee
Born to Invest Act of 2026
DSharice Davids KSSep 17, 2026Substantive136 words1 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10491In committee
CHARGE Act
RWarren Davidson OHSep 17, 2026Substantive185 words0 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10492In committee
Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act
DMaxine Dexter ORSep 17, 2026Substantive7.1k words2 cosponsors2 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10493In committee
Reclaim Local Control Act
RTom Emmer MNSep 17, 2026Substantive88 words3 cosponsors1 organization lobbied
H.R. 10494In committee
American Tariff Rebate Act
DValerie P. Foushee NCSep 17, 2026Substantive3.1k words0 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10495In committee
CATFISH Act of 2026
RAbraham J. Hamadeh AZSep 17, 2026Substantive2.5k words0 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10496In committee
Revising SSDI Disability Classifications Act
RJ. French Hill ARSep 17, 2026Substantive934 words1 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10497In committee
Protect Our Polls Act
DChrissy Houlahan PASep 17, 2026Substantive1.2k words8 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10498In committee
Illegal War Refund Act
DRo Khanna CASep 17, 2026Substantive332 words4 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10499In committee
Meals for Communities Tax Credit Act
RDarin LaHood ILSep 17, 2026Substantive505 words2 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10500In committee
Unleashing American Pipelines Act
RLaurel M. Lee FLSep 17, 2026Substantive313 words0 cosponsors1 organization lobbied
H.R. 10501In committee
Communist Control Act of 2026
RRichard McCormick GASep 17, 2026Substantive114 words3 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10502In committee
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
RAddison P. McDowell NCSep 17, 2026Substantive276 words2 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10503In committee
To establish a Federal grant program to reimburse certain States for the costs incurred and damage caused by widespread deployment of Federal immigration officials, and for other purposes.
DIlhan Omar MNSep 17, 2026Substantive470 words6 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10504In committee
CURE Act
DJamie Raskin MDSep 17, 2026Substantive341 words3 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10505In committee
Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2026
RMaria Elvira Salazar FLSep 17, 2026Substantive79 words2 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10506In committee
Packers and Stockyards Improvements Act
DMary Gay Scanlon PASep 17, 2026Substantive4.5k words0 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10507In committee
Justice for Veterans and Victims of Terrorism Act of 2026
RDavid J. Taylor OHSep 17, 2026Substantive454 words1 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10508In committee
To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes.
DMike Thompson CASep 17, 2026SubstantiveText pending1 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.R. 10509In committee
BEEF Act
DGabe Vasquez NMSep 17, 2026Substantive465 words1 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.Res. 1558In committee
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that, to maintain the health care safety net, Federally Qualified Health Centers should continue to operate under their longstanding single patient definition for delivery of all services, including prescription drugs.
RJack Bergman MISep 17, 2026Non-binding resolution526 words1 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.Res. 1559In committee
Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
DJoaquin Castro TXSep 17, 2026Non-binding resolution329 words61 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.Res. 1560In committee
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4393) to secure the border and reform the immigration laws.
DVeronica Escobar TXSep 17, 2026Substantive162 words0 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied
H.Res. 1561In committee
Expressing support for the designation of the third week of September as "Fungal Disease Awareness Week" and encouraging efforts to improve awareness, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and prevention of fungal diseases in the United States.
RVince Fong CASep 17, 2026Non-binding resolution896 words3 cosponsors0 organizations lobbied

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