Legislation · 119th Congress · as of Nov 13, 2026
Where this Congress’s bills stand
How far 17,125 bills have gotten
So far · as of Nov 13, 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
15,472 bills · latest action first
- S. 5236In committeeImproving CARE for Youth Act
- S. 5237In committeeStop Superbugs Act
- S. 5238In committeeFor Our Republic Act
- S. 5239In committeeAmerican Glove Act of 2026
- S. 5240In committeeREACH Our Tribes Act
- S. 5241In committeeA bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the "John Madden Memorial Post Office".
- S. 5242In committeePrescription Information Modernization Act of 2026
- H.J.Res. 208In committeeProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require the United States and the States to jointly ensure a high-quality education to all persons within the United States.
- H.J.Res. 209In committeeSupporting the designation of November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Father's Day".
- H.R. 10013In committeeCompassionate Care Act
- H.R. 10014In committeeRestoring Accountability in Appropriations Act
- H.R. 10015In committeeGreat American Healthcare Act
- H.R. 10016In committeeVeterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2026
- H.R. 10017In committeePermanent CBDC Ban Act
- H.R. 10018In committeeFair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 10019In committeeIncentivizing Value Capture for Greener Transportation Act
- H.R. 10020In committeeMedicare at Home Act
- H.R. 10021In committeeTo authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Earl L. Nolte for acts of valor as a member of the Army during World War II.
- H.R. 10022In committeeCLUSTER Act
- H.R. 10023In committeeASSET Act
- H.R. 10024In committeeHealth Insurance Transparency for Patients Act
- H.R. 10025In committeePreventing Abuse of Digital Replicas Act
- H.R. 10026In committeeHonoring Circuit Judge Pauline Newman Act of 2026
- H.R. 10028In committeeMOVE Act
- H.R. 10029In committeeSupporting Students and Families Act
Congress.gov bill status · 119th so far · 25 bills a page