Historical Statistics about Legislation in the U.S. Congress - GovTrack.us

Since World War II (the earliest we have data) Congress has typically enacted 4-6 million words of new law in each two-year Congress.

List of United States federal legislation - Wikipedia

This is a chronological but still incomplete list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each of ...

How Many Federal Laws Were Passed Last Year? | In Custodia Legis

23‏/03‏/2016 — The United States Congress passed 115 Public Laws in 2015. The laws are numbered from Public Law 114-1 through Public Law 114-115. The number ...

116th Congress did not pass many laws until after 2020 election

21‏/01‏/2021 — More than four-in-ten bills that became law out of the 116th Congress (151 of 344 or 44%) were passed in the final two months of its two-year ...

115th Congress passed more laws than before but of similar substance

25‏/01‏/2019 — A productivity scorecard for the 115th Congress More laws than before but not more substance. By Drew DeSilver. The U.S. House of ...

How Our Laws Are Made - Congress.gov

Sanders 376 U.S. 1 (1964) that the Constitution requires that as nearly as is practicable one mans vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much ...

Public Laws | Congress.gov

3706 - A bill to provide for the application of certain provisions of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 for fiscal year 2021 ...

How Laws Are Made and How to Research Them - USA.gov

10‏/08‏/2022 — Congress may try to overturn an executive order by passing a bill that blocks it. But the president can veto that bill. Congress would then need ...

Bills Acts & Laws - U.S. Senate

If Congress does not pass all appropriations measures by the start of the fiscal year (October 1) it has to enact a continuing resolution to keep the ...

The Legislative Process | house.gov

(Article I Section 1 of the United States Constitution ) ... Laws begin as ideas. First a ... Again a simple majority (51 of 100) passes the bill.