[House Calendars, Final - 104th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION AND COMPARISON: FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDRED
FOURTH CONGRESS; FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS; FIRST
SESSION, ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS; FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDRED FIRST
CONGRESS; FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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First session, First session,
One Hundred First session, One Hundred First session, First session,
Fourth One Hundred Second One Hundred One Hundredth
Congress Third Congress Congress First Congress Congress
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Convened........................ Jan. 4, 1995 Jan. 5, 1993 Jan. 3, 1991 Jan. 3, 1989 Jan. 6, 1987
Adjourned....................... Jan. 3, 1996 Nov. 26, 1993 Jan. 3, 1992 Nov. 22, 1989 Dec. 22, 1987
Calendar days in session........ 183 143 154 150 169
Legislative days in session..... 167 142 153 147 169
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Bills introduced................ 2,840 3,720 4,085 3,846 3,840
Joint resolutions introduced.... 137 303 387 454 437
Simple resolutions introduced... 324 324 322 301 345
Concurrent resolutions
introduced..................... 130 196 263 241 235
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Total bills and
resolutions.............. 3,431 4,543 5,057 4,842 4,857
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Public laws:
Approved.................... 85 210 243 239 240
Over veto................... 1 0 0 0 2
Without approval............ 2 0 0 1 0
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Total, public laws........ 88 210 243 240 242
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Private laws.................... 0 1 2 2 7
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Grand total, public and
private laws............. 88 211 245 242 249
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Committee reports:
Union calendar.............. (\3\) 203 (\2\) 213 (\1\) 222 207 245
House....................... 172 131 97 88 122
Private calendar............ 3 4 10 15 39
Conference reports.......... 32 29 33 31 17
Special reports............. 12 13 26 26 56
Not assigned to a calendar.. 22 23 36 27 20
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Total....................... 444 413 424 394 499
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Reported bills acted upon:
Union calendar.............. 156 193 196 183 211
House calendar.............. 168 127 93 82 116
Private calendar............ 3 4 10 14 33
Conference reports.......... 32 29 33 31 17
Special reports............. 0 0 0 0 0
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Total acted upon............ 359 353 332 310 377
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Special reports, conference
reports, reported bills
pending, and not assigned...... 85 60 92 84 122
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Total reported............ 444 413 424 394 499
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Resolutions agreed to:
Simple...................... 183 129 141 147 138
House concurrent............ 27 30 46 32 53
Senate concurrent........... 10 16 13 28 8
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Total agreed to........... 220 175 200 207 199
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\1\ Totals reflect 1 measure referred to the Union Calendar and subsequently discharged from it.
\2\ Totals reflect 1 measure discharged from the Union Calendar and subsequently reassigned to it.
\3\ Totals reflect 2 measures discharged from the Union Calendar.