[House Calendars, Final - 104th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION AND COMPARISON: ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS;
ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED
FIRST CONGRESS; ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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One Hundred One Hundred
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....................... Oct. 4, 1996 Nov. 29, 1994 Oct. 9, 1992 Oct. 28, 1990 Oct. 22, 1988
Calendar days in session........ 311 267 280 288 299
Legislative days in session..... 289 265 276 281 298
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Bills introduced................ 4,344 5,310 6,212 5,977 5,585
Joint resolutions introduced.... 198 429 563 687 678
Simple resolutions introduced... 556 589 612 546 608
Concurrent resolutions
introduced..................... 231 319 384 401 398
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Total bills and
resolutions.............. 5,329 6,647 7,771 7,611 7,269
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Public laws:
Approved.................... 330 465 589 648 709
Over veto................... 1 0 1 0 3
Without approval............ 2 0 0 2 1
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Total, public laws........ 333 465 590 650 713
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Private laws.................... 4 8 20 16 48
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Grand total, public and
private laws............. 337 473 610 666 761
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Committee reports:
Union calendar.............. (\4\) 435 (\3\) 440 (\2\) 529 (\1\) 512 525
House....................... 286 248 238 219 245
Private calendar............ 11 16 63 38 79
Conference reports.......... 66 71 86 87 66
Special reports............. 50 63 98 100 140
Not assigned to a calendar.. 39 56 88 70 80
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Total....................... 887 894 1,102 1,026 1,135
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Reported bills acted upon:
Union calendar.............. 349 358 451 447 452
House calendar.............. 279 239 225 208 230
Private calendar............ 10 12 41 34 70
Conference reports.......... 63 71 85 87 65
Special reports............. 0 0 0 0 1
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Total acted upon............ 701 680 802 776 817
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Special reports, conference
reports, reported bills
pending, and not assigned...... 186 214 300 250 318
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Total reported............ 887 894 1,102 1,026 1,135
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Resolutions agreed to:
Simple...................... 312 265 293 287 302
House concurrent............ 68 69 85 78 99
Senate concurrent........... 21 25 29 38 40
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Total agreed to........... 401 359 407 403 441
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\1\ Totals include 5 measures discharged from the Union Calendar and subsequently reassigned to it, and
reflects 1 measure referred to the Union Calendar and subsequently discharged from it.
\2\ Totals include 1 measure recommitted from the Union Calendar and subsequently reassigned to it, and
reflects 1 measure referred to the Union Calendar and subsequently discharged from it.
\3\ Totals include 4 measures discharged from the Union Calendar and subsequently reassigned to it.
\4\ Totals reflect 3 measure discharged from the Union Calendar.