[House Calendars, Final - 106th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION AND COMPARISON: ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS;
ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED
THIRD CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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One Hundred One Hundred
One Hundred One Hundred Fourth One Hundred Second
Sixth Congress Fifth Congress Congress Third Congress Congress
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Convened........................ Jan. 6, 1999 Jan. 7, 1997 Jan. 4, 1995 Jan. 5, 1993 Jan. 3, 1991
Adjourned....................... Dec. 15, 2000 Dec. 19, 1998 Oct. 4, 1996 Nov. 29, 1994 Oct. 9, 1992
Calendar days in session........ 276 253 311 267 280
Legislative days in session..... 272 251 289 265 276
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Bills introduced................ 5,681 4,874 4,344 5,310 6,212
Joint resolutions introduced.... 134 140 198 429 563
Simple resolutions introduced... 680 614 556 589 612
Concurrent resolutions 447 354 231 319 384
introduced.....................
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Total bills and 6,942 5,982 5,329 6,647 7,771
resolutions..............
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Public laws:
Approved.................... 580 393 330 465 589
Over veto................... 0 1 1 0 1
Without approval............ 0 0 2 0 0
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Total, public laws........ 580 394 333 465 590
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Private laws.................... 24 10 4 8 20
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Grand total, public and 604 404 337 473 610
private laws.............
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Committee reports:
Union calendar.............. 564 436 (\3\) 435 (\2\) 440 (\1\) 529
House calendar.............. 327 277 286 248 238
Private calendar............ 29 16 11 16 63
Conference reports.......... 53 46 66 71 86
Special reports............. 52 53 50 63 98
Not assigned to a calendar.. 31 23 39 56 88
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Total....................... 1,056 851 887 894 1,102
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Reported bills acted upon:
Union calendar.............. 423 339 349 358 451
House calendar.............. 317 264 279 239 225
Private calendar............ 28 15 10 12 41
Conference reports.......... 53 46 63 71 85
Special reports............. 0 0 0 0 0
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Total acted upon............ 821 664 701 680 802
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Special reports, conference 235 187 186 214 300
reports, reported bills
pending, and not assigned......
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Total reported............ 1,056 851 887 894 1,102
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Resolutions agreed to:
Simple...................... 394 354 312 265 293
House concurrent............ 150 98 68 69 85
Senate concurrent........... 33 24 21 25 29
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Total agreed to........... 577 476 401 359 407
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\1\ 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.
\2\ Totals include 4 measures discharged from the Union Calendar and subsequently reassigned to it.
\3\ Totals reflect 3 measures discharged from the Union Calendar.