[House Calendars, Final - 108th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


 
  STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION AND COMPARISON: FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDRED 
  EIGHTH CONGRESS; FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS; FIRST 
 SESSION, ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS; FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDRED FIFTH 
          CONGRESS; FIRST SESSION, ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS;

                                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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                                  First session,  First session,                                  First session,
                                    One Hundred     One Hundred   First session,  First session,    One Hundred
                                      Eighth          Seventh       One Hundred     One Hundred       Fourth
                                     Congress        Congress     Sixth Congress  Fifth Congress     Congress
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Convened........................    Jan. 7, 2003    Jan. 3, 2001    Jan. 6, 1999    Jan. 7, 1997    Jan. 4, 1995
Adjourned.......................    Dec. 8, 2003   Dec. 20, 2001   Nov. 22, 1999   Nov. 13, 1997    Jan. 3, 1996
 
Calendar days in session........             138             146             138             134             183
Legislative days in session.....             133             142             137             132             167
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Bills introduced................           3,700           3,610           3,517           3,088           2,840
Joint resolutions introduced....              83              81              85             106             137
Simple resolutions introduced...             485             329             400             334             324
Concurrent resolutions                       348             298             239             200             130
 introduced.....................
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      Total bills and                      4,616           4,318           4,241           3,728           3,431
       resolutions..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Public laws:
    Approved....................             198             136             170             153              85
    Over veto...................               0               0               0               0               1
    Without approval............               0               0               0               0               2
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, public laws........             198             136             170             153              88
                                 ===============================================================================
Private laws....................               0               1               3               4               0
                                 ===============================================================================
      Grand total, public and                198             137             173             157              88
       private laws.............
                                 ===============================================================================
Committee reports:
    Union calendar..............             224      (\2\)  196             260             217      (\1\)  203
    House calendar..............             139             118             164             138             172
    Private calendar............               1               3               8               8               3
    Conference reports..........              24              21              26              20              32
    Special reports.............               6               9              12              13              12
    Not assigned to a calendar..              11               6              18              11              22
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    Total.......................             405             353             488             407             444
                                 ===============================================================================
Reported bills acted upon:
    Union calendar..............             161             164             205             180             156
    House calendar..............             123             113             159             131             168
    Private calendar............               1               2               6               8               3
    Conference reports..........              24              21              26              20              32
    Special reports.............               0               0               0               0               0
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total acted upon............             309             300             396             339             359
                                 ===============================================================================
Special reports, conference                   96              53              92              68              85
 reports, reported bills
 pending, and not assigned......
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total reported............             405             353             488             407             444
                                 ===============================================================================
Resolutions agreed to:
    Simple......................             221             175             213             170             183
    House concurrent............              77              91              70              46              27
    Senate concurrent...........               8               9               6              13              10
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total agreed to...........             306             275             289             229            220
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\1\ Totals reflect 2 measures discharged from the Union Calendar.
\2\ Totals reflect 1 measure discharged from the Union Calendar.
 

 STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION AND COMPARISON: SECOND SESSION, ONE HUNDRED 
 EIGHTH CONGRESS; SECOND SESSION, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS; SECOND 
 SESSION, ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS; SECOND SESSION, ONE HUNDRED FIFTH 
         CONGRESS; SECOND SESSION, ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS;

                                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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                                                      Second
                                      Second       session, One       Second          Second          Second
                                   session, One       Hundred      session, One    session, One    session, One
                                  Hundred Eighth      Seventh      Hundred Sixth   Hundred Fifth  Hundred Fourth
                                     Congress        Congress        Congress        Congress        Congress
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Convened........................   Jan. 20, 2004   Jan. 23, 2002   Jan. 24, 2000   Jan. 27, 1998    Jan. 3, 1996
Adjourned.......................    Dec. 7, 2004   Nov. 22, 2002   Dec. 15, 2000   Dec. 19, 1998    Oct. 4, 1996
 
Calendar days in session........             110             126             138             119             128
Legislative days in session.....             110             123             135             119             122
                                 ===============================================================================
Bills introduced................           1,731           2,157           2,164           1,786           1,504
Joint resolutions introduced....              32              44              49              34              61
Simple resolutions introduced...             390             287             280             280             232
Concurrent resolutions                       184             223             208             154             101
 introduced.....................
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      Total bills and                      2,337           2,711           2,701           2,254           1,898
       resolutions..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Public laws:
    Approved....................             300             241             410             240             245
    Over veto...................               0               0               0               1               0
    Without approval............               0               0               0               0               0
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, public laws........             300             241             410             241             245
                                 ===============================================================================
Private laws....................               6               5              21               6               4
                                 ===============================================================================
      Grand total, public and                306             246             431             247             249
       private laws.............
                                 ===============================================================================
Committee reports:
    Union calendar..............             241             268             304             219      (\1\)  232
    House calendar..............             119             122             163             139             114
    Private calendar............               5               6              21               8               8
    Conference reports..........              15              16              27              26              34
    Special reports.............              24              34              40              40              38
    Not assigned to a calendar..               9              12              13              12              17
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    Total.......................             413             458             568             444             443
                                 ===============================================================================
Reported bills acted upon:
    Union calendar..............             170             168             218             159             193
    House calendar..............              93             120             158             133             111
    Private calendar............               4               6              22               7               7
    Conference reports..........              15              15              27              26              31
    Special reports.............               0               0               0               0               0
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total acted upon............             282             309             425             325             342
                                 ===============================================================================
Special reports, conference                  131             149             143             119             101
 reports, reported bills
 pending, and not assigned......
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total reported............             413             458             568             444             443
                                 ===============================================================================
Resolutions agreed to:
    Simple......................             211             169             181             184             129
    House concurrent............              88              84              80              52              41
    Senate concurrent...........              15              10              27              11              11
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total agreed to...........             314             263             288             247            181
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\1\ Totals reflect 1 measure discharged from the Union Calendar.
 

 STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION AND COMPARISON: ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS; 
 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED 
              FIFTH CONGRESS; ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS;

                                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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                                    One Hundred     One Hundred                                     One Hundred
                                      Eighth          Seventh       One Hundred     One Hundred       Fourth
                                     Congress        Congress     Sixth Congress  Fifth Congress     Congress
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Convened........................    Jan. 7, 2003    Jan. 3, 2001    Jan. 6, 1999    Jan. 7, 1997    Jan. 4, 1995
Adjourned.......................    Dec. 7, 2004   Nov. 22, 2002   Dec. 15, 2000   Dec. 19, 1998    Oct. 4, 1996
 
Calendar days in session........             248             272             276             253             311
Legislative days in session.....             243             265             272             251             289
                                 ===============================================================================
Bills introduced................           5,431           5,767           5,681           4,874           4,344
Joint resolutions introduced....             115             125             134             140             198
Simple resolutions introduced...             875             616             680             614             556
Concurrent resolutions                       532             521             447             354             231
 introduced.....................
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      Total bills and                      6,953           7,029           6,942           5,982           5,329
       resolutions..............
                                 ===============================================================================
Public laws:
    Approved....................             498             377             580             393             330
    Over veto...................               0               0               0               1               1
    Without approval............               0               0               0               0               2
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, public laws........             498             377             580             394             333
                                 ===============================================================================
Private laws....................               6               6              24              10               4
                                 ===============================================================================
      Grand total, public and                504             383             604             404             337
       private laws.............
                                 ===============================================================================
Committee reports:
    Union calendar..............             465      (\2\)  464             564             436      (\1\)  435
    House calendar..............             258             240             327             277             286
    Private calendar............               6               9              29              16              11
    Conference reports..........              39              37              53              46              66
    Special reports.............              30              43              52              53              50
    Not assigned to a calendar..              20              18              31              23              39
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    Total.......................             818             811           1,056             851             887
                                 ===============================================================================
Reported bills acted upon:
    Union calendar..............             331             332             423             339             349
    House calendar..............             216             233             317             264             279
    Private calendar............               5               8              28              15              10
    Conference reports..........              39              36              53              46              63
    Special reports.............               0               0               0               0               0
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total acted upon............             591             609             821             664             701
                                 ===============================================================================
Special reports, conference                  227             202             235             187             186
 reports, reported bills
 pending, and not assigned......
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total reported............             818             811           1,056             851             887
                                 ===============================================================================
Resolutions agreed to:
    Simple......................             432             344             394             354             312
    House concurrent............             165             175             150              98              68
    Senate concurrent...........              23              19              33              24              21
                                 ===============================================================================
      Total agreed to...........             620             538             577             476            401
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\1\  Totals reflect 3 measures discharged from the Union Calendar.
\2\  Totals reflect 1 measure discharged from the Union Calendar and subsequently reassigned to it.