Congress is back in session and cosponsors are being added to bills again for the first time since September. Through Friday, 14 November, there was no change in the membership of the top 25 most-cosponsored bills in the US House, but there was some minor reshuffling of the order within the top 25. H.R. 2366 jumped into a four-way tie for 13th place with 301 cosponsors by merely adding one cosponsor. H.R. 1563 jumped three spots from 25th to 22nd by adding 20 new cosponsors. This prompted H.Res. 434, H.R. 543, and H.R. 721 to all fall one spot.
Last week there were 166 new bills introduced in the House. There were 1,357 new non-original cosponsors added to 446 different bills in the House. H.Res. 620 and H.R. 5403 tied for the largest number of House cosponsors added last week with 43 each – eight cosponsors more than the next highest recipient, H.R. 5441 with 35.
The new top 25 bills list is produced here, along with links to detailed graphs and maps for each bill in the top 25.
Rank | Bill | Cosponsors | Author | Title | Status |
1 | HR 647 | Total: 380 194R 186D |
Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) | ABLE Act of 2013 | Introduced |
2 | HR 850 | Total: 378 218R 160D |
Edward R. Royce (R-CA) | Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 | Passed House |
2 | HR 3302 | Total: 378 199R 179D |
Jeff Miller (R-FL) | To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bay Pines, Florida, as t… | Became Law |
4 | HR 938 | Total: 355 207R 148D |
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) | United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 | Passed House |
5 | HR 755 | Total: 354 160R 194D |
Michael T. McCaul (R-TX) | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patr… | Introduced |
6 | HR 324 | Total: 326 205R 121D |
Jeff Miller (R-FL) | To grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service For… | Became Law |
7 | HR 4411 | Total: 321 193R 128D |
Mark Meadows (R-NC) | Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014 | Passed House |
8 | HR 685 | Total: 312 183R 129D |
Sam Johnson (R-TX) | American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal Act | Became Law |
9 | HR 1209 | Total: 309 182R 127D |
Pete Olson (R-TX) | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the “Doolittle Tok… | Became Law |
10 | HR 627 | Total: 307 143R 164D |
Erik Paulsen (R-MN) | National Park Service 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act | Passed House |
11 | HR 1518 | Total: 305 115R 190D |
Ed Whitfield (R-KY) | PAST Act | Introduced |
12 | HR 2203 | Total: 304 191R 113D |
Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH) | To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus, in r… | Passed House |
13 | HR 360 | Total: 301 96R 205D |
Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) | To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair,… | Became Law |
13 | HR 1726 | Total: 301 117R 184D |
Bill Posey (R-FL) | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borin… | Became Law |
13 | HR 2366 | Total: 301 164R 137D |
Doug Lamborn (R-CO) | World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act | Introduced |
13 | HR 2932 | Total: 301 100R 201D |
Joe Courtney (D-CT) | United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act | Introduced |
17 | HR 2939 | Total: 299 112R 187D |
Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA) | To award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres. | Became Law |
18 | HR 3658 | Total: 298 141R 157D |
Kay Granger (R-TX) | Monuments Men Recognition Act of 2013 | Became Law |
19 | HR 2866 | Total: 293 188R 105D |
Lee Terry (R-NE) | Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act | Passed House |
20 | HR 523 | Total: 275 229R 46D |
Erik Paulsen (R-MN) | Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 | Introduced |
21 | HR 1852 | Total: 271 173R 98D |
Kevin Yoder (R-KS) | Email Privacy Act | Introduced |
22 | HR 1563 | Total: 264 139R 125D |
Brett Guthrie (R-KY) | Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2013 | Introduced |
23 | HRES 434 | Total: 256 55R 201D |
Karen Bass (D-CA) | Honoring the life, accomplishments, and legacy of Nelson Mandela and expressing condo… | Passed House |
24 | HR 543 | Total: 255 97R 158D |
Christopher P. Gibson (R-NY) | Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013 | Introduced |
25 | HR 721 | Total: 251 143R 108D |
Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) | Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2013 | Introduced |