Most Cosponsored House Bills as of 14 November 2014

H.R. 1563 Cosponsor timeline showing large bump in cosponsorships after the election recess.
H.R. 1563 Cosponsor timeline showing large bump in cosponsorships after the election recess.
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


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