Two percent of bills become law. The ideas inside them keep moving.
Prism maps 680,000 provisions from the 108th through 119th Congresses (2003–2026) and shows which ones have a path forward.
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H.R. 8595 — National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027
119th Congress · reported in House Apr 30, 2026 · 2 provisions read
Every earlier version, and what became of it.
Clear, narrow, or blocked.
The text, read as a unit.
The edit that makes it viable.
Bills are vehicles. Provisions are cargo. Ideas are patient.
Seven years. Six vehicles. One amendment — caught without reading a section number.
Social Security Fairness Act. Filed in both chambers every Congress since 2005, the same text each time. 20 bills, 10 Congresses, 1 law.
The Social Security Fairness Act, introduced 2005-01-04 and signed into law 2025-01-05 as Public Law 118-273, after 20 bills in 10 Congresses. The federal minimum-wage provision family: 85 bills across 12 Congresses with 17 redrafts.Every provision graded: clear, narrow, or blocked — with the viable path.
Prism produces four things for every provision. Here is one, read the way Prism reads it.
Prism reads the text, not the bill number. Section 3(b) of HR 1808 is a carve-out for existing owners.
H.R. 1808 — Assault Weapons Ban of 2022
117th Congress · 11 provisions charted · terrain updated 2h ago
Grandfather clause. Any semiautomatic assault weapon lawfully possessed on the date of enactment shall not be treated as prohibited by this section.
Carve-out for existing owners. Precedent exists — but only with expiration.
Grandfather clause. Any semiautomatic assault weapon lawfully possessed on the date of enactment shall not be treated as prohibited by this section.
Prism reads the text, not the bill number. Section 3(b) of HR 1808 is a carve-out for existing owners.
Every version of this carve-out since 1994. One was enacted. It carried a sunset.
Carve-out for existing owners. Precedent exists — but only with expiration.
Narrow. The precedent exists — but only with expiration.
Add a 5-year sunset. The one version that passed is the one that expired.
The calls are made before the vote. Then the vote happens.
TAKE IT DOWN Act
Bipartisan sponsors, a unanimous committee, no procedural obstacle between the provision and the floor. The ground ahead of it was open.
Clear
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