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Track legislation through the Library of Congress's official Congress.gov API: look up bills, amendments, laws and their full history, read CRS summaries and reports, find members and what they sponsor, follow committees, hearings, House roll call votes, nominations and treaties, and search the Congressional Record.

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Steps your workflow can run in Congress.gov.

List billsBrowse bills and resolutions, most recently acted on first. Narrow to one Congress, then to one type of measure, or leave both empty to walk everything Congress.gov holds. The 'Updated on or after' filter turns this into a feed of what moved since a given moment.

Get billLook up one bill or resolution by its citation: Congress, type and number. Returns the sponsor, the date it was introduced, its policy area, the latest action taken on it, and how many actions, cosponsors, summaries, text versions and titles it has.

Get bill actionsThe legislative history of one bill: every action taken on it, newest first, with the date, the text, and which chamber or the Library of Congress recorded it.

Get bill amendmentsAmendments offered to one bill, each with its number, what it does and the latest action on it.

Get bill committeesThe committees and subcommittees that handled one bill, with what each did to it and when: referred, reported, discharged.

Get bill cosponsorsThe members who cosponsored one bill, with each member's party, state, the date they signed on, and whether they were an original cosponsor.

Get related billsBills related to one bill (companion measures, procedurally related ones, and those with identical text), along with who identified the relationship and what kind it is.

Get bill subjectsWhat one bill is about: the legislative subject terms the Congressional Research Service assigned to it, and the single policy area it falls under.

Get bill summariesPlain-English summaries of one bill, written by the Congressional Research Service: one for each stage the bill reached, so the latest is what the bill says now.

Get bill text versionsEvery published version of one bill's text (introduced, reported, engrossed, enrolled), each with links to the formatted text, PDF and XML on congress.gov.

Get bill titlesEvery title one bill carries (the short title, the official title, the display title, and the titles of individual portions), with the text version each belongs to.

List lawsThe bills that became law in one Congress. Narrow to public or private laws, or leave the type empty for both. Each entry carries the law number alongside the bill it came from.

Get lawLook up one law by the number the National Archives assigned it: 'Public Law 117-108' is Congress 117, type Public, number 108. Returns the bill it came from, in full.

List amendmentsBrowse amendments, most recently acted on first. Narrow to one Congress, then to House, Senate or Senate unprinted amendments.

Get amendmentLook up one amendment by Congress, type and number. Returns its purpose, who offered it, the bill or amendment it amends, when it was submitted, and where it stands.

Get amendment actionsActions taken on one amendment, newest first, including the roll call vote when it was decided by one.

Get amendment cosponsorsThe members who cosponsored one amendment, with the date each signed on.

Get amendments to an amendmentSecond-degree amendments (the amendments offered to one amendment rather than to the bill itself).

Get amendment text versionsPublished versions of one amendment's text, with links to each format. Congress.gov holds amendment text from the 117th Congress onwards.

List bill summariesBill summaries across many bills at once, newest first: the Congressional Research Service's plain-English account of what legislation does. Narrow to one Congress and bill type, or filter by when the summary was written to follow what is being summarised now.

List congressesEvery Congress from the 1st to the one sitting now, with the years it sat and the start and end dates of each of its sessions.

Get congressOne Congress and its sessions. Leave the number empty for the Congress sitting right now, which is how a workflow finds the current Congress number to feed the other actions.

List membersMembers of Congress, most recently updated first. Narrow to one Congress, or turn on 'Currently serving only' for the members in office now. Each entry carries the bioguide id the member actions take.

List members by stateWho represents a state (both senators and every representative), or, with a district number, the one member for that district. Add a Congress to ask who held the seat then rather than now.

Get memberOne member's full profile: every term they have served and in which chamber, their party history, any leadership roles, their official portrait, and how much legislation they have sponsored and cosponsored.

Get sponsored legislationThe bills and resolutions one member introduced, newest first, each with its policy area and latest action.

Get cosponsored legislationThe bills and resolutions one member cosponsored, newest first. Cosponsorships the member later withdrew are excluded.

List House votesHouse roll call votes, newest first, each with what was voted on, the result and the roll call number. Congress.gov holds House roll call votes from the 117th Congress onwards.

Get House voteOne House roll call vote: the measure or amendment at stake, the kind of vote, the result, and the yea/nay/present/not voting totals broken down by party.

Get House vote membersHow each representative voted on one roll call: the member-by-member record behind the totals, with each member's party and state.

List committeesCongressional committees and their subcommittees. Narrow to one chamber, one Congress, or both. Each entry carries the system code ('hspw00') that the other committee actions take.

Get committeeOne committee: its subcommittees, its naming history, whether it still exists, and how many bills, reports and communications have been referred to it.

Get committee billsThe bills referred to one committee, with the relationship ('Referred to', 'Reported by') and the date it happened.

Get committee reportsThe reports one committee has published, newest first.

Get committee nominationsThe presidential nominations referred to one Senate committee. Only Senate committees receive nominations, so the chamber is fixed.

Get committee House communicationsThe House communications referred to one House committee (the executive-branch letters and reports it receives).

Get committee Senate communicationsThe Senate communications referred to one Senate committee.

List committee reportsCommittee reports, newest first: the written accounts committees file when they report a bill out. Narrow to one Congress and series, or to conference reports only.

Get committee reportOne committee report by its citation: 'H. Rept. 117-89' is Congress 117, type H.Rept., number 89. A report filed in parts returns each part.

Get committee report textThe published text of one committee report, with a link for each format it exists in and a flag on any errata version.

List committee printsCommittee prints, newest first: the background studies and draft texts committees publish outside the report series.

Get committee printOne committee print by its jacket number, with its citation, the committees behind it and the bills it relates to.

Get committee print textThe published text of one committee print, with a link for each format it exists in.

List committee meetingsCommittee meetings and hearings on the schedule, newest first. Narrow to one Congress and chamber. Each entry carries the event id 'Get committee meeting' takes.

Get committee meetingOne committee meeting: its title, when and where it sits, whether it is still scheduled, the committees holding it, the witnesses and their statements, the bills and nominations on the agenda, and any video.

List hearingsPublished hearing transcripts. Narrow to one Congress and chamber. Each entry carries the jacket number 'Get hearing' takes.

Get hearingOne hearing transcript by its jacket number: its title, citation, the dates it was held, the committees that held it, and links to the transcript in each published format.

List Congressional Record issuesIssues of the Congressional Record with the PDF of each section: Daily Digest, House, Senate, Extensions of Remarks and the entire issue. Give a publication date for one day, or a year and month for a whole month.

List daily Congressional RecordIssues of the daily Congressional Record, newest first. Narrow to one volume; there is one volume per year, 171 for 2025. Each entry carries the volume and issue numbers the issue actions take.

Get daily Congressional Record issueOne issue of the daily Congressional Record: the PDF of the whole issue, plus each section (Daily Digest, House, Senate, Extensions of Remarks) with its page range and text link.

Get Congressional Record articlesThe articles in one issue of the daily Congressional Record, grouped by the section they appear in, each with its title, page range and a link to its text.

List bound Congressional RecordThe bound Congressional Record: the permanent, page-numbered edition published after the daily one. Give a publication date for one day, or a year and month for a wider list.

List House communicationsCommunications received by the House: the executive communications, memorials, presidential messages and petitions it logs and refers to committee. Narrow to one Congress and type.

Get House communicationOne House communication: the agency and official who sent it, an abstract of what it reports, the legal authority behind it, whether it concerns a rulemaking, the committees it went to, and the reporting requirements it satisfies.

List Senate communicationsCommunications received by the Senate: executive communications, presidential messages, and petitions and memorials. Narrow to one Congress and type.

Get Senate communicationOne Senate communication: an abstract of what it reports, the date it was printed in the Congressional Record, and the committees it was referred to.

List House reporting requirementsHouse reporting requirements (the standing obligations on federal agencies to report to the House), each with the number 'Get House reporting requirement' takes.

Get House reporting requirementOne House reporting requirement: which agency it binds, what it must report, how often, the legal authority for it, and how many communications have been filed against it.

Get requirement communicationsThe communications filed against one House reporting requirement (what agencies actually sent in to satisfy it).

List nominationsPresidential nominations sent to the Senate, newest first, each with its PN citation, who was nominated and where it stands. Narrow to one Congress.

Get nominationOne nomination by its PN number: who was nominated and to what post, whether it is civilian or military, when the Senate received it, and the latest action on it.

Get nomination nomineesThe people named in one part of a nomination, with the post and organisation. A military nomination can list thousands of officers in a single filing, which is why it is split into parts.

Get nomination actionsSenate actions on one nomination: received and referred through to confirmation, rejection or return.

Get nomination committeesThe Senate committees one nomination was referred to, with what each did and when.

Get nomination hearingsPrinted hearings held on one nomination, with the citation, date and jacket number of each.

List treatiesTreaties sent to the Senate for advice and consent, newest first, each with its topic and the date it was transmitted. Narrow to one Congress.

Get treatyOne treaty: its titles, the countries party to it, its index terms, when it was transmitted and when it entered into force, and the text of the resolution of ratification.

Get treaty actionsSenate actions on one treaty, including the vote on the resolution of advice and consent to ratification. Give a part letter for a treaty split into parts.

Get treaty committeesThe Senate committees one treaty was referred to, with their subcommittees and what each did to it.

List CRS reportsCongressional Research Service reports, newest first: the non-partisan analysis CRS writes for Congress on the issues before it. Filter by update date to follow new and revised reports.

Get CRS reportOne CRS report by its product number ('R47175', 'IF12345'), with its summary, current authors, topics, related legislation, and links to the PDF and HTML.