get_amendments
Retrieve specific amendments from Congress.gov by filtering congress number, amendment type, amendment number, or date range to access legislative amendment data.
Instructions
Retrieve amendments from the Congress.gov API. Full documentation for this endpoint -> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/blob/main/Documentation/AmendmentEndpoint.md
Args: congress: Congress number (e.g., 118 for 118th Congress) amendment_type: Type of amendment - hamdt: House Amendment - samdt: Senate Amendment - suamdt: Senate Unprinted Amendment amendment_number: Specific amendment number (requires congress and amendment_type) offset: Starting record (default 0) limit: Maximum records to return (max 250, default 20) from_datetime: Start timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) to_datetime: End timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)
Returns: dict: Amendment data from Congress.gov API
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| amendment_number | No | ||
| amendment_type | No | ||
| congress | No | ||
| from_datetime | No | ||
| limit | No | ||
| offset | No | ||
| to_datetime | No |