get_bills
Retrieve US congressional bills by congress, type, number, or date range to access legislative information directly from Congress.gov.
Instructions
Retrieve a list of bills. Full documentation for this endpoint -> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/blob/main/Documentation/BillEndpoint.md
Args: congress: Congress number (e.g., 118 for 118th Congress) bill_type: Type of bill - hr: House of Representatives Bill - s: Senate Bill - hjres: House Joint Resolution - sjres: Senate Joint Resolution - hconres: House Concurrent Resolution - sconres: Senate Concurrent Resolution - hres: House Simple Resolution - sres: Senate Simple Resolution bill_number: Specific bill number (requires congress and bill_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) sort: Sort order ('updateDate+asc' or 'updateDate+desc')
Returns: dict: Bill data from Congress.gov API
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| bill_number | No | ||
| bill_type | No | ||
| congress | No | ||
| from_datetime | No | ||
| limit | No | ||
| offset | No | ||
| sort | No | updateDate+desc | |
| to_datetime | No |