Search Committees - Find congressional committees by chamber and type
search_committeesFind congressional committees by keyword, chamber, committee type, or Congress number. Get matching committees with basic information for legislative research.
Instructions
Search for / browse congressional committees.
Args:
ctx: Context for API requests
keywords: Optional keywords to search committee information. When omitted,
lists committees (optionally filtered by chamber/type).
chamber: Chamber ('House', 'Senate', or 'Joint')
committee_type: Type of committee ('Standing', 'Select', etc.)
congress: Optional Congress number (e.g., 119)
limit: Maximum number of committees to return
Returns:
List of matching committees with basic information
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | ||
| chamber | No | ||
| congress | No | ||
| keywords | No | ||
| committee_type | No |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| error | No | Present when success is false: the section-9 error envelope | |
| items | No | Results of other kinds (bills, reports, communications, nominations), as returned by Congress.gov | |
| context | Yes | Context about the search or operation performed | |
| members | No | Member results | |
| success | Yes | Whether the operation was successful | |
| summary | Yes | Human-readable summary of the results | |
| item_kind | No | What `items` contains (bill, committee_report, communication, nomination, ...) | |
| operation | Yes | The operation that was performed | |
| committees | No | Committee results | |
| results_count | Yes | Number of items returned (equals the populated list's length) |