congress_search_bills
Search U.S. Congressional bills by keyword, congress number, or bill type to find legislation details including title, sponsor, status, and latest actions.
Instructions
Search for bills in Congress by keyword, congress number, or bill type. Returns bill number, title, sponsor, latest action, and status.
Congress numbers: 118th (2023-2024), 119th (2025-2026), 117th (2021-2022). Bill types: hr (House), s (Senate), hjres, sjres, hconres, sconres, hres, sres
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | No | Keyword/text search across bill titles and summaries (e.g., 'infrastructure', 'tax reform', 'climate') | |
| congress | No | Congress number (e.g., 119 for 2025-2026, 118 for 2023-2024). Omit to list bills across all congresses | |
| bill_type | No | Bill type | |
| limit | No | Max results (default: 20) | |
| offset | No | Results offset for pagination (default: 0) | |
| fromDateTime | No | Filter by update date from this timestamp. Format: YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z | |
| toDateTime | No | Filter by update date to this timestamp. Format: YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z | |
| sort | No | Sort order. Value can be updateDate+asc or updateDate+desc (default: updateDate+desc) |