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Congress.gov Intelligence - US Congressional Data API

Extract comprehensive US Congressional data from the official Congress.gov API. Get bills, amendments, members, votes, committees, hearings, nominations, treaties, and CRS research reports.

Why This Actor?

• Official API Source - Direct access to the Library of Congress Congress.gov API
• No Bot Protection - API-based, 100% reliable data extraction
• Comprehensive Coverage - 10 data types covering all congressional activities
• AI Relevance Scoring - Automatic 0-100 scoring based on recency and importance
• Full Details Mode - Get sponsors, cosponsors, summaries, actions, and bill text
• Search & Filter - Find bills by keyword, congress, date range, and more

Use Cases

• Political Research - Track legislation on specific topics
• Lobbying Intelligence - Monitor bills affecting your industry
• Journalism - Find newsworthy legislative activity
• Legal Compliance - Track regulatory changes
• Academic Research - Historical congressional data analysis
• Policy Tracking - Monitor specific legislators or committees

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Supported Data Types

Getting Started

1. Get Your Free API Key

1. Go to https://api.congress.gov/sign-up/
2. Fill in your name and email
3. Check your email for the API key (arrives within seconds)

2. Run the Actor

{
"api_key":"YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
"data_type":"bills",
"congress":118,
"search_query":"climate change",
"max_results":100,
"enable_scoring":true
}

Input Parameters

Example Output

Bill Data

{
"type":"bill",
"data_source":"congress.gov",
"bill_type":"HR",
"number":"1234",
"congress":118,
"title":"Clean Energy Innovation Act",
"origin_chamber":"House",
"latest_action":"Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.",
"latest_action_date":"2024-03-15",
"sponsor":{
"name":"Rep. Smith, John [D-CA-12]",
"party":"D",
"state":"CA",
"bioguide_id":"S001234"
},
"cosponsor_count":45,
"summary":{
"text":"This bill promotes clean energy innovation...",
"action_date":"2024-03-15",
"action_desc":"Introduced in House"
},
"subjects":["Energy","Climate Change","Research"],
"relevance_score":85,
"congress_gov_url":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1234",
"scraped_at":"2024-03-20T10:30:00Z"
}

Member Data

{
"type":"member",
"data_source":"congress.gov",
"bioguide_id":"P000197",
"name":"Pelosi, Nancy",
"party":"Democratic",
"state":"CA",
"district":11,
"chamber":"House of Representatives",
"relevance_score":80,
"scraped_at":"2024-03-20T10:30:00Z"
}

Advanced Usage

Track Specific Topics

{
"api_key":"YOUR_KEY",
"data_type":"bills",
"congress":118,
"search_query":"artificial intelligence",
"include_details":true,
"max_results":50
}

Get All Senators from a State

{
"api_key":"YOUR_KEY",
"data_type":"members",
"state_code":"TX",
"chamber":"senate"
}

Recent Bills with Full Text

{
"api_key":"YOUR_KEY",
"data_type":"bills",
"congress":118,
"from_date":"2024-01-01",
"include_details":true,
"include_text":true,
"max_results":25
}

Relevance Scoring

Each item receives an AI-calculated relevance score (0-100) based on:

• Recency - Items updated in the last week score higher
• Activity - Bills that became law or passed chambers score higher
• Current Congress - Current congress items score higher
• Status - Active members, pending nominations score higher

Rate Limits

The Congress.gov API has rate limits. This actor automatically:

• Respects rate limits with built-in delays
• Retries on 429 (rate limit) errors
• Paginates large result sets efficiently

Pricing

This actor charges $3 per 1,000 results. You only pay for the data you receive.

• Bills with basic info: $3/1K
• Bills with full details: $5/1K (additional API calls)

Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Questions: Contact via Apify

Changelog

1.0.0 (2024)

• Initial release
• Support for 10 data types
• AI relevance scoring
• Full details mode for bills
• Search and filtering

License

MIT License - Free to use for any purpose.

Built by benthepythondev | Data from official Congress.gov API