Congressional Bill Status (GovInfo Bulk Data)

govinfobulk/bill-status

The status of one bill or resolution of the 108th to 119th Congress from GovInfo's bill-status data, as JSON: title, chamber, introduced date, sponsor, policy area, legislative subjects, committees, the latest action, the total action count and the 10 newest actions. Summaries, text versions, amendments and related-bill lists are left out. U.S. government works, served by Eden Engine; not an official GovInfo or Congress product.

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Data source

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo)

Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office, GovInfo bulk data repository (govinfo.gov). Served by Eden Engine; not an official GovInfo product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "govinfobulk/bill-status" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "govinfobulk/bill-status" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "govinfobulk/bill-status", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "govinfobulk/bill-status", input: { /* ... */ } })

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Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 25, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "congress",
    "type",
    "number"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "enum": [
        "hr",
        "s",
        "hjres",
        "sjres",
        "hres",
        "sres",
        "hconres",
        "sconres"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Measure type in lowercase: hr (House bill), s (Senate bill), hjres, sjres (joint resolutions), hres, sres (simple resolutions), hconres, sconres (concurrent resolutions)."
    },
    "number": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[1-9][0-9]{0,4}$",
      "description": "The bill number without the type, for example 1 for H.R. 1. A number with no file fails with a provider error."
    },
    "congress": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(10[89]|11[0-9])$",
      "description": "Congress number, 108 to 119 (119 is 2025-2026)."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "congress",
    "type",
    "number",
    "title",
    "sponsors",
    "actionCount",
    "recentActions",
    "committees",
    "legislativeSubjects"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Measure type, for example HR."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The bill's display title."
    },
    "number": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "congress": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "sponsors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "party": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "state": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "district": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "null for senators."
          },
          "fullName": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "bioguideId": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "description": "At most 5 sponsors."
    },
    "committees": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Names of the first 20 committees the bill was referred to."
    },
    "policyArea": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Primary policy area; null when not yet assigned."
    },
    "updateDate": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "When GovInfo last updated the file (UTC)."
    },
    "actionCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total actions recorded."
    },
    "latestAction": {
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "text": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "actionDate": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        }
      },
      "description": "The most recent action; null when the file has none.",
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "originChamber": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "recentActions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "text": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "actionDate": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "description": "The 10 newest actions, newest first."
    },
    "cosponsorCount": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Number of cosponsors; null when the file has no cosponsors section."
    },
    "introducedDate": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "legislationUrl": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Congress.gov page of the bill; null when the file carries none (older files)."
    },
    "legislativeSubjects": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Names of the first 30 legislative subject terms."
    }
  },
  "description": "One bounded record for the bill.",
  "additionalProperties": false
}