Library of Congress

Library of Congress committee-report API

Returns committee report data from the API

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openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  description: 'Congress.gov shares its application programming interface (API) with the public to ingest the Congressional data. <a href="sign-up/" target="_blank">Sign up for an API key</a> from api.data.gov that you can use to access web services provided by Congress.gov. To learn more, view our <a href="https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/" target="_blank">GitHub repository</a>.

    '
  title: Congress.gov amendments committee-report API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: /v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: committee-report
  description: Returns committee report data from the API
paths:
  /committee-report:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-report
      summary: Returns the list of committee reports.
      description: Returns the list of committee reports.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/conference'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromDateTime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/toDateTime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReports'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReports'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /committee-report/{congress}:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-report
      summary: Returns the list of committee reports filtered by specified congress.
      description: Returns the list of committee reports filtered by specified congress.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/conference'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromDateTime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/toDateTime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReports'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReports'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /committee-report/{congress}/{reportType}:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-report
      summary: Returns the list of committee reports filtered by specified congress and report type.
      description: Returns the list of committee reports filtered by specified congress and report type.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/reportType'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/conference'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromDateTime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/toDateTime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReports'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReports'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /committee-report/{congress}/{reportType}/{reportNumber}:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-report
      summary: Returns detailed information for a specified committee report.
      description: Returns detailed information for a specified committee report.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/reportType'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/reportNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReportsNumber'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReportsNumber'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /committee-report/{congress}/{reportType}/{reportNumber}/text:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-report
      summary: Returns the list of texts for a specified committee report.
      description: Returns the list of texts for a specified committee report.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/reportType'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/reportNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReportsText'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeReportsText'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
components:
  schemas:
    associatedBill:
      type: object
      properties:
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 116
        number:
          type: string
          example: '6395'
        type:
          type: string
          example: HR
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6395?format=json
    CommitteeReports:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/committeeReports'
    CommitteeReportsNumber:
      type: array
      items:
        allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/committeeReports'
        - type: object
          properties:
            associatedBill:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/associatedBill'
            isConferenceReport:
              type: boolean
              example: true
            issueDate:
              type: string
              format: date-time
              example: '2020-12-03T05:00:00Z'
            reportType:
              type: string
              example: H.Rept.
            sessionNumber:
              type: integer
              example: 2
            text:
              type: object
              properties:
                count:
                  type: integer
                  example: 2
                url:
                  type: string
                  format: url
                  example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/hrpt/617/text?format=json
            title:
              type: string
              example: WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021
    CommitteeReportsText:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/committeereportsformats'
    committeeReports:
      type: object
      properties:
        chamber:
          type: string
          example: House
        citation:
          type: string
          example: H. Rept. 109-570
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 117
        number:
          type: integer
          example: 570
        part:
          type: integer
          example: 1
        type:
          type: string
          example: HRPT
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2022-02-18T16:38:41Z'
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117hr570?format=json
    committeereportsformats:
      type: object
      properties:
        isErrata:
          type: string
          example: N
        type:
          type: string
          example: Formatted Text
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/hrpt617/generated/CRPT-116hrpt617.htm
  parameters:
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: The starting record returned. 0 is the first record.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    format:
      name: format
      in: query
      description: The data format. Value can be xml or json.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: xml
        enum:
        - xml
        - json
    reportNumber:
      name: reportNumber
      in: path
      description: The committee report’s assigned number. For example, the value can be 617.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    toDateTime:
      name: toDateTime
      in: query
      description: 'The ending timestamp to filter by update date. Use format: YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z.'
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    fromDateTime:
      name: fromDateTime
      in: query
      description: 'The starting timestamp to filter by update date. Use format: YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z.'
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    reportType:
      name: reportType
      in: path
      description: The type of committee report. Value can be hrpt, srpt, or erpt.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - hrpt
        - srpt
        - erpt
    congress:
      name: congress
      in: path
      description: The congress number. For example, can be 117.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int32
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The number of records returned. The maximum limit is 250.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    conference:
      name: conference
      in: query
      description: Flag to indicate conference reports. Value can be true or false.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: boolean
        enum:
        - true
        - false
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key

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