Library of Congress crsreport API
Returns Congressional Research Service (CRS) report data from the API
OpenAPI Specification
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>.
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title: Congress.gov amendments crsreport API
version: '3'
servers:
- url: /v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: crsreport
description: Returns Congressional Research Service (CRS) report data from the API
paths:
/crsreport:
get:
tags:
- crsreport
summary: Returns Congressional Research Service (CRS) report data from the API
description: Returns Congressional Research Service (CRS) report data from the API
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
- $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/CrsReport'
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CrsReport'
'400':
description: Invalid status value
/crsreport/{reportNumber}:
get:
tags:
- crsreport
summary: Returns Congressional Research Service (CRS) report data from the API
description: Returns Congressional Research Service (CRS) report data from the API
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/crsReportNumber'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
responses:
'200':
description: Successful operation
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CrsReportDetail'
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CrsReportDetail'
'400':
description: Invalid status value
components:
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
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
crsReportNumber:
name: reportNumber
in: path
description: The number or ID of the report. For example, R47175.
required: true
schema:
type: string
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
limit:
name: limit
in: query
description: The number of records returned. The maximum limit is 250.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
schemas:
crsreport:
type: object
properties:
contentType:
type: string
example: Reports
id:
type: string
example: R43083
publishDate:
type: string
format: date-time
example: '2025-02-05T11:34:25Z'
status:
type: string
example: Active
title:
type: string
example: 'SBA Assistance to Small Business Startups: Client Experiences and Program Impact'
updateDate:
type: string
format: date-time
example: '2025-02-07T01:36:49Z'
url:
type: string
format: url
example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/crsreport/R43083
version:
type: integer
example: 145
format:
type: object
properties:
format:
type: string
example: PDF
url:
type: string
format: url
example: https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R47175/R47175.1.pdf
topic:
type: object
properties:
topic:
type: string
example: Budget & Appropriations Procedure
CrsReportDetail:
type: object
properties:
authors:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/author'
contentType:
type: string
example: Reports
formats:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/format'
id:
type: string
example: R47175
publishDate:
type: string
format: date-time
example: '2022-07-11T04:00:00Z'
relatedMaterials:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/relatedMaterial'
status:
type: string
example: Active
summary:
type: string
example: "The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 directs Congress to adopt a budget resolution each spring, providing an agreement between the House and Senate on a budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year (and at least four additional years). The annual budget resolution includes certain spending and revenue levels that become enforceable through points of order once both chambers have adopted the resolution.\nCongress does not always adopt a budget resolution, however, and this may complicate the development and consideration of budgetary legislation. Congress has, therefore, developed an alternative legislative tool, typically referred to as a “deeming resolution” because it is deemed to serve in place of an annual budget resolution for the purposes of establishing enforceable budgetary levels. \nOn June 8, 2022, the House of Representatives adopted H.Res. 1151, a deeming resolution for FY2023. H.Res. 1151 provided a committee spending allocation (302(a) allocation) to the House Appropriations Committee ($1.603 trillion). It also directed the chair of the House Budget Committee to subsequently file a statement in the Congressional Record that includes committee spending allocations for all other committees, as well as aggregate spending and revenue levels. (Those levels were filed on June 21, 2022.) H.Res. 1151 specified that the levels filed in the Congressional Record be consistent with the “most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office,” meaning that the committee spending allocations (other than for the Appropriations Committee) and the aggregate spending and revenue levels have been set at the levels currently projected under current law. \nIn addition to providing enforceable budgetary levels within the House, H.Res. 1151 grants authority to the chair of the House Budget Committee to “adjust” the budgetary levels provided under the deeming resolution in the future under specified circumstances. In addition, the resolution states that provisions designated as “emergency” shall be effectively exempt from House budgetary rules and specifies that certain accounts may receive advance appropriations for FY2024 and FY2025. \n"
title:
type: string
example: 'Settings Budgetary Levels: The House''s FY2023 Deeming Resolution'
topics:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/topic'
updateDate:
type: string
format: date-time
example: '2025-06-20T23:46:23Z'
url:
type: string
format: url
example: www.congress.gov/crs-report/R47175
version:
type: integer
example: 1
relatedMaterial:
type: object
properties:
URL:
type: string
example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/law/93/pub/344
congress:
type: integer
example: 93
number:
type: string
example: 93-344
title:
type: string
example: Providing for budget allocations, and for other purposes.
type:
type: string
example: PUB
author:
type: object
properties:
author:
type: string
example: Megan S. Lynch
CrsReport:
type: object
properties:
CRSReports:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/crsreport'
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: api_key