Congress.gov API · Example Payload

Congress Gov Committee List Example

GovernmentLegislativeCongressBillsAmendmentsMembersTreatiesNominationsCongressional RecordUS Federal

Congress Gov Committee List Example is an example object payload from Congress.gov API, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

committeespaginationrequest

Example Payload

{
  "committees": [
    {
      "chamber": "House",
      "committeeTypeCode": "Standing",
      "name": "Ways and Means Committee",
      "parent": null,
      "subcommittees": [],
      "systemCode": "hswm00",
      "updateDate": "2023-01-10",
      "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee/house/hswm00?format=json"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "count": 1
  },
  "request": {
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "format": "json"
  }
}

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