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Loc Congress Gov Examples
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Loc Congress Gov Examples is an example object payload from Library of Congress, with 6 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
Top-level fields
BillBillDetailMemberCommitteeAmendmentNomination
Example Payload
{
"Bill": {
"congress": 119,
"latestAction": {
"actionDate": "2025-11-21",
"text": "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry."
},
"number": 3281,
"originChamber": "Senate",
"originChamberCode": "S",
"title": "A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to nutrition.",
"type": "S",
"updateDate": "2025-11-21",
"updateDateIncludingText": "2025-11-21",
"url": "http://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/3281?format=xml"
},
"BillDetail": {
"actions": {
"count": 1,
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1234/actions?format=json"
},
"committees": {
"count": 1,
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1234/committees?format=json"
},
"congress": 117,
"introducedDate": "2019-01-01",
"latestAction": {
"actionDate": "2019-01-01"
},
"legislationUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1234",
"number": 1234,
"originChamber": "Senate",
"originChamberCode": "S",
"policyArea": {
"name": "Health"
},
"relatedBills": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1234/relatedbills?format=json"
},
"Member": {
"bioguideId": "L000174",
"birthYear": "1940",
"cosponsoredLegislation": {
"count": 1,
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/L000174/cosponsored-legislation\""
},
"depiction": {
"attribution": "<a href=\"\\"https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Photo_Collection_of_the_Senate_Historical_Office.htm\\"\">Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office</a>",
"imageUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/img/member/l000174_200.jpg"
},
"directOrderName": "Patrick J. Leahy",
"firstName": "Patrick",
"honorificName": "Mr.",
"invertedOrderName": "Leahy, Patrick J.",
"lastname": "Leahy",
"sponsoredLegislation": {
"count": 1768,
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/L000174/sponsored-legislation"
},
"state": "Vermont",
"updateDate": "2022-11-07T13:42:19Z"
},
"Committee": {
"chamber": "House",
"name": "House Committee on the Judiciary",
"systemCode": "hsgo00",
"type": "Standing",
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee/house/hsgo00?format=json"
},
"Amendment": {
"congress": 117,
"description": "Amendment changes the effective date of the bill to the date of enactment.",
"latestAction": {
"actionDate": "2021-08-08",
"actionTime": "12:00:00",
"text": "Amendment SA 2137 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 69 - 28. Record Vote Number: 312."
},
"number": "2137",
"purpose": "In the nature of a substitute.",
"updateDate": "2021-08-08T12:00:00Z",
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/amendment/117/samdt/2137?format=json"
},
"Nomination": {
"nomination": {
"actions": {
"count": 7,
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/118/16/actions?format=json"
},
"authorityDate": "2025-10-21",
"citation": "PN16",
"committees": {
"count": 1,
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/118/16/committees?format=json"
},
"congress": 118,
"description": "Daniel B. Maffei, of New York, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2027. (Reappointment)",
"hearings": {
"count": 1,
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/118/16/hearings?format=json"
},
"latestAction": {
"actionDate": "2024-05-14",
"text": "Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote."
},
"number": 16,
"partNumber": "00",
"receivedDate": "2023-01-03",
"updateDate": "2025-10-22T15:58:44Z"
}
}
}