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FiscalNote

FiscalNote is a policy intelligence platform that provides legislative, regulatory, and stakeholder data spanning Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and more than 100 countries. FiscalNote expanded its PolicyNote API to eliminate AI hallucinations in compliance workflows by providing primary-source verified policy data.

FiscalNote publishes 13 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Bills API, Committees API, Issues API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Government, Legislation, Policy, Political Intelligence, and Regulation.

The FiscalNote catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

FiscalNote’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

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52.6/100 developing ▼ -5.9 Agent 38/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidSelf serve
13 APIs
GovernmentLegislationPolicyPolitical IntelligenceRegulation

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 52.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

FiscalNote Bills API

Access legislation and bill data from federal, state, and international jurisdictions.

FiscalNote Committees API

Access legislative committee records including membership and jurisdiction information.

FiscalNote Issues API

Manage and retrieve organizational issues for tracking policy topics and legislative priorities.

FiscalNote Labels API

Manage and retrieve labels used to categorize and organize legislation and policy items.

FiscalNote Legislation API

Access legislative data spanning Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and international jurisdictions.

FiscalNote Legislators API

Access legislator-specific data including voting records, sponsored legislation, and committee memberships.

FiscalNote Officials API

Access government official profiles including legislators, executives, and appointees.

FiscalNote Organizations API

Access government organization records including agencies, departments, and independent bodies.

FiscalNote Policy Intelligence API

Access AI-powered policy analysis, impact summaries, and monitoring signals for policy changes.

FiscalNote Presidential Transcripts API

Access the real-time presidential transcript feed delivering primary-source transcripts of presidential communications.

FiscalNote Regulations API

Access regulatory data including proposed and final rules across federal and state agencies.

FiscalNote Regulatory Documents API

Access regulatory documents including proposed rules, final rules, and notices from government agencies.

FiscalNote Stakeholders API

Access stakeholder intelligence including government officials and organizational relationships.

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Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

FiscalNote AppData API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote Organization API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote People API

OPEN COLLECTION

FiscalNote PolicyNote API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Fiscalnote Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Fiscalnote Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Fiscalnote Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Fiscalnote Context

0 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

FiscalNote API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

FiscalNote Legislation

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FiscalNote Government Official

23 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FiscalNote Presidential Transcript

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Fiscalnote Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Fiscalnote Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Fiscalnote Agentic Access

26 operations

26 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Login
Login

Documentation 4

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: fiscalnote
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fiscalnote/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: FiscalNote
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/fiscalnote.png
tags:
- Government
- Legislation
- Policy
- Political Intelligence
- Regulation
description: FiscalNote is a policy intelligence platform that provides legislative, regulatory, and stakeholder data spanning
  Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and more than 100 countries. FiscalNote expanded its PolicyNote API to eliminate AI hallucinations
  in compliance workflows by providing primary-source verified policy data.
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-bills-api
  name: FiscalNote Bills API
  description: Access legislation and bill data from federal, state, and international jurisdictions.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Bills
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-bills-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-committees-api
  name: FiscalNote Committees API
  description: Access legislative committee records including membership and jurisdiction information.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Committees
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-committees-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-issues-api
  name: FiscalNote Issues API
  description: Manage and retrieve organizational issues for tracking policy topics and legislative priorities.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Issues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-issues-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-labels-api
  name: FiscalNote Labels API
  description: Manage and retrieve labels used to categorize and organize legislation and policy items.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Labels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-labels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-legislation-api
  name: FiscalNote Legislation API
  description: Access legislative data spanning Congress, all 50 U.S. states, and international jurisdictions.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Legislation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-legislation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-legislators-api
  name: FiscalNote Legislators API
  description: Access legislator-specific data including voting records, sponsored legislation, and committee memberships.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Legislators
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-legislators-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-officials-api
  name: FiscalNote Officials API
  description: Access government official profiles including legislators, executives, and appointees.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Officials
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-officials-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-organizations-api
  name: FiscalNote Organizations API
  description: Access government organization records including agencies, departments, and independent bodies.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-policy-intelligence-api
  name: FiscalNote Policy Intelligence API
  description: Access AI-powered policy analysis, impact summaries, and monitoring signals for policy changes.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Policy Intelligence
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-policy-intelligence-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-presidential-transcripts-api
  name: FiscalNote Presidential Transcripts API
  description: Access the real-time presidential transcript feed delivering primary-source transcripts of presidential communications.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Presidential Transcripts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-presidential-transcripts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-regulations-api
  name: FiscalNote Regulations API
  description: Access regulatory data including proposed and final rules across federal and state agencies.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Regulations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-regulations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-regulatory-documents-api
  name: FiscalNote Regulatory Documents API
  description: Access regulatory documents including proposed rules, final rules, and notices from government agencies.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Regulatory Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-regulatory-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- aid: fiscalnote:fiscalnote-stakeholders-api
  name: FiscalNote Stakeholders API
  description: Access stakeholder intelligence including government officials and organizational relationships.
  humanURL: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  baseURL: https://api.fiscalnote.com
  tags:
  - Stakeholders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fiscalnote-stakeholders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fiscalnote.com/products/policynote-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/fiscalnote-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/fiscalnote-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/fiscalnote-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/FiscalNote
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fiscalnote
- type: Website
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.fiscalnote.com/apis
- type: Blog
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://fiscalnote.com/terms
- type: Login
  url: https://app.fiscalnote.com/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/fiscalnote-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/fiscalnote-legislation-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/fiscalnote-official-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/fiscalnote-transcript-schema.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com