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GovTrack

GovTrack is a free, open-access platform for tracking the United States Congress, providing legislative data since 2004. It offers a REST API for accessing bill status, voting records, Congressional member information, committee data, and cosponsorship records — all without authentication or API keys. Operated by Civic Impulse, LLC, GovTrack serves millions of users annually including journalists, legislative professionals, educators, and the general public.

GovTrack publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: REST API. Tagged areas include Government, Legislative, Congress, Bills, and Voting Records.

GovTrack’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 8 more developer resources.

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25.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
1 APIs
GovernmentLegislativeCongressBillsVoting RecordsPolitical DataOpen GovernmentUnited States

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 25.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 8.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 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 1

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

GovTrack REST API

Read-only REST API providing access to U.S. Congressional data including bills and resolutions, roll call votes, member profiles, committee information, cosponsorship records, a...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Govtrack Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Govtrack Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Govtrack Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

Govtrack Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: govtrack
name: GovTrack
description: GovTrack is a free, open-access platform for tracking the United States Congress, providing legislative data
  since 2004. It offers a REST API for accessing bill status, voting records, Congressional member information, committee
  data, and cosponsorship records — all without authentication or API keys. Operated by Civic Impulse, LLC, GovTrack serves
  millions of users annually including journalists, legislative professionals, educators, and the general public.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/govtrack.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/govtrack/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Government
- Legislative
- Congress
- Bills
- Voting Records
- Political Data
- Open Government
- United States
apis:
- aid: govtrack:govtrack-api
  name: GovTrack REST API
  description: Read-only REST API providing access to U.S. Congressional data including bills and resolutions, roll call votes,
    member profiles, committee information, cosponsorship records, and congressional roles. No authentication or API key is
    required. Responses are available in JSON, JSONP, CSV, and XML formats.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api
  baseURL: https://www.govtrack.us/api/v2
  tags:
  - Bills
  - Legislation
  - Votes
  - Congress Members
  - Committees
  - Cosponsorship
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api
  contact:
  - FN: GovTrack Support
    email: hello@govtrack.us
    url: https://www.govtrack.us/contact
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/govtrack-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.govtrack.us
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/govtrack
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/govtrack
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.govtrack.us/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.govtrack.us/about
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/govtrack
- type: Plans
  url: plans/govtrack-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/govtrack-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/govtrack-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com