# GovTrack

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/govtrack/  
**Website:** https://www.govtrack.us  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 24.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 24.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 28.2 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 18.4 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **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...

## Security (1)

- **Govtrack Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Govtrack Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Government, Legislative, Congress, Bills, Voting Records, Political Data, Open Government, United States

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/govtrack/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.