US House of Representatives

aid: us-house-of-representatives
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-house-of-representatives/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
  - aid: us-house-of-representatives:congress-gov-api
    name: Congress.gov API
    tags:
      - Legislation
      - Congress
      - Federal Government
      - Legislative Data
    humanURL: https://www.loc.gov/apis/additional-apis/congress-dot-gov-api/
    properties:
      - url: https://www.loc.gov/apis/additional-apis/congress-dot-gov-api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov
        type: GitHub
      - url: https://api.congress.gov/
        type: BaseURL
      - url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-house-of-representatives/refs/heads/main/openapi/congress-gov-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      The Congress.gov API (v3) provides programmatic access to congressional data maintained by the Library of
      Congress. It offers machine-readable data covering bills, amendments, congressional records, committees, members
      of Congress, nominations, and treaties. An API key is required and can be obtained from api.data.gov. Responses
      are available in JSON or XML with a rate limit of 5,000 requests per hour and pagination up to 250 results per
      request.
  - aid: us-house-of-representatives:propublica-congress-api
    name: ProPublica Congress API
    tags:
      - Legislation
      - Congress
      - Voting Records
      - Campaign Finance
    humanURL: https://projects.propublica.org/api-docs/congress-api/
    properties:
      - url: https://projects.propublica.org/api-docs/congress-api/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      ProPublica's Congress API provides access to detailed congressional data including member profiles, voting
      records, bill sponsorship, and committee activity. This third-party API aggregates and enriches congressional data
      from multiple public sources.
name: US House of Representatives
tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Legislation
  - Congress
  - Legislative Data
  - Bills
  - Members
  - Committees
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: >-
  The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, with the other
  being the Senate. Its main function is to pass federal legislation, which must then be approved by the Senate before
  it can become law. The House also has the power to impeach government officials, including the President, and to
  initiate revenue-related bills. Congressional data is made available through the Congress.gov API, a REST API
  maintained by the Library of Congress that provides access to bills, members, committees, amendments, nominations, and
  treaties.
common:
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s-house-of-representatives
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://www.loc.gov/apps
integrations:
  - name: Facebook
  - name: Copy Link
  - name: Library of Congress Facebook
  - name: Library of Congress X
  - name: Library of Congress YouTube
  - name: Library of Congress Pinterest
  - name: Library of Congress Flickr
  - name: Library of Congress Instagram
  - name: Library of Congress iTunesU
  - name: Library of Congress LinkedIn
  - name: Email
  - name: Congress.gov
  - name: United States Copyright Office
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'