A Selected List of Legislative Branch Data

This document was compiled by staff in the Legislative Computer Systems division of the House Office of the Clerk for the 2015 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference (4/29/2015).  Staff at the Library of Congress, the Government Publishing Office and the Senate Office of the Secretary assisted in the preparation of this document. 

Additional government publications and publications related to Congress can be found at GPO.gov.  The list of collections can be found: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectiontab.action

Legislative Branch-wide DTDs, Schemas and other resources can be found at http://xml.house.gov.

U.S. House and U.S. Senate

What

 

Location(s)

Format(s)

Chamber activity

House and Senate Calendars

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CCAL

 

Links available on Congress.gov home page.

PDF, TXT

Congressional Record

https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record (searchable)

 

https://www.congress.gov/advanced-search/command-line#toggler-congressional-record (describes searchable data fields)

 

Daily: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CREC

Bound: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CRECB

PDF, TXT

Committee activity

Committee Reports

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CRPT

 

https://www.congress.gov/advanced-search/command-line#toggler-committee-reports (describes searchable data fields)

PDF, TXT

Committee Hearings

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CHRG

PDF, TXT

Bills and Resolutions

Bill Text (individual files)

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BILLS

 

Data is available on Congress.gov via "Text"" tab with unique URLs for each version, with most recent version displaying by default.

 

Example locations:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3/text/ih

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3/text/eh

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3/text/pcs

 

XML, PDF, TXT

Bill Text  in Bulk

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/bulkdata/BILLS

A stylesheet for displaying the XML files is available in the resources folder.

XML, PDF, TXT

Bill Summaries in Bulk

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/bulkdata/BILLSUM

 

Data is available on Congress.gov via "Summaries"" tab with unique URLs for each version, with most recent version displaying by default.

XML

 

Status of individuals bills

www.congress.gov

bulk data coming soon on FDsys

XML

Federal Law

Publication

Location(s)

Format(s)

Public Laws

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PLAW

PDF, TXT

Statutes at Large

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=STATUTE

PDF, TXT

U.S. Code

http://uscode.house.gov

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionUScode.action?collectionCode=USCODE

XML, HTML,

PDF, TXT

U.S. Senate

What

Publication(s)

Location(s)

Format(s)

Various Publications

http://www.senate.gov/general/XML.htm

HTML, XML

 

United States House of Representatives

What

 

Location(s)

Format(s)

Chamber activity

Floor Proceedings

http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx

XML

Votes

http://clerk.house.gov/legislative/legvotes.aspx

XML

Bills that may be considered on the House floor

http://docs.house.gov/floor/

 

XML, RSS Feed

 

Floor Schedule

http://www.majorityleader.gov/floor/#daily

http://www.majorityleader.gov/floor/#weekly

 

On the Floor Today under House of Representatives at https://www.congress.gov/

 

Text of Rules resolutions for consideration on the House floor (and related matter)

http://rules.house.gov

 

PDF, XML

Discharge Petitions

http://clerk.house.gov/legislative/legvotes.aspx

none filed yet for the 114th Congress

 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2821/all-actions

 

XML

House Journals

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=HJOURNAL

PDF, TXT

Committee activity

Meetings (business meetings, hearings, and mark-ups)

http://docs.house.gov/committee

 

committee websites

 

https://www.congress.gov/committees

From this directory each committee name links to a page that lists all legislation with a relationship to each committee

 

https://www.congress.gov/committees/114th-congress/house/legislation-with-action

This table cumulates bills and resolutions by actions related to committees and subcommittees.

XML

RSS Feed

Links to bill text in PDF and XML formats

Links to PDF documents

Executive Communica-tions

Selected Memorials

http://clerk.house.gov/legislative/memorials.aspx

PDF

Membership

Official Alphabetical List

 

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/olmbr.aspx

 

HTML

Official List of Members by State

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/olm.aspx

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/olm.pdf

HTML, PDF

Member Mailing Labels

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/text-labels-114.txt

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/wp-labels-114.wpd

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/word-labels-114.doc

Text, WordPerfect, and MS Word

Member Data (mailing label data with BioGuide ID)

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/excel-labels-114.xls

Excel

Member Data (with committee membership, rank, and committee leadership)

http://clerk.house.gov/xml/lists/MemberData.xml

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/MemberData_UserGuide.pdf

XML

Committee Membership

Official List of Standing Committees

http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/

http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/scsoal.pdf

 

HTML, PDF

Official List of Members with Committee Assignments

http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/oal.aspx

http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/oal.pdf

HTML

PDF

Disclosures

Financial

http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial.aspx

 

Lobby

http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov

 

Gift and Travel

Foreign Travel: http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/foreign/index.aspx

Travel: http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/giftTravel.aspx