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.
What |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Status of individuals bills |
www.congress.gov bulk data coming soon on FDsys |
XML |
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://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionUScode.action?collectionCode=USCODE |
XML, HTML, PDF, TXT |
What |
Publication(s) |
Location(s) |
Format(s) |
Various Publications |
HTML, XML |
What |
|
Location(s) |
Format(s) |
Chamber activity |
Floor Proceedings |
XML |
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Votes |
XML |
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Bills that may be
considered on the House floor |
|
XML, RSS Feed |
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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/ |
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Text of Rules
resolutions for consideration on the House floor (and related matter) |
|
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 |
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House Journals |
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=HJOURNAL |
PDF, TXT |
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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 |
PDF |
|
Membership |
Official Alphabetical List |
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/olmbr.aspx |
HTML |
Official List of
Members by State |
HTML, PDF |
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Member Mailing Labels |
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/text-labels-114.txt |
Text, WordPerfect, and MS Word |
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Member Data (mailing
label data with BioGuide ID) |
Excel |
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Member Data (with committee
membership, rank, and committee leadership) |
XML |
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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 |
HTML PDF |
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Disclosures |
Financial |
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Lobby |
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Gift and Travel |
Foreign Travel: http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/foreign/index.aspx |
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