name: Congress.gov API Plans and Pricing
description: Pricing and access tiers for the Congress.gov API provided by the Library of Congress.
url: https://api.congress.gov/sign-up/
plans:
  - name: Free Public Access
    description: >
      The Congress.gov API is a free, publicly available service provided by the
      Library of Congress. There are no paid tiers. Any member of the public may
      sign up for an API key via the Data.gov signup page at no cost.
    price: 0
    currency: USD
    unit: month
    rateLimit:
      requests: 5000
      period: hour
    features:
      - Free API key via api.congress.gov/sign-up/
      - Access to all v3 endpoints
      - JSON and XML response formats
      - Up to 250 results per request
      - Pagination support (limit/offset)
      - Bills, amendments, laws, members, committees
      - Congressional Record, committee reports
      - Nominations, treaties, house/senate communications
      - CRS reports, hearing records, house votes