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
type: Contract
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-05-03'
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.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'