Returns a list of bills filtered by the specified congress and bill type, sorted by date of latest action.

The result set can be further filtered using 'fromDateTime' and 'toDateTime' parameters. It can also be sorted by 'updateDate'.

  • fromDateTime: start timestamp to filter by update date.

  • toDateTime: end timestamp to filter by update date.

  • sort: sort by 'updateDate' in ascending (asc) or descending (desc) order.

GET /bill/:congress/:billType

Example Request

/v3/bill/117/hr?fromDateTime=2022-08-04T04:02:00Z&toDateTime=2022-08-04T04:03:00Z&sort=updateDate+asc
::

{
    'bills': [
        {
            'congress': 117,
            'latestAction': {
                'date': '2022-04-06',
                'text': 'Became Public Law No: 117-108.'
            },
            'number': '3076',
            'originChamber': 'House',
            'title': 'Postal Service Reform Act of 2021',
            'type': 'HR',
            'url': 'https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3076?format=json'
        },
        ...
    ]
}
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