Alcove Congress Congressional Search

Congress sources

Public sources behind Alcove Congress

Review the public legislative sources that power bill search results and outbound source links.

9 sources

Each entry shows the public dataset, what it contributes, and where readers can inspect it directly.

  • Bill summaries congress_summaries
    GovInfo BILLSUM bulk data

    Official GovInfo XML bill summaries. Alcove indexes one retrieval record per summary version.

    Example detail URL: https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSUM/{congress}/{bill_type}/BILLSUM-{congress}{bill_type}{bill_number}.xml
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  • Status, actions, sponsors, committees congress_billstatus
    GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data

    Official GovInfo bill status XML used for legislative status, action history, and sponsor metadata.

    Example detail URL: https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/{congress}/{bill_type}/BILLSTATUS-{congress}{bill_type}{bill_number}.xml
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  • Human-readable bill pages linked from bill records
    Congress.gov bill detail pages

    Outbound source links on bill cards and bill detail pages resolve to Congress.gov for public-facing legislative detail.

    Example detail URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/{congress}th-congress/{chamber}-bill/{bill_number}
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  • Floor schedule, items, attached documents congress_house_floor
    House floor weekly XML

    Official House floor weekly XML from docs.house.gov. Alcove indexes the weekly schedule, floor items, subitems, and linked attached documents from these public-domain records.

    Example detail URL: https://docs.house.gov/floor/Download.aspx?file=%2Fbillsthisweek%2F{yyyymmdd}%2F{yyyymmdd}.xml
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  • Hearings, witnesses, witness documents congress_house_hearings
    House committee witness-list XML

    Official House committee repository XML for hearings and witness materials. Alcove currently indexes witness metadata and linked hearing documents from these public-domain records.

    Example detail URL: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/{committee}/{subcommittee}/{yyyymmdd}/{meeting_id}/HHRG-{congress}-{committee}{subcommittee_suffix}-WList-{yyyymmdd}.xml
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  • Meeting metadata, agendas, support documents congress_house_meetings
    House committee meeting XML

    Official House committee event XML for meeting-level metadata and support-document packages. Alcove indexes meeting records and linked support documents from these public-domain records.

    Example detail URL: https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventId={event_id}
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  • Hearing schedules and associated bills congress_senate_hearings
    Senate committee hearings XML

    Official Senate committee schedule XML. Alcove indexes hearing records and associated bill references from the current hearings feed.

    Example detail URL: https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_schedules/hearings.xml
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  • Legislative days and session convenings congress_senate_floor
    Senate floor schedule XML

    Official Senate floor schedule XML. Alcove indexes legislative-day records and session-day convening metadata from the current Senate floor schedule feed.

    Example detail URL: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/schedule/floor_schedule.xml
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  • Pending, confirmed, privileged, withdrawn, and returned nominations congress_senate_nominations
    Senate nominations XML

    Official Senate nominations XML feeds. Alcove indexes nomination records across the published civilian, non-civilian, privileged, withdrawn, and failed-or-returned categories.

    Example detail URL: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/nominations/{feed_name}.xml
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