`search_bills`

Pack: congress · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp

Search US FEDERAL congressional bills (US House & Senate, national laws) by keyword. Returns bill type, number, title, status, sponsor, and introduction date. Use get_bill with the ID for full details. NOTE: this is the US Congress (federal) ONLY — for STATE legislature bills (e.g. California, Texas, New York, or any US state legislation) use legiscan or openstates instead, not this tool.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Keywords to search for in bill titles
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return (default: 10, max: 100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "climate change"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_bills","arguments":{"query":"climate change"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_bills', {
  "query": "climate change"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "healthcare reform",
  "limit": 25
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, total, returned, bills

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Search query used
`total`	number	Total matching bills available
`returned`	number	Number of bills returned
`bills`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query used"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total matching bills available"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of bills returned"
    },
    "bills": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Bill ID"
          },
          "bill_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Bill type code"
          },
          "bill_type_label": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Bill type label"
          },
          "number": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Bill number"
          },
          "congress": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Congress number"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Full bill title"
          },
          "title_without_number": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Bill title without number prefix"
          },
          "status": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Current status code"
          },
          "status_label": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Current status label"
          },
          "status_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Date of current status"
          },
          "introduced_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Bill introduction date"
          },
          "sponsor_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Primary sponsor name"
          },
          "link": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "GovTrack bill URL"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "returned",
    "bills"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "congress": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_bills