Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.

It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC’s Congressional Research Service.

Congress.gov supersedes the THOMAS system which was retired on July 5, 2016. Congress.gov was released in beta in September 2012. The THOMAS URL was redirected to Congress.gov in 2013. The beta label was removed in 2014.

The scope of data collections and system functionality have continued to expand since THOMAS was launched in January 1995, when the 104th Congress convened.

THOMAS was produced after Congressional leadership directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public.

Congressional documents from the first 100 years of the U.S. Congress (1774-1875) can be accessed through A Century of Lawmaking.

The Congress.gov top ten most-viewed bills for week ending July 7, 2019
1 H.R.1044 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019
2 S.386 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019
3 H.R.3151 Taxpayer First Act
4 H.R.3401 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019
5 H.R.5428 Stand with UK against Russia Violations Act
6 H.R.3564 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional Practical Training Program, and for other purposes.
7 S.1790 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
8 H.R.6 American Dream and Promise Act of 2019
9 H.R.5 Equality Act
10 H.R.2527 Vaccinate All Children Act of 2019

Read Other Top 10 Most Read Bills From Congress.gov

Source: Library of Congress

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