Which service do I need?
Legislative information is spread across a few connected services, because each one is built for a different job. This page tells you which door to use, in one step.
Start with what you are trying to do
I want to read a bill, see where it stands, or check how someone voted.
You are in the right place. Browse legislation or search the record.
I want to know who represents me, or what a bill means for my area.
That is HouseConnect. Find your representative— opens HouseConnect in a new tab.
I need research that goes deeper than the record, or CRS analysis.
That is the Library of Congress Legislative Intelligence. Open the research surface— opens Library of Congress Legislative Intelligence in a new tab.
I work in a member office and need to file or track a funding request.
That is the FY 2027 Appropriations Portal. Go to requests— opens FY 2027 Appropriations Portal in a new tab. Congress.gov only shows appropriations measures once they are introduced.
What each service owns
Anyone who needs the authoritative text and status of a measure.
Browse the recordConstituents looking for their own representation.
Go to HouseConnect— opens HouseConnect in a new tabResearchers, and CRS analysts working the drafting queue.
Go to Library of Congress Legislative Intelligence— opens Library of Congress Legislative Intelligence in a new tabWhy the record only lives in one place
Congress.gov is the system of record. The other services read from it rather than keeping their own copy, so a bill's status is the same wherever you see it. When one of them adds something Congress.gov does not hold — your district, a research memo, a funding request — that stays with the service that owns it.