Congress.gov is the online database of United States Congress legislative information. Congress.gov is a joint project of the Library of Congress, the House, the Senate and the Government Publishing Office. [1]
Congress.gov was in beta in 2012, and beta testing ended in late 2013. [1] Congress.gov officially launched on July 5, 2016, superseding THOMAS, [2] [3] [4] [5] the Library of Congress's original online database of congressional material, which had been launched in 1995. [6] The website was created by Library of Congress employees using the Solr open-source search platform. [3]
In fiscal year 2015, the Library of Congress reported 36 million page views for Congress.gov. [1]
The resource is a comprehensive, Internet-accessible source of information on the activities of Congress, including:
Congress.gov is the online database of United States Congress legislative information. Congress.gov is a joint project of the Library of Congress, the House, the Senate and the Government Publishing Office. [1]
Congress.gov was in beta in 2012, and beta testing ended in late 2013. [1] Congress.gov officially launched on July 5, 2016, superseding THOMAS, [2] [3] [4] [5] the Library of Congress's original online database of congressional material, which had been launched in 1995. [6] The website was created by Library of Congress employees using the Solr open-source search platform. [3]
In fiscal year 2015, the Library of Congress reported 36 million page views for Congress.gov. [1]
The resource is a comprehensive, Internet-accessible source of information on the activities of Congress, including: