Earlier this month, Robert shared about the new Appropriations Resources video that was added to Congress.gov.
With this second release for July, we have now added the “Download Results” feature to the Command Line search. You are able to download up to 2,500 results as a CSV.
Enhancements
The enhancements to Congress.gov in this release include:
Enhancement – Command Line Search – Download Results
- From a command line search you can download up to 2,500 search results as a spreadsheet.
- Use filters to narrow your results to a single collection, such as legislation, in order to select which data columns to include in your download.
Enhancement – Legislation – Text Size
- The legislation text tab displays the size (byte count) for each format of text.
Congress.gov Tip
Are you new to Congress.gov? Want to learn more about how to search? We have a great Introduction to Search page. If you would like to watch a video, you can watch Using Search Terms and Filters on Congress.gov.
Most-Viewed Bills
The most-viewed bills for the week of July 14, 2024 are below.
| Number in list | Bill number | Bill title |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | H.R.8281 [118th] | Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act |
| 2. | S.2768 [118th] | Safety From Violence for Healthcare Employees Act |
| 3. | H.R.8081 [118th] | Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act |
| 4. | H.R.7024 [118th] | Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 |
| 5. | S.596 [117th] | Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2021 |
| 6. | S.4292 [118th] | Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act |
| 7. | H.R.8070 [118th] | Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 |
| 8. | H.R.5074 [118th] | Kidney Patient Access to Technologically Innovative and Essential Nephrology Treatments Act of 2023 |
| 9. | H.R.8046 [118th] | Rosatom Sanctions Enforcement Act |
| 10. | H.Res.503 [118th] | Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. |
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