Bills

Bill committees

GET/v1/bills/{billId}/committeesAll plans

Which committees the bill was referred to, and when. Use it to know who holds the bill and where to watch for markups.

curl "https://api.thelobbynews.com/v1/bills/119-hr-6644/committees" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lobby_live_..."

Response 200

{
  "billId": "119-hr-6644",
  "data": [
    {
      "committeeCode": "hsvr00",
      "name": "Veterans' Affairs Committee",
      "referralDate": "2026-01-15",
      "dischargeDate": "2026-01-15"
    },
    {
      "committeeCode": "hsba00",
      "name": "Financial Services Committee",
      "referralDate": "2026-01-15",
      "dischargeDate": null
    },
    {
      "committeeCode": "hsba00",
      "name": "Financial Services Committee",
      "referralDate": "2025-12-17",
      "dischargeDate": null
    }
  ]
}

A real response, trimmed for length: lists cut to three items, long text shortened.

Path parameters

Name	Description
billIdrequiredstring	Congress, type and number, e.g. 119-hr-1234.

Response

Field	Description
billIdstring
dataBillCommittee[]
data[].committeeCodestring
data[].namestring
data[].referralDatestring
data[].dischargeDatestring \| null