Congress.gov Notifications. Congress.gov Enhancements for July of 2022

We are pleased to bring you the Congress.gov enhancements for July of 2022. 

Enhancement – Search

• Examples are displayed above search boxes on all homepage search forms, remaining visible as you enter your search terms, and improving navigation for screen readers.
• A single bill or resolution number entered in the proper format in the Words & Phrases box on the Legislation search form will go directly to the corresponding bill or resolution page.
• When using the Legislation and Law Numbers box an error message displays below the box if you search a number in an unrecognized format. Move your cursor over the icon at the end of the message to see a tooltip on acceptable number formats.
• Other search forms display an error message for unrecognized number searches including:
  • Legislation Text – Legislation Numbers
  • Committee Reports – Report Numbers; Legislation and Law Numbers
  • Nominations – PN Numbers
  • House Communications – Communication Numbers
  • Senate Communications – Communication Numbers
  • Treaty Documents – Treaty Documents Numbers; Executive Report Numbers

Enhancement – Hearing Transcripts – Browse

• Use the House Hearings Transcripts, Senate Hearings Transcripts and Joint Hearing Transcripts links under the Committees section of the Browse page to go to lists of committee meetings that include transcripts published by GPO.
• You can sort the lists by hearing date, hearing title or committee.