Congress.gov Notifications Congress.gov Enhancements for August of 2026, Part 2

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Congress.gov Enhancements for August of 2026, Part 2

We are pleased to bring you the second installment of Congress.gov enhancements for August of 2026

Enhancement – Legislation – Related Bills

  • Find a new type of bill relationship on the Related Bills tab.
  • Cross-Congress related bill is added between measures that were introduced in different Congresses, no more than two Congresses apart. It indicates a measure is substantially similar, in both text and meaning, to a measure that was introduced in a different Congress.
  • Search for Cross-Congress related bills and other related bill types using the field label relatedBillType:
  • See a sample search for each related bill type in Search Tools.
  • Learn more at About Related Bills.