Bills + sponsors · /101

Module 4 of 9

What a bill is

A billis a legislative proposal introduced in the House or Senate. It has a type prefix and a number — "H R 1234" (House Bill 1234), "S 1" (Senate Bill 1), plus "H J Res" / "S J Res" (joint resolutions, same force as bills) and "H Res" / "S Res" (simple resolutions, chamber-only).

A bill is identified by its (congress, type, number) tuple. pac.dog normalizes that as hr1234-118.

Sponsors + cosponsors

The sponsor is the member who introduced the bill. Exactly one per bill.
Cosponsors are members who publicly back the bill after introduction. Original cosponsors are listed at introduction; others add over time. No limit on count.

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