Congress.gov Appropriations Status
Continuing-resolution and appropriations status from congressional public records.
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Congress.gov Appropriations Status ↗
Dated status observations. Historical observations do not establish current budget authority.
Immutable status observations distinguish historical unverified rows, title-based law candidates and source uncertainty. Collection completion does not verify current budget authority or agency-specific appropriations. Unknown checks preserve earlier observations without promoting candidates to enacted funding facts.
Collection schedule: Weekly.
Records describe public source observations. Missing values remain unknown; historical observations do not establish current status.
Definitions audited . Use source status and the returned watermarks to inspect current collection health.
REST and MCP access
Use a credential with intelligence scope and enable that data domain in your workspace.
curl 'https://www.govbiz.ai/api/v2/catalogue/sources/cr-status-refresh/records?limit=2' \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOVBIZ_API_KEY"
The primary dataset is appropriations_observations. Select another dataset from this source with dataset_id. Supported field names can be used as exact filters; the versioned query endpoint also supports declared ranges and list operators.
Through canonical /mcp, use govbiz_discover_datasets, govbiz_describe_dataset, govbiz_search_records, and govbiz_get_evidence. Cross-source relationships use govbiz_get_related_records and require access to every involved domain.
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appropriations_observations · Schema 1
One immutable dated appropriations-status observation; verification and legal scope are explicit.
Search modes: structured, lexical. History: Retained observation/version queries.
Measures: record_count. Monetary values use decimal strings with declared units. Unknown amounts do not become zero.
Field definitions and supported filters · 11 fields
| Field | Type / unit | Meaning | Availability and filters |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | GovBiz surrogate row identifier; interpret together with its relation, not as a source-native key.Storage and value limits: Signed 32-bit integer; logical domain constraints can be narrower. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null, gte, lte |
fiscal_year | integer | Source/derived US federal fiscal year; October 1 starts the following numbered year, with source-specific precision.Storage and value limits: Signed 32-bit integer; logical domain constraints can be narrower. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null, gte, lte |
status | string | Relation-specific source or operational status; use check constraints where declared and the producer mapping elsewhere.Storage and value limits: Maximum 20 characters; identifier rules can be narrower. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null, contains |
enacted_date | date | Stored appropriations enactment date; requires enacted-law evidence.Storage and value limits: Calendar date without time of day or timezone; source precision can be month/quarter instead. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null, gte, lte |
expires_date | date | Stored continuing-resolution expiry date; current row is historical.Storage and value limits: Calendar date without time of day or timezone; source precision can be month/quarter instead. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null, gte, lte |
notes | string | Recorded source/operator context; it is not a substitute for underlying evidence.Storage and value limits: No declared field-length cap here; API/output budgets must apply; empty and null differ. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null, contains |
current_law_number | string | Candidate or verified public-law reference; inspect verification_state and source evidence.Storage and value limits: Public result budgets apply. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null |
source_url | string | Public publisher URL when retained; absence means incomplete provenance.Storage and value limits: Public result budgets apply. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null |
verification_state | string | Whether the record is a legacy unverified observation, a source candidate, a verified source statement or unknown.Storage and value limits: Public result budgets apply. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null |
observed_at | datetime | Actual source check/observation time, separate from law enactment and expiry.Storage and value limits: Public result budgets apply. | Values can be missingeq, in, is_null |
source_locator | json | Retained public bill/law locator or explicitly incomplete legacy provenance.Storage and value limits: Public result budgets apply. | Values can be missingis_null |