Congress.gov

{{Short description|Online database of the United States Congress}}

{{for|the legislature |United States Congress}}

Congress.gov is the online database of United States Congress legislative information. Congress.gov is a joint project of the Library of Congress, the House, the Senate and the Government Publishing Office.{{Cite web|url=https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/28/thomas-loc-retired.aspx|title=Library of Congress to retire Thomas|last=Mazmanian|first=Adam|date=April 28, 2016|website=Federal Computer Week|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607113335/https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/28/thomas-loc-retired.aspx|archive-date=June 7, 2016}}

Congress.gov was in beta in 2012, and beta testing ended in late 2013. Congress.gov officially launched on July 5, 2016, superseding THOMAS,{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2012/09/introducing-congress-gov/|title=Introducing Congress.gov!|last=Weber|first=Andrew|website=blogs.loc.gov |publisher=Law Library of Congress }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/congressgov-launches-thomas-legislative-database-gets-a-face-lift/2012/09/19/cf807804-026b-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html|title=Congress.gov launches; THOMAS legislative database gets a face lift|author=Kolawole|first=Emi|date=September 19, 2012|work=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160404144624/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/congressgov-launches-thomas-legislative-database-gets-a-face-lift/2012/09/19/cf807804-026b-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html|archive-date=April 4, 2016|url-access=limited|access-date=August 23, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/09/congress-launches-congress-gov-in-beta-doesnt-open-the-data.html|title=Congress launches Congress.gov in beta, doesn’t open the data - O'Reilly Radar|last=Howard|first=Alex|date=September 19, 2012|website=radar.oreilly.com|access-date=August 23, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/indexes/thomas|title=Congress.gov|publisher=Rutgers University Libraries|access-date=August 23, 2016}} the Library of Congress's original online database of congressional material, which had been launched in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/thomas-gov-an-exclusive-inside-look-at-the-retirement-and-transition-of-a-classic-web-1-0/|title=So long, Thomas.gov: Inside the retirement of a classic Web 1.0 application|last=Gewirtz|first=David|date=May 4, 2016|website=ZDNet|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505012419/http://www.zdnet.com/article/thomas-gov-an-exclusive-inside-look-at-the-retirement-and-transition-of-a-classic-web-1-0/|archive-date=May 5, 2016}} The website was created by Library of Congress employees using the Solr open-source search platform.

In fiscal year 2015, the Library of Congress reported 36 million page views for Congress.gov.