gov.congress-bill
US Congressional bill lookup (congress + type + number) or filtered list via Library of Congress Congress.gov API. Bill types: hr (House), s (Senate), hjres/sjres (joint resolution), hconres/sconres (concurrent), hres/sres (simple).
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What gov.congress-bill does on Mcp
AI agents call gov.congress-bill to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why gov.congress-bill is rated Low
This tool retrieves publicly available congressional bill information from an official government API. It supports search and filtering operations (by chamber, type, and number) but produces no modifications, deletions, or external state changes. The data queried is public domain legislative information.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'US Congressional bill lookup' and 'filtered list via Library of Congress Congress.gov API' — purely retrieves and queries public legislative data with no side effects.
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The rule that runs gov.congress-bill safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For gov.congress-bill, this is the rule to start with:
gov.congress-bill is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Mcp, apply this rule, and every gov.congress-bill call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about gov.congress-bill
US Congressional bill lookup (congress + type + number) or filtered list via Library of Congress Congress.gov API. Bill types: hr (House), s (Senate), hjres/sjres (joint resolution), hconres/sconres (concurrent), hres/sres (simple). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gov.congress-bill: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp. Nothing to install.
gov.congress-bill is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the gov.congress-bill rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for gov.congress-bill. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
gov.congress-bill is provided by the MCP server (@2sio/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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