congress_recent_laws
List bills that have become public or private law in a given Congress. Defaults to the current Congress. Use law_type 'pub' for public laws or 'priv' for private laws.
This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-blackboxfoundry-livedatalink/congress-recent-laws.md
What congress_recent_laws does on Livedatalink
AI agents call congress_recent_laws to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | number | — | Max results (default 20). |
congress | number | — | Congress number (default current, 91). |
law_type | string | — | Law type: 'pub' or 'priv'. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why congress_recent_laws is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves publicly available congressional legislative records without side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations—it simply filters and returns existing law data based on Congress session and law type parameters. This is a straightforward data retrieval operation with minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool performs a 'List' operation that retrieves historical legislative data (bills that have become law). The description uses verb 'List' and the tool returns read-only information about public or private laws with no modification or deletion capability.
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The rule that runs congress_recent_laws safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Livedatalink, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For congress_recent_laws, this is the rule to start with:
congress_recent_laws 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 Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every congress_recent_laws call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about congress_recent_laws
List bills that have become public or private law in a given Congress. Defaults to the current Congress. Use law_type 'pub' for public laws or 'priv' for private laws. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
congress_recent_laws accepts 3 parameters: limit, congress, law_type. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for congress_recent_laws: 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 Livedatalink. Nothing to install.
congress_recent_laws 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 congress_recent_laws 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 congress_recent_laws. 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.
congress_recent_laws is provided by the Livedatalink MCP server (https://livedatalink.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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