congress_search_bills
Search or list recent U.S. federal bills and resolutions from Congress.gov. Returns the most recently updated bills, optionally scoped to a Congress number or filtered by a free-text query. Use this to find legislation by topic or to see what is currently moving.
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What congress_search_bills does on Livedatalink
AI agents call congress_search_bills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
sort | string | — | Sort order, e.g. 'updateDate+desc' (default) or 'updateDate+asc'. |
limit | number | — | Max results (1-250, default 20). |
query | string | — | Optional free-text keyword filter (e.g. 'inflation', 'semiconductor'). |
offset | number | — | Pagination offset. |
congress | number | — | Congress number (e.g. 91 is current). Omit for all. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why congress_search_bills is rated Low
Even though congress_search_bills only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs congress_search_bills 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_search_bills, this is the rule to start with:
congress_search_bills 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_search_bills call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about congress_search_bills
Search or list recent U.S. federal bills and resolutions from Congress.gov. Returns the most recently updated bills, optionally scoped to a Congress number or filtered by a free-text query. Use this to find legislation by topic or to see what is currently moving. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
congress_search_bills accepts 5 parameters: sort, limit, query, offset, congress. 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_search_bills: 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_search_bills 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_search_bills 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_search_bills. 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_search_bills 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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