CivicBeacon

DISCLAIMER: CivicBeacon is an independent, privately developed app by CivicBeacon LLC. It is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, authorized by, or representative of any government entity, and it does not provide
or facilitate government services. All government information in this app comes from the official U.S. government sources and the independent, nonpartisan data providers listed below.

CivicBeacon makes it easy to follow U.S. government activity. Track House and Senate bills, executive orders, Supreme Court opinions, and elections, and see who represents you at the federal, state, and local
levels — with plain-English summaries and smart search.

FEATURES
- Bill Search & Filters: Find U.S. legislation by keyword, bill number, or category, covering Congress sessions 116–119 (source: Congress.gov)
- Executive Orders & Public Laws: Browse presidential documents and enacted laws (sources: Federal Register, govinfo.gov)
- Supreme Court: Follow SCOTUS cases and opinions (source: official court opinions via CourtListener, Free Law Project)
- My Representatives: View your federal, state, and local officials with sponsored bills and votes (sources: Congress.gov; unitedstates/congress-legislators open data; official state/local election authority
data via the Google Civic Information API)
- Elections & Voting Tools: Upcoming elections, sample ballot, candidate profiles, and polling place lookup (sources: official state/local election authority data via the Google Civic Information API;
candidate biographies via Project Vote Smart)
- Campaign Finance & Candidates: Candidate and committee data (source: Federal Election Commission)
- AI Summaries & Chat: Plain-English explanations generated solely from the sources listed below
- Non-Partisan & Data-Driven: No editorializing, just the facts

OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT DATA SOURCES
- Bills, amendments, votes, committees, CRS reports, and public laws: Congress.gov API (https://api.congress.gov) and U.S. Government Publishing Office (https://www.govinfo.gov)
- Executive orders and presidential documents: Office of the Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov)
- Campaign finance and candidate data: Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov)
- Congressional district boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov)
- Elections, polling places, voter info, and state/local officials: official state and local election authority data, provided through the Google Civic Information API
(https://developers.google.com/civic-information)

ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT DATA PROVIDERS (NOT GOVERNMENT ENTITIES)
- Legislator profiles, terms, and cross-reference IDs: unitedstates/congress-legislators open-data project (https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators)
- Candidate biographies: Project Vote Smart (https://www.votesmart.org), a nonpartisan nonprofit research organization
- U.S. Supreme Court opinions: CourtListener (https://www.courtlistener.com), maintained by the nonpartisan nonprofit Free Law Project

ABOUT AI-GENERATED CONTENT
Plain-English summaries and AI chat answers are generated by CivicBeacon from the sources listed above. They are provided for convenience, may contain errors, and are not official government records. Always
refer to the official sources above for the authoritative text.

DISCLAIMER: CivicBeacon is independently developed by CivicBeacon LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by any government entity. This app does not provide or facilitate government
services.

Recent changes:
Browse without an account — set or change your location with just a ZIP code, no sign-up required. Fixed errors for guest users when viewing representatives or saving location. Committee info now loads for everyone. Plus general bug fixes and improvements. Thanks for the feedback — this release is a direct result of it!