---
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- summarization
- text2text-generation
language:
- en
tags:
- Congress
- Bills
- Summaries
- Senate
- House of Representatives
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---
# Dataset Card for Dataset Name

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This dataset contains bills and provided summaries of United States Senate and House bills from the 113th - 118th Congress. This dataset is specifically formatted to be used
in the fine tuning of Google's T5 Model.

## Dataset Details

### Dataset Description

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This dataset contains bills and provided summaries of United States Senate and House bills from the 113th - 118th Congress. This dataset is specifically formatted to be used
in the fine tuning of Google's T5 Model. The data has been preprocessed, cleaned, and ready to use for the model.


- **Curated by:** CheapTrix
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- **Language(s) (NLP):** Python
- **License:** Apache 2.0

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- **Repository:** https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/
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## Uses

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### Direct Use

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## Dataset Creation

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### Source Data

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Bulk data repository for the United States Congress.

#### Data Collection and Processing

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Data was downloaded locally and preprocessed using a custom Python function.

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#### Personal and Sensitive Information

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No personal data is within this dataset. This is all publically accessible data

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## Bias, Risks, and Limitations

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There are many more House bills than there are Senate bills. The split is roughly 66/33.

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### Recommendations

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No known risks associated with this dataset.

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