usbills.ai is an open source project designed to make federal legislation easier to understand for the general public. We use artificial intelligence to provide clear explanations and highlight key points from US Federal bills.

We process legislative text using traditional natural language processing and large language models ("AI") to make it more accessible. For each bill, we start by retrieving and organizing information from official sources:

• We download the official GPO metadata and XML version
• We parse the bill content, structure, and key information
• We store this in a standardized structure for analysis and comparison

Next, we use standard techniques to make quantitative and qualitative information more accessible:

• We extract key measures of size and complexity
• We generate summaries of the bill and its sections
• We identify potential issues and financial impacts

Finally, we present this information in a clear and concise format for easy understanding and comparison.

The source code that performs these steps is open source and available for you to review below.