🏛 US House Financial Disclosures Scraper

🚀 Export US House member financial disclosure filings in seconds. Filer, state, district, filing type, document link.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 13 fields per record · Federal scale · All US House filings since 2008

The US House Clerk publishes an annual financial disclosure index. This actor downloads the official ZIP, parses the XML, and outputs one row per filing.

Coverage spans every annual filing index from 2008 onward, every state and district, every filing type (Candidate, Annual, Extension, Periodic Transaction, Termination).

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Journalists and researchers	Audit member disclosures
Compliance teams	Monitor public officials
Watchdog groups	Track conflicts of interest
Government affairs	Identify key filers

📋 What the US House Financial Disclosures Scraper does

• Downloads the official annual ZIP from disclosures-clerk.house.gov
• Parses the XML index of all disclosure filings
• Filters by state, last name, and filing type
• Returns filer identity, state-district, filing type, year, and document URL

💡 Why it matters: House member financial disclosures are public record. Programmatic access makes them actually usable.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Cap on rows
year	integer	Filing year (default 2024)
stateFilter	string	Two-letter state code
lastNameFilter	string	Match last-name keyword
filingTypeFilter	enum	C, O, X, P, W

{ "maxItems": 50, "year": 2024 }

{ "maxItems": 100, "year": 2024, "stateFilter": "CA", "filingTypeFilter": "O" }

⚠️ Good to Know: The Clerk republishes the annual ZIP daily as new filings come in. Document PDFs are linked but not downloaded.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
📌 docId	string	Disclosure document ID
👤 firstName	string	Filer first name
👤 lastName	string	Filer last name
prefix	string	Hon., Dr., etc.
suffix	string	Jr., Sr., etc.
🌎 state	string	Two-letter state
district	string	House district
stateDistrict	string	Combined code
year	integer	Filing year
filingType	string	C, O, X, P, W
filingTypeLabel	string	Human-readable type
filingDate	string	Date filed
📄 documentUrl	string	Disclosure PDF
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

✨ Why choose this Actor

• Direct from the House Clerk
• Real-time index, refreshed daily
• Works with standard Apify integrations

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Maintenance	Coverage
This actor	Pay per result	None	Full
Manual ZIP download	Free	High	Same data
Commercial disclosure trackers	$$$	None	Curated

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open the actor page
3. Set inputs
4. Run
5. Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Competitor and market monitoring

Identify which House members have filed financial disclosures and when.

Pipeline expansion

Build pipelines for political-intelligence and policy work.

Compliance and due diligence

Verify disclosure compliance for journalists and watchdog groups.

Market sizing and research

Quantify filing trends across Congress, party, or state.

🔌 Automating US House Financial Disclosures Scraper

Connects with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Academic studies on congressional ethics.

Personal

Civic engagement and accountability.

Non-profit

Watchdog and good-government work.

Experimentation

Train models on disclosure metadata.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does this download the actual PDF disclosures? A: It returns the official PDF URL. Use a separate tool to download. Q: How current is the index? A: The House Clerk republishes daily. Q: How far back can I go? A: To 2008 via the year input. Q: Are PTRs (Periodic Transaction Reports) included? A: Yes, filing type P. Q: Can I filter by member only? A: Use lastNameFilter to search by surname. Q: What is StateDst? A: Combined state and district code (e.g. CA12). Q: Is this for Senators too? A: No, this actor is for House members. Senate has its own filing system. Q: Are staff disclosures included? A: Yes, the House index includes Member and senior-staff filings. Q: Is data accurate? A: As accurate as the House Clerk index. Q: How big is the dataset? A: Thousands of filings per year.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the source organization. Only publicly available data collected.