# gc_list_bill_sections

> List a bill's sections

The addressable sections of a bill's text — id, heading, its place in the title/division hierarchy, and size. Published only when every section in the official XML matched its rendered heading, so an id always addresses exactly that section; documents without enumerated sections return an empty list. Feed the ids to gc_get_bill_text.

## Input

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| idRequired | string | Bill key "congress/type/number", e.g. "119/hr/3076". |
| version | string | Text version code. Defaults to the newest mirrored print. |
| cursor | string | Next page of sections. |
| limit | integer | Sections per page (default 25). |

## Annotations

```
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false
}
```

## Examples

### A bill's addressable sections

Section ids, headings, and hierarchy — published only when every section in the source XML matched its rendered heading.

```
{
  "id": "119/hr/3076",
  "limit": 2
}
```

```
{
  "type": "bill_sections",
  "id": "119/hr/3076",
  "version": {
    "code": "ih",
    "name": "Introduced in House",
    "date": "2026-03-01"
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "sec-1",
      "label": "SEC. 1. Short title",
      "characters": 77
    },
    {
      "id": "sec-2",
      "label": "SEC. 2. Definitions",
      "characters": 77
    }
  ],
  "total": 3,
  "next_cursor": "eyJmIjoiODFkZjEwMDkiLCJwIjp7InN0YXJ0IjoyfX0",
  "text_via": "gc_get_bill_text (sections: [\"<id>\"])",
  "source": "congress.gov",
  "links": {
    "governmentcontext": "https://governmentcontext.com/bills/119/hr/3076"
  }
}
```

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