About
Explain The Law makes United States federal legislation and government actions simple to understand and easy to search. We provide non-partisan summaries of complicated legal texts so that they are easily accessible to all citizens. Our database is updated daily with the latest government changes that affect your life.
Our goal is to make federal legislation short, concise, and easy to consume. We utilize advanced AI models to draft our initial summaries, however every page is reviewed by a human editor for accuracy and clarity.
Every summary contains a direct link to the official government record at Congress.gov or the Federal Register. This site will help you understand the essentials quickly, so you can spend your time reading the specific details on the official government source.
Government actions
We provide summaries for the following government actions:
Bill
A proposed idea for a law currently being debated in Congress.
Law
A bill that has been passed by Congress, signed by the President, and is now an official rule for the country.
Executive order
A legally binding instruction from the President to federal agencies on how to manage government operations.
Classifications
In order to help you quickly identify legal texts that matter most to you, each summary is assigned one of the following classifications:
Transformative
Establishes major policies or affects a large amount of the population.
General
Standard legislative or executive actions that update or add to existing policies.
Administrative
Technical, internal, or localized changes that may not directly affect a large amount of the population.