usgpo / bill-status

Information about Bill Status XML Bulk Data including the XML User Guide.
https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS
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Bill was both signed by the president and not signed by the president #35

Closed JoshData closed 7 years ago

JoshData commented 7 years ago

H.R. 6297 has conflicting information.

<item>
  <text>Sent to Archivist of the United States unsigned.</text>
  <actionCode>E30000</actionCode>
  <type>President</type>
  <sourceSystem>
    <code>2</code>
    <name>House floor actions</name>
  </sourceSystem>
  <actionDate>2016-12-15</actionDate>
</item>
<item>
  <text>Signed by President.</text>
  <actionCode>E30000</actionCode>
  <type>President</type>
  <sourceSystem>
    <code>9</code>
    <name>Library of Congress</name>
  </sourceSystem>
  <actionDate>2016-12-15</actionDate>
</item>

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr/BILLSTATUS-114hr6297.xml

Both can't be true.

Congress.gov only lists "Sent to Archivist of the United States unsigned.".

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6297/all-actions

This is a pretty serious data error, with constitutional ramifications.

llaplant commented 7 years ago

LOC data updated and billstatus reprocessed from LOC data.

JoshData commented 7 years ago

Thank you that was so fast! :)