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Thank you for the suggestion.
Hi @llaplant
Are there any updates on this enhancement ?
Thank you. Abhishek
It is on the backlog but not scheduled yet. Would a service that provides a json or xml list of available bill versions be helpful?
Yes, particularly if it indicated the order (most recent version first, for example).
@llaplant is there any update on this?
@dwillis not yet, but check back mid-July after the LDTC18 conference. @jonquandt
@llaplant @jonquandt Any update on this?
@dwillis -- we recently launched our API. We do have a planned feature for listing all available bill versions based on a BILLSTATUS packageid or Congress number and bill number.
See https://github.com/usgpo/api/issues/3
Any feedback or input you have on that would be great as we start looking at developing it.
Currently, all BILLS package summaries returned by the API include a link to the related BILLSTATUS package.
https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-115hconres1eh/summary?api_key=DEMO_KEY
"related": { "billStatusLink": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hconres/BILLSTATUS-115hconres1.xml" },
Thanks, @jonquandt - what about in the bulk data?
@dwillis - we're looking at the options for this one, and I'll let you know when we'll have something more firm to share, including deployment timeframe.
@jonquandt Thanks!
Proposed addition of <textVersions>
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Check out the sample files and let us know what you think.
@llaplant Thanks! I think that syntax and structure are really great and would support their inclusion.
Enabling for 116th Congress and reprocessing existing files 116 BILLSTATUS XML.
116 and 115 should be good. Will appear in 114 and 113 next time files are reprocessed. https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr/BILLSTATUS-116hr123.xml https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr/BILLSTATUS-115hr123.xml
Thanks!!
Legislation may be changed or amended as it makes its way through the legislative process. You will sometimes see different bill text versions in the Text tab of a bill record. A list of the different versions are in the link.
Versions are needed for accessing bills the following xml pages: Bill Summary (In URL) CONGRESSIONAL BILLS - BULK DATA