(bill): missing legislation

[ryparker]

The bill list API is missing the following 14 legislation from the 118th congress:

hr3
hr4
hr6
hr8
hr9
hr10
hr13
hr18
hr19
s448
s459
s494
s495
s497

The bill details API returns data for all of these, even though they're not present in the list response.

For example you can retrieve S494's details:

curl --location 'https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494?format=json&api_key=<API_KEY>'

Response

{
    "bill": {
        "actions": {
            "count": 1,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/actions?format=json"
        },
        "committees": {
            "count": 1,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/committees?format=json"
        },
        "congress": 118,
        "cosponsors": {
            "count": 48,
            "countIncludingWithdrawnCosponsors": 48,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/cosponsors?format=json"
        },
        "introducedDate": "2023-02-16",
        "number": "494",
        "originChamber": "Senate",
        "originChamberCode": "S",
        "policyArea": {
            "name": "Crime and Law Enforcement"
        },
        "relatedBills": {
            "count": 1,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/relatedbills?format=json"
        },
        "sponsors": [
            {
                "bioguideId": "M001169",
                "firstName": "Christopher",
                "fullName": "Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]",
                "isByRequest": "N",
                "lastName": "Murphy",
                "middleName": "S.",
                "party": "D",
                "state": "CT",
                "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/M001169?format=json"
            }
        ],
        "subjects": {
            "count": 6,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/subjects?format=json"
        },
        "summaries": {
            "count": 1,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/summaries?format=json"
        },
        "textVersions": {
            "count": 1,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/text?format=json"
        },
        "title": "Background Check Expansion Act",
        "titles": {
            "count": 4,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/494/titles?format=json"
        },
        "type": "S",
        "updateDate": "2024-04-17T23:51:59Z",
        "updateDateIncludingText": "2024-04-17T23:51:59Z"
    },
    "request": {
        "billNumber": "494",
        "billType": "s",
        "congress": "118",
        "contentType": "application/json",
        "format": "json"
    }
}

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In addition to the list above, the following 2 legislation are not present in the congress.gov list and details API, and they're also not present in the GovInfo list and details API.

s2
s3

Even if they're reserved it would be nice to have a response for these similar to what is returned from hr3 (a reserved id):

{
    "bill": {
        "actions": {
            "count": 3,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3/actions?format=json"
        },
        "congress": 118,
        "introducedDate": "2023-01-03",
        "latestAction": {
            "actionDate": "2023-01-06",
            "text": "Introduced in House"
        },
        "number": "3",
        "originChamber": "House",
        "originChamberCode": "H",
        "sponsors": [
            {
                "bioguideId": "M001165",
                "district": 23,
                "firstName": "Kevin",
                "fullName": "Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]",
                "isByRequest": "N",
                "lastName": "McCarthy",
                "party": "R",
                "state": "CA",
                "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/M001165?format=json"
            }
        ],
        "title": "Reserved for the Speaker.",
        "titles": {
            "count": 2,
            "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3/titles?format=json"
        },
        "type": "HR",
        "updateDate": "2024-04-17T23:41:24Z",
        "updateDateIncludingText": "2024-04-17T23:41:24Z"
    },
    "request": {
        "billNumber": "3",
        "billType": "hr",
        "congress": "118",
        "contentType": "application/json",
        "format": "json"
    }
}

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Similar missing legislation issue on the GovInfo repo: usgpo/api#151

[apreiter18]

Thanks, @ryparker - I created an investigation ticket for this one.

RE: S2 and S3, we have not received any bill data assigned to S 2 or S 3 in the 118th Congress, which explains why they are not appearing on either the Congress.gov API or Congress.gov webapp.

[apreiter18]

@ryparker - I wanted to check-in about this issue. Can you confirm or correct if the missing Senate legislation is still not appearing in the list level API?

Thanks much!

[ryparker]

A few are still missing

<type><number>-<congress>
"hr3-118",
"hr4-118",
"hr6-118",
"hr8-118",
"hr9-118",
"hr10-118",
"hr13-118",
"hr18-118",
"hr19-118"

This list was generated on 8/10