Bulk Data Task Force Meeting

The Bulk Data Task Force met virtually on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This meeting was held online. Highlights from GPO's presentation are included below, and more information is available on the Legislative Branch Innovation Hub.

Recent Release Highlights

Bill Status XML Bulk Data for 108th through 112th Congresses

• https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS

Embeddable govinfo Search Box

• https://www.govinfo.gov/help#search-box

Additional Citation Search Patterns for Bills, Public and Private Laws, and Congressional Reports Collections

• https://www.govinfo.gov/help/bills#bills-citations
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/search/%7B%22query%22%3A%22116HR263%22%2C%22offset%22%3A0%7D
• https://www.govinfo.gov/help/plaw#plaw-citations
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/search/%7B%22query%22%3A%22104pl104%22%2C%22offset%22%3A0%7D
• https://www.govinfo.gov/help/crpt#cprt-citations
• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/search/%7B%22query%22%3A%22117hrpt80%22%2C%22offset%22%3A0%7D

Download Up to 1,000 Search Results

• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/search/%7B%22query%22%3A%22%5C%22bulk%20data%20task%20force%5C%22%22%2C%22offset%22%3A0%7D

Searchable Feature Articles, Help, and About Pages

• https://www.govinfo.gov/features/release-notes
• https://www.govinfo.gov/cs/Statute%20Compilations

Related Documents API Service for Bills and Bill Status Collections

• https://api.govinfo.gov/related/BILLS-106hr1000enr?api_key=DEMO_KEY
• https://api.govinfo.gov/related/BILLS-106hr1000enr/CRPT?api_key=DEMO_KEY
• https://api.govinfo.gov/related/BILLSTATUS-106hr1000?api_key=DEMO_KEY
• https://api.govinfo.gov/related/BILLSTATUS-106hr1000/BILLS?api_key=DEMO_KEY

Bill Version API Parameter on Collections and Published Endpoints

• https://api.govinfo.gov/published/2021-01-01/2021-06-01?offset=0&pageSize=100&collection=BILLS&billVersion=ENR&api_key=DEMO_KEY

RSS Feed for Enrolled Bills

• https://www.govinfo.gov/rss/bills-enr.xml

Modernization of Congress Report Composed with XPub

• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRPT-116hrpt562/pdf/GPO-CRPT-116hrpt562.pdf

Copyright Statement in PREMIS XML Metadata

• https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/pkg/PLAW-116publ71/premis.xml

Generated Bibliographic Citations

• https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-116publ71

Upcoming Release Highlights

COMPS in USLM XML

Version 2.0.9 of the USLM schema, version 2.16 of the USLM CSS, and sample Statute Compilations (COMPS) in USLM XML are available in the proposed branch of GPO's USLM GitHub repository. Please submit questions, comments, and requests for proposed changes by opening an issue.

• https://github.com/usgpo/uslm/tree/proposed
• https://github.com/usgpo/uslm/blob/proposed/uslm-2.0.9.xsd
• https://github.com/usgpo/uslm/blob/proposed/uslm.css

Digitized Congressional Serial Set

GPO, in collaboration with the Law Library of Congress, has started a large multi-year effort to digitize and make accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume, which was published in 1817.

• https://www.fdlp.gov/about-fdlp/23-projects/4473-digitizing-the-united-states-congressional-serial-set
• https://www.govinfo.gov/features/june-2021-release-notes#serial-set

Enrolled Bills and Public Laws Composed with XPub

Sample responsive HTML files are available in GPO's XPub GitHub repository. Please submit questions, comments, and requests for proposed changes by opening an issue.

• https://github.com/usgpo/xpub