Description
Hello! I'm a Senior Engineering Manager at FiscalNote, managing our Congressional Quarterly product. My engineers are making extensive use of the GovInfo API (https://api.govinfo.gov/docs/) to download Bill Texts, Bill Status, Committee Reports, Federal Registers, and Congressional Records. It's a great system, very well-documented!
One thing we've noticed is that the Bill Text XML files don't always have data in the dc:date. Most bill versions do, but a small percentage of them don't. Do you know why that might be? Is this a bug on your side? Or is that expected behavior?
Some examples of XML files that are missing data in the dc:date field:
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1342es/xml/BILLS-116s1342es.xml
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hjres28eh/xml/BILLS-116hjres28eh.xml
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1754rds/xml/BILLS-116hr1754rds.xml
On the other hand, here's an example of one that does have a date:
Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!