BILL_TEMPLATE.md

Bill Template

Every element stored in the database will be a JSON object of the following template:

{
  "_id": ObjectId,
  "tags": Array,
  "congress": Int32,
  "session": Int32,
  "type": String,
  "url": String,
  "text": String,
  "title": string,
  "chamber": String,
  "number": String,
  "numberInt": Int32,
  "billStatus": Object,
  "sponsors": Array,
  "statusUrl": String
}

• _id: Unique identifying number for a bill
• tags: An array of tags
• congress: Which congress this bill was passed in. This can be 113, 114, or 115
• session: Which session of congress was this bill passed in. This can be 1 or 2
• type: What type of bill is this. See VALID_BILL_TYPES.md for more information
• url: Path to the original XML bill file
• text: Parsed bill text
• title: Official bill title
• chamber: What chamber the bill was passed in.
• number: String version of the bill number (i.e. H. R. 1107)
• numberInt: Number version of the bill number (i.e. 1107)
• billStatus: Bill status object.
• sponsors: Array of original bill sponsors
• statusUrl: Path to the original XML bill status file