Bills

Bill text versions

GET/v1/bills/{billId}/text-versionsAll plans

Each printed version of the bill (introduced, reported, engrossed, enrolled) with its date and links to the official XML, text and PDF.

curl "https://api.thelobbynews.com/v1/bills/119-hr-6644/text-versions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lobby_live_..."

Response 200

{
  "billId": "119-hr-6644",
  "data": [
    {
      "versionCode": "Public Law",
      "publishedDate": "2026-07-12",
      "formats": [
        "Formatted Text",
        "PDF",
        "United States Legislative Markup"
      ],
      "urls": {
        "source": "https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ101/PLAW-119publ101_uslm.xml",
        "xml": "https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ101/PLAW-119publ101_uslm.xml",
        "text": "https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ101/PLAW-119publ101.htm",
        "pdf": "https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ101/PLAW-119publ101.pdf"
      }
    },
    {
      "versionCode": "Engrossed Amendment House",
      "publishedDate": "2026-05-20",
      "formats": [
        "Formatted Text",
        "PDF",
        "Formatted XML"
      ],
      "urls": {
        "source": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eah.xml",
        "xml": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eah.xml",
        "text": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eah.htm",
        "pdf": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eah.pdf"
      }
    },
    {
      "versionCode": "Engrossed Amendment Senate",
      "publishedDate": "2026-03-12",
      "formats": [
        "Formatted Text",
        "PDF",
        "Formatted XML"
      ],
      "urls": {
        "source": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eas.xml",
        "xml": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eas.xml",
        "text": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eas.htm",
        "pdf": "https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr6644/BILLS-119hr6644eas.pdf"
      }
    }
  ]
}

A real response, trimmed for length: lists cut to three items, long text shortened.

Path parameters

Name	Description
billIdrequiredstring	Congress, type and number, e.g. 119-hr-1234.

Response

Field	Description
billIdstring
dataBillTextVersion[]
data[].versionCodestring
data[].publishedDatestring \| null
data[].formatsstring[]
data[].urlsobject