Amendment flag

[shanebeaulieu]

Can a flag that indicates if a bill has been amended be added to the BILLS API package response data?

[jonquandt]

@shanebeaulieu -- to clarify, is this to show that a particular bill version was reprinted, or are you looking for a new version of the bill that was amended from a previous version?

There are several different bill versions that indicate that a bill was amended.

https://www.govinfo.gov/help/bills#versions

Engrossed Amendment (House)
Engrossed Amendment (Senate)
Engrossed (House)
Engrossed (Senate)
Referred with Amendments (House)
Referred with Amendments (Senate)
Re-engrossed Amendment (House)
Re-engrossed Amendment (Senate)

Alternatively, you may wish to check the BILLSTATUS associated with the bill to determine if there have been any amendments:
https://github.com/usgpo/bill-status/blob/master/BILLSTATUS-XML_User_User-Guide.md#amendments

This may require some analysis to determine whether the given bill version was before or after an amendment.