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BillSummary

CRS-authored summaries of a bill, from the Congress.gov /summaries endpoint. One row per bill/summary version (a bill gains a new version as it advances, e.g. Introduced, Reported); the set is replaced wholesale when the bill updates.

GraphQL type: BillSummary · Connection: BillSummariesConnection

Queries​

QueryReturnsDescription
allBillSummaries(filter, orderBy, first, last, before, after)BillSummariesConnectionPaginated list with filtering and ordering
billSummaryById(id: BigInt!)BillSummaryLook up by primary key

Fields​

FieldGraphQL TypeNotes
idBigIntPK
billIdStringrequired FK
versionCodeStringCongress.gov summary version code, e.g. '00' (Introduced). required
actionDescStringBill action the summary version corresponds to, e.g. 'Introduced in House'.
actionDateDateDate of the action the summary version corresponds to.
summaryTextStringSummary body as published by CRS — raw upstream HTML, stored and served unsanitized. Consumers MUST sanitize before rendering as HTML.
sourceUpdatedAtDatetimeWhen Congress.gov last updated this summary version.

Relationships​

Belongs to​

FieldReturnsVia
billByBillIdBillbillId