Some federal bills in Plural will temporarily have no text due to the Library of Congress' timeline for publishing a bill.
As you investigate newly introduced federal legislation in Plural, you may notice that some bills have no available bill text.
This occurs when the Library of Congress (Plural’s source for the most up-to-date Congressional information) has received and published the number, title, author, and actions of a recently introduced bill, but has not yet released the bill’s text.
It generally takes a few days for the text of a bill introduced on the Senate or House floor to be published by the Library of Congress. This means that generally bills with “No versions found for this bill” will be updated within one week all year around (except the few weeks when Congress is not in session). Large bills or bills introduced at a busy time may take slightly longer.
Once the Library of Congress does receive the bill text, Plural quickly processes it and makes it available to Plural users. If you are already tracking the bill, you will receive an alert noting that a new bill version is available.
At Plural, we are dedicated to providing access to public information, in an easily digestible format, as soon as possible once it is available. It is for this reason that we allow you to review, track, and share newly introduced federal legislation even before the bill text is published.