public static bool BillExists()
{
// ought to be the first thing executed in the bill page
string bill = HttpContext.Current.Request["bill"];
BillType type;
int session, number;
if (bill == null)
{
throw new UserException("I'm sorry, you have followed an invalid link to GovTrack. A bill was not properly specified in the URL. Please ask the source of the link to correct the problem.");
}
if (!ParseBill(bill, out session, out type, out number))
{
throw new UserException("An invalid bill ID was specified in the URL.");
}
return(Bills.BillExists(session, EnumsConv.BillTypeToString(type), number));
}
