United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	italic
Content Model:	(#PCDATA | marker | superscript | subscript | inline-comment | linebreak | term | nobreak | fraction | quote | pagebreak | external-xref | internal-xref | formula | act-name | editorial | footnote | footnote-ref ) *
Located in Document Types:	Amendment Bills Committee Reports Compilations Conference Reports Hearing and Testimony Reports Ramseyer Resolution US Code
Description:	Words displayed in italic for emphasis or to indicate a book title or ship name or other purposes primarily within text or header elements. Note: This is not used to indicate inserted, instead the added-phrase element is used to indicate inserted text.
Parent Elements:	action-desc added-phrase attestation-date committee-name continuation-text cosponsor definition deleted-phrase editorial effective-date entry enum enum-in-header external-xref footnote header header-in-text inline-comment instructive-para internal-xref internal-xrefs-group legis-comment level-header list-item nonsponsor official-title official-title-amendment para proviso quote quoted-block-continuation-text reintroduction-code rules-clause-header short-title sponsor subheader suspension-floor-action suspension-instructions target term text toc-entry toc-enum