United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	omitted–text
Description:	Used to indicate that a span of copy is not present in the document. This element may be used to tag a few missing characters (horizontal missing text) or any number of missing lines (vertical missing text). Use of this element will result in a line of “stars” (asterisks) being printed or displayed where copy is missing. This line typically consists of three or seven “stars” (asterisks). The Ramseyer portion of Committee Reports also uses three and seven “stars” (asterisks).
Bills DTD Content Model:
Attributes:	Name: type Description: Indicator of the amount of copy that is missing from a document, i.e., a few words (“horizontal” missing text), or one or more lines (“vertical” missing text). Used to generate a line of “stars” (asterisks) where text is missing from a document Value(s): horizontal, vertical Default Value: #REQUIRED
Parent Elements:	action-desc added-phrase attestation-date committee-name continuation-text cosponsor definition deleted-phrase editorial effective-date entry enum external-xref footnote header header-in-text instructive-para internal-xref level-header list-item nonsponsor official-title official-title-amendment proviso quote short-title sponsor subheader target term text toc-entry toc-enum