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| Element Name: | purpose | |||
| Description: | The purpose is the reason for the amendment. Sometimes it is "in the nature of a substitute" or "to make certain improvements in the bill" but generally it is more explicit. | |||
| Bills DTD Content Model: | (#PCDATA | added–phrase | deleted–phrase | internal–xref | external–xref | fraction | superscript | subscript | omitted–text | linebreak | italic | quote | pagebreak | act–name)* | |||
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