United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	action–desc
Description:	Description of the floor action taking place (i.e., introduction, committee referral, committee action, committee reporting, calendar placement).Formerly, the *I47 locator code.
Bills DTD Content Model:	(#PCDATA | added–phrase | deleted–phrase | internal–xref | external–xref | fraction | superscript | subscript | omitted–text | linebreak | italic | quote | pagebreak | act–name | committee–name | cosponsor | sponsor | nonsponsor)*
Attributes:	Name: blank-lines-after Description: Value(s): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Default Value: 0 Name: display Description: Determines if the element is visible or not. Value(s): yes, no Default Value: yes
Parent Elements:	action endorsement