United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	action
Description:	Container for all information pertaining to a floor action for a measure or Amendment, i.e., the actual description of the floor action and the date on which the action occurred. The elements sponsor, cosponsor, and committee Name are part of the action description element.
Bills DTD Content Model:	(action–date?, (action–desc | action–instruction)*)
Attributes:	Name: display Description: Determines if the element is visible or not. Value(s): yes, no Default Value: yes Name: stage Description: Indicates the measure's stage in the legislative process; This attribute is used when determining what color paper or typographic style is necessary when the measure is printed. Value(s): Additional-Sponsors-House, Additional-Sponsors-Senate, Agreed-to-House, Agreed-to-Senate, Amendment-in-House, Amendment-in-Senate, Committee-Discharged-House, Committee-Discharged-Senate, Considered-and-Passed-House, Considered-and-Passed-Senate, Engrossed-Amendment-House, Engrossed-Amendment-Senate, Engrossed-in-House, Engrossed-in-Senate, Enrolled-Bill, Failed-Amendment-House, Failed-Amendment-Senate, Held-at-Desk-House, Held-at-Desk-Senate, Indefinitely-Postponed-House, Indefinitely-Postponed-Senate, Introduced-in-House, Introduced-in-Senate, Laid-on-Table-House, Laid-on-Table-Senate, Ordered-to-be-Printed-House, Ordered-to-be-Printed-Senate, Placed-on-Calendar-House, Placed-on-Calendar-Senate, Pre-Introduction, Public-Print, Re-Enrolled-Bill, Received-in-House, Received-in-Senate, Reengrossed-Amendment-House, Reengrossed-Amendment-Senate, Reference-Change-House, Reference-Change-Senate, Referral-Instructions-House, Referral-Instructions-Senate, Referred-in-House, Referred-in-Senate, Referred-to-Committee-House, Referred-to-Committee-Senate, Referred-w-Amendments-House, Referred-w-Amendments-Senate, Reported-in-House, Reported-in-Senate, Sponsor-Change Default Value: #IMPLIED
Parent Elements:	form