United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	amendment–block
Description:	The amendment-block is contained within the element amendment and is the element that contains the actual text of an amendment. This includes the ability to contain a bill's legis-body as an amendment in the form of a substitute as well as other bill structures such as quoted-block.
Bills DTD Content Model:	(((quoted–block | non–statutory–material | graphic | formula | toc | table | list)*, (continuation-text |account | appropriations–para | chapter | subdivision | division | subsection | paragraph | subparagraph | clause | subclause | item | subitem | part | section | subaccount | subchapter | subpart | subsubaccount | subsubsubaccount | subtitle | title)*) | preamble | legis–body | official-title-amendment)
Attributes:	Name: blank-lines-after Description: Value(s): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Default Value: 0 Name: changed Description: Has this ENTIRE structural element (such as a Section (structure of legislation), Title (structure of legislation), etc.) been added or deleted? Value(s): added, deleted, not-changed Default Value: not-changed Name: display-enacting-clause Description: Determines if the enacting-clause in a bill is visible or not. Value(s): yes-display-enacting-clause, no-display-enacting-clause Default Value: yes-display-enacting-clause Name: id Description: Unique name for the element so that it can be referenced. Value(s): ID Default Value: #IMPLIED Name: reporting-committee Description: For new or deleted textual material, this attribute provides a link to the name of the committee that made a particular insertion or deletion. The committee name is defined in the committee amendment line, which is part of one of the actions associated with the measure. This element links a specific change to that committee name. Value(s): CDATA Default Value: #IMPLIED Name: reporting-committee-number Description: This attribute represents the change style. For example, if 0, the material is not displayed. If 1, the added material is italic and the deleted material is strike-through. If 2, the added material is bold-italic and the deleted material is bold-strike-through. All of these items have not been defined. Value(s): CDATA Default Value: 1 Name: style Description: Identifier for the style of format to be used for a measure, e.g., Office of Legislative Counsel style, Tax style, “Traditional” style, etc.. Value(s): appropriation, defense, OLC, nuclear, tax, traditional, USC, multiple-resolved-clause, order-of-business, concur-with-amendment, constitutional-amendment, impeachment Default Value: OLC Name: line-numbers Description: Printed line numbers, per page Value(s): "off" or "on" Default Value: on
Parent Elements:	amendment