United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	amendment–instruction
Description:	This is a container for the text that explains the amendatory language to follow. An amendment-instruction may stand alone without a corresponding amendment-block.
Bills DTD Content Model:	(#PCDATA | added–phrase | deleted–phrase | internal–xref | external–xref | fraction | superscript | subscript | omitted–text | linebreak | italic | quote | pagebreak | act–name | definition | formula | header–in–text | short–title | term | editorial | footnote | footnote–ref)*
Attributes:	Name: blank-lines-after Description: Value(s): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Default Value: 0 Name: href Description: This attribute contains a pointer to the location referenced by the element. Value(s): CDATA Default Value: #IMPLIED
Parent Elements:	amendment