United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	distribution–code
Description:	Used by the Government Printing Office to distribute paper copies of a measure to congressional and other governmental offices. Indicates the stage or type of measure, but is used to tell GPO to whom measures should be distributed. The values are as follows: I: Public Bills Introduced or Referred in the House, IA: Joint Resolutions Introduced or Referred in the House, IB: Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Reported in the House, II: Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Introduced or Reported in the Senate, IIA: Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in the Senate, III: Simple and Concurrent Resolutions in the Senate, IIIA: Amendments in the Senate, IV: Simple and Concurrent Resolutions in the House, V: Private Bills Introduced in the House, VI: Private Bills Introduced in the Senate, VII: Private Bills Reported or Referred in the House, VIII: Private Bills Reported or Referred in the Senate, IX: Reprint Bills for House Document Room, and X: Reprint Bills for Senate Document Room. Formerly, the *I60 locator code.
Bills DTD Content Model:	(#PCDATA)
Attributes:	Name: display Description: Determines if the element is visible or not. Value(s): yes, no Default Value: yes
Parent Elements:	form