United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	external-xref
Content Model:	(#PCDATA | marker | fraction | superscript | subscript | omitted-text | linebreak | italic | quote | inline-comment | nobreak | pagebreak | act-name | formula | term | enum-in-header | header-in-text ) *
Located in Document Types:	Amendment Bills Committee Reports Compilations Conference Reports Hearing and Testimony Reports Ramseyer Resolution US Code
Description:	Pointer, or cross reference, to material outside the document.
Attributes:	Name: legal-doc Description: For identifying the legal document type being cited. Allowed Values: usc, public-law, statute-at-large, bill, act, executive-order, regulation, senate-rule, treaty-ust, treaty-tias Default Value: #IMPLIED Name: parsable-cite Description: A “normalized” external citation string. Allowed Values: CDATA Default Value: #IMPLIED
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