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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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