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uslm:action

 
            The <action> is the set of information pertaining to a floor action 
            for a measure or amendment, i.e., the actual description of the floor 
            action and the date on which the action occurred. In amendment documents
            there is only one <action> element and no @actionStage attributes, whereas
            legislative documents such as bills can have multiple <action> elements, 
            each with its own @actionstage attribute.

Element information

Namespace: http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/uslm

Schema document: uslm-components-2.1.0.xsd

Type: Anonymous

Properties: Global, Qualified

Content

  • Any text (mixed) content, intermingled with:
  • Choice [0..*]
    • uslm:date The <date> in an <action> is the date or dates on which a particular action occurred. There may be two dates associated with an action, the regular calendar date and the legislative day. Sometimes the textual descriptions of these dates do not divide neatly into two parts, for example, the full date may be written as “February 3 (legislative day, January 30), 1995”. Therefore, the ACTION DATE is just data characters, to be entered in any fashion necessary. The date attribute contains the date in machine-readable ISO 8601 format ("1995-01-30").
    • uslm:actionDescription The <actionDescription> is the description of the legislative action taking place.
    • uslm:actionInstruction The <actionInstruction> is the instruction related to the action.

Attributes

NameOccTypeDescriptionNotes
actionStage [0..1]uslm:MediumStringSimpleType The <action> element can have an associated actionStage attribute, which contains a string value representing the stage of the action. This is only used in legislative documents such as bills, not amendment documents.

Used in

Sample instance

<uslm:action/>