INCITS455_20140401.xml eng 8859part1 dataset 2014-04-01 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata 2009-02-15 http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cd113.html National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 455-2009),Codes for the Identification of Congressional Districts and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas 2009 publication 2009 tableDigital American National Standards Institute codes (ANSI codes) are standardized numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The ANSI INCITES 455 codes provide a structure for the assignment of identifying data codes to congressional districts of the United States and its insular and associated areas, for the purpose of information interchange among data processing systems. Congressional districts are legislatively defined subdivisions of a State for the purpose of electing representatives or delegates to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress. A State or equivalent entity may comprise a single congressional district or similar representational area. To provide structure for the assignment of identifying data codes to congressional districts of the United States and its insular and associated areas, for the purpose of information interchange among data processing systems. onGoing asNeeded These codes will be updated when circumstances require it. Congressional FIPS Code Congressional ANSI Code Congressional Districts INCITS 455 theme None United States U.S. Congressional Districts place None Governmental Units, and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries theme NGDA Portfolio Themes 2010-02-01 revision http://www.fgdc.gov/initiatives/resources/2013-2-1-ngda-data-themes-fgdc-sc-revised.pdf otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: These codes are free to be used by the public eng boundaries -179.231086 179.859681 -14.601813 71.441059 Publication Date 2009 present tab-delimited records text file These codes may be accessed and used without charge. download these codes at http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cd113.html http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cd113.html asNeeded This metadata will be updated when new ANSI states codes are issued or the ANSI INCITS 455 standard is revised