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Congressional District Code

Coded congressional district for the primary consortia member's location in the Other Transaction IDV record. It identifies the district associated with the primary member’s address rather than the award-wide location.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: General
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__congressionalDistrictCode
Title
Congressional District Code
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/consortiaInformation/primaryConsortiaLocation/congressionalDistrictCode
Description
Coded congressional district for the primary consortia member's location in the Other Transaction IDV record. It identifies the district associated with the primary member’s address rather than the award-wide location.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of where consortia participants are located, helping analysts assess congressional distribution of procurement activity and regional concentration of award recipients. It is useful for mapping award relationships to legislative districts and for aggregating activity by location-based jurisdiction.
Example Value
07
Observed Non-Null Count
269

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__congressionalDistrictCode
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/consortiaInformation/primaryConsortiaLocation/congressionalDistrictCode
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/consortiaInformation/primaryConsortiaLocation/congressionalDistrictCode' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__congressionalDistrictCode'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Geo-spatial analysis of consortium member locations
  • Aggregation of awards by congressional district
  • Filtering records by legislative district

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the code describes the entire award location rather than the primary consortia member location
  • Grouping without handling null, blank, or nonstandard district codes

Query Guidance

Use the field as a categorical code in WHERE, GROUP BY, and JOIN logic after normalizing blanks and nulls. If district labels are needed, join to a reference table or decode the code externally; do not assume numeric formatting alone is stable across all records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__congressionalDistrictCode AS congressional_district_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__congressionalDistrictCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__congressionalDistrictCode AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__consortiaInformation__primaryConsortiaLocation__congressionalDistrictCode IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.