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HR 760 IH
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 760
To amend chapter 2 of title I of the United States Code to establish the style for amending laws.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 15, 2013
Mr. AMASH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 2 of title I of the United States Code to establish the style for amending laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. AMENDING LAWS.
Chapter 2 of title 1 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘Sec. 115. Amending laws
‘No Act shall be revised or amended by mere reference to it. Every bill or joint resolution which amends an existing section, subsection, or other subdivision of any Act shall set forth the section, subsection, or other subdivision sufficiently to enable the intent and effect of the bill or joint resolution to be clearly understood. Omissions and insertions proposed shall be shown by appropriate typographical devices.’.
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 1 of the United States Code is amended by adding after the item relating to section 114 the following new item:
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect on January 3, 2015.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.760 as Introduced in House Readable Legislation Act of 2013
