Readable Legislation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-760
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Readable Legislation Act of 2013 - Prohibits an Act of Congress from being revised or amended by mere reference to it.</p> <p>Requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section, subsection, or other subdivision of any Act to set forth the section, subsection, or other subdivision sufficiently to enable the intent and effect of the legislation to be clearly understood. Requires proposed omissions and insertions to be shown by appropriate typographical devices.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 760 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Readable Legislation Act of 2013 . 2. Amending laws Chapter 2 of title 1 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 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. . 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: 115. Amending laws. . 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect on January 3, 2015.