Readable Legislation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5759
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-13
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government information and archives

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Readable Legislation Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section of any Act to do so by setting forth the entire section and showing the omissions and insertions proposed by appropriate typographical devices. A measure may not revise or amend any section of an Act by a mere reference to it. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5759 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2016 Mr. Amash (for himself, Mr. Jones , Mr. Massie , Mr. Polis , Mr. Brat , and Mr. Huffman ) 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 2016 . 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 section of an Act shall be revised or amended by mere reference to it. Every bill or joint resolution which amends an existing section of any Act shall set forth the entire section, showing the omissions and insertions proposed 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, 2017.