[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2436 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 2436

 To amend title 1 of the United States Code to clarify the effect and 
                      application of legislation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 14 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

 Mr. Thurmond introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 1 of the United States Code to clarify the effect and 
                      application of legislation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF THE EFFECT AND APPLICATION OF LEGISLATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 1 of the United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
``Sec. 7. Rules for the application and effect of legislation
    ``Any Act of Congress enacted after the effective date of this 
section--
            ``(1) shall be prospective in application only;
            ``(2) shall not create a private claim or cause of action; 
        and
            ``(3) shall not preempt any other law, either State or 
        Federal,
unless a provision of the Act clearly expresses a contrary intention 
and specifically refers to the paragraph of this section intended to be 
negated.''.
    (b) Chapter Analysis.--The chapter analysis for chapter 1 of title 
1, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following:

``7. Rules for application and effect of legislation.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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