[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 27 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 27

 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

                            January 21, 1997

 Mr. Thurmond introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               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 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 be presumed not to preempt the law of any 
        State,
unless a provision of the Act expressly specifies otherwise.''.
    (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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