[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 116 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 116

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a bill or 
joint resolution which amends a law to show the change in the law made 
               by the amendment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1999

 Mr. Nadler submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a bill or 
joint resolution which amends a law to show the change in the law made 
               by the amendment, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Plain English in Law Rule''.

SEC. 2. BILL, JOINT RESOLUTION, AND AMENDMENT FORMS.

    Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``6. A section or other provision of a bill or joint resolution 
which amends a law shall be in the form of a comparative print of the 
law proposed to be amended showing by black brackets and italics the 
omissions and the insertions proposed to be made in the law.
    ``7. An amendment to a section or other provision of a bill or 
joint resolution which is to be offered when a subcommittee or 
committee considers such bill or joint resolution or when such bill or 
joint resolution is to be considered in the House sitting as the 
Committee of the Whole House shall be in the form of a comparative 
print of the section or other provision proposed to be amended showing 
by black brackets and italics the omissions and the insertions proposed 
to be made in the section or other provision.''.
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