[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Res. 619 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 619

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that 
whenever a bill or joint resolution is introduced that amends existing 
   law, the sponsor provide to the Clerk an electronic version of a 
               comparative print, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2007

    Mr. Sali (for himself, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Franks of 
 Arizona, Mr. Goode, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. 
 Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Paul, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
    Westmoreland, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Mack) 
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 that 
whenever a bill or joint resolution is introduced that amends existing 
   law, the sponsor provide to the Clerk an electronic version of a 
               comparative print, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,  That rule XII of the House of Representatives is amended 
by adding at the end the following new clause:
``Comparative print
    ``9. (a) A bill or joint resolution that amends existing law may 
not be received or considered in the House unless the Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner presenting such measure also presents an 
electronic version of a comparative print of any part of the bill or 
joint resolution proposing to amend any statute and of the statute or 
part thereof proposing to be amended, showing by appropriate 
typographical devices the omissions and insertions proposed.
    ``(b) The Clerk shall post on his Internet website the electronic 
version of each comparative print presented under paragraph (a) as soon 
as practicable after it is presented.''.
    Sec. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this resolution 
shall take effect immediately before noon January 3, 2009.
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