[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5142 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5142

  To amend chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, to establish the 
                        style for amending laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2018

Mr. Amash (for himself, Mr. Meadows, Mr. McClintock, Mr. McKinley, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Massie, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Polis, Mr. Jones, 
 Mr. Moulton, Mr. Messer, Ms. Norton, Mr. Brat, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Norman, 
 and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, to establish the 
                        style for amending laws.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Readable Legislation Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. AMENDING LAWS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 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.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 114 the following new item:

``115. Amending laws.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect on January 
3, 2019.
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