Readable Legislation Act of 2013

Readable Legislation Act of 2013 - Prohibits an Act of Congress from being revised or amended by mere reference to it.

Requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section, subsection, or other subdivision of any Act to set forth the section, subsection, or other subdivision sufficiently to enable the intent and effect of the legislation to be clearly understood. Requires proposed omissions and insertions to be shown by appropriate typographical devices.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 760 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 760

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2013

  Mr. Amash 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 I of the 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 2013''.

SEC. 2. AMENDING LAWS.

    Chapter 2 of title 1 of the United States Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 115. Amending laws
    ``No Act shall be revised or amended by mere reference to it. Every 
bill or joint resolution which amends an existing section, subsection, 
or other subdivision of any Act shall set forth the section, 
subsection, or other subdivision sufficiently to enable the intent and 
effect of the bill or joint resolution to be clearly understood. 
Omissions and insertions proposed shall be shown by appropriate 
typographical devices.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 1 of 
the United States Code is amended by adding after the item relating to 
section 114 the following new item:

``115. Amending laws.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect on January 
3, 2015.
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