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HR 5142 115th Congress House Congress Government information and archives Legislative rules and procedure

Readable Legislation Act of 2018

Introduced: March 15, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 1, 2018
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Readable Legislation Act of 2018

This bill requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section of any Act to do so by setting forth the entire section and showing the omissions and insertions proposed by appropriate typographical devices. A measure may not revise or amend any section of an Act by a mere reference to it.

What's happening now March 1, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 5 Republican 7
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Cloud, Michael
Texas · Sep 28, 2018
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Davidson, Warren
Ohio · Mar 15, 2018
Sanford, Mark
· Mar 15, 2018
Brat, Dave
· Mar 1, 2018
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 1, 2018
 R
Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · Mar 1, 2018
 R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Mar 1, 2018
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Mar 1, 2018
Messer, Luke
· Mar 1, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2018
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 1, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5142: Readable Legislation Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5142/
MLA
"H.R. 5142: Readable Legislation Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5142/.
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H.R. 5142, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5142/.
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[H.R. 5142: Readable Legislation Act of 2018](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5142/)
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