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HR 3402 116th Congress House

Readable Legislation Act of 2019

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

Introduced: June 21, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jun 21, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 21, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 21, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Readable Legislation Act of 2019

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.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 6 Republican 7
R
Cline, Ben
Virginia · Sep 11, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jul 17, 2019
 R
Cloud, Michael
Texas · Jun 21, 2019
 R
Davidson, Warren
Ohio · Jun 21, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 21, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jun 21, 2019
 R
Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · Jun 21, 2019
 R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Jun 21, 2019
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Jun 21, 2019
Meadows, Mark
· Jun 21, 2019
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Jun 21, 2019
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jun 21, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 21, 2019
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 21, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3402: Readable Legislation Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3402/
MLA
"H.R. 3402: Readable Legislation Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3402/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3402, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3402/.
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[H.R. 3402: Readable Legislation Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3402/)
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