Plain English in Law Rule

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Introduced

4 August 1995

Last action

5 September 1995 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.

Summary

Plain English in Law Rule - Amends rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require: (1) a section or other provision of a bill or joint resolution which amends a law to be in the form of a comparative print of the law proposed to be amended showing by black brackets and italics the omissions and the insertions proposed to be made in the law; and (2) an amendment to a section or other provision of a measure which is offered when a subcommittee or committee considers such legislation or when it is considered in the Committee of the Whole House to be in a similar form.

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Timeline

4 August 1995
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 September 1995
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-resolution/211
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hres/211
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