Readable Legislation Act of 2018
Latest action · Mar 1, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2018 to Sep 28, 2018; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-VA | Dave Brat | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Mar 1, 2018 |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Mar 8, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Mar 15, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Sep 28, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2018Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2018Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 37, March 1, 2018, page H1341.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3402 | Readable Legislation Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 21, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, to establish the style for amending laws.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Readable Legislation Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
