Readable Legislation Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 21, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJun 21, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2019 to Sep 11, 2019; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jul 15, 2019 |
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 Jun 21, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 21, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 105, June 21, 2019, page H5037.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5142 | Readable Legislation Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | Mar 1, 2018 |
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Readable Legislation Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2019Introduced 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.
