legislation: 105-hres-529
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| 105-hres-529 | 105 | hres | 529 | Plain English in Law Rule | Congress | 1998-09-10 | 1998-09-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 2 | Plain English in Law Rule - Amends rule XXII (petitions, memorials, bills, and resolutions) 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. | 2025-08-21T16:14:29Z |