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H.R. 3402: Readable Legislation Act of 2019

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H.R. 3402: Readable Legislation Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-21 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Readable Legislation Act of 2019

Plain 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Readable Legislation Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3] · 17 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Thomas Massie (R-KY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ben Cline (R-VA)

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Words on this page, explained (3)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Joint resolution
In Texas, the type of measure the Legislature uses to propose a constitutional amendment (marked HJR or SJR). The governor does not sign or veto it; the voters decide. In Congress a joint resolution can also be used like a bill. In Florida, a joint resolution passed by three-fifths of the members of each chamber puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3402 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116