US Congress Senate Bill 3879 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes requirements relating to the introduction and consideration of any bill or resolution in either chamber of Congress. Specifically, the bill requires any measure introduced in either chamber to contain a provision citing the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the proposed measure, including all of its provisions. Further, the text must also set forth the current law such measure is amending and the proposed modifications to the law. Additionally, a vote on final passage of a measure (except private bills) may not occur in either chamber unless (1) the full text of the measure is published on an official website of each chamber at least seven days before the vote, (2) public notice of the specific calendar week during which the vote is scheduled to take place is posted on the respective website at least six days before the Monday of such week, and (3) there is a reading of its full text verbatim by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate to the respective chamber.

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Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-03	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3879/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3879/BILLS-116s3879is.pdf