Introduction to Legislative Drafting

single proposition of enactment”. The terminology for referring to units within a section has become highly standardized and should be carefully followed to avoid confusion. The breakdown of a section is as follows: SECTION st1. (“SECTION” for 1 section and “SEC.” for subsequent sections, followed by Arabic numeral)

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title II of the Act of July 30, 1953 (Public Law 163, Eighty-third Congress), as ... Business Administration work together to advance joint interests.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Rights Act of 1968’’.

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