Today, I introduced the #ReadableLegislationAct of 2018 and the #SearchableLegislationAct of 2018.https://amash.house.gov/media/press-releases/amash-introduces-bills-increase-government-transparency-and-accountability …
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Without context, provisions to strike text, repeal sections, or insert new language provide little meaningful information about what the bill does.
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Requiring that bills reproduce amended sections of law and show how the bill would change them—similar to the “track changes” feature in Microsoft Word—will allow members, staff, and constituents to better understand federal legislation.
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The Searchable Legislation Act requires every bill, resolution, and document produced by Congress to be created, transmitted, and published in searchable electronic formats, consistent with recommendations from a congressional data task force the bill codifies.
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These new standards will open up the legislative process by increasing access to congressional documents.
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Thanks to my bipartisan original cosponsors:
@RepMarkMeadows@RepMcKinley@RepKevinCramer@RepMcClintock@RepLoudermilk@RepThomasMassie@RepHuffman@RepJaredPolis@RepWalterJones@sethmoulton@RepLukeMesser@EleanorNorton@RepDaveBrat@RepPaulTonko@RepRalphNorman@RepRoKhanna.Show this thread
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That defeats the whole purpose of having legislators, committees and staff. Obfuscation
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So, the Ramseyer rule?https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/969420801186377728 …
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Hmm.. Upon (admittedly scant) reading to try and educate myself on the Ramseyer rule, this looks like that rule, but applied more broadly / externally-facing (i.e., to the text of the actual Bills vs Committee Reports..) If so, sounds like a Good Thing(TM) :)
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Here's (IMO) how this should operate: http://newsdiffs.org/about/
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