# 114-hr-5759: Readable Legislation Act of 2016

114-hr-5759, Readable Legislation Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3] (R-MI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (as of 2025-11-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5759
- As of: 2025-11-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5759
- Congress: 114
- Title: Readable Legislation Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Introduced: 2016-07-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3] (R-MI)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Readable Legislation Act of 2016 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.

## Cosponsors (6)

- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] (R-KY), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7] (R-VA), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2016-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5760: Searchable Legislation Act of 2016
- 114-hr-3187: PRIME Act
- 114-hr-699: Email Privacy Act
- 114-hr-24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
- 114-hr-3563: Milk Freedom Act of 2015
- 114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-5759 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5759)

## Related
- [114-hr-5760: Searchable Legislation Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5760)
- [114-hr-3187: PRIME Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3187)
- [114-hr-699: Email Privacy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-699)
- [114-hr-24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-24)
- [114-hr-3563: Milk Freedom Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3563)
- [114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1190)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5759 (as of 2025-11-18).