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Originally Posted by Muncle
Thanx for the reply, Steve. Easy to say now, but I assumed it had to be something like that. I think my confusion has been caused by terminology. Rightly or wrongly, I tend to think of laws being voted upon by Congress as "Bills" or possibly Resolutions. Whenever I heard/read that "X Report" was approved by the House or Senate, I mistakenly interpreted it as a lesser action. Good to learn something and correct a misconception. Thanx again.
I did find it interesting that due to legalese and governmentese, they take almost 50 pages to discuss a subject that you can explain in a paragraph. I know much of the technical stuff is needed, but not 50 pages worth.
Aside -- how long do you think the average Executive Summery will be for HR 3200?
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Depends on how much is the same between the bill and resolution. If they do it right, there'll be a comparison matrix provided to the congressfolk as an aid.
As far as the "legalese," it is crucial that everything get defined as tightly as possible. If not, then regulations get blurry and when cases (inevitably) end up in court, then judges must decide what the "intent of Congress" was with the writing, and they must take the language at face value. Better to get it defined correctly at the onset, than have a myriad of court cases and judges acting as Congressional mind readers after-the-fact.