Religious freedom and 42 USC 666

[Douglas Laycock]

Except that sometimes, I think the drafters do it right in the bill.  If they are amending existing legislation that has already been numbered, and they are inserting new sections, I think that the bill sometimes numbers those sections.  So Section 2 of the bill may amend section 665 of the existing Act and add a new section 666.  I'm pretty sure I've seen examples of this, although I can't swear to it.   

If the bill number is created by an Act of Congress, then I suppose it takes another Act of Congress to change it.  Which is why you occasionally see bills to correct typos. 

Quoting "Corcos, Christine" <Christine.Corcos at law.lsu.edu>:

> I think it's done by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the 
> U.S. House of Representatives.
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> I'm not even sure the necessary change would require an Act of 
> Congress.  Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think a 
> statute's codification in the US Code is generally a part of the bill 
> enacted by Congress. If you look at the Statutes at Large, you'll see 
> the future codification in the margin, not in the text.  I think 
> codification is just an administrative function.
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> And I assume it would be sufficient for the father here if 42 USC § 
> 666 were changed to 42 USC § 665a, so it wouldn't even have to be 
> moved to a different position in the books.
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> Art Spitzer
> ACLU
> Washington DC
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> In a message dated 8/1/08 1:19:42 PM, VOLOKH at law.ucla.edu writes:
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> Here, by comparison, the change is high-level (it requires a 
> Congressional act) but otherwise relatively cheap:  Copy 42 USC 666 
> to 42 USC 777.
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Douglas Laycock
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