• procedure, a substitute amendment is an amendment that replaces a portion or all of the wording in a proposal. In legislatures, a substitute amendment kills...
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    senator voted against the resolution: Sen. Jeffords (I-VT) Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to have the United States work through the United...
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  • national referendum. Friendly amendment Non-textual amendment Second-degree amendment Substitute amendment "Definition of AMENDMENT". www.merriam-webster.com...
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  • As of February 2025, there have been 106 amendments of the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950. The Indian Constitution is the most...
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  • or adding others, or substituting an entire paragraph or complete resolution for another. A substitute amendment is an amendment that would replace existing...
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  • statement, "All cats are allowed", to get the full meaning. Shell bill Substitute amendment Slapper, Gary; Kelly, David (2015). The English Legal System: 2015-2016...
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    The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime...
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    Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Considered...
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  • Constitution, the delegate William Grayson was concerned that a substitute amendment could have the same effect as an origination: "the Senate could strike...
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    The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along...
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  • Stupak–Pitts Amendment for consideration in Part C as well as the Boehner Amendment, a substitute for the bill, in Part D. The House Resolution outlined the process...
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    Rep. Bud Shuster (R-PA) offered a substitute to the Shaw amendment. After considerable debate, the Shuster substitute was accepted by a vote of 251 to...
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    The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (originally titled Article the First) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that addresses...
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    The Corwin Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that has never been adopted, but owing to the absence of a ratification...
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  • Statute Law Revision Act 1892. The words "imprisonment for life" were substituted for the words from "be kept" to "years", on 8 September 1977, by section...
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    The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from requiring the payment of a poll...
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  • The 42nd amendment, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-second amendment) Act, 1976, was enacted during the Emergency (25 June 1975 – 21 March...
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    2009. Orszag, Peter R. (1 October 2008). "CBO's Analysis of Dodd Substitute Amendment for H.R. 1424" (PDF). Congressional Budget Office. p. 2. Retrieved...
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    that followed worldwide. In Hong Kong, the name Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement or Anti-Extradition Bill Movement (Chinese: 反對逃犯條例修訂草案運動/反修例運動)...
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  • stated that the Eighth Amendment also caused the elected Parliament to endorse all Orders made by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq by substituting the Article 270A introduced...
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  • legislation, or abiding by constitutional procedural requirements. Substitute amendment Legislative vehicle - amending a bill that has already passed Origination...
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    majority seeks to adopt a substitute amendment to the bill, a further cloture procedure is needed for the amendment if the amendment is not germane. In addition...
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    in the Parish of Timberland, in the County of Lincoln. Mold Inclosure (Amendment) Act 1794 34 Geo. 3. c. 84 Pr. 23 May 1794 An act to amend an act, paffed...
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    by Manchin. It was introduced as an amendment to the Build Back Better Act and the legislative text was substituted. All Democrats in the Senate and House...
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    banks to implement the pre-1914 international gold standard, namely: To substitute gold with fiat currency in circulation, so that gold reserves may be centralized...
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    reports. A motion is made on the floor to adopt any committee substitutes. Amendments can also be offered and voted on. Third Reading is where the motion...
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    contributed to the adoption of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed Prohibition and the Eighteenth Amendment. In a well-known example of jury nullification...
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    introduced multiple times in the United States Congress. In 1997, an amendment containing the bill received a floor vote, with 54 representatives voting...
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  • state prosecutor may bring suit based on private requests. Before the amendment was passed, a hisba suit brought by a group of Islamists against the liberal...
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  • Constitution based on his omission of Article 12 and amendment of Article 8 to de-secularise state policy, substituting Articles 9 and 10 with new articles to remove...
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