1 U.S.C. § 103 (2024)
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Enacting or resolving words after first section
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No enacting or resolving words shall be used in any section of an Act or resolution of Congress except in the first.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
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