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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Does "by striking out all after the enacting clause" mean...?

Does "by striking out all after the enacting clause" mean "by deleting all items that are following (listing behind) the enacted clause"?

Context:

SENATE PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENT
H.112

An act relating to the labeling of food produced with genetic engineering
The Senate proposes to the House to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu theirof the following:
Sec. 1. FINDINGS
The General Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) U.S. federal law does not provide for the labeling of food that is produced with genetic engineering, as evidenced by the following:
(A) U.S. federal labeling and food and drug laws do not requre manufacturers of food produced with genetic engineering to label such food as genetically engineered.
(B)
  

Top answer

As far as I know , "strike out" was the term used for drawing a line through existing text on a sheet of paper. It has been replaced by the simpler "delete" of computer and internet use.

  • As far as I know , "strike out" was the term used for drawing a line through existing text on a sheet of paper.
  • It has been replaced by the simpler "delete" of computer and internet use.
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As far as I know, "strike out" was the term used for drawing a line through existing text on a sheet of paper. It has been replaced by the simpler "delete" of computer and internet use.
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Thanks for replying.
But I still failed to get the meaningt of "all" and "after the enacting clause".
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It would including everything that follows the enacting clause (but I don't know exactly what that clause is in your case).

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