Making laws
enacting clause
The sentence that turns text into law: 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled'.
In full
Every federal bill opens with this formula, and striking it is a recognized way to kill a bill outright, since text without an enacting clause enacts nothing. Joint resolutions use a resolving clause instead. The words are required by statute and tradition rather than by the Constitution, but no bill without them has ever become law.
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