Legislative Accountability Amendment

  1. Congress shall pass no law which exceeds in length two 8.5” x 11” pages of Courier 10-point font.
  2. The first paragraph of each law passed by Congress, up to a maximum of one hundred words, shall state the purpose of the law.
  3. No Court having jurisdiction within the United States may interpret any portion of the law to contravene the express purpose of the law as stated in its first paragraph.
  4. Bills shall be known and recorded by numerical identifier only. No titles may be used.
  5. No member of Congress may vote, either yes or no, on a particular bill without submitting a signed declaration that he or she has read the bill in its entirety and understands it.
  6. No bill may be voted on by the legislature until a copy of said bill has been made available to all citizens within the United States for a minimum of 48 hours. Such access must not require nor collect any personally identifiable information from citizens.
  7. Congress must decide upon and fund a system to implement section 6 so as to have it operational within 180 days from passage of this amendment.