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Drafting Effective Federal Legislation and Amendments in a Nutshell

With Frank Burk

For federal agency staff and those who prepare reports and documents for colleagues who draft legislation, this audio course discusses key drafting rules, and offers suggestions on legislative style, grammar, and wording. We review the basic rules of construction as outlined in the U.S. Code, and discuss OMB's clearance process.

Also see "Legislative Drafting Reference and Research Tools, including Statutory Construction" and "Legislative History Reference and Research Tools"

 

Recorded 2006   ISBN 10: 1-58733-032-6 Total run time: 85 minutes    0326 This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.
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Courses 

• Drafting Effective Federal Legislation and Amendments

• Advanced Legislative Drafting

• How to Research and Compile Legislative Histories

Publications 

• Legislative Drafter's Deskbook

• Congressional Deskbook

• Congressional Directory

• Persuading Congress

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• Presidential-Congressional Relations: Rivals Sharing Power

• Statutory Construction: A Primer on How to Read and Understand Statutory Text

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