Pat, The wording "...in Congress assembled, That this Act..." is copied *exactly* from the present FPLA. I assume it was created by US Government attorneys as a standard form.
The serious "error" is on the first line of (a). Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:56:50 +1000 >From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [USMA:44702] FPLA 2010 >To: [email protected] >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > On 2009/04/17, at 2:11 AM, <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > To all you diligent supporters of an FPLA which > will permit metric-only labeling; there is an > error in SECTION 1,(a) of my Fourth Draft of FPLA > 2010. > > Can you find it? > > Eugene (Gene) Mechtly > > Dear Gene, > In the paragraph: > Be it enacted by the Senate and House of > Representatives of the United States of America in > Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as > the “Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 2010” or > “FPLA 2010”. > I am uncomfortable with the comma between the word, > 'assembled' and the word, That. > Would one of these be better depending on your > intention: > assembled. That > assembled: That > assembled, that > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin > ...
