1. No Bill shall become Law which has not been read aloud, in its entirety, in its final form, separately in each House of Congress, such reading being performed in a normal voice and cadence and in the English language. Such Reading must be performed by Members of the respective House of Congress, and may not be delegated to any other person. Such Reading must be made available to the People for viewing and listening by the usual and customary methods of communication of the day, and such Reading shall not occur between the hours of ten o’clock in the evening and eight o’clock in the morning in the time zone of the capital city of the United States of America. During such Reading, no fewer than one-half of all Members of each respective House shall be in attendance, awake, alert, and attentive to the Reader within the Chamber of that House for the entirety of the Reading. During the period of the Reading, that House in which the Reading is occurring shall do no other business within or without that chamber. It is the wish and the demand of the People that the full and undivided attention of that House of Congress shall be on the content of the bill being Read.
2. No Bill shall become Law, the text of which that has not been presented to the People in an easily accessible and widely used medium and format, for a period not less than seven days and one hour IN ITS FINAL FORM for Public review and comment before each House of Congress shall approve such bill.
3. In circumstances of National Emergency of War or of imminent natural disaster ONLY, the Reading of the Bill may be suspended by four-fifths vote of the total membership of each House, the House of Representatives and the Senate voting separately.
4. In circumstances of War or natural disaster ONLY, the seven-day-and-one-hour period may be suspended by four-fifths vote of the total membership of each House, the House of Representatives and the Senate voting separately.
