1 USC § 103 - Enacting or resolving words after first section
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identifier: "/us/usc/t1/s103"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "1 USC § 103 - Enacting or resolving words after first section"
title_number: 1
title_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
section_number: "103"
section_name: "Enacting or resolving words after first section"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)"
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# § 103. Enacting or resolving words after first section
No enacting or resolving words shall be used in any section of an Act or resolution of Congress except in the first.
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**Source Credit**: (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)