A single joint letter is required among the contents
To provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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A single joint letter is required among the contents
The document says “shall”Who acts: Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Office of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Office of the Majority Leader of the Senate, Office of the Minority Leader of the SenateHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The contents of the Time Capsule shall include-- (i) a single, joint letter from the offices described in paragraph (1); and”
Section 2(b)(2)(A)(i) names the one item the Time Capsule must hold: a single joint letter from the four offices. It is the only content the Act specifies by name.
What the document actually says
“The contents of the Time Capsule shall include-- (i) a single, joint letter from the offices described in paragraph (1); and”
That sentence, in plain words
The box must hold one letter. All four offices sign that one letter together.
What this is about
The letter is the only thing the law names. It has to be one letter, not four. So the leaders must write it together.
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