The phrase "a direct amendment of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific change or modification made to a document, law, or agreement.
Example: "The proposed legislation includes a direct amendment of the existing tax code to address loopholes."
Alternatives: "a straightforward modification of" or "an explicit change to".
These were attributed to the biopores formed from decayed roots, stubble, and organic manures as a result of increased yields and direct amendment of organic manure.
L. 111 203, § 1085 5)(A), which directed amendment of "subsection heading" by substituting "Bureau" for "Board" wherever appearing and "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection" for "Federal Reserve System", was executed by making the substitutions in heading that had been supplied editorially, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
L. 106 554, § 1(a)(7) [title IV, § 401(a)], which directed amendment of subpart IV of subchapter P of chapter 1 by adding this section after section 1234A, was executed by adding this section after 1234A of this part which is part IV of subchapter P of chapter 1, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
L. 104 105, § 215(a)(2)(C), which directed amendment of "section 1.12(b)", without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 112 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
L. 110 28, § 8246(a)(2)(D)(ii), which directed amendment of heading by substituting "tax return preparer" for "income return preparer", was executed by making the substitution for "income tax return preparer", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
L. 110 246, § 4002(b)(1)(A), (B), (2)(Q), which directed amendment of the "Wagner-Peysner Act" by substituting "supplemental nutrition assistance program" for "food stamp program" wherever appearing and "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008" for "Food Stamp Act of 1977" wherever appearing, was executed by making the substitutions in subsec.
L. 111 240, § 1204(a)(2)(I)(i)(I), which directed amendment of introductory provisions by inserting "concerns" after "small business", could not be executed because the words "small business" did not appear.
L. 106 554, § 1(a)(1) [title III, § 316(2)], which directed amendment of section 415 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in section 415E by adding subsec.
L. 106 554, § 1(a)(1) [title III, § 316(3)], which directed amendment of section 415 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in section 415E by adding subsecs.
L. 89 3, which directed amendment of "[t]he eighteenth paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 467), * * * by substituting a period for the comma after the word 'notes' and striking out the remainder of the paragraph", was executed to the third par. of this section (seventeenth par. of section 16 of act Dec. 23, 1913) to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
