The phrase "amendment is framed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the formulation or drafting of a legal or constitutional amendment.
Example: "The proposed amendment is framed to address the concerns raised by the community during the public hearings."
Alternatives: "amendment is drafted" or "amendment is constructed".
For legislation of this character, providing two sanctions for the same misconduct, enforceable in separate proceedings, one a conventional criminal prosecution, and the other a forfeiture proceeding or a civil action as upon a debt, was quite common when the Fifth Amendment was framed by Congress.
The Mississippi "personhood amendment" was framed as a battle over the rights of women to use birth control - not to make "miscarriage" a crime.
Another clue: Several of the amendments were framed as "sense of the Senate" or "sense of the Congress" resolutions, which pack no legal punch.
But just as Mubarak did not explicitly bring up the issue of extending his presidential term in 2009, Sissi's proposed constitutional amendments will not receive sufficient attention at the White House — particularly because the amendments have been framed as a matter of sovereignty that is up to the Egyptian people.
There is no reason to believe that this understanding was lost by the time the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process of Law Clause was framed.
This is not surprising as the debates themselves were framed specifically for this purpose: to review the legislation, three years on, to assess whether any amendments had to be made to the regime.
SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSSA: Well, it depends on the amendments to the constitution and how they are framing the new basis of the election of the president.
The Founders' intent in framing the Second Amendment is perfectly clear and undeniable.
The amendment is part of a new effort by supporters of the bill to attract votes by framing immigration as a women's issue.
