The phrase "amendment of the bill" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in the context of discussing changes or modifications proposed to a legislative bill.
Example: "The committee proposed an amendment of the bill to address concerns raised during the public hearing."
Alternatives: "revision of the bill" or "modification of the bill".
THE tenth amendment to the United States Constitution the last amendment of the Bill of Rights grants to the states all powers not given to the federal government.
In 1789 the first U.S. Congress incorporated the right of petition along with other freedoms in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus have said they would press for a floor amendment of the bill to impose additional restrictions on menthol cigarettes or require a study of them.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed," holds the second amendment of the Bill of Rights, which establishes additional safeguards for Americans' freedom.Yet in ordinary life people were not armed to the teeth a couple of centuries ago.
"After rereading my case notes for Constitutional Law 1, including the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights," Mr. McGreevey said today in his statement, "I thought it was perhaps more prudent to foster a sense of community through the encouragement of flying the national flag as opposed to requiring it".
The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights guarantees unions.
"We're hoping that, with this legislation, we can put an end to what the British call 'anorexia chic'," said Olivier Véran, a French neurologist and former deputy who spearheaded the anti-anorexia amendments of the bill.
Historians continue to debate the degree to which Madison considered the amendments of the Bill of Rights necessary, and to what degree he considered them politically expedient; in the outline of his address, he wrote, "Bill of Rights—useful not essential—".
At this point, amendments of the bill can be made.
The committee completed work on the last of dozens of amendments to the bill, written by the panel's chairman, Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana.
A majority of members of the European Parliament voted in support of amendments to the bill that would make it harder to register a patent.
