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Free sign upThe phrase "an amendment on behalf" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to a change or addition made for the benefit or representation of someone else.
Example: "The lawyer submitted an amendment on behalf of her client to address the concerns raised during the hearing."
Alternatives: "a modification for" or "a change on behalf of".
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Last year one of Foster's DUP colleagues, Alastair Ross, presented an amendment on behalf of the assembly's justice committee that would have further tightened the ban.
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"On June 21, 2000, Dodd introduced an amendment on the Senate floor on behalf of himself and Lieberman that would have given the Pentagon, in consultation with the Colombian military, the right to determine what the 'most effective' aircraft would be for Colombian drug-fighting.
Mr Jospin wants the president to empower him to propose an amendment on the government's behalf, which would then need to be approved by a constitutional congress or a referendum.
Ross was required to present the amendment on behalf of the Northern Ireland assembly's justice committee, of which he is chairman.
David Freud, the welfare minister, opposed the amendment on behalf of the government, saying "life chances" indicators were a better way of monitoring what was happening and of directing resources most effectively to tackle the problem.
And that is why groups like the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, the Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Action, Consumers Union and the National Consumer Law Center support my amendment on behalf of their low-income clients.
In fact, requesting a split vote on an amendment is in effect tabling a new amendment, i.e. tabling an amendment on an amendment.
In 2011 some MEPs were caught negotiating payments for proposing legislative amendments on behalf of journalists posing as lobbyists.
When the bill was voted on in the House Homeland Security Committee, Republicans offered and won four amendments on behalf of the chemical industry to limit or prevent the use of safer chemical processes.
The House rejected almost 2 to 1 an amendment in behalf of a minimum tax on corporations, which would have been used to lower tax rates or trim the deficit.
Although Hale was protected by personal immunity, he sought to resist the demand for the records by interposing a Fifth Amendment privilege on behalf of the corporation.
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