I could not believe my ears when I heard a legitimate news outlet (I only listen to legitimate news outlets, of course) talked about the "Big Beautiful Bill Act." Apparently Democrats tried to rename the law in an amendment so that future generations, overwhelmed by the sheer ugliness, meanness, deliberate cruelty, and evil of the Act would become confused by its being called "beautiful."
We are stuck with this president (or Vance, if he gets nicked by the 25th Amendment) until 2028, but doesn't he mangle the English language enough without redefining the ugly and awful as 'beautiful?'
Sen Schumer did "rename" the bill through a motion that passed, or rather technically his motion removed the "BBBA" title from the bill.
From the enrolled (as passed) version of the text:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five
An Act
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
No BBB title. It's gone missing from the final copy.
If we compare that to another bill the is under consideration (S 1748):
A BILL
To protect the safety of children on the internet.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Kids Online Safety Act”.
(b) Table Of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
This bill has a "short title" to replace the long name "A Bill To protect the safety of children on the internet"
Or the exciting HR 1319, which also doesn't have a short title and is therefore :
"A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes."
HR 1 (Now, PL 119-21) has the exciting official title: "An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14." (Note that passed bills are "acts")
Alternatively we can just consider that Chuck prevented us from the grammatical nightmare is a law with both "Bill" and "Act" in its title.
