Congress Needs an Editor!

I’m working on a project that [not which] has me writing about the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

One thing that [not which] strikes me about these two acts is how they use which [not that] in places that [not which] call for that [not which].

Here’s one example from the 1933 act:

The term “transfer agent” does not include any insurance company or separate account which performs such functions solely with respect to variable annuity contracts or variable life policies which it issues or any registered clearing agency which performs such functions solely with respect to options contracts which it issues.

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