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Where does a bill go if each house of congress has passed a different version of the same bill?
A conference committee
In the House the assigns a bill to a committee?
There are three types of House Committees: 1) standing committees elected by members of the House, 2) select committees appointed by the Speaker of the House, and 3) joint committees whose members are chosen according to the statute or resolution that created that committee.
When does the bill go to a conference committee?
When each house of congress passes a different version of a bill and those differences must be resolved.
Where did the first bill start?
A bill can originate in the Senate, and a bill can also originate in the House of Representatives. Wherever it starts, the other house gets a shot at debating the bill as well.
If the House and Senate do not accept each others positions on a bill which of the following is most likely proposed?
Conference Committee
How does a bill become a law in the us?
A bill becomes law after it goes to each house and they each send it to committee. Then, each body votes on it. The last stage is the president gets the bill and can either sign it, veto it, pocket veto it.
How are bills assigned to committee?
The bill has a subject and each committee is centered on a particular topic, so the bill goes to the committee that fits the bill.
A bill that has been passed by each house but in differing versions must sometimes be sent to which attempts to produce a compromise bill acceptable to both chambers?
a conference committee
How many laws are proposed each year?
There can be over 7000 law proposed each year but only a handful of them will make it pass the initial committee. A bill must pass the committee before it is consider by either the house or the senate.
Type of congressional committee in which members of both houses act as one group to discuss a bill?
A Congressional Conference Committee is formed to discuss a bill which has Congress in disagreement over. Senior members of standing committees in each house form the committee that originated the piece of legislation. These committees come into play if both houses have passed different versions of the same bill.
Why do most bills die in the committee?
This tells how a bill becomes a law. Please note that A BILL CAN START IN EITHER THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE (unless it is related to money,) because it ends up going to both houses. In this example, we will show the legislative process (which is the process it takes for bills to become laws) as it starts from the House of Representatives. How a bill becomes a law: 1) It is proposed by any congressman (senator or representative of the house.) Please note that there are 435 congressmen in the house of representatives and 100 in the senate. The senate have more power but the House has more direct connections to the civilians. Also note that a bill that is related to money, however, must start in the house. 2) Once the bill is proposed and written it is sent to the speaker of the house (who, currently, is Nancy Pelosi.) If she denies the bill, it is Bill Killed (a phrase which means that the bill ends there and thereafter has no chance of becoming a law.) If she accepts it however, it is sent to a committee of the house. (remember, it can be sent to a house committee or a senate committee, but in this example it will start from the house.) 3) The House committee discusses and amends (makes changes to) the bill. Amendments can include anything; for example, in a bill proposing that children must wear helmets, the committee could also add in that children must be with an adult in public areas. Every time a group discusses or amends, they ARE ALLOWED to make these changes. 4) The House committee votes. If they vote no, then it is Bill Killed. If they vote yes, it is sent from there to the full House of Representatives 5) Now the full House of Representatives has the bill. Together, they collaboratively discuss and amend the Bill. People are allowed to give reasons and arguments as to why they should make a certain change on the bill, why they should decline the Bill's acceptance, etc. This process is always open to the public. 6) The full House votes. If they vote no, it is Bill Killed. If they vote yes, then the Bill is sent to a Committee of the Senate. 7) Now, the Senate Committee has the Bill. (Of course, this is only if the House of Reps. started with the Bill. If the Senate had started the Bill, then at this step the Bill would be in the hands of the House of Reps. Committee.) in many cases, (depending on the circumstances,) the Senate Committee IS NOT given the copy that has been discussed and amended by the House of Representatives, but instead review the original copy. The Senate Committee discusses and amends the Bill,and after evidence and information is collected, the voting process begins. 8) The Senate Committee votes on the Bill. If they vote no, it is Bill Killed. If they vote yes, then the Bill goes to the Full Senate. 9) Now the Full Senate has the Bill. They discuss and amend it. 10) They vote. If it's a no, then it's Bill Killed. If it is a yes, then it goes to the CONFERENCE Committee. 11) Let's quickly review what just happened: It went to these places in order: Speaker of the house, House of Reps. Committee, House of Reps, Senate Committee, and the Senate. You may have noticed that before each group or house, it goes to the Committee of the group of house. Remember, the committee is smaller. In other word, There are 200 senators, but a Bill will be sent to, let's say, 20 of those 100. These 20 make up a committee. Which committee the Bill is sent to depends on the interests of the Bill. Like we learned before, before each major house or group, the Bill is sent to a smaller committee of the group or house. Now, before going to the full congress (which has 536 members; 436 house members and 100 senators) it goes to a Congress committee, called the Conference Committee, made up of a few members from BOTH the senate AND the house. The Conference Committee discusses and amends the Bill. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART FOR THE BILL! THIS IS WHERE THE FINAL DRAFT IS WRITTEN! Here, the Conference committee takes BOTH the copy/version of the Bill that came out of the Senate AND the one that came out of the House and MERGES THEM TOGETHER, and they try to work out the differences. It is a great compromise--a compromise between the House and the Senate and their view on the Bill. HOWEVER, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE OFTEN SNEAKY! In the process of merging the two versions, any member of the committee can add-in ANYTHING they like. For example, if the Bill was about a proposed policy about helmet-wearing for children, they could, technically add in something random, such as it is also illegal to wear red. After they are done discussing the Bill, the New and Final copy of the Bill is sent to the ENTIRE CONGRESS (both the senate and the House of Representatives.) 12) Now the full Congress votes. They do not discuss or amend, as once the Bill leaves the Conference Committee, it CANNOT be changed. If they vote no, then it is Bill Killed. (What a shame, it had come so far in the legislative process!) However, if they vote yes, then the Bill is sent to the President of the United States of America. 13) The President review the Bill. He cannot change it. Hopefully, he will read through it carefully and think deeply about it. He has a big decision to make 14) If he signs the Bill, then the Bill is a law, however, we are supposing, for educational purposes, that he doesn't sign the Bill, and he DOESN'T agree to it. This is called a VETO. If the President vetoes the Bill, though, it still has a chance; it is not yet Bill Killed! 15) Now the Bill returns to the Full Congress. To win a vote, usually, there has to be more than 50% of the Congressmen in favor of the Bill. In this case, since the Bill was vetoed, 2/3 of the Congress have to approve it. This is harder than it sounds. If 66% of the Congress does not approve the Bill, then it is Bill Killed...But Wait!...If 2/3 of the Congress approve the Bill... 16) THEN THE BILL BECOMES A LAW!
What committee are permanent committees used in Congress?
*Standing Committees: these are the most important because all bills are referred to a standing committee in Congress. Each committee is an area of specialization that is further divided into subcommittees. These are permanent. *Joint Committees: These are also permanent. The tasks assigned to them are very diverse. *House Rules Committee: these are very powerful standing committees in the House. Once a bill has been approved by the appropriate standing committee, it is then sent to this one, which will govern rules on what will happen tot he bill once it is on the floor. Mainly Standing Committees.
