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In committee
the house rules committee
A standing committee may act on a bill in various ways. The committee may: 1. Report the bill with favorable recommendation. 2. Report the bill with amendments with favorable recommendation. 3. Report a substitute bill in place of the original bill.
a committee considers the bill's
after the bill has been approved by a committee
the committee passes the bill to a conference committee
a congressional debate takes place and members vote on the measure
A committee or subcommittee reviews the bill and suggests amendments if needed. The subcommittee or committee will then accept or reject the bill. If the subcommittee accepts the bill, it is then forwarded as is to the committee. When the committee accepts the bill, it will issue in an official report or official bill print.
Now, here comes the answer of the question, after the bill is presented and sponsored, it is referred to the appropriate committee action in order for them to debate on it and marks up the proposed bill.
Markup is a process in which a subcommittee or a committee revises a bill that has been introduced. The committee also considers the bill in this process.
A member of Congress introduces the bill 2. A subcommittee and committee craft the bill 3. Floor action on the bill takes place in the first chamber (House or Senate) 4. Committee and floor action takes place in the second chamber 5. The conference committee works out any differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill 6.