1. First Reading
2. Referral to Appropriate Committee
3. Second Reading
4. Debates
5. Printing and Distribution
6. Third Reading
7. Referral to the other House
8. Submission to joint Bicameral Committee
9. Submission to the President
STEPS IN THE PASSAGE OF BILL INTO LAW
Bill
-a proposed legislative measure introduced by a member or members of Congress for enactment
into law
-signed by its authors and filed with the Secretary of the House
FIRST READING
• Reading the number and title of the bill
• Referral to the appropriate committee for study and recommendation
• Committee may hold public hearings on the proposed measure
• Committee submits report and recommendations for Calendar for second
Reading
SECOND READING
• Bill is read in FULL with amendments proposed by the committee
(if copies are distributed, reading is dispensed with)
• Bill will be subject to debates, motions and amendments
• Bill will be voted on
• An approved bill shall be included in the calendar of bills for third reading
THIRD READING
• Bill will be submitted by final vote by yeas and nays
TRANSMISSION TO THE OTHER HOUSE FOR CONCURRENCE
If Other House APP RO VES If Other House INTRO DUC ES
WITHOUT AMENDMENTS, the bill AMENDMENTS, and disagreement
is passed to the President arises, differences will be settled by
the Conference Committee of both
houses.
Report and recommendation of the 2
Conference Committees will have to
be approved by both houses in order
to be passed to the President
President may:
a. Approve and sign
b. Veto (within 30 days from receipt thereof)
-if President vetoes, it is sent back to the House where it originated with
recommendation, if 2/3 of the members of the Congress with each
house VOTING SEPARATELY approves, then it becomes a law
c. Inaction (within 30 days from receipt thereof)
-bill will become a law
How a bill goes through Congress and becomes a law can be a very complex procedure, or it can zip through Congress if it is considered very important that it be enacted. Basically, here are the steps from bill to law. In the House, any member may introduce a bill by dropping it into a box, called a hopper. In the Senate, a member may introduce a bill after being recognized by the presiding officer and announcing the bill’s introduction. (Bills dealing with raising money must originate in the House of Representatives.) The bill is then given a prefix and a number. H.R. 33 would be House Resolution 33 and S.B. 44 would be Senate Bill 44. Once a bill is introduced, it goes to a committee for study. The committee in the Senate or the House basically do the same thing, that is they study the bill, hold hearings on the content of the bill, send it to a subcommittee if they feel it necessary for more study, and then vote on it and report it to the floor of the Senate or House where it is placed on the calendar for action. The House and Senate then debate the bill and vote on whether to pass or reject the bill. Most bills never get out of commitee. Once a bill is passed by either house, it has to be in the exact same language and set up. If a bill passes the Senate but it is not exactly as the one that passes the House, a conference committee is created to work out the final wording of the bill. It then goes back the each house where it is voted on again in its new form. The bill is then sent to the President. The President can sign the bill into law, veto it and return it to Congress with his objections to the bill, or do nothing. If he vetoes the bill, the Congress may override the veto by a two-thirds majority vote in both houses. It then becomes law without the approval of the President. The President has ten days to sign or veto the bill. If, after ten days, Congress is not in session, the bill does not become law. This is known as a pocket veto. All revenue bills must start in the House of Representatives. Represenatives do not have unlimited time to talk on the floor. They can be over-looked or given a time limit by the rules of the House of the Speaker of the House. Senators have no time limits and may talk indefinately unless there is a cloture vote in which other members of the Senate vote to halt discussions of the current item before the Senate.
first house of representatives, then senate
I am not sure that this is correct but it is turn by passing through many parts of the government
The federalists got a strong government by passing a Constitution that contained one. The Bill of Rights were a result of continuing discussion with antifederalists.
Discretionary funds are government spending by passing an appropriations bill to pay for a program such as military spending or education. The money is raised and can only be spent on the program in the bill.
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They all interact by passing or not passing the laws
A bill is a proposed law that is considered for passing by a legislature.
Picture 3 parties.Party A has 50 seats.Party B has 40 seats.party C has 20 seats.This is a minority govt.Even though party is in power, Party B and C can vote together and keep a bill from passing.
Because committee repesent all people's interests when they in the process of passing a bill into a law, so they are very important.
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GOVERNMENT has taken steps
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