how to make a bill
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HOW TO MAKE A BILL
Thousands of bills are introduced every year but only few hundreds are passed into law.
The following is a summary of how the bill makes its way from draft to being signed into law by the president.
1-Writting the bill
a senator a representative a constituent
The person who writes the bill may be
2- Introducing the bill
The bill is introduced in the senate or the house and it is assigned a number and its title and sponsors are published in the congressional records
3- Committees and Subcommittees
• The parliamentarians of the house and the senate assigns the bill to the committee with appropriate jurisdiction.
Bill
• The chair of the committee may then assign the bill to the most appropriate subcommittee.
Committee Subcommittee
4- Subcommittee Hearings
The subcommittee hold hearings on the bill and invite testimony from public and private
witnesses
Witnesses may be executive branch officials, experts, interest groups, or individuals.
5- Mark-up The Bill
Once the hearings are completed, The subcommittee may need to mark up the bill (the process of proposing and considering amendments to the bill).
It then votes on whether to report the bill favourably to the full committee. If not favourably reported, the bill dies.
6- send it back to full committeeThe committee may repeat the subcommittee’s
action: hearings, mark up, votes.
if the committee voted favourably on the bill , it is ordered to be reported to either
The full house of representatives The full senate
Note: depending on which chamber is considering the bill.
7- debate• When the bill reach the
floor of the house or the senate the membership of the entire body may debate it.
• At this point the bill may be further amended, referred back to committee or voted on.
8- referring to other chamber • If the bill is passed by the house or senate, it is
referred to the other chamber.
A house passed bill may be placed directly on the senate calendar, by passing the subcommittee and committee reviews
9- House VS Senate
If the senate and the house had different visions of the bill, a conference committee is appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house to resolve the
differences.
If the conference are unable to reach agreement,
the legislation dies.
If they do reach an agreement, the bill is sent back to the both
chambers, which must vote on the bill without further amendments.
10- president signature
The president has 3 options:
1-Sign the bill into law.
2- Take no action, in which case the bill become a law
within ten days.
3-Veto the bill.
If both chambers approve the conference committee bill, it goes to the president for signature.
• In case of the presidential veto:
The president vetoed the
bill
Congress may veto the
presidential veto
If the congress succeeded to get
the two third majority the bill
will pass
Note: This requires a two third majority votes by both the
house and the senate.
If the congress failed to achieve a two third majority
in favour of the legislation, this bill
is killed.
THE END
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