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'''How Bills are Proposed to ==The Bill Process through Congress'''==

<onlyinclude>In the United States, a bill is a proposed piece of legislation to be considered by the legislature. Specifically, entities ranging from corporations, citizens, special interest groups, and anything in between, can propose an idea for a bill to a legislator. A bill cannot become law until it is passed must be approved by the legislature and, in a majority U.S. House of circumstancesRepresentatives, approved by the executive; U.S Senaten, and in the federal case, the PresidentExecutive Branch in order to become a law. Once If a bill has been is enacted into law, it is then formally called reassigned as an Act or a statute.

''Step 2[[File:'' Since there are numerous bills proposed daily, committees composed of small groups of legislators, review the content of the proposed bill in detailbillprocess.png | 800 px]]

===House of Representatives===''Step 3:'The Creation''' If deemed an appropriate course of action, committees may refer a bill to a subcommittee for further study and hearings on the piece of legislation. Hearings provide an opportunity for experts, proponents, and opposition to make their views known during the subcommittee review process.

''Step 4:'' Following the hearing processA corporation, citizen, group, subcommittees may amend or any other entity can propose an idea for a bill to a legislator as the first step to get a bill prior to forwarding created. If the piece legislator is in favor of legislation to the full committeeidea, he or she researches the idea and writes it into a bill.

''Step 5:'The Proposal''' Full Committees then make a recommendation on whether or not they believe the bill should pass, be rejected, or they may abstain from making a recommendation. The procedure is formally known as "ordering a bill reported"

''Step 6:'' After Since there are numerous bills proposed daily, committees composed of small groups of legislators, review the committee has voted on a content of the proposed billin detail. In addition,l the committee chairman assigns staff to create bill needs a sponsor. Once a written report on bill acquires this sponsor and gains the bill highlights: views support of supporters and detractorssome other legislators, impact and changes it is fit for introduction to current legislation, and scopethe U.S House of Representatives

''Step 7:'The Introduction'' Once a bill is passed on from the committee, the committee's recommendation is read aloud to the legislative floor. Chamber members are encouraged to debate the bill and analyze the incorporation of potential amendments.

''Step 8:'' After amendment approval and debate, Only legislator in the House of Representatives can introduce the bill to the House. The bill is subject then read out to a vote all of passagethe Representatives and sent to one of the House standing committees.

''Step 9:'The Committee''' When a bill is passed by one chamber it is then referred to the other and undergoes a similar approval process. The chamber may approve the bill, reject it in its entirety, or propose changes.

When the bill arrives at the committee, members of the committee that are experts on the bill''Step 10'': Depending s topics research and review the bill before voting on whether or not to send it back to the House floor. If more information on the severity of amendmentsbill is needed, committees may refer a bill is either returned to a subcommittee for further study and hearings on the chamber piece of origination legislation. Hearings provide an opportunity for agreementexperts, or for greater changesproponents, a conference committee is created. The conference committee is formed and opposition to reconcile make their views known during the differences between subcommittee review process. Following the chambers. If hearing process, subcommittees may amend the conference committee fails bill prior to reach agreement, forwarding the piece of legislation dies. If agreement is achieved, a conference report is drafted and forwarded to the chambers for approval full committee.

''Step 11:'The Report''' If the bill is approved by both chambers, it is sent to the President for approval. If the President approves the bill it becomes law. If the President rejects the bill, he or she can veto it. If the President fails to take any action on the bill for ten days, and congress is still in session, it is automatically enacted into law. If the President fails to take action and congress has adjourned, the legislation dies.

''Step 12:'' If Full committees then make a recommendation to the House floor on whether or not they believe the President vetoes a billshould be approve or rejected. Furthermore, it can still become law if they may abstain from making a 2/3rds majority vote recommendation. The procedure is achieved in both the House and Senateformally known as "ordering a bill reported".

[[Image:Capture2The Representatives of the House discuss and debate the bill. Representatives recommend changes and with enough support, enact those changes onto the bill. When all changes are final, the bill is ready to be voted on.PNG]]

*A simple resolution, is a legislative form used for matters that relate to an individual chamber of Congress; often to change the rules of the chamber, or organize a debate for a related bill. The resolution must be agreed to in the chamber of original proposal. A simple resolution is widely considered as a non-binding position because it does not result in the formation of a new law. Simple resolutions are often employed to adopt or change rules of procedures within the legislative body.

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