HOW A BILL BECOMES LAW

How a Bill Becomes Law



How a Bill Becomes Law

Bills

A bill is defined as the law that is potentially be proposed, took into consideration by the legislature (Legislative, 2007). It is not possible that the bill is passed and become a law until and unless it is approved by the legislature, and by both Chambers and the President. It is approved by the executive in most of the cases. As soon as the bill act out as a law, it is termed as an “act or a statue.” This is a great responsibility towards the congress to make a law; it begins with the legislative processes with a proposal (George, 2008).

Types of the Bills

Bills are of two types' public bills and private bills. Public bills when approved they have an influence on the general public, where as taking private bills in views influences on the specific individual and group. Bills are the most general form of legislation.

Starting of the Bill

The sources are bills are restricted but still there are two of the most general notions of the beginning of the bills, those are members and their constitution. For instance, it may perhaps probable that the bill may be influenced by the members proposed campaigns. It is another probability that the constituents who has most influential ideas for the law may perhaps get in communication with the respective Congressional Representatives (Stephen, 1996). The Constitution commits the promise to have a constituent's right to propose or to put forward their thoughts for the law to be put in the process of approval for the legislation to the respective representative in Congress.

Introduction of the Bill

Members, delegate, or resident commissioner can set up as bill to be approved by the legislation any time in the U.S. House of representatives, the house remains in session. The official process to introduce a bill it starts when the member, delegate, or resident commissioner places the bill in the “hopper”, “hopper” is the wooden box which is located on the part of the desk of the clerk. The Delegate, members, or resident commissioner, who is commencing the bill, is commonly termed as its most important sponsor, in addition to there is no, regulation that only one member from the respective committee can introduce the bill, unlimited number of members can take part in co-sponsoring the bill. The bill crossed the threshold into the House Journal, along with the title of the bill, as soon as the bill is introduced, and thus, it is in black and white in the Congressional Record. The clerk then allots a specific governmental number to the proposed bill, and then the bill is assigned to the appropriate committee by the speaker of the house (John, 2004).

The Bill Goes to Committee

As soon as the copy of the bill is received by the chairman of the committee, the bill is then placed on the committee's governmental calendar by the clear of the committee. At the same time as the bill is in committee, the committee representation will search ...