Civics Chapter 12 Section 3

A proposed law presented to the House or Senatw for consideration

Bill

A bill or resolution usually deals with a single matter, but sometimes a ��� dealing with an unrelated matter is included

Rider

The ��- of the House numbers each bill, gives it a short title, and enters into the House Journal and the Congressional Record for the day. With these actions the bill has received its ��- ����-

Clerk
First reading

a proposed law or draft of a law; public bill applies to certain people or places

bill

a proposal for action that has the force of law when passed; usually deals with special circumstances or temporary matters

joint resolution

a statement of position on an issue used by the House and Senate acting jointly; does not have the force of law; does not require the President's signature

concurrent resolution

a measure relating to the business of either house of expressing an opinion on a matter; does not have the force of law; does not require the President's signature

resolution

most bills die in Committee, -------, or put away never to be acted upon

pigeonholed

if a committee pigeonholes a bill that a majority of the House wishes to consider, it can be brought out of Committee via a -------- --------

discharge petition

Most committees do their work through several �����-, divisions of existing committees formed to address specific issues

Subcommittees

Committees and subcommittees often hold public hearings of make a ���- (trip) to gather information relating to a measure

Junket

When a sub committee has completed its work on a bill, it returns to the ��- ����-

Full committee

The full committee may do one of several things (5)...

1) report the bill favorably with a do pass recommendation
2)refuse to report the bill
3) report the bill in amended form
4) report the bill with an unfavorable recommendation
5)report a committee bill

A bill is placed onto of of the five ���� before going to the floor for consideration

Calendars

The calendar of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, also called the ���� ���, for all bills having to do with revenues, appropriations, or government property

Union Calendar

The ��- calendar, for all other public bills

House

The calendar of the committee of the whole house, commonly called the ���� ���-, for all private bills

Private calendar

The ���� calendar, for all bills from the union or house calendar taken out of order by unanimous consent of the House of Representatives. These are most often ��- bills to which there is no opposition

Corrections
Minor

The ���- calendar, for predictions to discharge bills from committee

Discharge

Before most measures can be taken from a calendar, the ��� ���- must approve that step and set a time for its appearance on the floor

Rules Committee

Includes all members of the House, however, they sit as one large committee and not as the House itself

The committee of the whole

When the committee of the whole resolves itself, the ��� steps down and another member presides. General debate follows.

Speaker

Severe ��- are placed on the floor debate due to the House's large size

Limits

Majority and minority ���- ���- generally decide in advance how they will split the time to be spent on a bill

Floor leaders

There are ���- methods of taking a floor vote in the House

Four

During ��� votes the Speaker calls for the ayes and the nays

Voice

In a ���� vote, members if favor of (for) and then opposed to the bill rise and then are counted by the check

Standing

One fifth of a quorum can demand a ��� vote, in which the Soeaker names two tellers, for and against, and members pass by each one to be counted

Teller

A ������� may be demanded by one fifth of the members present

Roll-call vote

Once a bill has been approved at second reading, it is ���, or printed in is final form. It is then read for a third time and a ��- vote is taken

Engrossed
Taken