Government Unit 3 quiz 3: How a Bill Becomes Law

Hearing

a time when the good and bad aspects of a bill are discussed; included written and verbals statements .

roll call vote

a voting process by the members who are present; no absentee voting allowed

Congress

one of the two chambers in government, either the Senate or the House of Representatives.

False

ordering a bill reported: A subcommittee reads its recommendation to both houses of Congress.

alteration

Change or amendment to the bill.

debating

Discussing, conversing, and even arguing over the points of a matter.

It is subject to committee changes, debate and compromise. It often sustains changes in language and amendments in both houses. A bill passed in one chamber that is changed in committee in the second chamber, must both approve the conference report for any changes made to the original bill passed.

For a bill to pass both chambers (the House or Representatives and the Senate or called chambers), which of the following must occur?

True

H.R. signifies a House Bill and S signifies a Senate bill.

voted it down

If a committee does not act on a bill, it's the same as if they would have BLANK.

you could draft a piece of legislation then meet with the Representatives or her staff was convince them to submit the legislation.

If you wanted to see a law making it mandatory for all 10th grade. Students to receive a computer from the government for education purposes BLANK.

the subcommittee let it sit

It's a bad sing for your bill if BLANK.

It goes through the same big Process in the Senate

Once a bill passes the House of Representatives BLANK.

1. drafted into an actual bill. 2. bill introduced at House or Senate desk. 3. bill number assigned. 4. bill referred to a committee. 5. a hearing is held. 6. the committee recommends ordering the bill reported. 7. bill is placed on the House or Senate calendar. 8. bill passes in one house and moves on the other house of Congress.

The steps that an idea goes through before becoming a law in the correct order.

draft

a brief, "first-step" presentation of a work to be completed/

conference committee

group which was formed to reach and agreement on how the final version of a bill would be presented.

in session

the times when Congress is active and members are present, fulfilling their respective duties.

concurrence

to reach an agreement. In any minor change by one house of Congress. The next usual step is for the legislation to go back to the first house for BLANK.

mark up

when a subcommittee makes changes and add amendments before they reccomend a bill to proceed.

legislation

A bill that becomes a law

sponsor

A member of Congress who is willing to introduce and back the legislation

debate each other regarding bills that have made it to the food.

A senator and House Representative do NOT BLANK.

Floor Action

Activity concerning a bill which may include debates and compromises.

By drafting legislation and getting a Representatives to submit it, just like you can. By letting it sit on his/her desk for ten days and doing nothing. By vetoing legislation the s/he may have drafted.

Hoes is the President involved in the process of bills becoming law?

ordering a bill reported

When a subcommittee reads its recommendation to the rest of their house of Congress.

A conference committee is formed to reconcile the different versions of the bill.

Whenever one house of Congress significantly alters a bill BLANK.

A piece of legislation is approved of and become a Housed Resolution (HR) or senate bill(s). The bill is reviewed by a committee made up of both Democrats and Republicans and "marked up" or amended to reflect the desired of the committee. A bill can be "killed" by a sub-committee. A bill travels a long road through subcommittees and hearings before it is even introduced on the House floor.

Which of the following situations must all bills go through?

sit

a bill that will not be in progress or in any action but will be inactive for a particular time period

True

a chamber is a legislative meeting hall.

version

a form or variation of the original.

chamber

a legislative meeting hall

conference

a meeting for discussion

House Bill

legislation that is under the voting process in the House of Representatives.

Get approved by the committee. Pass the Senate, votes and move to the other chamber.

After a bill is sponsored by a Sentor and passed a subcommittee's test, what are the next steps?