HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW

1. A ____________ is ___________________. In the House of Representatives it

is dropped into the ___________________. In the Senate it is read by the

senator ___________________ it. The bill is __________________, assigned

a ___________________ and distributed to the members of the house. This

process is called the ____________________________.


2. In the House of Representatives the bill goes to the _____________________

There it is checked to see if there are any ______________________ bills.

In the Senate this job is done by the ___________________________________


3. The bill is assigned to a _____________________ according to its ________.


4. The standing committee discusses the bill and recommends any _____________

or ______________________. The Standing Committee may hold _____________

to get more ________________________ about the bill. Standing Committees

may do one of three things with the bill.

1) ____________________________________________________________________

2) ____________________________________________________________________

3) ____________________________________________________________________

This process is called the _____________________________________________


5. A recommended bill is sent to the ________________________________ in the

House of Representatives. The Rules Committee places the bill on the

_________________________, that is, a time is scheduled for the bill to

be read on the floor before the full house. In the Senate, _____________

_____________________ perform this task.

6. The bill is read before the entire house, discussed, and voted upon.

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7. If the bill is _________________ it is signed by the leader of that house

and then sent to the other house where it goes through the procedure all

over again.


8. If the bill is passed by the second house it is signed by the ___________

of that house and sent to the _________________________ for his signature.


9. If there are _______________________ between the House of Representatives

and the Senate about a bill a ___________________________________ may be

established to settle the problem.


10. The president may take four actions when he receives the ________________

1) _____________________________________________________________________

2) _____________________________________________________________________

3) _____________________________________________________________________

4) _____________________________________________________________________


11. If a bill is ___________________ by the _______________________ it may be

passed over his veto by a ________________________________ of both the

__________________________ and the ______________________________________

This is called __________________________________________________________