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handle is hein.crs/govejrd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S.HOUSE U.S. SENATE toL_ Bill Bill ye(s) introduced introduced If a committee chooses to act on a subject, it may first hold hearings to obtain the views of officials, experts, and interested groups. The committee may hold a markup to consider one of the bills referred I by to it or a new proposal on the subject. (The committee may first refer bills to a subcommittee to conduct ee hearings, markup, or both.) At the conclusion of markup, the committee mayvote to report a bill and any recommended amendments to the chamber. Most referred bills, however, never receive committee action. The majority party leadership in each chamber develops a schedule to consider bills, but the process for Actio taking up legislation differs between the House and Senate. mittee t_ ._, .__. +-... L --,- - :- - )ate sage A bill passed by one chamber is transmitted to the other. The second chamber may refer the bill received from the first chamber to a committee or may consider it on the floor directly. The second chamber may amend the bill (sometimes with text reflecting its own bill). If one chamber amends a bill received from the other chamber the bill cannot go to the President unless both chambers agree on the same text in the same bill. There are three paths to reach bicameral agreement: The House and Senate shuttle Each chamber appoints members (primarily the bill back and forth, each from the reporting committees) to a proposing alternatives until OR conference committee, which negotiates a they reach agreement. compromise agreement (a conference report). House approves conference report One chamber agrees to the other chamber's OR bill without changes. AND Senate approves conference report A bill approved in identical form by the House and Senate is presented to the President. III, I S 13311 11311 Dliii OR President does not sign within 10 days, and bill becomes law only if Congress is in session. President vetoes bill, and bill becomes law only if both chambers, by two-thirds vote, override. Rel Cc Scheduling A Rules Comn Hou Vote to ComImittee Rel Co Sched Unanir Ne Sen Vote .ction/ :onsent ons bate ssage

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