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         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 mayfirst refer bills to a subcommittee to conduct
:ee      hearings, markup, or both.) At the conclusion of markup, the committee may vote to report a bill and any
         recommended  amendments  to the chamber. Most referred bills, however, never receive committee
         action.

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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
the  bill back and forth, each
proposing  alternatives until
    they reach agreement.


        Each chamber  appoints members (primarily
            from the reporting committees) to a
OR        conference committee, which negotiates a
        compromise  agreement (a conference report).


          One  chamber agrees
          to the other chamber's
OR         bill without changes.


House   approves
conference report


AND        Senate approves
           conference report


AGREEME


A bill approved in identical form by the House
  and Senate is presented to the President.






             PREIDET IGN BILANDITOR


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 charbers, by two-thirds vote, override.


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