How A Bill Becomes a Law Cycle
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Use a cycle chart to show how a bill becomes a law! This process is cyclical and repeats every time a new law needs to be created from a bill.
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- 8. President Contemplates Options
- 9. President Makes a Decision
- 1. Idea For Law Is Created
- Law to prevent teen traffic accidents
- 2. Idea is Brought to Representative
- 3. Bill is Introduced to Committee
- House Committee on Transportation
- The President will read the bill. He then has a few options of how to address the bill.
- The President may agree with the bill, sign it, and the bill will become a law. If the President doesn’t sign the bill within 10 days and Congress is NOT IN SESSION, the bill will not become a law. This is known as a “pocket veto”. If the President doesn’t sign the bill within 10 days and Congress is IN SESSION, the bill will become a law. If the President doesn’t agree with the law, he can veto the bill, and it will be sent back to Congress.
- Someone comes up with an idea for a bill. This person can be anyone, from a child to the president!
- The idea for the bill is brought to a member of Congress and a bill is written. If a senator writes the bill, the bill will then be sent to a committee in the Senate, and vice versa if the bill was written by a member of the House of Representatives.
- The bill is introduced to a committee in the House of Representatives where members of the committee debate and amend the bill.
- 7. Bill is Sent to the President
- Teen Driving Bill
- 6. Bill is Voted Upon in the Other House
- How a Bill Becomes a Law
- 5. Bill is sent to other House
- Teen Driving Bill
- 4. Bill is Voted Upon in House of Origin
- Teen Driving Bill
- If the bill passes in the Senate, it is then sent to the President.
- The bill is presented to the Senate, where it is debated and then voted upon.
- House Passes The Bill!
- The Senate Passes The Bill!
- If the bill is passed in the House of Representatives, it is then introduced in the Senate.
- House Passes The Bill!
- If the committee accepts the bill, it is then voted upon in the House of Representatives.
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