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  2. Public and private bills - Wikipedia

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    Proposed bills are often categorized into public bills and private bills.A public bill is a proposed law which would apply to everyone within its jurisdiction.A private bill is a proposal for a law affecting only a single person, group, or area, such as a bill granting a named person citizenship or, previously, granting named persons a legislative divorce.

  3. Act of Congress - Wikipedia

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    For example, P. L. 111–5 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) was the fifth enacted public law of the 111th United States Congress. Public laws are also often abbreviated as Pub. L. No. X–Y. When the legislation of those two kinds are proposed, it is called public bill and private bill respectively.

  4. Public bill committee - Wikipedia

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    Members of the public can make written submissions to public bill committees after the Second Reading debate, by emailing the Scrutiny Unit. [ 3 ] The composition of the committee is roughly proportional to that of the House itself, so it is rare that amendments are accepted that are contrary to a majority Government's wishes.

  5. Bill (law) - Wikipedia

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    A bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to substantially alter an existing law. [1] A bill does not become law until it has been passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Bills are introduced in the legislature and are there discussed, debated on, and voted upon.

  6. Government budget - Wikipedia

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    The institutional framework of public finance is the government budget or public budget. The budgetary system is a system of popular approval and oversight of the state's financial activities. The history of constitutional politics can be described as the history of the establishment of the modern budgetary system. [8]

  7. Government bill (law) - Wikipedia

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    A government bill is a bill which is proposed, introduced or supported by a government in their country's legislature. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is most significant in the Westminster system where most bills are introduced by the government.

  8. Omnibus spending bill - Wikipedia

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    According to Walter J. Oleszek, a political science professor and "senior specialist in American national government at the Congressional Research Service", [3] omnibus bills have become more popular since the 1980s because "party and committee leaders can package or bury controversial provisions in one massive bill to be voted up or down."

  9. Parliament of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The foremost task before the first Constituent Assembly was the framing the Constitution for the nation. On 7 March 1949, the Objectives Resolution, which now serves as the basic law of Pakistan, was introduced by the first Prime Minister Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, and later adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 12 March 1949.