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The bill would direct the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Register, to determine whether to extend such exemption to include any other category of wireless devices in addition to wireless telephone handsets (e.g., tablets and other mobile broadband-enabled devices). [2]
The House and Senate are equal partners in the legislative process—legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers. Once a bill is approved by one house, it is sent to the other which may pass, reject, or amend it. For the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill.
In the House, a bill is introduced by a member placing a hard copy into a wooden box called a hopper. [5] In the Senate, the bill is placed on the desk of the presiding officer. [6] The bill must bear the signature of the member introducing it to verify that the member actually intended to introduce the bill.
The Senate voted 41-7 on Monday in favor of the Responsible Utility Customer Protection Act, also known as Chapter 14. It was first enacted in 2004 to give public utilities tools to manage ...
For the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill. After passage by both houses, a bill is enrolled and sent to the president for signature or veto. Bills from the 114th Congress that have successfully completed this process become public laws, listed as Acts of the 114th United States Congress.
Authorizing bills fall under the jurisdiction of most of the other standing committees of the House and Senate. Almost all of the standing House committees and Senate committees have authorizing responsibilities. [6] The topics, agencies, or programs that a bill deals with determines to which committee or committees it is referred.
The following are lists of bills in the United States Congress: . List of bills in the 113th United States Congress; List of bills in the 114th United States Congress; List of bills in the 115th United States Congress
At the federal level in the United States, legislation (i.e., "statutes" or "statutory law") consists exclusively of Acts passed by the Congress of the United States and its predecessor, the Continental Congress, that were either signed into law by the President or passed by Congress after a presidential veto.