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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 117th Congress that have successfully completed this process become public laws, listed as Acts of the 117th United States Congress.
The 118th United States Congress, which began on January 3, 2023, and will end on January 3, 2025, has enacted 82 public laws and zero private laws. [1] [2]In contrast with previous Congresses, which generally enacted their first laws no later than January or February, the 118th Congress's first law was enacted on March 20. [3]
The 117th United States Congress, which began on January 3, 2021, and ended on January 3, 2023, enacted 362 public laws and 3 private laws. [1] [2] Donald Trump, who was the incumbent president for the Congress's first seventeen days, did not enact any laws before his presidential term expired.
If the bill becomes law, TikTok parent company ByteDance will have 180 days to sell 80 per cent of its stake to a US company or face the app being removed from American app stores.
The House passed a massive defense bill that includes a ban on gender-affirming care ... It now heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate and must be signed by President Joe Biden to become law.
After the first gender-affirming care ban for minors became law in 2021, a flurry of states passed similar measures. Gender-affirming care was a particularly hot-button topic for lawmakers on both ...
The Respect for Marriage Act passed with a vote of 258 Yeas–169 Nays (1 present and 4 not voting) [80] on December 8, 2022, and was signed into law by President Biden on December 13, 2022. [81] A total of 39 Republicans joined all 219 Democrats in voting to pass the bill; [ 82 ] U.S Representative Adam Kinzinger intended to vote yes but was ...
That does not take into account that some of the 214 bills may have been added into one of the 31 that became law, or include bills that passed through only one chamber. It also does not include ...