How Our Laws Are Made
INDEX

act print, 42
amendments
	committee action, 17
	committee rises, 33
	conference committee, 48
	conference request, 47-48
	debate, 31
	enrolling clerk, 42
	germaneness rule, 32
	pro forma amendment, 31-32
	rider, 45
	Senate, 45
Archivist of the U. S., 58
bills
	act print, 42
	appropriation, 7
	committees, 11-13
	Congressional Record, 11
	consideration of, 30-40
	designations, 8
	engrossed bill, 42
	hopper, 10
	identical terms, 54
	introduction of, 10-11
	law, becoming a, 8
	Legislative Calendar, 11
	objection to, 11
	originating in Senate, 55
	raising revenue, 7
	report, 18-19
	second reading, 31
	sponsor, 10
	types of, 8
Budget and Impoundment Act, 40
budget hearings, 15
budget process, 40-41
budget proposal, 6
budget resolution, 40
business meetings, 16
Byrd Rule, 41
calendar number, 22
Calendar of Motions, 23
Calendar Wednesday, 28
call system, 38
caucus, 12
closed hearings, 15
cloture, 44
committee action
	amendments, 17
	clean bill, 17
	reports, 17
committee hearings.  See hearings
Committee of the Whole, 30-31, 47
Committee on House Oversight, 56
Committee on Rules, 25
Committee on the Budget, 41
committees
	action, 17
	caucus, 12
	Chairmen, 13
	Committee of the Whole, 30-31, 47
	Committee on House Oversight, 56
	Committee on Rules, 25
	Committee on the Budget, 41
	hearings, 15-16, 18
	jurisdiction, 12, 13
	legislative oversight, 22
	meetings, 14
	membership on, 12
	number of, 11
	point of order, 18
	public hearings, 15-16
	quorum, 17
	rollcall vote, 18
	rules, 12, 13, 25
	Speaker of the House, 12
	staff, 13
concurrent  resolutions, 9-10
conference committee, 48
conference forms, 50
conference reports, 51-54
conferences
	amendments, 47-54
	authority of conferees, 49
	conference committee, 48
	conference reports, 51-54
	conference request, 47-48
	custody of papers, 54
	meetings, 50-51
	recommendations, 50
	Third House of Congress, 48
Congress
	composition, 2
	electoral votes, 5
	function, 4
	impeachments, 4
	rules, 4
	sessions, 4
congressional action
	bills, 7
	forms of, 7-10
Congressional Record, 11, 27
consideration of measures, 24-29
Constitution
	Congress, 2
	Constitutional period, 56
	Legislative Branch, 1
	President, 56
	revenue bills, 7
	rules of proceedings, 4
	State of the Union, 6
Cordon rule, 18
debate
	bills, 30
	conduct of, 31
	cut off of, 33
	precedents, 31
District of Columbia business, 28-29
engrossed bill, 42, 51
engrossment, 41-42
enrolled bill, 55-56
enrolling clerk, 42, 55
enrollment, 55-56
filibustering, 44
final action on amended bill, 47-54
five-minute rule, 14, 31
germaneness rule, 32
hearings
	broadcasting, 18
	public, 15-16
	witnesses, 16
hopper, 10
House Calendar, 23
House of Representatives
	see also committees
	at-large elections, 3
	Constitution, 3
	members, 3
	Speaker, 27, 30, 34, 40, 56
joint resolutions
	designation, 9
	form, 9
	origin, 8
Law Revision Counsel, 61
legislation
	constituents, 5
	executive communication, 5-6
	memorials, 5
	sources of, 5
Legislative Calendar, 11
legislative day, 44
legislative oversight, 22
live pair, 38
Majority Leader, 43
marginal notes, 59markup session, 16
motions to recommit, 34
motion to discharge, 26
motion to suspend rules, 27-28
open amendment process, 31
pairing of members, 38
paygo, 41
pocket veto, 57
point of order, 52 ,53
Presidential action, 56-58
Presidential objections, 57-58
presidential veto, 57-58
Private Calendar, 23
privileged matters, 29
pro forma amendment, 31-32
public announcements, 15
publication of law, 58-61
public hearings, 15-16
public law number, 58
quorum
	absent members, 34
	calls, 34
	Committee of the Whole, 36
	defined, 17
	points of no quorum, 35-36
	Sergeant-at-Arms, 34, 35
quorum calls, 34
Ramseyer rule, 18
recess, 40
reconciliation process, 40
reported bills, 18-21
reports
	availability, 21
	contents, 19-20
	cost estimates of bill, 20
	filing, 21
	inflationary impact in, 20
Representative
	requirements, 4
	term of office, 3
resolutions
	concurrent, 9-10
	designation, 9-10
	purpose, 9-10
	simple, 10
	special, 25
revenue bills, 7
rider, 45
rollcalls, 34
rules of proceedings, 4
second reading, 31
Senate
	action, 42-46
	amendments, 45, 47
	cloture, 44
	committee meetings, 43
	Constitution, 2
	debate, 44
	filibustering, 44
	legislative day, 44
	Majority Leader, 43
	majority vote, 43
	rider, 45
	rules of procedure, 44-46
	time agreement, 43
Senate action, 42-46
Senate committee meetings, 43
Senate rules of procedure, 44-46
Senator
	requirements, 3
	term of office, 3
sequestration, 41
simple resolutions, 10
slip laws, 59
Speaker of the House
	Committee on Rules, 30
	enrolled bill, 56
	motions to recommit, 34
	motion to suspend rules, 27
	Presidential objections, 58
	quorum calls, 34
	recess authority, 40
	rollcalls, 34
special resolutions, 25
State of the Union, 6
statutes, drafting of, 6
Statutes at Large, 60
Third House of Congress, 48
time agreement, 44
Union Calendar, 23
United States Code, 60-61
vetoed bill, 57
veto message, 57
Vote ID Card, 38
voting
	call system, 38
	electronic, 37-38
	lights and bells, 38, 39-40
	live pair, 38
	methods, 36
	pairing of members, 38
	recorded vote, 37
	rules, 37
	Vote ID Card, 38
Weekly Compilation 
   of Presidential Documents, 59

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