AUTHOR: The person (usually a legislator) who submits a bill or resolution for consideration; may be joined by other co-authors. See also: Importer, Patron, Sponsor. The Senate, like the House of Representatives, gives privileged status to certain motions over others and to certain matters, such as conference reports, which are considered first or immediately, under the theory that a bill that has reached the conference stage has come a long way towards passage and should be privileged over bills that have only been the subject of a report. Errata are lists of errors in congress publications. Corrections are printed on sheets or pages. Errata leaves are usually inserted into the original document. NATIONAL CALL: names of members, consulted and entered in alphabetical order; be used to establish a quorum or to vote on a matter before the committee. Once both organizations vote in favour of passing a bill, they will have to resolve the differences between the two versions. Then, both houses vote on exactly the same bill and, if passed, submit it to the president. COMMITTEE REPORT: Official publication of a bill or resolution of the Committee with (or without) a specific recommendation such as « pass », « adoption as amended » or « failed ». After that, there is a second reading of the bill, in which the bill is presented in more detail and discussed among MPs or Lords. A bill introduced that contains text that was approved in committee markup, but was not formally introduced prior to markup.
Senate committees have the power to report on original legislation within their jurisdiction in addition to measures that have been presented to them and referred to them; some House committees also have the power to pass certain measures. However, bills and resolutions can still be introduced from the plenum, and each senator usually discusses his or her proposal when he or she submits it. There can be only one principal sponsor of a bill or resolution, but usually other senators are included as co-sponsors. MEASURE: A generic term for a bill, resolution or monument. DELETE: Deletion of wording from a bill or resolution. How a Bill Becomes Law When It Comes into Play in the House of Representatives The request for indefinite deferral is the next one that is good, but it is rarely used to dispose of bills, except in the case of companion bills, meaning that the Senate passes a bill passed by the House of Representatives and deferres indefinitely a Senate bill that has was flagged and added to the calendar. It is a way to get a final decision on a measure. The request for a postponement to a specific day is also used by the Senate. These requests are controversial and modifiable and take precedence over a transfer or commitment request. A motion to include another bill while the pending agreements take precedence over a motion to defer the unresolved matter to a specific day. In the next phase, the bill will be submitted to the Opposition House for approval. (If it started in the House of Commons, it will be transferred to the House of Lords and vice versa.) Here, the bill will follow exactly the same procedure as before, with amendments that will be tabled.
When amendments are tabled, the bill is resubmitted to the opposing House and follows the same process, which is repeated until both Houses reach agreement on the bill. (In the rare case that the two Houses cannot agree, the House of Commons has the final say, since it is an elected body, while the House of Lords is not.) The vocabulary of the term legislative includes about 1,000 subjects, geographical units and names of organizations. The CRS may assign one or more terms to describe the content and effects of a measure. The vocabulary of the term legislative has been used uniformly for all bills and resolutions introduced since 2009 (111th Congress). A designation used by committees to identify bills that have not been formally referred to committee, but in which the committee expresses a competent or preliminary interest. In the Senate, a proposal which, if adopted, sets out the procedural guidelines for the consideration of a measure or question in plenary. If a member objects to such a request, it shall not be approved. Sometimes referred to as a « UC agreement » or « time agreement ». An error discovered in a bill after the completion of the legislative stages of its passage may be corrected by a simultaneous resolution, provided that the bill has not yet been approved by the President. If the invoice has not been registered, the registration error can be corrected; if registered and signed by the Speakers of both Houses or by the President, such a measure may be repealed by a simultaneous resolution of both Houses and the bill may be duly reinstated. If it has been submitted to the President but has not been implemented by him, he may be requested by a simultaneous resolution to refer it to the Senate or the House of Representatives for correction. However, if the President has approved the law and it has thus become law, an amendment can only be made by passing another law, which must follow the same course as the original.
Once a bill is introduced, it is assigned to a committee whose members research, discuss and amend it. Star prints are corrected reprints of conference publications. Star prints replace the original print of a report, document, printout, or audience. Corrected reprints can be identified by one or more stars and sometimes the words « Star Print » in the lower left corner of the official cover or cover pages and PDFs. Web-friendly invoice texts display stars in the upper left margin (for example, the star pressure of 114SRes22). The Senate Printing and Documentation Room holds copies of Senate bills, reports and printed materials that are made available to the public.