query: who determines which bill goes to which committee in the house of representatives

pos: Procedures of the United States House of Representatives Procedures of the United States House of Representatives The United States Constitution provides that each "House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings," therefore each Congress of the United States, upon convening, approves its own governing rules of procedure. This clause has been interpreted by the courts to mean that a new Congress is not bound by the rules of proceedings of the previous Congress. Currently the procedures of the United States House of Representatives are governed by the Constitution, the House Rules, and Jefferson's "Manual". Prior to the adoption of the rules by the United States House of Representatives,

neg: New Zealand House of Representatives have been vetoed at the Committee of the whole House stage. If a bill receives its Second Reading, it goes on to be considered by a Committee of the whole House. When a bill reaches the Committee of the whole House stage, the House resolves itself "Into Committee", that is, it forms a committee consisting of all MPs (as distinct from a select committee, which consists only of a few members). When the House is "In Committee", it is able to operate in a slightly less formal way than usual. During the Committee of the whole House stage, a bill

neg: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives House. The Speaker is responsible for maintaining decorum in the House and may order the Sergeant-at-Arms to enforce House rules. The Speaker's powers and duties extend beyond presiding in the chamber. In particular, the Speaker has great influence over the committee process. The Speaker selects nine of the thirteen members of the powerful Committee on Rules, subject to the approval of the entire majority party. The leadership of the minority party chooses the remaining four members. Furthermore, the Speaker appoints all members of select committees and conference committees. Moreover, when a bill is introduced, the Speaker determines which committee will

neg: Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 the onslaught in the public arena. Traditionally, legislation proposed by the administration first goes before the House of Representatives. However, Roosevelt failed to consult Congressional leaders before announcing the bill, which stopped cold any chance of passing the bill in the House. House Judiciary Committee chairman Hatton W. Sumners refused to endorse the bill, actively chopping it up within his committee in order to block the bill's chief effect of Supreme Court expansion. Finding such stiff opposition within the House, the administration arranged for the bill to be taken up in the Senate. Congressional Republicans deftly decided to remain silent

neg: United States House of Representatives of the rostrum. Per the Constitution, the House determines the rules according to which it passes legislation. The rules are in principle open to change with each new Congress, but in practice each new session amends a standing set of rules built up over the history of the body in an early resolution published for public inspection. Before legislation reaches the floor of the House, the Rules Committee normally passes a rule to govern debate on that measure (which then must be passed by the full House before it becomes effective). For instance, the committee determines if amendments to the

neg: Legislative calendar a policy Committee and referred to a fiscal Committee; any fiscal bill missing the deadline is considered "dead" unless it receives a rule waiver allowing further consideration. Some legislatures have a "crossover day," which is the point in the session after which each house only considers legislation sent to it by the other house. In the U.S. Congress, the phrase "placed on calendar" accompanies a bill that is pending before committees of either house; the bill is assigned a calendar number, which determines when it will be considered by that house. On a legislative calendar, a "legislative day" is a

neg: New Zealand Parliament it may vote to reject the bill. If the bill goes through the second reading, the bill is sent to a select committee where every clause in the bill is examined. Members of Parliament who support the bill in principle but do not agree with certain clauses can propose amendments to those clauses at this stage. Following its report back to the House, the bill will go through its third reading where only minor amendments will be allowed before it is passed. If a bill passes its third reading, it is passed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives

neg: Standing committee (India) on Public Accounts, Committee on estimates and Committee on Public Undertakings Standing committees are broadly classified as follows: Based on the functions, standing committees can be broadly classified in following categories: Standing Committees play a part in passing a Bill. The process may start in either House of Parliament. A member of the Parliament puts forward a proposal for a new law. In the Senate, the proposed law goes to the presiding officer; in the House of Representatives, the draft bill is given to the clerk of the House. The bill is then sent to the appropriate Standing Committee. Standing

neg: Provisional order a committee of the whole house, and in both cases then proceeds as a public bill. In the House of Commons, the bill goes after second reading to the committee of selection or to the general committee on railway and canal bills; if unopposed it is treated as an unopposed private bill; if opposed it goes to a private bill committee, which hears evidence for and against. These are now rare, having been all but superseded by the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945, but were common from 1860 to 1945. A provisional order bill can not be passed without

neg: Procedures of the United States Congress exceptions. The house may debate and amend the bill; the precise procedures used by the House of Representatives and the Senate differ. A final vote on the bill follows. 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. If the second house amends the bill, then the differences between the two versions must be reconciled in a conference committee, an "ad hoc" committee that includes both senators and representatives. One mechanism Congress

neg: Alaska House of Representatives the next committee of assignment or to the Rules Committee, which can further amend the bill or assign it to the daily floor calendar. Once a bill is scheduled on the floor, it appears on the calendar in Second Reading. The bill is again read by number, sponsor or sponsors, and title along with the standing committee reports. A motion is made on the floor to adopt any committee substitutes. Amendments can also be offered and voted on. Third Reading is where the motion is made to vote on the bill. After final passage in the Alaska House of Representatives,

neg: Standing Orders Committee own authority. In the case of an unopposed private bill, the Chairman of Committees may act alone on behalf of the Committee. As of June 2017, the membership of the committee is as follows: Standing Orders Committee The Standing Orders Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords that deals with private bills. When the Examiner of Private Bills determines that the promoters of a private bill have not complied with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords relating to Private Business, the matter is referred to the Committee, who advise the House whether to waive the

neg: Missouri House of Representatives the bill. However, there are frequently multiple relevant committees to which a bill can be assigned, and it is at the Speaker's discretion to choose which committee receives the bill. Politics can also play a part, as the Speaker may assign a bill he or she wants to fail to a committee with an unfriendly chair or membership, or may select a more friendly committee if he or she wishes the bill to pass. The partisan makeup of each committee is intended to reflect as closely as possible the partisan makeup of the entire House. Each Party caucus selects which

neg: Authorization bill United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations and their twelve subcommittees. 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. The topics, agencies, or programs that a bill deals with determines to which committee or committees it is referred. Authorizations bills can recommend funding levels for the agencies and programs they authorize, but their recommendations are non-binding. It is the appropriations bills that determine how much funding those agencies and programs

neg: Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act bill passed the third and final reading with 17 senators voting for the bill. Only Risa Hontiveros voted against the bill. The Bicameral Conference Committee consolidated the bills passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. The committee then approved a bill which favored the Senate version on December 11, 2017 and prepared a report after for ratification of both chambers of the Congress and signing of the President. the House of Representatives and the Senate ratified the version of the bill prepared by the Bicameral Conference Committee on December 13, 2017. President Duterte exercised his veto power to

neg: Appropriation bill is traditionally placed before the House for its first reading in May amid considerable media interest, an event known as the "introduction of the Budget". An Appropriation Bill is not sent to a select committee, a lengthy process undergone by most bills during which they are scrutinised in detail by the committee, which also receives public submissions relating to the bill. Instead, an expedited process is followed in which the Appropriation Bill essentially goes directly to its second reading for consideration by the committee of the whole House. Royal assent is granted after the formality of a third reading. The

neg: Bill Poole to the House Ways and Means Committee in the United States House of Representatives. In 2010, Poole ran for the Alabama House of Representatives seat for District 63 which was represented by Robert J. Bentley, who was not running for reelection so that he could run for Governor of Alabama. Poole defeated attorney John Fisher for the Republican Party nomination, and Democratic professor Susan Pace Hamill in the general election. In 2013, House Speaker Mike Hubbard appointed Poole as chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee. Following Hubbard's criminal conviction in 2016, Poole considered running for Speaker, though

neg: Procedures of the United States House of Representatives to a bill that originated or was reported out of their committee. The ranking member is second to the chairman. According to House Rules each Standing Committee may have up to 30 persons appointed to serve as professional staff, 2/3 of which are selected by the majority committee members and 1/3 of which are selected by the minority members. This allows each party serving in the Committee to have professional staff available to assist them in performing their committee assignments and duties. Procedures of the United States House of Representatives The United States Constitution provides that each "House may determine

neg: No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act the Senate Judiciary Committee each Congress. The identical text of the NOPEC bill was also introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative John Conyers, D-MI, in May 2007 and then as H.R. 6074 by Representative Steve Kagan, D-WI. In the U.S. House of Representatives, the 2007 bill had 12 bipartisan co-sponsors in the House, which included Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich. H.R. 2264 also had strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate. Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-VT, said: "It is long past time for this to become law." H.R. 2264 was passed by the House of Representatives in May

neg: Oklahoma Legislature After considering and debating a measure, the committee votes on whether it wishes to report the measure to the full house. A decision not to report a bill amounts to a rejection of the proposal. Both houses provide for procedures under which the committee can be bypassed or overruled, but the practice is uncommon. If reported by the committee, the bill reaches the floor of the full house. The house may debate and amend the bill; the precise procedures used by the House of Representatives and the Senate differ. A final vote on the bill follows. Once a bill is

neg: Native American tribes in Virginia of 2009 was sent to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Hearings for the bill were heard before the committee on March 18, 2009 and on April 22, 2009, the committee referred the bill to the US House of Representatives. On June 3, 2009, the House approved the bill and the following day it was introduced in the Senate, where it was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, which approved the bill on October 22. On December 23, 2009 the bill was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under general orders. This is the furthest the

neg: United States House of Representatives of the House speak. No member may make a speech or a motion unless s/he has first been recognized by the presiding officer. Moreover, the presiding officer may rule on a "point of order" (a member's objection that a rule has been breached); the decision is subject to appeal to the whole House. Speakers serve as chairs of their party's steering committee, which is responsible for assigning party members to other House committees. The Speaker chooses the chairmen of standing committees, appoints most of the members of the Rules Committee, appoints all members of conference committees, and determines which committees

neg: SustiNet (Connecticut) Public Health Committee. The committee voted 22-8 to move the bill forward. On April 22, SustiNet received a favorable report from a second committee, the Human Services Committee, which voted 13-6 for the bill. On April 29, SustiNet received a favorable report from a third committee, the Labor and Public Employees Committee, which voted 8-3 for the bill. On May 7, 2009, Sustinet received a favorable report from a fourth committee, the Insurance and Real Estate Committee, which voted 13-4 for the bill. On May 20, 2009, the Connecticut House of Representatives voted 107-35 for SustiNet. On May 30, 2009,

neg: Kansas House of Representatives standing committee, the Committee of the Whole and the entire membership of the chamber. Other state representatives can amend a bill in committee or on the floor of the chamber. A bill must be approved by both houses of the Kansas Legislature in order to be submitted to the governor, who can sign it into law or veto the bill. State legislators can override the veto with the support of two-thirds majority of both houses. Republicans hold a supermajority in the Kansas House of Representatives, and have controlled the chamber since 1993. The following is the official make-up for the

neg: 2012 Olympics one minute of silence campaign of the Munich Massacre in a letter they wrote to the IOC. The United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution which urged the International Olympic Committee to hold one minute of silence. The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed a similar bill brought by the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, but the full body did not receive a chance to vote on it. The House of Representatives held a moment of silence themselves, and one-minute speeches were given on the House floor as well. Representative Eliot Engel, who cosponsored the resolution in support of a minute of

neg: Same-sex marriage in Illinois who wait longer than one year will have to perform a new ceremony and pay a fee. On February 22, 2007, Representative Greg Harris introduced the "Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Bill" in the Illinois House of Representatives, which would have provided for same-sex marriage in the state. The bill died in committee. On January 14, 2009, Harris reintroduced the bill in the new session, but it once again died in committee. In October that year, Senator Heather Steans introduced the "Equal Marriage Bill", the first same-sex marriage bill filed in the Senate, but it too died in committee. In

neg: Coinage Act of 1873 January 10, the bill passed the Senate, 36–14, with Sherman voting against his own bill. It was then sent to the House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures from which it was briefly brought forth on February 25 by Pennsylvania's William D. Kelley, the chairman, before being recommitted to committee. The bill was not considered by the House during the remainder of the 41st Congress, which expired on March 3, 1871, and the Senate-passed bill died with it. Kelley reintroduced the bill in the House when Congress reconvened in December 1871. Chairman Kelley was

neg: Standing Orders Committee Standing Orders Committee The Standing Orders Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords that deals with private bills. When the Examiner of Private Bills determines that the promoters of a private bill have not complied with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords relating to Private Business, the matter is referred to the Committee, who advise the House whether to waive the applicable standing orders. If the Examiner is in doubt as to whether the Standing Orders have been complied with, he may refer the matter to the Committee, who then decide the matter on their

neg: Australian House of Representatives include: Standing Committees, which are established on a permanent basis and are responsible for scrutinising bills and topics referred to them by the chamber; examining the government's budget and activities and for examining departmental annual reports and activities. Select Committees, which are temporary committees, established in order to deal with particular issues. Domestic Committees, which are responsible for administering aspects of the House's own affairs. These include the Selection Committee that determines how the House will deal with particular pieces of legislation and private members business and the Privileges Committee that deals with matters of Parliamentary Privilege. Legislative Scrutiny Committees,

neg: United States Congress Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills Bills was established with the responsibility for the enrollment of engrossed bills. The enacting resolution which created the committee stated: After a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled on Parchment by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as the bill may have originated in one or the other House, before it shall be presented to the President of the United States. . . . When bills are enrolled they shall be examined by a joint committee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the enrollment with the engrossed

neg: Theodore Hoskins value of our rich history". In 2008, Hoskins sponsored a bill which would change the requirements in Missouri to only mandate a license plate on the rear bumper of a vehicle. He stated the bill "would save a significant amount of money for the state." On January 14, 2009, House Speaker Ron Richard announced the leadership of the 50 committees in the Missouri House of Representatives, including Hoskins as Chairman of the Urban Affairs Committee. Hoskins is the only Democratic chairman of a committee in the Missouri House of Representatives. In 2009 Hoskins served on four special committees: Student Achievement,

neg: Fast track (trade) bill submitted by the President on the first day on which their House is in session. (.) Senators and Representatives may not amend the President’s bill, either in committee or in the Senate or House. (.) The committees to which the bill has been referred have 45 days after its introduction to report the bill, or be automatically discharged, and each House must vote within 15 days after the bill is reported or discharged. (.) In the likely case that the bill is a revenue bill (as tariffs are revenues), the bill must originate in the House (see U.S. Const.,

neg: Missouri Centennial half dollar on January 17, 1921. On February 10, Indiana Representative Albert Vestal, chairman of the House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures (to which the bill had been referred) reported it back to the House with an amendment identical to that approved by the Senate, and with a recommendation that the bill pass. S. 4983 had been referred to that committee after its receipt by the House, and on February 24 the Coinage Committee recommended the Senate bill pass the House, noting that the two bills were identical. S. 4893 was considered by the House of Representatives on March 2, 1921,

neg: United States House Committee on Rules forum under which a proposition will be debated and the amendment/time limitations for every measure, too. For instance, there might be a limit on the number or types of amendments (proposed changes to the bill). Amendments might only be allowed to specific sections of the bill, or no amendments might be allowed at all. Besides control over amendments, the rule issued by the Rules Committee also determines the amount of speaking time assigned on each bill or resolution. If the leadership wants a bill pushed forward quietly, for instance, there might be no debate time scheduled; if they want attention,

neg: Community wind energy the Obama-Biden New Energy for America plan, which sets future goals of rapid renewable energy production at 10% by 2012. A pressing issue of concern is the lack of a modern interstate transmission grid which delivers carbon free electricity to customers. Currently the US Senate and the Natural Resources Committee have reported the bill out of committee on June 17, 2009. A combined energy and climate bill is expected to be considered by the full Senate this fall. In the US House of Representatives the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a comprehensive energy and climate bill on May 21,

neg: Department of Information and Communications Technology House of Representatives, a consolidated bill, House Bill No. 4300, was approved on third and final reading on August 5, 2008 and transmitted to the Senate on August 11, 2008. In the Senate, a consolidated bill, Senate Bill No. 2546, was approved by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology on August 19, 2008, but had not made it past second reading by the time Congress adjourned session on February 5, 2010, which means the bill is as good as dead. It will have to be refiled in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the next Congress.

neg: 2015 Japanese military legislation of Representatives, the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet, debated the bill for two months. It passed from committee on 17 September in a contentious vote in which opposition lawmakers attempted to physically restrain the committee chairman, upon which it moved to the full house for a final vote. Early in the morning of 19 September, the bill passed the full house after a delayed vote in which opposition members used various delaying tactics to draw out the process. In an effort to delay passage until after the Silver Week holiday, Yukio Edano of the Democratic

neg: Civil Rights Act of 1960 chairman of the committee, Congressman Emanuel Celler of New York, was known to be a firm supporter of the civil rights movement. The bill was easily approved by the Judiciary Committee, but the Rules Committee attacked the Judiciary Committee to prevent the bill coming to the floor of the House of Representatives. The bill was introduced to the House on March 10, 1960. The "voter referees" plan was part of a House amendment to the original bill to substitute Representative Robert Kastenmeier's "enrollment officers" plan. After several amendments, the House of Representatives approved the bill on March 24, 1960 by

neg: Nansemond Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act". By June 2009 the bill passed the House Committee on Natural Resources and the US House of Representatives. A companion bill was sent to the Senate the date after the bill was voted on in the House. That bill was sent to the Senate's Committee on Indian Affairs. On October 22, 2009 the bill was approved by the Senate committee and on December 23 was placed on the Senate's Legislative calendar. The bill had a hold placed for "jurisdictional concerns" by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), who urged they apply through the BIA. But the

neg: Kaka Bag-ao in Congress such as House Bill 3763 (Minerals Management Bill), House Bill 513 (Reproductive Health Bill), House Bill 468 (Sangguniang Kabataan Reform and Empowerment Bill), House Bill 515 (Anti-Discrimination Bill), House Bill 5312 (Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Bill),and House Bill 4268 (Healthy Beverages Options Bill or the 'Chip's Bill'). Bag-ao is a principal author of Republic Act 10354 or the Reproductive Health Law. She is also the principal author of House Bill 6545 or the National Land Use Bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives. Bag-ao is the current Vice Chairperson of the House Committee on Agrarian Reform.

neg: Oklahoma Legislature approved by one house, it is sent to the other, which may pass, reject, or amend it. In order for the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill. If the second house amends the bill, then the differences between the two versions must be reconciled in a conference committee, an "ad hoc" committee that includes both senators and representatives. In many cases, conference committees have introduced substantial changes to bills and added un-requested spending, significantly departing from both the House and Senate versions. After passage by both houses, a bill is submitted to

neg: Commemorative Works Act museums. On March 11, 1986, Representative Mo Udall (D-Arizona) introduced H.R. 4378, the Commemorative Works Act of 1986, in the United States House of Representatives. The bill was favorably reported by the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on April 23, and passed the House by voice vote on May 5. A companion bill, S. 2522, was introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyoming) on June 5. The bill was assigned to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, which favorably reported the bill with amendments on August 15. The bill passed the Senate,

neg: Cleveland Centennial half dollar 5,000 at a time. In a separate report, Senator Adams noted that Bulkley's original bill "contains certain provisions which the committee recommends be eliminated not only from such bill but also from all subsequent bills relating to the issuance of commemorative coins." The bill, as amended, passed the Senate without recorded vote on March 27, 1936. The House of Representatives received the bill on April 1, and referred it to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. It was reported back to the House on April 16, having been amended to require the Cleveland committee to purchase not less than

neg: Atomic Energy Act of 1946 from, affected government agencies. Only the State Department had objections, on the basis that it was still involved in trying to hammer out an international agreement on nuclear energy. On October 3, 1945, the bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Andrew J. May from Kentucky, the chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, and in the Senate by Senator Edwin C. Johnson from Colorado, the ranking member of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. The bill was known as the May-Johnson Bill for its sponsors. May immediately had the bill referred to the Military Affairs Committee, which

neg: Tom Reed (politician) of the time. Reed was ranked as the 32nd most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the seventh most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy. Reed, who sits on the House Way and Means Committee, which is in charge of tax legislation, was one of only two House members from New York state (along with Chris Collins) to support the provision in 2017 Republican tax overhaul bill that eliminated the

neg: Mary Rogers (murderer) death by hanging. Following Rogers's conviction, there was a concerted effort to have her death sentence commuted. State Representative Frank C. Archibald of Manchester, who was also one of Rogers's attorneys, introduced a bill in the Vermont House of Representatives that would have commuted Rogers's sentence to life imprisonment. The bill was referred to the judiciary committee on October 12, 1904. On December 6, the committee reported in favor of its passage. On December 7, a vote on the bill in the House of Representatives was defeated by a vote of 139 to 91. On December 9, Representative Archibald proposed

neg: Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. The Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on June 26, 2014 by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R, NC-5). It was referred to the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce. It was reported (amended) on July 17, 2014 alongside House Report 113-530. The House voted on July 23, 2014 to pass the bill in a voice vote. The House Education Committee, which passed the bill, described that bill as one that "would improve consumer information to provide a more

neg: 2012 Washington House of Representatives election 17 District 18 District 27 District 39 District 46 2012 Washington House of Representatives election The Washington State House elections, 2012 was held on November 6, 2012 and determines who will represent each of the 49 Legislative Districts in the state of Washington in the Washington State House of Representatives. Each district elects two representatives who are elected for two-year terms. A top two primary election on August 7, 2012 determined which two candidates would appear on the November ballot. Each candidate was allowed to write in whatever party preference he or she desired. District 1 District 2 District 3

neg: 2012 Washington House of Representatives election 2012 Washington House of Representatives election The Washington State House elections, 2012 was held on November 6, 2012 and determines who will represent each of the 49 Legislative Districts in the state of Washington in the Washington State House of Representatives. Each district elects two representatives who are elected for two-year terms. A top two primary election on August 7, 2012 determined which two candidates would appear on the November ballot. Each candidate was allowed to write in whatever party preference he or she desired. District 1 District 2 District 3 District 5 District 6 District 8 District 11 District

neg: Efforts to impeach George W. Bush and misdemeanors", including domestic spying, illegal detentions, signing statements, electioneering, the breaking of international treaties, and war crimes. The bill further asserted that "section 603 of Jefferson's "Manual of Parliamentary Practice" states that an impeachment may be set in motion by the United States House of Representatives by charges transmitted from the legislature of a state". On February 20, 2008, the bill was ruled "Inexpedient to Legislate" to pass by a 10 to 5 vote within committee, which passed the resolution on to the full House for a vote. The bill was tabled in the New Hampshire House of Representatives

neg: Save American Workers Act of 2013 Act. The Save American Workers Act of 2013 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on June 28, 2013 by Rep. Todd C. Young (R, IN-9). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means. It was reported (amendment) by the committee alongside House Report 113-386. The White House threatened to veto the bill. Republicans argued that this bill is necessary because the ACA's definition of full-time as 30 or more hours a week has led to some employers reducing employees' hours to under 30, which lowers the paychecks of those workers by

neg: New Zealand House of Representatives that there is a degree of public consultation before a parliamentary bill proceeds into law. The strengthening of the committee system was in response to concerns that legislation was being forced through, without receiving due examination and revision. Each committee has between six and twelve members—including a chairperson and deputy chairperson—with parties broadly represented in proportion to party membership in the House. MPs may be members of more than one committee. Membership of select committees is determined by the Business Specialist Committee, which itself is composed of the Speaker and senior representatives of each political party. Occasionally a special committee

neg: Calamba, Laguna on Local Government approved House Bill No. 986 on 2nd reading at a hearing held at Hotel Rembrandt, Quezon City. The same House Committee conducted a public hearing on House Bill No. 986 at the Calamba Elementary School (Central II) gymnasium on March 23, approving the House Bill in principle. House Bill 986 was deliberated in April by the House of Representatives in plenary session and approved as House Bill No. 10661, which was then filed with the Senate of the Philippines in June. The year 2001 came and brought about approval on 2nd reading of Senate Bill Nos. 1630

neg: Procedures of the United States Congress used. If reported by the committee, the bill reaches the floor of the full house which considers it. This can be simple or complex. Consideration of a bill requires, itself, a "rule" which is a simple resolution hammering out the particulars of debate–time limits, possibility of further amendments, and such. Each side has equal time and members can yield to other members who wish to speak. Sometimes opponents seek to "recommit" a bill which means to change part of it. Generally, discussion requires a "quorum", usually half of the total number of representatives, before discussion can begin, although there are

neg: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 The SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 () is a bill that would replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, which determines the annual updates to payment rates for physicians’ services in Medicare, with new systems for establishing those payment rates. The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. The provisions in this bill that would pay for changes in the SGR formula by delaying some provisions of the Affordable Care Act were unpopular with Democrats, leading

neg: Multiple referral Multiple referral Multiple referral is the process through which a bill is referred to a second committee after the first is finished acting. In the United States House of Representatives, proposed legislation can be sent to more than one Congressional committee due to a 1975 rules change. Reasons for referring legislation to more than one committee can include: a change in the most important issues; complexity of the legislation; or problems fitting the bill into the jurisdiction of only one committee. However, as a result of a January 1995 change of the House rules, legislation may not be sent to

neg: Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel legislation U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on H.R. 569. Witnesses who appeared before the subcommittee included retired Army Major General John D. Alternburg, Jr., Rep. Davis, and attorney Dwight H. Sullivan. Davis and Sullivan testified in support of the bill. Altenburg testified in opposition of the bill. On July 30, 2009, the House Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy held a mark up on H.R. 569 and approved the bill for full House Judiciary Committee action. On January 27, 2010, the full House Judiciary Committee, by voice vote, favorably reported H.R. 569 to the House of Representatives.

neg: Indiana Pi Bill disclaimer of "published by request of the author". Upon its introduction in the Indiana House of Representatives, the bill's language and topic occasioned confusion among the membership; a member from Bloomington proposed that it be referred to the Finance Committee, but the Speaker accepted another member's recommendation to refer the bill to the Committee on Swamplands, where the bill could "find a deserved grave". It was transferred to the Committee on Education, which reported favorably; following a motion to suspend the rules, the bill passed on February 6, without a dissenting vote. The news of the bill occasioned an alarmed

neg: Sara Gagliardi during her time with the House of Representatives. In the 2008 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Gagliardi returned to the committee assignments from the previous session, sitting on the House Health and Human Services and the House Local Government Committee. Gagliardi and Representative Mark Ferrandino proposed the "American Dream Protection Act of 2008," which would have allowed judges to delay home foreclosures by 90 days, in response to the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis which was affecting Colorado and the United States more generally. After encountering overwhelming legislative opposition to the bill, which was characterized in committee as being too

neg: Virginia House Bill 1414 bill is critical to clergy and that they "fear for their job" should the bill fail. Similar bills have been introduced but not signed into law in other states. In 2014, Arizona, Governor Jan Brewer, a Republican, vetoed Arizona SB 1062 which would have given business owners the right to refuse service to homosexuals on religious grounds. Kansas House Bill 2453 was approved by that state's house of representatives but failed to make it out of the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee. Virginia House Bill 1414 Virginia House Bill 1414 is proposed legislation introduced into the Virginia General Assembly on January

neg: Procedures of the United States House of Representatives opponents of a bill control debate time and may yield time to members who wish to speak upon the bill. In many instances this is the chairman and ranking member of the primary committee. If amendments are permitted under the rules governing floor action on the bill they are debated and voted upon at the time of the amendment (although common practice usually permits the House to debate several amendments without immediately voting on them, then voting back-to-back at the end of the series of amendments, which can either be voice votes or recorded votes). After the conclusion of time

neg: H.R. 2289 (113th Congress) the United States House Committee on Ways and Means. On June 25, 2013, the House agreed by voice vote to pass the bill. It was sent to the United States Senate and referred to the United States Senate Committee on Finance. H.R. 2289 (113th Congress) H.R. 2289, the full title of which is To rename section 219(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA () is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. If passed, the bill would rename one section of

neg: Foster Care Independence Act support for the earlier Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, which made it easier to adopt foster children; the Foster Care Independence Act was intended to ease the transition into adulthood of foster children who did not get adopted. Passage of the bill itself was non-controversial: H.R. 3443 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 18, 1999, by Congresswoman Nancy Johnson of Connecticut, via the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Commerce, and was passed on the House floor without objection. On November 19, it was passed in the U.S. Senate

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Pantaleon Alvarez with the Committee on JUSTICE (since 2017-08-16)
 House Bill No. 6204
 "Status:"Pending with the Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization (since 2017-09-08)
 House Bill No. 6349
 His Office also initiated the creation of the new House of Representatives website, (house.gov.ph) In finalizing the General Appropriations Act of 2018, Alvarez and his allies deliberately withheld infrastructure funding from the members of congress whom they find "undesirable". Alvarez states that it's unfair for the members who cooperate with him and the President to receive funding less than those representatives. The total amount of funds reallocated to cooperative members is suspected to amount

neg: Flag of the Philippines No. 2590 which aimed to amend Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines in 2008. This measure was later substituted by Senate Bill No. 3307 which was sponsored by Senator Francis Escudero which was approved in September 2009. The bill was sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence which came up with House Bill 6424. Both S.B. No. 3307 and H.B. 6424 was reconciled by the Bicameral Conference Committee in September 2009. In June 2018, Gordon renewed his campaign to get his proposal passed into law. , the Ninth Ray movement is among the prominent groups pushing for the

neg: United States Congress versions of the bill. If the second house amends the bill, then the differences between the two versions must be reconciled in a conference committee, an "ad hoc" committee that includes both senators and representatives sometimes by using a "reconciliation process" to limit budget bills. Both houses use a budget enforcement mechanism informally known as "pay-as-you-go" or "paygo" which discourages members from considering acts which increase budget deficits. If both houses agree to the version reported by the conference committee, the bill passes, otherwise it fails. The Constitution specifies that a majority of members known as a "quorum" be present

neg: Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument Belmont-Paul (then Sewall-Belmont) House from demolition, but not the two adjacent buildings which it used as apartments for its members when visiting Washington over many decades to organize and lobby on behalf of all aspects of Women's Equality. Architects wanted this land for an entrance to a planned underground parking garage. This legislation cleared the Senate Committee on Public Works in October 1967. The full Senate approved the bill on April 30, 1968. The House Committee on Public Works approved the bill on May 22, 1968. The full House of Representatives balked at passing the bill. Architectural historian L. Morris

neg: Erin Tañada Information Bill in the House of Representatives. On December 2010, he would be at the forefront in the impeachment of Philippine Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez. Being Deputy Speaker, he was an "ex-officio" member of all House of Representatives committees, hence being able to attend and vote on the Committee of Justice, which approved the impeachment and named him as one of the sponsors. The House of Representatives successfully impeached Gutierrez on March 2011, with him being one of the representatives that defended the impeachment on the floor, and among the 212 representatives that voted not to impeach her. Due to term

neg: House of Representatives of the Philippines passed for the president's signature. Once a bill is defeated in the House of Representatives, it is lost. Once a bill is approved by the House of Representatives on third reading, the bill is passed to the Senate, unless an identical bill has also been passed by the lower house. When a counterpart bill in the Senate is different from the one passed by the House of Representatives, either a bicameral conference committee is created consisting of members from both chambers of Congress to reconcile the differences, or either chamber may instead approve the other chamber's version. Just like most

neg: Hawaii Senate Bill 232 Hawaii Senate Bill 232 Hawaii Senate Bill 232 is a 2011 law which legalizes state recognition of civil unions in the state after January 1, 2012. Initiated in the Hawaii Senate and substantively similar to 2010's Hawaii House Bill 444, which was vetoed by then-Governor Linda Lingle. SB232 was backed by her successor, Neil Abercrombie. The bill was passed on January 26, 2011, by the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee in a 3–2 vote and was passed by the full Senate 19-6 on January 28. A modification to the bill was then made in the House of Representatives before passage

neg: Missouri House of Representatives Budget Committee, which then assigns each bill to its respective subcommittee. After the subcommittee makes its recommendations, the full Budget Committee runs through the entire appropriations package, makes its desired changes, and sends the bill to the full House for consideration. Joint Committees contain members from both the Missouri House and Senate. These committees may be permanent and study ongoing issues, or may be temporary and intended to come up with suggested legislation to address a one-time issue. The Chair of these committees typically alternates annually between a Representative and a Senator to prevent unfairness to one chamber. Joint Committee

neg: Greenhaven, Georgia to Greenhaven, pending a public referendum, was introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives during the 2015 legislative session, alongside a similar bill for Stonecrest. Both proposals failed to advance past committee consideration and never made it to the House floor. A similar version of the bill was approved by the Georgia State Senate, but failed to reach the House floor after being rejected by the House Governmental Affairs Committee, over public opposition to the cityhood measure. A third attempt was started in 2017 under the Senate's revised two-year process for new cities, which delayed legislative action until 2018. The

neg: Strengths and weaknesses of evolution biological and chemical evolution." This bill died when the Missouri legislative session ended on May 15, 2009. On February 9, 2011, Tennessee House of Representatives member Bill Dunn introduced House Bill 368, which states that "teachers shall be permitted to help students understand, analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories covered in the course being taught." On February 16, 2011, Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson introduced an identical bill, Senate Bill 893. The House Bill was passed by the House Education Committee on March 29, 2011, and referred to

neg: Native American tribes in Virginia Indian tribes federal recognition were introduced in the 112th Congress, one in the Senate (S.379) and one in the House of Representatives (H.R.783). The Senate bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The House bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources, who referred it to the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs on February 25. On July 28, 2011, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs ordered the Senate version of the bill "to be reported without amendment favorably." The two reservation tribes, the Pamunkey and Mattaponi, are not part of the federal recognition

neg: Claude I. Bakewell representatives who opposed bringing an unamended bill by Representatives Joseph Bryson and Estes Kefauver to the House floor. That bill would have required royalty fees for jukeboxes that played music on disks. Bakewell was the only Republican who signed the minority report of House Bill 4484, a quitclaim bill regarding tidelands, because he felt that it empowered Congress to remove the sovereignty of U.S. public lands rather than disposing of the lands themselves. Responding to an anti-segregation plan by the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality by sending interracial dining groups to three mall restaurants, Bakewell wrote: "It appears utterly

neg: Bills in U.S. Congress regarding the political status of Puerto Rico with 182 co-sponsors. On June 24, 2009, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing on the bill with the participation of the Governor of Puerto Rico, and others like Jennifer Gonzalez, speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, Thomas Rivera Schatz, president of the Senate of Puerto Rico. The House Natural Resources Committee, approved the bill and referred it to the United States House of Representatives floor with a 30 in favor 8 against vote. The bill was passed by the House on April 29, 2010. The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Senator

neg: New Zealand House of Representatives the process something of a rubber stamp, but in the multi-party environment there is significant scope for real debate. Select committees frequently recommend changes to bills, with prompts for change coming from the MPs sitting in the committee, officials who advise the committee, and members of the public. When a majority of the committee is satisfied with the bill, the committee will report back to the House on it. Unless Parliament grants an extension, the time limit for select committee deliberations is six months or whatever deadline was set by the House when the bill was referred. The Second Reading,

neg: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 by Richard Hudson, a North Carolina Republican in the United States House of Representatives, on January 3, 2017. Hudson is the bill's chief sponsor, but the bill has over 200 co-sponsors as well. On November 29, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-11 to advance the bill to the floor of the House for a vote. Congressional Democrats had proposed multiple amendments to the bill, all of which were voted down by Republicans. The bill is intended to be combined with another, bipartisan bill aimed at improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. On December 6, the House passed the

neg: Myra Crownover 2005 and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Energy Resources Committee in the Texas House of Representatives. On her time on committee in 2007, she has attempted to increase the tax credits for gas wells. In 2009, she authored House Bill 2259 that required oil and gas drilling companies to clean up the surface of the land associated with inactive wells. In 2011, Crownover coauthored House Bill 3328, which required natural gas drilling operators engaged in hydraulic fracturing to disclose the chemicals used in the fracking process; however, operators are only required to report the information to the

neg: Small Cap Liquidity Reform Act of 2013 Liquidity Reform Act of 2013 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on November 12, 2013 by Rep. Sean P. Duffy (R, WI-7). It was referred to the United States House Committee on Financial Services, which held a consideration and markup session on November 14, 2013. The committee ordered the bill reported (amended) with a vote of 57-0 on November 14, 2013. The bill was reported alongside House Report 113-342 on February 5, 2014. On February 7, 2014, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced that H.R. 3448 would be on the House schedule for February 11 or 12th,

neg: Bill Light term in the legislature. Light is a member of the Republican Party of Kansas. Light's committee assignments included the Appropriations Committee and the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. He has previous service in the Energy and Utilities Committee and the Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security Committee. Light was appointed to the 2007 Judiciary Interim Committee, which was his first experience on the Judiciary Committee, and said it would be a "learning experience." Bill Light William C. Light (born January 8, 1949) is an American farmer and politician. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1999 until

neg: Political dynasties in the Philippines are also in relation to the prohibition of political dynasties, which are similar in content to Senate Bill 2649: On December 16, 2013, the House of Representatives Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms agreed to replace the three House bills into a single bill filed as House Bill 3587. In 2016, the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Law (Republic Act No. 10742) was signed into law which made some significant changes to the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). It changed the age of the council from 15 to 17 years old to 18 to 24 years old and it forbids individuals from seeking a

neg: LGBT rights in New Hampshire the state House of Representatives approved a bill to prohibit the use of conversion therapy on LGBT minors, in a 229-99 vote. On May 12, the state Senate approved the bill with amendments, after initially voting to table it. The House rejected the Senate's amendments, and called for a converence committee. The conference committee did not reach an agreement on the bill's text, and thus the bill died. Governor Maggie Hassan expressed disappointment that the bill did not reach her desk. In April 2018, both the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire Senate passed a bill that

neg: Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2014 and 2017. The Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2014 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on July 31, 2014 by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D, OR-1). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. On September 8, 2014, the House voted to pass the bill in a voice vote. The bill was received in the United States Senate on September 9, 2014 and referred to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Rep. Bonamici, who introduced the bill, said that "the coastlines of the United States

neg: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 cuts since then by passing legislation, colloquially known as the "doc fix", to delay the cuts. Congress has been making these temporary changes for over a decade. On March 14, 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4015; 113th Congress), a bill that would have replaced the SGR formula, which determines the annual updates to payment rates for physicians’ services in Medicare, with new systems for establishing those payment rates. However, the bill would pay for these changes by delaying the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate requirement,

neg: United States House of Representatives Both Houses must pass the same version of the bill; if there are differences, they may be resolved by a conference committee, which includes members of both bodies. For the stages through which bills pass in the Senate, see Act of Congress. The President may veto a bill passed by the House and Senate. If he does, the bill does not become law unless each House, by a two-thirds vote, votes to override the veto. The Constitution provides that the Senate's "advice and consent" is necessary for the President to make appointments and to ratify treaties. Thus, with its potential

neg: Jud McMillin Jud McMillin Judson "Jud" McMillin was a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 68th District from being elected in 2010 until his resignation on September 29, 2015. He defeated incumbent Robert Bischoff, who had held the position for over 30 years, by a 54 to 46 percent margin. During his freshman session he was appointed Vice Chair on the House Judiciary Committee and he served on the Court and Criminal Code Committee and Roads and Transportation Committee. In the 2010 session he authored and co-authored 4 bills that were passed down: House Bill 1205, House Bill

neg: H.R. 2942 (113th Congress) Licensure Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) through December 31, 2019. (The Committee terminated on December 31, 2006.) Under the new legislation, the committee would not terminate until December 31, 2019. H.R. 2942 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on August 1, 2013 by Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D, AZ-1). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. The Department of Veterans Affairs supported the legislation. According to the VA's representatives who testified before Congress, the Secretary of Veterans

neg: Native American Languages Act of 1990 the bill regarding the administrative concerns and was approved by the Senate on April 3, 1990 and sent to the House of Representatives ". Key members of the House refused to allow the bill out of the committee because of the use of languages other than English in America. Lurline McGregor, Inouye's aide and manager of the bill looked for a bill with a title that did not mention the word 'language' in it. A bill that Robert D. Arnold, on the professional staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, who was managing a bill met the requirements.

neg: United States House Select Committee on the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007 United States House Select Committee on the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007 The House Select Committee on the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007 is a defunct select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was established August 3, 2007 when the House adopted resolution , introduced by House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio. As a select committee, it operated only during the 110th Congress, and only for the purposes for which it was established. The committee is charged with investigating a vote during House consideration of the fiscal year 2008 appropriations bill for Agriculture, Rural Development,

neg: Americans Standing for the Simplification of the Estate Tax or ‘ASSET Act', of 2014 (H.R. 5872). The bill was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives in the 113th Congress and has since been referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. ASSET is a 501 (c)(4) non-profit organization, which was founded in 2010 in order to advocate for a change in the collection method for the federal estate tax. Fitzgerald remains in the role of chairman of ASSET. In 2011, ASSET hired former U.S. Representative Phil English, a Pennsylvania Republican who was a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, as a lobbyist. The day-to-day

neg: Chickahominy people and the Monacan Nation. By June the bill had passed the House of Representatives. A day after it was voted on in the House, a companion bill was sent to the Senate. The Senate referred this bill to their Committee on Indian Affairs, which approved the bill on October 22, 2009. On December 23, 2009, the Senate added the bill to its legislative calendar. This is the farthest the bill has gotten in the congressional process. This effort has been supported by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and executives of the Baptist Church, among other groups. The bill was opposed by

neg: 2014 United States federal budget two continuing resolutions. Final funding for the government was enacted as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, enacted on January 17, 2014. The House Budget Committee reported out the House Budget Bill () on March 15, 2013 which was introduced and sponsored by budget committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) to the United States House of Representatives. It passed the House on March 21, 2013, 221-207. Along with setting forth the congressional budget for the federal government for fiscal year 2014, it proposed budget levels for fiscal 2015 through 2023 with respect to federal revenues, new budget authority,

neg: Lynn Wachtmann Mike Huckabee. The bill was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives. Wachtmann has been a staunch proponent of a bill that limits collective bargaining opportunities for public employees. He states that even if the bill is passed, public employers would still have vastly more rights than those who work in the private sector. A member of the committee that heard the bill, Wachtmann voted in favor of passage, and again out of the full Ohio House of Representatives, stating it will make government more efficient. Wachtmann has also introduced legislation that would allow for more water to be used

neg: Alaska House of Representatives law. The first step of the legislative process is filing a bill by giving it to the chief clerk of the Alaska House of Representatives. The chief clerk will then assign bills a number. Bills are introduced and read the first time with the number, sponsor or sponsors, and the title of the bill and then referred to a committee(s). Committee chairs can choose whether or not hear a bill and committees can vote to approve a bill in its original form or make modifications through a committee substitute. Once bills or substitutes are approved, the legislation is referred to

neg: Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act the United States House of Representatives on June 26, 2014 by Rep. Dave Camp (R, MI-4). It was referred to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means and the United States House Committee on the Budget. On July 23, 2014, the House voted to pass the bill in a voice vote. According to Rep. Camp, who sponsored the bill, "we have already seen great progress in increasing adoptions since (the Adoption Incentives program) was created in 1997, and it is our hope to continue this progress with this bill." The organization First Focus Campaign for Children supported the

neg: Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar Weights and Measures had agreed to support a Hawaii half dollar prior to a bill being submitted, as preparations had already begun. Legislation for such was introduced into the House of Representatives by the territory's delegate to Congress, Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha Houston, on December 5, 1927. It was referred to the coinage committee, of which New Jersey Congressman Randolph Perkins was the chair, and which held hearings on the bill on January 23, 1928. Delegate Houston appeared in support of his bill, and to the surprise of committee members, had gotten a statement from Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, stating that

neg: Procedures of the United States House of Representatives format of the bill. After the committee conducts any necessary research, and has debated and voted on any amendments that were offered in committee they may take one of three actions. These are reporting a measure to the full House with or without amendments, report the measure to the full House with a negative recommendation or fail to report the measure. The House may under certain rules remove the bill or measure from committee (known as "discharging the bill from committee") if the committee fails to report the measure to the House Rules Committee or to the full House and

neg: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013 Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on January 3, 2013 by Rep. Paul C. Broun (R, GA-10). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the United States House Committee on Financial Services. The House voted on September 17, 2014 in Roll Call Vote 504 to pass the bill in a vote of 333-92. Rep. Broun, who introduced the bill, said that "this is a vital piece of

neg: Bill Dix Bill Dix William C. Dix is a Republican politician and farmer from Shell Rock, Iowa. He was formerly the Majority Leader of the Iowa Senate representing Senate District 25, which covers Butler, Grundy, Hardin, and Story Counties. He served as the Chair of the Rules and Administration Senate Committee. He resigned from the Iowa Senate on March 12, 2018, following the release of video footage showing Dix, who is married with three children, kissing a lobbyist at a bar in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1996, Dix made his first bid for the Iowa House of Representatives running unopposed for House

neg: Procedures of the United States House of Representatives the time it was introduced or added their names to the bill after its introduction. After the Clerk of the House receives the bill it is then assigned a legislative number, enrolled in the House Journal and printed in the Congressional Record and the Speaker of the House refers the bill to the Committee(s) with jurisdiction by sending the bill to the office of the chairman of the committee(s), and the Clerk of the Committee will add the bill to the Committee's calendar. The Speaker designates one of these committees as a "primary committee" with primary jurisdiction and responsibility for