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to be reported to

"After examination and report, each bill shall be signed when examined, in their respective houses, first by the Speaker of the House House and signed of Representatives, then by the President of the Senate."

Joint Rule 8.

by Speaker.

presented to Pre

"After a bill shall have been thus signed in each house, it After being signed by presiding shall be presented by the said committee to the President of officers, to be the United States for his approbation, it being first endorsed sident. on the back of the roll, certifying in which house the same originated which endorsement shall be signed by the Secretary or Clerk (as the case may be) of the house in which the same did originate, and shall be entered on the Journal of each house. The said committee shall report the day of presentation to the President, which time shall also be carefully entered on the Journal of each house."-Joint Rule 9. "no bill or resolution that shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be presented to the President of the United States for his approbation on the last day of the session."-Joint Rule 17. [This rule, like But not on last the 16th, is generally suspended near the close of the session.]

But

day of session.

sented to Presi

After a bill is presented to the President, "if he approve After being prehe shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his ob- dent. jections, to that house in which it shall have originated.”— Const., 1, 7, p. 10. [Where the President approves a bill, where bill is apit is customary for him to notify the house where the bill originated of the fact, and the date of his approval, which is entered on the Journal.]

proved.

In case of a bill returned with the objections of the Pre- where vetoed. sident, see VETO.

returned within

66 If any bill shall not be returned by the President within where not ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been pre- ten days. sented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.". Const., 1, 7, p. 10. And where he is prevented by an ad- Where President journment from returning a bill, it is usual for him to com- from returning municate his reasons for not approving it at the next ses-journment. sion.-Journals, 2, 12, p. 544; 1, 30, p. 82; 2, 35, p. 151.

is prevented

by reason of ad

the papers on which it is founded," as required by Joint Rule 14. But "no bill that shall have passed one house shall be Not to be taken sent for concurrence to the other on either of the last three last three days of days of the session."-(Joint Rule 16.) [This rule is almost invariably suspended by the two houses near the close of a session.]

to the Senate on

session.

To be on paper, when on passage

After the return

"While bills are on their passage between the two houses, between the two they shall be on paper, and under the signature of the Secrehouses. tary or Clerk of each house respectively.”—Joint Rule 5. [After the bill has been acted on by the Senate, it is with Amend brought back to the House by the Secretary of the Senate, together with a report of their action thereon. If it has passed with amendment, it is placed on the Speaker's table, to be taken up in its order under the 54th rule.

of, from Senate

ment.

Action on Senate

When taken up, the amendment of the Senate may be amendment to. either agreed to, disagreed to, or agreed to with amendment; in case of an appropriation of money being involved in the amendment, however, it must be first considered in a Committee of the Whole.

is

When the Senate amendment agreed to.

Amendments be

tween

houses.

the

After passage by

both houses, to

parchment.

If the amendment of the Senate is agreed to, that body is notified of the fact by message through the Clerk, and the bill is enrolled.]

In case of disagreement by the House to, or amendment of, the Senate's amendment, see AMENDMENTS BETWEEN THE HOUSES and CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.

"After a bill shall have passed both houses, it shall be be enrolled on 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 the one or the other house, before it shall be presented to the President of the United States."Joint Rule 6.

When enrolled, to be examined.

"When bills are enrolled, they shall be examined by a joint committee of two from the Senate and two from the House of Representatives, appointed as a standing committee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the enrolment with the engrossed bills, as passed in the two houses, and correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bills, make their report forthwith to their respective houses." -Joint Rule 7.

(See ENROLLED BILLS, COMMITTEE ON.)

to be reported to

"After examination and report, each bill shall be signed when examined, in their respective houses, first by the Speaker of the House House and signed of Representatives, then by the President of the Senate."Joint Rule 8.

by Speaker.

ed by presiding

be

presented to Pre

"After a bill shall have been thus signed in each house, it After being signshall be presented by the said committee to the President of officers, to the United States for his approbation, it being first endorsed sident. on the back of the roll, certifying in which house the same originated: which endorsement shall be signed by the Secretary or Clerk (as the case may be) of the house in which the same did originate, and shall be entered on the Journal of each house. The said committee shall report the day of presentation to the President, which time shall also be carefully entered on the Journal of each house."—Joint Rule 9. But "no bill or resolution that shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be presented to the President of the United States for his approbation on the last day of the session."-Joint Rule 17. [This rule, like But not on last the 16th, is generally suspended near the close of the ses

sion.]

day of session.

sented to Presi

After a bill is presented to the President, "if he approve After being prehe shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his ob- dent. jections, to that house in which it shall have originated."— Const., 1, 7, p. 10. [Where the President approves a bill, where bill is apit is customary for him to notify the house where the bill originated of the fact, and the date of his approval, which is entered on the Journal.]

proved.

In case of a bill returned with the objections of the Pre- Where vetoed. sident, see VETO.

turned within

"If any bill shall not be returned by the President within where not reten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been pre- ten days. sented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law."Const., 1, 7, p. 10. And where he is prevented by an ad- Where President journment from returning a bill, it is usual for him to com- from returning municate his reasons for not approving it at the next ses-journment. sion.-Journals, 2, 12, p. 544; 1, 30, p. 82; 2, 35, p. 151.

is prevented

by reason of ad

one house is re

jected in other.

Where bill of "When a bill or resolution which shall have passed in one the house is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the house in which the same shall have passed.”—Joint Not to be brought Rule 12. And when so rejected, "it shall not be brought

in again without

thirds.

leave of two- in during the same session, without a notice of ten days and leave of two-thirds of that house in which it shall be renewed.”—Joint Rule 13.

Bills undisposed of at end of ses

sion.

Printing of.

Of extra copies of documents.

Of session documents.

Superintendent

of public print

In regard to bills left undisposed of at the end of a session, see UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

In regard to the printing of bills, see PRINTING, PUBLIC.

BINDING.

Extra copies of documents, the size of which shall not be less than 250 pages, shall be bound under the direction of the Committee on Printing on the part of the House, at a cost not exceeding 12 cents per volume.-Act of March 3, 1853. Stat. at Large, Vol. X, p. 190.

"The Clerk shall have preserved for each member of the House an extra copy, in good binding, of all the documents printed by order of either house at each future session of Congress."-Rule 18.

By the joint resolution of June 23, 1860, the Superining to have, exe-tendent of Public Printing is directed to have the binding of each House executed.—Stat. at Large, Vol. XII, p. 117 to 120.

cuted.

(See PRINTING, PUBLIC.)

BLANK BOOKS.

by superintend

To be furnished All the blank books ordered by Congress, or by either ent of public House of Congress, shall be done and executed under the printing. Superintendent of Public Printing.-Stat. at Large, Vol. XII, p. 118.

How filled.

BLANKS.

"In filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest time shall be first put."-Rule 50. [But where a specific time or sum stands part of a motion, it is not until it is struck out,

and a blank thereby produced, that this rule can begin to operate.]

may be filled by

"A bill passed by the one house with blanks. These may Left by one house be filled up by the other by way of amendments, returned to the other. the first as such, and passed."-Manual, p. 107.

in ballotings.

"In all ballotings blanks shall be rejected, and not taken Not to be counted into the count in enumeration of votes, or reported by the tellers."-Rule 12.

BOND.

arms.

"The Sergeant-at-arms shall give bond, with surety, to of Sergeant-atthe United States, in a sum not less than five nor more than ten thousand dollars, at the discretion of the Speaker, and with such surety as the Speaker may approve, faithfully to account for the money coming into his hands for the pay of members."-Rule 26.

The Clerk shall, within thirty days after he enters upon the duties of his office, give bond to the United States, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller of the Treasury, in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful application and disbursement of the contingent fund of the House.-Stat. at Large, Vol. III, p. 212.

BOOKS.

Of Clerk.

by members, to

compensation.

"If any books shall hereafter be ordered to and received Price of, received by members of Congress by a resolution of either or both be deducted from houses of Congress, the price paid for the same shall be deducted from the compensation provided for such member or members: Provided, however, That this shall not extend to books ordered to be printed by the public printer during the Congress for which the said member shall have been elected."-Stat. at Large, Vol. XI, p. 49.

BRIBERY.

Attempted, of member, breach

An offer to bribe a member is held to be a breach of the privileges of the House.-Journals, 1, 4, 389; 1, 15, 117, of privilege. 154; Manual, p. 55.

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