Find out if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Correct the false statements.

1. A bill can be initiated only in the House of Representatives.
2. The Clerk of the House is the first person to receive the bill.
3. The Clerk assigns a certain number to the bill and refers it either to the Senate or the House of Representatives.
4. An appropriate Committee arranges the reporting of the bill.
5. The bill must be tabled before it goes further.
6. Then the bill is debated and amended by a Subcommittee or Committee.
7. The Committee members report out the bill and fix the date of the final hearing by the full house.
8. After the floor reading and debates the house votes on the amended bill.
9. The bill is referred to another house (from House of Representatives to the Senate or from the Senate to the House of Representatives)
10. The bill again goes through the Committee’s hearing, mark up and debates.
11. Then the engrossed bill can be transferred to the President.
12. But first both houses must agree upon all amendments and details of the bill.
13. The President considers the bill and signs it, and the bill becomes Law.
14. If the President vetoes the bill, it goes back to the Senate or the House of Representatives.

PUT THESE STEPS IN THE CORRECT ORDER:

Committee action

Bill is introduced

Vote

Conference committee if needed

Debate

Law is given a number

Floor action

Presidential action

Override veto if needed