Senate. Both of which may introduce a new piece of legislation. But each has different guidelines that they must follow to do this. The guideline in the house is a new

Piece of legislation is handed to the clerk of the House who then places it in a hopper, which is a box on the Clerk's desk. In the Senate, the member gains the recognition of the presiding officer and is then given a time slot in that day when he or she may present the new bill.

Once this is done, it then becomes known as a bill and is assigned a number. Something like HR 3 (for House of Representatives) or S2 (for Senate). They put the person's name on it and he becomes known as the sponsor, as he is the person originating the bill. Bills may be jointly sponsored or members may co-sponsor the piece of legislation. Co-sponsors are nothing more than additional members that join in or support that bill.

The new bill is now referred to a committee or a subcommittee, which are just groups of Congressmen who have jurisdiction over the area affected by this measure. A very important phase of the legislative process is th

Sometimes resolving differences like anything else takes time. As you can see there is a long process of passing a law. During this process some key issues come into play. After a measure passes in the House, it goes to the Senate for consideration. A bill must pass both the House and the Senate in the same form before it can be presented to the President for signature into law. If the Senate changes the language of the measure, it must return to the House for approval of those changes. This back-and-forth negotiation may occur on the House floor, with the House accepting or rejecting the Senate amendments or the complete Senate text. This is a long and tedious process that sometimes leads to filibusters.

A compromise was met at the conference committee. Both sides got parts of what they wanted, but the deadline was made to be three years. On Aug 7, 1977, HR 6161 becomes a law.

The 1970 Clean Air Act HR 6161 was the deadline required for automakers to meet the auto emissions standards. Rogers wanted a strict emissions standards imposed with in one year, then Dingell Wanted to save job and have standards imposed over a five year period.

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