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Montana Board of RegentsMarch 17, 2005
Federal Appropriations Process
Montana 59th Legislative Session90-Day Session
109th Congressional Session2-Year Session
SOURCES OF IDEAS FOR LEGISLATION ARE UNLIMITED
Sources of ideas for legislation are unlimited and proposed drafts of bills originate in many diverse quarters.
Idea and draft conceived by a Member or Delegate. This may emanate from the election campaign during which the
Member had promised, if elected, to introduce legislation on a particular subject.
The Member may have also become aware after taking office of the need for amendment to or repeal of an existing law or the enactment of a statute in an entirely new field.
Contrasting Procedures of the Senate and the House The order of business in the Senate is simpler than
that of the House. Both bodies procedures are basically founded on
Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, the practices of the two bodies are at considerable variance.
The business of the Senate (bills and resolutions) are not divided into classes as a basis for their consideration, nor are there calendar days set aside each month in the Senate for the consideration of particular bills and resolutions. The nature of bills has no effect on the order or time of their initial consideration.
Introduction and Referral to Committee Any Member, Delegate, or the
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the House of Representatives may introduce a bill at any time while the House is in session by simply placing it in the "hopper," a wooden box provided for that purpose located on the side of the rostrum in the House Chamber. Permission is not required to introduce the measure. The Member introducing the bill is known as the primary sponsor. An unlimited number of Members may co-sponsor a bill.
In the Senate, a Senator usually introduces a bill or resolution by presenting it to one of the clerks at the Presiding Officer's desk, without commenting on it from the floor of the Senate. However, a Senator may use a more formal procedure by rising and introducing the bill or resolution from the floor. A Senator usually makes a statement about the measure when introducing it on the floor. Frequently, Senators obtain consent to have the bill or resolution printed in the body of the Congressional Record following their formal statement.
Congressional Budget Process The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974, as amended, provides Congress with a procedure establishing appropriate spending and revenue levels for each year.
The congressional budget process, as set out in the 1974 Budget Act, is designed to coordinate decisions on sources and levels of revenues and on objects and levels of expenditures. Its basic method is to prescribe the overall size of the fiscal pie and the particular sizes of its various pieces.
Each year the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution imposing overall constraints on revenues and spending and distributing the overall constraint on spending among groups of programs and activities.
Congressional Budget Process
12 Senate Appropriations committees for the 109th Congress
10 House Appropriations committees for the 109th Congress
Presidential Action
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United States.
Presentation to the President 10-day period for Presidential action
Trivia-108th Congressional Session
5430 bills drafted in the House 3036 bills drafted in the Senate 0 Vetoed Bills 498 Public Laws MT Congressional Members
Sponsored in the 108th Congress: 68 bills 82 Amendments
We are both in the same race….
We just don’t cross the finish line at the same time.
Jeff GarrardCongressman Dennis Rehberg950 N. Montana AvenueHelena, MT [email protected]
Sarah Converse Holly LuckSenator Conrad Burns Senator Max Baucus321 1st Avenue North The Empire BlockGreat Falls, MT 59401 30 W. 14th Street, Suite 206406-452-9585 Helena, MT [email protected] (406) 449-5480
