1). Following this step, the "bill is entered into ledgers and the Legislative Information System and marked up for printing" (Legislative, p. 1). After the bill is delivered to the Government Printing Office, the "printed bill is made available in Senate and House document rooms, and electronically on the Legislative Information System and on www.senate.gov" (Legislative, p. 1). The following are additional steps need for a Senate bill to become law:.

             1.Committee Action.

             2.Bill is place on Legislative Calendar by the Legislative Clerk.

             3.Unanimous consent requested to lay bill before the Senate by the Majority Leader.

             4.If consent is granted, the Presiding Officer instructs the Legislative Clerk to report the title.

             5.The bill is debated and amendments are submitted or proposed.

             6.The Amending Process.

             7.The presiding Officer instructs the Legislative Clerk to read the title a third and final time.

             8.Call for a vote.

             9.Bill voted on by roll call vote, voice vote, unanimous consent, or division.

             10.If bill passed, the final copy is prepared.

             11.Engrossed bill signed.

             12.Delivered to the House of Representatives.

             13.House Action.

             14.Bill is passed by the House of Representatives and delivered back to the Senate.

             15.If not amended by the House, bill is enrolled in the Senate.

             16.Enrolled bill is signed.

             17.Bill is delivered to the White House.

             18.The bill is signed into law or vetoed (Legislative, p. 1-2).

             Additionally, Congress has specific procedures for each step in the aforementioned process of making law. One example of this is at that stage where legislation is referred to committee, this is done by subject matter. The full committee, because of the number of bills often presented to it and the specialized nature of each bill, often does not hear the bill at first but instead refers it to subcommittee. In the guidelines provided by the senate, Legislative Process: How a Senate Bill Becomes a Law, it tells us that, "the subcommittee may request reports from government agencies or departments, hold hearings, mark up the bill (adopt revisions), and report the legislation to the full committee" (p.