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Any member of Congress can draft a bill. The drafting of the bill is the first step in the process.

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If the sponsor of the bill is from the House of Representatives, it is presented to the house. If the sponsor of a bill is from the senate, it is presented to the senate. Once this step is complete the bill can be found on Congress.gov to be tracked by the people.

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The members of the chamber vote on whether the bill should be passed on further

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The bill is then passed to committees who specialize in certain topics and hold hearings to determine the exact implications of the bill. If the committee chooses not to act on the bill because they do not like it, it is considered a "dead bill."

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Subcommittees specialize in even more specific topics and look over the bill after it has gone through the committee. They may make some changes and vote to send it back to the committee.

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After the bill passes the previous two steps, it begins to be "marked up." They make changes and amendments. If they do not like the bill at this point they can vote to not send it to the chamber and the bill will die.

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The bill is referred to the other chamber

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The bill is referred to the other chamber

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If a bill made its way through senate it must now make its way through the house. If the bill started in the house it must now make its way through the senate.

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The president always has the final say. If he approves the bill at this point it is passed. He or she may also veto the bill

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To override a presidental veto, the bill would have to pass though congress once more with two-thirds or more popularity.

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The law is now implimented into our country imediately.

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https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/How-Bill-Becomes-Law