COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DON FUQUA, Florida, Chairman ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey MARILYN LLOYD BOUQUARD, Tennessee RICHARD C. WHITE, Texas HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri STANLEY N. LUNDINE, New York ALLEN E. ERTEL, Pennsylvania BOB SHAMANSKY, Ohio RALPH M. HALL, Texas DAVE MCCURDY, Oklahoma LARRY WINN, JR., Kansas BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., California EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey MARGARET M. HECKLER, Massachusetts VIN WEBER, Minnesota JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire RAYMOND J. MCGRATH, New York CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Rhode Island BILL LOWERY, California MERVYN M. DYMALLY, California HAROLD P. HANSON, Executive Director *On assignment to Budget Committee for 97th Congress. (II) FOREWORD I am pleased to transmit the second edition of the Committee's Legislative Manual, revised and expanded from the 1980 edition. The manual traces the course of a bill through the legislative process to its enactment into law. Descriptions of the procedural steps normally encountered by the manager of legislation are provided, and include bill introduction, committee deliberation, House and Senate consideration and the resolution of differences, and Presidential action. House and committee rules and procedures are outlined throughout the text. This document is intended as a guide to Members and staff in following legislative procedures. I believe it will be useful in discharging the legislative responsibilities of the Committee. DON FUQUA, Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology. (III) |