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Getting Started: An Introduction to the Legislative Process

AGENDA

I. Basic Terms of Legislative Procedure

Abridged Parliamentary Dictionary

Points of Order in the House

II. Sources of Legislation

Congress: Sources of Legislative Proposals

III. Drafting Legislation

Congressional Document Designations

IV. Committee Referral of Legislation

Introducing a House Bill or Resolution

Bills & Resolutions: Examples of how each kind is used
Rule X: Committee Jurisdictions

V. Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Legislation

Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of House Bills

Form for Adding Co-Sponsors

VI. The Legislative Bookshelf

Legislative Research Sources on the Internet

Using the Congressional Record

Calendars of the House