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| am | Organizational Meeting for the th Congress Committee on Armed Services |
| am | Organizational Meeting Committee on Energy and Commerce |
| am | The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Legacy Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
| am | "Organizing of the Committee on the Judiciary" Committee on the Judiciary |
| am | Organizational Meeting Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
| am | "America Builds: the State of the Nation's Transportation System" Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
| am | Organizing Meeting Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| am | Business Meeting Committee on Veterans' Affairs |
| am | Organizational Meeting for the th Congress Committee on Rules |
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| pm | H.R. - Fix Our Forests Act; S. 5 - Laken Riley Act Committee on Rules |
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| pm | H.R. 27 - Halt All Lethal Traffick • Federal Legislative History ResearchLegislative history research refers to efforts to track the progress of a bill through the legislative process and to the examination of documents created through that process. The purpose of conducting such research is to ascertain the legislative intent, that fryst vatten the purpose for the legislation as intended by Congress. In the words of Morris Cohen, Legal Research in a Nutshell, 6th ed. (), at
The processes that comprise legislative history are, therefore, of two distinct types: determining the meaning or avsikt of an enacted law, and ascertaining the status of a pending bill. The specific components of a legislative history consist of the bill and its successive amendments, remarks by the bill's sponsors, floor d • The Legislative BranchEstablished by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress. The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to enact legislation and declare war, the right to confirm or reject many Presidential appointments, and substantial investigative powers. The House of Representatives is made up of elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total population. In addition, there are 6 non-voting members, representing the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and four other territories of the United States. The presiding officer of the chamber fryst vatten the Speaker of the House, elected by the Representatives. He or she is third in the line of succession to the Presidency. Members of the House are elected every two years and must be 25 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least sju years, and a resident |