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14 Cards in this Set
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What is a bill? |
A proposed law |
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H.R. |
Bill originated in the House, house representatives |
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S Bills |
Bill's originated from Senate |
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Who can propose law? |
Members of Congress, Executive departments of the federal government, lobbyists, private individuals. |
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Classification of Federal Statutes |
Public law, private law Permeanent/Temporary "sunset clause" |
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What is a public law? |
Laws that affect the general public, such as Tax laws, bankruptcy, federal lands. |
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What is a private law? |
Laws that can affect individuals, or small group of persons. Special benefits not granted to large public. Eg. Immigration. |
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What is a slip? |
U.S. printing office, Loose leaf unbound phamplet |
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What is a United States Codes? |
Official. Federal statutes book categorized by subject matter. 54 categories. |
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What is annotated versions of U.S.C.? |
Unofficial. It contains notes, case interpretations, and has a brief summary of the case. |
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What is Annotations? |
One sentence summary of the case. Never quote from annotations, but only from direct case. |
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What is a pocket parts? |
It's a soft cover supplement, the newest cases interpretation. |
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What are the research techniques? Explain each. |
1) descriptive word approach 2) title/topic approach 3) popular name approach |
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How a Bill becomes a law? |
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