United States Congressional Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills

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The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills was a joint committee of the United States Congress operating from 1789 to 1876. It was one of the first standing committees established by Congress, having been created July 27, 1789 during the 1st Congress.[1]

History

The

Secretary of the Senate
to enroll bills and mandated a review (and any corrections, if necessary) by a joint committee, which would then report to the respective chambers.[3]

In 1876, the rules for the joint committee lapsed, and the Committee on Enrolled Bills reverted to separate

79th Congress), and is now incorporated in Senate Rule XIV.[3]

Jurisdiction

The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills was established with the responsibility for the

enrollment
of engrossed bills. The enacting resolution which created the committee stated:

After a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled on Parchment by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as the bill may have originated in one or the other House, before it shall be presented to the President of the United States. . . . When bills are enrolled they shall be examined by a joint committee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the enrollment with the engrossed bills as passed in the two Houses, and, correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bills, make their report forthwith to their respective Houses.

[4]

An enrolled bill or resolution is the form of a measure finally agreed to by both chambers of

Secretary of the Senate. Enrolled bills and joint resolutions are signed by the presiding officers of each chamber (or their designees), as required by 1 U.S.C. § 106, and are presented to the President by the House Clerk or Secretary of the Senate, depending on the chamber of origination.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Schamel, Charles E.; Mary Rephlo; Rodney Ross; David Kepley; Robert W. Coren; James Gregory Bradsher (1989). "Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition". National Archives and Records Administration. pp. Chapter 12. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. ^ House Rules and Manual, § 573, 575
  3. ^ a b c Heitshusen, Valerie (May 7, 2008). "Enrollment of Legislation: Relevant Congressional Procedures" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. p. 7. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  4. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1st Cong., 1st sess., July 27, 1789, p. 67.
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