Marking Up A Bill / Markup (CongressionalGlossary.com)

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Marking Up A Bill / Markup

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Going through the contents of a piece of legislation in committee or subcommittee to consider its provisions and proposed revisions to the language, and insert new sections and phraseology. If the bill is extensively amended, the committee’s version may be introduced as a separate bill, with a new number, before being considered by the full House or Senate.

The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation. The connotation of a markup session is that the language of the original measure is analyzed line-by-line or section-by-section, and then marked up, i.e., changed or amended.

Also see Chairman’s Mark / Staff Draft; Clean Bill; § 5.80 Committees and Subcommittees, § 6.50 Committee Markup, § 6.90 Rules Committee and Special Rules, § 7.50 Congressional Budget Process, in Congressional Deskbook; § 2.23 Hearings and Markups: Overview, in Legislative Drafter’s Deskbook. (Committee Markup in the U.S. House of Representatives)

House Rule XI – Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business
“The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives,” CRS Report RL30244
“Preparation for Senate Committee Markup,” CRS Report 98-243
“Markup in Senate Committee,” CRS Report 98-245
“House Committee Markup: Reporting,” CRS Report 98-267
“House Committee Markup: Preparation,” CRS Report 98-168
“House Committee Markup: Amendment Procedure,” CRS Report 98-335
“House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures,” CRS Report 98-312
“The Basics of Committee Markups,” Parliamentary Boot Camp (4-page PDF)

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