how a bill becomes a law

When the House is in session, members of Congress may pass legislation. The bill introduced by a congressional representative to restrict the tax benefit on interest paid on residential mortgages would have a direct effect on homebuilders so they would earn less money on their assets (Rossum and Tarr 2016). This bill comes into the heading of private law since it concerns a special entity within the organization. This paper addresses the steps involved in proposing a bill as well as how to contest and avoid the bill from becoming law. The first tactic to avoid the bill from being passed to become law is to mobilize the other congress members. Informing the Congress on the devastating impact the bill will have on home builders will ensure that the bill will not be voted for and thus the bill will not advance to the stages of becoming law. When the bill gets to committee stage, our Association will write to the committee in charge of the bill to make changes to the bill before reintroducing it to the house.

The National Association of Builders will air out their views when the bill gets to the subcommittee stage where the bill will be carefully studied and views of experts and the opponents obtained. Before the bill is enacted as a law, it has to be published in the Gazette for public comments (Rossum and Tarr 2016). Therefore, members of the National Association of Homebuilders can take this chance to give their views on how the bill affects them and how it will affect the building sector.

In conclusion, this bill can be disputed if members of the Congress decide not to vote for it and without the majority support in the Congress it will not progress to be enacted. Furthermore, if the subcommittee puts into consideration the views of the association, it will be disputed. Views given when the bill is published in the Gazette can also prevent the enactment of the bill to become law.

Reference

Rossum, R. A., and Tarr, G. A. (2016).The American Constitution Law. Volume II: The Bill of Rights With Subsequent Amendments. Westview Press.