Measures proposing legislation to create new laws or amendments to repeal existing laws. When bills are passed by both chambers, in identical form, they are sent to the President for his signature. Once signed, they become laws. Bills are numbered sequentially based on the order in which they are introduced in Congress.
Bills can be public or private, general or specific.
Public bills affect the public at large whereas private bills affect an individual person or organization. Bills which did not pass by the end of Congress die. Designated by HJ Res and SJ Res . Joint Resolutions are numbered sequentially in the order in which they are introduced. If approved, they have the force of law.