Opinion ID: 186912
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Heading: Engrossed Bills and Enrolled Bills in the House and Senate

Text: 6 Congress has established specific procedures governing passage of a bill: 7 [1] Every bill . . . in each House of Congress shall, when such bill . . . passes either House, be printed, and such printed copy shall be called the engrossed bill . . . . 8 [2] Said engrossed bill . . . shall be signed by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, and shall be sent to the other House, and in that form shall be dealt with by that House and its officers, and, if passed, returned signed by said Clerk or Secretary. 9 [3] When such bill . . . shall have passed both Houses, it shall be printed and shall then be called the enrolled bill, . . . signed by the presiding officers of both Houses and sent to the President of the United States. 10 1 U.S.C. § 106. An engrossed bill is thus one that has passed one chamber of Congress, while an enrolled bill has passed both the House and the Senate.