passing of law

• appropriation laws

  • SEC. 24, ART. 6 = all appropriation, revenue or tariff bills, bills authorizing increase of public debts, bills of local application, and private bills, shall originate exclusively in the HoR, but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments
• appropriation laws: kinds

  • ANNUAL or GENERAL = budget
• appropriation laws: kinds

  • SPECIAL or SUPPLEMENTAL = specified the purpose for which it is intended, and shall be supported funds actually available as certified by the National Treasurer
• appropriation laws: kinds

  • SPECIFIC = one which sets asides a named sum of money for the payment of a particular expense
• appropriation laws: kinds

  • CONTINUING = one which provides a definite sum to be always available from year to year, without the necessity of further legislative action
• bills

  • APPROPRIATION = make appropriation of money from the public treasury
• bills

  • REVENUE = raise revenue
• bills

  • TARIFF = used in the Constitution; has reference to one imposing custom duties for revenue purposes
• bills

  • AUTHORIZING INCREASE OF PUBLIC DEBT = creates public indebtedness e.g., a bill providing for the issuance of bonds and other forms of obligations
• bills

  • LOCAL APPLICATION = affecting purely local or municipal concerns e.g., one creating a city or municipality or changing its name
• bills

  • PRIVATE = purely private interest e.g., granting a franchise to a person or corporation, compensation to a person for suffered damages
• process of law-making: requirements (titles)

  • SEC. 16, ART. 6 = every bill passed by the congress shall embrace only one subject which shall be expressed in the title
• process of law-making: requirements (titles)

  • SEC. 16, ART. 6 = no bill by either House shall become a law unless it has passed 3 readings on separate days, and printed copies of its final form have been distributed to the Members 3 days before the passage
• process of law-making: requirements (titles)

  • SEC. 16, ART. 6 = upon last reading of a bill, no amendment shall be allowed, and the vote shall be taken immediately after
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 22, ART. 7 = the President (within 30 days from the opening of every regular session) shall submit to the Congress, as the basis of the general appropriation bills, a budget of expenditures and source of funding, including receipts from existing and proposed revenue measures
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 25, ART. 6 = the Congress may not increase the appropriations recommended by the President for the operation of the Government as specified in the budget. the form, content, and manner of preparation of the budget shall be prescribed by law
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 25, ART. 6 = no provision or enactment shall be embraced in the general appropriations bill unless it relates specifically to some particular appropriation. any such provision or enactment shall be limited in its operation to the appropriation to which it relates.
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 25, ART. 6 = the procedure in approving appropriations for the Congress shall strictly follow the procedure for approving appropriations for other departments and agencies
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 25, ART. 6 = a special appropriation bill shall specify the purpose for which it is intended, and shall be supported by funds actually available (as certified by the National Treasurer), or to be raised by a corresponding revenue proposed
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 25, ART. 6 = no law shall be passed authorizing any transfer of appropriations; however, the President, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the HoR, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the heads of Constitutional Commissions may, by law, be authorized to augment any item in the general appropriation law for their respective offices from saving other items of their respective appropriations
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 25, ART. 6 = discretionary funds appropriated for particular officials shall be disbursed only for public purposes to be supported by appropriate vouchers and subjects to such guidelines as may be prescribed by law
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 25, ART. 6 = if, by the end of the fiscal year, the Congress have failed to pass the general appropriations bill for the ensuing fiscal year, the general appropriations law for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed reenacted and shall be remain in force and effect until the bill is passed by the Congress
• budget = the financial program of the national government for a designed calendar year, consisting of statements of estimated receipts from revenues and expenditures for the calendar on which it is intended to be effective based on the results of operations during the preceding calendar year
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 29, ART. 6 = no money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an appropriation made by law
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 27, ART. 6 = every bill passed by the Congress, before it becomes a law, shall be presented to the President. if they approve the same, they shall sign it; otherwise, they shall veto it and return the same with their objections to the House where it originated, which shall enter the objections at large in its Journal and proceed to reconsider it
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 27, ART. 6 = if, after such reconsideration, 2/3 of all the Members of the House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to other Houses by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by the 2/3 of all the Members of the House, it shall become a law
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 27, ART. 6 = the President shall communicate their veto of any bill to the House where it originated within 30 days after the date of receipt; otherwise, it shall become a law as if they had signed it
• process of law-making: requirements (certain laws)

  • SEC. 27, ART. 6 = the President shall have the power to veto any particular item in an appropriation, revenue, or tariff bill, but the veto shall not affect the item which they do not object
• ways for the bill to become the law

  • approved by the President
• ways for the bill to become the law

  • when the vote of the President is overriden by 2/3 votes of all the members of both Houses
• ways for the bill to become the law

  • upon failure of the President to veto the bill and to return it with their objection to the House where it originated within 30 days
• a bill filed in the HoR will be labeled as HB
• a bill filed in the Senate will be labeled as SB
• three reading

  • FIRST = reading of title and author/s
• three reading

  • FIRST = referral to appropriate committees
• three reading

  • SECOND = sponsorship
• three reading

  • SECOND = period of debate
• three reading

  • SECOND = period of amendments
• three reading

  • THIRD = distribution of bill in final form
• three reading

  • THIRD = no amendments allowed