How a Bill Becomes a Law

On this page, you will find websites that will take you through the steps of how a bill becomes a law in Congress.  We have learned this process in class and you can review it by visiting the following hotlinks.  At the bottom of this page you will find a neat graphic that summarizes this process.

If you need further review, The Mine Safety and Health Administration website of the U.S. Department of Labor provides a short interactive walk-through of the process of how a bill becomes a law.  Then you can see a law that was created to protect people working in the coal mining industry.

www.msha.gov/SOLICITOR/KIDS/bill2.htm  

For an alternative description with more detail on how a bill becomes a law, this website is a great resource.  To the right of the webpage is a link to several teacher resources that offer games and activity sheets to supplement in-class learning.

kids.clerk.house.gov/grade-school/lesson.html?intID=17

Here is a game for you to improve your skills in learning How a Bill Becomes a Law!  Visit the website below and print out the game.  If you plan on playing this game at home, please ask me for a set of dice that you can take home with you.  Then you can play with family or friends!

www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/27.htm

How a Bill Becomes a Law: Quick Reference

Learning the process of How a Bill Becomes a Law can be tricky.  The bill gets passed around to many different areas of the Legislative Branch.

The image provided above is designed to give you a "quick and easy" guide to the process of a bill becoming a law.