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The Legislative Process during 1950s

We all understand that the legislative branch has the authority to enact, amend, and
repeal laws thanks to the authority granted to the Philippine Congress. The Senate and
the House of Representatives are the two branches of the institution. The Second
Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), which met in
1950 and was made up of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, was the
country's legislative body from December 30, 1949, until December 8, 1953. The First
Special Session is one of several sessions. : December 30, 1949 – January 5, 1950 •
First Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1950 o Second Special Session: August
1–25, 1950 o Third Special Session: December 4, 1950 – January 6, 1951 o Fourth
Special Session: January 8–19, 1951 • Second Regular Session: January 22 – May 17,
1951 o Fifth Special Session: May 21–29, 1951 • Third Regular Session: January 28 –
May 22, 1952 o Sixth Special Session: June 23 – July 15, 1952 o Seventh Special
Session: November 4–8, 1952 • Fourth Regular Session: January 26, 1953 – May 21,
1953 o Joint Session: December 8, 1953 While the present congress legislation process
on how a bill become a law are the following.

The past legislative process to the present congress legislation.

PREPARATION OF THE BILL was the Member, or the Bill Drafting Division of the
Reference and Research Bureau prepares and drafts the bill upon the Member's
request. FIRST READING: The item is added to the first reading's order of business
three days after it is filed.
COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION/ACTION: The committee accepts the committee
report and formally sends it to the plenary affairs bureau. The measure is scheduled for
consideration on Second Reading by the Rules Committee.
SECOND READING: were The Committee on Rules schedules the bill for consideration
on Second Reading
THIRD READING The Secretary General merely reads the bill's number and title at the
third reading.
SENATE RECEIVES THE APPROVED Measure FOR CONSENT The Senate receives
the approved bill for consideration. The measure goes through the same parliamentary
procedure in the Senate.
SENATE ACTION ON APPROVED BILL OF THE HOUSE WERE The Conference
Committee creates a report that must be signed by each conferee as well as the
chairman.
COPIES OF THE BILL WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT, SIGNED BY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AND CERTIFIED BY THE SECRETAR OF THE SENATE AND
THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HOUSE. PRESIDENTIAL ACTION ON THE
BILL If the President approves the bill, it is given a RA number and sent back to the
House from which it originally came. A bill is reproduced, and copies are forwarded to
the Official Gasette Office for publication and distribution to the implementing agencies
as part of the action on an approved bill. The annual collection of Acts and Resolutions
then contains it. The statement is put in the Order of Business.
ACTION ON VETOED BILL. The House and the Senate will independently review the
bill or the vetoed portions of the bill if the Congress decides to override the veto. The
measure or its vetoed items will become law if they are approved by a vote of two-thirds
of the members of each House.
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2nd Congress of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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