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87: 227:, an act of Congress that violates the Constitution may be declared unconstitutional by the courts. A judicial declaration that an act of Congress is unconstitutional does not remove the act from the Statutes at Large or the United States Code; rather, it prevents the act from being enforced. However, the act as published in annotated codes and legal databases is marked with annotations indicating that it is no longer good law. 3026: 79: 102:, relating to specific institutions or individuals. Since 1957, all Acts of Congress have been designated as "Public Law X–Y" or "Private Law X–Y", where X is the number of the Congress and Y refers to the sequential order of the bill (when it was enacted). For example, P. L. 111–5 ( 2272: 804: 192:, if the president does not return a bill or resolution to Congress with objections before the time limit expires, then the bill automatically becomes an act; however, if the Congress is adjourned at the end of this period, then the bill dies and cannot be reconsidered (see 814: 799: 1206: 2277: 2375: 1859: 1412: 1407: 1402: 1384: 794: 2009: 1201: 1417: 772: 673: 789: 144:
The term "act of Congress" is sometimes used in informal speech to indicate something for which getting permission is burdensome. For example, "It takes an act of Congress to get a building permit in this town."
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The president promulgates acts of Congress made by the first two methods. If an act is made by the third method, the presiding officer of the house that last reconsidered the act promulgates it.
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Promulgation in the sense of publishing and proclaiming the law is accomplished by the president, or the relevant presiding officer in the case of an overridden veto, delivering the act to the
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Inaction by the president after ten days from reception (excluding Sundays) while the Congress is in session, or
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to become an act, the text must pass through both houses with a majority, then be either signed into law by the
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Reconsideration by the Congress after a presidential veto during its session. (A bill must receive a
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requires "Act" to be capitalized when referring to a specific legislative act. The
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after receiving the act. Thereafter, the changes are published in the
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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
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When the legislation of those two kinds are proposed, it is called
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An act adopted by simple majorities in both houses of Congress is
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In the United States, acts of Congress are designated as either
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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
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majority vote in both houses to override a president's veto.)
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The word "act", as used in the term "act of Congress", is
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
111th United States Congress
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Bluebook
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pocket veto
archivist of the United States
slip law
United States Statutes at Large
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Legislation
List of United States federal legislation
Procedures of the United States Congress
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