LEGISLATIVE

Legislative Assignment (Due 10/30/2022）

(15% of final grade)

Written Component

Identify proposed federal or state legislation (bill) and write a short summary (no more than 2

pages in length) of the bill.

Include the following information in the bill summary:

• Bill number (check to see if a companion bill was introduced in the other body—House

or Senate);

• Main sponsor and cosponsors (if any). Check to see their party affiliation—is the bill

bipartisan or partisan;

• Summary of the bill;

• Where the bill was referred (and summary of any actions taken on the bill—i.e., was it

voted out of committee, sent to another committee, action taken on the floor, etc.);

• Does the bill include an appropriations or finance (taxes);

• Any suggestion that this bill was amended into another bill (you are more likely to see

this in Congress, where whole bills may be amended into other bills—to check, you’ll

need to look at the amendments).

Potential sources:

• Bills pending with U.S. Congress:

o https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/

o https://www.senate.gov/legislative/active_leg_page.htm

• Bills pending with Texas legislature:

o https://capitol.texas.gov o https://capitol.texas.gov/Resources/FollowABill.aspx

Grading Rubric for Written Assignment (50 points)

Points

Bill number 5 points

Main sponsor and cosponsors (if any),

including party affiliations

10 points

Summary of the bill 10 points

Where the bill was referred and any actions

taken on the bill

5 points

Whether the bill includes appropriations or

finance

5 points

Any suggestion that bill was amended into

another bill

5 points

Spelling and grammar 10 points

TOTAL 50 points