Making laws
enrolled bill
The single final text passed identically by both chambers, printed on parchment, signed by chamber officers, and presented to the President.
In full
Once House and Senate have agreed on identical text, the measure is 'enrolled': printed formally, signed by the Speaker and the Senate's presiding officer, and delivered to the White House. Enrollment is the moment the constitutional clock starts, the President has ten days, Sundays excepted, to act.
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