Revenue Bills Must Originate In The

Bills that must originate exclusively in the house of representatives1.

Revenue bills must originate in the. O revenue bills shall originate exclusively in the house of representatives all appropriation revenue or tariff bills bills authorizing an increase of the public debt bills of local application and private bills shall originate exclusively in the house of representatives but the senate may propose or concur with amendments. The clause says that all bills for raising revenue must start in the u s. As i understand it sometimes the president s office may write a bill and present it to a sympathetic member of congress to go through the legislative process but this is fairly rare. Bills authorizing increase of the public debt 5.

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of. Article i section 7 of the constitution provides that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives but that the senate may propose or concur with amendments. This essay is adapted from the heritage guide to the constitution for a new series providing constitutional guidance for lawmakers. Senate may propose or concur with amendments as in the case of other bills.

House of representatives but the u s. By tradition general appropriation bills also originate in the house of representatives. All other bills may originate in either the house or the senate. Bills of local application.

The origination clause sometimes called the revenue clause is article i section 7 clause 1 of the u s. If it is a revenue taxation bill it must originate in the house of representatives. Constitution federal revenue bills are required to be initiated in the house of representatives. Senators up until the ratification.