Enrolled bill
The final, identical text passed by both chambers, prepared for signature and, once signed, the law itself.
A bill is enrolled once the House and Senate have passed precisely the same text. The enrolled version is printed on parchment, certified by the originating chamber, and signed by the Speaker and the President of the Senate before going to the president. It is the authoritative text of the legislation.
The distinction matters because earlier versions circulate widely and are not the law. Introduced text, committee-reported text, and each chamber's passed text can differ substantially, and quoting the wrong one is among the more common errors in legislative coverage. Where a provision's exact wording is at issue, the enrolled bill is the only version that settles it.
After signature the text is assigned a public law number and eventually incorporated into the United States Code, while any regulations it authorises begin their own path through the Federal Register and into the Code of Federal Regulations. A statute passing is usually the beginning of the regulatory story rather than the end of it.
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