<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate . (March 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate . (March 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature . A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive . Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act of the legislature, or a statute . </P> <P> The term bill is primarily used in Anglophone nations . In the United Kingdom, the parts of a bill are known as clauses, until it has become an act of parliament, from which time the parts of the law are known as sections . </P>

Before a law goes into effect in the united states it is known as a