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The phrase "a bill affecting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing legislation that has an impact on a particular issue, group, or situation.
Example: "The committee is reviewing a bill affecting environmental regulations that could change how companies operate."
Alternatives: "a bill impacting" or "a bill concerning".
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Before a Bill or parts of a Bill affecting only England, or England and Wales, is put to its final Commons vote, English and in some cases Welsh MPs would meet separately to consider it.
A bill affecting so-called investment advisers would shift oversight from federal authorities to groups like Finra.
And after that there's another legislative fag-end: the Transport for London Bill - this is a private bill (a bill affecting a private interest, in this case TfL's, as distinct from a private members' bill) which has been bouncing around Parliament since January 2011.
It's not how a bill affecting one-fifth of our economy is supposed to be considered.
Furthermore, only Privy Counsellors can signify, at the monarch's command, the royal consent to the examination of a Bill affecting the rights of the Crown.
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Where a bill affects the "hereditary revenues, personal property or other interests" of the Duchy of Cornwall, then "the consent of … the Prince of Wales must be signified in both houses [of parliament] before the bill is passed," Cabinet Office guidance states.
The sovereign has not refused to consent to any bill affecting crown interests unless advised to do so by ministers". A spokesman for Prince Charles said: "In modern times, the prince of Wales has never refused to consent to any bill affecting Duchy of Cornwall interests, unless advised to do so by ministers.
Just over 12 minutes of Rossiya 1's hour-long primetime Vesti v Subbotu (News on Saturday) was devoted to the disaster, with almost as much time being given over to a report about the redevelopment of Moscow and an interview with a pro-Kremlin politician about a controversial bill affecting the status of Russian NGOs.
The news comes in a House of Representatives-Senate conference report released last night on a spending bill affecting several federal agencies that is expected to pass Congress by the end of the week.
Before a legislative bill affecting only England, or England and Wales, is put to its final Commons vote, English – and in some cases Welsh – MPs would meet separately to consider it.
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