origination clause

origination clause. (often cap.)

1. The provision in the U.S. Constitution that all bills for increasing taxes and raising revenue must originate in the House of Representatives, not the Senate (U.S. Const. art. I, § 7, cl. 1). • The Senate may, however, amend revenue bills.

2. A provision in a state constitution requiring that revenue bills originate in the lower house of the state legislature. [Cases: Statutes

6. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 12–13.]

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资深译员Dan，毕业于美国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与消费者集团诉讼有关的法律文件。