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=S=> GG 76. 1 Bills may be introduced in the Bundestag by the Federal Government , by the Bundesrat , or from the fl oor of the Bundestag .
=S=> GG 76. 2 Federal Government bills shall first be submitted to the Bundesrat . The Bundesrat shall be entitled to comment on such bills within six weeks . If for important reasons , especially with respect to the scope of the bill , the Bundesrat demands an extension , the period shall be increased to nine weeks . If in exceptional circumstances the Federal Government on submitting a bill to the Bundesrat declares it to be particularly urgent , it may submit the bill to the Bundestag after three weeks or , if the Bundesrat has demanded an extension pursuant to the third sentence of this paragraph , after six weeks , even if it has not yet received the Bundesrats comments ; upon receiving such comments , it shall transmit them to the Bundestag without delay . In the case of bills to amend this Basic Law or to transfer sovereign powers pursuant to Article 23 or 24 the comment period shall be nine weeks ; the fourth sentence of this paragraph shall not apply .
=S=> GG 76. 3 Bundesrat bills shall be submitted to the Bundestag by the Federal Government within six weeks . In submitting them the Federal Government shall state its own views . If for important reasons , especially with respect to the scope of the bill , the Federal Government demands an extension , the period shall be increased to nine weeks . If in exceptional circumstances the Bundesrat declares a bill to be particularly urgent , the period shall be three weeks or , if the Federal Government has demanded an extension pursuant to the third sentence of this paragraph , six weeks . In the case of bills to amend this Basic Law or to transfer sovereign powers pursuant to Article 23 or 24 the comment period shall be nine weeks ; the fourth sentence of this paragraph shall not apply . The Bundestag shall consider and vote on bills within a reasonable time .
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