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=S=> GG 77. 1 Federal laws shall be adopted by the Bundestag . After their adoption the President of the Bundestag shall submit them to the Bundesrat without delay .
=S=> GG 77. 2 Within three weeks after receiving an adopted bill , the Bundesrat may demand that a committee for joint consideration of bills , composed of Members of the Bundestag and of the Bundesrat , be convened . The composition and proceedings of this committee shall be regulated by rules of procedure adopted by the Bundestag and requiring the consent of the Bundesrat . The members of the Bundesrat on this committee shall not be bound by instructions . When the consent of the Bundesrat is required for a bill to become law , the Bundestag and the Federal Government may likewise demand that such a committee be convened . Should the committee propose any amendment to the adopted bill , the Bundestag shall vote on it a second time .
=S=> GG 77. 2a Insofar as its consent is required for a bill to become law , the Bundesrat , if no request has been made pursuant to the first sentence of paragraph ( 2 ) of this Article or if the mediation proceeding has been completed without a proposal to amend the bill , shall vote on the bill within a reasonable time .
=S=> GG 77. 3 Insofar as its consent is not required for a bill to become law , the Bundesrat , once proceedings under paragraph ( 2 ) of this Article are completed , may within two weeks object to a bill adopted by the Bundestag . The time for objection shall begin , in the case described in the last sentence of paragraph ( 2 ) of this Article , upon receipt of the bill as readopted by the Bundestag , and in all other cases upon receipt of a communication from the chairman of the committee provided for in paragraph ( 2 ) of this Article to the effect that the committees proceedings have been concluded .
=S=> GG 77. 4 If the objection is adopted by the majority of the votes of the Bundesrat , it may be rejected by a decision of the majority of the Members of the Bundestag . If the Bundesrat adopted the objection by a majority of at least two thirds of its votes , its rejection by the Bundestag shall require a two-thirds majority , including at least a majority of the Members of the Bundestag .
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