Congressional journals record legislative proceedings but courts consider enrolled bills as the official record of approved legislation. While journals are conclusive, an enrolled bill that contains certifications from House and Senate leadership overrides any conflicts with the journal. As long as certifications are valid, courts treat the contents of an enrolled bill as conclusive evidence of a bill's provisions.
Congressional journals record legislative proceedings but courts consider enrolled bills as the official record of approved legislation. While journals are conclusive, an enrolled bill that contains certifications from House and Senate leadership overrides any conflicts with the journal. As long as certifications are valid, courts treat the contents of an enrolled bill as conclusive evidence of a bill's provisions.
Congressional journals record legislative proceedings but courts consider enrolled bills as the official record of approved legislation. While journals are conclusive, an enrolled bill that contains certifications from House and Senate leadership overrides any conflicts with the journal. As long as certifications are valid, courts treat the contents of an enrolled bill as conclusive evidence of a bill's provisions.
2.) BUT an enrolled bill prevails over the contents of the Journal. 3.) An enrolled bill is the ofcial copy of approved legislation and bears the certications of the presiding ofcers of each !ouse. Thus "here the certications are valid and are not "ithdra"n# the contents of the enrolled bill are conclusive upon the courts as regards the provision of that particular bill.