In the

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, an enrolled bill is the final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both houses of Congress in identical form, and been signed by the clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate. In the United States, enrolled bills are engrossed—prepared in a formally printed copy—and must be signed by the presiding officers of both houses and sent to the

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for approval. The practice of engrossing a handwritten copy in the style of an

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fell out of favor in the 1790s. The 1789

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did receive this treatment.

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