all other stages of markups, committees may set their own quorum requirements, so long as that quorum is at least one-third of the committee's membership. Like the Speaker of the House, committee chairs are responsible for maintaining order and for enforcing proper procedure, at their own initiative or by ruling on points of order that other committee members make. Chairs also frequently respond to questions about procedure in the form of parliamentary inquiries. A committee may report a bill back to the House without amendment, with several amendments, or with an amendment in the nature of a substitute that proposes an entirely different text for the bill. Alternatively, a committee may report a new or "clean" bill on the same subject as the bill (or other text) that it has marked up. In other form State governments and various kinds of municipalities also markup legislation and the process varies by locality. In some, the legislative branch marks up the legislation (or budget since it is a piece of legislation) by deleting parts and adding sections, etc. References External links House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives House Committee Markups: Manual of Procedures and Procedural Strategies House Committee Markup: Amendment Procedure Terminology of the United States Congress Editing