Usually a bill cannot become enacted until it has been read on a certain number of days in each house.
The bill passed the Senate, but was not enacted into law.
He said his district would receive $2.4 million if the bill were enacted.
This bill was enacted by the Parliament after her death in 1907.
The bill was also enacted too late to be of significant benefit anyway.
Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act or a statute.
But he pledged that the bill would be enacted eventually.
Last month, the President agreed to let that bill be enacted without his signature.
Similar bills were introduced in 2008 and 2009 but have not been enacted since.
Almost all the lawmakers want the two bills to be enacted.