pirminis siūlytojas

English translation: sponsor

14:56 Nov 5, 2009
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Government / Politics
Lithuanian term or phrase: pirminis siūlytojas
pirminis įstatymo siūlytojas - Seino narys XXX
Olga Prisekina-Olrichs
Netherlands
Local time: 18:44
English translation:sponsor
Explanation:
Actually I misspoke. the US uses sponsor. And while the EU Council is described by Wikipedia as having legislative initiative, initiator is not used much. And while wikipedia speaks of bills, I am seeing more projects with sponsor. Presenter did not seem to have a suitable meaning, often being a TV presenter. Drafter is also used but that is the writer, not the one introducing it.
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Arturas Bakanauskas
Local time: 19:44
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Summary of answers provided
5(main) sponsor of the bill
Gintautas Kaminskas
3 +1sponsor
Arturas Bakanauskas
5 -1primary sponsor / joint-sponsors
Charlesp
3presenter of the draft law
Romualdas Zvonkus
Summary of reference entries provided
Who can sponsor a bill in Congress?
Charlesp

Discussion entries: 4





  

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presenter of the draft law


Explanation:
Kažkaip taip.

Romualdas Zvonkus
Lithuania
Local time: 19:44
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sponsor


Explanation:
Actually I misspoke. the US uses sponsor. And while the EU Council is described by Wikipedia as having legislative initiative, initiator is not used much. And while wikipedia speaks of bills, I am seeing more projects with sponsor. Presenter did not seem to have a suitable meaning, often being a TV presenter. Drafter is also used but that is the writer, not the one introducing it.

Arturas Bakanauskas
Local time: 19:44
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aciu!

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agree  Charlesp: yes, sponsor
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(main) sponsor of the bill


Explanation:
Google paieška randa 6 840 000 "sponsor of the bill" atvejų. (Siūlomas įstatymas = bill.)

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-05 16:25:16 GMT)
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Dažnai naudojama taip pat "proposer of the bill".

Example sentence(s):
  • Democratic Sen. Doug Jackson of Dickson, the main sponsor of the bill, cited state Safety Department records that show ...

    Reference: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/28/gov-bredesen-will-v...
Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 04:44
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primary sponsor / joint-sponsors


Explanation:
This would be the primary sponsor, or in shortened form simply "sponsor." If there was more than one sponsor, they could be called joint-sponsors.

The others who "seconded" the bill but did not draft it, they would be called co-sponsors (often written as cosponsors).

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 18:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Gintautas Kaminskas: Sponsor of what? Also, no one writes "joint-sponsor".
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: Who can sponsor a bill in Congress?

Reference information:
http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-05 17:23:38 GMT)
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http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hr111-867

Charlesp
Sweden
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Native speaker of: English
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