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To add cosponsors, the sponsor may drop in the hopper a cosponsorship form prepared by the clerk\u2019s office that identifies the names and states of Members who want to be cosponsors.\nRule XII, clause 7(c) requires that sponsors provide a statement of constitutional authority at the time of introduction.\nRepresentatives may cosponsor a bill either at the time of its introduction or subsequently. Members whose names are submitted with a bill at the time of introduction are commonly referred to as \u201coriginal\u201d cosponsors. Once a bill has been introduced, Members may add their names as cosponsors until the committee(s) to which it was referred have filed their reports with the House or have been discharged from further consideration.\nSupporters of a bill often seek cosponsors to demonstrate its support among Members and improve its chances for passage. 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Several Members together may submit a bill, but only the Member whose name appears first on the bill is considered its sponsor; the others are cosponsors. A bill can have only one sponsor, but there is no limit on the number of cosponsors it may have.\nRepresentatives introduce bills in the House by placing them in the wooden box, or \u201chopper,\u201d located at the bill clerk\u2019s desk on the chamber floor when the House is in session. The original signature of the sponsor must appear on the measure when it is introduced. Cosponsors do not sign the bill, but sponsors are \u201cstrongly advised\u201d in a Dear Colleague letter from the Speaker\u2019s office to include a cosponsor\u2019s original signature on the cosponsorship form during the 115th Congress (2017-2018). To add cosponsors, the sponsor may drop in the hopper a cosponsorship form prepared by the clerk\u2019s office that identifies the names and states of Members who want to be cosponsors.\nRule XII, clause 7(c) requires that sponsors provide a statement of constitutional authority at the time of introduction.\nRepresentatives may cosponsor a bill either at the time of its introduction or subsequently. Members whose names are submitted with a bill at the time of introduction are commonly referred to as \u201coriginal\u201d cosponsors. Once a bill has been introduced, Members may add their names as cosponsors until the bill has been reported from all the committees to which it was referred (or until the committees have been discharged from further consideration of the bill).\nSupporters of a bill often seek cosponsors to demonstrate its popularity and improving its chances for passage. 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