Final answer:
A committee may advance a bill, table (halting its progress), or take no action, which typically leads to the bill dying in committee.
Step-by-step explanation:
After a committee receives a bill, it has three basic options it might do. Firstly, the committee can decide to advance the bill with or without amendments. In this case, the bill is printed and sent to the respective chamber floor, such as the House or the Senate, following a favorable vote. Secondly, the committee may choose to table the bill, effectively halting its progress and oftentimes this means the bill is dead, though it can be reintroduced for a vote. Finally, the committee can choose to take no action, which commonly results in the bill dying in committee; this is prevalent as most bills never make it past this stage without consensus among the legislators and between both chambers of Congress.