Number: 98-335 Title: House Committee Markup: Amendment Procedure Authors: Judy Schneider, Government and Finance Division Abstract: The essential purpose of a committee markup is to determine whether a measure pending before a committee should be altered, or amended, in any substantive way. Of course, committees do not actually amend measures; instead a committee votes on which amendments it wishes to recommend to the House. How a panel conducts the amending process in markup for the most part reflects procedures used in the Committee of the Whole, as possibly modified by an individual committee's rules. There is also a widespread feeling that the level of formality in a markup often reflects the level of contention in the measure being marked up. Pages: 3 Date: March 13, 2007