Number: 98-381
Title: Instructing House Conferees
Authors: Elizabeth Rybicki, Analyst on the Congress and Legislative Process 
Abstract: The House and Senate often create conference committees to propose the final versions of bills that the two houses have passed in different forms. When one house amends and passes a bill that the other house already has passed, the two houses then must agree on the same final version of the bill before it can be presented to the President for his approval or veto. There art two ways in which this process of reaching final agreement can take place: either by the formal exchange of amendments between the House and Senate, or through negotiations among conferees that the two houses appoint.
Pages: 3
Date: November 28, 2008