Number: RL31840
Title: Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct Conferees
Authors: Robert Keith, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: Both the House and the Senate have procedures whereby the full bodies may issue instructions to conferees on legislation. Instructions to conferees on a budget resolution usually are issued in the form of a motion, but in at least one instance the Senate adopted a simple resolution containing such instructions. If a motion (or resolution) instructing conferees is agreed to, however, the instructions are not binding on the conferees and no point of order would lie against the conference report on the ground that the instructions had been violated.
Pages: 17
Date: May 16, 2008