Number: RS21629
Title: Sufficiency of Signatures on Conference Reports
Authors: Richard S. Beth and Elizabeth Rybicki, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The House and Senate both require that a conference report be signed by a majority of House conferees and a majority of Senate conferees. When some conferees are appointed only for limited purposes, the two chambers have different ways of counting to determine whether the conferees report carries sufficient signatures.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated September 30, 2003