House Committee Markup: Amendment Procedure (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised March 13, 2007 |
| Report Number |
98-335 |
| Authors |
Judy Schneider, Government and Finance Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
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. See http://www.crs.gov/¿products/¿guides/¿guidehome.shtml for more information on legislative process.
