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House Conferees: Selection (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised July 30, 2020
Report Number RS20227
Report Type Report
Authors Richard S. Beth, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

A conference committee is composed of a House and a Senate delegation appointed to reconcile the differences between House and Senate versions of a measure passed by both. Congress usually uses a conference committee to resolve such disagreements on the more important, controversial, or complex measures. The members of each chamber's delegation are known as its conferees or, more formally, "managers." This fact sheet discusses how House conferees are selected.