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Instructing Senate Conferees (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Nov. 13, 2020
Report Number RS20209
Report Type Report
Authors Richard S. Beth, Specialist on the Congress and Legislative Process
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Senate and House often create a conference committee to propose the final version of a bill that the two houses have passed in different forms. When one house amends and passes a bill that the other already has passed, both must agree on the same final version before it can be presented to the President for his approval or veto. There are two ways through which this process of reaching final agreement can take place: either the formal exchange of amendments between the Senate and House, or negotiations among conferees that the two houses appoint. This fact sheet describes a part of the conference process.