Conference committees
A conference committee is a temporary joint committee of House and Senate members, formed to settle the differences when the two chambers pass different versions of the same bill. It disbands once it reports a compromise text, called a conference report, which both chambers must then approve without amendment.
CLEP American Government, Chapter 8
Conference committees
As a congressional organization, a conference committee is a temporary joint House-Senate panel used to negotiate differences between versions of a measure. It does not replace either chamber's vote on the final text.
Conferees are usually selected from committees that handled the bill and negotiate within the scope of disagreement between the chambers. The resulting conference report presents one compromise text and accompanying explanation rather than a menu from which each chamber can select different provisions.
Both chambers must approve the report before presentment, generally without rewriting it during that vote. Rejection can reopen bargaining or defeat the measure. Conference therefore solves a bicameral coordination problem but does not bypass bicameral consent.
Not every disagreement requires a formal conference. One chamber may concur in the other's amendment, or the chambers may exchange amendments. Identify the temporary bill-specific negotiating panel, not a permanent joint committee or a standing committee exercising ordinary subject jurisdiction.
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