[20071129]RS20454_去参议院开会.pdf

1 Like the Senate, the House typically arranges by unanimous consent to go to conference.Alternatively, the House can arrange for a conference by agreeing by simple majority vote to amotion for that purpose that is offered by direction of the House committee with jurisdiction overthe bill in question. Procedures relating to conference committees are discussed at greater lengthin CRS Report 96-708, Conference Committees and Related Procedures: An Introduction andCRS Report 98-696, Resolving Legislative Differences in Congress: Conference Committees andAmendments Between the Houses, both by Elizabeth Rybicki.2 This report was written by Stanley Bach, formerly a Senior Specialist in the Legislative Processat CRS. Dr. Bach has retired, but the listed author updated the report and can respond toinquiries on the subject.Order Code RS20454Updated November 29, 2007Going to Conference in the SenateElizabeth RybickiAnalyst on the Congress and Legislative ProcessGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryThere are three steps that the Senate must take, and one more step that it may take,in arranging to send a bill to conference. These steps rarely are contentious but theyhave the potential to beco