Conference Committee Law and Legal Definition
Conference committee is the joint meeting of two committees, one from each house of the bicameral legislature. The committee is usually appointed for adjusting the differences in a bill passed by both houses. The quorum of a conference committee is a majority of the members of each committee. In terms of voting, the committee of each house votes separately.
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- 656 Committee [Energy]
- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- Advisory Committee
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP]
- Appropriate Committees of Congress
- Appropriate Congressional Committee
- Audit Committee
- Authorizing Committees
- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
