[Deschler-Brown Precedents, Volume 16, Chapters 32 - 33]
[Chapter 33. House-Senate Conferences]
[B. CONFERENCE MANAGERS OR CONFEREES]
[Â§ 6. Appointment by the Speaker]
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        House-Senate Conferences
 
B. CONFERENCE MANAGERS OR CONFEREES
 
Sec.    6. Appointment by the Speaker

The rule giving the Speaker the authority to appoint all select and 
conference committees(6) leaves the number to his discretion. Since the 
93d Congress, the same rule has specified that no less than a majority 
of those named generally support the House position during House 
proceedings on the bill. In 1977, the rule again was amended to direct 
the Speaker to name "Members who are primarily responsible for the 
legislation" and "to the fullest extent feasible" include those Members 
who are the principal proponents of major provisions.(7) 

Discretion of Speaker

Sec.    6.1 The designation of conferees is within the discretion of the 
Speaker; but in making his appointments, he normally consults with the 
chairman of the committee having jurisdiction of the bill.

On Oct. 14, 1966,(8) Mr. Adam C. Powell, of New York, asked unanimous 
consent that the minority conferees on H.R. 13161, a bill to strengthen 
programs of assistance to elementary and secondary schools, be excused 
and that the Speaker be empowered to appoint new minority conferees. 
Mr. Gerald R. Ford, of Michigan, reserving the right to object asked 
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 6.     See Rule X clause 6(f), House Rules and Manual Sec. 701e (1997).
 7.     See Sec. 6.3, infra.
 8.     112 CONG. REC. 26996, 89th Cong. 2d Sess.
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whether Mr. Powell was going to submit the names of the new conferees. 
Speaker John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts, stated:

As the gentleman from Michigan knows, the Chair makes the appointment. 
The Chair always seeks the counsel and advice of the chairman, assuming 
that the chairman has in turn conferred with the members of his own 
committee on both sides. The Chair will state that he has four names.
Influence of Committee Chairman
Sec.    6.2 The Speaker stated that in appointing conferees he would be 
willing to accept the suggestions of the chairman of the committee in 
charge of the bill being sent to conference.
On July 17, 1935,(9) John J. McSwain, of South Carolina, the Chairman 
of the Committee on Military Affairs, which reported H.R. 8632 (the 
Tennessee Valley Authority bill), asked unanimous consent to take the 
bill from the Speaker's desk and to agree to a conference requested by 
the Senate. The following discussion then took place concerning the 
selection of conferees:

MR. [MAURY] MAVERICK [of Texas]: Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to 
object, an agreement was made by certain Members of the Military 
Affairs Committee to have five conferees, with unfriendly people on 
this committee. As one of the friends of the T.V.A., I was not invited, 
and as far as I know Mr. Thomason, of Texas, and Mr. Wilcox, of 
Florida, and Mr. Hill of Alabama, also friends of the T.V.A., were not 
there. I think it is wrong. I think this is a bad precedent to put 
unfriendly men on the conference committee; it may hold things up, and 
it does not appear to me as fair-I will not be a party to any agreement 
unfriendly to the purposes of the great T.V.A. program. . . . 
MR. [WILLIAM D.] MCFARLANE [of Texas]: Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right 
to object, to ask this question: I would like to see the personnel of 
the conference committee appointed according to the way the majority of 
the House voted, and the personnel should be so appointed so that a 
majority of the committee will favor the majority position of the 
House.

After this discussion, Speaker Joseph W. Byrns, of Tennessee, stated:

After all, the Chair appoints the conferees. The Chair is always 
willing to accept the suggestions made by the chairman of the committee 
which has charge of the bill, assuming that the members who are 
appointed will stand for the House measure because they represent the 
House in the conference.
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 9.     79 CONG. REC. 11319, 74th Cong. 1st Sess.
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Speaker's Discretion in Appointing Conferees
Sec.    6.3 In determining whether at least a majority of the managers 
which the Speaker has appointed to represent the House at a conference 
have "generally supported the House position"-the guideline established 
by Rule X clause 6(f)-the Speaker is not required to consider the 
conferees' positions on certain items in dispute during the 
consideration of the bill in the House.  
The provision in Rule X dealing with the Speaker's authority to appoint 
Members to select committees was modified at the beginning of the 95th 
Congress with respect to the guidelines for appointing Members to 
conference committees. In the 95th Congress, the pertinent part of the 
rule provided: "In appointing members    to conference committees the 
Speaker shall appoint no less than a majority of members who generally 
supported the House position as determined by the Speaker. The Speaker 
shall name Members who are primarily responsible for the legislation 
and shall, to the fullest extent feasible, include the principal 
proponents of the major provisions of the bill as it passed the 
House."(10) 
The Speaker adhered to the guideline in the second sentence quoted 
above by naming Mr. J. J. (Jake) Pickle, of Texas, as a conferee since 
he had been the proponent of the provision described in the 
appointment. The point of order was not directed to the naming of this 
additional conferee-not a member of the reporting committee-but to the  
question of whether the named managers were generally in support of the 
House position. The conferees, the point of order, and the debate and 
response thereto, are carried here.(11) 

THE SPEAKER:(12) The Chair appoints the following conferees: Messrs. 
Perkins, Dent, Phillip Burton, Gaydos, Clay, Biaggi, Zeferetti, Quie, 
Erlenborn, and Ashbrook; and an additional Member, Mr. Pickle, solely 
for the consideration of section 12 of the House bill and modifications 
thereof committed to conference.
POINT OF ORDER
MR. [JOHN N.] ERLENBORN [of Illinois]: Mr. Speaker, I make a point of 
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10.     Rule X clause 6(f), House Rules and Manual Sec. 701e (1997).
11.     See 123 CONG. REC. 33434, 33435, 95th Cong. 1st Sess., Oct. 12, 
1977.
12.     Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (Mass.).
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order against the naming of the conferees as not being in compliance 
with the provisions of section 701(e), rule X of the Rules of the 
House.
THE SPEAKER: Does the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Erlenborn) wish to 
be heard on his point of order?
MR. ERLENBORN: Yes, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, rule X, section 701(e) provides in part:

In appointing members to conference committees the Speaker shall 
appoint no less than a majority of members who generally supported the 
House position as determined by the Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, as I pointed out in debate earlier today, the three items 
in contention between this body and the other body are the rate 
structure, the tip credit, and the small business amendment. Every one 
of the majority Members, with the exception of the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Gaydos), did not support the House position during 
the consideration of the bill on the floor.
I will admit, Mr. Speaker, that all of the Members who were present did 
vote for the passage of the bill. The passage of the bill is not in 
contention. Those items that are in contention between this body and 
the other body are the three items that I have mentioned, and the 
majority of the conferees named by the Speaker are not among those 
Members who supported the majority position in the House.
THE SPEAKER: Does the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Perkins) wish to be 
heard on the point of order?
MR. [CARL D.] PERKINS [of Kentucky]: I do, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, there were numerous amendments offered to the minimum wage 
bill. Perhaps the major amendment that was adopted was the one 
increasing the exceptions from $250,000 to $500,000 for small 
businesses. The Speaker has taken care of that situation by appointing 
the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Pickle).
If we were to follow the argument of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. 
Erlenborn), as it might apply to a situation in which some 30 or 40 
Members outside the committee had offered amendments, I would think 
that it would set a precedent that this House could not live with.
But notwithstanding that, the Members who have been suggested to the 
Speaker by myself as chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, 
the seven ranking members of the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, 
headed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), voted for the 
majority of the amendments that were offered to the bill on the floor 
of the House. By and large, all the conferees suggested to the Speaker 
generally supported the legislation, and that is the rule.
We must look at this picture as a whole and not pick out one or two 
select amendments that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Erlenborn) is 
primarily interested in and overlook all the other amendments that the 
other members supported and that the suggested conferees supported.
Therefore, Mr. Speaker, it is my contention that the point of order 
raised by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Erlenborn) is without merit 
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THE SPEAKER: The Chair is ready to rule.
This is the judgment of the Chair concerning the following language: 
"The Speaker shall appoint no less than a majority of Members who 
generally supported the House position as determined by the Speaker, 
and the Speaker shall name Members who are primarily responsible for 
the legislation and shall, to the fullest extent feasible, include the 
principal proponents of the major provisions of the bill as it passed 
the House."
That language is found in clause 6(e) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House.
In the opinion of the Chair, after looking over the list of conferees, 
and in view of the fact that the Chair has only had one additional 
request to name a conferee-and that is the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Pickle), whom the Chair has named as a limited conferee-the Members 
that the Chair has named as conferees meet the qualification of being 
"primarily responsible for the legislation."
The Chair's appointment under the remaining provisions of the rule is 
ultimately a matter within his discretion, which the Chair feels he has 
properly exercised, and there is nothing in the rule requiring the 
Chair to consider the conferees' positions solely on the matter in 
dispute.
The Chair overrules the point of order.
Sec.    6.4 Instance where the Speaker declined to name as a conferee a 
Member not of the reporting committee who had successfully sponsored a 
major amendment and offered a successful motion to instruct to preserve 
that amendment in conference.
The Speaker's designation of conferees under the guidelines set forth 
in Rule X clause 6(f)(13) is within his discretion. When H.R. 5840, the 
Export Administration Amendments of 1977, was considered in the House 
on Apr. 20, 1977, the amendment offered by Mr. Stewart B. McKinney, of 
Connecticut, was adopted by a voice vote.(14) Two other amendments were 
adopted, one also sponsored by a noncommittee Member, by voice votes. 
There is no documentation of whether or not Mr. McKinney explicitly 
requested to be named as a conferee.(15) 

MR. [CLEMENT J.] ZABLOCKI [of Wisconsin]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 5840) to amend 
the Export Administration Act of 1969 in order to extend the 
authorities of that act and improve the administration of export 
controls under that act, and to strengthen the antiboycott provisions 
of 
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13.     House Rules and Manual Sec. 701e (1997).
14.     123 CONG. REC. 11441, 11449, 95th Cong. 1st Sess.
15.     See 123 CONG. REC. 14087, 14088, 14091, 95th Cong. 1st Sess., May 
10, 1977.
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that act, with Senate amendments thereto, disagree to the Senate 
amendments, and request a conference with the Senate thereon.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(16) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Wisconsin?
There was no objection.
MOTION OFFERED BY MR. McKINNEY
MR. MCKINNEY: Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion.
The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. McKinney moves that the Managers on the part of the House, at the 
Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill H.R. 
5840, be instructed to insist upon section 110 of the House-passed 
bill.

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. McKinney) for 1 hour in support of his motion. . . . 
So the motion was agreed to. . . . 
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The Chair appoints the following conferees: 
Messrs. Zablocki, Fascell, Rosenthal, Hamilton, Bingham, Ryan, Solarz, 
Broomfield, Buchanan, and Whalen.
Discretion of the Chair (Senate)
Sec.    6.5 The Vice President stated that in the future, he would 
exercise some discretion in the appointment of conferees.
On Apr. 9, 1935, the Vice   President, John Nance Garner, of Texas, 
after appointing Sen-  ate conferees on the District of 
Columbia appropriations bill, stated:(17) 

The Chair would like to make a statement concerning the future policy 
of the present occupant of the chair in the matter of appointing 
conferees.
It has been the custom for a long time for the Senator having charge of 
an important House bill which passes the Senate with amendments, to ask 
for a conference with the House of Representatives and that the Chair 
appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate. He sends to the Chair 
the names of the conferees. So far as the Record shows, the occupant of 
the chair appoints the conferees, whereas, as a matter of fact, he 
exercises no discretion and does not even see the names of the 
conferees until they are sent to the Chair.
Hereafter the present occupant of the chair expects to exercise some 
discretion in the matter of selecting conferees when the Senate 
authorizes him to make the appointments.
The Chair mentions this now so that no Senator in the future may think 
he is slighted or otherwise discriminated against if he asks unanimous 
consent that the Chair appoint conferees and sends up his list, and 
those named on the list are not appointed. The Chair merely desires to 
give notice of his course in the future.
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16.     B. F. Sisk (Calif.).
17.     See 79 CONG. REC. 5296, 5297, 74th Cong. 1st Sess.
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After the Vice President's statement, there was some discussion of the 
method of appointing Senate conferees. During the discussion, Senator 
Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas, observed:

. . . Without doubt, the Senate has the right to elect all its 
committees; but the practice has arisen, by unanimous consent, of the 
Chair appointing conferees, and those appointments are made on the 
recommendation of the Senator in charge of the bill.
Appointments by Speaker Pro Tempore
Sec.    6.6 Parliamentarian's Note: An appointed or designated Speaker 
Pro Tempore may, by unanimous consent, appoint conferees.
On Dec. 22, 1970,(18) after Mr. Otto E. Passman, of Louisiana, asked 
unanimous consent to agree to the further conference requested by the 
Senate on H.R. 17867, a foreign assistance appropriation bill, Speaker 
Pro Tempore Carl Albert, of Oklahoma, stated:

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Louisiana? The 
Chair hears none, and, without objection, appoints the following 
conferees: Messrs. Passman, Natcher, Mrs. Hansen of Washington, and 
Messrs. Cohelan, Long of Maryland, McFall, Mahon, Shriver, Conte, Reid 
of Illinois, Riegle, and Bow.(19) 
There was no objection.
Reappointment of Same Conferees for Further Conference
Sec.    6.7 The Speaker may appoint the same conferees who have reported 
back from a previous conference in disagreement.
On July 30, 1963,(20) Representatives Wright Patman, of Texas, Albert 
Rains, of Alabama, Abraham J. Multer, of New York, William A. Barrett, 
of Pennsylvania, Clarence E. Kilburn, of New York, William B. Widnall, 
of New Jersey, and James Harvey, of Michigan-the managers on the part 
of the House at the conference on H.R. 3872 (extending the Export-
Import Bank Act)-reported that they had been unable to reach an 
agreement with their Senate counterparts. After the House agreed to a 
motion offered by Mr. Patman 
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18.     116 CONG. REC. 43398, 91st Cong. 2d Sess.
19.     See also 113 CONG. REC. 34135, 34136, 90th Cong. 1st Sess., Nov. 
29, 1967; 108 CONG. REC. 23032, 87th Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 10, 1962; and 
95 CONG. REC. 11583, 11584, 81st Cong. 1st Sess., Aug. 16, 1949.
20.     109 CONG. REC. 13631, 13636, 88th Cong. 1st Sess.
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that the House insist on its disagreement to the amendment of the 
Senate and ask for a further conference, Speaker John W. McCormack, of 
Massachusetts, appointed the same conferees who had reported back in 
disagreement.

THE SPEAKER: The Chair appoints the following conferees: Messrs. 
Patman, Rains, Multer, Barrett, Kilburn, Widnall, and Harvey of 
Michigan.
Number of Conferees
Sec.    6.8 The number of Members appointed to act as managers on the 
part of the House at a conference is within the discretion of the 
Speaker, and a large number have been appointed where it is necessary 
to reflect divergent views on the legislation.
On Dec. 12, 1969,(1) Mr. Carl    D. Perkins, of Kentucky, asked 
unanimous consent that the House insist on its amendment to S. 3016, 
the Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1969, and request a 
conference thereon with the Senate. After the Clerk read the title of 
the bill, Speaker John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts, stated:

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Kentucky? The 
Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: Mr. Perkins, 
Mrs.  Green of Oregon, Messrs. Pucinski, Brademas, O'Hara, Carey, 
Hawkins, William D. Ford, Hathaway, Meeds, Mrs. Mink, Messrs. Clay, 
Ayres, Quie, Reid of New York, Erlenborn, Scherle, Dellenback, Esch, 
and Steiger of Wisconsin.

Parliamentarian's Note: While only 20 conferees are listed, four 
additional conferees were appointed, by unanimous consent, on 
subsequent days, making a total of 24.
Sec.    6.9 The Speaker may appoint an equal number of majority and 
minority conferees.
On Feb. 16, 1966,(2) the following proceedings occurred:

MR. [JOHN L.] MCMILLAN [of South Carolina]: Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 3314) 
to require premarital examinations in the District of Columbia, and for 
other purposes, with Senate amendments thereto, disagree to the Senate 
amendments, and request a conference with the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(3) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
South Carolina?
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 1.     115 CONG. REC. 38877, 38878, 91st Cong. 1st Sess.
 2.     112 CONG. REC. 3176, 89th Cong. 2d Sess.
 3.     John W. McCormack (Mass.).
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The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: Messrs. 
Whitener, Williams, Horton, and Roudebush.(4) 
Alternate Conferees
Sec.    6.10 The Speaker may be authorized to appoint alternate managers 
on a conference committee to serve in lieu of managers unavoidably 
absent.
On Aug. 16, 1950,(5) the following proceedings occurred regarding H.R. 
7786, a general appropriation bill:

MR. [CLARENCE] CANNON [of Missouri]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Speaker appoint four alternate managers on the part of 
the House at the conference with the Senate on House bill 7786 to serve 
in lieu of managers unavoidably absent.
THE SPEAKER:(6) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Missouri? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and appoints the 
following conferees: Messrs. Bates of Kentucky, Passman, McGrath, and 
Furcolo.
Appointment of Replacement Conferees
Sec.    6.11 Upon the death of a Member who has been appointed to a 
conference committee, the Speaker appoints a replacement.
The Speaker's statement, placed in the Congressional Record on Sept. 
11, 1984,(7) is self-explan-atory.
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREE ON S. 38, H.R. 1904, H.R. 5167 AND S. 2496
THE SPEAKER:(8) The Chair appoints the gentleman from California, Mr. 
Hawkins, as a conferee to fill the vacancies caused by the death of 
Representative Perkins of Kentucky on the following conferences:
S. 38, Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act amendments;
H.R. 1904, Child Abuse Amendments of 1984;
H.R. 5167, Department of Defense Authorization Act; and
S. 2496, Adult Education Act Amendments of 1984.
Sec.    6.12 Under the earlier practice (before 1993), the Speaker could 
appoint additional conferees, after the original appointment, only 
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 4.     Representatives Whitener and Williams were members of the 
majority party; Representatives Horton and Roudebush were members of 
the minority party.
 5.     96 CONG. REC. 12607, 81st Cong. 2d Sess.
 6.     Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
 7.     130 CONG. REC. 24790, 98th Cong. 2d Sess.
 8.     Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (Mass.).
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with the permission of the House. 
Conferees had been named to represent the House at the conference with 
the Senate on the bill H.R. 5383, the Age Discrimination in Employment 
Act Amendments of 1977, earlier in the day on Oct. 25, 1977.(9) One 
majority conferee had inadvertently been omitted from the list read by 
the Chair. The request carried here illustrates two points: first, the 
Speaker Pro Tempore can appoint a conferee only by unanimous consent; 
and second, the consent of the House was at that time required for the 
Chair to add (or remove) conferees after the original appointment. 
In adding the name of the additional conferee, the Chair also fixed his 
rank on the conference committee, reflecting the practice of 
recognizing committee seniority in the appointment of managers.

MR. [JOHN] BRADEMAS [of Indiana]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the Speaker be authorized to appoint one additional conferee on 
the bill H.R. 5283, to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act 
of 1967 to extend the age group of employees who are protected by the 
provisions of such act, and for other purposes.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(10) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Indiana?
MR. [JOHN H.] ROUSSELOT [of California]: Mr. Speaker, reserving the 
right to object, could the gentleman from Indiana tell us why this is 
necessary?
MR. BRADEMAS: Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
MR. ROUSSELOT: Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield to the distinguished 
gentleman.
MR. BRADEMAS: Mr. Speaker, I will respond to the gentleman that I am 
advised by the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor that 
inadvertently the name of one of the persons who was to have been named 
a House conferee was omitted. It is for that reason that I make the 
unanimous-consent request.
MR. ROUSSELOT: Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Indiana? The Chair hears none and, without objection, 
appoints the gentleman from California (Mr. Hawkins) as an additional 
conferee, to rank immediately after the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. 
Perkins).
There was no objection.
Senate Notification
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 9.     123 CONG. REC. 35029, 95th Cong. 1st Sess. Both the request of 
Mr. Brademas and the insert in the Congressional Record carry an 
incorrect number and year for the bill. The correct number and year are 
shown in the text above. 
10.     Abraham Kazen, Jr. (Tex.).
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Sec.    6.13 The Speaker directs the Clerk to notify the Senate of the 
appointment of additional House conferees.
On Sept. 20, 1972,(11) the following proceedings occurred:

MR. [HARLEY O.] STAGGERS [of West Virginia]: Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Speaker be authorized to appoint two 
additional conferees on the part of the House at the conference with 
the Senate on the bill S. 976 to promote competition among motor 
vehicle manufacturers in the design and production of safe motor 
vehicles having greater resistance to damage, and for other purposes.
THE SPEAKER:(12) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from West Virginia? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following 
conferees: Messrs. Eckhardt and Ware.
The Clerk will notify the Senate of the action of the House.
Authority of Speaker Pro Tempore To Appoint Conferees
Sec.    6.14 While a Member designated by the Speaker as Speaker Pro 
Tempore may exercise the authority to appoint conferees, only with the 
unanimous consent of the House, an elected Speaker Pro Tempore can make 
such appointments by virtue of his office.
 Where an objection was raised to the appointment of conferees by a 
designated Speaker Pro Tempore, the House proceeded to elect a Speaker 
Pro Tempore so the managers on the part of the House could be named.
On June 21, 1984,(13) the Majority Leader, James C. Wright, Jr., of 
Texas, was administered the oath as Speaker Pro Tempore to facilitate 
the appointment of conferees on the Department of Defense Authorization 
Act, 1985. The proceedings were as follows:
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 5167, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
AUTHORIZATION ACT, 1985
MR. [MELVIN] PRICE [of Illinois]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 5167) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1985 for the military functions of the 
Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel levels for that 
fiscal year for the Department of Defense, and for other purposes, with 
a Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree 
to the conference asked by the Senate.
There was no objection.
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11.     118 CONG. REC. 31418, 92d Cong. 2d Sess.
12.     Carl Albert (Okla.).
13.     130 CONG. REC. 17707, 17708, 98th Cong. 2d Sess.
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following conferees--
MR. [DICK] CHENEY [of Wyoming]: Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to 
object.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The gentleman reserves a right to object to 
the Chair's appointment of conferees?
MR. CHENEY: That is correct, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that one of the individuals to be 
appointed to serve on the conference from the House on the Defense 
authorization bill is not a member of the appropriate committee. I 
wonder if the Chair could clarify that for me.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The Chair will tell the gentleman that the 
Members to be appointed are those who were designated by Speaker 
O'Neill, and they are Members designated under the rule, members of the 
committee, and for purposes of specific amendments, as the rules of the 
House provide, when requested by the author of a specific amendment, 
the author of that specific amendment may be appointed to the 
conference expressly and solely for purposes of consideration of that 
amendment.
MR. CHENEY: Further reserving the right to object, it is my 
understanding, to be specific, that the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. 
AuCoin], who is not a member of the Armed Services Committee, is being 
appointed as a member of the conference specifically with respect to 
the MX.
I wonder if the Chair could confirm that for me.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The Chair would simply declare that the 
Speaker's designation of conferees is not for that reason subject to 
challenge, and whomever the Speaker has asked this presiding officer to 
appoint, will be appointed.
MR. CHENEY: Further reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, it is 
indeed my understanding under rule 10, clause 6, section F, that the 
Speaker does indeed have that authority, but the gentleman in the 
chair, obviously, is currently serving in that capacity but has asked 
for unanimous consent that we proceed with the appointment of the 
conferees.
I am deeply concerned about the precedent of appointing someone to 
serve on a conference committee who is not a member of the authorizing 
committee, and on that basis, I would be constrained to object to the 
appointment of conferees.
ELECTION OF HON. JIM WRIGHT AS SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE DURING THE ABSENCE 
OF THE SPEAKER
MR. [GILLIS W.] LONG of Louisiana: Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged 
resolution (H. Res. 531) and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
H. RES. 531
Resolved, That the Honorable Jim Wright, a Representative from the 
State of Texas, be, and he is hereby, elected Speaker pro tempore 
during the absence of the Speaker.
Resolved, That the President and the Senate be notified by the Clerk of 
the election of the Honorable Jim Wright as Speaker pro tempore during 
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The question is on the resolution.
MR. CHENEY: Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were-yeas 230, nays 
148, not voting 55, as follows: . . . 
SWEARING IN OF HON. JIM WRIGHT AS SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE DURING ABSENCE OF 
THE SPEAKER
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE (MR. WRIGHT): Will the dean of the House please 
come forward and administer the oath of office?
Mr. Wright assumed the chair and took the oath of office administered 
to him by the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. Whitten].
ORDER OF BUSINESS
MR. [WILLIAM E.] DANNEMEYER [of California]: Mr. Speaker, I have a 
parliamentary inquiry.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The Chair will recognize the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Dannemeyer] later. At this moment the Chair is 
appointing conferees.
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 5167
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The Chair appoints the following conferees on 
H.R. 5167:
From the Committee on Armed Services: Messrs. Price, Bennett, Stratton, 
Nichols, Daniel, Montgomery, Aspin, Dellums, Dickinson, Whitehurst, 
Spence, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hillis, and Mr. Badham.

Although not on the Committee on Armed Services, Mr. Les AuCoin, of 
Oregon, was appointed as one of the conferees "solely for 
consideration" of certain designated provisions in the House bill and 
the Senate amendment.(14) 
Sec.    6.15 Under a standing rule adopted in the 103d Congress, the 
Speaker may appoint additional conferees   or remove conferees after  
his initial appointment; but when this action is taken by a Speaker Pro 
Tempore, it requires unanimous consent. 
Following the rather intricate appointment of conferees on the Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1994, certain corrections and additions were 
called to the attention of the Speaker before the House met on the next 
day. The additions and corrections were initially announced by a 
designated Speaker Pro Tempore, but when a Member reserved the right to 
object to the unanimous-consent request put by the Chair, and indicated 
a desire for a prolonged discussion, the Speaker resumed the Chair 
which changed the parliamentary situation from one requiring consent to
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one which could be exercised under the provision of Rule X clause 6(f).
(15) 
The pertinent proceedings of July 15, 1993,(16) are set out below. 
APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONFER-EES ON H.R. 2264, OMNIBUS BUDGET 
RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(17) Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following additional conferees on H.R. 2264, the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993:
As additional conferees from the Committee on Agriculture, for 
consideration of title I and section 9005 (a)-(c) and (f) of the House 
bill, and title I and section 5001, 5002 (a), (b) and (d), and 5003 of 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. de la Garza, Rose, Glickman, Volkmer, Penny, Roberts, Emerson, 
and Gunderson. . . . 
MR. [ROBERT S.] WALKER [of Pennsylvania]: Mr. Speaker, I reserve the 
right to object.
THE SPEAKER:(18) The Chair advises the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. 
Walker] that these are the Speaker's additional appointments to the 
conference committee under rule X. Unanimous consent is not required 
under the rule, and consequently reservations of objection are not in 
order.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
MR. WALKER: Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
THE SPEAKER: The gentleman will state it.
MR. WALKER: Just before the Speaker took the chair, the action before 
the House then was without objection that these appointments would be 
made. I understand rule X, but are we going to now revise the procedure 
on the floor, and is the Speaker announcing such?
THE SPEAKER: The gentleman is correct.
Sec.    6.16 A Speaker Pro Tempore was by unanimous consent authorized to 
appoint additional conferees on a bill.
On Apr. 29, 1948,(19) the following proceedings occurred in the House:

MR. [PAUL W.] SHAFER [of Michigan]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Speaker pro tempore be authorized to appoint two 
additional conferees on the bill (S. 1641) to establish the Women's 
Army Corps in the Regular Army, to authorize the enlistment and 
appointment of women in the Regular Navy and Marine Corps and the Naval 
and Marine Corps Reserve, and for other purposes.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(20) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan? [After a 
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15.     See House Rules and Manual Sec. 701e (1997).
16.     139 CONG. REC. 15831, 15832, 103d Cong. 1st Sess.
17.     John W. Olver (Mass.).
18.     Thomas S. Foley (Wash.).
19.     94 CONG. REC. 5066, 80th Cong. 2d Sess.
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pause.] The Chair hears none and, without objection, appoints the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Andrews] and the gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
Johnson].
There was no objection.
Example of a Delayed Appointment of Conferees
Sec.    6.17 Instance where the Speaker did not announce his appointment 
of conferees until the second session of the Congress, where a 
conference had been requested in the first session, but where the 
number and variety of conferees was in dispute. 
The appointment of conferees was delayed due to controversy over the 
composition of the conference on H.R. 2005, the Social Security 
Minor and Technical Changes Act of 1985. The House had requested a 
conference on Dec. 10, 1985, but achieving jurisdictional "balance" and 
reconciling opposing claims by several House committees delayed a 
decision. The list of conferees carried here(1) illustrates the 
diversity of jurisdictions which were involved in the superfund 
legislation.

THE SPEAKER:(2) Pursuant to the action of the House on December 10, 
1985, the Chair appoints the following Superfund conferees on H.R. 
2005:
From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of titles 
I-III of the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and the entire 
Senate amendment, except for title II:
Messrs. Dingell, Florio, Eckart of Ohio, Ralph M. Hall, Tauzin; and
Mr. Swift (solely for sections 102, 103, 105, 111, 113, 115, 117, 120, 
121, 122, 123, 124, and 127 of title I and title III of the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference including section 157 of the Senate amendment); and 

Mr. Wyden (solely for sections 101, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 
114, 116, 118, 119, 125, and 126 of title I and title II of the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference); and
Messrs. Broyhill, Lent, Ritter, and Fields.
From the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, for 
consideration of titles I, II (except for section 205) and IV of the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment, and title I of the Senate 
amendment, except for sections 110, 111, 127, 157, and 160 thereof:

Messrs. Howard, Anderson, Roe, Breaux, Mineta, Edgar, Snyder, 
Hammerschmidt, Stangeland, and Gingrich.
From the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, for 
consideration of title III of the House 
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amendment to the Senate amendment, and sections 110, 111, 127, and 160 
of title I of the Senate amendment:
Messrs. Anderson, Roe, Edgar, Snyder, and Hammerschmidt.
From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of title V of 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and title II of the Senate 
amendment:
Messrs. Rostenkowski, Pickle, Rangel, Stark, Downey of New York, Russo, 
Pease, Duncan, Archer, Vander Jagt, and Frenzel.
From the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, for consideration 
of sections 104, 107, 108, 111, 113, 116, 121, and 122 of title I of 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference:
Messrs. Jones of North Carolina, Biaggi, Studds, Young of Alaska, and 
Davis.
From the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, for consideration 
of title IV of the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Jones of North Carolina, Biaggi, and Studds, Ms. Mikulski, and 
Messrs. Lowry of Washington, Tauzin, Young of Alaska, Davis, Lent, and 
Fields.
From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of sections 107, 
113, 117, 119, and 122 of title I and sections 203 and 206 of title II 
of the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference:
Messrs. Rodino, Glickman, Frank, Fish, and Kindness.
From the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of section 213 
of title II of the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and section 
162 of title I of the Senate amendment:
Mr. McCurdy and Mr. Martin of New York.
Specific Conferees From Another Committee Appointed on Portion of 
Senate Amendment in Nature of Substitute
Sec.    6.18 Instance where the Speaker appointed as sole conferees for 
consideration of a portion of a Senate amendment only members from the 
committee having jurisdiction over that nongermane part, reserving 
until a later day the appointment of managers to cover the       
remainder of the Senate amendment. 
H.R. 1197, the Vessel Tonnage Measurement Simplification Act, had been 
reported by the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. The 
Senate amendment added two sections dealing with strip mining 
regulations, a matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs. Mr. Ashley's request (made in his 
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that the House would disagree to the total Senate amendment, so a valid 
conference could not be commenced until managers were appointed with 
authority to confer on the entirety of the amendment. The conferees 
from the membership of the Merchant Marine Committee were in fact 
appointed by the Speaker on the following day and given sole authority 
to negotiate on the other sections of the Senate amendment.(3) 
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 1197, TONNAGE MEASUREMENT 
SIMPLIFICATION ACT
MR. [THOMAS L.] ASHLEY [of Ohio]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 1197) to simplify the 
tonnage measurement of certain vessels, with a Senate amendment 
thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment, and request    a conference 
with the Senate thereon. . . . 
THE SPEAKER:(4) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Ohio?
MR. [NICK J.] RAHALL [II, of West Virginia]: Mr. Speaker, reserving the 
right to object, I would ask the distinguished gentleman from Ohio the 
parliamentary situation. As I understand it, the merchant marine 
jurisdiction will be separated entirely from the Surface Mining Act 
that has amendments that have been tacked on by the other body?
MR. ASHLEY: Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
MR. RAHALL: I yield to the gentleman.
MR. ASHLEY: I would say to my friend from West Virginia he described 
the situation with his customary accuracy. That is precisely what is 
going to happen. The conferees from the Merchant Marine and Fisheries 
Committee, being inexpert in the matter relating to the nongermane 
Senate amendment, will not be charged with responsibility of making 
decisions in that matter. Rather, the appropriate committee of 
jurisdiction conferees from the appropriate committee of jurisdiction 
will have that responsibility.
MR. RAHALL: All conferees on the surface mining amendments which were 
passed a second time by the Senate in order to attach it to this 
merchant marine bill, all of the conferees on that part of the 
legislation will be appointed by the House Interior and Insular Affairs 
Committee chairman?
MR. ASHLEY: The gentleman is right. . . . 
THE SPEAKER: Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Ashley)? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following 
conferees: Messrs. Udall, Bingham, Seiberling, Eckhardt, Carr, 
Kostmayer, Murphy of Pennsylvania, Rahall, Vento, Howard, Lujan, Young 
of Alaska, Symms, Marriott, and Cheney, with respect to disagreement 
with matters contained in sections 4 and 5 of the Senate amendment and 
modifications committed to conference.
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The Chair states further the Chair will appoint additional conferees on 
sections 1, 2, and 3 on tomorrow.

Parliamentarian's Note: The Speaker's appointment of the remaining 
conferees on the next day did not require unanimous consent, since the 
original appointment did not cover all the provisions of the Senate 
amendment committed to conference and the partial appointment left the 
conference committee incomplete.  A motion to instruct the conferees 
remained a viable option until the final managers were named.
Additional Conferees
Sec.    6.19 By unanimous consent, additional conferees may be appointed 
subsequent to the original appointment.(5) 
On July 24, 1972,(6) the following occurred in the House:

MR. [GEORGE P.] MILLER of California: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Speaker be authorized to appoint two additional 
managers on the part of the House to the conference on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the bill (H.R. 14108) to authorize 
appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and 
for other purposes.
THE SPEAKER:(7) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
California?
There was no objection.
THE SPEAKER: The Chair appoints as additional managers on the part of 
the House at the conference on the bill H.R. 14108 the following 
Members: Mr. Symington of Missouri, and Mr. Mosher of Ohio.(8) 
Speaker Sometimes Reserves Right To Appoint Additional Conferees
Sec.    6.20 While ordinarily the Speaker adds new conferees to a list of 
those previously appointed by unanimous consent at the time of the 
subsequent appointment, he can reserve the right to make additional 
appointments and 
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 5.     Pursuant to a change in Rule X clause 6(f) in the 93d Congress, 
the Speaker was given the authority to add or remove House managers 
after his original appointment. H. Res. 5, 139 CONG. REC. 49, 103d 
Cong. 1st Sess., Jan. 5, 1993.
 6.     118 CONG. REC. 24863, 92d Cong. 2d Sess.
 7.     Carl Albert (Okla.).
 8.     See, for example, 118 CONG. REC. 19909, 92d Cong. 2d Sess., June 
7, 1972; 117 CONG. REC. 26442, 92d Cong. 1st Sess., July 21, 1971; 113 
CONG. REC. 16199, 90th Cong. 1st Sess., June 19, 1967; 95 CONG. REC. 
7733, 81st Cong. 1st Sess., June 15, 1949; and 94 CONG. REC. 222, 80th 
Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 15, 1948.
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delineate portions of the bill for specific conferees at the time of 
the original appointment. 
It is often necessary to allow a conference to begin organizing before 
the final appointment of conferees and specific assignment of 
conference responsibilities. When the request was made on Aug. 7, 1987,
(9) to go to conference on H.R. 3, the Trade and National Economic 
Policy Reform Act of 1987, a core group of conferees from 12 committees 

was appointed, along with the Majority Leader, as an additional 
conferee.

THE SPEAKER:(10) The Chair appoints the following conferees from the 
committees designated and, without objection, reserves the authority to 
make additional appointments of conferees and to specify particular 
portions of the House bill and Senate amendment as the subjects of the 
various appointments.
From the Committee on Ways and Means: Messrs. Rostenkowski, Gibbons, 
and Duncan; 
From the Committee on Agriculture: Messrs. de la Garza, Brown of 
California, and Roberts; . . . 
From the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Messrs. Roe, 
Walgren, and Lujan; and
As an additional conferee: Mr. Gephardt.
There was no objection.

On Sept. 16, 1987,(11) the Speaker supplemented his original 
appointment, using the authority reserved when he made the initial 
appointment, by naming 156 conferees. 

THE SPEAKER: On August 7, 1987, the Chair appointed conferees on H.R. 
3, the omnibus trade bill. Pursuant to the order of the House of that 
day, the Chair will now supplement that initial appointment.
Accordingly, the Chair appoints the following Members from the 
committees designated, including both the Members initially appointed 
and Members newly appointed, as conferees and specifies particular 
portions of the House bill and Senate amendment as the subjects of the 
various appointments.
Without objection, the appointment will appear at this point in the 
Record.
There was no objection.
The list of conferees is as follows:
CONFEREES ON THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL (H.R. 3)
From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of titles I, 
II, VIII, and XV and sections 704 and 906 of the House bill, and titles 
I, II, III (except sections 308 and 310), IV (except sections 412 
through 415), V through VIII, IX (except sections 963, 967 through 972, 
974, 975, and 977) 
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 9.     133 CONG. REC. 23028, 100th Cong. 1st Sess.
10.     James C. Wright, Jr. (Tex.).
11.     133 CONG. REC. 24071, 100th Cong. 1st Sess.
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of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Jenkins, Downey of New York, Pease, 
Russo, Gephardt, Guarini, Matsui, Duncan, Archer, Vander Jagt, Crane, 
and Frenzel.(12) 
Appointment During Adjournment
Sec.    6.21 The House may grant unanimous consent that, not-withstanding 
adjournment of the House, the Clerk be authorized to receive a message 
from the Senate on a House bill, that the House disagree to the 
amendments of the Senate and agree to a conference, and that the 
Speaker appoint managers on the part of the House.
On Sept. 19, 1940,(13) Speaker Sam Rayburn, of Texas, recognized Mr. 
Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina, who made the following 
unanimous-consent request:

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that, notwithstanding the 
adjournment of the House, the Clerk of the House be authorized to 
receive any message on the bill (H.R. 10413) to provide revenue, and 
for other purposes, that the House disagree to the amendments of the 
Senate to such bill and agree to the conference thereon, and that the 
Speaker appoint managers on the part of the House to attend said 
conference.

No objection to the request was heard.(14) 
Sec.    6.22 Where the Speaker appoints conferees for the House during an 
adjournment pursuant to authority granted him, he so informs the House 
of that fact on the next legislative day so the Record and Journal may 
record that action.
On Sept. 23, 1940,(15) Speaker Sam Rayburn, of Texas, made the 
following announcement:

Pursuant to the authority granted on Thursday, September 19, 1940,(16) 
the Chair did on Friday, September 20, 1940, appoint as managers on the 
part of the House to attend the conference on H.R. 10413, the excess-
profits-tax bill, the following Members of the House: Mr. Doughton, Mr. 
Cullen, Mr. 
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12.     Parliamentarian's Note: The Speaker named a total of 156 
conferees on this bill, representing 13 committees of the House. This 
was the largest number of managers ever named to a conference up to 
that time.
13.     86 CONG. REC. 12360, 76th Cong. 3d Sess.
14.     See also 84 CONG. REC. 11105, 76th Cong. 1st Sess., Aug. 4, 1939.
15.     86 CONG. REC. 12461, 76th Cong. 3d Sess.
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McCormack, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Treadway, Mr. Crowther, Mr. Knutson.
Conferees From Several Committees
Sec.    6.23 A conference committee, composed of three members from the 
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and two members from the 
Committee on the Judiciary, was appointed to consider the House 
amendments to a Senate bill providing for punishment for willful damage 
to aircraft.
On May 17, 1956,(17) the following proceedings occurred:

MR. [J. PERCY] PRIEST [of Tennessee]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's desk the bill (S. 2972) to punish 
the willful damaging or destroying of aircraft and attempts to damage 
or destroy aircraft, and for other purposes, with a House amendment 
thereto, insist on the House amendment, and agree to the conference 
asked by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(18) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Tennessee? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none and appoints the 
following conferees: Messrs. Harris, Williams of Mississippi, Willis, 
Wolverton, and Crumpacker.(19) 
Sec.    6.24 Where a bill which had been reported from the one standing 
committee, but was called up with a substitute text which was the joint 
product of two committees, the Speaker appointed members from both 
committees as conferees. 
H.R. 13565, the Federal Non-nuclear Energy Research and Development Act 
of 1974, was reported from the House Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs. Bills of a similar import had been referred to the Committee 
on Science and Astronautics but not formally reported therefrom. 
When a special order (H. Res. 1325) was reported from the Committee on 
Rules providing for the consideration of H.R. 13565, that committee 
made in order an amendment in the nature of a 
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18.     Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
19.     Representatives Harris, Williams, and Wolverton were members of 
the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, which reported S. 
2972. Representatives Willis and Crum-packer were members of the 
Committee on the Judiciary which reported H.R. 319, the provisions of 
which were inserted as a substitute for S. 2972.
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substitute for the Interior text, a substitute which was acceptable to 
both committees. It was this mutually agreed upon substitute which was 
in conference with the Senate version of the bill (S. 1283) when the 
Speaker appointed conferees.(20) The conferee ratio was five majority, 
three minority; three of the majority were from the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs, and two were from the Science Committee.

MR. [JAMES A.] HALEY [of Florida]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to take from the Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 1283) to establish 
a national program for research, development, and demonstration in 
fuels and energy and for the coordination and financial supplementation 
of Federal energy research and development, and for other purposes, 
with a House amendment thereto, and agree to the conference asked by 
the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(1) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Florida?
The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: Messrs. 
Udall, Bingham, Seiberling, Teague, McCormack, Ruppe, Dellenback, and 
Mosher.
Sec.    6.25 Where a House bill had been referred to one committee, 
sequentially referred to a second, but had passed the House with the 
text recommended by the first, the Speaker appointed confer-ees from 
both committees, weighted in favor of the committee whose text had 
prevailed on the House floor. 
Both the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs has considered bills dealing with the national 
petroleum reserves. H.R. 49 had been reported first from the Interior 
Committee on Mar. 18, 1975. It was referred sequentially to the 
Committee on Armed Services, which on Apr. 18, 1975, reported to the 
House two bills: H.R. 49 and H.R. 5919. When H.R. 49 was considered in 
the House, pursuant to House Resolution 416, a special order which 
permitted both of the texts recommended by the two committees to 
receive consideration, the version advocated by the Committee on Armed 
Services prevailed. Of the 10 managers named by the Speaker,(2) seven 
were from Interior and Insular Affairs and three were from Armed 
Services-seven rep-
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20.     See 120 CONG. REC. 31745, 93d Cong. 2d Sess., Sept. 19, 1974.
 1.     Carl Albert (Okla.).
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resented the majority party and three represented the minority.

MR. [JOHN] MELCHER [of Montana]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 49) to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish on certain public lands of the 
United States national petroleum reserves the development of which 
needs to be regulated in a manner consistent with the total energy 
needs of the Nation, and for other purposes, with Senate amendments 
thereto, disagree to the Senate amendments, and request a conference 
with the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(3) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Montana? The Chair hears none and appoints the following conferees: 
Messrs. Melcher, Johnson of California, Phillip Burton, Runnels, Miller 
of California, Price, Bennett, Skubitz, Steiger of Arizona, and 
Dickinson.

Another appointment of conferees on Oct. 25, 1977,(4) where a bill was 
sequentially referred but where the sequential committee was successful 
in having a major amendment reflecting its jurisdictional interest 
adopted in the House, is carried here to illustrate the significance of 
a sequential referral in the Chair's choice of managers at a 
conference.

MR. [CARL D.] PERKINS [of Kentucky]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 5383) to amend 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of  [1977] to extend the age 
group of employees who are protected by the provisions of such act, and 
for other purposes, with Senate amendments thereto, disagree to the 
Senate amendments, and agree to the conference requested by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(5) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Kentucky? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: 
Messrs. Perkins, Dent, Beard of Rhode Island, Michael O. Myers, Le 
Fante, Weiss, Clay, Corrada, Pepper, Quie, Sarasin, Jeffords, Pursell, 
Findley, and as additional conferees solely for the consideration of 
sections 4(c) and 5 of the House bill and modification thereof 
committed to conference: Mrs. Spellman, and Messrs. Heftel and 
Derwinski. 
Sec.    6.26 The Speaker appointed a conference committee consisting of 
members of two standing committees of the House to consider, 
respectively, provisions in a Senate-amended House bill relating to 
airport facilities expansion, and the revenue provisions therein.
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 3.     Carl Albert (Okla.).
 4.     123 CONG. REC. 34987, 95th Cong. 1st Sess.
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On Mar. 3, 1970,(6) the following proceedings occurred:

MR. [HARLEY O.] STAGGERS [of West Virginia]: Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 
14465) to provide for the expansion and improvement of the Nation's 
airport and airway system, for the imposition of airport and airway 
user charges, and for other purposes, with Senate amendments thereto, 
disagree to the Senate amendments and request a conference with the 
Senate thereon.
THE SPEAKER:(7) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
West Virginia? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following 
conferees: Messrs. Staggers, Friedel, Dingell, Pickle, Springer, Devine 
and Watson.(8) 
As to the tax provision of the Senate amendments, the Chair appoints 
Messrs. Mills, Boggs, Watts, Byrnes of Wisconsin, and Betts.(9) 
Sec.    6.27 When appointing the conferees on a federal-aid highway bill 
(which contained both authorizations and revenue features), the Speaker 
selected members from both committees which had jurisdiction of the 
subject matter-the Committee on Public Works and the Committee on Ways 
and Means.
On June 20, 1961,(10) the following proceedings occurred:

MR. [GEORGE W.] FALLON [of Maryland]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 6713) to amend 
certain laws relating to Federal-aid highways, to make certain 
adjustments in the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes, 
with Senate amendments thereto, disagree to the Senate amendments, and 
agree to the conference asked by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(11) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Maryland? The Chair hears none and appoints the following 
conferees: On title I, Messrs. Fallon, Davis of Tennessee, Blatnik, 
Scherer, and Cramer;(12) on title II, Messrs. Mills, King of 
California, O'Brien of Illinois, Mason, and Byrnes of Wisconsin.(13) 
Conferees From Four Committees, With General Negotiating Authority
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 6.     116 CONG. REC. 5713, 91st Cong. 2d Sess.
 7.     John W. McCormack (Mass.).
 8.     Members of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
 9.     Members of the Committee on Ways and Means.
10.     107 CONG. REC. 10832, 87th Cong. 1st Sess.
See also 102 CONG. REC. 9559, 84th Cong. 2d Sess., June 5, 1956.
11.     Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
12.     Members of the Committee on Public Works.
13.     Members of the Committee on Ways and Means.
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Sec.    6.28 Pending a unanimous-consent request to send to conference a 
bill reported by four House committees, the Speaker indicated that he 
would exercise his discretion to appoint managers from all four 
committees and permit them to negotiate on all aspects of the bill.
On July 27, 1979,(14) the chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries, John M. Murphy, of New York, which had plenary 
jurisdiction under the then-applicable provisions of Rule X(15) over 
the Panama Canal, asked unanimous consent to send the bill H.R. 111, 
the Panama Canal Act of 1979, with the Senate amendments thereto, to 
conference. After the Speaker's response to the parliamentary inquiry, 
there was an objection to the request. On July 30, 1979,(16) a special 
order was called up by a member of the Committee on Rules which on its 
adoption sent the bill to conference. The dispute over the authority of 
the conferees was restated during the debate on that resolution. After 
adoption of the motion to instruct conferees, the Speaker appointed 18 
conferees, representing the Committees on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries, Foreign Affairs, Post Office and Civil Service, and the 
Judiciary. The list of those appointed was not arranged according to 
seniority, nor by committee affiliation, although senior members of the 
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries were named first. The 
proceedings on the two dates are carried here, with a portion of the 
debate which is relevant to the mandate of the conferees.
MR. [JOHN M.] MURPHY of New York: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 111) to enable the 
United States to maintain American security and interests respecting 
the Panama Canal, for the duration of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, 
with Senate amendments thereto, disagree to the Senate amendments, and 
request a conference with the Senate.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
THE SPEAKER:(17) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Murphy)?
MR. [ROBERT E.] BAUMAN [of Maryland]: Mr. Speaker, reserving the right 
to object, I do so to propound an inquiry to the Chair.
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15.     Clause 1(n)(8), House Rules and Manual Sec. 683 (1979).
16.     125 CONG. REC. 21298, 21302, 21309, 96th Cong. 1st Sess.
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Under the rule which allows wide discretion to the Speaker to appoint 
conferees on any bill, the Speaker may designate certain conferees to 
deal with only limited portions of the bill.
The bill that is the subject of the request of the gentleman from New 
York, H.R. 111, had a joint referral to four different committees, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service, and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Those first three committees had very 
limited jurisdiction over parts of the bill. If this request is 
granted, is it the intention of the Chair to designate conferees 
limited to the jurisdiction of the committees which they represent, 
rather than to permit all conferees to vote on the entire bill?
THE SPEAKER: The Chair will appoint the conferees from all committees 
and they will have authority to negotiate on the entire bill.
MR. BAUMAN: Mr. Speaker, I object to the request.
THE SPEAKER: Objection is heard. . . . 
PROVIDING FOR SENDING H.R. 111 TO CONFERENCE
MR. [LEO C.] ZEFERETTI [of New York]: Mr. Speaker, by direction of the 
Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 390 and ask for its 
immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
H. RES. 390
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution the bill (H.R. 111) 
to enable the United States to maintain American security and interests 
respecting the Panama Canal, for the duration of the Panama Canal 
Treaty of 1977, with the Senate amendments thereto, is taken from the 
Speaker's table to the end that the House disagrees to the Senate 
amendments and requests a conference with the Senate thereof.

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(18) The gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Zeferetti) is recognized for 1 hour.
MR. ZEFERETTI: Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield 30 
minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Bauman), and, pending that, 
I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, generally after passage of a House bill which is in 
disagreement with the companion passed bill in the Senate the chairman 
or chairmen of the committee or committees involved will ask the House 
to request a conference. This is usually done by unanimous consent so 
as not to take up the valuable time of the House.
However, last week on a motion to send House Resolution 111 to 
conference an objection was raised by an opponent of the measure. In 
this instance it would require the four committees who have 
jurisdiction over this bill to meet and vote on whether to direct the 
chairmen of these respective committees to offer a motion on the floor 
to request a conference. Unfortunately, such a procedure would require 
a significant amount of time and would have delayed further 
consideration of this bill.
The Rules Committee has been informed by the chairman of the Mer-
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chant Marine and Fisheries Committee that it is imperative for the 
House and Senate conferees to begin deliberation immediately so as to 
effectively come to agreement at the earliest possible date.
To remedy this situation the Rules Committee has reported out House 
Resolution 390 to effectively allow the legislative process on House 
Resolution 111 to progress without any further delays. . . . 
MR. BAUMAN: Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Maryland did indeed object 
to sending this bill to conference when the request was made to do so 
on last Friday. . . . 
Under rule 701(d) of the Rules of the House, the Speaker of the House 
has almost unlimited discretion to name conferees on any matter, and 
that discretion cannot be challenged in the House. But he also has the 
discretion to limit the jurisdiction of individual conferees to those 
parts of the bill that deal directly with the jurisdiction of their 
committees.
It is proposed that when later today we finally reach the point of 
naming conferees, at least 18 conferees will be named from four 
different committees of jurisdiction. I can tell the House, and I think 
I have some proper judgment, having dealt with this issue in some 
detail for many months, that the majority of those conferees are not 
necessarily in favor of the House's position. . . . 
Now I certainly do not criticize the Speaker of the House in any way 
for using the powers at his command. That is the way the House is run. 
. . . 
When this bill was first brought before the House, H.R. 111 was the 
product in the most part of the Committee on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries, of which the gentleman from New York (Mr. Murphy), is the 
distinguished chairman.
The other three committees had limited jurisdiction over parts of the 
bill and dealt mainly with those parts dealing with Foreign Affairs, 
Post Office and Civil Service, and Judiciary. And when the rule that 
was granted by the Rules Committee was brought before the House, it 
even limited their committee amendments to the areas of their 
jurisdiction.
Now, what is proposed by the Speaker, and, as I say, it is within his 
rights that all of the conferees, is that all 18 conferees vote on all 
parts of the bill. I have no doubt that the other body will name 
conferees opposed to the House bill; and what may well happen is the 
House's position will not be upheld. . . . 
MR. ZEFERETTI: Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the 
resolution.
The previous question was ordered.
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
MOTION OFFERED BY MR. BAUMAN
MR. BAUMAN: Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion.
The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. Bauman moves that the conferees on the part of the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill H.R. 111, be instructed 
to adhere to the language of sections 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110 of 
chapter 1; sections 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, and 250 of chapter 5; 
sections 371, 372, 373, and 374 of chapter 9 of H.R. 111 as passed by 
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House with respect to the matters considered therein. . . . 

So the motion was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following conferees: Messrs. Murphy of New York, Dingell, Bowen, 
Hubbard, Bonior, Wyatt, Zablocki, Fascell, Hanley, Ms. Holtzman, Mrs. 
Schroeder, Messrs. Harris, McCloskey, Bauman, Carney, Broomfield, 
Derwinski, and Fish.
There was no objection.
Appointing Proponents of Major Amendments
Sec.    6.29 The proponent of a major amendment adopted by the House may 
be named as an additional conferee solely for consideration of that 
provision and modifications thereof committed to conference. 
During consideration in the House of H.R. 6161, the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1977,(19) Mr. John B. Breaux, of Louisiana, a Member not 
of the committee which had brought the bill to the House, offered an 
amendment which was amended by a substitute which was subsequently 
adopted by the House with the support of the author of the original 
amendment. As shown by the appointment below,(20) he was named as a 
conferee on that provision.

MR. [HARLEY O.] STAGGERS [of West Virginia]: Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 6161) 
to amend the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes, with a Senate 
amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to the 
conference asked by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(1) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
West Virginia? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following 
conferees: Messrs. Staggers, Moss, Dingell, Rogers, Satterfield, 
Waxman, Maguire, Devine, Broyhill, and Carter, and an additional 
Member, Mr. Breaux, solely for the consideration of section 108(a) of 
the House bill and modifications thereof committed to conference.

Another instance where the Speaker named as an additional conferee the 
sponsor of an amendment which was amended by a substitute and then 
adopted, is found in the proceedings of Oct. 
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19.     H.R. 6161, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, was reported 
from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Mr. Breaux was 
not a member of that committee. 
20.     See 123 CONG. REC. 20132, 95th Cong. 1st Sess., June 21, 1977.
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4, 1978,(2) when the Chair appointed managers on the part of the House 
at the conference on the disagreeing votes on H.R. 8309, the Navigation 
Development Act.

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(3) The Clerk will report the title of H.R. 
8309.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: Pursuant to House Resolution 1325, H.R. 8309 
is considered as having been taken from the Speaker's table with the 
Senate amendments thereto, Senate amendments numbered 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 
shall be considered as having been disagreed to; Senate amendments 
numbered 2 and 3 shall be considered as having been agreed to; Senate 
amendment No. 8 shall be considered as having been concurred in with an 
amendment inserting in lieu of said Senate amendment the text of H.R. 
13059, as passed by the House, and the House shall be considered as 
having insisted upon disagreement to Senate amendments numbered 1, 4, 
5, 6, and 7, and having insisted upon its amendment to Senate amendment 
No. 8 and having requested a conference with the Senate thereon.
Without objection the Chair appoints the following conferees:
Messrs. Johnson of California, Roberts, Breaux, Ginn, Mineta, Harsha, 
Don H. Clausen, Ullman, Rostenkowski, Burleson of Texas, Waggonner, 
Jones of Oklahoma, Conable, and Frenzel.
As an additional conferee, Mr. Blouin, solely for consideration of 
those portions of section 102 and 103 of the House bill and 
modifications thereof committed to conference.
There was no objection.
A similar House bill (H.R. 13059) was laid on the table.
Appointing Sponsors of Specific Amendments or Provisions
Sec.    6.30 Where a series of amendments offered during House 
consideration of a bill were "accepted" by the manager and agreed to by 
a voice vote, the Speaker still acceded to the request of the Member to 
be named as an additional conferee on those specific amendments and 
modifications committed to conference. 
During consideration in the Committee of the Whole of S. 9, the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1977, Mr. John D. Dingell, 
Jr., of Michigan, offered a series of amendments which went to the 
authority of the Secretary of Energy to administer the Act. The 
Speaker's appointment of conferees is carried here.(4) 
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 3.     John Brademas (Ind.).
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MR. [JOHN M.] MURPHY of New York: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to take from the Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 9) to establish a 
policy for the management of oil and natural gas in the Outer 
Continental Shelf; to protect the marine and coastal environment; to 
amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; and for other purposes, 
with House amendments thereto, insist on the House amendments, and 
agree to the conference asked for by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER:(5) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: 
Messrs. Murphy of New York, Udall, Eilberg, Breaux, Studds, Hughes, 
Miller of California, Dodd, Seiberling, Fish, Forsythe, Young of 
Alaska, and Treen.
And as an additional conferee, Mr. Dingell, of Michigan, solely for 
consideration of the provisions contained on page 8, lines 1-8; page 
20, lines 12-14; page 30, lines 5-11; page 156, line 24 through page 
158, line 18; and on page 167, lines 10-17 of the House engrossed 
amendment to the bill S. 9 and modifications thereof committed to 
conference.
Sec.    6.31 Where an amendment was offered "at the direction of the 
committee of jurisdiction" and was adopted on the floor of the House, 
the Speaker named the sponsor of the amendments, who was not a member 
of the reporting committee, as a manager on those parts of the text 
incorporating the amendment. 
S. 914, the National Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1979 
(considered in the House as H.R. 2063) was reported and managed on the 
floor of the House by the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. 
The amendment offered and successfully advocated by Mr. William S. 
Moorhead, of Pennsylvania, was brought to the floor by direction of the 
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, pursuant to a motion 
adopted in that committee, which did not have a referral of the bill. 
The appointment of the managers, including the specific designations by 
section and subject matter assigned to the additional conferee, are 
shown here.(6) 

MR. [BRIAN J.] DONNELLY [of Massachusetts]: Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 
914) to extend the Appalachian Regional Development Act and title V of 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and to provide 
for multistate regional development commissions to promote balanced 
development in the regions of the Nation, with
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the House amendments thereto, insist on the House amendments, and agree 
to the conference asked by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(7) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Massachusetts? The Chair hears none and, without 
objection, appoints the following conferees: Messrs. Johnson of 
California, Roe, Oberstar, and Nowak, Mrs. Bouquard, Messrs. Evans of 
Georgia, Harsha, Hammerschmidt, and Clinger.
As an additional conferee for consideration only of the following 
provisions of the House amendment and Senate modifications relating 
thereto committed to conference: In section 103 of the House amendment, 
the following provisions added to title II of the Public Works and 
Economic Act of 1965: Section 202(f); in section 203(a), the 10-year 
limitation on partial payment of interest by the Secretary; in section 
203(c), the 4 per centum minimum rate payable by the Secretary; in 
section 205(4), the provision following the comma in the second 
sentence, exempting the extension of maturity of a loan or guarantee 
from the restrictions on maturities; and section 205(7), paragraphs A 
through E: Mr. Moorhead of Pennsylvania.
There was no objection.
Appointing Conferee From Second Committee To Reflect Senate's Unrelated 
Amendment
Sec.    6.32 Where a bill reported by one House committee had been 
amended in the Senate by the addition of an unrelated subject, the 
Speaker appointed as a manager at the conference a member of the House 
committee which had reported a bill similar to that which was the 
subject of the Senate amendment. 
H.R. 2440, the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, was the 
product of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Aircraft 
noise reduction was a legislative topic which had been sequentially 
referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, which had 
reported a bill (H.R. 3995, dealing with noise reduction) to the House. 
Mr. James J. Florio, of New Jersey, Chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Commerce, was named by the Speaker to act as a 
manager along with the members of the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation, without a specific limitation on his authority as a 
general conferee.(8) 

MR. [HAROLD T.] JOHNSON of California: Mr. Speaker, I move to take from 
the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2440) to repeal the prohibition 
against the 
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 7.     James C. Wright, Jr. (Tex.).
 8.     See 125 CONG. REC. 32827, 32828, 32831, 96th Cong. 1st Sess., 
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expenditure of certain discretionary funds under the 
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, with Senate amendments 
thereto, disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to the conference 
asked by the Senate.
MOTION OFFERED BY MR. JOHNSON  OF CALIFORNIA
THE SPEAKER:(9) The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:

Pursuant to rule I of the Rules of the House, Mr. Johnson of California 
moves to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2440) to repeal 
the prohibition against the expenditure of certain discretionary funds 
under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, with Senate 
amendments thereto, disagree with the amendments of the Senate thereon, 
and agree to the request for a conference.

THE SPEAKER: The gentleman from California (Mr. Johnson) is recognized 
for 1 hour. . . . 
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(10) Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following conferees: Messrs. Johnson of California, Roberts, Anderson 
of California, Levitas, Florio, Young of Missouri, Harsha, and Snyder.
There was no objection.
Sec.    6.33 Conferees are sometimes named to represent the House 
committee having jurisdiction over the subject matter of a Senate 
amendment not within the purview of the committee which reported the 
bill in the House. 
In the 95th Congress, the Committee on Education and Labor reported, 
and the House passed, H.R. 4544, the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 
1977. The Senate added an amendment placing an excise tax on coal, a 
matter within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Ways and 
Means. The Speaker appointed Members from that committee on the revenue 
provisions added by the Senate.(11) 

MR. [CARL D.] PERKINS [of Kentucky]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 4544) to amend 
the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act to improve the black lung 
benefits program established under such act, and for other purposes, 
with Senate amendments thereto, disagree to the Senate amendments, and 
request a conference with the Senate thereon.
THE SPEAKER:(12) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Kentucky? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following 
conferees:
Messrs. Perkins, Dent, Phillip Burton, Gaydos, Clay, Biaggi, Zeferetti, 
Michael O. Myers, Murphy of Pennsylvania, Corrada, Simon, Miller of 
Cali-
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 9.     Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (Mass.).
10.     Herbert E. Harris II (Va.).
11.     See 123 CONG. REC. 31032, 95th Cong. 1st Sess., Sept. 27, 1977.
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fornia, Thompson, Andrews of North Carolina, Ullman, Rostenkowski, 
Vanik, Quie, Erlenborn, Ashbrook, Sarasin, Edwards of Oklahoma, 
Jeffords, and Duncan of Tennessee.
Sec.    6.34 Where the Senate amended a House-passed bill on one subject 
by including the provisions of a second House-passed bill on another 
topic, the House then further amended by adding both propositions as 
separate titles, the Speaker then appointed separate groups of 
conferees to consider issues within their respective jurisdictions.
When H.R. 12467, the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services Amendments 
of 1978, passed the House on May 16, 1978, it was solely the product of 
the Committee on Education and Labor. The Senate then added the 
provisions of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities 
Construction Act, a matter within the jurisdiction, in the House, of 
the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, which had passed the 
House as H.R. 12326 on Sept. 18, 1978. By adding both House-passed 
texts as an amendment to the Senate amendment, the House was able to 
put both matters in conference as reflected in the Speaker Pro 
Tempore's appointment of conferees. Managers representing the two 
committees were exclusive conferees on the provisions within their 
respective jurisdictions.(13) 

MR. [CARL D.] PERKINS [of Kentucky]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 12467) to amend 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to extend certain programs established 
in such act, to establish a community service employment program for 
handicapped individuals, to provide for independent living 
rehabilitation services for the severely handicapped, and for other 
purposes, with House amendments to the Senate amendments thereto, 
insist on the House amendments to the Senate amendments, and to agree 
to the conference requested by the Senate.
Mr. Speaker, I might say, this is where we participate jointly with the 
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in the conference and we 
only have jurisdiction of titles I, II, III, and V of the House 
amendments to the Senate amendments, and that titles I, II, and IV of 
the Senate amendments.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(14) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kentucky?
The Chair hears none and, without objection appoints the following 
confer-
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ees only for considering titles I through IV of the House amendments to 
the Senate amendments and on modifications thereto committed to 
conference: Messrs. Perkins, Brademas, Beard of Rhode Island, Miller of 
California, Kildee, Heftel, Hawkins, Biaggi, Quie, Jeffords, and 
Erlenborn.
Without objection, the Chair appoints the following conferees only for 
consideration of title V of the House amendments to the Senate 
amendments and modifications thereto committed to conference: Messrs. 
Staggers, Rogers, Satterfield, Preyer, Scheuer, Waxman, Florio, Carter, 
Broyhill, and Madigan.
There was no objection.
Delineating Conferees' Authority; Specific Conferees Named on "Matters 
Which May Come Within That Committee's Jurisdiction"
Sec.    6.35 Where there are no textual references in a bill being sent 
to conference to a subject matter over which a committee has 
jurisdiction, the Speaker may nevertheless appoint managers from that 
committee to participate "where matters within its jurisdiction" are 
under discussion in conference. 
In the 96th Congress,(15) H.R. 4040, the Defense Department 
authorization bill, had not been given a sequential referral to the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence when it was reported by the 
Committee on Armed Services. There were no discernible textual 
references to intelligence activities, although some were undoubtedly 
inherent in programs authorized in the bill. The Speaker's appointment 
of six members of the permanent select committee, to confer "only when 
differences regarding intelligence-related activities are under 
consideration" was not opposed by the Committee on Armed Services and 
was not unique to this particular measure.

MR. [MELVIN] PRICE [of Illinois]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the House insist on its amendments to the Senate bill (S. 428) to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for procurement of 
aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, 
and other weapons, and for research, development, test, and evaluation 
for the Armed Forces, to prescribe the authorized personnel strength 
for each active duty component and the Selected Reserve of each Reserve 
component of the Armed Forces and for civilian personnel of the 
Department of Defense, to authorize the military training student 
loads, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for civil 
defense, and for other purposes, 
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and request a conference with the Senate thereon.
THE SPEAKER:(16) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Illinois? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following 
conferees: Messrs. Price, Bennett, Stratton, Ichord, Nedzi, Charles H. 
Wilson of California, White, Nichols, Bob Wilson, Dickinson, 
Whitehurst, Spence, and Beard of Tennessee, and, as additional 
conferees, Messrs. Burlison, Zablocki, Mineta, Boland, Robinson, and 
Whitehurst from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence only 
when differences regarding intelligence-related activities are under 
consideration.
Assignment of Specified Chapters of Bill Among Several Conferees
Sec.    6.36 The Speaker appointed a set of conferees for each chapter of 
a general appropriation bill and appointed four Members to sit on all 
chapters.
On Aug. 7, 1950,(17) after Mr. Clarence Cannon, of Missouri, asked 
unanimous consent to take H.R. 7786, the 1951 general appropriation 
bill, with Senate amendments thereto, from the Speaker's desk, disagree 
to the Senate amendments, and ask for  a conference with the Senate, 
Speaker Sam Rayburn, of Texas, stated:

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri? 
[After a pause.] The Chair hears none and appoints the following 
conferees:
Managers on the part of the House:
Messrs. Cannon, Rabaut, Norrell, Taber, and on Chap. I, Messrs. Bates 
of Kentucky, Yates, Furcolo, Stockman, and Wilson of Indiana; on Chap. 
II, Messrs. McGrath, Kirwan, Andrews, Canfield, and Scrivner; on Chap. 
III, Messrs. Rooney, Flood, Preston, Stefan, and Clevenger; on Chap. 
IV, Messrs. Gary, Fernandez, Passman, Canfield, and Coudert; on Chap. 
V, Messrs. Fogarty, Hedrick, McGrath, Scrivner, and Andersen; on Chap. 
VI, Messrs. Whitten, Stigler, Kruse, Andersen, and Horan; on Chap. VII, 
Messrs. Kirwan, Jackson of Washington, Gore, Jensen, and Fenton; on 
Chap. VIII, Messrs. Thomas, Gore, Andrews, Case of South Dakota, and 
Phillips of California; on Chap. IX, Messrs. Kerr, Gore, Hedrick, 
Wigglesworth, and Stefan; on Chap. X, Messrs. Mahon, Sheppard, Sikes, 
Plumley, and Wigglesworth; on Chap. X-A, Messrs. Gore, Hedrick, 
Passman, Wigglesworth, and Stefan; on Chap. X-B, Messrs. Gary, Rooney, 
Bates of Kentucky, Wigglesworth, and Stefan; on Chap. XI, Messrs. Gore, 
Hedrick, Passman, Wigglesworth, and Stefan.
After the appointment of the conferees, Mr. Cannon and Mr. Francis H. 
Case, of South Dakota, discussed how the conferees would 
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operate under the above arrangement:

MR. CANNON: Mr. Speaker, we expect to go to conference tomorrow morning 
at 10 o'clock. The bill will be taken up by chapters seriatim. As a 
chapter is reached the entire subcommittee which wrote that particular 
chapter, and which therefore is more familiar with it than anyone else 
on the committee, along with the other managers on the part of the 
House, will take up the chapter with the Senate conferees.
MR. CASE of South Dakota: This means, then, that the four Members who 
were first named will sit through the entire conference?
MR. CANNON: They are the ranking members on the central subcommittee 
which reported the bill to the House and will sit with the respective 
subcommittees throughout the conference.
MR. CASE of South Dakota: And the Members who are assigned to a 
particular chapter will receive notification as their particular 
chapter is approached?
MR. CANNON: When a chapter is taken up, the conferees on the next 
succeeding chapter will be notified. We hope to proceed with as little 
delay as possible, subject always to the approval of the managers on 
the part of the Senate.(18) 
Speaker May Qualify Authority of Conferees
Sec.    6.37 When appointing conferees on a multijurisdiction al bill, 
where some managers are named to consider very specific provisions, and 
where there will be many subconferences on specific issues, the Speaker 
sometimes appoints a core group of general conferees with the authority 
to report in total disagreement.
On June 10, 1988,(19) in appointing the managers on the part of the 
House to the conference on H.R. 4264, the Department of Defense 
Authorization Act for 1988, the Speaker named conferees from six 
committees. In the event one of the issues not within the jurisdiction 
of Armed Services were to block a total agreement, the Speaker deemed 
it advisable to have a small group of conferees (less than a majority 
of the total named) with specific authority to  report in disagreement.
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 4264, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989
THE SPEAKER:(20) The Chair appoints the following conferees on the bill 
(H.R. 
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19.     134 CONG. REC. 14077, 14078, 100th Cong. 2d Sess.
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4264) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces and for other purposes:
From the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of the entire 
House bill (except sections 4101 through 4110), and the entire Senate 
amendment (except sections 938 and 949), and as exclusive conferees 
with respect to any proposal to report in total disagreement: Messrs. 
Aspin, Bennett [and 32 more Members were appointed and listed].
As exclusive conferees from the Committee on Armed Services, solely for 
consideration of sections 209, 212, 935, and 936 of the House bill, and 
section 223 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Aspin, Bennett [and 14 more Members were appointed 
and listed].
As additional conferees from the Committee on Education and Labor, 
solely for consideration of sections 4101 through 4110 of the House 
bill, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Hawkins, Ford 
of Michigan [and 7 more Members were appointed and listed].
As additional conferees from the Committee on Armed Services, solely 
for consideration of sections 4101 through 4110 of the House bill, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Aspin, McCloskey, and 
Dickinson.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service, for consideration of section 917 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Ford of Michigan, Clay, 
Ackerman, Taylor, and Gilman.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Rules, for consideration 
of section 921 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Pepper, Moakley [and 5 more Members were appointed 
and listed]. . . . 
As additional conferees from the Committee on Ways and Means, for 
consideration of sections 938 and 949 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Rostenkowski, Gibbons 
[and 4 more Members were appointed and listed].
Assignment of Portions of Amendment to Members From Different 
Subcommittees
Sec.    6.38 When appointing conferees on a continuing appropriation 
bill, the Speaker named Members from different subcommittees of the 
full committee.
H.R. 3019 was a "long-term" continuing appropriation bill. As of March 
21, 1996, the government was being funded under a "short-term" 
continuing resolution, which carried funding through Apr. 3, 1996.(1) 
The motion to instruct 
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carried here was offered by the ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations but was defeated on a roll call vote of 
194-207.
One of the major impediments to wrapping up the general appropriation 
bill for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare was 
an amendment offered by Mr. Ernest J. Istook, Jr., of Oklahoma, 
relating to family planning. Because of the special interest 
surrounding this bill, the Speaker appointed the subcommittee chairs 
and ranking members on all parts of the bill except for the Istook 
amendment, where only managers from the Labor, HHS subcommittee were 
named. The pertinent proceedings of Mar. 21, 1996,(2) are carried 
below.
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 3019, BALANCED BUDGET DOWN-PAYMENT 
ACT, II
MR. [ROBERT] LIVINGSTON [of Louisiana]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 3019) making 
appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment 
toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes, with a Senate 
amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment and agree to the 
conference asked by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(3) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Louisiana?
There was no objection.
MOTION TO INSTRUCT OFFERED BY MR. OBEY
MR. [DAVID R.] OBEY [of Wisconsin]: Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to 
instruct.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. Obey moves that the managers on the part of the House at the 
conference of the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, H.R. 3019, be instructed to:
(a) agree to the position in the Senate amendment increasing funding 
above the levels in the House bill for programs of the Department of 
Education;
(b) agree to the position in the Senate amendment increasing funding 
above the levels in the House bill for programs of the Environmental 
Protection Agency;
(c) agree to the position in the Senate amendment that provides a 
minimum of $975,000,000 from within the $1,903,000,000 provided for 
Local Law Enforcement Block Grants within the Department of Justice for 
the Public Safety and Community Policing grants pursuant 
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appropriation accounts not yet enacted into law until Apr. 3, 1996. 
This was the seventh in a series of nine joint resolutions passed by 
the House continuing appropriations for fiscal 1996. 
 2.     142 CONG. REC. 6028, 6030, 104th Cong. 2d Sess.
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to title I of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(COPS on the beat program);
(d) agree to the position in the Senate amendment increasing funding 
above the levels in the House bill for job training and worker 
protection programs of the Department of Labor;
(e) agree to the position in the Senate amendment deleting Title V of 
the House bill placing onerous new red tape requirements on Federal 
grantees; and
(f) agree to the position in the Senate amendment specifying a maximum 
grant award of $2500 under the Pell Grant Program; and
(g) agree to the position in the Senate amendment providing fiscal year 
1997 funding of $1,000,000,000 for the Low-Income Energy Assistance 
Program of the Department of Health and Human Services. . . . 

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following conferees:
For consideration of the House bill (except for section 101(c)) and the 
Senate amendment (except for section 101(d)), and modifications 
committed to conference:
Messrs. Livingston, Myers of Indiana, Young of Florida, Regula, Lewis 
of California, Porter, Rogers, Skeen, and Wolf, Mrs. Vucanovich, and 
Messrs. Lightfoot, Callahan, Walsh, Obey, Yates, Stokes, Bevill, 
Murtha, Wilson, Dixon, Hefner, and Mollohan.
For consideration of section 101(c) of the House bill, and section 101
(d) of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Porter, Young of Florida, Bonilla, Istook, Miller of Florida, 
Dickey, Riggs, Wicker, Livingston, Obey, Stokes, and Hoyer, Ms. Pelosi, 
and Mrs. Lowey.
There was no objection.
Delineation of Subconferences
Sec.    6.39 The Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means inserted in 
the Congressional Record his interpretation of issue clusters 
(subconferences) resulting from the Speaker's appointment of conferees 
on the Omnibus Trade Act of 1987.
This rather unusual insertion(4) by Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, of 
Illinois, demonstrates one of several ways of illustrating the 
responsibilities of conferees where various provisions of a House bill 
and corresponding portions of a Senate amendment must be considered and 
reconciled by a nucleus of conferees. There were 17 subconferences 
which resulted from the manner in which conferees were appointed on 
this bill. The method of describing the subject matter for one of these 
subconferences is carried below:

(Mr. Rostenkowski asked and was given permission to extend his remarks 
at this point in the Record and to include extraneous matter.)
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MR. ROSTENKOWSKI: Mr. Speaker, we all know that the conference on H.R. 
3, the Omnibus Trade Act of 1987, is one of the largest in history. In 
an effort to provide some guidelines to both the members of the 
conference and to the public, the following summaries of the subject 
matter within the purview of the various subconferences have been 
prepared.
The documents list those committees which are the lead committees for 
each subconference and the additional conferees within each 
subconference. In using these documents, it can be easily determined 
which set of conferees have been appointed to consider each provision 
of both the House bill and the Senate amendment.
I hope that the information provided here is of use in expediting the 
work of the conference.

SUBCONFERENCE SECTION RESPONSIBILITY . . . 
H.R. 3 TRADE SUBCONFERENCES
SUBCONFERENCE NO. 1-TRADE AND TARIFF LAWS; TRADE AGREEMENTS
House Conferees
Lead House Committee: Committee on Ways and Means

House bill:
Title I (Secs. 101-199)-Trade Law Amendments, except: Sec. 186
Title II (Secs. 201-212)-Inter-national Trade in Telecommunications 
Products and Services
Title VI, Subtitle G (Secs. 691, 692)-Trade Policy Formulation and 
Implementation
Sec. 704-Entry processing for textiles and apparel
Title VIII (Secs. 800-894)-Tariff and Customs Provisions
Sec. 906-Unreasonable practices
Sec. 908-Investigations of certain barriers pertaining to trade and 
services
Sec. 909-Effect imports on crude oil production and refining capacity 
in the United States
Title XV (Sec. 1501)-Most-Favored-Nation Treatment to Products of 
Romania

Senate amendment:
Title I (Secs. 101-111)-Authority to Negotiate Trade Agreements
Title II (Secs. 201-221)-Enhancing Competitiveness
Title III (Secs. 301-341)-Unfair International Trade Practices
Sec. 401-Remedies under the Tariff Act of 1930
Methods of Delineating Conferees' Authority
Sec.    6.40 Conference committee composition and representation on a 
budget reconciliation bill is often complex and requires section by 
section assignments to satisfy committee and subcommittee concerns. 

On July 14, 1993,(5) in naming conferees on the Omnibus Recon-
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ciliation Act of 1994, the Speaker included representation from 13 
House committees, and delineated many subgroups from the various 
standing committees, including 14 different permutations of members of 
the Committee on the Budget.

THE SPEAKER:(6) The Chair appoints the following conferees:
From the Committee on the Budget, for consideration of the House bill, 
and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Sabo, Gephardt, and Kasich.
As additional conferees from the Committee on the Budget, for 
consideration of title I of the House bill, and title I of the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Stenholm, 
Pomeroy, Kildee, Smith of Texas, and Allard.
As additional conferees from the Committee on the Budget, for 
consideration of title II and section 12009 of the House bill, and 
title II and section 13003 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Ms. Slaughter, Messrs. Mollohan, Gordon, and 
Shays, and Ms. Snowe.

After listing 13 more additional assignments for Budget Committee 
members, the Speaker named 19 other panels representing the 12 other 
committees involved jurisdictionally in the conference. Several 
committees had more than one panel-Ways and Means, e.g., had four.

Sec.    6.41 Where an amendment in disagreement in conference fell within 
the jurisdiction of two committees of the House, the Speaker named 
members from both those committees as managers and specified the 
respective areas on which they were to confer.
On Nov. 30, 1971,(7) the following proceedings occurred:

MR. [WAYNE L.] HAYS [of Ohio]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the House insist on its amendment to the Senate bill (S. 382) to 
promote fair practices in the conduct of election campaigns for Federal 
political offices, and for other purposes, and request a conference 
with the Senate thereon.
THE SPEAKER:(8) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Ohio? The Chair hears none and appoints the following conferees on all 
titles of the foregoing amendment except for titles I and II:
Messrs. Hays, Abbitt, Gray, Harvey and Dickinson.(9) 
And appointed the following Members as managers on the part of the 
House on titles I and II:
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Messrs. Staggers, MacDonald of Massachusetts, Van Deerlin, Springer and 
Devine.(10) 
Sec.    6.42 Where a House bill consisting of two distinct jurisdictional 
titles was sent to conference with a Senate amendment in the nature of 
a substitute which involved only one of the two committee 
jurisdictions, the Speaker appointed members from the two House 
committees involved as managers for their respective portions of the 
House text and "modifi-cations thereof committed to conference." 
In many instances where the Speaker appoints conferees from two or more 
committees, the disagreeing votes of the two Houses may be clearly 
distinguishable along jurisdictional lines. The managers can be 
appointed to confer with Senate counterparts on specific text, 
delineated in the appointment by title or section numbers. Where the 
House and Senate versions are textually dissimilar (as in this case 
where the House bill had two distinct titles and the Senate one, not 
two, subjects), the Speaker's appointment(11) may describe the area in 
which the managers are to confer by subject matter, not by specific 
page and line assignments.

MR. [CARL D.] PERKINS [of Kentucky]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2) to provide 
for pension reform, with a Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the 
Senate amendment, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.

THE SPEAKER:(12) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Kentucky? The Chair hears none, and the Chair appoints as managers 
on the part of the House the following Members: On title I of the House 
bill, and modifications thereof which have been committed to 
conference: Messrs. Perkins, Thompson of New Jersey, Dent, Burton, 
Quie, Erlenborn, and Sarasin; and on title II of the House bill, and 
modifications thereof which have been committed to conference: Messrs. 
Ullman, Burke of Massachusetts, Mrs. Griffiths, Messrs. Rostenkowski, 
Schneebeli, Collier, and Broyhill of Virginia.

Sec.    6.43 Where a bill was considered and reported by only one 
committee of the House, but where the text reflected the views of a 
second committee with which there had 
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11.     See 120 CONG. REC. 9286, 93d Cong. 2d Sess., Apr. 2, 1974.
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been consultations (but from which there had been no request for a 
sequential), the Speaker named conferees from the secondary committee 
only for those matters concurrently within its jurisdiction.
H.R. 7171, the Agricultural Act of 1977, had been reported from the 
Committee on Agriculture on May 16, 1977. During markup in the 
committee, there had been consultations with the Committee on 
International Relations concerning those aspects of the bill impinging 
on foreign agricultural aid, international research and international 
food reserves, matters not explicitly within its jurisdiction under 
Rule X but which the committee had addressed in legislation and through 
exercise of its oversight responsibilities.
When the Senate messaged to the House a similar bill, S. 275, the 
House, on July 28, 1977, amended the Senate bill with the text of the 
House-passed measure, H.R. 7171, and requested a conference. The 
Speaker Pro Tempore appointed 16 managers from the Committee on 
Agriculture and three from the Committee on International Relations.
(13) 

MR. [THOMAS S.] FOLEY [of Washington]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the House insist on its amendment to the Senate bill (S. 
275) to provide price and income protection for farmers and assure 
consumers of an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and 
for other purposes, and request a conference with the Senate thereon. 

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(14) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Washington? The Chair hears none, and, without 
objection, appoints the following conferees: Messrs. Foley, Poage, de 
la Garza, Jones of North Carolina, Jones of Tennessee, Mathis, Bowen, 
Rose, Richmond, Nolan, Weaver, Wampler, Sebelius, Findley, Thone and 
Symms; and, in addition, on issues involving Public Law 480-Title XI, 
International Research-Title XIII, and provisions of S. 275 on 
international reserves: Messrs. Zablocki, Pease, and Broomfield.
There was no objection.

Specific Conferees on Portions of Senate Bill Not Contained in House 
Amendment
Sec.    6.44 Where a Senate bill, much more comprehensive in subject 
matter than a House substitute amendment there-
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for, is sent to conference, the Speaker has appointed House managers 
from appropriate House committees which would have jurisdiction over 
the Senate provisions, even though the House amendment has no text 
corresponding to those portions of the Senate bill text. 
The Intelligence Authorization Act, 1981, S. 2597, had not been 
referred to committees in the House. A companion measure, H.R. 7152, 
the Intelligence au-thorization for fiscal year 1981, had been reported 
in the House first from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
then referred to and reported by the Committee on Armed Services. The 
Senate text amended the Hughes-Ryan Act, a part of the Foreign 
Assistance Act dealing with funding of overseas intelligence 
activities. There was no comparable House provision dealing with this 
subject matter.
The proceedings of July 28, 1980,(15) wherein a conference on S. 2597 
was requested and conferees appointed, are set out below.

MR. [EDWARD P.] BOLAND [of Massachusetts]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the House insist on its amendments to the Senate bill, S. 
2597, and request a conference with the Senate thereon.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(16) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Massachusetts? The Chair hears none and, without 
objection, appoints the following conferees: Messrs. Boland, Burlison, 
Zablocki, Mineta, Robinson, and Whitehurst; and as additional conferees 
for such matters as fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Armed Services under clause 1(c) of rule X of the rules of the House, 
Messrs. Price, Ichord, and Bob Wilson of California; and as additional 
conferees solely for consideration of such provisions of sections 408 
and 409 of S. 2597, and modifications thereof committed to conference 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
under clause 1(h) of rule X of the rules of the House, Messrs. 
Hamilton, Fascell, Broomfield, and Derwinski.
There was no objection.

Parliamentarian's Note: Where conferees are named by the Speaker to 
confer on a portion of Senate text, there being no comparable provision 
in the House version of the matter placed in conference, the 
appointment is made in the form shown here-e.g., as "solely for 
consideration of sections ____ of the Senate text and modifi-
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cations thereof committed to conference" which fall within the 
jurisdiction of a particular House committee. The House position in 
conference, in simplistic terms, may be considered as the "existing 
law" which is changed by the Senate provision.
Speaker's Appointment of "Exclusive" Conferees on Specific Provisions

Sec.    6.45 Where a House-passed bill was amended in the Senate by two 
numbered amendments, the Speaker appointed separate groups of conferees 
from two committees for exclusive consideration of each of the numbered 
amendments that fell with-  in their respective jurisdictions.  
The bill sent to conference, H.R. 3167, extending the emergency 
unemployment compensation program, was within the exclusive 
jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means in the House. One of 
the two Senate amendments involved a reduction in levels of full-time 
positions in the civil service, a matter within the competence of the 
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. 
The appointment of conferees on Nov. 4, 1993,(17) are carried below.

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(18) Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following Members to the conference committee:
From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of the House 
bill, and Senate amendment No. 2, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Rostenkowski, Ford of Tennessee, and Archer.
From the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, for consideration 
of Senate amendment No. 1, and modi- fications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Clay, McCloskey, and Myers of Indiana.
There was no objection.

Parliamentarian's Note: The Senate amendments did not strike out the 
House text; both were "add-ons," adding new provisions not contained in 
the House bill. Therefore, the House text was not in conference, since 
not in disagreement. The managers appointed by the Speaker Pro 
Tempore from the membership of the Committee on Ways and Means were not 
in this instance authorized to confer on the House bill; their 
appointment was overly broad, and had the House text been changed, the 
conference 
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report would have been subject to a point of order.
Conferees From Different Subcommittees and Full Committees
Sec.    6.46 In exercising his authority to appoint conferees, under Rule 
X clause 6(f),(19) the Speaker may name different "panels" from the 
primary committee to confer on portions of the bill where they have a 
particular expertise or subcommittee experience. 
In his appointment of the conferees on the bill H.R. 3474, the 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1993, the Speaker appointed three panels and 
in one instance substituted one Member for another on a panel, to 
reflect the desires of the chairman of the Committee on Banking, 
Finance and Urban Affairs to allow those Members most knowledgeable of 
the subject matter to be involved in the conference. The same authority 
was used in naming two panels to the  conference from the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce. 
The form used in the appointment of the conferees on Apr. 21, 1994,(20) 
is illustrative of the manner in which the Speaker can use his 
appointment authority. 
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 3474, REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 1993
MR. [HENRY B.] GONZALEZ [of Texas]: Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 3474) to reduce 
administrative requirements for insured depository institutions to the 
extent consistent with safe and sound banking practices, to facilitate 
the establishment of community development financial institutions, and 
for other purposes, with a Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the 
Senate amendment, and request a conference with the Senate thereon.

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(1) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas? The Chair hears none, and without objection, 
appoints the following conferees:
From the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, consideration 
of the House bill, and the Senate amendment (except titles II and V), 
and modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Gonzalez, Neal of North Carolina, LaFalce, Vento, Schumer, 
Frank of Massachusetts, Kanjorski, Kennedy, Flake, and Mfume, Ms. 
Waters, Messrs. LaRocco, Orton, Bacchus of Florida, Leach, and 
McCollum, Mrs. Roukema, and Messrs. Bereuter, Ridge, 
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Roth, McCandless, Baker of Louisiana, and Nussle.
Provided, that for consideration of section 348(b) of the Senate 
amendment, Mr. Klein is appointed in lieu of Mr. LaFalce.
From the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, for 
consideration of title II of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference:
Messrs. Gonzalez, Neal of North Carolina, LaFalce, Vento, Schumer, 
Frank of Massachusetts, Kanjorski, Kennedy, Flake, and Mfume, Ms. 
Waters, Mr. Orton, Mr. Klein, Ms. Velï¿½zquez, Mr. Leach, Mr. McCollum, 
Mrs. Roukema, and Messrs. Bereuter, Ridge, Roth, McCandless, Baker of 
Louisiana, and Nussle.
From the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, for 
consideration of title V of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference:
Messrs. Gonzalez, Neal of North Carolina, LaFalce, Schumer, Frank of 
Massachusetts, Leach, Bereuter and McCollum.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
consideration of sections 201-05, 207, 320 and 347 of the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Dingell, Markey, Sharp, and Swift, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, 
Messrs. Boucher, Manton, and Lehman, Ms. Schenk, Ms. Margolies-
Mezvinsky, and Messrs. Synar, Wyden, Richardson, Bryant, Moorhead, 
Fields of Texas, Bliley, Oxley, Schaefer, Barton of Texas, McMillan, 
Hastert, and Gillmor.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
consideration of sections 503-05, 507 and 706 of the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: 
Mr. Dingell, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, and Messrs. Towns, 
Lehman, Moorhead, Stearns, and McMillan. . . . 
As additional conferees from the Committee on Ways and Means, for 
consideration of sections 210 and 502-04 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Pickle, Rangel, Stark, Archer, Crane, 
and Thomas of California.
There was no objection.
Describing Specific Text on Which Conferees May Confer
Sec.    6.47 In appointing conferees, the Speaker may designate the 
subject matter on which they are authorized to confer by section 
numbers in the text of the bill or the amendment committed to 
conference, or by descriptive text where their appointment is to confer 
only on a portion of a section.
In the House, the Committees on Government Operations, Armed Services, 
Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Public Works and Transportation, 
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have had some jurisdictional claim over the broad subject matter of 
government procurement and contracting for services. The appointment of 
conferees as excerpted from the Record of Aug. 4, 1994,(2) and carried 
here shows how the text of the matters in disagreement may have to be 
explicitly described to reflect jurisdictional concerns.
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON S. 1587, FEDERAL ACQUISITION STREAM-LINING 
ACT OF 1994
MR. [JOHN] CONYERS [Jr., of Michigan]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 1587) to 
revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government, 
and for other purposes, with a House amendment thereto, insist on the 
House amendment, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(3) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
The Chair hears none and, without objection, appoints the following 
conferees:
Conferees from the Committee on Government Operations, for 
consideration of the Senate bill, and the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Conyers, Synar, Neal of North Carolina, Lantos, Owens, Towns, 
Spratt, and Rush, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky, and Messrs. 
Clinger, McCandless, Hastert, Kyl, Shays, and Schiff.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Armed Services, for 
consideration of the Senate bill, and the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Dellums, Sisisky, Evans, Bilbray, and Edwards of Texas, Ms. 
Furse, and Messrs. Spence, Kasich, Bateman, and Weldon.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Education and Labor, for 
consideration of sections 4024(d), 4101(b), 4101(c), 6101-02, 8005(c)
(2), and 11001-04 of the Senate bill, and section 4105 of the House 
amendment and modifications committed to conference.
Messrs. Ford of Michigan, Murphy, and Fawell.
As additional conferees from the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
consideration of sections 1421-22, 1437, 2451, 2551-53, 2555, that 
portion of section 4011 that adds a new section 29(b)(2) to the Federal 
Procurement Policy Act, sections 4024 (a), (b), (c), and (f), 4101 (b) 
and (c), 6001-04, 6053, and 6005 (c)(3) and (c)(4) of the Senate bill; 
and that portion of section 4011 that adds a new section 4B(c) to the 
Federal Procurement Policy Act, that portion of section 4031 that adds 
a new subsection (c)(9) to section 23012a of title 10, United States 
Code, that portion of section 4041 that adds a new subsection (c)(2) to 
section 302A of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, sections 4051, 
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5003, that portion of section 7106 that adds a new section 2285(a)(12)
to title 10, United States Code, that portion of section 7205 that 
adds a new section 314D(a)(4) to the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, and section 7301(b) of the House 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Brooks, Bryant, and Fish.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation, for consideration of sections 1056 and 1067 of the 
Senate bill and modifications committed to conference:
Messrs. Mineta, Traficant, and Shuster.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Small Business, for 
consideration of sections 1055(b)(2), 2554, 4102-05, that portion of 
section 4011 that adds a new section 29(b)(1) to the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act, sections 4012, 4014(d), 4015(d), and 4074 of 
the Senate bill, and sections 4104 and 8002 of the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference:
Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Smith of Iowa, and Mrs. Meyers of Kansas.
There was no objection.
"General" and "Limited" Conferees
Sec.    6.48 Where a jointly referred bill had been reported by only one 
of the two committees, the Speaker appointed general conferees to 
confer on the entire bill from the committee which had reported and 
limited conferees from the other. 
In the 96th Congress,(4) the House considered and passed H.R. 4011, the 
Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act authorizations. 
After passage, a similar Senate bill, S. 918, was passed in lieu of the 
House measure and the House bill laid on the table. The House version 
had been referred to both the Small Business and the Agriculture 
Committees. Only the first of the committees reported the bill to the 
House; the second (Agriculture) chose not to mark up and report the 
bill with the understanding that they would have conference 
representation.

Similar House bills, H.R. 4011 and H.R. 90, were laid on the table.
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON S. 918
MR. [NEAL] SMITH of Iowa: I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 918) to amend the Small Business 
Act and Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and for other purposes, 
with a House amendment thereto, insist on the House amendment, and 
request a conference with the Senate thereon.
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:(5) Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Iowa? The Chair hears none and, without objection, 
appoints the following conferees: Messrs. Smith of Iowa, St Germain, 
Nolan, Ichord, Evans of Georgia, Barnard, Leach of Louisiana, Hall of 
Ohio, McDade, Carter, Quayle, and Conte.
Also, additional conferees solely for consideration of subsections (c), 
(d), and (e) of section 113 of the House amendment and modifications 
thereof committed to conference: Messrs. Foley, Jones of Tennessee, 
Harkin, Huckaby, Glickman, Hance, Brown of California, Richmond, 
Wampler, Madigan, Kelly, and Coleman.
There was no objection.
"Leadership" Conferees Not From Committee of Jurisdiction
Sec.    6.49 On rare occasions, the Speaker has named a "leadership" 
representative to a conference committee, where the party has taken a 
policy position on the measure.
In the 101st Congress, the House version of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, H.R. 2273, had been referred to and reported by four 
House committees. An equal number of conferees were named from each of 
the four, all as general conferees with authority to negotiate on the 
entire Senate bill (S. 933) and House amendment in conference. The 
majority caucus Chairman, Steny H. Hoyer, of Maryland, was appointed as 
an additional conferee on the entire bill and another Member, Jim 
Chapman, of Texas, was named on a particular section since he had been 
the proponent of a successful floor amendment relating thereto. The 
pertinent proceedings from the Record of May 24, 1990,(6) are carried 
below.
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON S. 933, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 
1990
MR. HOYER: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 933) to establish a clear and 
comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability, 
with a House amendment thereto, insist on the House amendment, and 
request a conference with the Senate thereon.
THE SPEAKER:(7) Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Maryland?
There was no objection. . . . 
THE SPEAKER: The Chair appoints the following conferees:
From the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of the
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Senate bill, and the House amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Hawkins, Owens of New York, Martinez, Bartlett, and 
Fawell. 
From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of the 
Senate bill, and the House amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Dingell, Markey, Thomas A. Luken, Lent, and 
Whittaker.
Except that: For consideration of title IV of the Senate bill, and 
title IV of the House amendment, Mr. Rinaldo is appointed in lieu of 
Mr. Whittaker.
From the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, for 
consideration of the Senate bill, and the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Anderson, Roe, Mineta, 
Hammerschmidt, and Shuster.
From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of the Senate 
bill, and the House amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Brooks, Edwards of California, Kastenmeier, Fish, 
and Sensenbrenner.
As an additional conferee, on the Senate bill, and the House amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Mr. Hoyer.
As an additional conferee, on consideration of section 103(d) of the 
House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mr. 
Chapman.
Without objection, the Chair reserves the right to appoint additional 
conferees.
There was no objection.
Conferee Appointments and Future Committee Jurisdictional Claims
Sec.    6.50 Conference committees are in fact "select committees" and 
dissolve when their report is acted on, and the Speaker reminded 
Members that the appointment of conferees from more than one standing 
committee should not be considered a permanent jurisdictional precedent 
that binds him with respect to all future referrals of introduced bills 
or the appointment of conferees. 
On June 3, 1992,(8) Speaker Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, amplified a 
statement he had made on opening day of the 102d Congress, in which he 
expressed a desire to simplify the process of appointing conferees. The 
statement reflected his concern that naming a conferee from other than 
the lead or dominant committee was being interpreted by some committees 
as a precedent for the referral of bills on introduction. 
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 3489, OMNIBUS EXPORT AMENDMENTS ACT OF 
1991
MR. [SAM] GEJDENSON [of Connecticut]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 3489) to 
reauthorize 
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the Export Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes, with a 
Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree 
to the conference asked by the Senate.
THE SPEAKER: Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Connecticut? The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees 
and, without objection, reserves the authority to make additional 
appointments of conferees and to specify particular portions of the 
House bill and Senate amendment as the subject of the various 
appointments.
Before the Chair reports the conferees, the Chair wishes to make an 
additional statement.
On opening day of the 102d Congress, the Chair announced that 
"consistent with clause 6 of rule X, the Chair intends to develop and 
implement a policy that would enable him to the fullest extent feasible 
to simplify the appointment of conferees."
As the Chair is about to announce an appointment of conferees from more 
than one committee in the second session, and based upon the Chair's 
additional experience with complicated conference appointments in the 
first session notwithstanding his opening day announcement, the Chair 
will remind Members that conference committees are after all select 
committees in the sense that they go out of existence when their report 
is filed. The appointment by the Chair of various groups of conferees 
in the context of the particular House and Senate provisions sent to 
conference should not be construed as precedent binding the Speaker to 
subsequent joint referrals of all bills amending the work product of 
that particular conference.
The conferees are as follows:
From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of the House 
bill, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Fascell, Gejdenson, Wolpe, Johnston of Florida, 
Engel, Murphy, Orton, Broomfield, Roth, Bereuter, and Miller of 
Washington.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Armed Services, for 
consideration of sections 120 and 303 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Mavroules, Hertel, 
Pickett, Hunter, and Kyl.
As additional conferees from the Committee on Banking, Finance and 
Urban Affairs, for consideration of sections 201(c), 205, and 207-10 of 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Ms. 
Oakar and Messrs. Neal of North Carolina, LaFalce, Leach, and 
McCandless.
As additional conferees from the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
consideration of sections 120, 123 and 502 of the House bill, and 
sections 121, 124, 302, 305 and 306 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Brooks, Schumer, Hughes, 
Sensenbrenner, and Gekas.
There was no objection.
Resolution Under Suspension of the Rules Authorizing Appointment
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tion providing that the House insist upon its amend-ment to a Senate 
bill, request a conference with the Senate, and that the Speaker 
immediately appoint conferees.
On June 18, 1948,(9) Mr. Walter G. Andrews, of New York, made the 
following motion for the disposal of S. 2655, the Selective Service Act 
of 1948:

MR. ANDREWS of New York: Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
pass the resolution, House Resolution 690, which I send to the desk.
THE SPEAKER:(10) The Clerk will report the resolution.
The Clerk read as follows:

Resolved, That the House insist upon its amendment to S. 2655, ask a 
conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes, and that the 
Speaker immediately appoint conferees. . . . 

THE SPEAKER: The question is, Shall the rules be suspended and the 
resolution passed?
The question was taken and, two-thirds having voted in favor thereof, 
the motion was agreed to.
THE SPEAKER: The Chair appoints the following conferees: Messrs. 
Andrews of New York, Short, Cole of New York, Bates of Massachusetts, 
Vinson, Brooks, and Kilday.
Resolutions Precluding Motion To Instruct
Sec.    6.52 A resolution may provide that an appropriation bill, with 
Senate amendments thereto, be taken from the Speaker's table, to the 
end that all Senate amendments be disagreed to, that a conference be 
requested, and that the Speaker shall immediately appoint conferees on 
the part of the House without intervening motion.
On May 23, 1939,(11) Speaker William B. Bankhead, of Alabama, directed 
the Clerk to report a resolution offered by Mr. Edward E. Cox, of 
Georgia.

The Clerk read as follows:
H. RES. 201
Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the 
bill (H.R. 5269) making appropriations for the Department of 
Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, with Senate amendments 
thereto, be, and the same hereby is, taken from the Speaker's table, to 
the end that all Senate amendments be, and the same are, disagreed to 
and a conference is requested with the Senate upon the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses, and the Speaker 
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10.     Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Mass.).
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shall immediately appoint conferees on the part of the House without 
intervening motion.

The House agreed to the resolution and the Speaker appointed conferees.
Parliamentarian's Note: The adoption of such a resolution (or motion) 
directing the Speaker to appoint conferees without intervening motion 
precludes a motion to instruct these conferees prior to their 
appointment.