The report is sent first to the chamber that agreed to the request for a conference. Thus, if the House requested a conference on H.R. 10, the Senate must be the first to vote on the conference report. No amendments to the conference report are in order in either the House or Senate. If a majority of the Senators present and voting disapproves the conference report, it is sent back to the conference committee for further action.
If, however, a majority approves, the Senate conferees are discharged and the conference report is sent to the House. There, after three calendar days (excluding weekends and holidays), the House can vote on the report. If it disapproves, the matter cannot go back to conference because the Senate conferees have already been discharged. Instead, a new conference will have to be requested.
