Question

_____ committees are created to reconcile a bill when the house and the senate write different versions of it.

Answer 1

Conference committees are created to reconcile a bill when the house and the senate write different versions of it.

Answer 2

Conference committees are created to reconcile a bill when the house and the senate write different versions of it. These committees are composed of House and Senate conferees.

The function of the conference committees is to eliminate any differences between versions of legislation on the same subject passed in the different chambers.