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Adoption / Adopted / Agreed To

 
 
Adoption / Adopted: Usual parliamentary term for approval of conference report. Under House Rule XI – Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business, “Each standing committee shall adopt written rules governing its procedure.” Under Senate Rule XXVI – Committee Procedure, “Each committee shall adopt rules (not inconsistent with the Rules of the Senate) governing the procedure of such committee.”

Agreed To: Usual parliamentary term for approval of motions, amendments, and simple and concurrent resolutions. An amendment may be agreed to or rejected by a voice, division, or roll-call vote.

 
 
Also see

• Amendment
• Cloture / Rule XXII
• Concurrent Resolution
• Conference Report
• Division Vote
• Motion
• Privilege / Privileged Questions / Question of Privilege
• Roll Call Vote
• Voice Vote
• § 6.50 Committee Markup, in Congressional Deskbook

 
See also these chapters in Congressional Procedure

• Chapter 1.C. Rules
• Chapter 1.H. Congressional Committees
• Chapter 2.G. Concurrent Resolutions
• Chapter 2.H. Simple Resolutions
• Chapter 3.B. Committees and Subcommittees
• Chapter 3.F. Amendment Procedure
• Chapter 3.H. Committee Reports
• Chapter 4.A. Introduction
• Chapter 4.C. House Rules Committee
• Chapter 4.G. Debate
• Chapter 5.E. Unanimous Consent Agreements (“Time Agreements”)
• Chapter 5.F. Consideration on the Senate Floor
• Chapter 5.J. Amendment on the Senate Floor and in Committee
• Chapter 7.C. The Congressional Budget Resolution
• Chapter 8.D. Treaties

More

• House Rule XI – Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business
• Senate Rule XXVI – Committee Procedure
• “Commonly Used Motions and Requests in the House of Representatives,” CRS Report RL32207 (20-page PDF)
• “The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives,” CRS Report RL30244 (29-page PDF)
• “Calling Up Measures on the Senate Floor,” CRS Report 98-836 (8-page PDF)
• “Changes to Senate Procedures in the 113th Congress Affecting the Operation of Cloture,” CRS Report R42966 (32-page PDF)
• “Suspension of the Rules in the House of Representatives,” CRS Report RL32474 (53-page PDF)
• “Privileged Business on the House Floor,” CRS Report 98-315 (5-page PDF)
• “Conference Committee and Related Procedures: An Introduction,” CRS Report 96-708 (15-page PDF)
• “Parliamentary Reference Sources: Senate,” CRS Report RL30788 (27-page PDF)
• “Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives,” CRS Report RL30787 (63-page PDF)
• “House Rules Changes Affecting Committee Procedure in the 117th Congress (2021-2022),” CRS Report R46804 (17-page PDF)

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