Senate nonconcurs with House amendment to FY2025 appropriations bill, appoints conference committee

The Senate moved to nonconcur with the House amendment to the fiscal 2025 appropriations bill (Senate No. 2540) and appointed a committee of conference to resolve differences between the two chambers. Senator John Roberts placed the motion asking for a conference committee; the chair appointed Senators Roberts, Jo Comerford and Marc O'Connor as conferees. The clerk had reported that the House amended the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting replacement language. The Senate’s motion to nonconcur followed that report and led to the appointment of the three-member committee of conference. The chamber recessed briefly to allow the conferees to be appointed and to permit preparation of conference papers. No roll-call vote on the conference appointment was recorded in the transcript excerpt; the chair announced the appointees and moved to recess for the committee work. The conference committee will negotiate the final text of the FY2025 supplemental appropriations measure between the Senate and the House. The transcript does not record any debate on the substance of the bill, specific funding amounts, or a schedule for the conference committee meetings. The Senate adjourned and set its next full session for Thursday at noon.