APPOINTING AND INSTRUCTING CONFEREES

• One valid motion to instruct conferees is in order before the Speaker names conferees. A motion to instruct conferees is a Minority prerogative, and may not be amended unless the previous question is rejected. If the two managers from either party both support the motion, an opponent can claim one-third of the first hour of debate. Instructions are not binding and must be within the authority of the conferees under the rules of the House. In other words, a motion to instruct conferees must not instruct them to violate the rules of the House.
  
  The Speaker appoints House conferees immediately after the House decides to go to conference or after the House disposes of the motion to instruct.
• If necessary, the chairman of the House conferees makes a motion authorizing them to close one or more conference meetings. That motion requires a record vote of the full House.