Making laws
engrossed amendment
An amendment adopted by one chamber and prepared in its official form, sent to the other chamber for concurrence. The ping-pong stage of lawmaking.
In full
When the second chamber amends the first chamber's bill, the amended text goes back for concurrence. The chambers may exchange amendments several times, an informal process called ping-pong that has largely replaced formal conference committees on many bills, because it avoids the procedural steps a conference requires in the Senate.
Also written as: ping-pong, amendments between the houses
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