Late in the evening of May 20, the Senate appointed conferees for the TEA 21 Conference. The House is planning to appoint their conferees after the Memorial Day recess. The current extension expires June 30.

Republicans named to the conference are: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James M. Inhofe (Oklahoma), Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chairman Christopher S. Bond (Missouri), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (Iowa), Senate Budget Committee Chairman Don Nickles (Oklahoma), Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (Arizona), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard C. Shelby (Alabama), Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), and Sens. John Warner (Virginia), George Voinovich (Ohio), Orrin Hatch (Utah), and Trent Lott (Mississippi).

The independent and Democrats on the conference are: Daschle, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member James M. Jeffords (I-Vermont), Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee ranking member (and Minority Whip) Harry Reid (Nevada), Senate Finance Committee ranking member Max Baucus (Montana), Senate Budget Committee ranking member Kent Conrad (North Dakota), Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ernest F. Hollings (South Carolina), Senate Banking Committee ranking member Paul Sarbanes (Maryland), Bob Graham (Florida), Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut), and Barbara Boxer (California).