If a majority of the Committee votes to report a legislative measure to the full Senate for consideration, the bill is placed on the Senate's Legislative Calendar.

Therefore most statistical agencies also report a measure of 'core inflation', which removes the most volatile components (such as food and oil) from a broad price index like the CPI.

For example, most software systems reuse code, and determining which (if any) reused code to include is important when reporting a measure.

Senate rules require the physical presence of a majority of the committee in order to report a measure.

When a committee reports a measure, it generally prepares an accompanying written report that describes the purposes and provisions of the measure.

Alternatively, if a committee fails to report a measure, a new measure with exactly the same provisions may be introduced and placed directly on the calendar.

Consequently, if a committee fails to report a measure, a senator may offer its text as an amendment to any other measure under consideration, without regard to the scheduling preferences of the majority leader.

These are reporting a measure to the full House with or without amendments, report the measure to the full House with a negative recommendation or fail to report the measure.

(Occasionally, a committee will report a measure "unfavorably," with explicit recommendations against its passage, or it will report a bill "without recommendation," which has the same effect as an unfavorable report.)

Following legislative hearings, a committee decides whether to report a measure, in which case it chooses a specific measure and perfects it through amendment.