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  2. Committee - Wikipedia

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    A special committee (also working, select, or ad hoc committee) is established to accomplish a particular task or to oversee a specific area in need of control or oversight. [28] Many are research or coordination committees in type or purpose and are temporary.

  3. Select or special committee (United States Congress)

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    In the 1st Congress (1789–1791), the House appointed roughly six hundred select committees over the course of two years. [3] By the 3rd Congress (1793–95), Congress had three permanent standing committees, the House Committee on Elections, the House Committee on Claims, and the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, but more than three hundred fifty select committees. [4]

  4. United States congressional committee - Wikipedia

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    A conference committee is an ad hoc joint committee formed to resolve differences between similar but competing House and Senate versions of a bill. Conference committees draft compromises between the positions of the two chambers, which are then submitted to the full House and Senate for approval.

  5. Standing committee (United States Congress) - Wikipedia

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    In the House, one person may not serve on more than two standing committees and four subcommittees at one time, though waivers can be granted to serve on additional committees. Also in the House, the House Republican Steering Committee assigns Republican representatives to their committee(s), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] while the Steering and Policy Committee ...

  6. List of committees of the Parliament of India - Wikipedia

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    The Parliamentary committees are of two kinds – standing or permanent committees and ad hoc committees. The former are elected or appointed periodically and they work on a continuous basis. The latter are created on an ad hoc basis as the need arises and they are dissolved after they complete the task assigned to them. [3]

  7. List of United States Senate committees - Wikipedia

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    Standing committees in the Senate have their jurisdiction set by three primary sources: Senate Rules, ad hoc Senate Resolutions, and Senate Resolutions related to committee funding. To see an overview of the jurisdictions of standing committees in the Senate, see Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXV.

  8. Buncombe Commissioners name short-term rental ad hoc ... - AOL

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    ASHEVILLE - As Buncombe County considers future short-term rental regulations, a group of 11 people, plus two county commissioners, have been selected to sit on an ad hoc committee tasked with ...

  9. List of United States House of Representatives committees

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    Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules. [3] [4] The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee. The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This bill ...