committees of the U.S. House of Representatives

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component of the United States House of Representatives legislative committee system

The committees of the U.S. House of Representatives are specialized legislative bodies within the House that draft, debate, and oversee proposed laws and federal programs in specific policy areas.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. House of Representatives committees	1
standing committees of the U.S. House of Representatives	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ legislative committee system ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governingDocument	Rules of the House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJointCommittee	Joint Committee on Printing NERFINISHED ⓘ Joint Committee on Taxation NERFINISHED ⓘ Joint Committee on the Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Joint Economic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStandingCommittee	House Committee on Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Agriculture NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Appropriations NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Armed Services NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Education and the Workforce NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Energy and Commerce NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Financial Services NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Homeland Security NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Natural Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Oversight and Accountability NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Small Business NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Veterans' Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on Ways and Means NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on the Budget NERFINISHED ⓘ House Committee on the Judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType	joint committee ⓘ select committee ⓘ special committee ⓘ standing committee ⓘ subcommittee ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	developed in the early years of the U.S. Congress and expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
internalStructure	subcommittees ⓘ
leadershipRole	committee chair ⓘ ranking member ⓘ
legalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution (implied authority) NERFINISHED ⓘ rules of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
membershipComposedOf	members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
oversightScope	specific policy areas and federal agencies ⓘ
partOf	United States Congress ⓘ
primaryFunction	conduct legislative oversight ⓘ debate proposed laws ⓘ draft legislation ⓘ hold hearings ⓘ report bills to the House floor ⓘ review federal programs ⓘ
selectionProcess	members appointed under House party caucus and conference rules ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House Parliamentarian → usedBy → committees of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives → canServeOn → committees of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

subject surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

this entity surface form: standing committees of the U.S. House of Representatives

United States consulate in Benghazi → investigatedBy → committees of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. House of Representatives committees