Committee of the Whole

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legislative committee form parliamentary procedure

The Committee of the Whole is a procedural device in legislative bodies, such as the U.S. Congress, that allows the entire membership to sit as a committee for more flexible and expedited debate and amendment of proposed measures.

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Surface form	Occurrences
committee of the whole	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative committee form ⓘ parliamentary procedure ⓘ
allows	amendments under the five-minute rule in the U.S. House ⓘ
basedOn	parliamentary law traditions ⓘ
cannot	finally enact laws ⓘ originate bills ⓘ
composedOf	all members of the legislative chamber ⓘ
differsFrom	select committee ⓘ standing committee ⓘ
enables	more members to offer amendments ⓘ structured consideration of complex bills ⓘ
facilitates	detailed line-by-line consideration of legislation ⓘ
governedBy	House rules in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Committee of the Whole House NERFINISHED ⓘ Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (U.S. House context) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecisionRule	votes taken as recommendations to the full chamber ⓘ
hasFeature	cannot finally pass legislation ⓘ operates under different quorum requirements ⓘ operates under different time limits for debate ⓘ operates under relaxed debate rules ⓘ permits more informal discussion ⓘ
hasPurpose	to allow more flexible debate on legislation ⓘ to expedite consideration of measures ⓘ to facilitate amendment of proposed legislation ⓘ
hasQuorum	lower than the quorum of the full House ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	detailed consideration of bills ⓘ
isDissolvedBy	rising and reporting to the House ⓘ
limitedBy	the scope of the measure referred to it ⓘ
originatedIn	British parliamentary practice ⓘ
presidedOverBy	a member designated by the Speaker of the House ⓘ
proceduralStepOf	legislative process ⓘ
relatedTo	general parliamentary committee of the whole (Westminster systems) ⓘ
reports	recommendations on amendments ⓘ recommendations on passage of measures ⓘ
reportsTo	the full legislative chamber ⓘ
requires	motion to resolve into the Committee of the Whole ⓘ motion to rise and report to the House ⓘ
returns	the bill to the House with recommended amendments ⓘ
subjectTo	points of order under House rules ⓘ
timePeriod	used throughout much of U.S. congressional history ⓘ
usedFor	appropriations bills in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ other major legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ revenue bills in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
usedIn	Commonwealth parliaments NERFINISHED ⓘ United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ state legislatures in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Pinckney Plan → discussedInBody → Committee of the Whole ⓘ

Chair of Committees of the Australian Senate → roleIn → Committee of the Whole ⓘ

this entity surface form: committee of the whole