Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government

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The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government is a panel of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee responsible for legislation and oversight related to constitutional rights, civil liberties, and the scope of federal power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States House Judiciary subcommittee ⓘ
legislative subcommittee ⓘ
appliesTo federal law and federal government actions ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom House rules adopted at the beginning of each Congress ⓘ
United States Constitution Article I ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
governingDocument Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional amendments ⓘ
constitutional rights ⓘ
federal civil rights statutes ⓘ
federalism issues ⓘ
free speech issues within its remit ⓘ
individual rights under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
oversight of constitutional aspects of federal programs ⓘ
religious liberty issues within its remit ⓘ
scope of federal power ⓘ
separation of powers issues ⓘ
voting rights issues within its remit ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsAt United States Capitol ⓘ
oversightSubject executive branch compliance with constitutional limits ⓘ
judicial interpretations of constitutional provisions as they relate to legislation ⓘ
parentCommittee United States House Committee on the Judiciary ⓘ
partOf United States House Committee on the Judiciary ⓘ
performsFunction conducting investigations related to constitutional issues ⓘ
consideration of proposed legislation ⓘ
holding hearings ⓘ
legislative oversight ⓘ
making recommendations to the full House Judiciary Committee ⓘ
responsibleFor reviewing bills affecting civil liberties ⓘ
reviewing bills affecting the distribution of powers between federal and state governments ⓘ
reviewing bills affecting the separation of powers among branches of the federal government ⓘ
reviewing bills related to constitutional amendments ⓘ
subjectArea civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
individual liberties under the Bill of Rights ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
typeOfCommittee standing subcommittee ⓘ
website https://judiciary.house.gov ⓘ

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House Committee on the Judiciary → hasSubcommittee → Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government ⓘ