House Committee on Public Works

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standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

The House Committee on Public Works was a former standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for legislation related to federal infrastructure, including highways, public buildings, and water resources.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
United States House Committee on Public Works	8
United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation	2
House Committee on Public Works canonical	1
Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds	1
Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T170091 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: House Committee on Public Works
Context triple: [Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, committeeOfOrigin, House Committee on Public Works]

A. Committee on Transportation and Public Way
The Committee on Transportation and Public Way is a standing committee of the Chicago City Council that oversees issues related to the city’s transportation systems and public right-of-way infrastructure.
B. Committee on Housing and Real Estate
The Committee on Housing and Real Estate is a standing body of the Chicago City Council that oversees legislation and policy related to housing, property development, zoning, and real estate transactions in the city.
C. Joint Economic Committee of Congress
The Joint Economic Committee of Congress is a bipartisan, bicameral congressional committee that analyzes economic conditions and advises Congress on economic policy.
D. Committee on the Budget
The Committee on the Budget is a body within the Judicial Conference of the United States responsible for developing and overseeing budgetary policy and resource allocation for the federal judiciary.
E. United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: House Committee on Public Works
Target entity description: The House Committee on Public Works was a former standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for legislation related to federal infrastructure, including highways, public buildings, and water resources.

A. Committee on Transportation and Public Way
The Committee on Transportation and Public Way is a standing committee of the Chicago City Council that oversees issues related to the city’s transportation systems and public right-of-way infrastructure.
B. Committee on Housing and Real Estate
The Committee on Housing and Real Estate is a standing body of the Chicago City Council that oversees legislation and policy related to housing, property development, zoning, and real estate transactions in the city.
C. Joint Economic Committee of Congress
The Joint Economic Committee of Congress is a bipartisan, bicameral congressional committee that analyzes economic conditions and advises Congress on economic policy.
D. Committee on the Budget
The Committee on the Budget is a body within the Judicial Conference of the United States responsible for developing and overseeing budgetary policy and resource allocation for the federal judiciary.
E. United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	standing committee of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished	yes ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPart	Subcommittee on Beach Erosion ⓘ Subcommittee on Flood Control ⓘ Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds ⓘ linked to: House Committee on Public Works Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors ⓘ linked to: House Committee on Public Works Subcommittee on Roads ⓘ Subcommittee on Roads and Transportation (in some Congresses) ⓘ linked to: Subcommittee on Roads Subcommittee on Watershed Development ⓘ
house	House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal building sites ⓘ federal public works ⓘ federal-aid highway programs ⓘ flood control projects ⓘ highways ⓘ navigation projects ⓘ public buildings ⓘ public works construction ⓘ rivers and harbors ⓘ water pollution control (before creation of specialized subcommittees and later committees) ⓘ water resources ⓘ
legislativeArea	federal construction contracting policy ⓘ flood control ⓘ infrastructure policy ⓘ navigation and harbor improvements ⓘ public buildings and grounds ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ water resources development ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn	United States Capitol ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
oversightOf	Bureau of Public Roads ⓘ linked to: Federal Highway Administration General Services Administration (public buildings functions) ⓘ linked to: U.S. General Services Administration U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (civil works programs) ⓘ linked to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
partOf	United States Congress committee system ⓘ
replacedBy	United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation ⓘ linked to: House Committee on Public Works
responsibleFor	authorization of federal building programs ⓘ authorization of federal construction projects ⓘ authorization of federal highway programs ⓘ authorization of water resources development projects ⓘ drafting public works legislation in the House of Representatives ⓘ oversight of federal public works agencies ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	subject-matter jurisdiction ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 → committeeOfOrigin → House Committee on Public Works ⓘ

House Committee on Public Works → replacedBy → United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation ⓘ