committees of the U.S. House of Representatives

E522180

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.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
hasJointCommittee Joint Committee on Printing ⓘ
Joint Committee on Taxation ⓘ
Joint Committee on the Library ⓘ
Joint Economic Committee ⓘ
hasStandingCommittee House Committee on Administration ⓘ
House Committee on Agriculture ⓘ
House Committee on Appropriations ⓘ
House Committee on Armed Services ⓘ
House Committee on Education and the Workforce ⓘ
House Committee on Energy and Commerce ⓘ
House Committee on Ethics ⓘ
House Committee on Financial Services ⓘ
House Committee on Foreign Affairs ⓘ
House Committee on Homeland Security ⓘ
House Committee on Natural Resources ⓘ
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability ⓘ
House Committee on Rules ⓘ
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology ⓘ
House Committee on Small Business ⓘ
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ⓘ
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs ⓘ
House Committee on Ways and Means ⓘ
House Committee on the Budget ⓘ
House Committee on the Judiciary ⓘ
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) ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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 → canServeOn → standing committees of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
United States consulate in Benghazi → investigatedBy → U.S. House of Representatives committees ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
Law Library of Congress → client → Congressional committees ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Capital Markets → partOf → United States Congress committee system ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
SASC → partOf → United States Congress committee system ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
House Committee on Education and the Workforce → partOf → United States Congress committee system ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs → partOf → United States Congress committee system ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
Devon Archer → testifiedBefore → United States House of Representatives committees ⓘ
linked to: committees of the U.S. House of Representatives