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Name: Emily Bush Date: School: Facilitator: 4.02 House Committees Match the type of committee to the correct description of the committee. Types of Committees Descriptions of Committees E 1. Standing committees C 2. Joint committees D 3. Select committees A 4. Rules Committee B 5. Subcommittee A. Referred to as the “Speaker’s Committee; It sets the rules for how, when, and under what rules debate will take place on a bill. B. A smaller committee that is formed to break big issues down into smaller portions. C. An often temporary committee that will combine the members from both legislative bodies to resolve particular issues dealing with legislation. D. Committee that is formed to report on particular issues that pertain to a bill. E. Permanent committee that deals with specific, large issues. Explore http://www.house.gov/committees/ to learn more about the committees in the House of Representatives. Use the information provided on the committee links (under “About” heading) to write a brief description/purpose of each committee listed below. Standing Committees 6. Appropriations Appropriation: A law of Congress that provides an agency with budget authority. An appropriation allows the agency to incur obligations and to make payments from the U.S. Treasury for specified purposes. 7. Budget The Budget Committee's principal responsibility is to develop a concurrent resolution on the budget to serve as the framework for congressional action on spending, revenue, and debt-limit legislation. 8. Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security works to improve the security of the United States. The Department's work includes customs, border, and immigration enforcement, emergency response to natural and manmade disasters, antiterrorism work, and cybersecurity. 9. Judiciary conducting oversight and consideration of nominations, the Senate Judiciary Committee also considers legislation, resolutions, messages, petitions, memorials and other

matters, as provided for in the Standing Rules of the Senate. 10. Oversight and Government Reform Oversight is the essential function through which legislators determine whether current laws and appropriations are achieving intended results. 11. Intelligence providing oversight of all U.S. intelligence agencies. As a member of the committee, Senator Feinstein regularly reviews intelligence reports, budgets and activities and participates in committee investigations. 12. Ethics The Ethics Committee gives advice on moral questions in clinical care, educates clinical staff and the public on issues in medical ethics, and develops policies related to patient care. 13. Ways and Means The Ethics Committee gives advice on moral questions in clinical care, educates clinical staff and the public on issues in medical ethics, and develops policies related to patient care. Joint Committee 14. Describe one joint committee An example of a joint committee is the Joint Committee on the Library. Most joint committees are permanent (as with the Library Committee) but temporary joint committees have been created to address specific issues (such as the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War during the American Civil War). Select Committee 15. Describe one select committee Examples include the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House and the Select Committee on Intelligence in the Senate. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is a select committee, though the word select is no longer a part of its name.

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