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Ad Hoc Select Committees: Use in the House of Representatives (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Feb. 21, 2006
Report Number RS21243
Report Type Report
Authors Judy Schneider, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

A select committee is generally created to focus on a specific, significant issue. Although not extensively used in recent years, select committees have been employed when jurisdiction over a subject matter is so fragmented or overlapping that no single committee has a clearly established leading jurisdictional authority. As such, the development of a coordinated approach may only be possible through the use of a select committee. An ad hoc select committee is a type of select panel that is usually formed for a single purpose to deal with a specific subject. This report describes the creation and membership of the four instances the House has formed ad hoc select committees. It will be updated as events warrant.