House Select Committee on Homeland Security: Possible Questions Raised if the Panel Were to Be Reconstituted as a Standing Committee (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Aug. 5, 2004 |
| Report Number |
RS21901 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Judy Schneider, Government and Finance Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
On January 7, 2003, the House created a Select Committee on Homeland Security with
legislative
and oversight jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security. The Select Committee is also
charged with reviewing the rules of the House, including Rule X, as they relate to homeland security,
and to report to the Committee on Rules any recommendations by September 30, 2004.
The 9/11 Commission has recommended that Congress create a "permanent standing
committee" in each chamber to serve as a "single, principal point of oversight and review for
homeland security."
This report poses a series of questions that the House might want to consider as it debates the
effect on the House generally, and on the Members specifically, of reconstituting the Select
Committee as a standing committee. This report will be updated if events warrant.
