House Committees : A Framework for Considering Jurisdictional Realignment.

Discusses jurisdictional approaches used by the House of Representatives to organize committees to handle issues regarding homeland security, including the use of temporary committees and permanent realignments. Reviews rule changes affecting referrals and the Speaker's referral authority in li...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Committees > Rules and practice. Civil defense > United States. Jurisdiction. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Discusses jurisdictional approaches used by the House of Representatives to organize committees to handle issues regarding homeland security, including the use of temporary committees and permanent realignments. Reviews rule changes affecting referrals and the Speaker's referral authority in light of jurisdictional issues, and examines use of joint committees.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.