Senate Committee System.

Staff report, prepared with CRS assistance, for the Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System reviewing Senate committee jurisdictions, sizes, memberships, and reorganization proposals. Includes: history and problems of the Senate committee system; review of committee and subco...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1976.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Committees > Rules and practice. Government productivity. Jurisdiction. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Staff report, prepared with CRS assistance, for the Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System reviewing Senate committee jurisdictions, sizes, memberships, and reorganization proposals. Includes: history and problems of the Senate committee system; review of committee and subcommittee jurisdictions; scope of jurisdictional overlaps in major policy areas (p. 103-149); and, summary of alternative committee organization proposals. Also includes "Advantages of Some Duplication and Ambiguity in Senate Committee Jurisdictions" by Lewis A. Dexter (p. 171-186). Appendices (p. 187-210) include texts of Senate rules on committee assignments and chairmanships, and summaries of legislative proposals on the committee system pending in the 94th Congress (p. 205-210). Includes index (p. 211-224).
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.