Gary Novosielski Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 I was gazing at C-SPAN this morning and ran across the term Permanent Select Committee. Isn't this an oxymoron, equivalent to Standing Special Committee? Yes, I know it's not RONR, but I thought someone might know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drake Savory Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Blame Jim Wright. IIRC it is because the PSC does not have the legislative power that a standing committee has. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua Katz Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 Yes, this is the thing that doesn't make any sense about DC 😜 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Novosielski Posted November 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 10 hours ago, Joshua Katz said: Yes, this is the thing that doesn't make any sense about DC 😜 Yes, thank goodness everything else makes sense. 🙄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Elsman Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 This committee is a "select committee" organized under U.S. House Rule X, clauses 10 and 11. It is the only committee in the House designated as a "permanent select" committee to emphasize its ongoing responsibilities in contrast to "select" committees. It is specifically named and has a listed jurisdiction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shmuel Gerber Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Rob Elsman said: This committee is a "select committee" organized under U.S. House Rule X, clauses 10 and 11. It is the only committee in the House designated as a "permanent select" committee to emphasize its ongoing responsibilities in contrast to "select" committees. It is specifically named and has a listed jurisdiction. Oh, well that explains it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheGrandRascal Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Actually, there very much are combination "standing/special" committees. I call them "recurring committees." Just like standing committees, they are usually provided for in the bylaws, and have official names -- but, unlike standing committees, they are usually needed only periodically, or on exceptional occasions, or at certain times. Typical examples within ordinary societies include: trial committee, auditing committee, nominating committee, or election committee. As you can see if you stop to ponder these examples, these are all committees that many organizations have a periodic -- but not necessarily a continuous -- need for. Hence my term, "recurring committee" -- a committee with aspects of both the standing, and the special, committee. It's a type of committee that I've never seen any Parliamentary authority (Robert's or otherwise) take any cognizance of. Edited April 1, 2020 by TheGrandRascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Novosielski Posted April 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 9 hours ago, TheGrandRascal said: It's a type of committee that I've never seen any Parliamentary authority (Robert's or otherwise) take any cognizance of. It seems to me that any of these would be called standing committees. The term recurring makes clear that they are not appointed to consider a single item, but rather to consider a specific class of business whenever it occurs. That's a standing committee. The fact that they may not meet until needed, perhaps for long stretches of time, does not change things. They are established, appointed, organized and ready to meet when called upon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel H. Honemann Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 Well, neither the Nominating Committee nor the Auditing Committee referred to in the sample bylaws is a standing committee. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Novosielski Posted April 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Daniel H. Honemann said: Well, neither the Nominating Committee nor the Auditing Committee referred to in the sample bylaws is a standing committee. Okay, but then they must be Special Committees, yes? (And the same might be said of the Program Committee, since it has but one task.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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