subcommittee

(noun)

A committee formed by an existing committee.

Examples of subcommittee in the following topics:

  • Committees

    • A committee that is a subset of a larger committee is called a subcommittee.
    • A subcommittee usually has well defined executive powers usually spelled out in the charter or by-laws and meets frequently to manage the affairs and further the purposes of an organization or entity.
    • An organization can have many subcommittees, as shown here in this organizational chart .
    • A "Defense" or "Banking" subcommittee in legislative bodies or the many international science commissions such as the ICS, or a local "board of health" are or may be such.

  • The Fifth Amendment

    • The right was asserted at grand jury or congressional hearings in the 1950s, when witnesses testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities or the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee claimed the right in response to questions concerning their alleged membership in the Communist Party.

  • The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

    • All relevant ICTV subcommittees and study groups are consulted prior to a decision being made.

  • Budget Resolutions

    • After the appropriations committees receive their spending ceilings, they are responsible for dividing the amount among their respective subcommittees.

  • Oversight

    • In addition, House rules direct each standing committee to require its subcommittees to conduct oversight or to establish an oversight subcommittee for this purpose.

  • The Oversight Function

    • Congressman Jim Greenwood, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, gavels to start the hearing on human cloning.

  • The Role of the Federal Budget

    • Appropriations subcommittees then approve individual appropriations bills to allocate funding to various federal programs.

  • The Promotion of Global Human Rights

    • Fraser (D, MI), leading the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements, in criticizing Republican Foreign Policy under the Nixon administration.

  • Do What to Make Friends?

    • The aggregate intelligence of a committee is greater than the sum aggregate intelligences of all the subcommittees it spawns.
    • In other words, subcommittees are even more hopeless than the committees which create them.

  • The Legislative Function

    • Legislative, oversight, and internal administrative tasks are divided among about two hundred committees and subcommittees which gather information, evaluate alternatives, and identify problems.