rules committee

American  

noun

1. a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.

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Etymology

Origin of rules committee

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The House Rules Committee is expected to meet on Monday afternoon to consider the funding package.

From BBC

After being sworn into the Senate in her first term in 2007, Klobuchar has risen through the ranks and joined multiple committees, and had a stint as the chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee.

From BBC

“I personally agree this should be removed,” Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said during a meeting of the House Rules Committee on Tuesday.

From Salon

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., took to social media after the Rules Committee shot down her amendment to remove the provision.

From Salon

Assembly Bill 234, also coauthored by Calderon, requires the Speaker of the Assembly and the chairperson of the Senate Rules Committee, or their designees, to serve as nonvoting members of the plan’s governing committee, which is dominated by the insurance carriers who operate and financially back it.

From Los Angeles Times