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

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rules committee

He argued the court should have dismissed the case as improvidently granted, leaving the rule change to the federal rules committee.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2025

“We will not be implementing a rushed virtual voting process,” Leah Daughtry and Tim Walz, chairs of the convention rules committee, wrote, and "no voting will begin before August 1".

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024

The rules committee, a powerful group of party insiders, will decide Friday when to hold the virtual vote, which would likely take place within the next two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024

Dorsey proposed the amendments at the board’s rules committee Monday, which included nearly five hours of impassioned comment from cease-fire supporters who rejected the proposed additions as extremist and racist.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

The conference appointed a football rules committee, which, amalgamating if possible with the old football rules committee, was to adopt rules that would revise the game of football—that would make it a new game.

From The Forward Pass in Football by Berry, Elmer