Definitions for "Standing Committees"
The standing committees of the Senate are: Rules; Ways and means Administration;Bills in the Third Reading; Ethics; Post Audit and Oversight; Science andTechnology; Steering and Policy. The standing committees of the House are:Rules; Ways and means; Bills in the Third Reading; Ethics; long-term Debtand Capital Expenditures; Personnel and Administration; Post Audit andOversight; Science and Technology; Steering, Policy and Scheduling.( Seealso Committees)
Eight permanent committees in the Senate (Administration, Ethics and Rules, Ways and Means, Bills in Third Reading, Long-Term Debt and Capital Expenditures, Post Audit and Oversight, Science and Technology, Federal Financial Assistance and Steering and Policy) and twelve in the House (Rules, Ways and Means, Bills in Third Reading, Ethics, Long-Term Debt and Capital Expenditures, Homeland Security, Medicaid, Science and Technology, Post Audit and Oversight, Personnel and Administration, Steering Policy and Scheduling, Floor Division, ) which serve their respective legislative bodies separately.
permanent legislative committees that sift through proposed legislation.