standing committee

English

Noun

standing committee (plural standing committees)

1. An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure.

Synonyms

• permanent committee

Translations

parliamentary or congressional committee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常務委員會／常务委员会 (zh) (chángwù wěiyuánhuì), 常設委員會／常设委员会 (chángshè wěiyuánhuì), 常委會／常委会 (zh) (chángwěihuì), 常委 (zh) (chángwěi)

• Dutch: vaste commissie f
• Esperanto: konstanta komitato
• Faroese: føst nevnd f, millumtinganevnd f
• Finnish: valiokunta (fi) (standing committee of the Finnish Parliament); pysyvä komitea
• French: commission parlementaire f
• German: ständiger Ausschuss m
• Icelandic: fastanefnd f
• Irish: buanchoiste f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: comité permanente m
• Welsh: pwyllgor sefydlog m