standing committee

Noun

 * 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

 * committee

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 常設委員會, ,
 * Dutch: vaste commissie
 * Esperanto: konstanta komitato
 * Faroese: føst nevnd, millumtinganevnd
 * Finnish: ; pysyvä komitea
 * French: commission parlementaire
 * German: ständiger Ausschuss
 * Icelandic: fastanefnd
 * Irish: buanchoiste
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: comité permanente
 * Welsh: pwyllgor sefydlog