standing committee

English

Noun

standing committee (plural standing committees)

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 (zh), 常务委员会 (zh) (chángwù wěiyuánhuì), 常設委員會, 常设委员会 (chángshè wěiyuánhuì), 常委會 (zh), 常委会 (zh) (chángwěihuì), 常委 (zh) (chángwěi)
Esperanto: konstanta komitato
Finnish: valiokunta (fi) (standing committee of the Finnish Parliament); pysyvä komitea
French: commission parlementaire f

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

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