Congressional Committees

Because bills related to natural resources are continually being introduced, the Natural Resources Committee is a select committee in the House.

• True

• False

Members of the Natural Resources Committee who work in states that extract coal are likely to request an assignment to the Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee.

• True

• False

When an energy bill passes both the Senate and House, it is reviewed by a joint committee before being sent to the president.

• True

• False

A temporary study group set up out of the Natural Resources Committee to study the availability of natural gas would be a conference committee.

• True

• False

An election results in a Senate with 55 Democrats and 45 Republicans. On a committee of 24 senators, how many would be Republicans?

• 9

• 10

• 11

• 12

Counterterrorsim and Intelligence is most likely a subcommittee of which of these standing committees in the House?

• Foreign Affairs

• Homeland Security

• Oversight and Government Reform

• Transportation and Infrastructure

Each committee has a chairperson, who is part of the majority party and makes key decisions about which bills to consider.

• True

• False

A Florida House member representing Cape Canaveral and other areas where NASA is active is mostly likely to request membership on which of these standing committees?

• Agriculture

• Ethics

• Foreign Affairs

• Science, Space, and Technology

Which of these is one duty of a standing committee chair?

• assign members to the committee

• control all meetings between members

• manage floor debates on bills from their committees

• testify about a bill within their committee

If a member wishes to have power over a bill after it has been passed, the member should request a position on which type of committee?

• conference committee

• joint committee

• select committee

• subcommittee of a standing committee