Congressional Commissions Overview, Structure, and Legislative Considerations

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive advisory bodies.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Provides overview and analysis of Congressional advisory commissions, which are formal groups established to obtain advice, develop recommendations on complex policy issues, or find solutions to contentious problems. Outlines general statutory structure of a Congressional commission, and provides catalog of Congressional commissions created from the 101st-113th Congresses. Includes tables

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-R4-0076 in the 2013 issue

Notes:

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Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Mar. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Government Division. Congressional Commissions

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-GVF-0052

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Restricted for use by site license