subcommittee

noun sub·com·mit·tee \ ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē , ˌsəb-kə-ˈmi- \

|Updated on: 11 Aug 2018

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Definition of subcommittee

: a subdivision of a committee usually organized for a specific purpose

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Examples of subcommittee in a Sentence

The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation.

Recent Examples of subcommittee from the Web

As chairman of a subcommittee that regulated Wall Street, Garrett frequently challenged attempts to boost the SEC's funding, especially after the enactment of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law.

— herb jackson, USA TODAY, "Jersey payback: Rep. BIll Pascrell wants GOP foe Scott Garrett's federal salary cut to $1," 13 July 2018
Last month, the ethics committee unanimously voted to create a special subcommittee to investigate Schweikert and Schwab for misspending and other issues.

— ronald j. hansen, azcentral, "Rep. David Schweikert's chief of staff steps down amid ethics probe," 9 July 2018
The Aum cult was a clear danger to not only to Japan but also to the U.S., a 1995 report by a U.S. Senate subcommittee concluded.

— author: stuart biggs, gearoid reidy, Anchorage Daily News, "Japan executes cult leader and 6 others for deadly 1995 sarin attack," 6 July 2018
Each year, after lengthy debate, the subcommittee submits a giant list of recommendations to the Unicode Technical Committee.

— virginia heffernan, WIRED, "The Delicate Art of Creating New Emoji," 28 June 2018
In the House, more than 100 representatives, including Jayapal, have asked a subcommittee to cut off funding used to separate families.

— nina shapiro, The Seattle Times, "Immigration advocates try to determine how many detainees at SeaTac prison are separated from children," 11 June 2018
Mike Lovell told the meeting that its genesis has been organic, meeting regularly in big groups and smaller subcommittees.

— john schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Marquette trying to form massive coalition in effort to treat community's trauma," 7 June 2018
Bobby’s role as a staff member on McCarthy’s Senate subcommittee on investigations would have caused the casual observer to mark him as a rising right-winger.

— ross baker, Smithsonian, "Why Robert Kennedy Transformed From a Conservative Into a Liberal Champion of Civil Rights," 5 June 2018
Leahy, the subcommittee’s vice-chair, said at the end of his back-and-forth, after unsuccessfully pushing DeVos to opine on whether an 18-year-old should be able to easily purchase an AR-15 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

— alia wong, The Atlantic, "DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won't Be Studying: Guns," 5 June 2018

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SUBCOMMITTEE Defined for English Language Learners

subcommittee

noun

Definition of subcommittee for English Language Learners

: a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose

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subcommittee

noun sub·com·mit·tee \ ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē \

legal Definition of subcommittee

: a subdivision of a committee that is assigned a portion of the committee's jurisdiction, holds hearings, amends legislation, and reports to the committee