Select committee may be permanent or temporary. Special committees, and more rarely, undesignated committees, tend to be similar in constitution and function. Joint Committees Joint committees are made up of members of both chambers. Today, they usually are permanent panels that conduct studies or perform housekeeping tasks rather than consider measures. Subcommittees Most committees form subcommittees with legislative jurisdiction to consider and report bills in particular issues within the purview of the full committee.
Subcommittees are responsible to and work with guidelines established by their parent committees.
Consequently, their number, independence, and autonomy vary among committees. These become law. That means passage is required in both the House and Senate and the President must sign them into law or allow them to become law without his signature. Types of Legislation Joint Resolutions. These also become law.