Under the rules, the speaker is responsible for referring all proposed legislation to committee, subject to the committee jurisdictions set forth in the rules.

Similarly, the plans to limit chairmen to three terms and to end joint committee jurisdiction over important bills make sense.

The act also transferred to the committee jurisdiction over the postal service.

But the energy bill involves conflicting committee jurisdictions.

Precedent is also used to determine committee jurisdiction.

They also have oversight responsibility to monitor agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions, and in some cases in areas that cut across committee jurisdictions.

Paragraph 8 provides for the review and study of matters within committee jurisdiction.

House Republicans, whose agenda also includes realigning committee jurisdiction and selecting committee members, will start voting on Monday, Dec. 5.

Few things are more difficult to change in Washington than congressional committee jurisdiction and prerogatives.

Before the 1860s, the Senate considered most nominations without referring them to the committee holding jurisdiction over the vacant post.