"standing committee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: standing committees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} standing committee (plural standing committees)
  1. An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure. Wikipedia link: standing committee Synonyms: permanent committee Translations (parliamentary or congressional committee): 常務委員會 (Chinese Mandarin), 常务委员会 (chángwù wěiyuánhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 常設委員會 (Chinese Mandarin), 常设委员会 (chángshè wěiyuánhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 常委會 (Chinese Mandarin), 常委会 (chángwěihuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 常委 (chángwěi) (Chinese Mandarin), vaste commissie [feminine] (Dutch), konstanta komitato (Esperanto), føst nevnd [feminine] (Faroese), millumtinganevnd [feminine] (Faroese), valiokunta (english: standing committee of the Finnish Parliament) (Finnish), pysyvä komitea (Finnish), commission parlementaire [feminine] (French), ständiger Ausschuss [masculine] (German), fastanefnd [feminine] (Icelandic), buanchoiste [feminine] (Irish), comité permanente [masculine] (Spanish), pwyllgor sefydlog [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-standing_committee-en-noun-CE4vODCU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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