appropriate congressional committee
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
The term “appropriate congressional committee” means any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate having legislative or oversight jurisdiction under the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate, respectively, over the matter concerned.
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- 2002–present6 U.S.C. § 101Domestic Security · Definitions · in this chapter
The terms “appropriate congressional committee” and “homeland” have the meaning given those terms in section 101 of this title.
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- 2018–present6 U.S.C. § 126Domestic Security · Department of Homeland Security data framework · in this section