The name for a committee formed temporarily for a specific task is an ad hoc committee.
An ombudsman, like any other official, is restricted to the jurisdiction for which he or she is appointed. This could be a restriction in terms of geography (where, for example, the ombudsman is appointed to investigate in a particular city) or in terms of the subject matter of the investigations (where, for example, such an ombudsman is appointed expressly to investigate problems with human rights abuses or with landlord-tenant relations). In either case, the ombudsman may not investigate beyond his or her jurisdiction.
Those in the iron triangle are likely to have strong allies from a particular state in congress. It is made of congressional committees, bureaucracy and interest groups.
Most of the legislative work of Congress is performed by The standing committees and subcommittees with jurisdiction over particular policy areas
the standing committee and subcommittees with jurisdiction over particular policy areas the standing committee and subcommittees with jurisdiction over particular policy areas
Appropriations is the most powerful, having jurisdiction over most federal spending. After that in no particular order: Finance (jurisdiction over nearly all revenue, bonded debt, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security), Armed Services (broad military powers), Judiciary (jurisdiction over administrative law, and holds confirmation hearings for all federal judicial nominees). After that, probably Foreign Relations, followed by whatever committees have jurisdiction over whatever are hot-button issues at that time.
The legislative branch uses joint committees. A joint committee is one where there is a combination of Senators and Representatives on the same committee. Usually, committees are created by each house of Congress separately and consist only of Representatives or Senators depending on which house create the committee.
Conference Committees: Congressional committees formed when the Senate and the House pass a particular bill in different forms. Party leadership appoints members from each house to iron out the differences and bring back a single bill.
Legislative committees and sub-committees
The most important organizational feature of Congress is probably the set of legislative committees that do most of the work in the legislative branch. Committees and subcommittees hold hearings in order to research information about the particular bill they are investigating. The Committee Chairmen are very powerful in that they can determine what is and is not considered by the committees. There are three types of committees in Congress: standing, select, and joint.
to elect or appoint of some service upon a particular matter.
They deal with a particular area and study the bill to that area.