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      "id": 312634,
      "date": "2006-02-21",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-07T19:12:16.778029",
      "title": "Ad Hoc Select Committees: Use in the House of Representatives",
      "summary": "A select committee is generally created to focus on a specific, significant issue. Although not\nextensively used in recent years, select committees have been employed when jurisdiction over a\nsubject matter is so fragmented or overlapping that no single committee has a clearly established\nleading jurisdictional authority. As such, the development of a coordinated approach may only be\npossible through the use of a select committee. An ad hoc select committee is a type of select panel\nthat is usually formed for a single purpose to deal with a specific subject. This report describes the\ncreation and membership of the four instances the House has formed ad hoc select committees. It\nwill be updated as events warrant.",
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  "topics": [
    "Economic Policy"
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