Question

The Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi was created in 2014 to conduct a study and investigation. After the committee completes its work and issues its final report, it will no longer exist. What kind of committee is this an example of?

Answer 1

Answer:

Special committee

Explanation:

In the United States Congress, a special committee is a congressional committee that:

1. is appointed to perform a special function that a standing committee can't perform (Standing committees have responsibility to monitor agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions) and
2. it usually expires on completion of its designated duties.

The Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack was created in 2014 to conduct an investigation about these attacks, therefore it was appointed for a special function (a standing committee couldn't have done this since terrorist attacks have not specific jurisdictions), once it completes its work it will no longer exist. Thus, it is clearly an example of Special Committee.