Select committee

A select committee is an ad hoc committee that is created by either house of the National Diet in order to provide special oversight or focus on particular issues. In the National Assembly, it is used at the behest of assembly deputies, in order to investigate certain issues or exercise oversight for smaller government agencies. With the Federation Council, however, a select committee is usually put into place to examine certain bills closely and push forward a consensus within it. As a result, the provinces exercise indirect pressure on the National Assembly in an informal relationship.

A select committee differs from either a national commission or a task force, both of which are created by the executive branch.