Select committees in the Congress of the United States of
America:   • Senate Select Committee on Ethics   • Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence   • House Select Committee on Homeland
Security   • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence A
member of Congress can only join two standing committees, but
they can be a member of a select committee while still
maintaining their seats on two standing committees. This is the
only appreciable difference between the two types: the other
differences are procedural in nature and not really pertinent
unless you're the Speaker of the House. While a few select
committes have been created to deal with temporary problems
(e.g. the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Presidential
Campaign Activities, which was in charge of the Watergate
hearings), the few that currently exist are all more or less
permanent.  In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a select
committee is a committee formed for investigatory purposes,
whereas a standing committee is a committee th