Which term describes a group that may investigate, to recommend, or to take action on a charge?

• A. Panel
• B. Agency
• C. Committee
• D. Task Force

Answer: (C)

In parliamentary procedure, a committee is the standard small body created by the assembly to handle a charge. It can investigate the issue, gather facts, consider options, and report back with findings and recommendations. If authority is delegated by the assembly, a committee may even take action on the charge itself rather than just advise.

A panel is typically a temporary group formed to hear testimony or evaluate something, but it isn’t the usual term for a body empowered to address a charge within the rules. An agency refers to a formal organization, not a deliberative body created by the assembly to handle a charge. A task force describes a temporary group organized to tackle a specific problem, but the established parliamentary term for such a workgroup is a committee.