subcommittee

noun

1. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.

   “The society's museum sub-committee is aiming to gather narrow-gauge railway exhibits from throughout the British Isles, and further accommodation will be provided to house the growing collection.”

   “Have you ever seen the televised St. Vitus subcommittee prize”

   ““We all know that this is a second-best option” said Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who chairs one of the Homeland Security subcommittees under Thompson.”

   “The subcommittee report says that if evidence of the virus’ natural origin existed, it would have surfaced by now.”