Presidential commission (United States)
In the United States, a presidential commission is a special task force ordained by the president to complete a specific, special investigation or research. They are often quasi-judicial in nature; that is, they include public or in-camera hearings.
List of presidential commissions
- Commissioners to Confer with the Insurgents in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania
- First Philippine Commission – "Schurman Commission"
- Second Philippine Commission – "Taft Commission"
- Commission on the Organization of Government Scientific Work
- Committee on Department Methods – "Keep Commission"
- President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency
- President's Committee on Economic Security
- President's Commission on Administrative Management – "Brownlow Committee"
- Commission to Investigate the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor – a.k.a. "Roberts Commission"
- President's Committee on Civil Rights
- President's Scientific Research Board
- Presidential Commission on Higher Education
- Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government – Hoover Commission
- President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services – a.k.a. "Fahy Committee"
- President's Committee on Religious & Moral Welfare & Character Guidance in the Armed Forces
- President's Water Resources Policy Commission
- President's Communications Policy Board
- President's Commission on Migratory Labor
- President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights
- President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation
- President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization
- Commission on Intergovernmental Relations – a.k.a. "Kestenbaum Commission"
- Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
- Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee
- The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy – a.k.a. "Warren Commission"
- President's Review Committee for Development Planning in Alaska
- President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia
- President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
- President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
- National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders – a.k.a. the "Kerner Commission"
- President's Commission on Budget Concepts
- National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
- President's Blue Ribbon Defense Panel
- President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation – a.k.a. the "Hunt Commission"
- National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control
- President's Commission on Olympic Sports
- National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year
- U.S. President's Commission on CIA activities within the United States – a.k.a. Rockefeller Commission
- President's Advisory Board on International Investment
- Presidential Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments
- President's Commission on Mental Health
- President's Commission on Military Compensation
- President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies
- President's Commission on Pension Policy
- Presidential Commission on World Hunger
- President's Commission on the Holocaust
- President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island
- President's Advisory Committee for Women
- President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties
- President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine & Biomedical & Behavioral Research
- Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership
- President's Commission on United States–Liberian Relations
- President's Committee on the International Labor Organization
- President's Committee on Small Business Policy
- President's Council on Spinal Cord Injury
- President's Commission on Hostage Compensation
- President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
- President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control – a.k.a. "Grace Commission"
- President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
- National Commission on Excellence in Education
- Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident – a.k.a. "Rogers Commission"
- President's Special Review Board – a.k.a. "Tower Commission"
- President's Commission on Organized Crime
- President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management – a.k.a. "Packard Commission"
- President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic
- President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
- Good Neighbor Environmental Board
- President's commission on aviation security and terrorism
- National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee
- National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board AKA:PDD-39
- Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
- President's Commission on Veterans Education
- Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States
- Invasive Species Advisory Committee
- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee
- President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security
- President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education
- Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry
- National Infrastructure Advisory Council
- 9/11 Commission
- President's Commission on the United States Postal Service
- Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee
- President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy
- Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
- President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors
- State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Policy Advisory Committee
- National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
- Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
- Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development
- National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
- President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
- President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition
- President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans
- San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee
- Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
- President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
- Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee
- Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
- Gold Butte National Monument Advisory Committee
- Governmental Advisory Committee to the United States Representative to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- National Advisory Committee to the United States Representative to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
- Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
- President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
- President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
- Department of Government Efficiency
- President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission