noun
board, bureau, council, panel, consultants, investigators, trustees, advisory group, task force, board of inquiry, appointed group, cabinet, representatives, investigative committee, study group, executive committee, standing committee, planning board, commission, ad hoc committee, special committee, jury, grand jury, referees, deliberative body, court, convocation, subcommittee, delegation, chamber, soviet; see also delegate, jury, organization 3, representative 2.
in committee
under consideration, being weighed, being evaluated, not settled; see considered 1.