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Founded June 2 , 1890 as a Select Committee , the Committee to Establish a University of the United States was an initiative of the United States Senate which became a Standing Committee on March 19 , 1896 .. Select Committee. Select or special committee ( United States ). United States Senate. United States Senate. Standing Committee. Standing Committee ( US ). University of the United States. University of the United States. During this time there was also a National University Committee outside of the Senate .. National University Committee. National University Committee. In 1897 the committee tried to pass a bill to create a University of the United States , and three years later it presented a bill to allow the Smithsonian Institution to give out degrees .. University of the United States. University of the United States. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution. Neither bill was successful .. The committee was disbanded in 1921 as part of a `` housecleaning '' that got rid of several largely inactive or defunct committees which still officially existed .