Academic Affairs. The Academic Affairs Committee is charged with (1) investigating and advocating for interdisciplinary and cross-departmental academic initiatives, (2) investigating and advocating for interdisciplinary and cross-departmental academic funding, including but not limited to fellowships, research grants, and academic travel grants, (3) investigating and advocating for library facilities and library services for graduate students, including both physical and electronic facilities, (4) studying and reporting on the status of students who are not in regular enrollment, (5) advocating on behalf of students who are not in regular enrollment, and (6) advocating for department-specific and multi-department issues including (i) funding, (ii) stipends, (iii) mentoring, and (iv) the availability of a list of departmental "best practices." Campus Relations. The purview of the Campus Relations Committee shall be: (1) relations between graduate students and other members of the Princeton Community, including (i) undergraduates, (ii) faculty, (iii) staff (including post-docs), (iv) alumni, and (v) people who live or work in the Princeton area and are not part of the University, (2) University policies and practices affecting the interactions of members of and groups within the Princeton Community, (3) issues of special interest to international students, including (i) visa issues, (ii) financial issues, (iii) travel, (iv) teaching and employment, (v) English language education and testing, and (vi) community relations among international students and between international students and domestic students, and (4) study and social space on central campus for graduate students. Special attention should be paid to postdoctoral research staff. The charge of the Campus Relations Committee is to study and perform advocacy for items in its purview. Facilities. The Facilities Committee is charged with (1) performing advocacy for graduate student parking and transportation needs and oversight of the GSG's responsibilities in connection with the University shuttle system, (2) working with the Housing Office and Graduate School for the continual improvement of processes related to graduate student housing, (3) working with the residential committees on issues of housing and maintenance, (4) performing advocacy for housing construction, renovation, and maintenance, as well as residential services provided by the University, (5) performing advocacy on the subject of rents, (6) addressing any projects or programs to assist graduate students in finding affordable and convenient housing, (7) working with the Office of Information Technology on issues concerning graduate students, (8) studying and reporting on computing facilities, University computer systems, programs and services dealing with computers or computing, the campus network, University electronic records, and security and privacy concerns associated with any of these subjects, (9) performing advocacy on issues of dining on-campus (including the Graduate College), (10) performing advocacy on issues of campus sustainability, and (11) performing advocacy on these and related issues. Health & Life. The Health & Life Committee is charged with (1) studying and publicizing health care options for members of the graduate student body, (2) performing advocacy within the University for improvement in health care and insurance options, services, and benefits for members of the graduate student body, (3) seeking, negotiating, and publicizing external discounts or other health care benefits for graduate students, (4) studying and addressing the challenges faced by graduate students with minor children or other dependents, (5) working with Public Safety to address concerns regarding safety on campus, at the graduate housing units, and while using University transportation, and, (6) advocating for improvements to athletics and athletics facilities.

Duties. The Chair shall present a report at each regular meeting of the Assembly on the activities of the Committee. No person shall chair more than one standing committee at a time. Subcommittees. The Chair shall be empowered to create subcommittees of the Committee and appoint, remove, and replace subcommittee chairs as she or he sees fit. The charge of such a subcommittee shall (i) be determined by the Chair of the Committee, (ii) reflect some portion of the mandate of the Committee, (iii) not include any prerogative not in the charge of the Committee, and (iv) not comprise the whole charge of the Committee. A subcommittee with a narrow charge and short-term goal may be referred to as a taskforce. Regular Election by the Assembly. Assembly shall hold annual elections for the Chair of each Standing Committee either at the meeting of the Assembly when the results of the Annual Officer Elections are certified or at the next regular meeting of the Assembly. [See By-Laws III.4] The elections for each Standing Committee Chair shall be publicized to the graduate student body at least one week prior to the meeting when they are scheduled to be held. The election procedures shall follow the procedures for Balloting by the Assembly. [See By-Laws III.6.] Special Appointment by the Assembly. Assembly shall enjoy the power to, by a simple majority vote, remove the Chair of a Standing Committee. Assembly shall enjoy the power to, by a simple majority vote, appoint any willing member of the graduate student body to the Chair of a Standing Committee.

When considering whether to approve funding for an event which has already been funded, the GSG Assembly may use the following guidelines:

When comparing the amount of money requested to the number of graduate students at the event, the total of all funding requests concerning an event shall be compared to the number of graduate students attending, not just the funding request in question. The GSG Assembly shall decide whether another event could be funded with the amount requested. The Treasurer shall examine the Treasury's records and present to the GSG Assembly any evidence which suggests that:

the organization has made a habit of asking for further funding after funding has already been approved for the same event; the organization is irresponsible with its planning of events; the organization regularly disregards the GSG's rules, by-laws, and constitution.