diff --git a/bin/save_metadata.php b/bin/save_metadata.php
index 1be9195..514cc37 100644
--- a/bin/save_metadata.php
+++ b/bin/save_metadata.php
@@ -35,6 +35,55 @@
  */
 $metadata = json_decode(file_get_contents($video_dir . 'metadata.json'));
 
+/*
+ * Identify the committee ID for this video.
+ */
+if ($metadata->type == 'committee')
+{
+
+	/*
+	 * First, get a list of all committees' names and IDs.
+	 */
+	$sql = 'SELECT id, name
+			FROM committees
+			WHERE parent_id IS NULL
+			AND chamber = "' . $metadata->chamber . '"';
+	$result = mysql_query($sql);
+	if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
+	{
+
+		$committees = array();
+		while ($committee = mysql_fetch_array($result))
+		{
+			$committees[] = $committee;
+		}
+
+		$shortest = -1;
+		foreach ($committees as $id => $name)
+		{
+
+			$distance = levenshtein($metadata->committee, $name);
+			if ($distance === 0)
+			{
+				$closest = $id;
+				$shortest = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			elseif ($distance <= $shortest || $shortest < 0)
+			{
+				$closest = $id;
+				$shortest = $distance;
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		$metadata->committee_id = $closest;
+
+	}
+
+}
+
 /*
  * Instantiate the video class
  */
@@ -71,6 +120,10 @@
 $file['type'] = 'video';
 $file['title'] = ucfirst($file['chamber']) . ' Video';
 $file['capture_directory'] = '/video/' . $metadata->chamber . '/floor/' . $metadata->date .'/';
+if (!empty($metadata->committee_id))
+{
+	$file['committee_id'] = $metadata->committee_id;
+}
 
 /*
  * Store this record in the database.