Chairmen date January 7, 2011 accessdate 2011 01 07 Committee Task Forces UnitedStatesHouse ...?A 770 Anti Trust Panel to Examine XM Sirius Merger UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on the Judiciary Press ... List of UnitedStatesHouse committees UnitedStates congressional committeeUnitedStates Senate ... UnitedStatesHouseCommittee On The Judiciary Category Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse ... States Category Organizations established in 1813 de UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on the Judiciary ... member is UnitedStates Democratic Party Democrat John Conyers of Michigan . History The committee ... class wikitable Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts ... Steve Cohen D TN UnitedStatesHouse Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution The Constitution Trent Franks R AZ Jerrold Nadler D NY UnitedStatesHouse Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property ... R VA Mel Watt D NC UnitedStatesHouse Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security ... Scott D VA UnitedStatesHouse Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Immigration ... Antitrust Review.com ref UnitedStatesHouse Judiciary Antitrust Task Force 110th Congress ... has a six month term. HouseRules limit each full committee to just five subcommittees, and any ... to inquire whether the House should impeach Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the UnitedStates District ... John Conyers date 2009 05 29 publisher UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives quote ref leading to hearings ... Subcommittee hearing regarding his pardon of Richard Nixon October 17, 1974 . The U.S. HouseCommittee on the Judiciary , also called the House Judiciary Committee , is a standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives . It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the UnitedStates federal courts federal courts , administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement ... background, but this is not required. In the 112th Congress , the chairman of the committee is United ... more details
The HouseCommittee on Rivers and Harbors was a UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives U.S. Housecommittee from 1883 until 1946. It was authorized early in the 48th UnitedStates Congress 48th Congress in December 1883, when the committee was given jurisdiction over subjects relating to the improvements of rivers and harbors it also had the responsibility of reporting the Rivers and Harbors Act river and harbor bills to the floor. These functions previously had been handled by the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Commerce Committee on Commerce . ref name House R&Hcomte http www.archives.gov legislative guide house chapter 17 rivers and harbors.html Records of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors ... being UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Public Works HouseCommittee on Public Works , ref name HousePWcmtes http www.archives.gov legislative guide house chapter 17.html Chapter 17. Records of the Public ... the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure . History and jurisdiction With the establishment of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors on December 19, 1883, the Committee on Commerce relinquished its previous jurisdiction over ... 764 Jurisdiction , UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ref and for rivers from 1824. The latter beginning for rivers followed the List of landmark court decisions in the UnitedStates landmark decision of the US ... improvements was still contentious, it was generally less so by the time the committee was formed. References Reflist USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse ... guide house chapter 07 commerce.html Records of the Committee on Commerce 1819 1892 History and Jurisdiction ... ref The committee s jurisdiction changed over time with many additional considerations and jurisdictions and some reductions. The Rivers and Harbors committee, as well as other committees related ... more details
The Committee on Appropriations is a UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives committees committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives . It is in charge of setting the specific expenditure s of money by the government of the UnitedStates . As such, it is one of the most powerful of the committees ... Chairmen DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesHouseCommittee On Appropriations Category UnitedStates federal budgets HouseCommittee on Appropriations Category Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse ... basis for the Appropriations Committee comes from Article One of the UnitedStates Constitution Article ... President of the UnitedStates President . The root of the Committee s power is its ability to disburse ... typically sit on no other committee. Under HouseRules, an exception to this is that five Members ... class wikitable Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee ... Sam Farr D CA UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related ... ref UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Energy and Water Development Rodney Frelinghuysen R NJ Pete Visclosky D IN UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee ... Emerson R MO Jos Enrique Serrano Jos Serrano D NY UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee ... Price D NC UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Mike Simpson R ID Jim Moran D VA UnitedStatesHouse ... CT UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch Legislative Branch Ander Crenshaw R FL Mike Honda D CA UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction ... John Culberson R TX Sanford Bishop D GA UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on State ... R TX Nita Lowey D NY UnitedStatesHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing ... See also UnitedStates Senate Committee on Appropriations References reflist External links http appropriations.house.gov ... more details
image UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Armed Services emblem.gif thumb UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Armed Services emblem The U.S. HouseCommittee on Armed Services , commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee , is a standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives . It is responsible for funding and Congressional oversight oversight of the UnitedStates Department of Defense Department of Defense DOD and the Military of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates armed forces , as well as substantial portions of the UnitedStates Department of Energy Department of Energy . History ... StatesHouse of Representatives Armed Services Category Military of the UnitedStatesCommittee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Category 1822 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Organizations established in 1822 de UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Armed Services fi UnitedStates ... Services. Members, 112th UnitedStates Congress 112th Congress The committee chairman is Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Howard McKeon Buck McKeon of California , and the Ranking Member is Democratic Party UnitedStates Democrat Adam Smith politician Adam Smith of Washington U.S. State Washington ... Member UnitedStatesHouse Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Tactical Air and Land Forces Roscoe Bartlett R MD Silvestre Reyes D TX UnitedStatesHouse Armed Services Subcommittee ... politician Susan Davis D CA UnitedStatesHouse Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Oversight and Investigations Rob Wittman R VA Jim Cooper D TN UnitedStatesHouse Armed ... Todd Akin R MO Mike McIntyre D NC UnitedStatesHouse Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Strategic Forces Mike Turner R OH Loretta Sanchez D CA UnitedStatesHouse Armed Services Subcommittee ... guide house chapter 04.html Chapter 4. Records of the Armed Services Committee and Its Predecessors ... Record Group 233 ref When Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 1994, the committee ... more details
on Insular Affairs and Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans were merged into the UnitedStatesHouse ... StatesHouse Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Energy and Mineral Resources Doug Lamborn R CO Rush D. Holt D NJ UnitedStatesHouse Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries ... Fleming U.S. politician John Fleming R LA Gregorio Sablan D NMI UnitedStatesHouse Natural Resources ... Dan Boren D OK UnitedStatesHouse Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Rob Bishop R UT Ra l Grijalva D AZ UnitedStates ... Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Natural Resources Category Organizations ...The U.S. HouseCommittee on Natural Resources , or Natural Resources Committee often referred to as simply Resources is a U.S. Congressional committee Congressional committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives . Originally called the Committee on Interior & Insular Affairs, the name was changed to the Natural Resources Committee in 1993. The name was shortened to the Resources Committee in 1995 by the new Chairman, Don Young at the same time, the committee took over the duties of the List of defunct UnitedStates congressional committees now defunct Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee . Following the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives in 2006, the name of the committee ... area Insular possessions of the UnitedStates generally except those affecting the revenue and appropriations . National Military Park Military parks and battlefield s, UnitedStates National Cemetery national cemeteries administered by the UnitedStates Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior ... lands and conservation of the radium supply in the UnitedStates. Preservation of prehistoric ruins ... s, and grazing thereon. Relations of the UnitedStates with Native Americans and Native American tribes. Trans Alaska Pipeline System Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline except ratemaking . Source Rules of the House ... more details
The UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Commerce and Manufactures was a standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives U.S. House from 1795 until 1819, when the two initially related subjects were split into the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Commerce Committee on Commerce and the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Manufactures Committee on Manufactures . ref name HouseC&M http www.archives.gov legislative guide house chapter 07 commerce and manufactures.html Records of the Committee ... legislative guide senate chapter 07 1816 1825.html Commerce and Manufactures Committee 1816 25 , National Archives and Records Administration National Archives ref The committee s commerce commercial aspects, issues and jurisdiction follow through the Committee on Commerce from 1819 to 1892, the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee on Interstate ... related to energy , commerce is now within the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Energy and Commerce . History and jurisdiction The standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures was created in December ... National Archives ref Its related committee in the UnitedStates Senate U.S. Senate was the UnitedStates Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures ... and manufactures of the UnitedStates, as shall be presented, or shall or may come into question, and be referred to them by the House, and to report their opinion thereupon, together with such propositions for relief therein, as to them shall be expedient. ref Journal of the House of Representatives of the UnitedStates, 3d and 4th Congresses, Dec. 14, 1795, p. 376. ref The records of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, during the 4th UnitedStates Congress 4th to 15th UnitedStates Congress ..., asked that the UnitedStates purchase and maintain the lighthouse they had constructed by private ... received favorable treatment. References Reflist Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStates ... more details
Image US House Committee.jpg right thumb 200px Meeting of the House Financial Services Committee The UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Financial Services also referred to as the House Banking Committee is the UnitedStates congressional committeecommittee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives ... established in 1865 US Congress stub de UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Financial Services fi UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Financial Services es UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Financial Services ..., and housing industries. The Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve , the UnitedStates ... services regulators. It is chaired by Spencer Bachus Republican Party UnitedStates R Alabama AL and the ranking Democratic Party UnitedStates Democrat is Barney Frank D Massachusetts MA . History The committee ... was created in 1865 to take over responsibilities previously handled by the UnitedStatesHouse ... Committee operates with six UnitedStates congressional subcommittee subcommittees . This is an increase from five subcommittees in the 110th UnitedStates Congress 110th Congress . The former UnitedStatesHouse Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade ... wikitable Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital ... Scott Garrett R NJ Maxine Waters D CA UnitedStatesHouse Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial ... R WV Carolyn B. Maloney D NY UnitedStatesHouse Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing ... Gutierrez D IL UnitedStatesHouse Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology ..., Jr. D MO UnitedStatesHouse Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade ... Spencer Bachus See also UnitedStates Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs References ... Services Homepage USCongressCommittees Category Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives ... Banking and Financial Services Committee from the House Energy and Commerce Committee . Since that time ... more details
in 1775 US Congress stub ja es UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Foreign Affairs ... of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives elections, 2010 . She succeeds Howard Berman , of California ... Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health ... Smith R NJ Vacant UnitedStatesHouse Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Asia and the Pacific Donald Manzullo R IL Eni Faleomavaega D AS UnitedStatesHouse Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia Europe and Eurasia Dan Burton R IN Gregory Meeks D NY UnitedStatesHouse ... R OH Gary Ackerman D NY UnitedStatesHouse Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Ed Royce R CA Brad Sherman D CA UnitedStates ... Dana Rohrabacher R CA Russ Carnahan D MO UnitedStatesHouse Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western ... of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Foreign Affairs Category Foreign relations of the United ...citations missing date February 2012 The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee , is a Standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives which has jurisdiction over bills and investigations related to the International relations foreign affairs of the UnitedStates. It is less powerful than its Senate counterpart, the UnitedStates Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Senate Foreign Relations Committee , because the Housecommittee does not consider the ratification ... for ambassador and UnitedStates Secretary of State Secretary of State . Ileana Ros Lehtinen of Florida ... title Past Chairs of the Committee work History of the Committee publisher U.S. HouseCommittee on Foreign ... Home District Notes colspan 5 ? Henry Hyde Republican Party UnitedStates Republican 107th UnitedStates Congress 107th Congress 109th UnitedStates Congress 109th Congress Illinois Illinois ... more details
The Committee on Education and the Workforce is a Standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives . From 1947 until 1994 and again from 2007 to 2011, during Democratic Party UnitedStates Democratic control of the House, it was known as the Committee ... Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Education Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary ... D MI UnitedStatesHouse Education Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Workforce Protections Tim Walberg R MI Lynn Woolsey D CA UnitedStatesHouse Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce ... UnitedStatesHouse Education Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Health, Employment ... External links http edlabor.house.gov Official Homepage clear UnitedStatesHouse Education and the Workforce Subcommittees USCongressCommittees Category Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Education and the Workforce Category Education in the UnitedStates Category Labor related organizations Category 1867 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Organizations established ... first Molly K. url http thehill.com homenews house 134799 new gop rules will make it tougher for house to raise debt ceiling title New GOP rules will make it tougher for House to raise debt ceiling work The Hill date December 22, 2010 accessdate 2011 01 06 ref History of the Committee Attempts were made to create a congressional committee on education and labor starting with the early congresses but issues over Congress s constitutional ability to oversee such issues delayed the committee s formation. Finally, on March 21, 1867, the Committee on Education and Labor was founded following the end ... Act of 1946 , becoming the Committee on Education and Labor again. On January 4, 1995, when the Republicans took over the House, the Committee was renamed the Committee on Economic and Educational ... 19, 1883, the committee was divided into two, the Committee on Education and the Committee on Labor ... more details
File House Select Committee on Assassinations.jpg thumb right 350px Meeting of the House Select Committee on Assassinations The UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations .... Kennedy Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Assassinations ca House Select Committee on Assassinations es Comit Selecto de la C mara sobre Asesinatos fr House Select Committee on Assassinations it UnitedStatesHouse Select Committee on Assassinations he pl UnitedStatesHouse Select Committee on Assassinations sh Izabrani odbor Predstavni kog doma Kongresa SAD o atentatima fi House Select Committee on Assassinations ... not rule out individual members of any of those groups acting together. The House Select Committee ... Committee staff G. Robert Blakey was Chief Counsel and Staff Director to the 1977 House Select Committee ... Commission theorized it occurred. The UnitedStates Department of Justice Department of Justice ... information available in 1964, and the UnitedStates Secret Service Secret Service was deemed deficient ... of Governor George Wallace . The Committee investigated until 1978, and in 1979 issued its final report ... crime conspiracy . However, the committee noted that it believed that the conspiracy did not include ... with much of its evidence sealed for 50 years under Congressional rules. ref cite book url http www.fas.org ... to the Hart Schweiker and Church Committee hearings that had revealed CIA ties to other assassinations ... for insufficient consideration of the possibility of a conspiracy in each case. The Committee in its ... some assassinations Federal crimes. The Chief Counsel of the Committee later changed his views that the CIA ... s special liaison to the Committee researchers, George E. Joannides George Joannides , was actually ..., should have been interviewed by the Committee, rather than serving as a gatekeeper to the CIA s evidence ... and representations to the Committee, accusing it of obstruction of justice . ref http www.pbs.org ... more details
The U.S. HouseCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives . John Mica R Florida currently chairs the committee. History The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has formerly been known as the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, and the Committee on Public Works between 1947 and 1968. This committee was formed ... on UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds Public Buildings and Grounds 1837 1946 , UnitedStatesHouse Committees on Rivers and Harbors Rivers and Harbors 1883 1946 , UnitedStatesHouse Committees on Roads Roads 1913 46 , and the UnitedStatesHouse Committees on Flood Control Flood Control 1916 46 were combined to form the Committee on Public Works. Its jurisdiction ... transportation.house.gov Committee website USCongressCommittees Category Transportation in the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Category Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Transportation Category 1842 establishments in the UnitedStates Category ... There are six subcommittees class wikitable Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Aviation Tom Petri R WI Jerry Costello D IL UnitedStates ... Transportation Frank LoBiondo R NJ Rick Larsen D WA UnitedStatesHouse Transportation Subcommittee ... and Emergency Management Jeff Denham R CA Eleanor Holmes Norton D DC UnitedStatesHouse Transportation ... Duncan R TN Peter DeFazio D OR UnitedStatesHouse Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines ... Brown D FL UnitedStatesHouse Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Water .... ref http www.archives.gov legislative guide house chapter 17 public works.html Chapter 17. Committee on Public Works 1947 68 , National Archives , Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives ... StatesHouse of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789 1989 Bicentennial Edition Doct ... more details
The standing committee standing Committee on Veterans Affairs in the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legislation, and recommends new Act of Congress bill s or amendments concerning veterans. Jurisdiction includes retiring and disability pension s, life insurance , education including the G.I. Bill , vocational training, medicine medical care, and home loan guarantees. The committee oversees the UnitedStates Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans ... the UnitedStates Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior . The committee was created by Section 121 a of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 Public Law Seventy ninth UnitedStates Congress 79 601 , which authorized a standing committee of 27 members. Past and current chairs The chairs of the committee 1947 1948 Edith Nourse Rogers R MA 1949 1952 John Elliott Rankin D MS 1953 1954 ... Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance ... D CA UnitedStatesHouse Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Economic Opportunity Marlin Stutzman R IN Bruce Braley D IA UnitedStatesHouse Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health Health Ann Marie Buerkle R NY Michael Michaud D ME UnitedStatesHouse Veterans Affairs Subcommittee ... R OH Joe Donnelly D IN See also UnitedStates Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs UnitedStates Department of Veterans Affairs External links http veterans.house.gov HouseCommittee on Veterans Affairs http www.va.gov index.htm UnitedStates Department of Veterans Affairs http democrats.veterans.house.gov Veterans Affairs Committee Democratic Webpage House VA Chairmen USCongressCommittees Category Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Category Military veterans affairs in the UnitedStates Category Military related organizations Category 1947 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Organizations established in 1947 ... more details
The Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process is a subcommittee within the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on RulesHouseRulesCommittee According to the Committeerules, this Subcommittee has general responsibility for measures or matters related to relations between the Congress and the Executive Branch. Members, 112th Congress class wikitable Majority Minority party shading Republican valign top Pete Sessions , Texas, Chairman Virginia Foxx , North Carolina Rob Woodall , Georgia Daniel Webster Florida politician Daniel Webster , Florida David Dreier , California party shading Democratic valign top Alcee Hastings , Florida, Ranking Member Jared Polis , Colorado External links http www.rules.house.gov legbudg sub lbp.htm RulesCommittee, Subcommittee page UnitedStatesHouseRules Subcommittees USCongressCommittees Category Subcommittees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives US poli stub ... more details
The UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on the Disposition of Executive Papers is a former standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives . The committee was established on February 16, 1889, by An Act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive Departments. The act provided that whenever an executive department accumulated files of papers that were not needed for the transaction of current business and possessed no permanent value or historical interest, the head of the agency would submit a report to Congress of the UnitedStates Congress with a concise statement of the character and condition of such papers. The President of the UnitedStates Senate and the Speaker of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives would, upon receipt of the report, each appoint two Members to sit on a joint committee to meet and examine the reports and papers, and report on them. If the report of the joint committee agreed that the papers were useless, the head ... as a standing committee in the revised Rules of the House. Under the 1934 National Archives Act the Archivist of the UnitedStates was given responsibility for governmental records and archives and was required to submit the disposition lists formerly submitted by the agencies. In addition, the committee .... Under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 , the two House Members on the UnitedStates Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers were selected from the membership of the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on House Administration House Administration Committee . External links http www.archives.gov legislative guide house chapter 12 disposition of papers.html Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers at NARA USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Disposition ... process became institutionalized a Select Committee on the Disposition of Useless Executive ... more details
The Special Committee on Water Power was a select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress special committee of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 65th Congress 65th and 66th Congress es. It was established on January 11, 1918. Jurisdiction The special committee was assigned jurisdiction over all bills and resolutions involving development or utilization of water power within the UnitedStates History For several years, UnitedStates Congress Congress had failed in its attempts to pass legislation authorizing the building of dam s on navigable waters navigable streams . At the time, the UnitedStates Secretary of War Secretaries of War , UnitedStates Secretary of the Interior Interior , and UnitedStates Secretary of Agriculture Agriculture all had authority over some aspect of the issue. The three secretaries joined together in drafting a water power bill for consideration by Congress. In the House, jurisdiction over the bill was split. The UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce had jurisdiction over bills regarding construction of bridges and dams over navigable waters within the several state UnitedStatesstates , the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Public Lands Committee on Public Lands had jurisdiction over dams on public lands , and the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Agriculture Committee on Agriculture had jurisdiction over those on UnitedStates National Forest forest reserve s. To prevent the Secretaries bill from being fragmented among committees, the special committee was created, drawing its members from the three standing committees. The committee was renewed in the 66th Congress 1919 21 and expired in 1921. References cite web url http www.archives.gov legislative guide house chapter 22 select water power.html title Guide to the Records of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives ... US Congress stub Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Water Power ... more details
recentism date March 2012 The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is a UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives ... also has the responsibilities of the former Committee on UnitedStates Postal Service Post Office ... This Committee was very active during President of the UnitedStates President Bill Clinton s term ... UnitedStatesHouse Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy ... Stephen Lynch D MA UnitedStatesHouse Oversight Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency ... R PA Ed Towns D NY UnitedStatesHouse Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia ... Trey Gowdy R SC Danny K. Davis D IL UnitedStatesHouse Oversight Subcommittee on National Security ... Jason Chaffetz R UT John F. Tierney D MA UnitedStatesHouse Oversight Subcommittee on Regulatory ... Mike Quigley politician Michael Quigley D IL UnitedStatesHouse Oversight Subcommittee on Technology ... of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Category Government ... and Government Reform is the main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. After Republicans gained control of the House in 1995, the committee was reorganized to include just seven ... make it one of the most influential and powerful committees in the House. The Committee serves as Congress ... of the committee is the only committee chairman in the House with the authority to issue subpoenas without ... of the UnitedStates federal government federal government to oversee how taxpayer monies were ... other House committees. The committee was renamed in the 106th Congress as the Committee on Government ... Party UnitedStates Democratic Party between 1997 and 2002 , at a cost of more than 35 million. Under ... own reports found that the House Government Reform Committee held just 37 hearings described ... by its predecessor, the House Government Operations Committee, in 1993 1994 94 , the last year the Democrats ... Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. Gulf Coast of the UnitedStates Gulf Coast , and the suppression ... more details
Image UnitedStatesHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.jpg right 180px thumb Seal of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence The UnitedStatesHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is a UnitedStates Congressional committeecommittee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives ... committee in the U.S. House of Representatives charged with the oversight of the UnitedStates Intelligence ... the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Armed Services Armed Services Committee for some matters dealing with the UnitedStates Department of Defense Department of Defense and the various branches of the Military of the UnitedStates U.S. military . The committee was preceded by the Select Committee ... established in 1977 de UnitedStatesHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ... the Select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress permanent select committee , which gave it status equal to a standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee on July 14, 1977. Oversight The committee oversees all or part of the following UnitedStates Federal Executive Departments executive branch departments and Independent agencies of the UnitedStates government agencies Director ... Command UnitedStates Coast Guard Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Members, 112th Congress The committee ... H200 Subcommittees class wikitable Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Intelligence Subcommittee on Oversight Oversight Lynn Westmoreland R GA Jan Schakowsky D IL UnitedStatesHouse ... Joe Heck R NV Adam Schiff D CA UnitedStatesHouse Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism, HUMINT ... G. Pike of New York . The select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee had ... Mike Rogers Michigan politician Mike Rogers 2011 present See also Church CommitteeUnitedStates President ... StatesHouse of Representatives Intelligence Category Reports of the UnitedStates government ... Agency Defense Intelligence Agency UnitedStates Department of Defense Department of Defense United ... more details
The UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Expenditures in the Navy Department is a defunct a UnitedStates Congressional committeecommittee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives . History Article One of the UnitedStates Constitution Section 9 Limits on Congress Article I, section 9 of the UnitedStates Constitution provides that No money shall be drawn from the Treasury ... and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time. Initially, the House appointed Select or special committeeUnitedStates special committees to monitor the use of public moneys. In 1802, the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee of Ways and Means Committee of Ways and Means ... of past expenditures to a standing UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Public Expenditures ... with ten other Committees on Expenditures to form the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments . The functions of the committee are now part of the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Oversight and Government Reform . Notes references References http www.archives.gov ...?ammem hlaw field DOCID lit hj01088 Journal of the House of Representatives of the UnitedStates , 14th ... Administration USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse ... of the Congress of the UnitedStates , 7th Congress, 1st session., January 7, 1802, http rs6.loc.gov ... of the UnitedStates , 13th Congress, 2nd session , pp. 311, 314. On February 24, John Eppes introduced ... following the operations of the various UnitedStates Federal Executive Departments ... to examine the accounts and expenditures of the UnitedStates Department of State State , UnitedStates Department of the Treasury Treasury , UnitedStates Department of War War , UnitedStates Department of the Navy Navy , UnitedStates Post Office Department Post Office Departments and those related ... cgi bin query r?ammem hlaw field DOCID lit hj01088 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United ... more details
The Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic was a standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives from 1893 to 1927. It was preceded by a select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee formed in 1879 ... house table of contents short.html title Guide to the Records of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives ..., 1789 1982 A Checklist publisher Greenwood Press pages 5 date 1985 ref History The Select Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic was established on May 16, 1879, pursuant to UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives House resolution. The select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee terminated August 18, 1893, when it was made a standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee ref name stubbs In 1890, the Select Committee recommended the creation of a President of the UnitedStates presidentially appointed commission on alcoholic liquor traffic. The commission ... UnitedStatesstates , U.S. territory territories , Federal government of the UnitedStates government ... commerce of alcohol in the UnitedStates and in various locations under federal authority and its ... and the Ranking Member was Joseph D. Taylor of Ohio . ref cite book last UnitedStates Congress title ... StatesHouse of Representatives Alcoholic Liquor Traffic US Congress stub ... suggests, the committee was responsible for all subjects relating to alcoholic beverage alcoholic liquor ... s. The committee was also responsible for investigating issues related to the Eighteenth Amendment to the UnitedStates Constitution 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , which established Prohibition , outlawing the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the UnitedStates . ref cite book last Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic title Survey of Alcoholic Liquor Traffic and the Enforcement ... ?id EwovAAAAMAAJ accessdate 2009 02 21 ref Official records of the committee generally include ... more details
Committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Science Category Science and technology in the UnitedStatesHouseCommittee on Science Category Space policy Category NASA Category Politics ...The Committee on Science, Space and Technology is a standing committeecommittee of the UnitedStates ... UnitedStates Congress January 2009 January 2011 , the Committee was chaired by Democratic Party UnitedStates Democrat Bart Gordon of Tennessee , ref USBill 111 HRes 8 ref and the Ranking Member ... 2008 ref class wikitable Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesHouse Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Space and Aeronautics Steven Palazzo R MS Vacant UnitedStatesHouse Science ... Lipinski D IL UnitedStatesHouse Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Energy and Environment Andy Harris R MD Brad Miller congressman Brad Miller D NC UnitedStatesHouse Science Subcommittee ... agencies NASA , the UnitedStates Department of Energy Department of Energy , UnitedStates Environmental ... FEMA , the U.S. Fire Administration , and UnitedStates Geological Survey . History In the wake of the Soviet ... ref The committee also chartered the permanent HouseCommittee on Science and Astronautics , which officially began on January 3, 1959, and was the first new standing committee established in the House since 1946. The name was changed in 1974 to the HouseCommittee on Science and Technology . The name was changed again in 1987 to the HouseCommittee on Science, Space and Technology . After the UnitedStates Republican Party Republican Party gained a majority in Congress in 1994, the name of the committee was changed to the HouseCommittee on Science . With the return of control to the UnitedStates Democratic Party Democrats in 2007, the committee s name was changed back to the HouseCommittee ... title A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY date November 7, 2007 publisher UnitedStates Government ref Members 112th Congress The Committee is chaired by Ralph Hall of Texas , and the Ranking ... more details
orphan date May 2010 The Committee on Government Contracts was a select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives from 1861 to 1863 during ... march3 At the behest of Rep. Washburne, the UnitedStatesHouse Select Committee on an Alleged Abstraction ... the beginning of the UnitedStates Civil War U.S. Civl War , there were numerous reports in the public press of frauds in the making of contracts for supplies of all kinds for the UnitedStates Army Army . On July 8, 1861, the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives House of Representatives appointed ... UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives location Washington, D.C. year 1912 series 62nd Congress, 2nd ... UnitedStates Congress select committee was established at the request of UnitedStates Representative ... blockquote Members The committee consisted of seven members, and the Speaker of the UnitedStates ... Unionist Party UnitedStates Unionist Kentucky nowiki nowiki Rep. Jackson served on the committee ... taken by Mr. Van Wyck to be deposited with the Clerk of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives ... Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Government Contracts ... in the issuance of government contracts related to the UnitedStates Civil War U.S. Civil War . ref ... met throughout different parts of the UnitedStates and interviewed many witnesses. ref name efficiency ... on July 17, when committee member offered several resolutions. ref name july17 U.S. House ... 185 168 171 ref Rep. Van Wyck described the goals of the committee in a speech before the House ... Republican Charles Van Wyck Republican Party UnitedStates Republican New York Party shading Republican Elihu B. Washburne , Chairman Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Illinois Party shading Democratic William S. Holman Democratic Party UnitedStates Democratic Indiana Party shading Republican Reuben Fenton Republican Party UnitedStates Republican New York Party shading Republican Henry ... more details
Betty Ford before she testifies before the Select Committee on Aging in March 1991. The UnitedStatesHouse Permanent Select Committee on Aging was a Select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress permanent select committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives between 1974 and 1992. The committee ... Directory of the UnitedStates Congress ref The committee soon grew to 65 members. ref name pozgar ... Ross, 1916 2005 publisher Biographical Directory of the UnitedStates Congress ref The committee ... publisher Cambridge University Press year 2007 isbn 0521703867 ref See also UnitedStates Senate Special Committee on Aging References reflist USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Aging Category UnitedStates elder law ..., 1900 1989 publisher Biographical Directory of the UnitedStates Congress ref In his late seventies and early eighties while chairing the committee, Pepper was renowned for his fast paced presence in Congress he used himself and the committee to focus attention against the problem of Ageism age ... to an end on October 9, 1992, at the conclusion of the 102nd UnitedStates Congress 102nd Congress . It was not renewed during the 103rd UnitedStates Congress 103rd Congress , ref name CQ cite book ... title House to Retain Security Panel author Madden, Richard L. publisher ... action via regular committee channels. The action to approve the committee was passed on October 8, 1974, by a 299 44 margin in the House. ref cite news url http select.nytimes.com mem archive pdf ... October 13, 1974 ref The committee became operational in June 1975 and initially had 35 members. ref ..., Marjorie publisher The New York Times date September 9, 1977 ref The committee soon grew to 65 ... America A History publisher JHU Press year 2006 isbn 0801882761 ref In particular, the committee held ... Publications year 2008 isbn 1412918006 ref The committee s work led to the passage of reform legislation ... more details
File HousePolicyCommittee108thCongressReport.pdf thumb HousePolicyCommittee108thCongressReport unreferenced date July 2011 This is a list of Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee of the United States House of Representatives . Joseph William Martin, Jr. Massachusetts , 1949 1959 John William Byrnes Wisconsin , 1959 1965 John Jacob Rhodes Arizona , 1965 1973 Barber Conable New York , 1973 1977 Del M. Clawson California , 1977 1979 Bud Shuster Pennsylvania , 1979 1981 Dick Cheney Wyoming , 1981 1987 Jerry Lewis California Jerry Lewis California , 1987 1989 Mickey Edwards Oklahoma , 1989 1993 Henry Hyde Illinois , 1993 1995 Christopher Cox Chris Cox California , 1995 2005 John Shadegg Arizona , 2005 2006 Adam Putnam Florida , 2006 2007 Thaddeus McCotter Thad McCotter Michigan , 2007 2011 Tom Price Georgia U.S. state Georgia , 2011 present USPartyConference USCongress Category Leaders of the United States House of Representatives ... more details
The Committee on Alleged Abstraction of Books from the Library of the House was a select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives that existed from February 14 28, 1861. ref name stubbs cite author Walter Stubbs title Congressional Committees, 1789 1982 A Checklist publisher Greenwood Press date 1985 pages 1 ref The committee was charged with investigating rumors that several members of the House of Representatives from several Confederate States of America Seceding statesstates that had seceded from the UnitedStates had taken books from the House Library for personal use, or, alternatively, to help start a congressional library for the Confederate States of America . ref name journal U.S. House Journal. 36th Congress , 2nd session. 14 February 1861, http memory.loc.gov cgi bin query r?ammem hlaw field DOCID lit hj05752 314 . ref The allegations were first made public by the New York Times in an article published February 13, 1861, that accused Member of Congress Members of Congress of taking some of the most valuable volumes in the collection. ref name times cite news url http query.nytimes.com mem archive free pdf?res 9F06E3DE1E3DE53BBC4B52DFB466838A679FDE title Providing a Library for the Southern Confederacy date February 13, 1861 publisher New York Times accessdate 2009 03 04 format PDF ref The select committee ... Party UnitedStates Democratic Virginia Party shading Independent Horace Maynard Independent politics Independent Tennessee Party shading Republican Thomas M. Edwards Republican Party UnitedStates Republican New Hampshire References reflist Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Alleged Abstraction of Books Category 1861 in the UnitedStates Category UnitedStates government oversight of the American Civil War US Congress stub ... House Report 90. 36th Congress , 2nd session. 28 February 1861, page 1101 ref ref Congressional Globe ... more details
main UnitedStatesHouse Select Committee on Government Contracts The Committee on an Alleged Abstraction of a Report from the Clerk s Office was a short lived select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives appointed to investigate the disappearance of a committee report from the Clerk of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives House ... The committee existed for less than one day, having been appointed on March 3, 1863, shortly before the 37th Congress adjourned sine die . History The committee was formed due to controversy surrounding a committee report filed by UnitedStates Representative Representative Charles Van Wyck , a Republican Party UnitedStates Republican from New York . Rep. Van Wyck, as the former chairman and a member of the UnitedStatesHouse Select Committee on Government Contracts Select Committee on Government Contracts submitted a report on March 3, 1863, with his minority views of the committee s final ... or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee was formed to investigate the matter ... first Albert S. title The Financial History of the UnitedStates from 1861 to 1885 publisher D. Appelton ... activities. ref name march3 When the committee s final report was submitted to the House on March 3, 1863, Van Wyck was given leave to present minority views of the committee to the full House ... chairman Elihu B. Washburne , Republican Party UnitedStates Republican from Illinois , objected ... Elihu B. Washburne , Chairman Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Illinois Party shading Democratic William S. Holman Democratic Party UnitedStates Democratic Indiana Party shading Republican George H. Pendleton Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Ohio References reflist Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representatives Alleged Abstraction Category 1863 in the UnitedStates ... more details
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