The Political Connection

The Political Connection™

The U.S. House and Senate Committees

and it’s Jurisdictions

Edited by

Ellwood A. Johnson

The Lowry Group

HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES

Agriculture
1301 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-2171
agriculture@mail.house.gov
http://agriculture.house.gov/

(1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves.
(2) Agriculture generally.
(3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
(4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
(5) Agricultural economics and research.
(6) Agricultural education extension services.
(7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not including distribution outside of the United States).
(8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
(9) Commodity exchanges.
(10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
(11) Dairy industry.
(12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
(13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
(14) Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and seafood products.
(15) Forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.
(16) Human nutrition and home economics.
(17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
(18) Rural electrification.
(19) Rural development.
(20) Water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture.

Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry

Agency oversight; review and analysis; special investigations; food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs; forestry in general, forest reserves other than those created from the public domain; plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect pests.

Livestock and Horticulture

Livestock; dairy; poultry; meat; seafood and seafood products; inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities; aquaculture; animal welfare; grazing; fruits and vegetables; marketing and promotion orders.

Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs

Peanuts; sugar; tobacco; honey and bees; marketing orders relating to such commodities; foreign agricultural assistance and trade promotion programs, generally.

Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research

Soil, water, and resource conservation; small watershed program; agricultural credit; rural development; rural electrification; energy and biobased energy production; farm security and family farming matters; agricultural research, education and extension services.

General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, lentils; Commodity Credit Corporation; crop insurance; commodity exchanges; biotechnology.

Appropriations

H-218 Capitol Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2771
http://www.house.gov/appropriations/

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary

Defense

District of Columbia

Energy and Water Development

Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs

Interior

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

Legislative

Military Construction

Transportation

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service).
Farm Credit Administration.
Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Food and Drug Administration (HHS).

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Department of Commerce.
Department of Justice.
Department of State (Except International Narcotics Control;
International Organizations and Programs (voluntary contributions);
Migration and Refugee Assistance; Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism,
Demining and Related Programs; Peacekeeping Operations (voluntary
contributions); U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance
Fund; Economic Support Fund).
Department of Transportation: Maritime Administration.
The Judiciary.

Related Agencies:
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
Commission on Civil Rights.
Commission on Ocean Policy.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Maritime Commission.
Federal Trade Commission.
International Trade Commission.
Legal Services Corporation.
Marine Mammal Commission.
Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Small Business Administration.
State Justice Institute.
Broadcasting Board of Governors

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE
Department of Defense--Military:
Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force,
Office of Secretary of Defense, and Defense Agencies (Except
Military Construction).
Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence Community Staff

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
District of Columbia.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Department of Energy (Except the Economic Regulatory
Administration; Energy Information Administration; Office of Hearings and
Appeals; Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale
Reserves; Fossil Energy Research and Development; Clean Coal
Technology; Energy Conservation; Alternative Fuels Production and
Related Matters).
Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army: Corps of
Engineers--Civil.
Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Central Utah Project.

Related Agencies:
Appalachian Regional Commission.
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
Delta Regional Authority.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
Tennessee Valley Authority.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Agency for International Development.

Department of Defense:
Foreign Military Financing Program.
International Military Assistance and Training.

Department of State:
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.
International Organizations and Programs (voluntary contributions).
Migration and Refugee Assistance.
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs.
Peacekeeping Operations (voluntary contributions).
U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund

Department of State and Agency for International Development
(shared):
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union.
Economic Support Fund.

Department of the Treasury:
Debt Restructuring.
International Affairs Technical Assistance.
International Monetary Fund.
Multilateral Development Banks.
Export-Import Bank.
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Peace Corps.
Trade and Development Agency.

Related activities:
African Development Foundation.
Inter-American Foundation.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES
Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation).
Department of Energy: Economic Regulatory Adminstration; Energy
Information Administration; Office of Hearings and Appeals; Elk Hills
School Lands Fund; Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Naval Petroleum and
Oil Shale Reserves; Fossil Energy Research and Development; Clean
Coal Technology; Energy Conservation; Alternative Fuels Production and
Related Matters; Alaska Gas Pipeline Authorities.

Other Agencies:
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Commission of Fine Arts.
Forest Service (USDA).
Holocaust Memorial Council.
Indian Health Services and Facilities (HHS).
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
National Capital Planning Commission.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (Except Office of
Library Services).
National Gallery of Art.
Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission.
Presidio Trust.
Smithsonian Institution.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Department of Education.
Department of Health and Human Services (Except Food and Drug
Administration; Indian Health Services and Facilities).
Department of Labor.

Related Agencies:
Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Corporation for National and Community Service (VISTA and seniors
programs only).
Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
Institute of Museum and Library Services (Except Office of Museum
Services).
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
National Council on Disability.
National Education Goals Panel.
National Labor Relations Board.
National Mediation Board.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Railroad Retirement Board.
Social Security Administration.
United States Institute of Peace.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
House of Representatives.
Joint Items.
Architect of the Capitol (Except Senate Items).
Botanic Garden.
Congressional Budget Office.
General Accounting Office.
Government Printing Office.
John C. Stennis Center.
Library of Congress, including:
Congressional Research Service.
Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel.
Copyright Office.
National Film Preservation Board.
United States Capitol Preservation Commission.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Military Construction, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force,
and Defense Agencies, and Reserve Forces.
Military Family Housing.
DOD Base Closure Account.
DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund.
DOD Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund.
Homeowners Assistance Fund.
NATO Security Investment Program.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
Department of Transportation (Except Maritime Administration).

Related Agencies:
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
National Transportation Safety Board.
Panama Canal Commission.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Treasury Department (Except Community Development Financial
Institutions)
United States Postal Service:
Payment to the Postal Service Fund.

Executive Office of the President:
Armstrong Resolution.
Compensation of the President.
Council of Economic Advisers.
Executive Residence at the White House.
Federal Drug Control Programs.
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program.
Special Forfeiture Fund.
National Security Council.
Office of Administration.
Office of Management and Budget.
Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Office of Policy Development.
Official Residence of the Vice President.
Special Assistance to the President.
Unanticipated Needs.
White House Office.
Independent Agencies:
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
Federal Election Commission.
Federal Labor Relations Authority.
General Services Administration (Except Consumer Information Center).
Merit Systems Protection Board.
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental
Policy Foundation.
Office of Special Counsel.
National Archives and Records Administration.
National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Office of Government Ethics.
Office of Personnel Management and Related Trust Funds.
United States Tax Court.
General Provisions, Government wide.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Independent Agencies:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS, formerly
EPA/Superfund).
American Battle Monuments Commission.
Cemeterial Expenses, Army (DOD).
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
Community Development Financial Institutions (Treasury).
Federal Consumer Information Center (GSA).
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Corporation for National and Community Service.
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality.
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Environmental Protection Agency.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector General.
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
National Credit Union Administration.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS, formerly
EPA/Superfund).
National Science Foundation.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Selective Service System

Armed Services
House Armed Services Committee
2120 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4151
http://www.house.gov/hasc/

(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; and Army, Navy, and Air Force reservations and establishments.
(2) Common defense generally.
(3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
(4) The Department of Defense generally, including the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, generally.
(5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures relating to the maintenance, operation, and administration of interoceanic canals.
(6) Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies.
(7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
(8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Department of Defense.
(9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including financial assistance for the construction and operation of vessels, maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industrial base, cabotage, cargo preference, and merchant marine officers and seamen as these matters relate to the national security.
(10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the armed forces.
(11) Scientific research and development in support of the armed services.
(12) Selective service.
(13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
(14) Soldiers’ and sailors’ homes.
(15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

Military Installations and Facilities
Jurisdiction over military construction, real estate acquisitions and disposals, housing and support, base closure, and related legislative oversight

Military Personnel
Jurisdiction over military forces and authorized strengths, integration of active and reserve components, military personnel policy, compensation and other benefits, and related legislative oversight

Military Procurement
Jurisdiction over annual authorization for procurement of military weapon systems and components thereof, including full-scale development and systems transition, military application of nuclear energy, and related legislative oversight.

Military Readiness
Jurisdiction over annual authorization for operation and maintenance, the readiness and preparedness requirements of the defense establishment, and related legislative oversight.

Military Research and Development
Jurisdiction over annual authorization for military research and development and related legislative oversight

Budget
U.S. House Budget Committee
Room 309
Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202)- 226-7270
http://www.house.gov/budget/

No Subcommittees

Education and the Workforce
Committee on Education and the Workforce
U. S. House of Representatives
2181 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4527
http://edworkforce.house.gov/

Education Reform Committee

Employer-Employee Relations Committee

Select Education Committee

21st Century Competitiveness Committee

Workforce Protections Committee

(1) Child labor.

(2) Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind; Howard University;

Freedmen's Hospital.

(3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate

commerce.

(4) Food programs for children in schools.

(5) Labor standards and statistics.

(6) Measures relating to education or labor generally.

(7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.

(8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign laborers under contract.

(9) United States Employees' Compensation Commission.

(10) Vocational rehabilitation.

(11) Wages and hours of labor.

(12) Welfare of minors.

(13) Work incentive programs.

In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight function provided for in clause 3(c) with respect to domestic educational programs and institutions, and programs of student assistance, which are within the jurisdiction of other committees.

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Education Reform

Education from preschool through the high school level including, but not limited to, elementary and secondary education generally, vocational education, preschool programs including the Head Start Act, school lunch and child nutrition, and overseas dependent schools; special education programs including, but not limited to, alcohol and drug abuse, education of the disabled, migrant and agricultural labor education and homeless education; educational research and improvement, including the Office of Educational Research and Improvement; poverty programs, including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)..

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations

Pension, health, and other employee benefits, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); all matters dealing with relationships between employers and employees generally including, the National Labor Relations Act and Bureau of Labor Statistics; all matters related to equal employment opportunity and civil rights in employment.

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Select Education

Title VI (International Programs) and Title VII (Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement programs) and Title I, as it relates to those Titles, and oversight of Titles III (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and V (Hispanic Serving Institutions), of the Higher Education Programs; environmental education programs; all matters dealing with programs and services for the elderly, including nutrition programs and the Older Americans Act; domestic volunteer programs; library services and construction; programs related to the arts and humanities, museum services, and arts and artifacts indemnity; services for at risk youth; child abuse/domestic violence prevention programs; adoption programs; School to Work Opportunities Act.

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness

All welfare reform programs including work incentive programs, welfare-to-work requirements, and childcare services, including the Childcare Development Block Grant (CDBG); education and training beyond the high school level including, but not limited to higher education generally, including postsecondary student assistance and employment services, Title IV of the Higher Education Act; training and apprenticeship including the Workforce Investment Act, displaced homemakers, adult basic education (family literacy), rehabilitation, professional development, and training programs from immigration funding; pre-service and in-service teacher training, including Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Title II (teacher training) of the Higher Education Act; Title I (student aid) of the Higher Education Act as it relates to Titles II and IV; Title III (HBCUs) and V (HSIs) of the Higher Education Act; science and technology programs, including Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; Native American Programs Act, Robert A. Taft Institute, and Institute for Peace.

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Workers’ health and safety including, occupational safety and health, mine health and safety, youth camp safety, and migrant and agricultural labor health and safety; wages and hours of labor including, Davis-Bacon Act, Walsh-Healey Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, including child labor; workers’ compensation generally, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Service Contract Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988; and, oversight of compulsory
union dues within the jurisdiction of another subcommittee.

Energy and Commerce
The Committee on Energy and Commerce
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2927
http://www.house.gov/commerce/

Environment and Hazardous Materials Committee

Energy and Air Quality Committee

Health Committee

Oversight and Investigations Committee

Telecommunications and the Internet Committee

Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Committee

Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection

Interstate and foreign commerce, including all trade matters within the jurisdiction of the full committee;

Regulation of commercial practices (the FTC), including sports-related matters;

Consumer affairs and consumer protection, including privacy matters generally; consumer product safety (the CPSC); and product liability; and motor vehicle safety; and,

Regulation of travel, tourism, and time.

Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality

National energy policy generally;

Fossil energy, renewable energy resources and synthetic fuels; energy conservation; energy information; energy regulation and utilization;

Utility issues and regulation of nuclear facilities;

Interstate energy compacts;.

Nuclear energy and waste;

The Clean Air Act; and,

All laws, programs, and government activities affecting such matters.

Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials

Environmental protection in general, including the Safe Drinking Water Act and risk assessment matters;

Solid waste, hazardous waste and toxic substances, including Superfund and RCRA;

Mining, oil, gas, and coal combustion wastes; and,

Noise pollution control.

Subcommittee on Health

Public health and quarantine; hospital construction; mental health and research;biomedical programs and health protection in general, including Medicaid and national health insurance;

Food and drugs; and,

Drug abuse.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Responsibility for oversight of agencies, departments, and programs within the jurisdiction of the full committee, and for conducting investigations within such jurisdiction.

Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet

Interstate and foreign telecommunications including, but not limited to all telecommunication and information transmission by broadcast, radio, wire, microwave, satellite, or other mode.

Financial Services
House Committee on
Financial Services
2129 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-7502
http://www.house.gov/financialservices/

Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Committee

Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth Committee

Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Committee

Oversight and Investigations Committee

Housing and Community Opportunity Committee

International Monetary Policy and Trade Committee

Committee on Financial Services.

(1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and Federal monetary policy.

(2) Economic Stabilization, defense production, renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities, rents, and services.

(3) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than transportation).

(4) Insurance generally.

(5) International finance.

(6) International financial and monetary organization.

(7) Money and credit, including currency and the issuance of notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation of the dollar.

(8) Public and private housing.

(9) Securities and exchanges.

(10) Urban development.

Government Reform
Committee on Government Reform
2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5074
http://www.house.gov/reform/

Civil Service and Agency Organization

District of Columbia Committee

Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee

Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs Committee

Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Committee

Technology and Procurement Policy Committee

Census Committee

National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations Committee

1) Federal civil service, including intergovernmental personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the United States, including their compensation, classification, and retirement.
(2) Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in general (other than appropriations).
(3) Federal paperwork reduction.
(4) Government management and accounting measures generally.
(5) Holidays and celebrations.
(6) Overall economy, efficiency, and management of government operations and activities, including Federal procurement.
(7) National archives.
(8) Population and demography generally, including the Census.
(9) Postal service generally, including transportation of the mails.
(10) Public information and records.
(11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States and municipalities generally.
(12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government.

House Administration
1309 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8281
Fax: (202) 225-9957
http://www.house.gov/cha/

No Subcommittees

(1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and expenses (except for the Committee on Appropriations); House Information Resources; and allowance and expenses of Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and administrative offices of the House.

(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in subparagraph (1).

(3) Employment of persons by the House, including staff for Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and committees; and reporters of debates, subject to rule VI.

(4) Except as provided in paragraph (q)(11), the Library of Congress, including management thereof; the House Library; statuary and pictures; acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol; the Botanic Garden; and purchase of books and manuscripts.

(5) The Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions (except as provided in paragraph (q)(11)).

(6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1)

(7) Franking Commission.

(8) Printing and correction of the Congressional Record

(9) Accounts of the House generally.

(10) Assignment of office space for embers, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and committees.

(11) Disposition of useless executive papers.

(12) Election of the President, Vice President, Members, Senators, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner; corrupt practices; contested elections; credentials and qualifications; and Federal elections generally.

(13) Services to the House, including the House Restaurant, parking facilities, and administration of the House Office Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.

(14) Travel of Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner

(15) Raising, reporting, and use of campaign contributions for candidates for office of Representative, of Delegate, and of Resident Commissioner.

(16) Compensation, retirement, and other benefits of the Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of Congress.

International Relations
2170 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5021
HIRC@mail.house.gov
http://www.house.gov/international_relations/

Africa Committee

East Asia and the Pacific Committee

Middle East and South Asia Committee

International Operations and Human Rights Committee

Western Hemisphere Committee

Europe Committee

1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally.
(2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in foreign countries.
(3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United States and foreign nations.
(4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
(5) Foreign loans.
(6) International commodity agreements (other than those involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
(7) International conferences and congresses.
(8) International education.
(9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
(10) Diplomatic service.
(11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.
(12) International economic policy.
(13) Neutrality.
(14) Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.
(15) The American National Red Cross.
(16) Trading with the enemy.
(17) United Nations organizations.

Judiciary
2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3951
Fax: (202) 225-7682
http://www.house.gov/judiciary/

Commercial and Administrative Law Committee

Crime Committee

Immigration and Claims Committee

The Constitution Committee

Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Committee

(1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and criminal.
(2) Administrative practice and procedure.
(3) Apportionment of Representatives.
(4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
(5) Civil liberties.
(6) Constitutional amendments.
(7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the Territories and possessions.
(8) Immigration and naturalization.
(9) Interstate compacts generally.
(10) Claims against the United States.
(11) Meetings of Congress; attendance of Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner; and their acceptance of incompatible offices.
(12) National penitentiaries.
(13) Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office, copyrights, and trademarks.
(14) Presidential succession.
(15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.
(16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the United States.
(17) State and territorial boundary lines.
(18) Subversive activities affecting the internal security of the United States.

Resources
Committee on Resources
U.S. House of Representatives
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20515-6201
(202) 225-2761
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/

Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Committee

National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands Committee

Forests and Forest Health Committee

Water and Power Committee

Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands

(1) Measures and matters related to the National Park System and its units, including Federal reserve water rights.

(2) The National Wilderness Preservation System, except for wilderness created from forest reserves from the public domain.

(3) Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, national heritage areas and other national units established for protection, conservation, preservation or recreational development administered by the Secretary of the Interior, other than coastal barriers.

(4) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks in and within the vicinity of the District of Columbia and the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.

(5) Federal outdoor recreation plans, programs and administration including the Land and Water Conservation Fund, except those in public forests.

(6) Plans and programs concerning non-Federal outdoor recreation and land use, including related plans and programs authorized by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 and the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963, except those in public forests.

(7) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain and other historic preservation programs and activities, including national monuments, historic sites and programs for international cooperation in the field of historic preservation

(8) Matters concerning the following agencies and programs: Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program, Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial.

(9) Public lands generally, including measures or matters relating to entry, easements, withdrawals, grazing and Federal reserved water rights.

(10) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien ownership of mineral lands.

(11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

(12) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health

(1) Forest reservations, including management thereof, created from the public domain.

(2) Public forest lands generally, including measures or matters related to entry, easements, withdrawals and grazing.

(3) Federal reserved water rights on forest reserves.

(4) Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, national heritage areas and other national units established for protection, conservation, preservation or recreational development administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(5) Federal and non-Federal outdoor recreation plans, programs and administration in public forests.

(6) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

(7) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans

(1) Fisheries management and fisheries research generally, including the management of all commercial and recreational fisheries, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, interjurisdictional fisheries, international fisheries agreements, aquaculture, seafood safety and fisheries promotion.

(2) Wildlife resources, including research, restoration, refuges and conservation.

(3) All matters pertaining to the protection of coastal and marine environments, including estuarine protection.

(4) Coastal barriers.

(5) Oceanography.

(6) Ocean engineering, including materials, technology and systems.

(7) Coastal zone management.

(8) Marine sanctuaries.

(9) U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.

(10) Sea Grant programs and marine extension services.

(12) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

Subcommittee on Water and Power

(1) Generation and marketing of electric power from Federal water projects by Federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities.

(2) All measures and matters concerning water resources planning conducted pursuant to the Water Resources Planning Act, water resource research and development programs and saline water research and development.

(3) Compacts relating to the use and apportionment of interstate waters, water rights and major interbasin water or power movement programs.

(4) All measures and matters pertaining to irrigation and reclamation projects and other water resources development and recycling programs, including policies and procedures.

(5) Indian water rights and settlements.

(7) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

(1) All measures and matters concerning the U.S. Geological Survey, except for the activities and programs of the Water Resources Division or its successor.

(2) All measures and matters affecting geothermal resources.

(3) Conservation of United States uranium supply.

(4) Mining interests generally, including all matters involving mining regulation and enforcement, including the reclamation of mined lands, the environmental effects of mining, and the management of mineral receipts, mineral land laws and claims, long-range mineral programs and deep seabed mining.

(5) Mining schools, experimental stations and long-range mineral programs.

(6) Mineral resources on public lands.

(7) Conservation and development of oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf.

(8) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States.

(9) Measures and matters concerning the transportation of natural gas from or within Alaska and disposition of oil transported by the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

(10) Rights of way over public lands for underground energy-related transportation.

(12) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

(b) Full Committee.--The Full Committee shall have the following jurisdiction and responsibilities:

(1) Environmental and habitat measures and matters of general applicability.

(2) Measures relating to the welfare of Native Americans, including management of Indian lands in general and special measures relating to claims which are paid out of Indian funds.

(3) All matters regarding the relations of the United States with Native Americans and Native American tribes, including special oversight functions under Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

(4) All matters regarding Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians.

(5) All matters related to the Federal trust responsibility to Native Americans and the sovereignty of Native Americans.

(6) All matters regarding insular areas of the United States.

(7) All measures or matters regarding the Freely Associated States and Antarctica.

(8) Cooperative efforts toto encourage, enhance and improve international programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee under this paragraph.

(9) All measures and matters retained by the Full Committee under Committee rule 6(e).

(10) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee under House Rule X.

Rules
Committee on Rules
H-312 The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-9191
http://www.house.gov/rules/

Technology and the House Committee

Legislative and Budget Process Committee

Subcommittee on the Legislative & Budget Process

According to the Committee rules, this Subcommittee has general responsibility for measures or matters related to relations between the Congress and the Executive Branch.

The principal law within the Subcommittee's purview is the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Also, the Subcommittee enjoys jurisdiction over budget process related provisions found in Part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. The Subcommittee also exercises oversight of the congressional budget process.

In previous Congresses, the subcommittee has played primary roles in the drafting and passage of the line item veto, conducted extensive oversight of the budget process resulting in numerous reform recommendations and examined the impact of executive orders on the legislative process.

Subcommittee on Technology & the House

Under the Committee rules, as amended for the 107th Congress, the Technology and the House Subcommittee will have general responsibility for measures or matters related to the impact of technology on the process and procedures of the House, relations between the two Houses of Congress, relations between the Congress and the Judiciary, and internal operations of the House.

This subcommittee has the primary responsibility for the continued examination of the committee structure and jurisdictional issues of all House Committees.

In the past, the subcommittee has considered measures dealing with "fast track" procedures for consideration of trade legislation, prohibitions on unfunded mandates, the recodification of the rules of the House and issues relating to a 21st century Congress.

Science
:2320 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6371
Fax: (202) 226-0113
science@mail.house.gov
http://www.house.gov/science/welcome.htm

Research Committee

Energy Committee

Space and Aeronautics Committee

Environment, Technology, and Standards Committee

(1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated nonmilitary energy laboratories.
(2) Astronautical research and development, including resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.
(3) Civil aviation research and development.
(4) Environmental research and development.
(5) Marine research.
(6) Commercial application of energy technology.
(7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, standardization of weights and measures, and the metric system.
(8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(9) National Space Council.
(10) National Science Foundation.
(11) National Weather Service.
(12) Outer space, including exploration and control thereof.
(13) Science scholarships.
(14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, and projects therefor.

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
H-405 Capitol Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4121
Fax: (202) 225-1991
http://intelligence.house.gov/

Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence Committee

Technical and Tactical Intelligence Committee

Intelligence Policy and National Security Committee

Small Business
2361 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5821
Fax: (202) 225-3587
smbiz@mail.house.gov
http://www.house.gov/smbiz/

Rural Enterprises and Agricultural Policy Committee

Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs Committee

Regulatory Reform and Oversight Committee

Tax, Finance, and Exports Committee

(1) Assistance to and protection of small business, including financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and paperwork reduction.
(2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal procurement and Government contracts.

Standards of Official Conduct
HT-2, The Capitol
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-7103
Fax: 202-225-7392
http://www.house.gov/ethics/

No Subcommittees

A) Recommend administrative actions to establish or enforce standards of official conduct.

B) Investigate alleged violations of the Code of Official Conduct or of any applicable rules, laws, or regulations governing the performance of official duties or the discharge of official responsibilities. Such investigations must be made in accordance with Committee rules.

C) Report to appropriate federal or State authorities substantial evidence of a violation of any law applicable to the performance of official duties that may have been disclosed in a Committee investigation. Such reports must be approved by the House or by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Committee.

D) Render advisory opinions regarding the propriety of any current or proposed conduct of a Member, officer, or employee, and issue general guidance on such matters as necessary.

E) Consider requests for written waivers of the gift rule (clause 5 of House Rule XXVI)

Transportation and Infrastructure
2165 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-9446
http://www.house.gov/transportation/

Aviation Committee

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee

Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee

Highways and Transit Committee

Railroads Committee

Water Resources and Environment Committee

The Subcommittee on Aviation has jurisdiction over all aspects of civil aviation, including safety, infrastructure, labor, competition, customer service, and international issues. This jurisdiction includes all aspects of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) except for research activities, which are within the jurisdiction of the Science Committee. In addition, the Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the National Transportation Safety Board. Although the NTSB jurisdiction is shared with the other transportation subcommittees, the Aviation Subcommittee has traditionally taken the lead on this issue. Other areas of the Subcommittee's jurisdiction include the essential air service program and the war risk insurance program.

The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Martime Ttransportation

The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the United States Coast Guard and Coast Guard activities, which include: Maritime law enforcement (including illegal drug interdiction, illegal migrant interdiction, and fisheries law enforcement); Maritime safety (including commercial vessel safety, recreational vessel safety, aids to navigation, domestic and international icebreaking, port safety, and search and rescue); Marine environmental protection (including oil pollution, plastics pollution, aquatic nuisance species, international agreements concerning transportation of oil and hazardous substances); and Defense readiness (Coast Guard Reserve and port security).

The Subcommittee also has jurisdiction over measures related to the merchant marine (except for national security aspects of the merchant marine), for example the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) and FMC activities (including international ocean shipping, cruise ship financial responsibility, and unfair foreign shipping practices); and other maritime transportation matters (including coastwise transportation of merchandise {"Jones Act"} and passengers, cargo preference programs, cargo and passenger liability laws, and the regulation of the domestic offshore trades).

The Subcommittee exercises jurisdiction over the broad range of Coast Guard programs and activities, which are codified predominantly in title 14, United States Code, (Coast Guard) and title 46, United States Code, (Shipping). Title 14 contains basic Coast Guard authorities concerning general law enforcement, matters affecting the Coast Guard Academy, and the organization of the Coast Guard Reserve and the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, contains provisions related to inspection and regulation of commercial vessels, carriage of passengers, carriage of liquid bulk dangerous cargoes, regulation of uninspected vessels, regulation of recreational vessels, regulation of uninspected commercial fishing industry vessels, marine casualties, merchant seamen licensing, manning of vessels, pilotage, documentation and measurement of vessels, and state boating safety programs. Subtitle III of title 46 contains provisions related to maritime liability, specifically commercial instruments, vessel financing, and maritime liens.

The Subcommittee also exercises jurisdiction over the programs of the Federal Maritime Commission and certain activities of the Maritime Administration. The major responsibility of the Federal Maritime Commission is the economic regulation of the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act was enacted into law in 1998. This legislation amended the Shipping Act of 1984 to encourage competition in international ocean shipping and growth in United States exports. The Federal Maritime Commission also has the authority to protect shippers, carriers, and others engaged in the foreign commerce of the U.S. from unfair practices of foreign governments or foreign-flag carriers that have an adverse effect on shipping in U.S. trades. Another Federal Maritime Commission responsibility is the issuance of passenger vessel certificates to passenger vessel operators who have evidence of financial responsibility to pay judgments for personal injury or death or to repay fares for the nonperformance of a voyage or cruise. The principal statutes administered by the Federal Maritime Commission are the Shipping Act of 1984, the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, and section 19 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920.

The Subcommittee also exercises jurisdiction over water common carriers engaged in the domestic offshore trades. These carriers had been regulated at the FMC, but currently file their tariffs at the Surface Transportation Board.

The Maritime Administration administers various programs designed to promote and develop the domestic merchant marine industry. The Committee on Armed Services has jurisdiction over these programs to the extent that they are directly related to national defense. The Maritime Administration manages the operating subsidy program for U.S.-flag vessels in the foreign trade, and various other promotional programs for the U.S.-flag fleet. It also oversees government policies concerning the domestic coastwise trade between U.S. ports ("Jones Act") and regulation of the Federal cargo preference laws.

The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management primarily is charged with authorization and oversight of federal real estate assets, including, construction, repair and alterations, maintenance and enhancement of such assets, the development of infrastructure in communities suffering economic distress, and the federal management of emergency and national disasters. The subcommittee accomplishes this mission in the following ways. The real estate asset management arm of the Subcommittee includes jurisdiction over: all measures relating to the Public Buildings Service (PBS) of the General Services Administration (GSA) -- which is the civilian landlord of the Federal Government -- including the planning, site and design, construction, acquisition and renovation of public buildings, including courthouses, and the leasing of space for Federal employees; facilities of the Capitol Complex and use of the Capitol Grounds; facilities of the Smithsonian Institution; facilities of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the International Center for Foreign Chanceries; Union Station Redevelopment; Judiciary Centers; policy areas of location, use, accessibility, energy conservation, security, health and safety, transfer or exchange of buildings; and naming of Federal buildings. The economic development arm of the Subcommittee includes jurisdiction over the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the Department of Commerce, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Denali Commission, and the Delta Regional Authority (DRA). The Subcommittee’s jurisdiction of federal management of emergencies and natural disasters includes disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

The Subcommittee on Railroads

Rail Economic Regulation

AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corp

The Federal Railroad Safety Program

Rail Retirement, Unemployment, & Labor Law

Rail Infrastructure Program

The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit is primarily charged with responsibilities relating to the construction of roads and transit facilities, and the development of national surface transportation policy, including safety and research measures. The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over many programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: the Federal-aid highway program, administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); the Federal transit program, administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); motor carrier and highway safety regulation (including the motor carrier safety assistance program), administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), FHWA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); and regulation of transportation of hazardous materials and the safety regulation of pipeline transportation, administered by the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA).

In addition, the Subcommittee has jurisdiction over certain provisions of the Clean Air Act relating to air quality issues.

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment consists generally of matters relating to water resources development, conservation and management, water pollution control and water infrastructure, and hazardous waste cleanup. During the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee’s jurisdiction is the same as in the 106th Congress. For quick reference, below is a list of the Subcommittee's primary areas of jurisdiction and the agencies having primary responsibilities for such areas. Following this, major programs under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction are discussed in more detail; where significant action occurred in the 106th Congress, that action is summarized.

Water resources programs (projects and regulations) - Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)

Clean Water Act, Superfund, and drinking water infrastructure and watershed protection programs - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Ocean dumping - Corps and EPA

Oil pollution - EPA and Coast Guard

Tennessee Valley Authority

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

The small watershed program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

Deepwater ports - Coast Guard, EPA, Corps

Invasive/aquatic nuisance species - EPA, Coast Guard, Corps, and other agencies

Additional areas:

Coastal pollution and coastal zone management - EPA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Natural resource damages - NOAA, Interior, and other agencies

Groundwater protection - primarily EPA and Corps

Water resources policy - multiple agencies

Veterans' Affairs
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3527
Fax: (202) 225-5486
http://veterans.house.gov/

(1) Veterans’ measures generally.
(2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United States or abroad (except cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior).
(3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of veterans.
(4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces.
(5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and special.
(6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
(7) Soldiers’ and sailors’ civil relief.
(8) Veterans’ hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans.

Benefits Committee

Oversight and Investigations Committee

Health Committee

The Subcommittee on Benefits has jurisdiction over veterans’ matters affecting disability compensation, pension, insurance, memorial affairs, education, training, vocational rehabilitation, small business, employment, reemployment and housing. The subcommittee oversees programs administered by VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration and National Cemetery Administration, as well as veterans’ programs administered by the Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, and the Office of Personnel Management. The subcommittee also has oversight of Arlington National Cemetery, which is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army, and overseas cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the American Battle Monuments Commission. Lastly, the subcommittee shares jurisdiction with the Armed Services Committee on various matters affecting the All-Volunteer Force.

The Subcommittee on Health has legislative and oversight jurisdiction for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care programs and VA’s health care system. In the past four years, VA has expanded the system to include over 600 health care facilities, including medical centers, nursing homes and hundreds of community-based outpatient clinics organized into service networks throughout the nation, now caring for an estimated 3.7 million veterans. VA’s health care budget is now in excess of $20 billion per year. Recent hearings by the Subcommittee on Health have included matters such as health care sharing among VA and Army, Navy and Air Force facilities; the status of VA employment; patient safety and medical errors; VA research quality; and, adequacy of VA health care funding to meet specialized needs of veterans, among others. In the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee intends to deal with VA mental health issues, implementation of recent legislation affecting VA health care, status of VA programs for Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases, status of VA health programs for women veterans; and other matters of concern to America’s veterans.

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations reviews the benefits and the health care services that the federal government provides to eligible veterans and family members. It also oversees the programs and operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as those of other federal agencies that pertain to veterans. In carrying out its responsibilities, the subcommittee conducts hearings, site visits and investigations nationwide. It also requests reports from the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Research Service and the VA's Office of the Inspector General. The subcommittee does not have legislative jurisdiction so that its resources can be solely dedicated to oversight activities

Ways and Means

1102 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202-225-3625
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/

(1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery.
(2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
(3) Revenue measures generally.
(4) Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.
(5) Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last sentence of clause 4(f).
(6) Deposit of public monies.
(7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
(8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
(9) National social security (except health care and facilities programs that are supported from general revenues as opposed to payroll deductions and except work incentive programs).

Health Committee

Human Resources Committee

Oversight Committee

Social Security Committee

Trade Committee

Select Revenue Measures Committee

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Health shall include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to programs providing payments (from any source) for health care, health delivery systems, or health research. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Health shall include bills and matters that relate to the health care programs of the Social Security Act (including titles V, XI (Part B), XVIII, and XIX thereof) and, concurrent with the full Committee, tax credit and deduction provisions of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with health insurance premiums and health care costs.

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act including welfare reform, supplemental security income, aid to families with dependent children, social services, child support, eligibility of welfare recipients for food stamps, and low-income energy assistance. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall include bills and matters relating to titles I, IV, VI, X, XIV, XVI, XVII, XX and related provisions of titles VII and XI of the Social Security Act.

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall also include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the Federal-State system of unemployment compensation, and the financing thereof, including the programs for extended and emergency benefits. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources shall also include all bills and matters pertaining to the programs of unemployment compensation under titles III, IX and XII of the Social Security Act, Chapters 23 and 23A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974, and provisions relating thereto.

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Oversight shall include all matters within the scope of the full Committee's jurisdiction but shall be limited to existing law. Said oversight jurisdiction shall not be exclusive but shall be concurrent with that of the other Subcommittees. With respect to matters involving the Internal Revenue Code and other revenue issues, said concurrent jurisdiction shall be shared with the full Committee. Before undertaking any investigation or hearing, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight shall confer with the Chairman of the full Committee and the Chairman of any other Subcommittee having jurisdiction.

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures shall consist of those revenue measures that, from time to time, shall be referred to it specifically by the Chairman of the full Committee.

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Social Security shall include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the Federal Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance System, the Railroad Retirement System, and employment taxes and trust fund operations relating to those systems. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Social Security shall include bills and matters involving title II of the Social Security Act and Chapter 22 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Railroad Retirement Tax Act), as well as provisions in title VII and title XI of the Act relating to procedure and administration involving the Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance System.

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Trade shall include bills and matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to customs and customs administration including tariff and import fee structure, classification, valuation of and special rules applying to imports, and special tariff provisions and procedures which relate to customs operation affecting exports and imports; import trade matters, including import impact, industry relief from injurious imports, adjustment assistance and programs to encourage competitive responses to imports, unfair import practices including antidumping and countervailing duty provisions, and import policy which relates to dependence on foreign sources of supply; commodity agreements and reciprocal trade agreements including multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations and implementation of agreements involving tariff and nontariff trade barriers to and distortions of international trade; international rules, organizations and institutional aspects of international trade agreements; budget authorizations for the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Trade Representative; and special trade-related problems involving market access, competitive conditions of specific industries, export policy and promotion, access to materials in short supply, bilateral trade relations including trade with developing countries, operations of multinational corporations, and trade with nonmarket economies.

Source: "Manual of Rules of the Committee on Ways and Means for the One Hundred Seventh Congress," WMCP: 107-1.

For Outline of Responsibility: Source: The Congressional Standing Committee System, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. Report 92-707 GOV. September 14, 1992.

SENATE

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
SR-328A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-6000
(202)-224-2035
http://agriculture.senate.gov

1. Agricultural economics and research.

2. Agricultural extension services and experiment stations.

3. Agricultural production, marketing, and stabilization of prices.

4. Agriculture and agricultural commodities.

5. Animal industry and diseases.

6. Crop insurance and soil conservation.

7. Farm credit and farm security.

Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization
Jurisdiction over rural development legislation and rural electrification legislation; oversight of rural electrification, agricultural credit, the Farm Credit System, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Farmers Home Administration and its successor agencies; and crop insurance; forestry in general and forest reserves that were acquired from state, local, or private sources, soil conservation, stream channelization, watershed and flood control programs involving structures of less than 4,000 acre-feet storage capacity.

Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion
Jurisdiction over legislation on foreign agricultural trade; foreign market developement; agriculture product promotion and domestic marketing programs; oversight of international commodity agreements and export controls on agricultural commodities; foreign assistance programs and Food for Peace; marketing orders; inspection and certification of meat, flowers, fruit, vegetables and livestock.

Production and Price Competitiveness
Jurisdiction over legislation on agricultural commodities, including cotton, dairy products, feed grains, wheat, tobacco, peanuts, sugar, wool, rice, oilseeds and soybeans; price and income support programs

Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation
Jurisdiction over legislation on agricultural education and research; animal welfare; legislation on or relating to food, nutrition and hunger; commodity donations; food stamps; national school lunch program; school breakfast program; summer food program for children; special milk program for children; special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children; nutritional programs for the elderly; Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; and general legislation.

Appropriations

Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
S-128, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3471
http://appropriations.senate.gov

Agriculture, Rural Development, And Related Agencies
Advisory Committees
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Research Service
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments
Agriculture, US Department of (except Forest Service)
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Child Nutrition Programs
Commodity Assistance Program
Commodity Credit Corporation
Export Loans and Credit Program
Operations and Maintenance for Hazardous Waste Management
Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Conservation Operations
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Credit Sales of Acquired Property
Dairy Indemnity Program
Departmental Administration (USDA)
Distance Learning and Medical Link Programs
Economic Research Service
Emergency Conservation Program
Executive Operations (USDA)
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation
Farm Service Agency
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Food and Consumer Service
Food and Drug Administration
Food Program Administration
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Food Stamp Program
Foreign Agricultural Service
Forestry Incentives Program
Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (section 32)
General Sales Manager (USDA)
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
Hazardous Waste Management
Inspection and Weighing Services (USDA)
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants (USDA)
National Agricultural Library
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Native American Institutions Endowment Fund (USDA)
National Appeals Division (USDA)
Natural Resources Conservation Service P(USDA)
Office of Budget and Program Analysis (USDA)
Office of Communications (USDA)
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (USDA)
Office of Information Resources Management (USDA)
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (USDA)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration (USDA)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations (USDA)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Program (USDA)
Office of the Chief Economist (USDA)
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (USDA)
Office of the General Counsel (USDA)
Office of the Inspector General (USDA)
Office of the Secretary (USDA)
Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (USDA)
Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (USDA)
Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety (USDA)
Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (USDA)
Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics (USDA)
Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development (USDA)
Operations and Maintenance for Hazardous Waste Management (USDA)
Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers (USDA)
Payments to States and Possessions, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA)
Public Law 480 (USDA)
Rental Assistance Program (USDA)
Resource Conservation and Development (USDA)
Risk Management Agency (USDA)
Rural Business-Cooperative Assistance Program (USDA)
Rural Business-Cooperative Service (USDA)
Rural Community Advancement Program P(USDA)
Rural Cooperative Development Grants (USDA)
Rural Development Loan Fund (USDA)
Rural Economic Development Loans (USDA)
Rural Economic Development Grants (USDA)
Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program (USDA)
Rural Housing Assistance Program (USDA)
Rural Housing Service (USDA)
Rural Telephone Bank (USDA)
Rural Utilities Assistance Program (USDA)
Rural Utilities Service (USDA)
Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund (USDA)
Special Milk Program (USDA)
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children [WIC] (USDA)
State Mediation Grants (USDA)
Very Low-Income Repair Grants (USDA)
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (USDA)
Watershed Surveys and Planning (USDA)
Wetlands Reserve Program (USDA)
Working Capital Fund (USDA)
World Agricultural Outlook Board (USDA)

Commerce, Justice, State And Judiciary
Administrative Office of the US Courts
American Institute in Taiwan
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Asia Foundation
Bureau of Economic and Statistical Analysis
Bureau of Export Administration
Bureau of Prisons
Bureau of the Census
Care of Supreme Court Building and Grounds
Commerce, Department of
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
Commission on Civil Rights
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act [CALEA]
Contributions to International Organizations
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Court of International Trade
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
Disaster Loans Program
Drug Enforcement Administration
East-West Center
Economic and Statistical Analysis
Economic Development Administration
Educational and Cultural Exchanges
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Judicial Center
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Prison Industries Incorporated
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Agricultural Organization (State)
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund
Fulbright Program
Immigration and Naturalization Service
International Atomic Energy Agency (State)
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico
International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada

International Civil Aviation Organization (State)
International Commissions
International Conferences and Contingencies
International Fisheries Commissions
International Organizations and Conferences
International Trade Administration (Commerce)
International Trade Commission
International Trade Negotiations (US Trade Representative)
Japan-United States Friendship Commission
Judiciary
Justice Assistance (Justice)
Justice, Department of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Legal Services Corporation
Marine Mammal Commission
Maritime Administration (Transportation)
Minority Business Development Agency
Missions to International Organizations (State)
National Endowment for Democracy
National Gambling Impact Study Commission
National Institute of Corrections
National Institute of Standards and Technology (Commerce)
National Institute of Corrections
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Technical Information Service (Commerce)
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Commerce)
Office of Justice Programs
Office of the US Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)
Assessed contributions
Ounce of Prevention Council
Patent and Trademark Office (Commerce)
Public Telecommunications Facilities Grants (Commerce)
Ready Reserve Force (MarAd)
Securities and Exchange Commission
Small Business Administration
State, Department of Except:Counterterrorism International Narcotics Control Migration and Refugee Assistance
State Justice Institute
Supreme Court (Judiciary)
Technology Administration (Commerce)
Trade Adjustment Assistance/Firms (Commerce)
United Nations: Assessed Dues (State)
UN Peacekeeping (State)
US Attorneys (Justice)
US Courts of Appeals (Judiciary)
US Foreign and Commercial Service (Commerce)
US Information Agency
US Marshal Service (Justice)
US Mission to the United Nations (State)
US Parole Commission (Justice)
US Sentencing Commission (Judiciary)
Voice of America (BBG)
World Health Organization (State)

Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Air Force, Department of the
Army, Department of the (DOD) (Military Construction)
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Central Intelligence Agency (Executive)
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
Defense Agencies (DOD)
Defense Conversion Commission
Defense Facilities Replacement
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Investigative Service
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Mapping Agency
Defense--Military: Department of
Department of the Air Force
Department of the Army
Army, Department of the (DOD) (Military Construction)

Department of the Navy
Marine Corps
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Defense Nuclear Agency
Intelligence Community
National Guard and Reserve Components P

National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Overseas Dependents Education (DOD)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Services
US Court of Military Appeals (DOD)

District Of Columbia
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia
District of Columbia

Energy And Water Development
Alaska Power Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission/Appalachian Development Highway System
Army, Department of the (Civil Works)
Atomic Energy Defense Activities
Bonneville Power Administration
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Engineers--Civil
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Delaware River Basin Commission
Denali Commission
Energy, Department of (DOE) (except fossil fuels, conservation, compliance, regulation, and information)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Southeastern Power Administration (DOE)
Southwestern Power Administration (DOE)
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Western Area Power Administration (DOE)

Foreign Operations
African Development Bank
African Development Foundation
African Development Fund
Agency for International Development
Anti-terrorism Assistance
Asian Development Bank
Developmental Fund for Africa
Economic Support Fund (AID)
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(Treasury)
Export-Import Bank
Foreign Military Financing Program
Inter-American Development Bank (Treasury)
Inter-American Foundation
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
International Development Association
International Development Cooperation Agency
International Disaster Assistance (AID)
International Finance Corporation
International Financial Institutions
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Fund for Ireland International
Military Education and Training (DSAA)
International Monetary Fund (Treasury)
International Narcotics Control (State)
International Organizations and Programs (State)
Microenterprise Development (AID)
Migration and Refugee Assistance
Multilateral Development Banks (Treasury)
Voluntary contributions
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Payment to Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund (AID)
Peace Corps
Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference
Special Defense Acquisition Fund (DSAA)
Sub-Saharan Africa Development Assistance (AID)
Trade and Development Agency
Voluntary Contributions
World Bank

Interior
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Clean Coal Technology
Commission on Fine Arts
Energy Conservation
Energy, Department of (DOE): Fossil Energy; Clean Coal Technology; Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; Energy Conservation; Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Energy Information Administration; Office of Hearings and Appeals
Energy Information Administration
Forest Service
Fossil Energy Research and Development
Geological Survey
Historic Preservation Fund
Holocaust Memorial Council
Indian Health Service
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Office of Museum Services
Interior, Department of the
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Minerals Management Service
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs
National Capital Planning Commission
National Capital Region (Interior)
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Gallery of Art
National Indian Gaming Commission
National Park Service
National Portrait Gallery
National Zoological Park
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves (DOE)
Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOE)
Office of Insular Affairs (Interior)
Office of Museum Services (Institute of Museum and Library Services)
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Office of Special Trustee (Interior)
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (Interior)
Outer Continental Shelf [OCS]
Presidio Trust
Smithsonian Institution
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (DOE)
US Fish and Wildlife Service (Interior)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Labor, Heath, And Human Services, And Education
Administration on Aging
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Native Americans
Adolescent Pregnancy
Adult Education
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Aging Programs
American Printing House for the Blind
Armed Forces Retirement Homes
Assistance Payments/AFDC
Bilingual and Immigrant Education
Black Lung Benefits
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Child Care Assistance
Child Support Enforcement
Child Welfare Services
Children and Family Services Programs
College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans
Community Health Centers
Community Service Employment for Older Americans
Community Services Block Grant
Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged
Consumer Price Index
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Domestic Volunteer Service Programs
Developmental Disabilities
Dislocated Worker Assistance
Drug Free Schools and Communities Act
Education, Department of
Education for the Disadvantaged--Title I
Education for the Handicapped
Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement
Employment and Training Administration
Employment Service Operations
Employment Standards Administration
Family Planning
Federal Family Education Loan Program
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances
Foster Care/Adoption Assistance
Gallaudet University
Grants to States for Social and Child Welfare Services--Title XX
Handicapped, Education
Head Start Program (child development)
Health and Human Services, Department of Except: Food and Drug Administration, Indian Health and Construction Activities, Office of Consumer Affairs
Health Care Financing Administration
Health Professions Education
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Services Research
Higher Education
Howard University
Immunization Program
Impact Aid (Education)
Indian Education (Education)
Office of Library Services
International Education (Education)
Job Corps
John E Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences (NIH)
Labor, Department of
Labor-Management Standards
Libraries
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (HHS)
Maternal and Child Health
Medicaid/Medicare Contractors
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Migrant Education
Migrant Health
Mine Health and Safety Academy
Mine Safety and Health Administration
National Cancer Institute
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Research Resources (NIH)
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Council on Disability
National Eye Institute
National Health Service Corps
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health
National Institutes of Health
National Labor Relations Board
National Library of Medicine
National Mediation Board
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
National Youth Sports Program (HHS)
Nursing Workforce Development
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office for Civil Rights (HHS) (Education)
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (Labor)
Office of Library Services (Institute of Museum and Library Services)
Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS)
Office of Rehabilitative Services and Disability Research (Education)
Office of Work-Based Learning (Labor)
Pell Grants (Education)
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (Labor)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Labor)
Postsecondary Education (Education)
President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities (Labor)
President's Council on Physical Fitness (HHS)
Public Health Service
Railroad Retirement Board
Reading Excellence Programs
Refugee Assistance (Domestic) (HHS)
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research (Education)
Runaway and Homeless Youth (HHS)
School Improvement Programs (Education)
Sexually Transmitted Disease Program (HHS)
Social Security Administration
Social Services Block Grant (HHS)
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (Labor)
Special Education (Education)
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities (Education)
Student Financial Assistance (Education)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(HHS)
Summer Youth Employment and Training (Labor)
Supplemental Security Income (SSA)
Trade Adjustment Assistance/Workers (Labor)
Unemployment Trust Fund (Labor)
US Institute of Peace
US Naval Home
Veterans Employment and Training (Labor)
Vocational and Adult Education (Education)
Wage and Hour Division (Labor)
Woman's Bureau (Labor)

Legislative Branch
Architect of the Capitol
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Botanic Garden
Capitol Police Board
Congressional Budget Office
General Accounting Office
Government Printing Office
House of Representatives
John C Stennis Center for Public Service, Training, and Development
Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
Joint Economic Committee
Joint Committee on Printing
Joint Committee on Taxation
Library of Congress
Office of Compliance
Senate

Military Construction
Defense Facilities Replacement
Defense Base Closure Accounts

Homeowners Assistance Fund
Military Construction
Defense Agencies
Department of the Air Force
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Marine Corps
Reserve Forces
Military Family Housing
NATO Infrastructure

Transportation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Railroad Adjustment Board Mediation Board
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
National Transportation Safety Board
Panama Canal Commission
Research and Special Programs Administration (Transportation)
St Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Surface Transportation Board
Transportation, Department of Except Maritime Administration
US Coast Guard (Transportation)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Author-Pity

Treasury And General Government
Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau of the Public Debt
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Compensation of the President (Executive Office of the President)
Council of Economic Advisers (Executive Office of the President)
Executive Office of the President
Executive Residence at the White House (Executive Office of the President)
Federal Buildings Fund (GSA)
Federal Election Commission
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal Supply Service (GSA)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Financial Management Service
Funds Appropriated to the President (Executive Office of the President)
General Services Administration
Information Security Oversight Office (NARA)
Internal Revenue Service
Merit Systems Protection Board
National Archives and Records Administration
National Security Council (Executive Office of the President)
Office of Administration (Executive Office of the President)
Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of Personnel Management
Office of Policy Development (Executive Office of the President)
Official Residence of the Vice President (Executive Office of the President)
Operating Expenses, Executive Mansion
Postal Rate Commission
President's Commission on White House Fellowships (OPM)
Property Management and Disposal Activities (GSA)
Treasury, Department of the
Unanticipated Needs (Executive Office of the President)
Vice Presidential Residence (DOD-Navy)

Public Buildings Service (GSA)
Retirement and Disability Fund (OPM)
Special Assistance to the President (Executive Office of the President)
US Customs Service (Treasury)
US Mint (Treasury)
US Postal Service
US Secret Service (Treasury)
White House Office, the (Executive Office of the President)
White House Residence (US Park Service)

Va-Hud-Independent Agencies
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
American Battle Monuments Commission
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Community Development Financial Institutions
Consumer Information Center (GSA)
Consumer Product Safety Commission
AmeriCorps
Cemeterial Expenses
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Environmental Protection Agency
FDIC Inspector General
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Insurance Administration
Government National Mortgage Association
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Credit Union Administration--Central Liquidity Facility
National Science Foundation
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Office of Science and Technology Policy (Executive Office of the President)
Selective Service System
US Court of Veterans Appeals
US Fire Administration (FEMA)
Veterans Affairs, Department of

Other

American National Red Cross (Non-Federal funding)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Non-Federal funding)
Corporation on National and Community Service
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (except Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation) (Non-Federal funding)
Institute of Medicine (Non-Federal funding)
National Academy of Engineering (Non-Federal funding)
National Academy of Sciences (Non-Federal funding)
National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (Non-Federal funding)
National Capital Housing Authority (Non-Federal funding)
National Research Council (Non-Federal funding)
Office of Thrift Supervision (Nonappropriated funds)

Armed Services
228 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202/224-3871
www.senate.gov/~armed_services

Airland

Emerging Threats And Capabilities

Personnel

Readiness And Management Support

Sea Power

Strategic

1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations.

2. Common defense.

3. Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally.

4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone.

5. Military research and development.

6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.

7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Senate Banking Committee
534 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202/224-7391
202/224-5137 (FAX)
http://banking.senate.gov

Economic Policy

Financial Institutions

Housing And Transportation

International Trade And Finance

Securities And Investment

1. Banks, banking, and financial institutions.

2. Control of prices of commodities, rents, and services.

3. Deposit insurance.

4. Economic stabilization and defense production.

5. Export and foreign trade promotion.

6. Export controls.

7. Federal monetary policy, including Federal Reserve System.

8. Financial aid to commerce and industry.
9. Issuance and redemption of notes.
10. Money and credit, including currency and coinage.
11. Nursing home construction.
12. Public and private housing (including veterans housing).
13. Renegotiation of Government contracts.
14. Urban development and urban mass transit

Budget
Senate Budget Committee
621 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202/224-0642
http://budget.senate.gov

No Subcommittees

The Budget Committee is responsible for drafting Congress' annual budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal Government. In addition, the Budget Committee has jurisdiction over the operation of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). <http://www.cbo.gov>

The Budget Committee is often confused with the Finance Committee and the Appropriations Committee, both of which have different jurisdictions. The Finance Committee (like the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives) has legislative jurisdication in the areas of taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and some other entitlements. The Appropriations Committee has legislative jurisdiction over appropriations bills, which provide funding for government programs. While the budget resolution prepared by the Budget Committee sets out a broad blueprint for the Congress with respect to the total levels of revenues and spending for the government as a whole, these other Committees prepare the legislation that actually enacts specific tax and spending policies.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
United States Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
508 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510-6125
202-224-5115
http://commerce.senate.gov

Aviation

Communications

Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce And Tourism

Manufacturing And Competitiveness

Oceans And Fisheries

Science, Technology And Space

Surface Transportation And Merchant Marine

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:

1. Coast Guard.
2. Coastal zone management.
3. Communications.
4. Highway safety.
5. Inland waterways, except construction.
6. Interstate commerce.
7. Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation, including navigational aspects of deepwater ports.
8. Marine fisheries.
9. Merchant marine and navigation.
10. Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences.
11. Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities.
12. Panama Canal and interoceanic canals generally, except as provided in subparagraph (c).
13. Regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing.
14. Regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation.
15. Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy.
16. Sports.
17. Standards and measurement.
18. Transportation.
19. Transportation and commerce aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands.

Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to time.

Energy and Natural Resources
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
364 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202/224-4971
202/224-6165 FAX
e-mail: committee@energy.senate.gov
http://energy.senate.gov

Energy Research, Development, Production And Regulation

Forests And Public Land Management

National Parks, Historic Preservation And Recreation

Water And Power

Jurisdiction of the Full Committee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: National Energy Policy, including international energy affairs and emergency preparedness; strategic petroleum reserves; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; nuclear waste policy; privatization of federal assets; territorial affairs, including Freely Associated States; regulation of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil or gas pipeline transportation systems within Alaska; National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act; Antarctica; Arctic research and energy development; Native Hawaiian matters; and Ad Hoc issues.

1. Coal production, distribution, and utilization.

2. Energy policy.

3. Energy regulation and conservation.

4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.

5. Energy research and development.

6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer Continental Shelf lands.

7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation.

8. Mining education and research.

9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral conservation.

10. National parks, recreation areas, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites, military parks and battlefields, and on the public domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest.

Environment and Public Works
410 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-8832
Fax: (202) 224-1273
http://epw.senate.gov

Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property And Nuclear Safety

Fisheries, Wildlife And Water

Superfund, Waste Control And Risk Assessment

Transportation And Infrastructure

Over the years the committee's public works jurisdiction has grown from oversight of new Federal building construction, additions to the U.S. Capitol building and grounds, and the White House and its grounds, to legislative responsibility for the development of the Nation's interstate highway system, flood control and navigation projects.

In 1963, the responsibility for creating new laws to achieve air and water pollution control, rural and community economic development, and relief from natural disasters was given to the committee. The passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, brought the committee recognition as the Senate's forum for protection of the environment. In 1977, the committee was assigned the jurisdiction over endangered species, fish and wildlife refuges and programs, and the regulation of nonmilitary nuclear power.

More recent committee activities include the passage of landmark Everglades restoration legislation, the protection of barrier islands and ground water resources, investigation of the environmental effects of bioengineering, review of new technologies and scientific standards in achieving infrastructural growth and natural habitat renewal, and oversight of the Superfund program, solid waste and recycled materials, stratospheric ozone depletion, global climate change, private property rights, and Federal regulatory reform.

The committee's oversight extends to programs in five cabinet level departments and seven independent agencies, including the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration and the Coast Guard, the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the GSA's Public Buildings Service, the Council on Environmental Quality, the civil works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Mississippi River Commission, and the nonperforming functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

1. Air pollution.

2. Construction and maintenance of highways.

3. Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands.

4. Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides.

5. Environmental policy.

6. Environmental research and development.

7. Fisheries and wildlife.

8. Flood control and improvements of rivers and harbors, including environmental aspects of deepwater ports.

9. Noise pollution.

10. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy.

11. Ocean dumping.

12. Public buildings and improved grounds of the United States generally, including Federal buildings in the District of Columbia.

13. Public works, bridges, and dams.

Finance
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4515
Fax: (202) 228-0554
http://finance.senate.gov

Health Care

International Trade

Long-Term Growth And Debt Reduction

Social Security And Family Policy

Taxation And Irs Oversight

1. Bonded debt of the United States, except as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

2. Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery.

3. Deposit of public moneys.

4. General revenue sharing.

5. Health programs under the Social Security Act and health programs financed by a specific tax or trust fund.

6. National social security.

Foreign Relations
450 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4651
Fax: (202) 228-1608
http://foreign.senate.gov

African Affairs

East Asian And Pacific Affairs

European Affairs

International Economic Policy, Export And Trade Promotion

International Operations And Terrorism

Near Eastern And South Asian Affairs

Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics Affairs

1. Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in foreign countries.

2. Boundaries of the United States.

3. Diplomatic service.

4. Foreign economic, military, technical, and humanitarian assistance.

5. Foreign loans.

6. International activities of the American National Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

7. International aspects of nuclear energy, including nuclear transfer policy.

8. International conferences and congresses.

9. International law as it relates to foreign policy.

Governmental Affairs
Committee on Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202/224-4751
e-mail: webmaster@govt-aff.senate.gov
http://gov_affairs.senate.gov

International Security, Proliferation And Federal Services

Oversight Of Government Management, Restructuring And The District Of Columbia

Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations

1.   Archives of the United States.
2.   Budget and accounting measures, other than appropriations, except as provided in the        Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
3.   Census and collection of statistics, including economic and social statistics.
4.   Congressional organization, except for any part of the matter that amends the rules or orders of the Senate.
5.   Federal Civil Service.
6.   Government information.
7.   Intergovernmental relations.
8.   Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, except appropriations therefor
9.   Organization and management of United States nuclear export policy.
10. Organization and reorganization of the executive branch of the Government.
11. Postal Service.
12. Status of officers and employees of the United States, including their classification, compensation, and benefits.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
428 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-6300
(202) 224-5375
http://labor.senate.gov

Aging

Children And Families

Employment, Safety, And Training

Public Health

1. Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare.

2. Aging.

3. Agricultural colleges.

4. Arts and humanities.

5. Biomedical research and development.

6. Child labor.

7. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce.

8. Domestic activities of the American National Red Cross.

9. Equal employment opportunity
10.Gallaudet College, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeths
Hospital.
11.Handicapped individuals.
12.Labor standards and labor statistics.
13.Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
14.Occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners.
15.Private pension plans.
16.Public health.
17.Railway labor and retirement.
18.Regulation of foreign laborers.
19.Student loans.
20.Wages and hours of labor.

Indian Affairs
Committee on Indian Affairs
United States Senate
838 Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2251
202/224-5429 (FAX)
http://indian.senate.gov

Study the unique problems of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and to propose legislation to alleviate these difficulties. These issues include, but are not limited to, Indian education, economic development, land management, trust responsibilities, health care, and claims against the United States. Additionally, all legislation proposed by Members of the Senate that specifically pertains to American Indians, Native Hawaiians, or Alaska Natives is under the jurisdiction of the Committee.

Judiciary
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-7703
Fax: (202) 224-9516
http:// judiciary.senate.gov

Administrative Oversight And The Courts

Antitrust, Business Rights And Competition

Constitution, Federalism And Property Rights

Immigration

Technology, Terrorism And Government Information

Youth Violence

(l) Committee on the Judiciary, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:
1. Apportionment of Representatives.

2. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.

3. Civil liberties.

4. Constitutional amendments.

5. Federal courts and judges.

6. Government information.

7. Holidays and celebrations.

8. Immigration and naturalization.

9. Interstate compacts generally.

10. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally.

11. Local courts in the territories and possessions.

Rules and Administration
305 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6352
Fax: (202) 224-5400
http://rules.senate.gov

No Subcommittees

1. Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of office space.
2. Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, including floor and gallery rules.
3. Corrupt practices.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship
428A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5175
Fax: (202) 224-5619
http://sbc.senate.gov

No Subcommittees

(1) Committee on Small Business, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the Small Business Administration.

(2) Any proposed legislation reported by such committee which relates to matters other than the functions of the Small Business Administration shall, at the request of the chairman of any standing committee having jurisdiction over the subject matter extraneous to the functions of the Small Business Administration, be considered and reported by such standing committee prior to its consideration by the Senate;

Veterans’ Affairs
412 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-9126
Fax: (202) 224-9575
http://veterans.senate.gov

No Subcommittees

1. Compensation of veterans.
2. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces.
3. National cemeteries.

Select Committee on Intelligence
211 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-1700
Fax: (202) 224-1772
http://intelligence.senate.gov

No Subcommittees

The Select Committee on Intelligence oversees and makes continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs of the United States government, submits to the senate appropriate proposals for legislation and reports to the Senate concerning such intelligence activities and programs

Select Committee on Ethics
220 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2981
Fax: (202) 224-7416
http://www.ethics.senate.gov

No Subcommittees

Investigates alleged misconduct of Senate memebers and employees, and also keeps senators and staff abreast of new rules and regulations of conduct.

Special Committee on Aging
G31 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5364
Fax: (202) 224-9926
http://aging.senate.gov

No Subcommittees

It shall be the duty of the Special Committee on Aging to conduct a continuing study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including, but not limited to, problems and opportunities of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, of obtaining care or assistance.

JOINT COMMITTEES

Joint Economic Committee
G01 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5171
Fax: (202) 224-0240
www.house.gov/jec

Studies and investigates all recommendations in the president's annual Economic Report to Congress. Reports findings and recommendations to the House and Senate.

Joint Committee on the Library
1309 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8281

1.Investigation To investigate the operation and effects of the Federal system of internal revenue taxes; to investigate the administration of such taxes by the Internal Revenue Service or any executive department, establishment, or agency charged with their administration; and to make such other investigations in respect of such a system of taxes as the Joint Committee may deem necessary.

2.Simplification of Law To investigate measures and methods for the simplification of such taxes, particularly the income tax; and to publish, from time to time, for public and analysis, proposed measures and methods for the simplification of such taxes.

3.Reports To report, from time to time, to the Committee on Finance and the Committee Ways and Means, and, in its discretion, to the Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, the results of its investigations, together with such recommendations as it may deem advisable.

Joint Committee on Printing
1309 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8281
www.house.gov/jcp

Joint Committee on Taxation
1015 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3621
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1.Investigation: To investigate the operation and effects of the Federal system of internal revenue taxes; to investigate the administration of such taxes by the Internal Revenue Service or any executive department, establishment, or agency charged with their administration; and to make such other investigations in respect of such a system of taxes as the Joint Committee may deem necessary.

2.Simplification of Law: To investigate measures and methods for the simplification of such taxes, particularly the income tax; and to publish, from time to time, for public and analysis, proposed measures and methods for the simplification of such taxes.

3.Reports: To report, from time to time, to the Committee on Finance and the Committee Ways and Means, and, in its discretion, to the Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, the results of its investigations, together with such recommendations as it may deem advisable.

Source: The Congressional Standing Committee System, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. Report 92-707 GOV. September 14, 1992.

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