SPECIAL REPORT House Agriculture • Phone: (202) 225-2171 • Office: 1301 Longworth • Web: agriculture.house.gov • Fax: (202) 225-0917 • Hearing Room: 1300 Longworth Majority Staff Director: Nicole Scott, 225-2171, 1301 Longworth Minority Staff Director: Rob Larew, 225-0317, 1305 Longworth The panel oversees agriculture. Specifically, it has jurisdiction over adulteration of seeds, insect pests and the protection of birds and animals in forest reserves; forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain; entomology and plant quarantine; and plant industry, soils and agricultural engineering. It also oversees production, marketing and price stabilization for agri- cultural products and commodities (not including distribution outside of the coun- try); commodity exchanges; crop insurance and soil conservation; and extension of farm credit and farm security. The panel’s jurisdiction also includes the inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products and seafood; the animal industry and diseases of animals; the dairy industry; and agricultural and industrial chemistry. Also under the committee’s jurisdiction are agricultural colleges and experiment stations, ag- ricultural education-extension services and agricultural economics and research; human nutrition and home economics; rural electrification and rural development; and water conservation related to activities of the Agriculture Department. REPUBLICANS (25) Frank D. Lucas, Okla., chairman Robert W. Goodlatte, Va. Steve King, Iowa Randy Neugebauer, Texas Mike D. Rogers, Ala. K. Michael Conaway, Texas Glenn Thompson, Pa. Bob Gibbs, Ohio Austin Scott, Ga. Scott Tipton, Colo. Rick Crawford, Ark. Martha Roby, Ala. Scott DesJarlais, Tenn. Chris Gibson, N.Y. Vicky Hartzler, Mo. Reid Ribble, Wis. Kristi Noem, S.D. Dan Benishek, Mich. Jeff Denham, Calif. Stephen Fincher, Tenn. Doug LaMalfa, Calif. Richard Hudson, N.C. Rodney Davis, Ill. Chris Collins, N.Y. Ted Yoho, Fla. DEMOCRATS (21) Collin C. Peterson, Minn., ranking member Mike McIntyre, N.C. David Scott, Ga. Jim Costa, Calif. Tim Walz, Minn. Kurt Schrader, Ore. Marcia L. Fudge, Ohio Jim McGovern, Mass. Suzan DelBene, Wash. Gloria Negrete McLeod, Calif. Filemon Vela, Texas Michelle Lujan Grisham, N.M. Ann McLane Kuster, N.H. Rick Nolan, Minn. Pete Gallego, Texas Bill Enyart, Ill. Juan C. Vargas, Calif. Cheri Bustos, Ill. Sean Patrick Maloney, N.Y. Joe Courtney, Conn. John Garamendi, Calif. Conservation, Energy and Forestry Thompson (chairman) Rogers Walz Gibbs Negrete McLeod Tipton Kuster Crawford Nolan Roby McIntyre Ribble Schrader Noem DelBene Benishek Department Operations, Oversight and Nutrition King (chairman) Goodlatte Fudge Gibbs McGovern Scott Lujan Grisham Roby Negrete McLeod Fincher Vacancy General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Conaway (chairman) Neugebauer Scott Rogers Vela Gibbs Gallego Scott Enyart Crawford Vargas Roby Bustos Gibson Maloney Hartzler Walz Noem Negrete McLeod Benishek Costa LaMalfa Garamendi Hudson Vacancy Davis Collins Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture Scott (chairman) Hartzler Schrader Denham DelBene LaMalfa Costa Davis Fudge Collins Kuster Yoho Vargas Fincher Maloney Livestock, Rural Development and Credit Crawford (chairman) Goodlatte Costa King McIntyre Neugebauer Scott Rogers Vela Conaway Lujan Grisham Thompson Gallego DesJarlais Enyart Gibson Bustos Ribble Schrader Denham Nolan Hudson Courtney Yoho Subcommittees Party identifications: Republicans are listed in roman. Democrats are listed in italics. Jurisdictions: The text of the committees’ jurisdictions were provided by each panel and edited for CQ style. KEY www.cq.com | MARCH 25, 2013 | CQ WEEKLY 557
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House Agriculture• Phone: (202) 225-2171• Office: 1301 Longworth• Web: agriculture.house.gov
The panel oversees agriculture. Specifically, it has jurisdiction over adulteration of seeds, insect pests and the protection of birds and animals in forest reserves; forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain; entomology and plant quarantine; and plant industry, soils and agricultural engineering. It also oversees production, marketing and price stabilization for agri-cultural products and commodities (not including distribution outside of the coun-try); commodity exchanges; crop insurance and soil conservation; and extension of farm credit and farm security. The panel’s jurisdiction also includes the inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products and seafood; the animal industry and diseases of animals; the dairy industry; and agricultural and industrial chemistry. Also under the committee’s jurisdiction are agricultural colleges and experiment stations, ag-ricultural education-extension services and agricultural economics and research; human nutrition and home economics; rural electrification and rural development; and water conservation related to activities of the Agriculture Department.
Majority Clerk and Staff Director: Will Smith, 225-2771, H-307 CapitolMinority Clerk and Staff Director: David Pomerantz, 225-3481, 1016 Longworth
The panel oversees appropriation of revenue as well as rescissions of appropria-tions contained in appropriations acts, transfers of unexpected balances and leg-islation reported by other committees that provide new entitlement authority as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act and referred to the commit-tee under clause 4(a)(2).
DEMOCRATS (22)Nita M. Lowey, N.Y., ranking memberMarcy Kaptur, OhioPeter J. Visclosky, Ind.José E. Serrano, N.Y.Rosa DeLauro, Conn.James P. Moran, Va.Ed Pastor, Ariz.David E. Price, N.C.Lucille Roybal-Allard, Calif.Sam Farr, Calif.Chaka Fattah, Pa.Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Ga.Barbara Lee, Calif.Adam B. Schiff, Calif.Michael M. Honda, Calif.Betty McCollum, Minn.Tim Ryan, OhioDebbie Wasserman Schultz, Fla.Henry Cuellar, TexasChellie Pingree, MaineMike Quigley, Ill.Bill Owens, N.Y.
Subcommittees
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related AgenciesAderholt (chairman)Latham FarrNunnelee DeLauroYoder BishopFortenberry PingreeRooneyValadao
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related AgenciesWolf (chairman)Culberson FattahAderholt SchiffBonner HondaGraves SerranoRooney Harris
Interior, Environment and Related AgenciesSimpson (chairman)Calvert Moran Cole McCollumGraves PingreeHerrera Beutler SerranoJoyceValadao
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related AgenciesKingston (chairman)Alexander DeLauroSimpson Roybal-AllardWomack LeeFleischmann HondaJoyceHarris
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related AgenciesCulberson (chairman)Young Bishop Carter FarrNunnelee PriceDiaz-Balart Fattah FortenberryRooney
State, Foreign Operations and Related ProgramsGranger (chairwoman)Wolf LoweyDiaz-Balart SchiffDent LeeCrenshaw WassermanKingston SchultzYoder Cuellar
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related AgenciesLatham (chairman)Wolf PastorDent PriceGranger QuigleyCole RyanHerrera BeutlerJoyce
Majority Staff Director: Bob Simmons, 225-4151, 2120 RayburnMinority Staff Director: Paul Arcangeli, 225-4151, 2120 Rayburn
The committee retains jurisdiction of all subjects listed in clause 1(c) and clause 3(b) of Rule X of the rules of the House and retains exclusive jurisdiction for: defense policy, ongoing military operations, the organization and reform of the Defense and Energy departments, counterdrug programs, security and humanitarian assistance (except special operations-related activities) of the Defense Department, acquisi-tion and industrial-base policy, technology transfer and export controls, joint in-teroperability, the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, Energy Department nonproliferation programs, detainee affairs and policy and interagency reform as it pertains to the Defense Department and the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. While subcommittees are provided jurisdictional responsibili-ties in subparagraph (2), the committee retains the right to exercise oversight and legislative jurisdiction over all subjects within its purview under House Rule X.
The panel oversees the congressional budget process. It has jurisdiction over con-current resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other matters required to be referred to the committee under titles III and IV of that act, and other measures setting forth appropriate levels of federal budget totals. The committee also oversees the establishment, extension and enforcement of special controls over the federal budget, including the budget-ary treatment of off-budget federal agencies and measures providing exemption from reduction under any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
The panel oversees appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and ex-penses, except for the Appropriations Committee; House information resources; allowance and expenses of House members, officers and administrative offices; auditing and settling of all accounts described in subparagraph (1); and employ-ment of staff for members, committees and reporters of debates, subject to rule VI. The committee has jurisdiction over the House Library; statuary and pictures; ac-ceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol; Franking Commission; printing and correction of the Congressional Record; accounts of the House; assignment of office space for members and committees; disposition of useless executive papers; election of the president, vice president, members, senators, delegates or the resi-dent commissioner; corrupt practices; contested elections; credentials and quali-fications; federal elections; 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; travel of members; raising, reporting and use of campaign con-tributions for House candidates; and compensation, retirement and other benefits of the members, officers and employees of Congress. It also has jurisdiction over the Library of Congress, including management thereof, except as provided in para-graph (r)(11); the Botanic Garden; the purchase of books and manuscripts; Smith-sonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions (except as provided in paragraph (r)(11)); and expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).
House Administration• Phone: (202) 225-8281• Office: 1309 Longworth• Web: cha.house.gov
The panel oversees education and workforce programs from early learning to re-tirement. The committee has jurisdiction over the No Child Left Behind Act; school choice for low-income families; special education; teacher quality and teacher training; career and technical education; higher education programs to support college access for low- and middle-income students and help families pay for col-lege; job training, adult education and workforce development initiatives that help local communities train and retrain workers; early childhood and preschool educa-tion programs including Head Start and the Child Care and Development Block Grant; school lunch and child nutrition programs; programs for the care and treat-ment of at-risk youth, child abuse prevention and adoption; programs for seniors; educational research and improvement; work requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; and anti-poverty programs, including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The committee also has jurisdiction over pensions, health care and other employer-sponsored benefits covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; application of the National Labor Relations Act to collective bargaining and union representation; occupational safety and health and mine safety; unpaid, job-protected leave, as well as “comp time” or family-friendly work schedules; equal-employment opportunity and civil rights in employment, including the Americans with Disabilities Act; various temporary-worker programs under the Immigration and Nationality Act; wage and hour requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act; prevailing wage requirements for federal contractors under the Davis-Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act; workers’ compensation for federal employees, energy employees, longshore and harbor employees and individuals affected by black-lung disease; and matters dealing with employer and employee relations, as well as union transparency.
DEMOCRATS (18)George Miller, Calif., ranking memberRobert E. Andrews, N.J.Robert C. Scott, Va.Rubén Hinojosa, TexasCarolyn McCarthy, N.Y.John F. Tierney, Mass.Rush D. Holt, N.J.Susan A. Davis, Calif.Raúl M. Grijalva, Ariz.Timothy H. Bishop, N.Y.Dave Loebsack, IowaJoe Courtney, Conn.Marcia L. Fudge, OhioJared Polis, Colo.Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan,
N. MarianasJohn Yarmuth, Ky.Frederica S. Wilson, Fla.Suzanne Bonamici, Ore.
Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary EducationRokita (chairman)Kline McCarthyPetri ScottFoxx Davis Marchant Grijalva Hunter FudgeRoe Polis Thompson SablanRoby WilsonBrooks
House Energy and Commerce• Phone: (202) 225-2927• Office: 2125 Rayburn• Web: energycommerce.house.gov
• Fax: (202) 225-1919• Hearing Room: 2123 Rayburn
Majority Staff Director: Gary Andres, 225-2927, 2125 RayburnMinority Staff Director: Phil Barnett, 225-3641, 2322-A Rayburn
The panel oversees interstate and foreign commerce, energy information, and na-tional energy policy. It has jurisdiction over biomedical research and development; consumer affairs and consumer protection; health and health facilities (except health care supported by payroll deductions); interstate energy compacts; exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing and regulation of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or renewable-energy resources; conservation of energy resources; the generation and marketing of power (except by federally chartered or federal regional power marketing authorities); the reliability and interstate transmission of, and rate-making for, all power; and siting of generation facilities (except the installation of interconnections between govern-ment waterpower projects). The committee oversees general management of the Energy Department, and management and all other functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; public health and quarantine; regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory research; regulation of interstate and foreign communica-tions; travel and tourism. The committee has the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to regulation of non-nuclear facilities and of use of non-nuclear energy.
Staff Director and Chief Counsel: Daniel Schwager, 225-7103, 1015 LongworthCounsel to the chairman: Jackie Barber, 225-7103, 1015 LongworthCounsel to the ranking member: Dan Taylor, 225-7103, 1015 Longworth
The panel oversees all legislation and other matters relating to the Code of Official Conduct adopted under House Rule XXIV. Jurisdiction also includes: recommending administrative actions to establish or enforce standards of of-ficial conduct; investigating 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; reporting to appropri-ate 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; rendering advisory opinions regarding the propriety of any current or proposed conduct of a member, officer or employee and is-suing general guidance on such matters as necessary. It also is responsible for considering requests for written waivers of the gift rule (clause 5 of House Rule XXVI); enforcing the gift rule (clause 5(f) of House Rule XXVI); Financial Disclo-sure Statements (Title I) and for Outside Employment with respect to House members, officers and employees in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act, financial disclosure statements of candidates for the House, and financial disclosure statements and outside employment of officers and employees of certain legislative branch agencies, including the Library of Congress, the Con-gressional Budget Office, the Government Printing Office, the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden; administering the provisions of the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act (5 U.S.C. 7342) with respect to House members, of-ficers and employees of the House of Representatives; monitoring the statutory prohibitions against them giving gifts to an official superior or receiving gifts from employees with a lower salary level; monitoring the statutory prohibitions against them soliciting or receiving gifts; offering ethics training to them; and approving privately sponsored, officially connected travel for members, officers and employees.
House EthicsREPUBLICANS (5)K. Michael Conaway, Texas, chairmanCharlie Dent, Pa.Patrick Meehan, Pa.Trey Gowdy, S.C.Susan W. Brooks, Ind.
DEMOCRATS (5)Linda T. Sánchez, Calif.,
ranking memberPedro R. Pierluisi, P.R.Michael E. Capuano, Mass.Yvette D. Clarke, N.Y.Ted Deutch, Fla.
The panel oversees all components of the nation’s housing and financial services sectors including banking, insurance, real estate, public and assisted housing, and securities. The committee continually reviews the laws and programs relating to the Housing and Urban Development Department, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Fed-eral Deposit Insurance Corporation, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and international development and finance agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. It ensures enforcement of housing and consumer protection laws such as the U.S. Housing Act, the Truth In Lending Act, the Housing and Community Development Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Real Estate Settlement Proce-dures Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, and financial privacy laws.
REPUBLICANS (33)Jeb Hensarling, Texas, chairmanSpencer Bachus, Ala.Peter T. King, N.Y.Ed Royce, Calif.Frank D. Lucas, Okla.Gary G. Miller, Calif.Shelley Moore Capito, W.Va.Scott Garrett, N.J.Randy Neugebauer, TexasPatrick T. McHenry, N.C.John Campbell, Calif.Michele Bachmann, Minn.Kevin McCarthy, Calif.Steve Pearce, N.M.Bill Posey, Fla.Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Pa.Lynn Westmoreland, Ga.Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mo.Bill Huizenga, Mich.Sean P. Duffy, Wis.Robert Hurt, Va.Michael G. Grimm, N.Y.Steve Stivers, OhioStephen Fincher, Tenn.Marlin Stutzman, Ind.Mick Mulvaney, S.C.Randy Hultgren, Ill.Dennis A. Ross, Fla.Robert Pittenger, N.C.Ann Wagner, Mo.Andy Barr, Ky.Tom Cotton, Ark.Vacancy
DEMOCRATS (28)Maxine Waters, Calif., ranking memberCarolyn B. Maloney, N.Y.Nydia M. Velázquez, N.Y.Melvin Watt, N.C.Brad Sherman, Calif.Gregory W. Meeks, N.Y.Michael E. Capuano, Mass.Rubén Hinojosa, TexasWilliam Lacy Clay, Mo.Carolyn McCarthy, N.Y.Stephen F. Lynch, Mass.David Scott, Ga.Al Green, TexasEmanuel Cleaver II, Mo.Gwen Moore, Wis.Keith Ellison, Minn.Ed Perlmutter, Colo.Jim Himes, Conn.Gary Peters, Mich.John Carney, Del.Terri A. Sewell, Ala.Bill Foster, Ill.Dan Kildee, Mich.Patrick Murphy, Fla.John Delaney, Md.Kyrsten Sinema, Ariz.Joyce Beatty, OhioDenny Heck, Wash.
Capital Markets and Government Sponsored EnterprisesGarrett (chairman)Bachus MaloneyKing ShermanRoyce HinojosaLucas LynchNeugebauer MooreBachmann PerlmutterMcCarthy ScottWestmoreland HimesHuizenga PetersHurt EllisonGrimm WattStivers FosterFincher CarneyMulvaney SewellHultgren KildeeRossWagner
Majority Staff Director: Tom Sheehy, 225-5021, 2170 RayburnMinority Staff Director: Jason Steinbaum, 226-8467, B360 Rayburn
The panel oversees foreign assistance, including development assistance, Millen-nium Challenge Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 programs abroad; national se-curity developments affecting foreign policy; strategic planning and agreements; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the deployment and use of U.S. armed forces; peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and the enforcement of United Nations or other international sanctions; arms control and disarmament issues; the United States Agency for International Development; activities and policies of the State, Commerce and Defense departments and other agencies related to the Arms Export Control Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act including export and licensing policy for munitions items and technology and dual-use equipment and technol-ogy; international law; promotion of democracy; and international law enforcement issues, including narcotics control programs and activities. It oversees the Broad-casting Board of Governors; embassy security; international broadcasting; public diplomacy, including international communication, information policy, international education, and cultural programs. The full committee will have jurisdiction over legislation with respect to the administration of the Export Administration Act, in-cluding the export and licensing of dual-use equipment and technology and other matters related to international economic policy and trade not otherwise assigned to a subcommittee and with respect to the United Nations, its affiliated agencies and other international organizations, including assessed and voluntary contributions to such organizations, and all other matters not specifically assigned to a subcom-mittee. The full committee also may conduct oversight with respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee as defined in House rules.
Majority Staff Director: Greg Hill, 226-8417, H2-176 FordMinority Staff Director: I. Lanier Avant, 226-2616, H2-117 Ford
The panel oversees overall homeland security policy, including the organization and administration of the Homeland Security Department and functions of the department relating to the following: border and port security (except immigration policy and non-border enforcement); customs (except customs revenue); integra-tion, analysis, and dissemination of homeland security information; domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism; research and development; and transportation security.
REPUBLICANS (18)Michael McCaul, Texas, chairmanLamar Smith, TexasPeter T. King, N.Y.Mike D. Rogers, Ala.Paul Broun, Ga.Candice S. Miller, Mich.Patrick Meehan, Pa.Jeff Duncan, S.C.Tom Marino, Pa.Jason Chaffetz, UtahSteven M. Palazzo, Miss.Lou Barletta, Pa.Chris Stewart, UtahKeith Rothfus, Pa.Richard Hudson, N.C.Steve Daines, Mont.Susan W. Brooks, Ind.Scott Perry, Pa.
DEMOCRATS (14)Bennie Thompson, Miss.,
ranking memberLoretta Sanchez, Calif.Sheila Jackson Lee, TexasYvette D. Clarke, N.Y.Brian Higgins, N.Y.Cedric L. Richmond, La.William Keating, Mass.Ron Barber, Ariz.Donald M. Payne Jr., N.J.Beto O’Rourke, TexasTulsi Gabbard, HawaiiFilemon Vela, TexasSteven Horsford, Nev.Eric Swalwell, Calif.
Border and Maritime SecurityMiller (chairwoman)Duncan Jackson LeeMarino Sanchez Palazzo O’RourkeBarletta GabbardStewart
Counterterrorism and IntelligenceKing (chairman)Broun HigginsMeehan Sanchez Chaffetz KeatingStewart
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House Judiciary• Phone: (202) 225-3951• Office: 2138 Rayburn• Web: judiciary.house.gov
• Fax: (202) 225-7682• Hearing Room: 2141 Rayburn
Majority Chief of Staff: Shelley Husband, 225-3951, 2138 RayburnMinority Staff Director: Perry H. Apelbaum, 225-6906, B351 Rayburn
The panel oversees the judiciary and civil and criminal judicial proceedings. It has jurisdiction over administrative practice and procedure; apportionment of repre-sentatives; bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage and counterfeiting; civil liberties; con-stitutional amendments; criminal law enforcement; federal courts and judges, and local courts in the territories and possessions; immigration policy and non-border enforcement; and interstate compacts. Its jurisdiction also includes claims against the United States; members of Congress, attendance of members and their ac-ceptance of incompatible offices; national penitentiaries; patents, the Patent and Trademark Office, copyrights, and trademarks; presidential succession; protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies; revision and codification of the statutes of the United States; state and territorial boundary lines; and subversive activities affecting the internal security of the United States.
Majority Chief of Staff: Todd Young, 225-2761, 1324 LongworthMinority Staff Director: Jeff Duncan, 225-6065, 1329 Longworth
The panel oversees fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges and conservation; forest reserves and national parks created from the public domain; forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien ownership of mineral lands; geological survey; international fishing agreements; interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation purposes; irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclamation projects and easements of public lands for irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete irrigation proj-ects. It also oversees American Indians, including the care and allotment of Native American lands, general and special measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native American funds, relations of the United States with Native Americans and Native American tribes; insular possessions of the United States (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations); military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered by the Interior secretary, parks within the District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments; mineral land laws and claims; mineral resources of public lands; mining interests; mining schools and experimental stations; marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters); oceanography; petroleum conservation on public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States; preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain; public lands, including entry, easements and grazing; and the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except rate-making).
Energy and Mineral ResourcesLamborn (chairman)Gohmert HoltBishop HorsfordWittman CartwrightBroun CostaFleming TsongasThompson HuffmanLummis LowenthalBenishek DeFazioDuncan CárdenasGosar GrijalvaFlores HanabusaAmodei RuizDaines GarciaCramerVacancy
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House Oversight and Government Reform• Phone: (202) 225-5074• Office: 2157 Rayburn• Web: oversight.house.gov
• Fax: (202) 225-3974• Hearing Room: 2154 Rayburn
Majority Staff Director: Lawrence J. Brady, 225-5074, 2157 RayburnMinority Staff Director: David Rapallo, 225-5051, 2471 Rayburn
The panel oversees the federal civil service, including intergovernmental person-nel, and the status of federal officers and employees, including their compensation, classification and retirement; municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in general (other than appropriations); federal paperwork reduction; government management and accounting measures; holidays and celebrations; and the overall economy, ef-ficiency and management of government operations and activities. This includes federal procurement; national archives; population and demography, including the census; Postal Service, including the transport of mail; public information and re-cords; relationship of the federal government to the states and municipalities; and reorganizations in the executive branch.
Energy Policy, Health Care and EntitlementsLankford (chairman)McHenry SpeierJordan NortonChaffetz CooperWalberg CartwrightMeehan DuckworthDesJarlais CárdenasFarenthold Lujan GrishamHastings DavisWoodall HorsfordMassie
Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census
ranking memberJim McGovern, Mass.Alcee L. Hastings, Fla.Jared Polis, Colo.
Legislative and Budget ProcessWoodall (chairman)Foxx HastingsNugent PolisWebsterBurgess
Rules and the Organization of the HouseNugent (chairman)Bishop McGovernWebster SlaughterRos-LehtinenSessions
Subcommittees
The panel oversees rules and joint rules, except those relating to the Code of Official Conduct and the order of business of the House, as well as congressional recesses and final adjournments.
The panel has jurisdiction over all energy research, development and demonstra-tion, and projects therefore, and all federally owned or operated nonmilitary en-ergy laboratories; astronautical research and development, including resources, personnel, equipment and facilities; civil aviation research and development; envi-ronmental research and development; marine research; commercial application of energy technology; National Institute of Standards and Technology, standardization of weights and measures, and the metric system; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Space Council; National Science Foundation; National Weather Service; outer space, including exploration and control; science scholar-ships; scientific research, development and demonstration, and projects therefore.
The panel oversees the intelligence community and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and other agencies of the departments of State, Defense, Justice and Treasury; the organization, or reor-ganization, of any department or agency to the extent that it relates to a function or activity involving intelligence or intelligence-related activities; direct and indirect authorizations for the CIA and director of Central Intelligence, the DIA and NSA, and all other agencies and subdivisions of the State and the Defense departments, and the FBI, including all activities of the intelligence division. The speaker of the House and minority leader are non-voting members ex officio of the full committee.
NOTE: This committee has not yet organized its subcommittees
Majority Staff Director: Lori Salley, 225-5821, 2361 RayburnMinority Staff Director: Michael Day, 225-4038, B343C Rayburn
The panel oversees assistance to and protection of small business, including fi-nancial aid, regulatory flexibility and paperwork reduction, and it has oversight and regulatory authority over the Small Business Administration and its programs.
Majority Chief of Staff: Chris Bertram, 225-9446, 2165 RayburnMinority Staff Director: Jim Zoia, 225-4472, 2163 Rayburn
The panel oversees all modes of transportation and national infrastructure: avia-tion, maritime and waterborne transportation, highways, bridges, mass transit and railroads. Specifically, it oversees the Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, light-houses, lightships, ocean derelicts and the Coast Guard Academy; federal manage-ment of emergencies and natural disasters; flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors; inland waterways; inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and sig-nals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection; navigation and related laws, including pilotage, registering and licensing of vessels and small boats, rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at sea; merchant marine; pollution of navigable waters, including inland, coastal and ocean waters; marine affairs, including coastal zone management, as they relate to oil and other pollution of navigable waters; public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the United States; public works for the benefit of navigation, including bridges and dams (other than international bridges and dams); related transportation regulatory agencies (except the Transportation Se-curity Administration); roads and the safety; transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, water transportation, transportation safety (except automobile safety and transportation security functions of the Homeland Security Department), transporta-tion infrastructure, transportation labor, and railroad retirement and unemployment (except revenue measures); and water power. The committee also has jurisdiction over the Capitol and congressional buildings; constructions or maintenance of roads and post roads; construction or reconstruction, maintenance, and care of buildings and grounds of the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution; and the purchase of sites and construction of post offices, customhouses, federal courthouses and government buildings within the District of Columbia.
House Transportation and Infrastructure• Phone: (202) 225-9446• Office: 2165 Rayburn• Web: transportation.house.gov
• Fax: (202) 225-6782• Hearing Room: 2167 Rayburn
REPUBLICANS (33)Bill Shuster, Pa., chairmanDon Young, AlaskaTom Petri, Wis.Howard Coble, N.C.John J. Duncan Jr., Tenn.John L. Mica, Fla.Frank A. LoBiondo, N.J.Gary G. Miller, Calif.Sam Graves, Mo.Shelley Moore Capito, W.Va.Candice S. Miller, Mich.Duncan Hunter, Calif.Rick Crawford, Ark.Lou Barletta, Pa.Blake Farenthold, TexasLarry Bucshon, Ind.Bob Gibbs, OhioPatrick Meehan, Pa.Richard Hanna, N.Y.Daniel Webster, Fla.Steve Southerland II, Fla.Jeff Denham, Calif.Reid Ribble, Wis.Thomas Massie, Ky.Steve Daines, Mont.Tom Rice, S.C.Markwayne Mullin, Okla.Roger Williams, TexasTrey Radel, Fla. Mark Meadows, N.C.Scott Perry, Pa.Rodney Davis, Ill.Vacancy
DEMOCRATS (27)Nick J. Rahall II, W.Va., ranking memberPeter A. DeFazio, Ore.Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.Jerrold Nadler, N.Y.Corrine Brown, Fla.Eddie Bernice Johnson, TexasElijah E. Cummings, Md.Rick Larsen, Wash.Michael E. Capuano, Mass.Timothy H. Bishop, N.Y.Michael H. Michaud, MaineGrace F. Napolitano, Calif.Daniel Lipinski, Ill.Tim Walz, Minn.Steve Cohen, Tenn.Albio Sires, N.J.Donna Edwards, Md.John Garamendi, Calif.André Carson, Ind.Janice Hahn, Calif.Rick Nolan, Minn.Ann Kirkpatrick, Ariz.Dina Titus, Nev.Sean Patrick Maloney, N.Y.Elizabeth Esty, Conn.Lois Frankel, Fla.Cheri Bustos, Ill.
KEEPING THINGS MOVING: House Transportation and Infrastructure members gather for a roundtable discussion on ports, jobs, economic development and trade. D
The panel oversees the Veterans Affairs Department. Its jurisdiction includes: U.S. cemeteries in which veterans of any war or conflict are or may be buried, whether at home or abroad, except cemeteries administered by the Interior secretary; com-pensation, vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans; life insurance issued by the government on account of service in the armed forces; pensions of all the U.S. wars, general and special; readjustment of servicemembers to civil life; ser-vicemembers’ civil relief; veterans hospitals, medical care and treatment.
ON THE DAIS: Reichert and Doggett, chairman and ranking Democrat of the Human Resources Subcommittee, participate in a hearing on welfare requirements in February. B
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The panel oversees revenue measures, including: customs revenue, collection dis-tricts, and ports of entry and delivery; reciprocal trade agreements; revenue mea-sures relating to the insular possessions; bonded debt of the United States; deposit of public moneys; transportation of dutiable goods; tax-exempt foundations and charitable trusts; and national Social Security, except health care and facilities pro-grams that are supported from general revenues as opposed to payroll deductions and work-incentive programs.
