A guide to the committees: Senate
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Appropriations
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Indian Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans’ Affairs
Select Committee on Ethics
Select Committee on Intelligence
Special Committee on Aging
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Jurisdiction: The agricultural system, animal industry, food stamp programs, forestry and wilderness areas, human nutrition, agricultural engineering, rural development
Chairman: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
Ranking member: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
Subcommittees: Commodities, Risk Management and Trade; Rural Development and Energy; Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources; Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops; Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security
Members: Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Luther Strange (R-Ala.)
Jurisdiction: Federal funding for government agencies and supplemental spending bills
Chairman: Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
Ranking member: Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Subcommittees: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies; Defense; Energy and Water Development; Financial Services and General Government; Homeland Security; Interior, Environment and Related Agencies; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies; State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies
Members: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Kennedy (R-La.)
Jurisdiction: The military, Department of Defense, related research and development, nuclear energy matters related to national security
Chairman: John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Ranking member: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
Subcommittees: Airland; Cybersecurity; Emerging Threats and Capabilities; Personnel; Readiness and Management Support; Seapower; Strategic Forces
Members: James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Angus King (I-Maine), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Luther Strange (R-Ala.)
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Jurisdiction: Banks and other financial institutions, the Federal Reserve system, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, public and private housing, urban development and mass transit
Chairman: Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
Ranking member: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Subcommittees: Economic Policy; Housing, Transportation and Community Development; Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection; National Security and International Trade and Finance; Securities, Insurance and Investment
Members: Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Kennedy (R-La.)
Jurisdiction: Yearly budget drafts, federal spending rules, the Congressional Budget Office
Chairman: Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Ranking member: Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), John Kennedy (R-La.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Luther Strange (R-Ala.)
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Jurisdiction: Coast Guard and merchant marine, interstate commerce, communications, highways, aviation, oceans, fisheries, climate change, disasters, science, nonmilitary aeronautics
Chairman: John Thune (R-S.D.)
Ranking member: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
Subcommittees: Aviation Operations, Safety and Security; Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet; Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security; Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard; Space, Science and Competitiveness; Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security
Members: James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Todd Young (R-Ind.)
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Jurisdiction: Energy and nuclear waste policy, territorial policy, Native Hawaiian matters, public lands
Chairman: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Ranking member: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
Subcommittees: Energy; National Parks; Public Lands, Forests and Mining; Water and Power
Members: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Angus King (I-Maine), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Luther Strange (R-Ala.)
Committee on the Environment and Public Works
Jurisdiction: Environmental policy, fisheries and wildlife, pollution, highway construction and maintenance, bridges and dams
Chairman: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
Ranking member: Tom Carper (D-Del.)
Subcommittees: Clean Air and Nuclear Safety; Fisheries, Water and Wildlife; Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight; Transportation and Infrastructure
Members: James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
Jurisdiction: Taxation and other revenue measures, bonded debt of the U.S., customs, collection districts, health programs under the Social Security Act, tariff and import quotas
Chairman: Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
Ranking member: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Subcommittees: International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness; Taxation and IRS Oversight; Healthcare; Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth; Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy
Members: Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Carper (D-Del.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
Committee on Foreign Relations
Jurisdiction: Foreign policy legislation, foreign aid programs, arms sales and training for allies, treaties and legislation, diplomatic nominations
Chairman: Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
Ranking member: Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
Subcommittees: Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism; Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women’s Issues; Europe and Regional Security Cooperation; Africa and Global Health Policy; East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy; Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy; State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development
Members: Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Jurisdiction: Education, labor, health, public welfare, arts and humanities, biomedical research, student loans, private pensions, individuals with disabilities, child labor, equal employment
Chairman: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
Ranking member: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Subcommittees: Children and Families; Employment and Workplace Safety; Primary Health and Retirement Security
Members: Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Jurisdiction: Department of Homeland Security, general government functions including the Postal Service and affairs in the District of Columbia
Chairman: Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
Ranking member: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
Subcommittees: Investigations; Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management; Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
Members: John McCain (R-Ariz.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
Jurisdiction: Indian affairs, including land management, health, education
Chairman: John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
Ranking member: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Al Franken (D-Minn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
Jurisdiction: Department of Justice, appointments of judges and representatives, constitutional amendments, prisons, patents, immigration, holidays
Chairman: Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
Ranking member: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Subcommittees: Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights; The Constitution; Crime and Terrorism; Border Security and Immigration; Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts; Privacy, Technology and the Law
Members: Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Kennedy (R-La.)
Committee on Rules and Administration
Jurisdiction: Senate rules and offices, the Congressional Record, federal elections, corrupt practices, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, monuments
Chairman: Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
Ranking member: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Angus King (I-Maine), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Jurisdiction: Small Business Administration, small business enterprises
Chairman: Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
Ranking member: Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), John Kennedy (R-La.)
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Jurisdiction: Veterans’ issues, veterans’ hospitals, national cemeteries
Chairman: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)
Ranking member: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
Jurisdiction: Investigating and recommending discipline for improper conduct in the Senate
Chairman: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)
Ranking member: Christopher Coons (D-Del.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Select Committee on Intelligence
Jurisdiction: Intelligence agencies and activities
Chairman: Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
Ranking member: Mark Warner (D-Va.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Angus King (I-Maine), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Jurisdiction: Investigating issues important to older Americans
Chairman: Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Ranking member: Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
Joint Committee on Printing
Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Publishing Office, Congressional Record
Subcommittees: None
Editor’s Note: This committee’s membership has not been finalized.
Joint Committee on Taxation
Jurisdiction: Assisting Congress with tax legislation
Subcommittees: None
Editor’s Note: This committee’s membership has not been finalized.
Joint Committee on the Library
Jurisdiction: Library of Congress, works of art at the Capitol, U.S. Botanic Garden
Subcommittees: None
Editor’s Note: This committee’s membership has not been finalized.
Joint Economic Committee
Jurisdiction: Reviewing economic conditions and suggesting improvements in economic policy
Chairman: Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)
Ranking member: Sen. Martin Henrich (D-N.M.)
Vice Chairman: Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)
Subcommittees: None
Members: Senators: Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Cassidy (R-La.); Representatives: Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), John Delaney (D-Md.), David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.), Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), Francis Rooney (R-Fla.)
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