Committees and their jurisdiction

= House =

Committee on Agriculture
The jurisdiction as presently defined in the Rules of the House of Representatives was made effective January 2, 1947, as a part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and is as follows:


 * 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.


 * See the main House Committee on Agriculture article.

Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research
Jurisdiction: Soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased energy production, rural electrification, agricultural credit, and agricultural research, education and extension services.

Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry
Jurisdiction: Agency oversight, review and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs, forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.

Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
Jurisdiction: Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, risk management including crop insurance and commodity exchanges.

Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture
Jurisdiction: Fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect pests, and organic agriculture.

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
Jurisdiction: Livestock, dairy, poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, animal welfare, and grazing.

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
Jurisdiction: Peanuts, sugar, tobacco, marketing orders relating to such commodities, rural development, farm security and family farming matters, biotechnology, foreign agricultural assistance, and trade promotion programs, generally.

Committee on Appropriations
Rule X of the Rules of the House vests in the Committee on Appropriations broad responsibility over the Federal budget. Specifically the Rule defines the Committee's jurisdiction, as follows: "Rule X clause (b). Committee on Appropriations.


 * 1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government.
 * 2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriations Acts.
 * 3) Transfers of unexpected balances.
 * 4) Bills and joint resolutions reported by other committees that provide new entitlement authority as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and referred to the committee under clause 4(a)(2)."

Subcommittee on Agriculture
Jurisdiction over:


 * 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 Commerce, Justice, Science

 * Department of Commerce
 * Department of Justice
 * National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 * National Science Foundation

Related Agencies


 * Antitrust Modernization Commission
 * Commission on Civil Rights
 * Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 * International Trade Commission
 * Legal Services Corporation
 * Marine Mammal Commission
 * National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council
 * National Veterans Business Development Corporation
 * Office of Science and Technology Policy
 * Office of the United States Trade Representative
 * State Justice Institute

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 Department of Defense-related accounts and programs under the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works))
 * Central Intelligence Agency
 * Intelligence Community Staff

Subcommittee on Energy and Water

 * Department of Energy
 * 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
 * Denali Commission
 * Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 * Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
 * Tennessee Valley Authority

Subcommittee on Financial Services

 * Department of the Treasury
 * District of Columbia
 * The Judiciary
 * Executive Office of the President
 * Compensation of the President
 * Council of Economic Advisers
 * Executive Residence at the White House
 * Federal Drug Control Programs
 * High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
 * 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
 * White House Repair and Restoration

Independent Agencies


 * Consumer Product Safety Commission
 * Election Assistance Commission
 * Federal Communications Commission
 * Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector General
 * Federal Election Commission
 * Federal Labor Relations Authority
 * Federal Trade Commission
 * General Services Administration
 * Merit Systems Protection Board
 * Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation
 * National Archives and Records Administration
 * National Historical Publications and Records Commission
 * Office of Government Ethics
 * Office of Personnel Management and Related Trust Funds
 * Office of Special Counsel
 * Securities and Exchange Commission
 * Selective Service System
 * Small Business Administration
 * United States Postal Service, Payment to the Postal Service Fund
 * United States Tax Court

General Provisions, Governmentwide

Subcommittee on Homeland Security

 * Department of Homeland Security

Subcommittee on Interior and Environment

 * Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project)
 * Environmental Protection Agency

Other Agencies


 * Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
 * Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS)
 * Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
 * Commission of Fine Arts
 * Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
 * Forest Service (USDA)
 * Indian Health Service
 * 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 Institute of Museum and Library Services)
 * National Gallery of Art
 * National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS, formerly EPA/Superfund)
 * Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
 * Presidio Trust
 * Smithsonian Institution
 * United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 * Eisenhower Memorial Commission
 * Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education

 * Department of Education
 * Department of Health and Human Services (Except Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Food and Drug Administration; Indian Health Services and Facilities; and National Institute of Environmental Sciences (formerly EPA/Superfund))
 * Department of Labor

Related Agencies


 * Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
 * Corporation for National and Community Service
 * Corporation for Public Broadcasting
 * Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
 * Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
 * Institute of Museum and Library 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

Subcommittee on Legislative Branch

 * House of Representatives
 * Joint Items
 * Architect of the Capitol (Except Senate Items)
 * Botanic Garden
 * Capitol Police
 * Capitol Visitors Center
 * Congressional Budget Office
 * Government Accountability Office
 * Government Printing Office
 * John C. Stennis Center
 * Library of Congress
 * Office of Compliance
 * Open World Leadership Center
 * United States Capitol Preservation Commission

Subcommittee on Military Construction, VA

 * Department of Defense
 * Military Construction, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Defense-Wide, and Guard and Reserve Forces
 * Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide
 * Military Family Housing Construction and Operation and Maintenance, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, and Defense-Wide
 * Family Housing Improvement Fund
 * Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund
 * Homeowners Assistance Fund
 * Base Realignment and Closure Accounts
 * NATO Security Investment Program
 * Department of Veterans Affairs

Related Agencies


 * American Battle Monuments Commission
 * Armed Forces Retirement Home
 * Department of Defense, Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army
 * U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations

 * Agency for International Development
 * Department of Defense
 * Foreign Military Financing Program
 * International Military Education and Training
 * Department of State
 * Department of the Treasury
 * Debt Restructuring
 * International Affairs Technical Assistance
 * International Monetary Fund
 * Multilateral Development Banks
 * Export-Import Bank
 * Millennium Challenge Corporation
 * Overseas Private Investment Corporation
 * Peace Corps
 * Trade and Development Agency

Related Agencies


 * African Development Foundation
 * Broadcasting Board of Governors
 * Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
 * Commission on International Religious Freedom
 * Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
 * Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China
 * HELP Commission
 * Inter-American Foundation
 * United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
 * United States Institute of Peace

Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD

 * Department of Housing and Urban Development
 * Department of Transportation

Related Agencies


 * Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
 * Federal Maritime Commission
 * National Transportation Safety Board
 * Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
 * United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
 * Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Committee on Armed Services
The committee has jurisdiction over laws, programs, and agencies under permanent authority in numerous titles of the United States Code, including titles 10 (Armed Forces), 32 (National Guard), 37 (Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services), 42 (Atomic Energy), 46 (Shipping), and 50 (War and National Defense).

The jurisdiction of the committee, pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is as follows:


 * 1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; 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 Merchant Marine 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, the 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 national security.
 * Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the armed services.
 * 1) Scientific research and development in support of the armed services.
 * 2) Selective service.
 * 3) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
 * 4) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
 * 5) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

In addition to its legislative jurisdiction and general oversight function, the committee has special oversight functions with respect to international arms control and disarmament and the education of military dependents in schools pursuant to clause 3(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

Readiness Subcommittee
The Readiness Subcommittee exercises oversight and legislative jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Military readiness
 * 2) Training
 * 3) Logistics and maintenance issues and programs
 * 4) Military construction
 * 5) Military installations
 * 6) Family housing issues
 * 7) Base Realignment and Closure

Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee
The Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee exercises oversight and legislative jurisdiction over the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, Navy Reserve equipment, and maritime programs.

The subcommittee does not have jurisdiction over strategic weapons (weapons of mass destruction), space or NASA, special operations, and information technology programs.

Air and Land Forces Subcommittee
The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee exercises oversight and legislative jurisdiction over:


 * 1) United States Army
 * 2) United States Air Force
 * 3) deep strike bombers
 * 4) National Guard
 * 5) Army and Air Force reserve modernization
 * 6) ammunition programs.

Does not include strategic missiles, special operations and information technology programs.

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Pursuant to Committee Rule 4, as in the 110th Congress, the subcommittee will conduct oversight and investigations regarding any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee, subject to the concurrence of the Chairman of the committee and, as appropriate, the Chairman or Chairmen of the subcommittee or subcommittees with legislative jurisdiction over the matter, and with consultation of the appropriate Ranking Minority Member or Members. The subcommittee’s work will include not only its own separate subcommittee hearings and reports, but also will support the hearings and oversight responsibilities of the other subcommittees and the full committee in their authorization and legislative responsibilities.

Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
The Terrorism and Unconventional Threats Subcommittee exercises oversight and legislative jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Department of Defense counter proliferation and counter terrorism programs and initiatives
 * 2) Special Operations Forces
 * 3) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
 * 4) information technology and programs
 * 5) force protection policy and oversight
 * 6) intelligence support

Strategic Forces Subcommittee
The Strategic Forces Subcommittee exercises oversight and legislative jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Strategic Forces (except deep strike systems)
 * 2) space programs
 * 3) ballistic missile defense
 * 4) Department of Energy national security programs (except non-proliferation programs)

Military Personnel Subcommittee
The Military Personnel Subcommittee exercises oversight and legislative jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Military personnel policy
 * 2) Reserve component integration and employment issues
 * 3) Military health care
 * 4) Military education
 * 5) POW/MIA issues
 * 6) Morale, Welfare and Recreation issues and programs

Committee on the Budget
Jurisdiction includes:


 * 1) Concurrent 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 budget totals for the United States Government.
 * 2) Budget process generally.
 * 3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary treatment of offbudget 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.

3. (c) The Committee on the Budget shall study on a continuing basis the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and report the results of such studies.

4. (b) The Committee on the Budget shall—


 * 1) review on a continuing basis the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties;
 * 2) hold hearings and receive testimony from Members, Senators, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and such appropriate representatives of Federal departments and agencies, the general public, and national organizations as it considers desirable in developing concurrent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal year;
 * 3) make all reports required of it by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
 * 4) study on a continuing basis those provisions of law that exempt Federal agencies or any of their activities or outlays from inclusion in the Budget of the United States Government, and report to the House from time to time its recommendations for terminating or modifying such provisions;
 * 5) study on a continuing basis proposals designed to improve and facilitate the congressional budget process, and report to the House from time to time the results of such studies, together with its recommendations; and
 * 6) request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures, devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis.

Committee on Education and Labor

 * The Education and Labor Committee's purpose is to ensure that Americans' needs are addressed so that students and workers may move forward in a changing school system and a competitive global economy.
 * The committee and its five subcommittees oversee education and workforce programs that affect all Americans, from early learning through secondary education, from job training through retirement.
 * The Education and Labor Committee Democrats' goal is to keep America strong by increasing education opportunities for students, by making it easier to send young adults to college, and by helping workers find job training and retirement security for a better future. The following education issues are under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee:
 * Education. The Committee on Education and Labor oversees federal programs and initiatives dealing with education at all levels -- from preschool through high school to higher education and continuing education. These include:
 * Elementary and secondary education initiatives, including the No Child Left Behind Act, school choice for low-income families, special education (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), teacher quality &amp; teacher training, scientifically-based reading instruction, and vocational and technical education;
 * Higher education programs (the Higher Education Act), to support college access for low and middle-income students and help families pay for college;
 * Early childhood &amp; preschool education programs including Head Start;
 * School lunch and child nutrition programs;
 * Financial oversight of the U.S. Department of Education;
 * Programs and services for the care and treatment of at-risk youth, child abuse prevention, and child adoption;
 * Educational research and improvement;
 * Adult education; and
 * Anti-poverty programs, including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).


 * Labor. The Committee on Education and Labor also holds jurisdiction over workforce initiatives aimed at strengthening health care, job training, and retirement security for workers. Workforce issues in the jurisdiction of the Education and the Labor Committee include:
 * Pension and retirement security for U.S. workers;
 * Access to quality health care for working families and other employee benefits;
 * Job training, adult education, and workforce development initiatives, including those under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), to help local communities train and retrain workers;
 * Continuing the successful welfare reforms of 1996;
 * Protecting the democratic rights of individual union members;
 * Worker health and safety, including occupational safety and health;
 * Providing greater choices and flexibility (including "comp time" or family time options) to working women and men;
 * Equal employment opportunity and civil rights in employment;
 * Wages and hours of labor, including the Fair Labor Standards Act;
 * Workers' compensation, and family and medical leave;
 * All matters dealing with relationships between employers and employees.

Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee
All matters dealing with relationships between employers and workers generally including, but not limited to,


 * the National Labor Relations Act,
 * Labor Management Relations Act,
 * Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act,
 * Bureau of Labor Statistics,
 * employment-related retirement security, including pension, health and other employee benefits,
 * the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA);
 * all matters related to equal employment opportunity and civil rights in employment, including affirmative action.

Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee

 * Adolescent development and training programs, including but not limited to those providing for the care and treatment of certain at risk youth, including the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act;
 * all matters dealing with child abuse and domestic violence, including the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and child adoption; school lunch and child nutrition, poverty programs including the Community Services Block Grant Act, and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP);
 * all matters dealing with programs and services for the elderly, including nutrition programs and the Older Americans Act; *environmental education; all domestic volunteer programs;
 * library services and construction, and programs related to the arts and humanities, museum services, and arts and artifacts indemnity.

Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee

 * Education and training beyond the high school level including, but not limited to higher education generally, postsecondary student assistance and employment services, the Higher Education Act;
 * postsecondary career and technical education, 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 of the Higher Education Act;
 * science and technology programs; affirmative action in higher education;
 * Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972;
 * all welfare reform programs including, work incentive programs, welfare-to-work requirements;
 * the Native American Programs Act, the Robert A. Taft Institute, and Institute for Peace.

Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee

 * Including education from early learning through the high school level including, but not limited to, elementary and secondary education, education of the disabled, the homeless and migrant and agricultural labor.
 * Also including school construction, overseas dependent schools, career and technical training, school safety and alcohol and drug abuse prevention, educational research and improvement, including the Institute of Education Sciences; and early care and education programs and early learning programs, including the Head Start Act and the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act.

Workforce Protections Subcommittee

 * Wages and hours of labor including, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon Act, Walsh-Healey Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, workers’ compensation including, 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, including training for dislocated workers, Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, trade and immigration issues as they impact employers and workers, and workers’ health and safety including, but not limited to, occupational safety and health, mine health and safety, youth camp safety, and migrant and agricultural labor health and safety.

Committee on Energy and Commerce
The Committee on Energy and Commerce has the following jurisdictions:


 * 1) National energy policy generally.
 * 2) Health and health facilities (except health care supported by payroll deductions).
 * 3) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
 * 4) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
 * 5) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or renewable energy resources.
 * 6) Interstate energy compacts.
 * 7) Conservation of energy resources.
 * 8) Energy information generally.
 * 9) The generation and marketing of power (except by federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of, and ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation facilities (except the installation of interconnections between Government waterpower projects).
 * 10) General management of the Department of Energy and management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
 * 11) Biomedical research and development.
 * 12) Public health and quarantine.
 * 13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory research.
 * 14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
 * 15) Travel and tourism.

The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy.

Memorandum of Understanding and Waivers
[[Media:Jurisdiction_Letters_HR_1256.pdf|Congressional Record, April 1, 2009]]

Exchange of letters between Hon. Henry A. Waxman, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Hon. John Conyers, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, regarding H.R. 1256, the ‘Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.’

Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Interstate and foreign commerce, including all trade matters within the jurisdiction of the full committee;
 * 2) Regulation of commercial practices (the FTC), including sports-related matters;
 * 3) Consumer affairs and consumer protection, including privacy matters generally; consumer product safety (the CPSC); and product liability; and motor vehicle safety;
 * 4) Regulation of travel, tourism, and time; and,
 * 5) Toxic substances and noise pollution.

Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
Jurisdiction over: Interstate and foreign telecommunications including, but not limited to all telecommunication and information transmission by broadcast, radio, wire, microwave, satellite, or other mode.

Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) National energy policy generally;
 * 2) Fossil energy, renewable energy resources and synthetic fuels; energy conservation; energy information; energy regulation and utilization;
 * 3) Utility issues and regulation of nuclear facilities;
 * 4) Interstate energy compacts;
 * 5) Nuclear energy and waste;
 * 6) Superfund, RCRA, and the Safe Drinking Water Act;
 * 7) The Clean Air Act; and,
 * 8) All laws, programs, and government activities affecting such matters.

Subcommittee on Health
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Public health and quarantine; hospital construction; mental health and research; biomedical programs and health protection in general, including Medicaid and national health insurance;
 * 2) Food and drugs; and,
 * 3) Drug abuse.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Jurisdiction over: Responsibility for oversight of agencies, departments, and programs within the jurisdiction of the full committee, and for conducting investigations within such jurisdiction.

Committee on Financial Services
The Committee 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 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and international development and finance agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The Committee also 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 Procedures Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, and financial privacy laws.

Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Reviews laws and programs related to the U.S. capital markets, the securities industry, the insurance industry generally (except for health care), and government-sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It also oversees the Securities and Exchange Commission and self-regulatory organizations, such as the New York Stock Exchange and the NASD, that police the securities markets.

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
The subcommittee oversees all financial regulators, such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve, all matters pertaining to consumer credit including the Consumer Credit Protection Act and access to financial services, as well as the safety and soundness of the banking system.

Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
The Housing and Community Opportunity subcommittee oversees the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Government National Mortgage Association. The subcommittee also handles matters related to public, affordable, and rural housing, as well as community development including Empowerment Zones, and government-sponsored insurance programs, such as the National Flood Insurance Program.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
The subcommittee conducts oversight of the agencies, departments, and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction. The subcommittee also conducts investigations on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee, and evaluates the need for any legislative changes to the laws and programs within this jurisdiction.

Committee on Foreign Affairs
The Full Committee will be responsible for oversight and legislation relating to: foreign assistance (including development assistance, Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 programs abroad); the Peace Corps; national security developments affecting foreign policy; strategic planning and agreements; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the deployment and use of United States Armed Forces; peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and 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 technology; international law; promotion of democracy; international law enforcement issues, including narcotics control programs and activities; Broadcasting Board of Governors; embassy security; international broadcasting; public diplomacy, including international communication, information policy, international education, and cultural programs; and all other matters not specifically assigned to a subcommittee.

The Full Committee will have jurisdiction over legislation with respect to the administration of the Export Administration Act, including 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.

The Full Committee may conduct oversight with respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee as defined in the Rules of the House of Representatives.

=== Subcommittees on Africa and Global Health; Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; Europe; the Middle East and South Asia; and the Western Hemisphere ===

The regional subcommittees shall have jurisdiction over the following within their respective regions:


 * 1) Matters affecting the political relations between the United States and other countries and regions, including resolutions or other legislative measures directed to such relations.
 * 2) Legislation with respect to disaster assistance outside the Foreign Assistance Act, boundary issues, and international claims.
 * 3) Legislation with respect to region- or country-specific loans or other financial relations outside the Foreign Assistance Act.
 * 4) Resolutions of disapproval under section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, with respect to foreign military sales.
 * 5) Legislation and oversight regarding human rights practices in particular countries.
 * 6) Oversight of regional lending institutions.
 * 7) Oversight of matters related to the regional activities of the United Nations, of its affiliated agencies, and of other multilateral institutions.
 * 8) Identification and development of options for meeting future problems and issues relating to U.S. interests in the region.
 * 9) Base rights and other facilities access agreements and regional security pacts.
 * 10) Oversight of matters relating to parliamentary conferences and exchanges involving the region.
 * 11) Concurrent oversight jurisdiction with respect to matters assigned to the functional subcommittees insofar as they may affect the region.
 * 12) Oversight of all foreign assistance activities affecting the region.
 * 13) Such other matters as the Chairman of the Full Committee may determine.

The Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health. — In addition to its regional jurisdiction, responsibility for oversight of international health issues, including transboundary infectious diseases and programs related to enhancing global capacity to address health issues.

The Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment. — In addition to its regional jurisdiction, responsibility for oversight of international environmental policy, international fishing agreements and scientific developments affecting foreign policy.

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade
Oversight and legislative responsibilities over the United States’ efforts to manage and coordinate international programs to combat terrorism as coordinated by the Department of State and other agencies, including diplomatic, economic, and military assistance programs in areas designed to prevent terrorism, and efforts intended to identify, arrest, and bring international terrorists to justice.

Oversight of, and (to the degree applicable to matters outside the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control Act, the Export Administration Act, sanctions laws pertaining to individual countries and the provision of foreign assistance) legislation pertaining to: nonproliferation including matters relating to arms transfer policy; export control policy including the transfer of dual-use equipment and technology; matters involving nuclear, chemical, biological and other weapons of mass destruction; and legislation aimed at the promotion of sanctions and other nonproliferation matters generally.

Oversight of matters relating to international economic and trade policy; commercial intercourse with foreign countries; international investment policy; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the United States Trade and Development Agency; commodity agreements; and special oversight of international financial and monetary institutions; the Export-Import Bank, and customs.

Legislative jurisdiction over measures related to export promotion and measures related to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the United States Trade and Development Agency.

Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight
With the concurrence of the Chair of the Full Committee, oversight and investigations of all matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee. Responsibility for oversight of, and (to the degree applicable to matters outside the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control Act, the Export Administration Act, and the provision of foreign assistance) legislation pertaining to implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other matters relating to internationally-recognized human rights, including sanctions legislation aimed at the promotion of human rights and democracy generally; parliamentary conferences and exchanges; the American Red Cross; and the United Nations, its affiliated agencies and other international organizations, including assessed and voluntary contributions to such organizations.

Committee on Homeland Security
The House Committee on Homeland Security has jurisdiction over the following:


 * 1) Overall homeland security policy.
 * 2) Organization and administration of the Department of Homeland Security.
 * 3) Functions of the Department of Homeland Security relating to:
 * 4) Border and port security (except immigration policy and non-border enforcement);
 * 5) Customs (except customs revenue);
 * 6) Integration, analysis, and dissemination of homeland security information;
 * 7) Domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism;
 * 8) Research and development;
 * 9) Transportation security

Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism
Border security, including oversight of CBP and ICE; port security; Coast Guard and maritime security; global counterterrorism efforts; international aspects of homeland security; counter-narcotics; trafficking and smuggling; terrorist travel and financing; and homeland defense.

Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment
Jurisdiction: Federal, state, and local intelligence and information sharing efforts within the United States; terrorism-related threat, vulnerability, and risk analyses at the Department of Homeland Security; terrorism threat advisories and warnings; Homeland Security Advisory System; liaison of the Department with U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies; the role of terrorism threat prioritization; FLETC; Secret Service; and overclassification issues.

Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection
Jurisdiction: TSA; aviation security; mass transit and rail security; surface transportation security; critical infrastructure protection efforts at the Department; public-private partnerships to secure various sectors and infrastructure; protection of government assets; public-private advisory boards and councils at the Department; and efforts to catalogue the nation's critical resources and assets.

Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology
Jurisdiction: Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats; agroterrorism; cybersecurity; other emerging threats; science and technology at the Department; DNDO; HSARPA; and cross-cutting science and technology initiatives at the Department.

Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response
Jurisdiction: Interoperability and other emergency communications; first responders; FEMA; emergency management grant programs; and federal, state, local and private sector preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery efforts.

Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight
Jurisdiction: Responsibility for oversight of agencies, departments, and programs within the jurisdiction of the full committee, and for conducting investigations within such jurisdiction. Responsibility for the structure of the Department; personnel and labor issues; the Management Directorate; Office of Policy; and the components of the Office of the Secretary.

Committee on House Administration
House Rule X - Organization of Committees

(j) Committee on House Administration.


 * 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 Members, 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.

Elections Subcommittee
The Subcommittee on Elections handles Federal election related issues. One of the major functions of the subcommittee is its oversight of the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and the Elections Assistance Commission (EAC). The subcommittee’s jurisdiction also extends to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, and the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).

In addition to these policy areas the Subcommittee on Elections is also responsible for contested elections under the Federal Contested Elections Act.

Capitol Security Subcommittee
Under the rules and precedents of the House, the Committee on House Administration has responsibility for congressional security matters, including ongoing oversight of the House Sergeant-at-Arms and the U.S. Capitol Police. Thus, the Subcommittee on Capitol Security’s overall mission is to ensure that the people’s representatives can discharge their congressional duties in a safe and secure environment also open to the millions of Americans and others who wish to visit the Capitol to lobby for or against their favorite legislation or simply to see Congress in action.

Joint Committee on Printing
The Joint Committee on Printing, created by the act of August 3, 1846 (9 Stat. 114; 44 U.S.C. 101), is the oldest joint committee of the Congress. Composed of five Representatives and five Senators, the panel oversees the operation of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), whose support is essential to the legislative process of the Congress. The GPO also serves by law as the principal printing organization for Federal agencies, and so the Joint Committee generally oversees compliance by Federal agencies with laws, rules and regulations designed to minimize printing costs to the American people.

Joint Committee on the Library
The Joint Committee on the Library is a joint committee of the United States Congress devoted to the affairs and administration of the Library of Congress. There are five members of each house on the committee. The Committee has oversight of the operations of the Library of Congress, as well as management of the congressional art collection and the United States Botanic Garden, but does not have legislative authority. Membership consists of the chairman and four Members of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, chairman and four Members of the Committee on House Administration and chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations. The chairmanship of the Committee changes between the House and Senate every two years.

Committee on the Judiciary
The full committee shall have jurisdiction over the following subject matters: copyright, patent and trademark law, information technology, tort liability, including medical malpractice and product liability, legal reform generally, and such other matters as determined by the chairman.

Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
The subcommittee shall have jurisdiction over: antitrust law, monopolies, and restraints of trade, administration of U.S. courts, Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil and Appellate Procedure, judicial ethics, other appropriate matters as referred by the chairman, and relevant oversight.

Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
The subcommittee shall have jurisdiction over: constitutional amendments, constitutional rights, federal civil rights, ethics in government, other appropriate matters as referred by the chairman, and relevant oversight

Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
The subcommittee shall have jurisdiction over: bankruptcy and commercial law, bankruptcy judgeships, administrative law, independent counsel, state taxation affecting interstate commerce, interstate compacts, other appropriate matters as referred by the chairman, and relevant oversight.

Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
The subcommittee shall have jurisdiction over: Federal Criminal Code, drug enforcement, sentencing, parole and pardons, internal and homeland security, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, prisons, criminal law enforcement, and other appropriate matters as referred by the chairman, and relevant oversight. See Crime Subcommittee membership

Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
The subcommittee shall have jurisdiction over: immigration and naturalization, border security, admission of refugees, treaties, conventions and international agreements, claims against the United States, federal charters of incorporation, private immigration and claims bills, non-border enforcement, other appropriate matters as referred by the chairman, and relevant oversight.

Committee on Natural Resources
Jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources

Rule X of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, 111th Congress


 * 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 projects.
 * Native Americans generally, including the care and allotment of Native American lands and general and special measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native American funds.
 * Insular possessions of the United States generally (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
 * Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
 * Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
 * Mineral resources of public lands.
 * Mining interests generally.
 * 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 generally, including entry, easements, and grazing thereon.
 * Relations of the United States with Native Americans and Native American tribes.
 * Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking)

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
The Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee oversees the production of energy and mineral resources located on lands owned or managed by the federal government.

Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
The Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife has jurisdiction over legislation governing the Nation's U.S. Territories and Compacts of Free Association, as well as issues relating to fisheries management, wildlife resources, coastal barrier protection and coastal zone management, and marine sanctuaries, among other areas.

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands oversees The Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the National Park Service, and the resources and programs they manage. Through hearings and legislation, the Subcommittee ensures balanced, common-sense management of parks, forests, public lands, and the natural and cultural resources that can be found there. In particular, the Subcommittee relies on public input, providing citizens an opportunity to shape the future of the resources they own.

Subcommittee on Water and Power
The Subcommittee on Water and Power is involved in all aspects of shaping federal policies for water and power resources management. With jurisdiction over important areas including irrigation, water recycling and hydropower, the Subcommittee is committed to working with state and local water officials to meet these challenges at the federal level.

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The legislative jurisdiction of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform includes the following areas, as set forth in House Rule X, clause 1:


 * Federal civil service, including intergovernmental personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the United States, 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 generally;
 * Holidays and celebrations;
 * Overall economy, efficiency, and management of government operations and activities, including federal procurement;
 * National archives;
 * Population and demography generally, including the Census;
 * Postal service generally, including transportation of the mails;
 * Public information and records;
 * Relationship of the federal government to the states and municipalities generally; and
 * Reorganizations in the executive branch of the government.

Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
Jurisdiction includes domestic policies, including matters relating to energy, labor, education, criminal justice, the economy, as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction includes federal employee issues, non-appropriation municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, and the Postal Service, including post office namings, holidays, and celebrations.

Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement
Jurisdiction includes management of government operations, reorganizations of the executive branch, and federal procurement.

Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
Jurisdiction includes public information and records laws such as the Freedom of Information Act, the Presidential Records Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Census Bureau, and the National Archives and Records Administration.

Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Jurisdiction includes oversight of national security, homeland security, and foreign affairs.

Committee on Rules
The jurisdiction of this Committee is primarily over propositions to make or change the rules, for the creation of committees, and directing them to make investigations. Effective January 3, 1975, however, the authority for all committees to conduct investigations and studies was made a part of the standing rules, as was the authority for all committees to sit and act whether the House is in session or has adjourned, and authority to issue subpoenas. The Committee also reports resolutions relating to the hour of daily meeting and the days on which the House shall sit, and orders relating to the use of the galleries during the electoral count. Since 1883 the Committee on Rules has reported special orders providing times and methods for consideration of special bills or classes of bills, thereby enabling the House by majority vote to forward particular legislation, instead of being forced to use for the purpose the motion to suspend the rules, which requires a two-thirds vote. Special orders may still be made by suspension of the rules or by unanimous consent; but it is not in order, by motion in the House, to provide that a subject be made a special order by a motion to postpone to a day certain. But before the adoption of rules, and consequently before there is a rule as to the order of business, a Member may offer a special order for immediate consideration. A special order reported by the Committee on Rules must be agreed to by a majority vote of the House.

Legislative &amp; Budget Process Subcommittee
This Subcommittee has general responsibility for measures or matters related to relations between the Congress and the Executive Branch.

Rules &amp; Organization of the House Subcommittee
The subcommittee on Rules and the Organization of the House will have general responsibility for measures or matters related to 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.

Committee on Science and Technology
Committee jurisdiction includes all non-defense federal scientific research and development (R&amp;D) at a number of federal agencies, including (either completely or in part): National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Fire Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Over the years, the Committee's jurisdiction grew to include almost all non-defense federal scientific research and development [House Rule X(1)(o)]:


 * 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.

The Committee also has special authority to "review and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities relating to nonmilitary research and development." [House Rule X(3)(k)]

Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
The Subcommittee handles issues related to the technological competitiveness of the U.S. It has jurisdiction over surface transportation research at the Department of Transportation, R&amp;D programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, R&amp;D programs at the Department of Homeland Security, and the legal framework for competitiveness and technology policy.

Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
The Subcommittee handles issues related to environmental science and U.S. energy policy. It oversees civilian R&amp;D programs within the Department of Energy (DOE), including basic energy research, energy R&amp;D, demonstration and commercialization programs for fossil, renewable, and nuclear energy, and conservation; R&amp;D programs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and research at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
The Subcommittee handles investigative and oversight activities on matters covering the entire jurisdiction of the Committee on Science and Technology.

Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
The Subcommittee handles issues related to education, basic research, and the health of the U.S. academic research enterprise. It oversees National Science Foundation programs and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
In general, the Subcommittee handles issues related to civilian aviation and U.S. space activity. This includes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), commercial space activities within the Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce and the aviation R&amp;D activities of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Committee on Small Business
The House Small Business Committee is charged with assessing and investigating the problems of small businesses and examining the impact of general business practices and trends on small businesses. The committee has oversight and legislative authority over the Small Business Administration (SBA) and its programs, as well provides assistance to and protection of small business, including financial aid and the participation of small business enterprises in federal procurement and government contracts.

Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
Jurisdiction over:


 * The Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending and Investment programs: Section 7(a) loan program, 504 Certified Development Company program, Small Business Investment Company program, Disaster Loan Assistance programs, and Microloan program.
 * Access to capital and finance issues generally.
 * Oversight over tax policy and retirement/pension matters affecting small businesses

Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology
Jurisdiction over:


 * SBA Contracting programs including the following: Section 8(a) Business Development program, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) certification operated by SBA, Women’s Procurement Program, HUBZone program, Surety Bond program, Service-disabled veteran procurement, and Section 7(j) management and technical assistance program
 * SBA Technology programs: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Small Business Technology Transfer program
 * Oversight of government-wide procurement practices and programs affecting small businesses.
 * Oversight of technology and patent issues.

Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare
Jurisdiction over:


 * The Regulatory Flexibility Act
 * The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
 * The Paperwork Reduction Act
 * SBA’s Office of Advocacy, National Ombudsman, and SBA small business size standards.
 * Oversight of regulations and regulatory issues that affect small businesses.
 * Oversight of healthcare coverage issues.
 * Oversight over issues affecting small healthcare providers.

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade
Jurisdiction over:


 * SBA entrepreneurial development programs: Women’s Business Centers, National Veterans Business Development Corporation, Small Business Development Centers, SCORE, Drug Free Workplace program, Office of Women’s Business Ownership, and National Women’s Business Council (NWBC)
 * New Markets Venture Capital (NMVC) program, New Markets Tax Credit program, BusinessLINC and the Program for Re-Investment in Micro entrepreneurs.
 * General oversight of programs targeted toward rural development and economic growth as well as general federal government entrepreneurial development programs.
 * Oversight of agricultural issues.
 * Oversight of energy issues.
 * Oversight of trade issues, including SBA’s Office of International Trade.

Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

 * Oversight of SBA Administration, Management, and Agency Practices.
 * Oversight of activities by the Office of the Inspector General at SBA.
 * Oversight over general issues impacting small businesses.

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
The jurisdiction of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is derived from authority granted under House Rules and federal statutes. The scope of the Committee’s jurisdiction under the various authorizing rules and statutes is given below.

House Rule X, cl. 1(p)(1)

The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has jurisdiction over all bills, resolutions and other matters relating to the Code of Official Conduct adopted under House Rule XXIV.

House Rule XI, clause 3

With respect to Members, officers, and employees of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is authorized to undertake the following actions:

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)

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
The jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure includes:


 * Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy;
 * Federal management of emergencies and natural disasters;
 * Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors;
 * Inland waterways;
 * Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such vessels;
 * Navigation and laws relating thereto, including pilotage;
 * Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats;
 * Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at sea;
 * The Capitol Building, the Senate and House Office Buildings;
 * Constructions or maintenance of roads and post roads (other than appropriations therefore);
 * Construction or reconstruction, maintenance, and care of buildings and grounds of the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution;
 * Merchant marine (except for national security aspects thereof);
 * Purchase of sites and construction of post offices, customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government buildings within the District of Columbia;
 * Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including inland, costal, 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 generally
 * Public works for the benefit of the benefit of navigation, including bridges and dams (other than international bridges and dams);
 * Related transportation regulatory agencies (except the Transportation Security Administration);
 * Roads and the safety thereof ;
 * Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, water transportation, transportation safety (except automobile safety and transportation security functions of the Department of Homeland Security), transportation infrastructure, transportation labor, and railroad retirement and unemployment (except revenue measures related thereto); and
 * Water power.

Subcommittee on Aviation
The Subcommittee on Aviation has jurisdiction over all aspects of civil aviation, including safety, infrastructure, labor, and international issues. This jurisdiction includes all aspects of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) except for research activities. The Subcommittee also has jurisdiction over the impacts of transportation security on the aviation industry and aviation safety.

Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation has jurisdiction over the activities of the United States Coast Guard, including its duties, organization, functions, and personnel. The Subcommittee also has jurisdiction over regulation of ocean shipping and non-national security aspects of the merchant marine.

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management oversees a broad range of Federal programs and activities. The Subcommittee conducts oversight of programs addressing the Federal management of emergencies and natural disasters, oversees several agencies and programs promoting economic development, and has oversight of Federal real estate programs and the Public Buildings Service.

Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
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. As such, the Subcommittee has jurisdiction over many programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials has jurisdiction over the economic and safety regulation of railroads and the agencies that administer those regulations, as well as Amtrak. The transportation of hazardous materials and the issue of pipeline safety also fall under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
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. A number of agencies administer programs that address one or more of these issues; two agencies in particular, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), oversee the larger programs of concern to the Subcommittee.

Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Clause 1 of Rule X states "all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing committee as listed in this clause shall (in accordance with and subject to clause 5) be referred to such committees, as follows":

(r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


 * 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 servicemembers to civil life.
 * 7) Servicemembers' civil relief.
 * 8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans. For more information, please consult the Committee's Rules of Procedure for the 110th Congress.

The Committee has oversight responsibility for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. On a regular basis, the Committee with subcommittees, convenes hearings which examine issues such as: VA compliance with statutory provisions; VA's effectiveness in providing timely benefits and quality heath care; Management practices and efficient expenditure of resources.

Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, which shall have legislative, oversight and investigative jurisdiction over compensation; general and special pensions of all the wars of the United States; life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces; 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; burial benefits; the Board of Veterans Appeals; and the Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims.

Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, which shall have legislative, oversight and investigative jurisdiction over education of veterans, employment and training of veterans, vocational rehabilitation, veterans' housing programs, readjustment of servicemembers to civilian life, and servicemembers civil relief.

Subcommittee on Health
The Subcommittee on Health has legislative and oversight jurisdiction for the Department of Veterans Affairs' health care system, veterans programs as well as research. Over the past decade, VA has transformed the health care system to better serve veterans. VA now operates over 1400 sites of care to include medical centers, nursing homes, hundreds of community-based outpatient clinics organized into service networks located throughout the nation, now caring for an estimated 5.5 million veterans.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has oversight and investigative jurisdiction over veterans’ matters generally and such other matters as may be referred to the Subcommittee by the Chairman of the full Committee. The Subcommittee provides oversight on 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. The Subcommittee’s legislative jurisdiction is over such bills or resolutions as may be referred to it by the Chairman of the full Committee.

Committee on Ways and Means
Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means

A. U.S. Constitution

Article I, Section 7, of the Constitution of the United States provides as follows:


 * All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

In addition, Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States provides the following:


 * The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and...To borrow Money on the credit of the United States.

B. Rule X, Clause 1, Rules of the House of Representatives

Rule X, clause 1(s), of the Rules of the House of Representatives, in effect during the 108th Congress, provides for the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means, as follows:


 * 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) Clause 4(f) requires the Committee on Ways and Means to include in its annual report to the Committee on the Budget a specific recommendation, made after holding public hearings, as to the appropriate level of the public debt that should be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget.
 * 7) Deposit of public monies.
 * 8) Transportation of dutiable goods.
 * 9) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
 * 10) 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).

Subcommittee on Trade
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 customs revenue functions of the Department of Homeland Security, 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.

Subcommittee on Oversight
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.

Subcommittee on Health
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.

Subcommittee on Social Security
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.

Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support 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 temporary assistance for needy families, child care, child and family services, child support, foster care, adoption, supplemental security income social services, eligibility of welfare recipients for food stamps, and low-income energy assistance. More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support 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 Income Security and Family Support 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 Income Security and Family Support 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, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, and provisions relating thereto.

Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
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.

Joint Economic Committee
The JEC was established by the Employment Act of 1946 (Public Law 304). Its main purpose is to make a continuing study of matters relating to the US economy. The Committee holds hearings, performs research and advises Members of Congress.

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) plans and executes all Inaugural activities at the United States Capitol, including the Inaugural swearing-in ceremony of the President and Vice President of the United States and the traditional Inaugural luncheon that follows.

Joint Committee on Taxation
The Joint Committee Staff is closely involved with every aspect of the tax legislative process, including:


 * Assisting Congressional tax-writing committees and Members of Congress with development and analysis of legislative proposals;
 * Preparing official revenue estimates of all tax legislation considered by the Congress;
 * Drafting legislative histories for tax-related bills; and
 * Investigating various aspects of the Federal tax system.

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The Committee’s Jurisdiction is over


 * 1) the Intelligence community and the Director of Central Intelligence
 * 2) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and other agencies of the Department of Defense, and the Departments of State, Justice, and Treasury.
 * 3) The organization, or reorganization, of any department or agency to the extent that it relates to a function or activity involving intelligence or intelligence-related activities.
 * 4) Direct and indirect authorizations for the CIA and director of Central Intelligence, the DIA, and NSA, and all other agencies and subdivisions of DOD, the Department of State, and the FBI, including all activities of the intelligence division.

House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
Jurisdiction: The select committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority to take legislative action on any bill or resolution. Its sole authority shall be to investigate, study, make findings, and develop recommendations on policies, strategies, technologies and other innovations, intended to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy and achieve substantial and permanent reductions in emissions and other activities that contribute to climate change and global warming.

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Committee Jurisdiction:


 * 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;
 * 8) Food from fresh waters;
 * 9) Food stamp programs;
 * 10) Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness areas other than those created from the public domain;
 * 11) Home economics;
 * 12) Human nutrition;
 * 13) Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricultural products;
 * 14) Pests and pesticides;
 * 15) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering;
 * 16) Rural development, rural electrification, and watersheds; and
 * 17) School nutrition programs.

Comprehensive study and review of matters relating to rural affairs, and to food, nutrition, and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign countries.

Subcommittee on Nutrition and Food Assistance, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation
Jurisdiction: Legislation and oversight involving domestic and international nutrition and food assistance and hunger prevention; farm viability; sustainable and organic food production; trading of futures, options and financial derivatives; pesticides; general legislation.

Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology
Jurisdiction: Legislation and oversight involving renewable energy production and energy efficiency improvement on farms and ranches and in rural communities; food and agricultural research, education, economics and extension; innovation in the use of agricultural commodities and materials.

Subcommittee on Domestic &amp; Foreign Marketing, Inspection, &amp; Plant &amp; Animal Health
Jurisdiction: Legislation and oversight involving agricultural trade; foreign market development; domestic marketing and product promotion; marketing orders and regulation of agricultural markets and animal welfare; inspection and certification of plants, animals and products; plant and animal diseases and health protection.

Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support
Jurisdiction: Legislation and oversight involving the production of agricultural crops, commodities and products; farm and ranch income protection and assistance; commodity price support programs; insurance and risk protection; fresh water food production.

Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit
Jurisdiction: Legislation and oversight involving rural economic revitalization and quality of life; promotion of rural job and business growth; rural electrification, telecommunications and utilities; conservation, protection and stewardship of natural resources; state, local and private forests and general forestry; agricultural and rural credit.

Appropriations
The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S. Senate, consisting of 30 members in the 111th Congress. Its role is defined by the U.S. Constitution, which requires "appropriations made by law" prior to the expenditure of any money from the Federal treasury. The Committee, chaired by Daniel K Inouye (D-Hawaii), writes the legislation that allocates federal funds to the numerous government agencies, departments, and organizations on an annual basis. Appropriations are limited to the levels set by a Budget Resolution, drafted by the Senate Budget Committee.

Twelve subcommittees are tasked with drafting legislation to allocate funds to government agencies within their jurisdictions. These subcommittees are responsible for reviewing the President's budget request, hearing testimony from government officials, and drafting the spending plans for the coming fiscal year. Their work is passed on to the full Senate Appropriations Committee, which may review and modify the bills and forward them to the full Senate for consideration.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
This subcommittee has jurisdiction over the Department of Agriculture discretionary spending (does not include the Food Stamp Program or farming subsidies that are mandatory spending), as well as food safety programs at the Food and Drug Administration and foreign agriculture assistance programs. The subcommittee also oversees rural development programs, such as loan guarantees for rural housing and the rural electrification program

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
This subcommittee is responsible for discretionary spending at the Commerce Department and the Justice Department, as well various independent federal agencies, such as the International Trade Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Defense
Funding requirements for the United States military are laid out in the U.S Constitution. In addition to the general requirement that funds withdrawn from the Treasury only through "appropriations made by law" (Article I, Section 9), the Constitution gives Congress the authority to "raise and support Armies," but limits funding for the military to a maximum of two years (Article I, Section 8). This restriction is generally not an issue for Congress, since by law, the federal budget operates on a year-to-year basis.

The subcommittee oversees overall funding for the Department of Defense, including the Army, Navy, Air Force. The subcommittee is also responsible for funding for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Some defense agencies are the responsibility of separate subcommittees. Funding for military construction activities, such as military personnel housing and infrastructure, and veterans issues are handled by the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. Funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is handled by the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.

Energy and Water Development
This subcommittee, as its name implies, is responsible for funding related to the Department of Energy and water development projects in the United States. It also oversees the Tennessee Valley Authority, the federal power marketing administrations, and non-defense nuclear power, including nuclear waste disposal and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

It is also responsible for the multi-billion dollar budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior Department's U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The Corps of Engineers is the primary federal agency with responsibility over "waters of the United States" that plans, designs, builds, and operates water resources and other civil works projects, while the Bureau of Reclamation oversees federal dams, irrigation, and rural drinking water projects in the Western United States.

Financial Services and General Government
This subcommittee continues to have jurisdication over the budget of the District of Columbia, and was given jurisdiction over agency funding handled by the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development. The new subcommittee is responsible for funding general provisions of the federal government, with primary jurisdiction over discretionary spending of the Treasury Department, the United States federal judiciary, and the District of Columbia. The most diverse subcommittee, it also oversees funding for the Executive Office of the President and the Office of Management and Budget as well as various independent federal agencies, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Election Commission, the National Archives and Records Administration, and Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Homeland Security
The subcommittee is responsible for the Department of Homeland Security and its related agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Secret Service, and the United States Coast Guard. The subcommittee also provides funding for state and local prepardeness efforts.

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
This subcommittee has jurisdiction over all Department of Interior discretionary spending (except the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) as well as the funding for the U.S. Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture. They oversee Native American programs, including the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. Finally, the subcommitte oversees independent agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency and several cultural and historical agencies such as the Smithsonian Institution.

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
This subcommittee oversees funding for the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor. Certain agencies within Health and Human Services are handled by separate subcommittees, such as the Indian Health Service (Interior Subcommittee) and the Food and Drug Administration (Agriculture Subcommittee).

It also oversees funding for several related labor, health, and education agencies, including the Corporation for National and Community Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Legislative Branch
This subcommittee is responsible for funding operations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The subcomittee recommends funding for several joint agencies of Congress, including the Library of Congress, U.S. Capitol Police, Congressional Budget Office, Government Accountability Office, and the Capitol Visitors Center.

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
This subcommittee is responsible for funding the Department of Veterans Affairs and all construction activities within the Department of Defense, including military family housing. It also funds activities related to base closures and realignments, the American Battle Monuments Commission, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
This subcommittee oversees the U.S. State Department and several international programs and agencies, including international programs within the Department of Defense. It also manages the Peace Corps, the Export-Import Bank, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and United States contributions to the International Monetary Fund and United Nations activities.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
This subcommittee has jurisdication funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation. It also oversees funding for the Federal Housing Administration and economic and community development programs, such as Community Development Block Grants. Specific agencies under its jurisdication are the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Surface Transportation Board, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Armed Services
Jurisdiction: Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations; the common defense; the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally; maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone; military research and development; national security aspects of nuclear energy; naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska; pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents; selective service system; and strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

Comprehensive study and review of matters relating to the common defense policy of the United States.

Subcommittee on Airland
The Airland Subcommittee has primary jurisdiction over all issues related to the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, including U.S. Navy and Marine Corps tactical aviation programs, with the exception of strategic forces, strategic airlift issues, and special operations programs. The subcommittee also oversees the Army and Air Force Reserves, and the National Guard.

Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
The Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee has jurisdiction over Department of Defense policies and programs to counter emerging threats (such as proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, illegal drugs, and other threats), information warfare and special operations programs, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Department of Energy non-proliferation programs. The subcommittee also oversees sales of U.S. military technology to foreign countries, and defense and military research and development efforts through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Subcommittee on Personnel
The Personnel Subcommittee has jurisdiction over all matters relating to active and reserve military personnel, including pay rates, military health care and education benefits, Morale, Welfare and Recreation services, and military justice. The subcommitte also oversees issues related to prisoners of war and military personnel who are missing in action.

Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
The Readiness and Management Support subcommittee has oversight of military readiness, including training, logistics and maintenance, defense environmental programs, business operations and working capital funds, real property maintenance, military construction, Base Realignment and Closure, Armed Forces Retirement Home, readiness procurement and military depots, shipyards, ammunition plants, and arsenals.

Subcommittee on Seapower
The Seapower Subcommittee has jurisdication over all U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, including non-tactical air programs, and the Naval Reserve forces.

Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
The Strategic Forces Subcommittee has jurisdiction over strategic force, nuclear weapons, national defense and nuclear deterrence, space programs, and ballistic missile defense.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Extracts From the Standing Rules of The Senate Rule XXV, Standing Committees


 * 1) The following standing committees shall be appointed at the commencement of each Congress and shall continue and have the power to act until their successors are appointed, with leave to report by bill or otherwise on matters within their jurisdictions:

(d)(1) Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, to which committee shall by referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the following subjects:


 * Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
 * Control of prices of commodities, rents and services.
 * Deposit insurance.
 * Economic stabilization and defense production.
 * Export and foreign trade promotion.
 * Export controls.
 * Federal monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System.
 * Financial aid to commerce and industry.
 * Issuance and redemption of notes.
 * Money and credit, including currency and coinage.
 * Nursing home construction.
 * Public and private housing (including veterans housing).
 * Renegotiation of Government contracts.
 * Urban development and urban mass transit.


 * 1) Such Committee shall also study and review on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to international economic policy as it affects United States monetary affairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic growth, urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from time to time.

Economic Policy
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Economic growth, employment and price stability
 * 2) Monetary policy, including monetary policy functions of the Federal Reserve System
 * 3) Council of Economic Advisors
 * 4) Money and credit, including currency, coinage and notes
 * 5) Control of prices of commodities, rents and services
 * 6) Economic stabilization
 * 7) Financial aid to commerce and industry
 * 8) Loan guarantees
 * 9) Flood insurance
 * 10) Disaster assistance

Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Urban mass transit, urban affairs and development
 * 2) HUD
 * 3) Federal Transit Administration
 * 4) FHA
 * 5) Fannie Mae; Freddie Mac
 * 6) Senior Housing
 * 7) Nursing home construction
 * 8) Rural Housing Service
 * 9) Indian Housing

Financial Institutions
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Banks, savings associations, credit unions, and other financial institutions
 * 2) Deposit Insurance
 * 3) Federal Home Loan Bank System
 * 4) Regulatory activities of the Federal Reserve System
 * OCC, OTC, FDIC, NCUA
 * 1) E-commerce

Security and International Trade and Finance
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Export and foreign trade promotion
 * 2) Export controls
 * 3) Export financing
 * 4) International economic policy
 * 5) International financial and development institutions
 * 6) Export-Import Bank
 * 7) International Trade Administration
 * 8) Bureau of Export Administration
 * 9) Defense Production Act

Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Jurisdiction over:


 * 1) Securities, annuities, and other financial investments
 * SEC: SIPC: CFTC (single stock futures and other financial instruments within CFTC jurisdiction)
 * 1) Government securities
 * 2) Financial exchanges and markets
 * 3) Financial derivatives
 * 4) Accounting standards
 * 5) Insurance

Budget
The Senate Committee on the Budget was established in 1974 by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act. Along with the House Budget Committee, it 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).

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
The Senate 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.

Science and Space
The Subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight over NASA. For the 111th Congress, the committee gained additional jurisdiction on science matters from the former United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.

=== Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security ===

Communications, Technology, and the Internet
The subcommittee will have jurisdiction over the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard maintains its previous jurisdiction over the nation’s fish policy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Coast Guard.

Energy and Natural Resources
Jurisdiction of the Full Committee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: National Energy Policy, including international energy affairs and emergency preparedness; nuclear waste policy; privatization of federal assets; territorial policy (including changes in status and issues affecting Antartica); Native Hawaiian matters; and Ad Hoc issues. [In addition, other issues are retained in the Full Committee on an ad hoc basis. Generally, these are issues which (1) require extremely expeditious handling or (2) substantially overlap two or more subcommittee jurisdictions, or (3) are of exceptional national significance in which all Members wish to participate fully.]

Subcommittee on Energy
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: nuclear, coal and synthetic fuels research and development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy commercialization projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; DOE National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies research and development; nuclear facilities siting and insurance program; commercialization of new technologies including, solar energy systems; Federal energy conservation programs; energy information; liquefied natural gas projects; oil and natural gas regulation; refinery policy; coal conversion; utility policy; strategic petroleum reserves; regulation of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil and gas pipeline transportation systems within Alaska Artic research and energy development; and oil, gas and coal production and distribution.

Subcommittee on National Parks
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: National Park System; Wild and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national recreation areas; national monuments; historic sites; military parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; territorial affairs; national mining and minerals policy and general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral leasing; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; Naval oil shale reserves; National Petroleum reserve -- Alaska; and deep seabed mining.

Subcommittee on Water and Power
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: irrigation; reclamation projects, including related flood control purposes; power marketing administrations (e.g., Bonneville Power, Southwestern Power, Western Area Power, Southeastern Power); energy development impacts on water resources; groundwater resources and management; hydroelectric power; low head hydro; and energy related aspects of deepwater ports.

Environment and Public Works

 * 1) The following standing committees shall be appointed at the commencement of each to act until their successors are appointed, with leave to report by bill or otherwise on matters within their respective jurisdictions:
 * 2) Air pollution.
 * 3) Construction and maintenance of highways.
 * 4) Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands.
 * 5) Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides.
 * 6) Environmental policy.
 * 7) Environmental research and development.
 * 8) Fisheries and wildlife.
 * 9) Flood control and improvements of rivers and harbors, including environmental aspects of deepwater ports.
 * 10) Noise pollution.
 * 11) Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy.
 * 12) Ocean dumping.
 * 13) Public buildings and improved grounds of the United States generally,including Federal buildings in the District of Columbia.
 * 14) Public works, bridges, and dams.
 * 15) Regional economic development.
 * 16) Solid waste disposal and recycling.
 * 17) Water pollution.
 * 18) Water resources.
 * 19) Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental protection and resource utilization and conservation, and report thereon from time to time.

Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Jurisdiction:


 * Clean Air Act
 * Indoor Air
 * Tennessee Valley Authority
 * Nuclear Plant Safety

=== Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection ===

Jurisdiction over:


 * Global Warming
 * Fisheries and Wildlife
 * Endangered Species Act (ESA)
 * National Wildlife Refuges

=== Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children's Health Protection ===

Jurisdiction over:


 * Global Warming
 * Oversight
 * Children’s Health Protection
 * Yucca Mountain
 * National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Superfund and Environmental Health
Jurisdiction over:


 * Superfund and Brownfields
 * Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including recycling, Federal facilities and interstate waste
 * Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
 * Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
 * Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
 * Environmental Justice
 * Risk Assessment

Transportation and Infrastructure
Jurisdiction over:


 * Transportation
 * Federal Highway Administration
 * Public Buildings
 * Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)
 * Stafford Act and federal disaster relief programs
 * Historic Preservation
 * National Dam Safety Program
 * Mississippi River Commission
 * Green Buildings
 * Economic Development Administration

=== Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality ===

Jurisdiction over:


 * Drinking Water, Chemical, and Wastewater Security
 * Clean Water Act, including wetlands
 * Safe Drinking Water Act
 * Coastal Zone Management Act
 * Invasive Species
 * Transportation Safety
 * Outer Continental Shelf Lands

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


 * 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.
 * 7) Reciprocal trade agreements.
 * 8) Revenue measures generally, except as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
 * 9) Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions.
 * 10) Tariffs and import quotas, and matters related thereto.
 * 11) Transportation of dutiable goods.

Department and Agency Jurisdiction

The Senate Finance Committee’s jurisdiction is defined by subject matter – not by agency or Department. As a consequence of the Committee’s broad subject matter jurisdiction, the Finance Committee has sole or shared jurisdiction over the activities of numerous agencies and offices.


 * Executive Office of the President
 * Office of the United States Trade Representative [Leads international trade negotiations; advises and coordinates trade policy]
 * Department of Agriculture
 * Foreign Agricultural Service (w/Agriculture Committee) [Foreign barriers to U.S. agricultural goods]
 * TAA for Farmers [headed up by FAS but involves numerous USDA departments]
 * Department of Commerce
 * International Trade Administration [Administration of antidumping and countervailing duty laws; compliance with international trade agreements]
 * Under Secretary for International Trade Administration (w/Banking Committee)
 * Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
 * Assistant Secretary for Mark Access and Compliance
 * Economic Development Administration (w/ Environment and Public Works Committee) [Trade Adjustment Assistance to Firms]
 * Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services
 * Department of Health and Human Services
 * Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [Medicare Parts A &amp; B; Medicare Drug Benefit (Part D); Medicare Advantage (Part C); Medicaid; State Children Health Insurance Program]
 * Administration for Children and Families (w/ HELP Committee) [TANF; Child Welfare Services; Child Support &amp; Paternity; JOBS program; Foster Care &amp; Adoption Assistance; Maternal &amp; Child Health Title XX Social Services Block Grant Program; Child Care and Development Block Grant; Independent Living Program; Promoting Safe and Stable Families]
 * [Title XI of the Social Security Act, demonstration authority, peer review of the utilization and quality of health care services, and administrative simplification]
 * Department of Homeland Security
 * The following functions performed by any employee of the Department of Homeland Security:
 * Any customs revenue function including any function provided for in section 415 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296);
 * Any commercial function or commercial operation of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection or Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including matters relating to trade facilitation and trade regulation; or
 * Any other function related to the above items that was exercised by the United States Customs Service on the day before the effective date of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296).
 * Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
 * Department of Labor
 * Employment and Training Administration (w/HELP Committee) [Unemployment Compensation; Trade Adjustment Assistance for workers]
 * Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration [ERISA] (w/ HELP and Foreign Relations Committee [Formulating and implementing international trade policy]
 * International Labor Affairs Bureau
 * Unemployment insurance
 * Department of the Treasury
 * Internal Revenue Service
 * Bureau of the Public Debt
 * Any customs, tariff, or revenue function not delegated to the Department of Homeland Security through the delegation authority provided by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296)
 * Assistant Secretary for International Affairs (w/ Foreign Relations Committee) [Formulating and implementing international trade policy]
 * Under Secretary for International Affairs
 * Financial Management Service (w/ Governmental Affairs Committee)
 * Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (w/ Judiciary Committee) [In relation to revenues]
 * Undersecretary for Enforcement [matters involving financial crimes, including terrorist financing]
 * Assistant Secretary for Enforcement [matters involving financial crimes, including terrorist financing]
 * Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes [matters involving financial crimes, including terrorist financing]
 * TAA health care tax credit [HCTC]
 * ERISA group health plans [HIPAA, COBRA, Consumer Protections] (w/ HELP Committee)
 * Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) (w/ HELP Committee) [Guarantees payment of non-forfeitable pension benefits in covered private sector defined benefit pension plans; title IV of ERISA]
 * TAA program for workers
 * Social Security Administration (SSA)
 * Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI)
 * Supplemental Security Income (SSI) [Provides monthly cash benefits to eligible beneficiaries]
 * Social Security Inspector General
 * Railroad Retirement Board
 * Railroad Retirement
 * United States International Trade Commission [Furnishes studies/recommendations on numerous trade issues to the President and Congress; may order certain remedial actions in response to trade violations]

Also numerous boards, commissions, and advisory committees including: Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; Physician Payment Review Commission; Advisory Committee for Trade Policy, Negotiations and Industry; Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee; Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee; Labor Advisory Committee; Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee; Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade; Congressional-Executive Commission on China; Social Security Advisory Board; National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust; and the Industry Trade Advisory Committees.

Foreign Relations
The Foreign Relations Committee is generally responsible for overseeing (but not administering) and funding foreign aid programs as well as funding, arms sales and training for national allies. The committee is also responsible for holding confirmation hearings for the position of Secretary of State.

Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs
The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the nations of the Western Hemisphere, including Canada and the nations of the Caribbean. The subcommittee also deals with boundary matters, and U.S. policy with regard to the Organization of American States. Specific matters within the region that fall within the subcommittees purview are terrorism and non-proliferation; U.S. foreign assistance programs; and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports.

The subcommittee also exercises general oversight over the activities and programs of the Peace Corps and all U.S. foreign policy, programs and international cooperative efforts to combat the flow of illegal drugs or substances.

Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
The Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries of the Middle East and all of the countries of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco. The subcommittee also oversees relations with the countries of South and Central Asia, corresponding to the jurisdiction of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in the Department of State.

This subcommittee is also responsible for all matters within the regions under its jurisdiction with respect to terrorism and non-proliferation, crime and illicit narcotics, U.S. foreign assistance programs, and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports.

African Affairs
The Subcommittee on African Affairs is responsible for United States relations with countries in Africa, with the exception of countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco, which are under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs. This corresponds to the geographic area under the purview of the Bureau of African Affairs in the Department of State, and includes the countries of Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Comoros.

This subcommittee is also responsible for all matters within the region's under its jurisdiction with respect to terrorism and non-proliferation, crime and illicit narcotics, U.S. foreign assistance programs, and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports.

East Asian and Pacific Affairs
he Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs oversees United States relations with countries in East Asia and the Pacific Rim. This corresponds to the geographic region under the purview of Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Department of State. This is a geographic area from the Japan, China and Mongolia to Burma, including Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia. The subcommittee also oversees regional organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

This subcommittee is also responsible for all matters within the region's under its jurisdiction with respect to terrorism and non-proliferation, crime and illicit narcotics, U.S. foreign assistance programs, and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports.

International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues
The Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights is responsible for all matters involving international operations and organizations, democracy and human rights. This includes the general oversight responsibility for the U.S. State Department, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S. Foreign Service, and public diplomacy and United States participation in the United Nations, its affiliated organizations, and other international organizations not under the jurisdiction of other subcommittees. Finally, it includes general oversight responsibility for U.S. policy in promoting democracy and human rights abroad.

European Affairs
The Subcommittee on European Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries on the continent of Europe, except the states of Central Asia that are within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs. It also oversees U.S. involvement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, relations with the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Matters relating to Greenland and the northern polar region are also the responsibility of this subcommittee.

This subcommittee is also responsible for all matters within the region under its jurisdiction with respect to terrorism and non-proliferation, crime and illicit narcotics, U.S. foreign assistance programs, and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports.

International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection
The Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection has oversight responsibility for United States development policy and foreign assistance programs. It includes U.S. bilateral humanitarian, development, economic, trade and security assistance programs carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and other U.S. agencies, and U.S. voluntary contributions to international organizations providing assistance to foreign nations.

It also includes matters related to international monetary policy, including U.S. participation in international financial institutions, such as the World Bank; U.S. foreign economic policy, including export enhancement and trade promotion; and international investment, protection of intellectual property, and technological transfer.

Finally, the subcommittee is responsible for matters related to international energy security and international environmental protection, including the oceans and space.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:


 * 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 University, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeth hospital.
 * 11) Individuals with disabilities.
 * 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.

Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education and training, and public welfare, and report thereon from time to time.

Subcommittee on Children and Families
The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over a wide range of issues including Head Start, the Family Medical Leave Act, child care and child support, and other issues involving children, youth, and families.

Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over a variety of labor issues including worker health and safety, wage and hour laws, workplace leave, employment trends and workforce training among others.

Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
The Subcommittee has oversight over many issues including: Pensions, the Older Americans Act; elder abuse, neglect, and scams affecting seniors; long-term care services for older Americans, family caregiving, and the health of the aging population, including Alzheimer's disease and family caregiving.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Jurisdiction: There shall be referred to the committee all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:


 * 1) Department of Homeland Security, except matters relating to-
 * 2) the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center or the Secret Service; and
 * 3) the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service; or (ii) the immigration functions of the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States Immigration and Custom Enforcement or the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security; and
 * 4) the following functions performed by any employee of the Department of Homeland Security--


 * any customs revenue function including any function provided for in section 415 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296);
 * any commercial function or commercial operation of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection or Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including matters relating to trade facilitation and trade regulation; or
 * any other function related to clause (i) or (ii) that was exercised by the United States Customs Service on the day before the effective date of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296).

The jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in this paragraph shall supersede the jurisdiction of any other committee of the Senate provided in the rules of the Senate: Provided, That the jurisdiction provided under section 101(b)(1) shall not include the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, or functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency related thereto.


 * 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.

(c) ADDITIONAL DUTIES- The committee shall have the duty of--


 * 1) receiving and examining reports of the Comptroller General of the United States and of submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the subject matter of such reports;
 * 2) studying the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the Government;
 * 3) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative and executive branches of the Government; and
 * 4) studying the intergovernmental relationships between the United States and the States and municipalities, and between the United States and international organizations of which the United States is a member.

=== Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security ===

Jurisdiction includes:


 * The effectiveness and efficiency of Federal financial management;
 * Government information, including management of information technology;
 * Studying the effectiveness of present national security methods and arms proliferation;
 * The organization and management of United States nuclear export policy; and
 * Studying the intergovernmental relationships between the United States and international organizations of which the United States is a member, and relations with other oil producing and consuming countries with respect to government involvement in the control and management of energy shortages;
 * Archives of the United States; and
 * Census and collection of statistics, including economic and social statistics.

Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery
=== Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration ===

Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight
=== Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia ===

Jurisdiction includes:


 * The management, efficiency, effectiveness and economy of all departments, agencies and programs of the Federal government, including overlap and duplication in Federal programs;
 * The intergovernmental relationships between the Federal government and state and local governments;
 * Federal civil service matters;
 * Authorizing matters relating to the District of Columbia; and
 * The effectiveness of national security staffing.

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Jurisdiction includes:


 * Studying or investigating the efficiency and economy of operations of all branches of the Government;
 * Studying or investigating the compliance or noncompliance of corporations, companies, or individual or other entities with the rules, regulations, and laws governing the various governmental agencies and their relationships with the public;
 * Determining whether any changes are required in the laws of the United States in order to protect public interests against the occurrence of improper practices or activities by labor or management groups;
 * Studying or investigating syndicated or organized crime which may operate in or otherwise utilize the facilities of interstate and international commerce;
 * Studying or investigating all other aspects of crime and lawlessness within the United States which have an impact upon or affect the national health, welfare, and safety including but not limited to investment fraud schemes, commodity and security fraud, computer fraud, and the use of offshore banking and corporate facilities to carry out criminal objectives;
 * Studying or investigating the effectiveness of present national security methods; and
 * Studying or investigating the efficiency, economy and effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the Government involved in the control and management of energy shortages.

Judiciary Committee
Jurisdiction includes:


 * Apportionment of Representatives;
 * Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting-,
 * Civil liberties
 * Constitutional amendments
 * Federal courts and judges
 * Government information
 * Holidays and celebrations
 * Immigration and naturalization
 * Interstate compacts generally
 * Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally
 * Local courts in the territories and possessions
 * Claims against the United States
 * National penitentiaries
 * Patent Office
 * Patents, copyrights, and trademarks
 * 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.

Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Jurisdiction:


 * 1) Court administration and management;
 * 2) Judicial rules and procedures;
 * 3) Creation of new courts and judgeships;
 * 4) Bankruptcy;
 * 5) Administrative practices and procedures;
 * 6) Legal reform and liability issues;
 * 7) Oversight of the Department of Justice grant programs, as well as government waste and fraud;
 * 8) Private relief bills other than immigration;
 * 9) Oversight of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Jurisdiction:


 * 1) Oversight of antitrust law and competition policy, including the Sherman, Clayton and Federal Trade Commission Acts;
 * 2) Oversight of antitrust enforcement and competition policy at the Justice Department;
 * 3) Oversight of antitrust enforcement and competition policy at the Federal Trade Commission;
 * 4) Oversight of competition policy at other federal agencies.

The Constitution
Jurisdiction:


 * 1) Constitutional amendments;
 * 2) Enforcement and protection of constitutional rights;
 * 3) Statutory guarantees of civil rights and civil liberties;
 * 4) Separation of powers;
 * 5) Federal-State relations;
 * 6) Interstate compacts.

Crime and Drugs
Jurisdiction:


 * 1) Oversight of the Department of Justice's:
 * 2) Criminal Division,
 * 3) Drug Enforcement Administration,
 * 4) Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys,
 * 5) Office on Violence Against Women,
 * 6) U.S. Marshals Service,
 * 7) Community Oriented Policing Services and related law enforcement grants,
 * 8) Bureau of Prisons,
 * 9) Office of the Pardon Attorney,
 * 10) U.S. Parole Commission,
 * 11) Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
 * 12) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as it relates to crime or drug policy;
 * 13) Oversight of the U.S. Sentencing Commission;
 * 14) Youth violence and directly related issues;
 * 15) Federal programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (including the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act);
 * 16) Criminal justice and victims' rights policy;
 * 17) Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy;
 * 18) Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service;
 * 19) Corrections, rehabilitation, reentry and other detention-related policy; and
 * 20) Parole and prohibition policy.

Human Rights and the Law
Jurisdiction:


 * 1) Human rights laws and policies;
 * 2) Enforcement and implementation of human rights laws;
 * 3) Judicial proceedings regarding human rights laws; and
 * 4) Judicial and executive branch interpretations of human rights laws.

Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Jurisdiction:


 * 1) Immigration, citizenship, and refugee laws;
 * 2) Oversight of the immigration functions of the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Ombudsman Citizenship and Immigration Services;
 * 3) Oversight of the immigration-related functions of the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, and the Department of Labor;
 * 4) Oversight of international migration, internally displaced persons, and refugee laws and policy; and
 * 5) Private immigration relief bills.

Terrorism and Homeland Security
Jurisdiction:


 * 1) Oversight of anti-terrorism enforcement and policy;
 * 2) Oversight of Department of Homeland Security functions as they relate to anti-terrorism enforcement and policy;
 * 3) Oversight of State Department consular operations as they relate to anti-terrorism enforcement and policy;
 * 4) Oversight of encryption policies and export licensing; and
 * 5) Oversight of espionage laws and their enforcement.

Rules and Administration

 * 1) Committee on Rules and Administration, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:
 * 2) Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of office space.
 * 3) Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, including floor and gallery rules.
 * 4) Corrupt practices.
 * 5) Credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices.
 * 6) Federal elections generally, including the election of the President, Vice President, and Members of the Congress.
 * 7) Government Printing Office, and the printing and correction of the Congressional Record, as well as those matters provided for under rule XI.
 * 8) Meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members.
 * 9) Payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same (except that any resolution relating to substantive matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate shall be first referred to such committee).
 * 10) Presidential succession.
 * 11) Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
 * 12) Senate Library and statuary, art, and pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.
 * 13) Services to the Senate, including the Senate restaurant.
 * 14) United States Capitol and congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution (and the incorporation of similar institutions), and the Botanic Gardens.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Oversight of the Small Business Administration

The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is directed under the standing rules of the United States Senate to be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Veterans' Affairs
Jurisdiction, 1992 Jurisdiction contained in the Standing Rules of the Senate (as revised to March 18, 1992): [Rule XXV.(1 )(p)] Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:


 * 1) Compensation of veterans.
 * 2) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces.
 * 3) National cemeteries.
 * 4) Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and special.
 * 5) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
 * 6) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
 * 7) Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans.
 * 8) Veterans' measures generally.
 * 9) Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans.

Indian Affairs
(b)(1) All proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs shall be referred to the select committee.

(2) It shall be the duty of the select committee to conduct a study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not limited to, Indian land management and trust responsibilities, Indian education, health, special services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the United States.

Select Committee on Ethics
This six-member, bipartisan committee investigates complaints and allegations of improper conduct and violations of the Senate Code of Official Conduct, and recommends, when appropriate, disciplinary action against Senators and staff. It also suggests rules or regulations and renders advisory opinions to insure appropriate Senate standards and conduct; and regulates the use of the franking privilege in the Senate, investigates unauthorized disclosures of intelligence information, administers the Senate financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act, and regulates the disposition of gifts from foreign governments received by Members, officers, and employees of the Senate

Select Committee on Intelligence
Created pursuant to S.Res. 400, 94th Congress: to oversee and make continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs of the United States Government, and to submit to the Senate appropriate proposals for legislation and report to the Senate concerning such intelligence activities and programs. In carrying out this purpose, the Select Committee on Intelligence shall make every effort to assure that the appropriate departments and agencies of the United States provide informed and timely intelligence necessary for the executive and legislative branches to make sound decisions affecting the security and vital interests of the Nation. It is further the purpose of this resolution to provide vigilant legislative oversight over the intelligence activities of the United States to assure that such activities are in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Select Committee on Aging
(b)(1) It shall be the duty of the special committee 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. No proposed legislation shall be referred to such committee, and such committee shall not have power to report by bill, or otherwise have legislative jurisdiction.