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Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Showing the 109th Congress (2005–2006), when this was the Government Reform. Back to the 119th Congress

703 bills referred in the 109th Congress

11,086 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 1,267. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 109th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 109th Congress 44

Everyone who held a seat in the 109th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-VA	Tom Davis	Chair
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Ranking Member
I-VT	Bernard Sanders
D-NY	Brian Higgins
R-CA	Brian P. BilbrayJoined Jun 29, 2006
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
R-MI	Candice S. Miller
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney
R-PA	Charles W. Dent
R-UT	Chris Cannon
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen
R-CT	Christopher Shays
R-IN	Dan Burton
D-IL	Danny K. Davis
R-CA	Darrell Issa
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich
D-CA	Diane E. Watson
D-NY	Edolphus Towns
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes NortonJoined Feb 2, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht
R-FL	Ginny Brown-WaiteLeft Oct 7, 2005
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
R-OH	Jean SchmidtJoined Sep 15, 2005
D-MA	John F. TierneyLeft Feb 2, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.
R-FL	John L. Mica
R-NY	John M. McHugh
R-NV	Jon C. Porter
R-FL	Katherine HarrisLeft Feb 9, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland
D-NY	Major R. Owens
R-IN	Mark E. Souder
R-OH	Michael R. Turner
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts
D-CA	Tom Lantos
R-NC	Virginia Foxx
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay

Subcommittees, 109th Congress 7

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 109th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 109th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 6408	Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 7, 2006
HR 6407	Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act	Referred To	Dec 7, 2006
S 4050	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Thompson Street in Thomaston, Georgia, as the "Sergeant First Class Robert Lee 'Bobby' Hollar, Jr. Post Office Building".	Referred To	Dec 7, 2006
HR 6398	Emergency Coverage During an Incident of National Significance Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 6, 2006
HRES 1098	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to raise the awareness of alopecia areata.	Referred To	Dec 6, 2006
HCONRES 500	Recognizing the 150th anniversary of President Wilson's birth and commending the Woodrow Wilson House, the Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, the Woodrow Wilson Family Home, Princeton University, and the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library for leading a national tribute honoring the legacy of President Wilson.	Referred To	Dec 6, 2006
HR 6344	Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 5, 2006
HRES 1089	Honoring the life of Milton Friedman.	Referred To	Dec 5, 2006

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 109th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 109-186	Ova-Pollution in the Potomac: Egg-Bearing Male Bass and Implications for Human and Ecological Health145 pages	Oct 4, 2006
Serial No. 109-265	Combating Youth Violence: What Federal, State and Local Governments Are Doing to Deter Youth Crime98 pages	Oct 3, 2006
Serial No. 109-192	Acquisition Under Duress: Reconstruction Contracting in Iraq221 pages	Sep 28, 2006
Serial No. 109-266	Banks in Real Estate: a Review of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's December 2005 Rulings84 pagesOn H.R. 10, H.R. 111	Sep 27, 2006
Serial No. 109-264	Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle144 pages	Sep 27, 2006
Serial No. 109-263	H.R. 5242, the Small Business Paperwork Amnesty Act75 pagesOn H.R. 230, H.R. 5242, S. 1411, S. 2556	Sep 26, 2006
Serial No. 109-242	Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges253 pages	Sep 26, 2006
Serial No. 109-190	Medical Device Safety: How FDA Regulates the Reprocessing of Supposedly Single-Use Devices103 pages	Sep 26, 2006

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 109th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 109-739	ACTIVITIES of the HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS 2005-2006 (Pursuant to House Rule XI, 1(d)(4))	Dec 29, 2006
H. Rept. 109-660	Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006On H.R. 4809	Sep 14, 2006
H. Rept. 109-652	Truth in Regulating Act ExtensionOn H.R. 1167	Sep 13, 2006
H. Rept. 109-616	Brownfields: What Will It Take to Turn Lost Opportunities into America's Gain?	Sep 6, 2006
H. Rept. 109-594	Government Efficiency Act of 2006On H.R. 5766	Jul 24, 2006
H. Rept. 109-593	District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006On H.R. 5388	Jul 24, 2006
H. Rept. 109-553	To Amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to Reauthorize for 5 Additional Years the Public and Private School Tuition Assistance Programs Established Under the ActOn H.R. 4855	Jul 11, 2006
H. Rept. 109-544	Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures ActOn H.R. 1317	Jun 29, 2006

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 109th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
109th	RULES of the COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES together with SELECTED RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Including Clause 2 of House Rule XI) and SELECTED STATUTES OF INTEREST	PDF · Text

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	50	1,267	23	3	26	27	83	773	19
118th2023–2024	51	1,168	19	69	23	61	144	951	9
117th2021–2022	47	1,074	12	67	14	63	109	897	2
116th2019–2020	48	1,002	7	75	10	68	136	900	1
115th2017–2018	47	893	61	114	63	60	112	1,088	2
114th2015–2016	43	683	79	90	83	81	176	1,143	1
113th2013–2014	42	676	36	52	41	51	159	—	1
112th2011–2012	40	630	29	66	36	0	196	—	1
111th2009–2010	45	899	35	88	26	—	163	—	1
110th2007–2008	42	859	46	129	40	—	215	—	1
109th2005–2006	44	703	28	110	33	—	268	—	1
108th2003–2004	50	637	25	104	27	—	285	—	3
107th2001–2002	49	595	14	74	15	—	240	—	4

Membership changes 6

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 109th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jun 29, 2006	Brian P. Bilbray R-CA	Joined	H.Res. 902
Oct 7, 2005	Ginny Brown-Waite R-FL	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H8799
Sep 15, 2005	Jean Schmidt R-OH	Joined	H.Res. 445
Feb 9, 2005	Katherine Harris R-FL	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H419
Feb 2, 2005	John F. Tierney D-MA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H317
Feb 2, 2005	Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC	Joined	H.Res. 62

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