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Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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859 bills referred in the 110th Congress

11,084 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 1,265. 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 110th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 110th Congress 42

Everyone who held a seat in the 110th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Chair
R-VA	Tom DavisLeft Oct 3, 2008	Ranking Member
D-MN	Betty McCollum
R-ID	Bill Sali
D-NY	Brian Higgins
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney
R-UT	Chris Cannon
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen
D-CT	Christopher Murphy
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 Norton
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings
D-CA	Jackie SpeierJoined Jul 15, 2008
D-TN	Jim Cooper
R-OH	Jim JordanJoined May 10, 2007
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth
D-MA	John F. Tierney
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.
R-FL	John L. Mica
R-NY	John M. McHugh
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes
R-TX	Kenny Marchant
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland
R-IN	Mark E. Souder
R-OH	Michael R. Turner
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski
D-NH	Paul W. Hodes
D-VT	Peter Welch
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts
D-CA	Tom LantosLeft Feb 7, 2008
R-NC	Virginia Foxx
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay

Subcommittees, 110th Congress 5

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 110th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 110th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 7335	To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds.	Referred To	Dec 10, 2008
HR 7331	Save America's Cities Act of 2008	Referred To	Dec 10, 2008
S 3681	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5070 Vegas Valley Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the "Joseph A. Ryan Post Office Building".	Referred To	Dec 9, 2008
HR 7313	To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.	Referred To	Dec 9, 2008
HR 7286	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New York, as the "Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building".	Referred To	Nov 19, 2008
HRES 1527	Congratulating the members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams on their success in the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and supporting the selection of Chicago, Illinois, as the site of the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.	Discharged From	Oct 3, 2008
HR 7259	Security Clearance Oversight and Accountability Act	Referred To	Oct 3, 2008
HR 7256	Federal Agency Environmental Procurement Act	Referred To	Oct 3, 2008

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 110th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 110-180	The Role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the Financial Crisis359 pages	Dec 9, 2008
Serial No. 110-194	2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Benefit: What It Means for Federal Employees92 pages	Dec 3, 2008
Serial No. 110-170	Is Treasury Using Bailout Funds to Increase Foreclosure Prevention, as Congress Intended?155 pages	Nov 14, 2008
Serial No. 110-210	Hedge Funds and the Financial Market203 pagesOn S. 17	Nov 13, 2008
Serial No. 110-157	Gaming the Tax Code: the New York Yankees and the City of New York Respond to Questions About the New Yankee Stadium93 pages	Oct 24, 2008
Serial No. 110-209	The Financial Crisis and the Role of Federal Regulators117 pages	Oct 23, 2008
Serial No. 110-155	Credit Rating Agencies and the Financial Crisis215 pages	Oct 22, 2008
Serial No. 110-208	The Causes and Effects of the Aig Bailout171 pages	Oct 7, 2008

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 110th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 110-930	ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS 2007-2008	Jan 2, 2009
H. Rept. 110-858	Misleading Information from the Battlefield: the Tillman and Lynch Episodes	Sep 16, 2008
H. Rept. 110-843	National Capital Security and Safety ActOn H.R. 6842	Sep 15, 2008
H. Rept. 110-810	Reducing Information Control Designations ActOn H.R. 6576	Jul 30, 2008
H. Rept. 110-809	Over-Classification Reduction ActOn H.R. 6575	Jul 30, 2008
H. Rept. 110-782,Part 2	Public Charter Schools Home Rule Act of 2008On H.R. 6322 · Part 2	Jul 28, 2008
H. Rept. 110-782	Public Charter Schools Home Rule Act of 2008On H.R. 6322	Jul 28, 2008
H. Rept. 110-781	Paperwork Assistance ActOn H.R. 6113	Jul 28, 2008

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 110th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
110th	RULES of the COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND 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	1,265	23	3	26	27	83	768	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 4

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 110th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Oct 3, 2008	Tom Davis R-VA	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jul 15, 2008	Jackie Speier D-CA	Joined	H.Res. 1342
Feb 7, 2008	Tom Lantos D-CA	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
May 10, 2007	Jim Jordan R-OH	Joined	H.Res. 393

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