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1,025 bills referred in the 108th Congress

18,160 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 2,246. 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 108th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 108th Congress 37

Everyone who held a seat in the 108th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Joined Jun 20, 2003	Chair
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Ranking Member
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner
D-MA	Bill Delahunt
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte
R-UT	Chris Cannon
R-CA	Elton Gallegly
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde
R-NC	Howard Coble
D-CA	Howard L. Berman
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes
R-AZ	Jeff Flake
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler
R-IN	John N. Hostettler
R-TX	John R. Carter
R-TX	Lamar Smith
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez
R-WI	Mark Green
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan
D-CA	Maxine Waters
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt
R-IN	Mike Pence
R-FL	Ric Keller
D-VA	Rick Boucher
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
D-FL	Robert Wexler
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee
R-AL	Spencer Bachus
R-OH	Steve Chabot
R-IA	Steve King
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin
R-FL	Tom Feeney
R-TN	William L. Jenkins
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren

Subcommittees, 108th Congress 6

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 108th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 108th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HRES 873	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the terms of the Commissioners of the United States Commission on Civil Rights are staggered, beginning and ending upon the expiration date of the vacant position, and that Commissioners appointed to fill unexpired terms should serve only until the expiration date of the term for which they were appointed to finish, but may be eligible to be appointed to a new, subsequent term.	Referred To	Dec 7, 2004
HR 5430	Smarter Funding for all of America's Homeland Security Act of 2004	Referred To	Dec 7, 2004
HR 5428	To amend the Federal Charter of the Boy Scouts of America in title 36, United States Code, to ratify the authority of the Secretary of Defense and military installations and units of the Armed Forces to officially sponsor units of the Boy Scouts of America serving dependents of members of the Armed Forces and to make facilities of the Department of Defense available for Boy Scout meetings and activities, such as national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.	Referred To	Dec 6, 2004
HR 5427	Jobs Investment Act of 2004	Referred To	Dec 6, 2004
S 3028	Controlled Substances Export Reform Act of 2004	Referred To	Nov 24, 2004
HR 5423	For the relief of Rosario Amato and Salvatore Amato.	Referred To	Nov 24, 2004
S 2154	Dru's Law	Referred To	Nov 20, 2004
S 2668	A bill for the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete.	Referred To	Nov 19, 2004

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 108th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
—	`notice' Provision in the Pigford V. Glickman Consent Decree306 pagesOn H.R. 169 4 witnesses Mr. J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, Pettaway & Campbell, L.L.C., Class Counsel, Pigford v. Glickman Ms. Jeanne C. Finegan, APR, Consultant to Poorman-Douglas Corporation (Court-Appointed Facilitator, Pigford v. Glickman) for Communications and Public Relations, and formerly Vice- President and Director of Huntington Legal Advertising, a division of Poorman-Douglas Corporation Mr. Thomas Burrell, Farmer Ms. Bernice Atchison, Farmer	Nov 18, 2004
—	Federal Offender Reentry and Protecting Children from Criminal Recidivists57 pagesOn H.R. 3575, H.R. 4150, H.R. 4676, H.R. 5075 4 witnesses The Honorable Rob Portman, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio The Honorable Katherine Harris, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida Mr. Ashbel T. Wall, II, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections Ms. Malika Saada Saar, Executive Director, Rebecca Project for Human Rights	Oct 7, 2004
—	Presidential Succession Act65 pagesOn H.R. 2749, H.R. 2844, S. 148, S. 2073, S.Res. 419 4 witnesses Mr. Thomas H. Neale, Project Management Coordinator, Government and Finance, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress Mr. Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School Mr. M. Miller Baker, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery The Honorable Brad Sherman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California	Oct 6, 2004
—	Peer-To-Peer Piracy on University Campuses: an Update60 pages	Oct 5, 2004
—	Status of the Implementation of the Pigford V. Glickman Settlement1,674 pages 4 witnesses Mr. Phillip J. Haynie, II, Haynie Farms, LLC Ms. Randi Ilyse Roth, Monitor, Pigford v. Glickman Mr. Michael K. Lewis, Adjudicator, Pigford v. Glickman Mr. Alexander Pires, Class Counsel, Pigford v. Glickman	Sep 28, 2004
—	Due Process and the NCAA254 pages 3 witnesses Mr. Jeremy Bloom, U.S. Olympic Skier and former University of Colorado Football Player Ms. Jo Potuto, Vice Chair, NCAA Committee on Infractions Mr. B. David Ridpath, Assistant Professor, Sport Administration, Mississippi State University	Sep 14, 2004
—	Constitution Restoration Act of 2004134 pagesOn H.J.Res. 46, H.R. 1693, H.R. 3799, H.Res. 3799, S. 1558 4 witnesses Mr. Michael J. Gerhardt, Professor of Law, The College of William & Mary, School of Law Mr. Arthur D. Hellman, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law The Honorable William E. Dannemeyer, Member of Congress, 1979-92 The Honorable Roy S. Moore, Foundation for Moral Law, Inc.	Sep 13, 2004
—	Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission116 pagesOn H.R. 338, H.R. 2429, H.R. 3281, H.R. 3352, H.R. 4140 and 9 more 4 witnesses Mr. Christopher Kojm, Deputy Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (``9/11 Commission'') Mr. John S. Pistole, Executive Assistant Director, Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. John O. Brennan, Director, Terrorist Threat Integration Center Mr. Gregory T. Nojeim, Associate Director and Chief Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union	Aug 23, 2004

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 108th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 108-805	REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES during the ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS pursuant to Clause 1(d) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives	Jan 3, 2005
H. Rept. 108-776	Relief of MRS. Florence NarusewiczOn H.R. 710	Nov 17, 2004
H. Rept. 108-756	Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2004On H.R. 4264	Oct 7, 2004
H. Rept. 108-747	Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2003On H.R. 775	Oct 6, 2004
H. Rept. 108-732	Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004On S. 1194	Oct 5, 2004
H. Rept. 108-731	To Amend Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to Improve the Process for Verifying an Individual's Eligibility for EmploymentOn H.R. 4306	Oct 5, 2004
H. Rept. 108-730	To Improve Access to Physicians in Medically Underserved AreasOn H.R. 4453	Oct 5, 2004
H. Rept. 108-724,Part VI	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActOn H.R. 10 · Part 6	Oct 4, 2004

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 108th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
H. Prt. 108-8	Federal Rules of Evidence	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 108-7	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 108-6	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 108-5	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure	PDF · Text
108th	EXPLANATION OF H.R. 4319 To Complete the Codification of Title 46, United States Code, ``Shipping'', as Positive Law Background This bill is a joint product of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives and the Department of Transportation. On November 10, 2002, the Secretary of Transportation transmitted to Congress proposed legislation to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code. The Secretary's transmittal was referred to the Committee on the...	PDF · Text
108th	DESCRIPTION OF H.R. 4320, TO ENACT TITLE 41, UNITED STATES CODE, "PUBLIC CONTRACTS" General Explanation Purpose.--The purpose of the bill is to revise and restate, without substantive change, certain general and permanent laws related to public contracts, and to enact the restatement of those laws as title 41, United States Code. The bill was prepared by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives as part of its functions under section 285b of title 2, United...	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	45	2,246	43	6	43	32	78	262	6
118th2023–2024	49	1,984	45	13	49	49	105	324	11
117th2021–2022	44	1,917	68	24	68	39	78	317	13
116th2019–2020	42	1,724	61	31	63	63	109	340	11
115th2017–2018	46	1,516	55	41	56	66	68	404	10
114th2015–2016	39	1,296	50	28	51	49	98	398	10
113th2013–2014	43	1,063	53	27	55	41	121	—	11
112th2011–2012	41	984	87	40	91	1	157	—	11
111th2009–2010	43	1,125	50	42	44	—	158	—	13
110th2007–2008	41	1,177	93	52	84	—	212	—	8
109th2005–2006	41	1,108	102	29	88	—	157	—	13
108th2003–2004	37	1,025	111	54	103	—	87	—	6
107th2001–2002	41	995	106	53	102	—	1	—	0

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