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Showing the 109th Congress (2005–2006). Back to the 119th Congress

1,108 bills referred in the 109th 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 109th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 109th Congress 41

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-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Chair
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Ranking Member
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff
D-WA	Adam SmithJoined Feb 9, 2005 · Left Jun 8, 2005
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner
D-MA	Bill Delahunt
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte
R-SC	Bob Inglis
R-UT	Chris Cannon
D-MD	Chris Van HollenJoined Feb 9, 2005
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren
R-CA	Darrell Issa
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman SchultzJoined Jun 8, 2005
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	Lamar Smith
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez
R-TX	Louie Gohmert
R-WI	Mark Green
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan
D-CA	Maxine Waters
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
R-FL	Tom Feeney
R-AZ	Trent Franks
R-TN	William L. Jenkins
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren

Subcommittees, 109th Congress 6

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 2567	Antifreeze Bittering Act of 2006	Discharged From	Dec 9, 2006
HR 3509	Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006	Reported By	Dec 9, 2006
HR 6430	Northern Border Travel Facilitation Act	Referred To	Dec 8, 2006
HRES 1106	Articles of Impeachment against George Walker Bush, President of the United States of America, and other officials, for high crimes and misdemeanors.	Referred To	Dec 8, 2006
HR 6427	To increase the amount in certain funding agreements relating to patents and nonprofit organizations to be used for scientific research, development, and education, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Dec 8, 2006
HR 6418	Nursing Relief Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 7, 2006
HR 6411	Jeremy Bell Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 7, 2006
HR 6412	Suzanne Gonzales Suicide Promotion Punishment and Prevention Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 7, 2006

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

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 109-156	Arbitration Process of the National Football League Players Association163 pages 4 witnesses Professor Richard Karcher, Director, Center for Law and Sports, Florida Coastal School of Law Mr. LaVar Arrington, Linebacker, New York Giants Mr. Richard Berthelsen, General Counsel, National Football League Players Association Larry Friedman, Esquire, Managing Director, Friedman & Feiger, LLP, Dallas, TX	Dec 7, 2006
Serial No. 109-159	Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program: Are We Fulfilling the Promise We Made to These Cold War Veterans When We Created This Program? (Part V)238 pagesOn H.R. 5840 3 witnesses Mr. Shelby Hallmark, Director for the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor Mr. John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Mr. Daniel Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office	Dec 5, 2006
Serial No. 109-157	Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program: Are We Fulfilling the Promise We Made to These Cold War Veterans When We Created This Program? (Part IV)612 pagesOn H.R. 5840 4 witnesses Mr. Laurence Fuortes, M.D., Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa Mr. John Mauro, Project Manager, Dose Reconstruction Consulting Services, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Under EEOICPA, Sanford Cohen & Associates Ms. Kathy Bates, Surviving Claimant Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act Mr. Richard Miller, Senior Policy Analyst Government Accountability Project	Nov 15, 2006
Serial No. 109-154	Preventing Harassment Through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act34 pagesOn H.R. 5126, H.R. 5304, H.R. 5672 4 witnesses The Honorable Tim Murphy, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania Mr. Barry Sabin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice Mr. James Martin, President and Founder, 60 Plus Association Mr. Phil Kiko, General Counsel and Chief of Staff, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives	Nov 15, 2006
Serial No. 109-152	Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project for the 21st Century104 pages 3 witnesses Morton Rosenberg, Esq., Specialist in American Public Law, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC Curtis Copeland, Ph.D., Specialist in American National Government, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC T.J. Halstead, Esq., Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC	Nov 14, 2006
Serial No. 109-158	Legal Services Corporation Improvement Act146 pagesOn H.R. 5974, H.R. 6101 3 witnesses Mr. Richard ``Kirt'' West, Inspector General, Legal Services Corporation Mr. David C. Williams, Inspector General, The United States Post Office Mr. Frank Strickland, Chairman of the Board, Legal Services Corporation	Sep 26, 2006
—	Need for European Assistance to Colombia for the Fight Against Illicit Drugs74 pages	Sep 21, 2006
Serial No. 109-141	Impeaching Manuel L. Real, a Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors176 pagesOn H.Res. 916 1 witness Panel One: The Honorable Manuel L. Real, United States District Judge for the Central District of California	Sep 21, 2006

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

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 109-749	REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES during the ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS pursuant to Clause 1(d) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives	Jan 2, 2007
H. Rept. 109-728	Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006On H.R. 3509	Dec 8, 2006
H. Rept. 109-715	Physicians for Underserved Areas ActOn H.R. 4997	Dec 5, 2006
H. Rept. 109-680,Part 2	Electronic Surveillance Modernization ActOn H.R. 5825 · Part 2	Sep 25, 2006
H. Rept. 109-675	Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2005On H.R. 2840	Sep 25, 2006
H. Rept. 109-673	Pilot Programs for Patent JudgesOn H.R. 5418	Sep 21, 2006
H. Rept. 109-672	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006On H.R. 5092	Sep 21, 2006
H. Rept. 109-664,Part 2	Amending Title 10, United States Code, to Authorize Trial by Military Commission for Violations of the Law of War, and for Other PurposesOn H.R. 6054 · Part 2	Sep 15, 2006

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

Print	Title	Text
H. Prt. 109-9	Federal Rules of Evidence	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 109-8	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 109-7	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Forms December 1, 2006	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 109-5	Plane Clothes: Lack of Anonymity at the Federal Air Marshal Service Compromises Aviation and National Security Investigate Report by the Committee on the Judiciary	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 109-4	Federal Rules of Evidence	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 109-4	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 109-3	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 109-2	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure	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

Membership changes 4

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 8, 2005	Adam Smith D-WA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H4208
Jun 8, 2005	Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL	Joined	H.Res. 307
Feb 9, 2005	Adam Smith D-WA	Joined	H.Res. 74
Feb 9, 2005	Chris Van Hollen D-MD	Joined	H.Res. 74

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