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1,063 bills referred in the 113th 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 113th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 113th Congress

Members, 113th Congress 43

Everyone who held a seat in the 113th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Chair
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Ranking Member
R-TX	Blake Farenthold
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond
R-CA	Darrell Issa
D-RI	David N. CicillineJoined Jan 16, 2014
R-GA	Doug Collins
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
R-NC	George Holding
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
R-NC	Howard Coble
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz
R-MO	Jason SmithJoined Jun 12, 2013
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler
R-OH	Jim Jordan
D-FL	Joe Garcia
D-CA	Judy Chu
D-CA	Karen Bass
R-PA	Keith J. RothfusLeft Apr 16, 2013
R-TX	Lamar Smith
R-TX	Louie Gohmert
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez
R-NV	Mark E. AmodeiLeft Dec 11, 2013
D-NC	Melvin L. WattLeft Dec 12, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
R-FL	Ron DeSantis
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee
R-AL	Spencer Bachus
R-OH	Steve Chabot
D-TN	Steve Cohen
R-IA	Steve King
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene
R-TX	Ted Poe
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch
R-PA	Tom Marino
R-AZ	Trent Franks
R-SC	Trey Gowdy
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren

Subcommittees, 113th Congress 8

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 113th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 113th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 1575	Kelsey Smith Act	Discharged From	Jan 2, 2015
HR 5893	Ansel Adams Act	Referred To	Jan 2, 2015
HR 5889	Justifiable Homicide Accuracy in Reporting Act of 2014	Referred To	Jan 2, 2015
HR 4296	To amend Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands.	Discharged From	Dec 22, 2014
HR 5865	CAM Act of 2014	Referred To	Dec 18, 2014
HR 5801	Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2014	Referred To	Dec 18, 2014
HR 5800	Secure Data Act of 2014	Referred To	Dec 18, 2014
HR 5791	FINER Act of 2014	Referred To	Dec 18, 2014

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 113th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	President Obama's Executive Overreach on ImmigrationRayburn House Office Building 21413 documents	Scheduled	Dec 2, 2014

Hearing	Oversight of United States Secret ServiceRayburn House Office Building 21413 documents	Scheduled	Nov 19, 2014

Hearing	Abuse of USPTO’s Telework Program: Ensuring Oversight, Accountability and QualityRayburn House Office Building 21413 documents	Scheduled	Nov 18, 2014

Markup	Vote to close to the public a portion of the Full Committee hearing on November 19, 2014 entitled “Oversight of the United States Secret Service”; H.R. 5441, To amend the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the Armed Forces of the United States; and, H.R. 5683, To ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal Government actions by amending the prohibition on the exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Courts of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courtsRayburn House Office Building 21417 documents	Scheduled	Nov 13, 2014

Hearing	Access to Justice?: Does DOJ's Office of Inspector General have Access to Information Needed to Conduct Proper Oversight?Rayburn House Office Building 21413 documents	Scheduled	Sep 9, 2014

Hearing	Over-Criminalization Task Force: The Crimes on the Books and Committee JurisdictionRayburn House Office Building 22375 documents	Scheduled	Jul 25, 2014

Markup	H. Res. 646, Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any emails in the possession of the Department of Justice that were transmitted to or from the email account(s) of former Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois Lerner between January 2009 and April 2011; and, H.R. 744, the “STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013”Rayburn House Office Building 21418 documents	Scheduled	Jul 16, 2014

Hearing	Over-Criminalization Task Force: Collateral ConsequencesRayburn House Office Building 22373 documents	Scheduled	Jun 26, 2014

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 113th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 113-122	Impact on Local Communities of the Release of Unaccompanied Alien Minors and the Need for Consultation and Notification132 pagesOn H.R. 15, H.R. 5129, H.R. 5138, H.R. 5409 8 witnesses The Honorable Lou Barletta, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania The Honorable Adrian Smith, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nebraska The Honorable Pete Olson, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas The Honorable Joseph Crowley, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York Leonard Scarcella, Mayor of Stafford, Texas Jessica M. Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies Thomas M. Hodgson, Sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts Kristyn Peck, Associate Director of Children's Services, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops	Dec 10, 2014
Serial No. 113-121	Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013126 pagesOn H.R. 917 4 witnesses The Honorable Steve King, a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa The Honorable Zoe Lofgren, a Representative in Congress from the State of California The Honorable Julie A. Robinson, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Kansas, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States Mickey H. Osterreicher, General Counsel, National Press Photographers Association	Dec 3, 2014
Serial No. 113-120	President Obama's Executive Overreach on Immigration195 pagesOn H.R. 15, S. 744 4 witnesses Ronald D. Rotunda, Doy and Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law Jay Alan Sekulow, Chief Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Marielena Hincapiee, Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center	Dec 2, 2014
Serial No. 113-119	Copyright Issues in Education and for the Visually Impaired129 pagesOn H.R. 3505, S. 2060 4 witnesses Jack Bernard, Associate General Counsel, University of Michigan Allan Robert Adler, General Counsel, Association of American Publishers Scott C. LaBarre, State President, Colorado National Federation for the Blind Roy S. Kaufman, Managing Director, New Ventures, Copyright Clearance Center	Nov 19, 2014
Serial No. 113-118	United States Secret Service48 pages 1 witness The Honorable Joseph P. Clancy, Acting Director, United States Secret Service	Nov 19, 2014
Serial No. 113-116	U.S. Copyright Office128 pages 1 witness The Honorable Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights and Director U.S. Copyright Office	Sep 18, 2014
Serial No. 113-109	Drug Enforcement Administration59 pagesOn H.R. 4299, H.R. 4709, H.R. 4771 1 witness The Honorable Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration	Sep 18, 2014
Serial No. 113-115	Chapter 12 of Title 17138 pagesOn H.R. 1892 4 witnesses Mark Richert, Director of Public Policy, American Foundation for the Blind Jonathan Zuck, President, ACT l The App Association Christian Genetski, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Entertainment Software Association Corynne McSherry, Intellectual Property Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation	Sep 17, 2014

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 113th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 113-682	ACTIVITY REPORT of the COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY of the UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the period JANUARY 3, 2013 THROUGH DECEMBER 15, 2014	Dec 22, 2014
H. Rept. 113-678	Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement ActOn H.R. 2278	Dec 16, 2014
H. Rept. 113-677	Legal Workforce ActOn H.R. 1772	Dec 16, 2014
H. Rept. 113-676	Supplying Knowledge-Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas ActOn H.R. 2131	Dec 15, 2014
H. Rept. 113-675	Searching for and Cutting Regulations That Are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014On H.R. 4874	Dec 12, 2014
H. Rept. 113-674	Agricultural Guestworker ActOn H.R. 1773	Dec 12, 2014
H. Rept. 113-673	Protecting the Homeland ActOn H.R. 5401	Dec 12, 2014
H. Rept. 113-658	Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014On H.R. 5402	Dec 11, 2014

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 113th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
H. Prt. 113-9	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 113-8	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 113-7	Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 113-6	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 113-3	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 113-2	Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 113-10	Federal Rules of Evidence	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 113-1	Federal Rules of Appellate 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 5

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 113th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jan 16, 2014	David N. Cicilline D-RI	Joined	H.Res. 460
Dec 12, 2013	Melvin L. Watt D-NC	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Dec 11, 2013	Mark E. Amodei R-NV	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H7638
Jun 12, 2013	Jason Smith R-MO	Joined	H.Res. 257
Apr 16, 2013	Keith J. Rothfus R-PA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H2033

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