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Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee

House Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance

0 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

4,352 across the 11 Congresses on file, most in the 117th at 670. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 117th

Members
12

Seated in the 119th Congress

Meetings
14

Hearings and business meetings in the 119th Congress

Members 12

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. Every Congress on file.

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. Every Congress on file.

KindSubjectStatusDate
HearingA Fine Scheme: How Court-Imposed Fees and Fines Unjustly Burden Vulnerable CommunitiesRayburn House Office Building 2141ScheduledJul 27, 2021
MeetingFacial Recognition Technology: Examining Its Use by Law Enforcement
8 witnesses
  • Mr. Barry Friedman, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Policing Project, New York University School of Law
  • Mr. Robert Williams
  • Ms. Kara Frederick, Research Fellow, Center for Technology and Policy, The Heritage Foundation
  • Mr. Bertram Lee, Media and Tech Policy Counsel, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Ms. Jennifer Laurin, The Wright C. Morrow Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
  • Mr. Brett Tolman, Executive Director, Right on Crime
  • Dr. Cedric Alexander, Former Public Safety Director, Dekalb County, Georgia and Former Member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing
  • Dr. Gretta Goodwin, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government Accountability Office
ScheduledJul 13, 2021
HearingUndoing the Damage of the War on Drugs: A Renewed Call for Sentencing ReformRayburn House Office Building 2141
7 witnesses
  • Rachel Barkow, Vice Dean and Charles Seligson Professor of Law Faculty Director, NYU
  • William Underwood, Senior Fellow, The Sentencing Project
  • Kyana Givens, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of North Carolina
  • Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance
  • Marta Nelson, Director, Government Strategy, Advocacy and Partnerships Department, Vera Institute of Justice
  • Jillian Snider, Director, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties, R Street Institute
  • John Malcolm, Vice President, Institute for Constitutional Government, The Heritage Foundation
ScheduledJun 17, 2021
HearingAn Unending Crisis: Essential Steps to Reducing Gun Violence and Mass ShootingsRayburn House Office Building 2141
5 witnesses
  • The Honorable Vikki Goodwin, Member of the House of Representative, State of Texas
  • Fred Guttenberg, Author and Gun Safety Advocate
  • J. Skaggs, Chief Counsel and Policy Director, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
  • Michael Grady, Senior Pastor, Prince of Peace Christian Fellowhship
  • Dianna Muller, Founder, The DC Project
ScheduledMay 20, 2021
HearingJuvenile Justice Pipeline and the Road Back to IntegrationRayburn House Office Building 2141
5 witnesses
  • Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative
  • Marsha Levick, Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer, Juvenile Law Center
  • Brett Peterson, Director, Utah Division of Juvenile Justice Services
  • Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies
  • Aaron Toleafoa, Chair, Emerging Leaders Committee
ScheduledMay 13, 2021
HearingFrom Miranda to Gideon: A Call for Pretrial ReformRayburn House Office Building WEBEX
7 witnesses
  • Premal Dharia, Institute to End Mass Incarceration
  • Reuben Cahn, Keller/Anderle LLP
  • April Camara, National Legal Aid and Defender Association
  • Anthony Graves, Harris County Public Defender's Office
  • June Rodgers, The Victims Rights Reform Council
  • Michele Hanisee, Association of Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles
  • Barry Scheck, Innocence Project
ScheduledMar 26, 2021
HearingControlled Substances: Federal Policies and EnforcementRayburn House Office Building 2141
4 witnesses
  • Dr. Katharine Neill Harris, Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
  • Nicole Austin-Hillery, Executive Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch
  • Derek Maltz, Former Special Agent in Charge, DEA's Special Operations Division
  • Howard Henderson, Founding Director, Center for Justice Research, Texas Southern University Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance, The Brookings Institution
ScheduledMar 11, 2021
HearingThe Rise of Domestic Terrorism in AmericaRayburn House Office Building 2141
4 witnesses
  • Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Michael German, Brennan Center for Juctice
  • Malcolm Nance, Founder and Executive Director, Terror Asymmetrics Project
  • Andy Ngo, Editor-at-Large, The Post Millennial
ScheduledFeb 24, 2021

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.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawMeetings
119th2025–2026, sitting1300014
118th2023–20241600018
117th2021–2022226700616
116th2019–2020244610812
115th2017–20181953401816
114th2015–2016165160147
113th2013–2014154090114
112th2011–201223284050
111th2009–20101731238—
110th2007–2008173112713—
109th2005–200616249153—
108th2003–2004133131211—
107th2001–200212293172—

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