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Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government

Showing the 116th Congress (2019–2020), when this was the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Back to the 119th Congress

213 bills referred in the 116th Congress

2,230 across the 11 Congresses on file, most in the 117th at 376. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 117th

Members

Served in the 116th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 116th Congress

Members, 116th Congress 15

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 116th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Chair
R-LA	Mike Johnson	Ranking Member
R-VA	Ben Cline
R-GA	Doug Collins
D-CA	Eric Swalwell
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler
D-MD	Jamie Raskin
R-OH	Jim Jordan
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong
R-TX	Louie Gohmert
D-PA	Madeleine Dean
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia
D-TX	Veronica Escobar

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 116th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 116th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 5309	CROWN Act of 2020	Discharged From	Sep 14, 2020
HRES 863	Reaffirming the importance of ensuring justice is provided to Malcolm X and the need to reopen the investigation into the assassination of this profound and fearless civil rights leader.	Referred To	Mar 10, 2020
HR 5992	Downwinders Parity Act of 2020	Referred To	Mar 10, 2020
HR 5991	Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act of 2020	Referred To	Mar 10, 2020
HRES 694	Recognizing the importance of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the laws derived therefrom.	Discharged From	Feb 11, 2020
HR 3283	To amend title 4, United States Code, to permit the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.	Discharged From	Feb 11, 2020
HRES 816	Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in.	Referred To	Feb 7, 2020
HR 5665	For the relief of Maria Rose Versace.	Referred To	Feb 7, 2020

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 116th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Oversight of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of JusticeRayburn House Office Building 214127 documents 9 witnesses The Honorable Eric S. Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Mr. Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Mr. Hiram Sasser, Executive General Counsel, First Liberty Institute Ms. Sharon M. McGowan, Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director, Lambda Legal Mr. Sam Mabrouk, Small Business Owner Mr. Michael Waldman, President, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law Ms. Catherine E. Lhamon, Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Ms. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Mr. Jonathan M. Smith, Executive Director, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs	Scheduled	Sep 24, 2020

Hearing	Presidential Clemency and Opportunities for ReformRayburn House Office Building 214121 documents 4 witnesses Ms. Kemba Smith Pradia, Founder, Kemba Smith Foundation Mr. Mark Osler, Professor and Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law Ms. Cynthia Roseberry, Deputy Director, National Policy Advocacy Department, American Civil Liberties Union Ms. Rachel Barkow, Vice Dean and Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy and Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law	Scheduled	Mar 5, 2020

Hearing	The Challenges of Federal Voting Rights EnforcementRayburn House Office Building 2141	Postponed	Mar 3, 2020
Hearing	Citizens United at 10: The Consequences for Democracy and Potential Responses by CongressRayburn House Office Building 214137 documents 6 witnesses The Honorable Pramila Jayapal, Member of Congress Ms. Ellen Weintraub, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission Mr. Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen Mr. Bradley Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, Capital University Law School Ms. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law The Honorable Theodore Deutch, Member of Congress	Scheduled	Feb 6, 2020

Hearing	Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the Voting Rights ActRayburn House Office Building 214128 documents 9 witnesses Mr. Arturo Vargas, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund Mr. Bryan Sells Dr. J.M. (Morgan) Kousser, Professor of History and Social Science The Honorable Terri Sewell, Member of Congress Mr. John Eastman, Henry Salvatori professor of Law and Community Service, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Mr. John Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Mr. Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal and Educational Fund Mr. Bryan Tyson Mr. Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund	Scheduled	Oct 17, 2019

Hearing	Congressional Authority to Protect Voting Rights After Shelby County v. HolderRayburn House Office Building 223721 documents 6 witnesses Ms. Kira Romero-Craft, Managing Attorney, Latino Justice, PRLDEF Mr. Michael Morley, Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Law Ms. Franita Tolson, Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law Mr. Debo Adegbile Mr. Justin Levitt, Associate Dean for Research Professor of Law and Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Mr. Joe Rich, Former Chief, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice	Scheduled	Sep 24, 2019

Hearing	Presidential Corruption: Emoluments and Profiting Off the PresidencyRayburn House Office Building 2141	Postponed	Sep 23, 2019
Hearing	Evidence of Current and Ongoing Voting DiscriminationRayburn House Office Building 214123 documents 6 witnesses J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation Ms. Natalie Landreth, Senior Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund Mr. Dale Ho, Director, Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Ms. Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Ms. Myrna Perez, Director, Voting Rights and Elections Program, Brennan Center for Justice Mr. Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP	Scheduled	Sep 10, 2019

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	Meetings
119th2025–2026, sitting	17	0	0	0	11
118th2023–2024	16	0	0	0	12
117th2021–2022	12	376	0	0	22
116th2019–2020	15	213	0	2	18
115th2017–2018	10	249	0	2	12
114th2015–2016	8	264	0	3	12
113th2013–2014	15	237	3	2	8
112th2011–2012	10	203	0	0	0
111th2009–2010	17	174	2	1	—
110th2007–2008	13	139	2	3	—
109th2005–2006	13	110	2	1	—
108th2003–2004	13	145	6	1	—
107th2001–2002	12	120	5	4	—

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Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 112th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. A subcommittee's referrals are recorded against it separately from its parent's, so the two lists do not add up. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.