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Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government

Showing the 117th Congress (2021–2022), when this was the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Back to the 119th Congress

376 bills referred in the 117th Congress

2,230 across the 11 Congresses on file, more in this Congress than in any other. 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 117th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress

Members, 117th Congress 12

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 117th 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
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Vice Chair
R-UT	Burgess Owens
R-TX	Chip Roy
D-MO	Cori Bush
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
D-MD	Jamie Raskin
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia
R-CA	Tom McClintock

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 117th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 7984	To nullify Executive Order 14019 relating to promoting voter access.	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022
HR 7959	NO VOTE for Noncitizens Act of 2022	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022
HRES 1155	Expressing support for contraceptive rights and access in the United States and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding comprehensive reproductive health care.	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022
HR 7948	To require any entity established to develop congressional redistricting plans for a State to hold public hearings at which individuals who are members of communities of interest have a meaningful opportunity to express their views on proposed redistricting plans, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022
HR 7928	Consent is Key Act	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022
HR 7920	Stealthing Act of 2022	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022
HR 7906	To establish a civil action for disqualification under section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022
HR 7905	Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022	Referred To	Nov 1, 2022

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Examining Civil Rights Litigation Reform, Part 2: State and Local Government Employer LiabilityRayburn House Office Building 21411 document	Scheduled	Jun 9, 2022

Hearing	Examining Potential Reforms of Emergency PowersRayburn House Office Building 214113 documents 4 witnesses Ms. Elizabeth Goitein, Director, Liberty & National Security, Brennan Center for Justice Mr. Soren Dayton, Policy Advocate, Protect Democracy Mr. GianCarlo Canaparo, Senior Legal Fellow, Meese Center, The Heritage Foundation Mr. Joel W. McCleary, Managing Partner, Four Seasons Ventures LLC	Scheduled	May 17, 2022

Hearing	Enhancing the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938Rayburn House Office Building 214113 documents 4 witnesses Dr. Jacob R. Straus, Specialist on the Congress, Congressional Research Service Mr. Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, Government Affairs Manager, Project On Government Oversight Mr. Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law; Director, Environmental Law Advocacy Center, The George Washington University Law School Mr. Nick Robinson, Senior Legal Advisor, U.S. Program, International Center for Not-For-Profit Law	Scheduled	Apr 5, 2022

Hearing	Examining Civil Rights Litigation Reform, Part 1: Qualified ImmunityRayburn House Office Building 214126 documents 8 witnesses The Honorable Jon O. Newman, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Mr. Alexander A. Reinert, Max Freund Professor of Litigation & Advocacy Director, Center for Rights and Justice, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Ms. Tiffany R. Wright, Affiliated Faculty, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center Howard University Mr. Rafael A. Mangual, Senior Fellow and Head of Research, Policing & Public Safety Initiative Contributing Editor, City Journal, Manhattan Institute Mr. Jay Schweikert, Research Fellow, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute Mr. Arthur Ago, Director, Criminal Justice Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Mr. William J. Johnson, Executive Director and General Counsel, National Association of Police Organizations Mr. Frederick L. Thomas, National President, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives	Scheduled	Mar 31, 2022

Hearing	Examining Civil Rights Litigation Reform, Part 1: Qualified ImmunityRayburn House Office Building 2141	Rescheduled	Mar 30, 2022
Meeting	Discrimination and the Civil Rights of the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian American CommunitiesRayburn House Office Building 214136 documents 12 witnesses Ms. Annetta Seecharran, Executive Director, Chhaya Community Development Corporation The Honorable André Carson, Member of Congress The Honorable Judy Chu, Member of Congress The Honorable Pramila Jayapal, Member of Congress The Honorable Ilhan Omar, Member of Congress Ms. Maya Berry, Executive Director, Arab American Institute Ms. Zulfat Suara, Council Member At Large, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Ms. Asra Nomani, Vice President for Strategy and Investigations, Parents Defending Education Mr. Hammad Alam, Staff Attorney and Program Manager, National Security and Civil Rights, Asian Law Caucus Asian Americans Advancing Justice Mr. Devon Westhill, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity Ms. Amrith Kaur Aakre, Legal Director, The Sikh Coalition Ms. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar; and Clinical Professor of Law, Penn State Law	Scheduled	Mar 1, 2022

Hearing	Examining the History and Importance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”Rayburn House Office Building ZOOM VIDEO23 documents 8 witnesses The Honorable James Clyburn, Member of Congress Mr. Leon W. Russell, Chair, National Board of Directors, NAACP Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs, National Museum of African American History & Culture Smithsonian Institution Dr. Naomi Andre, Professor, Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Women's Studies, University of Michigan Mr. Clarence Henderson, President, Frederick Douglass Foundation of North Carolina Dr. Shana L. Redmond, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Mr. Lloyd Washington, President, Durkeeville Historical Society Museum Ms. Melanie Edwards, Office of Government and Community Affairs, Columbia University	Scheduled	Feb 4, 2022

Hearing	Voter Suppression and Continuing Threats to DemocracyCapitol ZOOM VIDEO43 documents 9 witnesses Mr. Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Mr. Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP Ms. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Mr. Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Mr. Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Ms. Maureen Riordan, Litigation Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation Mr. T. Russell Nobile, Senior Attorney, Judicial Watch, Inc. Ms. Helen Butler, Executive Director, Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda Mr. Domingo Garcia, National President, League of United Latin American Citizens	Scheduled	Jan 20, 2022

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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