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Ways and Means Committee

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Committee on Ways and Means

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2,581 bills referred in the 112th Congress

23,960 across the 13 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 119th

Members

Served in the 112th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 112th Congress 39

Everyone who held a seat in the 112th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-MI	Dave Camp	Chair
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Ranking Member
R-IL	Aaron Schock
R-NE	Adrian Smith
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
R-NY	Christopher J. LeeLeft Feb 9, 2011
R-WA	David G. Reichert
R-NV	Dean HellerLeft May 5, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes
R-TN	Diane Black
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer
R-MN	Erik Paulsen
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark
R-KY	Geoff DavisLeft Jul 31, 2012
R-PA	Jim Gerlach
D-WA	Jim McDermott
D-CT	John B. Larson
D-GA	John Lewis
D-NY	Joseph Crowley
R-TX	Kenny MarchantJoined Mar 15, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins
D-CA	Mike Thompson
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam
D-MA	Richard E. Neal
R-ND	Rick Berg
D-WI	Ron Kind
R-TX	Sam Johnson
D-NV	Shelley Berkley
R-GA	Tom Price
R-NY	Tom ReedJoined Jun 14, 2011
R-FL	Vern Buchanan
R-CA	Wally Herger
D-CA	Xavier Becerra

Subcommittees, 112th Congress 6

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 112th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 112th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 6659	Urban Recovery and Growth Act	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6658	Urban Competitiveness Act	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6660	Personal Holding Company Tax Parity and Reinvestment Act	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6662	To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program to study alternatives to the current system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including systems based on the number of miles traveled by each vehicle.	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6666	Healthy Communities through Helping to Offer Incentives and Choices to Everyone in Society Act	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6655	Protect our Kids Act of 2012	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6663	To permanently extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6653	Independent Contractor Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2012	Referred To	Dec 12, 2012

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 112th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
—	Proposal to Reduce Child Deaths Due to Maltreatment97 pagesOn H.R. 16, H.R. 3653 4 witnesses The Honorable Bill Frenzel Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution (former Member of Congress; former Chairman, Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care) Testimony Teresa Huizar Executive Director, National Children's Alliance (NCA) Testimony Madeline McClure Executive Director, TexProtects (The Texas Association for the Protection of Children) Testimony David Sanders, Ph.D. Executive Vice President of Systems Improvement, Casey Family Programs Testimony	Dec 12, 2012
—	Medicare Health Plans115 pages 6 witnesses James Cosgrove, Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Testimony James Capretta, Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Testimony Karen Ignagni, President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Health Insurance Plans, Testimony Tim Schwab, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, SCAN Health Plan, Testimony John Tallent, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans, Testimony Marsha Gold, Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Testimony	Sep 21, 2012
Serial No. 112-29	Tax Reform and the Tax Treatment of Capital Gains162 pages 5 witnesses Mr. David H. Brockway, Partner, Bingham McCutchen, LLP Dr. Lawrence B. Lindsey, President & CEO, The Lindsey Group Dr. Leonard E. Burman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Public Affairs at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University Mr. David L. Verrill, Founder and Managing Director, Hub Angels Investment Group, LLC Mr. William D. Stanfill, General Partner, Montegra Capital Income Fund, Founding Partner, TrailHead Ventures, L.P	Sep 20, 2012
—	Benefits of Expanding U.S. Services Trade Through an International Services Agreement106 pages 6 witnesses Ambassador Michael Punke, Deputy United States Trade Representative and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Testimony Dr. J. Bradford Jensen, Professor of Economics and International Business, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Testimony Mr. Thomas Klein, President, Sabre Holdings, Testimony Mr. Karl Fessenden, Vice President, Power Generation Services, GE Energy, Testimony Mr. Charles Lake, Chairman, Aflac Japan, Testimony Mr. Daniel Brutto*, President, UPS International, Testimony	Sep 20, 2012
—	Fifth in a Hearing Series on Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program162 pages 6 witnesses Richard Burkhauser, Ph.D., Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute David C. Stapleton, Ph.D., Director, Center for Studying Disability Policy, Mathematica Policy Research Marty Ford, Director of Public Policy, The Arc of the United States, on behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Social Security Task Force Daniel Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office Jill Houghton, Executive Director, U.S. Business Leadership Network Nadine Vogel, Founder and President, Springboard Consulting, Mendham, New Jersey, on behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management	Sep 14, 2012
—	Hearing on Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges and Related Provisions127 pages 5 witnesses The Honorable Michael Consedine, Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner, Department of Insurance E. Neil Trautwein, Vice President, Employee Benefits Policy Counsel, National Retail Federation Daniel T. Durham, Executive Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, America's Health Insurance Plans James F. Blumstein, University Professor of Constitutional Law and Health Law & Policy, Vanderbilt Law School Heather Howard, Director, State Health Reform Assistance Network, Lecturer In Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University	Sep 12, 2012
—	Hearing on the Direct Deposit of Social Security Benefits87 pages 4 witnesses Richard Gregg, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury Theresa Gruber, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Social Security Administration Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., Inspector General, Social Security Administration Margot Saunders, Counsel, National Consumer Law Center	Sep 12, 2012
—	Internal Revenue Service's Implementation and Administration of the Democrats' Health Care Law93 pages 1 witness Steven T. Miller, Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, Testimony	Sep 11, 2012

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 112th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 112-677,Part 1	Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services Relating to Waiver and Expenditure Authority Under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with Respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ProgramOn H.J.Res. 118	Sep 18, 2012
H. Rept. 112-632	Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012On H.R. 6156	Jul 31, 2012
H. Rept. 112-556	REPORT ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS during the 112TH CONGRESS As of May 31, 2012	Jun 28, 2012
H. Rept. 112-517	Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012On H.R. 5858	Jun 5, 2012
H. Rept. 112-516	Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2012On H.R. 5842	Jun 5, 2012
H. Rept. 112-515	Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act of 2012On H.R. 1004	Jun 5, 2012
H. Rept. 112-514	Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2012On H.R. 436	Jun 5, 2012
H. Rept. 112-425	Small Business Tax Cut ActOn H.R. 9	Apr 10, 2012

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 112th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
H. Prt. 112-4	Compilation of the Social Security Laws, Including the Social Security Act, as Amended, and Related Enactments Through January 1, 2011, Volume II	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 112-3	Compilation of the Social Security Laws, Including the Social Security Act, as Amended, and Related Enactments Through January 1, 2011, Volume I--Part 2	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 112-2	Compilation of the Social Security Laws, Including the Social Security Act, as Amended, and Related Enactments Through January 1, 2011, Volume I--Part 1	PDF · Text
H. Prt. 112-1	MANUAL OF RULES of the COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS	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	2,014	50	12	50	34	4	312	0
118th2023–2024	45	1,758	67	16	72	60	70	381	1
117th2021–2022	45	1,754	10	12	12	28	0	376	0
116th2019–2020	43	1,728	27	15	29	41	9	454	4
115th2017–2018	44	1,502	57	15	58	34	47	500	0
114th2015–2016	41	1,472	88	35	89	28	70	663	1
113th2013–2014	39	1,354	25	20	28	15	72	—	6
112th2011–2012	39	2,581	21	30	25	0	101	—	4
111th2009–2010	41	1,767	4	46	5	—	41	—	5
110th2007–2008	41	2,388	23	34	24	—	97	—	4
109th2005–2006	42	2,156	14	38	14	—	85	—	10
108th2003–2004	41	1,542	25	37	26	—	70	—	13
107th2001–2002	41	1,944	37	20	37	—	96	—	2

Membership changes 5

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 112th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jul 31, 2012	Geoff Davis R-KY	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jun 14, 2011	Tom Reed R-NY	Joined	H.Res. 303
May 5, 2011	Dean Heller R-NV	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Mar 15, 2011	Kenny Marchant R-TX	Joined	H.Res. 168
Feb 9, 2011	Christopher J. Lee R-NY	Left Congress	Last recorded vote

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