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28 bills referred in the 111th Congress

357 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 112th at 48. 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 111th Congress

Members, 111th Congress 26

Everyone who held a seat in the 111th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-ND	Kent Conrad	Chair
R-NH	Judd Gregg	Ranking Member
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin
I-VT	Bernard Sanders
D-FL	Bill Nelson
D-WV	Carte Patrick GoodwinJoined Jul 22, 2010 · Left Sep 29, 2010
R-IA	Chuck Grassley
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow
D-OR	Jeff Merkley
R-AL	Jeff Sessions
R-KY	Jim Bunning
D-WV	Joe Manchin IIIJoined Nov 15, 2010
R-TX	John Cornyn
R-NV	John Ensign
R-TN	Lamar Alexander
R-SC	Lindsey Graham
D-AK	Mark BegichJoined Mar 9, 2010
D-VA	Mark R. Warner
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi
R-ID	Mike Crapo
D-WA	Patty Murray
D-WV	Robert C. ByrdLeft Jun 24, 2010
D-NJ	Robert MenendezLeft Mar 9, 2010
D-OR	Ron Wyden
D-WI	Russell D. Feingold
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 111th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 111th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 1200	Short Term Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009	Referred To	Jun 8, 2009
S 1056	SAFE Commission Act	Referred To	May 14, 2009
S 907	Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2009	Referred To	Apr 28, 2009
S 897	Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009	Referred To	Apr 24, 2009
SCONRES 13	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	Reported Original Measure	Mar 27, 2009
S 640	Second Look at Wasteful Spending Act of 2009	Referred To	Mar 19, 2009
S 524	Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2009	Referred To	Mar 4, 2009
SRES 41	An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.	Reported Original Measure	Feb 12, 2009

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 111th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 111-737	Nomination of the Honorable Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to Be Director of the Office of Management and BudgetHeld Sep 16, 2010 to Sep 23, 2010 · 104 pages	Sep 16, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-736	A Status Report on the U.S. EconomyHeld Aug 3, 2010 to Sep 28, 2010 · 262 pages	Aug 3, 2010
—	Task Force HearingsHeld Jul 12, 2010 to Jul 15, 2010 · 163 pages	Jul 12, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-734	Field Hearings Fiscal Year 2011Held Jun 1, 2010 to Oct 11, 2010 · 695 pagesOn H.R. 1166, S. 3485 37 witnesses Scott Backes, North Dakota Farmer, Glenburn, ND................542, Joe Belford, Commissioner, Ramsey County.......................651, Richard Betting, Secretary, People to Save the Sheyenne........347, Ryon Boen, Insurance Agent, Western Agency, Minot, North Dakota John Boyd, Operations Manager, EOG Resources.....................37, Becky Braaten, Insurance Agent, Farm Credit Farm Services of North Dakota, Westhope, North Dakota Steve Burian, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Engineering and Environmental Service, Inc. AE2S.............................458, Robert Carlson, President, North Dakota Farmers Union, Jamestown, North Dakota.................................................646, Ross Cole, Mayor, City of Lisbon.....................342, 343, 495, Rich Davis, Acting Deputy Administration for Single-family Housing, USDA Rural Development................................10, Steve Edwardson, Executive Administrator, North Dakota Barley Council, Fargo, North Dakota.................................653, Bruce Erickson, Operations Manager, Rugged West Trucking, North Dakota Odell Flaagen, Chairman, Nelson County Water Resource District.615, Jeff Frith, Board Manager, Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board Don Frye, Mayor, City of Carrington............................291, Del Gates, Director, US Durum Growers Association, and Director, North Dakota Crop Improvement and Seed Association, Mohall, North Dakota J.R. Gibbons, Board of Directors, Towner County Economic Development Corporation......................................297, L. David Glatt, Chief, Environmental Health Section, North Dakota Department of Health...............................327, 330, 433, John Hoeven, Governor, State of North Dakota.........205, 321, 429, Mark Hovland, General Manager, Fressenden COOP Association.....294, Mike Hynek, Mayor Stanley, North Dakota..........................20, Dave Irmen, North American Bison Cooperative...................299, Lyn James, Mayor of Bowman, North Dakota...............25, 28, 574, Richard Johnson, Mayor, City of Minnewaukan....................242, Steve Kelly, President, Trustland Oilfield Services............170, Cal Klewin, Executive Director, Theodore Roosevelt Expressway Association..................................................578, Ward Koeser, Mayor of Williston, North Dakota....................15, Marcus Levings, Chairman, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation......144, Rich Mattern, Mayor, City of West Fargo Trish McQuoid, Mayor, City of Minnewauken......................249, Matt Miles, Principal, Leadership Circle, LLP....................41, Larry Neubauer, President, US Durum Growers Association, Bottineau, North Dakota......................................661, Jeff Oberholtzer, Director, National Sunflower Association, Mohall, North Dakota.........................................667, David O'Connell, North Dakota Senator, Lansford, North Dakota Neil Olerud, Chairman, Ransom County Commission Kenton Onstad, District 4 Representative, North Dakota House of Representatives..............................................164, Myra Pearson, Chairwoman, Spirit Lake Nation	Jun 1, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-733	Concurrent Resolution on the Budget Fiscal Year 2011Held Jan 28, 2010 to Mar 4, 2010 · 531 pages 14 witnesses Gordon Adams, PhD, Professor of International Relations, School of International Service, American University................394, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office......10, Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary, US Department of the Treasury.....................................................160, Simon Johnson, PhD, Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, and Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics......................................242, Honorable Raymond H. LaHood, Secretary, US Department of Transportation (Accompanied by Chris Bertram, Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Transportation)....................454, William H. Lynn, III, Deputy Secretary of Defense, US Department of Defense; Accompanied by Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Defense........................................487, Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Director, Fiscal Policy Program, New America Foundation...................................................320, Donald Marron, PhD, Visiting Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute....................................................253, Honorable Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget.........................................................87, Rudolph Penner, PhD, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute Co-Chair, Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States..........337, Carmen M. Reinhart, PhD, Professor of Economics, and Director, Center for International Economics University of Maryland....238, Honorable Alice M. Rivlin, PhD, Director, Greater Washington Research, The Brookings Institute............................311, Paul K. Van Riper, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps (Retired)....................................................410, Cindy WIlliams, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.......378,	Jan 28, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-381	Task Force HearingsHeld Oct 29, 2009 to Dec 10, 2009 · 238 pages 11 witnesses Honorable Roger W. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Office, US Department of Veterans Affairs.............................................189, Sir Michael Barber, Partner, McKinsey & Company, and Former Chief Adviser on Delivery to Britis Prime Minister Tony Blair........26, Honorable Evan Bayh, A United States Senator from the State of Indiana........................................................86, Honorable Aneesh Chopra, Assistant tot the President and Chief Technology Officer, Associate Director for Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy.............................158, Honorable Jim Cooper, A Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee...................................................90, Mr. Brad Douglas, Commissioner, Department of Administrative Services, State of Georgia...................................201, Honorable Dianne Feinstein, A United States Senator from the State of California William A. Galston, The Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Goverance Studies and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute.......................118, Douglas Hotlz-Eakin, President, DHE Consulting, LLC, and Former Director, Congressional Budget Office........................108, Mr. Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer, Administrator for Electronic Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget..................168, Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman, A United States Senator from the State of Connecticut	Oct 29, 2009
S. Hrg. 111-380	Field Hearings for Fiscal Year 2010Held May 28, 2009 to Nov 13, 2009 · 249 pages	May 28, 2009
S. Hrg. 111-1098	Economic and Budget Challenges for the Short and Long Term54 pages 1 witness Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.................................................. 3,	Mar 3, 2009

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 111th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN2089	Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Peter R. Orszag, resigned.Executive Office of the President	Confirmed Nov 18, 2010Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Aug 5, 2010
PN65-12	Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Stephen S. McMillin, resigned.Executive Office of the President	Confirmed Jan 28, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jan 20, 2009

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 111th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
PM-22	A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a legislative proposal relative to the "Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009," or "PAYGO," together with a sectional analysis; to the Committee on the Budget.Presidential message	Jun 9, 2009
PM-18	A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, three volumes completing the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2010: Updated Summary Tables May 2009, Analytical Perspectives, and Historical Tables; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees on the Budget; and Appropriations.Presidential message	May 11, 2009
PM-16	A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2010; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget.Presidential message	May 7, 2009
PM-9	A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, the preliminary Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2010; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986 to the Committees on the Budget; and Appropriations.Presidential message	Feb 26, 2009

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 111th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 111-58	TAX EXPENDITURES Compendium of Background Material on Individual Provisions	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 111-45	[ERRATA]CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FY 2011 COMMITTEE PRINT TO ACCOMPANY S. CON. RES. 60 together with ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 111-45	Concurrent Resolution on the Budget Fy 2011On S.Con.Res. 60	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 111-16	Concurrent Resolution on the Budget Fy 2010On S.Con.Res. 13	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	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	22	26	3	2	1	13	3	3	18	0
118th2023–2024	21	27	2	0	2	42	44	0	17	3
117th2021–2022	22	28	1	0	0	18	16	4	7	4
116th2019–2020	21	32	4	1	1	12	6	2	39	2
115th2017–2018	25	29	3	0	0	—	5	2	48	3
114th2015–2016	22	35	3	0	2	—	5	0	31	2
113th2013–2014	22	46	3	0	0	—	8	3	18	2
112th2011–2012	24	48	1	0	0	—	5	1	11	1
111th2009–2010	26	28	3	0	0	—	11	2	4	4
110th2007–2008	23	14	3	0	0	—	7	1	3	2
109th2005–2006	23	16	5	1	1	—	8	2	6	1
108th2003–2004	23	9	3	0	0	—	3	0	11	1
107th2001–2002	23	19	4	0	1	—	4	0	47	0

Membership changes 6

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 111th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Nov 15, 2010	Joe Manchin III D-WV	Joined	S.Res. 674
Sep 29, 2010	Carte Patrick Goodwin D-WV	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jul 22, 2010	Carte Patrick Goodwin D-WV	Joined	S.Res. 594
Jun 24, 2010	Robert C. Byrd D-WV	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Mar 9, 2010	Robert Menendez D-NJ	Left the committee	S.Res. 450
Mar 9, 2010	Mark Begich D-AK	Joined	S.Res. 450

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