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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Showing the 108th Congress (2003–2004), when this was the Governmental Affairs. Back to the 119th Congress

248 bills referred in the 108th Congress

5,109 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 118th at 585. 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 108th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 108th Congress 17

Everyone who held a seat in the 108th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Chair
D-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Ranking Member
R-PA	Arlen Specter
D-MI	Carl Levin
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg
R-OH	George V. Voinovich
R-NH	John E. Sununu
D-MN	Mark Dayton
D-AR	Mark L. Pryor
R-MN	Norm Coleman
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald
R-AL	Richard C. Shelby
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin
R-UT	Robert F. Bennett
R-AK	Ted Stevens
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper

Subcommittees, 108th Congress 3

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 108th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 108th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 4381	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2811 Springdale Avenue in Springdale, Arkansas, as the "Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Oct 11, 2004
HR 4618	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 West Prospect Street in Nanuet, New York, as the "Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Oct 11, 2004
HR 4632	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19504 Linden Boulevard in St. Albans, New York, as the "Archie Spigner Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Oct 10, 2004
HR 4556	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1115 South Clinton Avenue in Dunn, North Carolina, as the "General William Carey Lee Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Oct 10, 2004
HR 5039	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the "Eva Holtzman Post Office".	Discharged From	Oct 10, 2004
S 2839	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the "Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office".	Discharged From	Oct 10, 2004
S 2693	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1475 Western Avenue, Suite 45, in Albany, New York, as the "Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office".	Discharged From	Oct 10, 2004
S 2657	Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004	Reported By	Oct 8, 2004

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 108th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 108-736	Oversight Hearing on Insurance Brokerage Practices, Including Potential Conflicts of Interest and the Adequacy of the Current Regulatory Framework166 pages 9 witnesses Hon. Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General, State of New York Hon. Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of Connecticut Hon. Gregory V. Serio, Superintendent of Insurance, State of New York, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Hon. John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner, State of California Albert R. Counselman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Riggs, Counselman, Michaels and Downes, Inc., on behalf of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers Alex Soto, President, InSource, Inc., on behalf of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America Ernst N. Csiszar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America Janice Ochenkowski, Senior Vice President, Risk Management, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Vice President for External Affairs, Risk and Insurance Management Society J. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance, Consumer Federation of America	Nov 16, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-761	How Saddam Hussein Abused the United Nations Oil-For-Food Program218 pages 5 witnesses Charles Duelfer, Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq's WMD, Central Intelligence Agency, accompanied by Stephen C. Zidek and Christopher N. Johnsten Hon. Lindsey O. Graham, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina Mark L. Greenblatt, Counsel, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Steven Groves, Counsel, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Juan Carlos Zarate, Assistant Secretary, Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of the Treasury	Nov 15, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-735	Nomination of Gregory Eugene Jackson29 pages 2 witnesses Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Delegate in Congress from the District of Columbia Gregory Eugene Jackson, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia	Oct 5, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-716	Oversight Hearing on Section 529 College Savings Plans: High Fees, Inadequate Disclosure, Disparate State Tax Treatment, and Questionable Broker Sales Practices200 pages 9 witnesses Steven T. Miller, Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division, Internal Revenue Service Mary L. Schapiro, Vice Chairman and President, Regulatory Policy and Oversight, NASD Ernesto A. Lanza, Senior Associate General Counsel, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Hon. Michael A. Ablowich, Treasurer, State of New Hampshire, on behalf of the National Association of State Treasurers Jacqueline T. Williams, Executive Director, College Advantage Savings Plan, Ohio Tuition Trust Authority, on behalf of the College Savings Plan Network Martin M. Noven, Deputy Chief of Staff, on behalf of Judy Baar Topinka, State Treasurer, State of Illinois Richard O. Davis, Deputy Executive Director for Finance and Administration, Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority Daniel McNeela, CFA, Senior Analyst, Morningstar, Inc Mercer E. Bullard, President and Founder, Fund Democracy, Inc	Sep 30, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-760	The 9/11 Commission Human Capital Recommendations: a Critical Element of Reform170 pagesOn S. 589 9 witnesses Jamie S. Gorelick, Esq., Commissioner, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Fred Fielding, Commissioner, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Mark Steven Bullock, Assistant Director, Administrative Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation John Turnicky, Special Assistant to the DCI for Security, Central Intelligence Agency J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director of Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office Paul C. Light, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution C. Morgan Kinghorn, President, National Academy of Public Administration Doug Wagoner, Chairman, ITAA Intelligence/Security Clearances Task Group Max Stier, CEO, Partnership for Public Service	Sep 14, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-724	Ensuring the U.S. Intelligence Community Supports Homeland Defense and Departmental Needs71 pages 2 witnesses Hon. Colin L. Powell, Secretary, Department of State Hon. Tom Ridge, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security	Sep 13, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-759	Building an Agile Intelligence Community to Fight Terrorism and Emerging Threats97 pages 2 witnesses Hon. Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Hon. John E. McLaughlin, Acting Director of Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency	Sep 8, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-708	Voicing the Need for Reform: the Families of 9/11274 pagesOn S. 1718, S. 2811 3 witnesses Mary Fetchet, Founding Director and President, Voices of September 11th, and Member, 9/11 Family Steering Committee Stephen Push, Co-Founder and Board Member, Families of 9/11 Kristen Breitweiser, Founder and Co-Chairperson, September 11th Advocates, and Member, 9/11 Family Steering Committee	Aug 17, 2004

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 108th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 108-421	Activities of the Committee on Governmental Affairs	Dec 7, 2004
S. Rept. 108-420	To Establish an Intergovernmental Grant Program to Identify and Develop Homeland Security Information, Equipment, Capabilities, Technologies, and Services to Further the Homeland Security Needs of the United States and to Address the Homeland Security Needs of Federal, State, and Local GovernmentsOn S. 2635	Nov 20, 2004
S. Rept. 108-415	Amending the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to Establish a Governmentwide Policy Requiring Competition in Certain Executive Agency Procurements, and for Other PurposesOn S. 346	Nov 18, 2004
S. Rept. 108-410	Providing for Continued Health Benefits Coverage for Certain Federal Employees, and for Other PurposesOn S. 2409	Nov 16, 2004
S. Rept. 108-409	Reservists Pay Security Act of 2004On S. 593	Nov 16, 2004
S. Rept. 108-408	High Risk Nonprofit Security Enhancement Act of 2004On S. 2275	Nov 10, 2004
S. Rept. 108-393	Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004On S. 2657	Oct 8, 2004
S. Rept. 108-392	Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures ActOn S. 2628	Oct 8, 2004

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 108th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN2061	Noel Anketell Kramer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen years, vice John Montague Steadman, retired.The Judiciary	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Nov 16, 2004
PN2060	Jennifer M. Anderson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Steffen W. Graae, retired.The Judiciary	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Nov 16, 2004
PN2042	Carolyn L. Gallagher, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 2005, vice Erensta Ballard, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.United States Postal Service	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Nov 16, 2004
PN2041	Louis J. Giuliano, of New York, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2009, vice Albert Casey, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.United States Postal Service	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Nov 16, 2004
PN2040	Tony Hammond, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2010. (Reappointment)Postal Rate Commission	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Nov 16, 2004
PN2024	Louis J. Giuliano, of New York, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2009, vice Albert Casey.United States Postal Service	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Oct 8, 2004
PN2023	Carolyn L. Gallagher, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 2005, vice Erensta Ballard, resigned.United States Postal Service	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Oct 8, 2004
PN2017	Brian David Miller, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, General Services Administration, vice Daniel R. Levinson.General Services Administration	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the sine die adjournment of the 108th Congress.	Oct 7, 2004

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 108th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-10134	A communication from the Secretary of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2004 Performance and Accountability Act; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004
EC-10133	A communication from the Acting Director, National Science Foundation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2004 Performance and Accountability Report; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004
EC-10132	A communication from the Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2004 Performance and Accountability Report; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004
EC-10131	A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2004 Performance and Accountability Report; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004
EC-10130	A communication from the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2004 Performance and Accountability Report; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004
EC-10129	A communication from the Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Office of the Inspector General for the period April 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004
EC-10128	A communication from the Chief Financial Officer, United States Holocaust Museum, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fiscal Year 2004 Performance and Accountability Report; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004
EC-10127	A communication from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Office of the Inspector General for the period April 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 8, 2004

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 108th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 108-61	Legislative Calendar - 108th Congress (2003-2004)	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 108-34	U.S. Tax Shelter Industry: the Role of Accountants, Lawyers, and Financial Professionals Four KPMG Case Studies: Flip, Opis, Blips, and Sc2	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 108-33	State and Local Officials: Still Kept in the Dark About Homeland Security	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 108-28	Organization of Federal Executive Departments and Agencies	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 108-18	U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Recent Policy Has Increased Costs to Consumers but Not Overall U.S. Energy Security	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 108-16	Rules of Procedure SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 108-11	Rules of Procedure of the COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS	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	16	567	74	6	1	36	24	67	604	3
118th2023–2024	17	585	228	97	172	56	63	58	957	4
117th2021–2022	14	546	183	81	144	90	85	100	738	2
116th2019–2020	14	548	139	79	103	51	57	61	770	3
115th2017–2018	17	485	150	93	93	—	77	58	936	3
114th2015–2016	16	390	122	82	81	—	99	39	949	3
113th2013–2014	17	265	69	52	33	—	108	54	961	6
112th2011–2012	18	276	66	61	31	—	119	38	922	4
111th2009–2010	21	297	134	93	48	—	158	61	594	4
110th2007–2008	18	369	151	114	37	—	151	46	841	2
109th2005–2006	16	322	75	106	18	—	168	65	1,005	4
108th2003–2004	17	248	120	89	38	—	102	60	992	7
107th2001–2002	19	211	84	52	28	—	113	55	877	18

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