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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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548 bills referred in the 116th 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 116th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 116th Congress

Members, 116th Congress 14

Everyone who held a seat in the 116th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-MI	Gary C. Peters	Ranking Member
D-NV	Jacky Rosen
R-OK	James Lankford
R-MO	Josh Hawley
D-CA	Kamala D. Harris
D-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema
D-NH	Margaret Wood Hassan
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi
R-UT	Mitt Romney
R-KY	Rand Paul
R-FL	Rick Scott
R-OH	Rob Portman
R-WI	Ron Johnson
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper

Subcommittees, 116th Congress 7

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

Record

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

Newest activity first. In the 116th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 4857	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the "Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020
S 4971	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the "Jim Ramstad Post Office".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020
HR 6161	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, as the "J. Howard Coble Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020
HR 8611	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4755 Southeast Dixie Highway in Port Salerno, Florida, as the "Joseph Bullock Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020
HR 7502	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as the "Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020
HR 7088	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the "Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020
HR 6418	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 509 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama, as the "William 'Jack' Jackson Edwards III Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020
HR 5983	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the "Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Office Building".	Discharged From	Dec 18, 2020

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

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Meeting	Hearings to examine the nominations of John Gibbs, of Michigan, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and John M. Barger, of California, Christopher Bancroft Burnham, of Connecticut, and Frank Dunlevy, of California, each to be a Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.Dirksen Senate Office Building 3421 document	Scheduled	Sep 9, 2020

Meeting	Hearings to examine the finances and operations of the United States Postal Service during COVID-19 and the upcoming elections.	Scheduled	Aug 21, 2020
Meeting	An oversight hearing to examine Department of Homeland Security personnel deployments to recent protests.Dirksen Senate Office Building 342	Scheduled	Aug 6, 2020
Meeting	An oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 financial relief packages.	Scheduled	Jul 28, 2020
Meeting	Business meeting to consider S.4204, to establish an Interagency Task Force to analyze preparedness for national pandemics, S.4210, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the transfer of certain equipment during a public health emergency, S.4153, to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to evaluate the National Response Framework based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, S.4157, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the authority of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, S.4158, to examine the extent of the reliance of the United States on foreign producers for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic and produce recommendations to secure the supply chain of personal protective equipment, S.4133, to modernize the REAL ID Act of 2005, S.4165, to repeal section 692 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, S.3997, to strengthen the security and integrity of the United States scientific and research enterprise, S.4200, to establish a program to facilitate the adoption of modern technology by executive agencies, S.4077, to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules, S.92, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, S.4138, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a telework travel expenses program, S.3287, to modify the governmentwide financial management plan, S.3455, to prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation, S.4024, to establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, S.2967, to establish the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations of the United States to facilitate the fullest cooperation, coordination, and mutual accountability among all levels of government, S.3658, to establish an Office of Equal Rights and Community Inclusion at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, S.4169, to establish a National Commission on United States Counterterrorism Policy, S.3038, to promote innovative acquisition techniques and procurement strategies, S.3896, to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish and maintain a public directory of the individuals occupying Government policy and supporting positions, S.3461, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building", S.3462, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the "Ralph Hall Post Office", S.3839, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2719 South Webster Street in Kokomo, Indiana, as the "Opha May Johnson Post Office", S.4126, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 104 East Main Street in Port Washington, Wisconsin, as the "Joseph G. Demler Post Office", H.R.1313, to amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9 11 Commission Act of 2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of funds for public transportation security assistance grants and establish periods of performance for such grants, H.R.4727, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a mentor-protégé program, H.R.542, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, an original bill entitled, "GAO Database Modernization Act", an original bill entitled, "Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020", and the nominations of Derek Kan, of California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Mark A. Robbins, Carl Ezekiel Ross, and Elizabeth J. Shapiro, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.Dirksen Senate Office Building 2152 documents	Scheduled	Jul 22, 2020

Meeting	Hearings to examine the nomination of Derek Kan, of California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.1 document	Scheduled	Jun 30, 2020

Meeting	An oversight hearing to examine Customs and Border Protection, focusing on evolving challenges facing the agency.Dirksen Senate Office Building 562/VTC	Scheduled	Jun 25, 2020
Meeting	Hearings to examine the role of the strategic national stockpile in pandemic response.	Scheduled	Jun 24, 2020

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 116th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 116-405	Examining Irregularities in the 2020 Election311 pages 6 witnesses Hon. Kenneth W. Starr, Testifying in His Personal Capacity Hon. Donald Palmer, Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance Commission James R. Troupis, Attorney, Troupis Law Firm Hon. Francis X. Ryan, State Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Jesse Binnall, Partner, Harvey & Binnall, PLLC Hon. Christopher C. Krebs, Former Director (2018-20) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Dec 16, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-532	Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Oversight of the Implementation of the Stop Act70 pages 3 witnesses Eric Green, Director, Office of Specialized and Technical Agencies, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State Robert Cintron, Vice President, Logistics, United States Postal Service Thomas F. Overacker, Executive Director, Cargo and Conveyance Security, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Dec 10, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-403	Congressional Oversight in the Face of Executive Branch and Media Suppression: the Case Study of Crossfire Hurricane579 pages 3 witnesses Sharyl Attkisson, Investigative Journalist Kevin R. Brock, Former Assistant Director for Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation Lee Smith, Investigative Journalist and Author	Dec 3, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-461	State and Local Cybersecurity: Defending Our Communities from Cyber Threats Amid COVID 1988 pages 5 witnesses Brandon Wales, Acting Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Denis Goulet, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Information Technology John Riggi, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, American Hospital Association Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools, Hartford Public Schools Bill Siegel, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Coveware, Inc	Dec 2, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-402	Modernizing Federal Telework Moving Forward Using Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic86 pages 4 witnesses Michelle Rosenberg, Acting Director, Strategic Issue Team, Government Accountability Office Keith Washington, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation Sydney T. Rose, Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Human Resources, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, U.S. Department of Labor Jim Borland, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Systems and Deputy Chief Information Officer for IT Operations, Social Security Administration	Nov 18, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-487	Threats to the Homeland114 pages 3 witnesses Hon. Christopher A. Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice Hon. Christopher Miller, Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Hon. Ken Cuccinelli, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Sep 24, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-476	Nomination of the Hon. Chad F. Wolf420 pages 1 witness Hon. Ted Cruz, a United States Senator from the State of Texas Testimony	Sep 23, 2020
S. Hrg. 116-495	Nominations of John Gibbs, Hon. John M. Barger, Hon. Christopher B. Burnham, and Frank Dunlevy272 pages	Sep 9, 2020

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 116th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 116-333	Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency ActOn S. 4077	Dec 16, 2020
S. Rept. 116-326	Harmless Error Lesser Penalty for Small Businesses ActOn S. 2757	Dec 15, 2020
S. Rept. 116-323	Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility ActOn H.R. 1313	Dec 14, 2020
S. Rept. 116-322	Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020On S. 4224	Dec 14, 2020
S. Rept. 116-321	Securing Healthcare and Response Equipment Act of 2020On S. 4210	Dec 14, 2020
S. Rept. 116-320	To Repeal Section 692 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2020On S. 4165	Dec 14, 2020
S. Rept. 116-319	Ppe Supply Chain Transparency Act of 2020On S. 4158	Dec 14, 2020
S. Rept. 116-318	National Response Framework Improvement Act of 2020On S. 4153	Dec 14, 2020

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 116th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN2401	Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2023, vice Carolyn L. Gallagher, term expired.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.	Dec 17, 2020
PN2242	Sharon E. Goodie, 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 Patricia A. Broderick, term expired.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.	Sep 17, 2020
PN2238	Michael Rigas, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, vice Margaret Weichert, resigned.Executive Office of the President	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Sep 16, 2020
PN2235	Chad F. Wolf, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Kirstjen Nielsen, resigned.Department of Homeland Security	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Sep 10, 2020
PN2103	John Gibbs, of Michigan, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years, vice Dale Cabaniss, resigned.Office of Personnel Management	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jul 21, 2020
PN2065	Vijay Shanker, 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 R. Fisher, retiring.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.	Jun 25, 2020
PN2064	John P. Howard III, 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 Kathryn A. Oberly, 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.	Jun 25, 2020
PN2029	Eric J. Soskin, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Transportation, vice Calvin L. Scovel, resigned.Department of Transportation	Confirmed Dec 21, 2020Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 47. Record Vote Number: 288.	Jun 22, 2020

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 116th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-6186	A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Statistical Programs of the United States Government: Fiscal Years 2019/2020"; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 19, 2020
EC-6185	A communication from the Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Endowment's Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 19, 2020
EC-6168	A communication from the Chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General for the period from April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 17, 2020
EC-6167	A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's Semiannual Report of the Office of Inspector General for the period from April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 17, 2020
EC-6148	A communication from the Chief Financial Officer, National Labor Relations Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2020"; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 16, 2020
EC-6147	A communication from the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General and a Management Report for the period from April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 16, 2020
EC-6146	A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the semi-annual reports of the Attorney General relative to enforcement actions taken by the Department of Justice under the Lobbying Disclosure Act for the two semiannual reporting periods from 2017 through 2019, and the first semiannual reporting period of 2020, from January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020; to the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and the Judiciary.Executive communication	Dec 16, 2020
EC-6145	A communication from the Treasurer, National Gallery of Art, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Gallery's Performance and Accountability Report for the year ended September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 16, 2020

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 116th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 116-62	LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR 116th CONGRESS (2019 - 2020)	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 116-11	Rules of Procedure SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS United States Senate	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 116-10	Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Homeland Security and 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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