Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Showing the 117th Congress (2021–2022). Back to the 119th Congress
546 bills referred in the 117th 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
Served in the 117th Congress
Each with its own members and record
Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress
Members, 117th Congress 14
Everyone who held a seat in the 117th 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 | Chair |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Ranking Member |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper |
Subcommittees, 117th Congress 3
Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.
Record
Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 117th Congress.
Newest activity first. In the 117th Congress.
Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.
The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 117th Congress.
| Hearing | Title | Held |
|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-538 | Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in Federal Prisons6 witnesses
| Dec 13, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-682 | Threats to the Homeland3 witnesses
| Nov 17, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-537 | Medical Mistreatment of Women in ICE Detention6 witnesses
| Nov 15, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-580 | Nominations of Robert H. Shriver III and Richard L. Revesz2 witnesses
| Sep 29, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-556 | Nominations of Colleen J. Shogan, Vijay Shanker, Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. Meek, and Veronica Sanchez5 witnesses
| Sep 21, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-536 | Uncounted Deaths in America's Prisons and Jails: How the Department of Justice Failed to Implement the Death in Custody Reporting Act5 witnesses
| Sep 20, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-681 | Social Media's Impact on Homeland Security7 witnesses
| Sep 14, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-555 | Revisiting Gain of Function Research: What the Pandemic Taught US and Where Do We Go from Here3 witnesses
| Aug 3, 2022 |
The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 117th Congress.
| Report | Title | Issued |
|---|---|---|
| S. Rept. 117-282 | Safeguarding American Innovation Act | Dec 19, 2022 |
| S. Rept. 117-281 | Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act | Dec 19, 2022 |
| S. Rept. 117-280 | President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition Act | Dec 19, 2022 |
| S. Rept. 117-279 | Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act | Dec 19, 2022 |
| S. Rept. 117-278 | Securing Open Source Software Act of 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 |
| S. Rept. 117-277 | Safeguarding the Homeland from Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 |
| S. Rept. 117-276 | Offices of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Health Security Act of 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 |
| S. Rept. 117-275 | Cisa Cyber Exercise Act | Dec 19, 2022 |
Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 117th Congress.
Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 117th Congress.
Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 117th Congress.
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 | 35 | 22 | 67 | 604 | 3 |
| 118th2023–2024 | 17 | 585 | 228 | 97 | 172 | 56 | 63 | 58 | 957 | 4 |
| 117th2021–2022 | 14 | 546 | 183 | 81 | 144 | 90 | 85 | 99 | 738 | 2 |
| 116th2019–2020 | 14 | 548 | 139 | 79 | 103 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 770 | 3 |
| 115th2017–2018 | 17 | 485 | 150 | 93 | 93 | — | 77 | 57 | 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 |
Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 116th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.