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994 bills referred in the 117th Congress

8,275 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 118th at 1,014. 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 117th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress

Members, 117th Congress 22

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-WA	Patty Murray	Chair
R-NC	Richard Burr	Ranking Member
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján
I-VT	Bernard Sanders
R-LA	Bill Cassidy
D-CT	Christopher Murphy
D-NV	Jacky Rosen
R-KS	Jerry Moran
D-CO	John W. Hickenlooper
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski
D-NH	Margaret Wood Hassan
R-IN	Mike Braun
R-UT	Mitt Romney
R-KY	Rand Paul
D-PA	Robert P. Casey Jr. JR.
R-KS	Roger Marshall
R-ME	Susan M. Collins
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin
D-VA	Tim Kaine
R-SC	Tim Scott
D-MN	Tina Smith
R-AL	Tommy Tuberville

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.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 5356	Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2022	Referred To	Dec 22, 2022
S 5354	One Health Security Act	Referred To	Dec 22, 2022
S 5339	Platform Accountability and Transparency Act	Referred To	Dec 21, 2022
S 5336	PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2022	Referred To	Dec 21, 2022
S 5333	Advancing Skills-Based Hiring Act of 2022	Referred To	Dec 21, 2022
S 4120	Childhood Cancer STAR Reauthorization Act	Discharged From	Dec 21, 2022
S 5327	National Task Force on the COVID-19 Pandemic Act	Referred To	Dec 21, 2022
S 5325	Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2022	Referred To	Dec 20, 2022

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Meeting	Business meeting to consider the nominations of Karla Ann Gilbride, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, Moshe Z. Marvit, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and other pending calendar business.Dirksen Senate Office Building 4301 document	Scheduled	Nov 29, 2022

Meeting	Hearings to examine stopping the spread of monkeypox, focusing on the Federal response.Hart Senate Office Building 216	Scheduled	Sep 14, 2022
Meeting	Hearings to examine the nominations of Karla Ann Gilbride, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.Dirksen Senate Office Building 1061 document	Scheduled	Sep 13, 2022

Meeting	Hearings to examine fighting fentanyl, focusing on the Federal response to a growing crisis.Hart Senate Office Building 216	Scheduled	Jul 26, 2022
Meeting	Hearings to examine reproductive care in a post-<em>Roe </em>America, focusing on barriers, challenges, and threats to women's health.Hart Senate Office Building 216	Scheduled	Jul 13, 2022
Meeting	Hearings to examine supporting students and schools, focusing on promising practices to get back on track.Dirksen Senate Office Building G50	Scheduled	Jun 22, 2022
Meeting	Hearings to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, focusing on current status and future planning.Dirksen Senate Office Building 106	Scheduled	Jun 16, 2022
Meeting	Business meeting to consider S.4348, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar biological products, S.958, to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria for new access points grants for community health centers, S.4353, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve retirement plan provisions, H.R.1193, to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, S.4052, to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and other pending calendar business.Hart Senate Office Building 2161 document	Scheduled	Jun 14, 2022

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 117th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 117-557	[errata] Caring for Our Kids: Supporting Mental Health in the Transition from High School to College2 pages	Nov 30, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-557	Caring for Our Kids: Supporting Mental Health in the Transition from High School to College77 pagesOn H.R. 6893, H.Res. 6893, S. 2550, S. 4472 4 witnesses Hoover, Sharon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of the National Center for School Mental Health, Univ ersity of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Wright, Curtis, Ed.D., Vice President of Student Affairs, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA Weiss, Ashley, D.O., M.P.H., Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA Williams, Brooklyn, high school senior and founder of the Chill Club, Pittsburgh, PA	Nov 30, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-406	Stopping the Spread of Monkeypox: Examining the Federal Response70 pages 4 witnesses Walensky, Rochelle, M.D., M.P.H., Director, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Fauci, Anthony, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Califf, Robert, M.D., Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD O'Connell, Dawn, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC	Sep 14, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-405	Nominations of Karla Gilbride and Jessica Looman51 pages 2 witnesses Looman, Jessica, St. Paul, MN Gilbride, Karla, Silver Spring, MD	Sep 13, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-404	Fighting Fentanyl: the Federal Response to a Growing Crisis88 pagesOn S. 4358 4 witnesses Chester, Kemp, Senior Policy Advisor for Supply Reduction and International Relations, Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House, Washington, DC Delphin-Rittmon, Miriam, E., Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD Johnson, Carole, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD Jones, Christopher, Pharm.D, Dr.PH, MPH, Acting Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA	Jul 26, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-403	Reproductive Care in a Post-Roe America: Barriers, Challenges, and Threats to Women's Health85 pagesOn H.R. 6005, H.R. 7394, H.R. 8297, S. 3223, S. 4132 and 2 more 4 witnesses Brandi, Kristyn, M.D., M.P.H., FACOG, Board Chair, Physicians for Reproductive Health, New Jersey Taylor, Jamila, Ph.D., M.P.A., Director of Health Care Reform and Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation, Washington, DC Detzer, Samie, Planned Parenthood Patient Advocate, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York Swindell, Brandi, Founder and CEO, Stanton Healthcare, Idaho	Jul 13, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-401	Supporting Students and Schools: Promising Practices to Get Back on Track56 pages 4 witnesses Goldhaber, Dan, Director, CALDER (National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research at American Institutes for Research), Director, CEDR (Center for Education Data and Research at University of Washington), Seattle, WA Russell-Tucker, Charlene M., Commissioner, Connecticut State Department of Education, Hartford, CT Russell, Kurt, 2022 National Teacher of the Year and High School History Teacher, Oberlin High School, Oberlin, OH Wall, Erin, Parent, Cary, NC	Jun 22, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-400	An Update on the Ongoing Federal Response to COVID-19: Current Status and Future Planning108 pagesOn S. 2173 4 witnesses Walensky, Rochelle, M.D., M.P.H., Director, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Fauci, Anthony, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Califf, Robert, M.D., Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD O'Connell, Dawn, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC	Jun 16, 2022

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 117th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN2429	Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice Cheryl Marie Stanton.Department of Labor	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jul 28, 2022
PN2274	Moshe Z. Marvit, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring August 30, 2028, vice Arthur R. Traynor III, term expiring.Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jun 22, 2022
PN2224	Karla Ann Gilbride, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years, vice Sharon Fast Gustafson.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jun 7, 2022
PN1938	Kalpana Kotagal, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2027, vice Janet Dhillon, term expiring.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Apr 5, 2022
PN1897	Nasser H. Paydar, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, vice Robert L. King.Department of Education	Confirmed Aug 4, 2022Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Mar 30, 2022
PN1839	Rita M. Landgraf, of Delaware, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Lance Allen Robertson.Department of Health and Human Services	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Mar 10, 2022
PN1700	LaWanda Amaker Toney, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Peter Cunningham.Department of Education	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jan 31, 2022
PN1669	Timothy Baker, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2026, vice Michael Young, term expired.Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	Confirmed Sep 29, 2022Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jan 10, 2022

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.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-5851	A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods" (RIN0910-AI44) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 13, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 14, 2022
EC-5850	A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Listing of Color Additives; of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Antarctic Krill Meal; Confirmation of Effective Date" (FDA-2018-C-1007) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 13, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 14, 2022
EC-5849	A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements; Delayed Effective Date" (RIN0910-AI39) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 13, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 14, 2022
EC-5848	A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights" (RIN1210-AC03) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 2, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 14, 2022
EC-5847	A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2022 Update"; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 14, 2022
EC-5846	A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Medication-Assisted Treatment for Recovery from Addiction report to Congress for fiscal year 2022"; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 14, 2022
EC-5669	A joint communication from the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Corporation's Annual Report for fiscal year 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 6, 2022
EC-5668	A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report"; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communication	Dec 6, 2022

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 117th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 117-28	Legislative Calendar	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	26	888	42	3	1	76	12	65	211	0
118th2023–2024	21	1,014	34	12	2	46	40	32	319	1
117th2021–2022	22	994	18	20	0	67	57	58	255	1
116th2019–2020	24	858	17	13	1	24	25	30	317	2
115th2017–2018	25	583	29	21	1	—	66	62	449	2
114th2015–2016	22	561	34	11	1	—	57	24	485	2
113th2013–2014	22	508	32	16	4	—	69	58	451	0
112th2011–2012	22	430	10	4	1	—	64	100	440	4
111th2009–2010	26	535	13	12	2	—	80	139	216	2
110th2007–2008	21	604	27	12	10	—	73	157	367	0
109th2005–2006	20	461	34	20	27	—	64	141	529	1
108th2003–2004	21	403	36	17	30	—	55	197	536	1
107th2001–2002	21	436	33	13	18	—	62	191	415	0

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