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Fact sheet Spreadsheet

955 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

8,612 across the 13 Congresses on file, more in this Congress than in any other. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members
22

Seated in the 119th Congress

Subcommittees
7

Each with its own members and record

Meetings
94

Hearings and business meetings in the 119th Congress

Members 22

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

Subcommittees 7

Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. Every Congress on file.

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. Every Congress on file.

HearingTitleHeld
S. Hrg. 108-920Pornography on the InternetHeld Sep 9, 2003 to Oct 15, 2003 · 346 pagesOn S. 1722
17 witnesses
  • Barr, William, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Verizon Communications, Washington, D.C
  • Callaway, Robbie, Chairman, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Hess, Stephen, Associate Academic Vice President for Information Technology, Office of Information Technology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Jacobson, Douglas W., President and Chief Technology Officer, Palisade Systems, Incorporated, Ames, Iowa
  • Koontz, Linda, Director, Information and Management Issues, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C
  • Malcolm, John, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Morris, Alan, Executive Vice President, Sharman Networks Limited, Washington, D.C
  • Peters, Marybeth, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C
  • Sherman, Cary, President and General Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, D.C
  • Spota, Thomas J., Suffolk County District Attorney, Hauppauge, New York
  • Buchanan, Mary Beth, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Cline, Victor, Emeritus Professor, University of Utah, Sale Lake City, Utah
  • Flores, J. Robert, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Malcolm, John G., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Maxwell, Lawrence E., Inspector in Charge, Fraud and Dangerous Mail Investigations, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Washington, D.C
  • Takeshita, Steven, Officer in Charge, Pornography Unit, Organized Crime and Vice Division, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, California
  • Taylor, Bruce A., President and Chief Counsel, National Law Center for Children and Families, Fairfax, Virginia
Sep 9, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-813What Is Needed to Defend the Bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 1996?270 pagesOn H.J.Res. 56, S. 2431
6 witnesses
  • Bradkowski, Keith A., San Francisco, California
  • Carpenter, Dale, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Coleman, Gregory S., Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP, and Former Solicitor General, State of Texas, Austin, Texas
  • Farris, Michael P., Chairman and General Counsel, Home School Legal Defense Association, and President and Professor of Government, Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, Virginia
  • Gallagher, Maggie, President, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, New York, New York
  • Hammond, Ray, Pastor, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 4, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-344Terrorism: First Responders78 pages
5 witnesses
  • Clarke, Richard A., Senior Advisor, Independent Task Force on Emergency Responders
  • Cox, Hon. Chris, a Representative in Congress from the State of California
  • Posner, Paul L., Managing Director, Federal Budget Issues and Intergovernment Relations, Strategic Issues, General Accounting Office
  • Rudman, Hon. Warren, Chair, Independent Task Force on Emergency Responders
  • Turner, Hon. Jim, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas
Sep 3, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-390Examining the Senate and House Versions of the ``greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act''162 pagesOn H.R. 1, S. 1, S. 812, S. 1225
5 witnesses
  • Armitage, Robert A., Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, Washington, D.C
  • Bradshaw, Sheldon, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Dudas, Jon W., Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and Deputy Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C
  • Muris, Timothy J., Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; accompanied by Susan Creighton, Washington, D.C
  • Troy, Daniel E., Chief Counsel, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; accompanied by Gary Buehler, Director, Office of Generic Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland
Aug 1, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-323Department of Justice Oversight: Funding Forensic Sciences--Dna and Beyond113 pages
7 witnesses
  • Baden, Michael M., M.D., Director, Medicolegal Investigations Unit, New York State Police, New York, New York
  • Clark, Frank J., District Attorney, Erie County, Buffalo, New York
  • Hart, Sarah V., Director, National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Hillman, Randall, Executive Director, Alabama District Attorney's Association, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Johns, Susan Hart, President, American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors, Springfield, Illinois
  • Neufeld, Peter, Co-Director, Innocence Project, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York, New York
  • Serra, Rosemary, New Haven, Connecticut
Jul 31, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-372An Examination of S. 1194, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003176 pagesOn S. 1194
6 witnesses
  • Atkins, Rhonda, Sarasota, Florida
  • Campbell, Hon. John F., Member, Vermont State Senate, Quechee, Vermont
  • Eslinger, Donald F., Sheriff, Seminole County, Sanford, Florida
  • Honberg, Ron, Legal Director, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, on behalf of the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, Arlington, Virginia
  • Stratton, Hon. Evelyn Lundberg, Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
  • Wilkinson, Reginald A., Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, on behalf of the Association of State Correctional Administrators, Columbus, Ohio
Jul 30, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-327The L-1 Visa and American Interests in the 21st Century Global Economy100 pagesOn S. 1452
7 witnesses
  • Buffenstein, Daryl R., General Counsel, Global Personnel Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Dodd, Hon. Christopher J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut
  • Fluno, Patricia, former Siemens Technologies Employee, Lake Mary, Florida
  • Fragomen, Austin T., Jr., Chairman, American Council on International Personnel, Inc., Washington, D.C
  • Gildea, Michael W., Executive Director, Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C
  • Verman, Beth R., President, Systems Staffing Group, Inc., on behalf of the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
  • Yale-Loehr, Stephen, Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, Ithaxa, New York
Jul 29, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-315Alien Smuggling/Human Trafficking: Sending a Meaningful Message of Deterrence94 pages
6 witnesses
  • Boyle, Jane J., U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, Texas
  • Charlton, Paul K., U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Cohn, Sharon B., Senior Counsel, International Justice Mission, Washington, D.C
  • DeMore, Charles H., Interim Assistant Director of Investigations, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security
  • Harris, Robert L., Deputy Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
  • Malcolm, John, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice
Jul 25, 2003

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.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawReportsMeetingsPrinted hearingsNominationsCommunicationsPrints
119th2025–2026, sitting2495541519442292050
118th2023–20242383425141104762292690
117th2021–20222283531331132763002270
116th2019–202022738192228542772620
115th2017–20182266729297—63583371
114th2015–20162053231208—391122613
113th2013–20141843729108—822552870
112th2011–201218485662215—1042142531
111th2009–201021601552916—1243162291
110th2007–2008197041604439—1291772851
109th2005–20061860243174—1361772891
108th2003–2004196351143213—1102092881
107th2001–2002195871132816—1164503521

Earlier subcommittees 13

Subcommittees this committee once had, under their last names, with the Congresses they sat. Each has its own record.

Membership changes 18

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

DateMemberChangeRecord
Jul 21, 2026Darline Graham R-SCJoinedS.Res. 810
Jun 24, 2026Lindsey Graham R-SCLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Dec 10, 2024Adam B. Schiff D-CAJoinedS.Res. 926
Dec 5, 2024Laphonza R. Butler D-CALeft CongressLast recorded vote
Oct 17, 2023Laphonza R. Butler D-CAJoinedS.Res. 411
Sep 28, 2023Dianne Feinstein D-CALeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jan 9, 2018Cory A. Booker D-NJJoinedS.Res. 370
Jan 9, 2018Kamala D. Harris D-CAJoinedS.Res. 370
Dec 21, 2017Al Franken D-MNLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jan 8, 2015Chuck Grassley R-IABecame ChairS.Res. 23
Nov 15, 2010Christopher A. Coons D-DEJoinedS.Res. 674
Sep 29, 2010Edward E. Kaufman D-DELeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jul 7, 2009Ron Wyden D-ORLeft the committeeS.Res. 208
Jul 7, 2009Al Franken D-MNJoinedS.Res. 208
May 5, 2009Arlen Specter D-PANo longer Ranking MemberS.Res. 131
May 5, 2009Jeff Sessions R-ALBecame Ranking MemberS.Res. 131
Jul 10, 2001John Edwards D-NCJoinedCongressional Record, S7417
Jul 10, 2001Patrick J. Leahy D-VTBecame ChairCongressional Record, S7417

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