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Judiciary Committee

Committee on the Judiciary

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. 107-359Competition in the Pharmaceutical Marketplace: Antitrust Implications of Patent Settlements53 pagesOn S. 127, S. 174, S. 365, S. 657, S. 754 and 1 more
4 witnesses
  • Boast, Molly, Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C
  • Buehler, Gary, R.Ph., Acting Director for Generic Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C
  • Griffin, James M., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Shurtleff, Mark, Attorney General, State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
May 24, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-415CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATIONS OF RALPH F. BOYD, JR. AND ROBERT D. McCALLUM, JR. TO BE ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL161 pagesMay 23, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-356Rural and Urban Health Care Needs58 pagesOn S. 121, S.Res. 284
7 witnesses
  • Hegerty, Martha, President, Country Care Nursing Facility, Easton, Kansas
  • LeBaron, Bradley D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Uintah Basin Medical Center, Roosevelt, Utah
  • Levine, Ruth E., Senior Health Economist, World Bank, Washington, D.C
  • Page, Susan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kansas
  • Shusterman, Carl, Attorney, Los Angeles, California
  • Sosne, Diane, Co-Chair, Service Employees International Union Nurse Alliance, Seattle, Washington
  • Wear, Douglas M., Chair, Committee on Rural Health, American Psychological Association, Seattle, Washington
May 22, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-342Dna Crime Labs: the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act84 pagesOn H.R. 4593, S. 172
9 witnesses
  • Buel, Eric, Director, Vermont Forensic Laboratory, Waterbury, Vermont
  • Boyd, David G., Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Coonrod, Keith K., Chair, Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations, Albany, New York
  • Downs, James Claude Upshaw, M.D., Director/Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Forensic Services, State of Alabama, Auburn, Alabama
  • Nix, Milton E., Jr., Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Decatur, Georgia
  • Petersen, William, Actor, Valencia, California
  • Sheppo, Michael G., Bureau Chief, Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services, Forensic Sciences Command, Springfield, Illinois
  • Townsend, Richard J., Director, Utah Bureau of Forensic Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Yura, Michael T., Director, Forensic Identification Program, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
May 15, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-298Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Michael Chertoff and Viet D. Dinh to Be Assistant Attorneys General176 pagesOn S. 625May 9, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-274An Overview of Asylum Policy126 pagesOn H.R. 1560, S. 121, S.Res. 284
10 witnesses
  • Acer, Eleanor, Senior Coordinator, Asylum Program, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York, NY
  • Burhani, Mina, refugee from Afghanistan
  • Glickman, Leonard, President and Chief Operating Officer, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, New York, NY
  • Graham, Hon. Bob, a U.S. Senator from the State of Florida
  • Gyamtso, Amchok Thubten, refugee from Tibet
  • Hammond, Donald, Senior Vice President, World Relief, Washington, DC
  • Mkhizi, Patrick, refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Musalo, Karen, Resident Scholar, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, San Francisco, CA
  • Stein, Dan, Executive Director, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Washington, DC
  • Young, Wendy A., Director of Government Relations, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, Washington, DC
May 3, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-282Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Charles A. James, JR. and Daniel J. Bryant to Be Assistant Attorneys General83 pagesMay 2, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-275The Telecom Act Five Years Later: Is It Promoting Competition?60 pagesOn H.R. 1685, H.R. 1686
6 witnesses
  • Dorman, David, President, American Telephone and Telegraph
  • Ellis, James D., Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel,SBC Telecommunications, Inc
  • Herda, Larissa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Time Warner Telecom
  • Hundt, Reed E., Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company, and former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
  • Robbins, James, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cox Communications
  • Wood, Patrick Henry, III, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas
May 2, 2001

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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