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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. 110-589Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel206 pages
7 witnesses
  • Carafano, James Jay, Assistant Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, and Senior Research Fellow, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C
  • Cunningham, Larry, Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County; Assistant Professor of Legal Writing, St. John's University School of Law, Queens, New York
  • Gurley, Susan K., Executive Director, Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Khera, Farhana Y., President and Executive Director, Muslim Advocates, San Francisco, California
  • Sales, Nathan A., Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia
  • Swire, Peter P., Professor, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C
  • Tien, Lee, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California
Jun 25, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-786From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity95 pages
4 witnesses
  • Cheek, Joey, Co-founder and President, Team Darfur, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Hari, Daoud, Author, The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Orentlicher, Diane, Professor, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C
  • Smith, Gayle, Co-Chair, ENOUGH Project, Washington, D.C
Jun 24, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-618S. 2838, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act179 pagesOn S. 2838
5 witnesses
  • Connor, Kenneth L., Esq., Wilkes & McHugh, PA, Washington, D.C
  • Hirschel, Alison E., President, National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care, Washington, D.C
  • Kurth, David W., Burlington, Wisconsin
  • Rice-Schild, Kelley C., Executive Director, Floridean Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Miami, Florida
  • Ware, Stephen J., Professor of Law, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 18, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-457Responding to the Growing Need for Federal Judgeships: the Federal Judgeship Act of 2008136 pagesJun 17, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-561Protecting Consumers by Protecting Intellectual Property62 pagesOn S. 522, S. 2317
4 witnesses
  • Monks, Brian H., Vice President, Anti-Counterfeiting Operations, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Melville, New York
  • Rose, Mike, Vice President, Supply Chain Technology, Johnson & Johnson, Fountainville, Pennsylvania
  • Thurnau, Jeffrey, Patent Counsel, Gates Corporation, Denver, Colorado
  • Yager, Loren, Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C
Jun 17, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-497Short-Change for Consumers and Short-Shrift for Congress? the Supreme Court's Treatment of Laws That Protect Americans' Health, Safety, Jobs and Retirement139 pages
6 witnesses
  • Anderson, Andy R., Of Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, Illinois
  • Cooper, Richard M., Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C
  • Kurtek, Maureen, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
  • Lawless, Robert M., Professor of Law and Galowich-Huizenga Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois
  • McGarity, Thomas O., Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
  • Robb, Bridget, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
Jun 11, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-941Coercive Interrogation Techniques: Do They Work, Are They Reliable, and What Did the FBI Know About Them?216 pages
5 witnesses
  • Caproni, Valerie E., General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C
  • Cloonan, John E., retired Special Agent, West Caldwell, New Jersey
  • Fine, Glenn A., Inspector General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Heymann, Philip B., James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Sands, Philippe, QC, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals, University College London
Jun 10, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-455Improving Detainee Policy: Handling Terrorism Detainees Within the American Justice System156 pages
5 witnesses
  • Benjamin, James J., Jr., Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, New York
  • Coughenour, Hon. John C., Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  • Guiora, Amos N., Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Malinowski, Tom, Washington Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C
  • Wittes, Benjamin, Fellow and Research Director in Public Law, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C
Jun 4, 2008

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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