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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. 109-608The Findings and Recommendations of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons85 pages
5 witnesses
  • Gibbons, John J., Commission Co-Chairman, and former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Newark, New Jersey
  • Katzenbach, Nicholas de B., Commission Co-Chairman, and former U.S. Attorney General, Princeton, New Jersey
  • Maynard, Gary D., Commissioner, and Director, Iowa Department of Corrections, and President-Elect, American Correctional Association, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Morial, Marc H., Commissioner, and President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League, former Mayor of New Orleans, and former Louisiana State Senator, New York, New York
  • Nolan, Pat, Commissioner, and President, Prison Fellowship's Justice Fellowship, and Member, Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Lansdowne, Virginia
Jun 8, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-594S. 3274: the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2006122 pagesOn H.R. 1957, S. 852, S. 3274
8 witnesses
  • Cullinan, Dennis, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D.C
  • Engler, John, former Governor of Michigan and President, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C
  • Ganz, Peter, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Foster Wheeler, Clinton, New Jersey
  • Green, Eric, Founder, Principal, Resolutions, LLC, Professor, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Green, Flora, National Spokesperson, Seniors Coalition, Fairfax, Virginia
  • Grogan, James A., General President, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, Lanham, Maryland
  • Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, Director, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C
  • Kelly, Edmund F., Chairman, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 7, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-838Examining Doj's Investigation of Journalists Who Publish Classified Information: Lessons from the Jack Anderson Case233 pages
5 witnesses
  • Anderson, Kevin, Fabian and Clendenin, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Feldstein, Mark, Director of Journalism Program, and Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C
  • Friedrich, Matthew W., Chief of Staff and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Schoenfeld, Gabriel, Senior Editor, Commentary, New York, New York
  • Smolla, Rodney, Dean, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
Jun 6, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-1028The Consequences of Legalized Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia128 pages
9 witnesses
  • Coleman, Diane, President, Not Dead Yet, Forest Park, Illinois
  • Imbody, Jonathan, Senior Policy Analyst, Christian Medical Association, Ashburn, Virginia
  • Jackson, Ann, Executive Director, and Chief Executive Officer, Oregon Hospice Association, Portland, Oregon
  • Marker, Rita L., Executive Director, International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Steubenville, Ohio
  • McMurchie, Julie S., Portland, Oregon
  • Reitsema, Hendrik, Eck en Wiel, The Netherlands
  • Smith, Wesley J., Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute, Castro Valley, California
  • Tucker, Kathryn, Director of Legal Affairs, Compassion and Choices, and Affiliate Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington
  • Wyden, Hon. Ron, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon
May 25, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-929Perspectives on Patents: Post-Grant Review Procedures and Other Litigation Reforms106 pages
5 witnesses
  • Cadel, Andrew, Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, JP Morgan Chase, New York, New York, on behalf of the Financial Services Roundtable and BITS
  • Chandler, Mark, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Cisco Systems, San Jose, California
  • Johnson, Philip S., Chief Patent Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Myhrvold, Nathan P., Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Ventures, Bellevue, Washington
  • Thomas, John R., Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C
May 23, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-590Campus Crime: Compliance and Enforcement Under the Clery Act70 pages
11 witnesses
  • Adamany, David, President, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Adler, Madeleine Wing, President, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Baker, Robert, Region III Representative for Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, Department of Education, Washington, D.C
  • Carter, S. Daniel, Senior Vice President, Security on Campus, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Mattioli, Bill, Director of Public Safety, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Meehan, Patrick, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C
  • Papadakis, Constantine, President, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Rush, Maureen S., Vice President, Division of Public Safety, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Santorum, Hon. Rick, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania
  • Stack, Reverend John, Vice President, Student Life, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
  • Turzanski, Edward A., Esq., Counsel to the President of La Salle University, Assistant Vice President for Government and Community Relations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 19, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-545Understanding the Benefits and Costs of Section 5 Pre-Clearance214 pages
5 witnesses
  • Days, Drew S., III, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Derfner, Armand, Derfner, Altman and Wilborn, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Gray, Fred D., Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray and Nathanson, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Persily, Nathaniel, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Thernstrom, Abigail, Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute, New York, New York
May 17, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-569The Continuing Need for Section 5 Pre-Clearance211 pagesOn H.R. 1, H.R. 33
5 witnesses
  • Arrington, Theodore S., Chair, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Earls, Anita S., Director of Advocacy, University of North Carolina Law School Center for Civil Rights, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Gaddie, Ronald Keith, Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  • Karlan, Pamela S., Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, and Associate Dean for Research and Academics, Stanford University School of Law, Stanford, California
  • Pildes, Richard H., Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law, New York, New York
May 16, 2006

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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