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Rules and Administration Committee

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Committee on Rules and Administration

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81 bills referred in the 114th Congress

1,205 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 116th at 122. 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 114th Congress

Members, 114th Congress 18

Everyone who held a seat in the 114th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Chair
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Ranking Member
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar
I-ME	Angus S. King Jr.
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein
R-AR	John Boozman
R-TN	Lamar Alexander
D-VA	Mark R. Warner
R-KY	Mitch McConnell
R-KS	Pat Roberts
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy
R-AL	Richard C. Shelby
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito
R-TX	Ted Cruz
R-MS	Thad Cochran
D-NM	Tom Udall

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 114th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 3526	FAST Voting Act of 2016	Referred To	Dec 8, 2016
S 3499	Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2016	Referred To	Dec 5, 2016
S 3488	SuperPAC Elimination Act of 2017	Referred To	Nov 30, 2016
HR 4511	Gold Star Families Voices Act	Discharged From	Nov 16, 2016
SRES 527	A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the opening of the National Gallery of Art.	Discharged From	Sep 29, 2016
S 3419	Gold Star Families Voices Act of 2016	Referred To	Sep 28, 2016
SRES 583	A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to ensure that the Senate votes on whether to confirm judicial nominees.	Referred To	Sep 28, 2016
SRES 581	No Vote No Recess Resolution	Referred To	Sep 27, 2016

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 114th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 114-285	Nomination of DR. Carla D. Hayden, to Be Librarian of Congress72 pages	Apr 20, 2016
S. Hrg. 114-571	Business Meeting: Omnibus Committee Funding6 pages	Feb 12, 2015
S. Hrg. 114-570	Organizational Meeting6 pages	Jan 29, 2015

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 114th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 114-112	Authorizing Expenditures by Committees of the SenateOn S.Res. 73	Aug 4, 2015
S. Rept. 114-11	Review of Legislative Activity During the 113th Congress	Apr 13, 2015

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 114th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN1406	Kathleen Marie Marshall, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission for a term expiring December 12, 2019, vice Rosemary E. Rodriguez, term expired.Election Assistance 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 28, 2016
PN1180	Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years, vice James H. Billington.Library of Congress	Confirmed Jul 13, 2016Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 18. Record Vote Number: 128.	Feb 24, 2016

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-7951	A communication from the Chairman of the Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to thirteen legislative recommendations; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.Executive communication	Dec 9, 2016
EC-7522	A communication from the Chairman, Board of Trustees, and the President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Center's financial statements, supplemental schedules of operations, and independent auditor's report for years ended September 27, 2015, and September 28, 2014, and a report relative to the Center's schedule of expenditures of federal awards and independent auditor's reports for the year ended September 27, 2015; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.Executive communication	Nov 16, 2016
EC-6676	A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2017"; to the Special Committee on Aging; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Select Committee on Ethics; Finance; Foreign Relations; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Indian Affairs; Select Committee on Intelligence; the Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Sep 6, 2016
EC-5099	A communication from the Chairman, Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the memorial construction; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.Executive communication	Apr 12, 2016
EC-4848	A communication from the Co-Chief Privacy Officers, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Privacy Report for fiscal year 2015; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.Executive communication	Apr 5, 2016
EC-4847	A communication from the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Federal Voting Assistance Program's 2015 Annual Report to Congress; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.Executive communication	Apr 5, 2016
POM-132	A petition from a citizen of the State of Minnesota relative to the election of a Senator; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.Petition or memorial	Mar 3, 2016
EC-4125	A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report from the Attorney General to Congress relative to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.Executive communication	Jan 19, 2016

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	17	96	2	0	1	3	0	2	12	2
118th2023–2024	19	111	5	5	1	14	12	0	30	0
117th2021–2022	18	101	2	2	0	18	17	1	23	1
116th2019–2020	19	122	4	0	1	13	12	8	19	0
115th2017–2018	20	97	2	6	1	—	5	5	24	1
114th2015–2016	18	81	2	3	2	—	3	2	23	0
113th2013–2014	19	88	10	4	3	—	1	11	25	2
112th2011–2012	18	79	4	4	2	—	1	5	27	1
111th2009–2010	21	103	2	5	1	—	3	4	10	1
110th2007–2008	20	94	3	7	1	—	0	15	21	0
109th2005–2006	18	74	4	3	2	—	0	10	32	0
108th2003–2004	19	71	4	1	1	—	1	6	45	0
107th2001–2002	19	88	5	4	2	—	0	4	34	0

Membership changes 1

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 114th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jan 8, 2015	Roy Blunt R-MO	Became Chair	S.Res. 23

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