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Most bills die in committee. These are the committees of the 119th Congress, with what each one handles, how many bills it has reported to the floor, and its chair and the ranking member of the minority party.

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House 22 committees

  1. Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 0 bills reported
    Studies the strategic competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party and develops a plan of action in response. Chair Moolenaar (R-MI) · Ranking Khanna (D-CA) 23 members
  2. Ethics 1 bill reported
    Handles the Code of Official Conduct, which sets ethical standards for House members and their staff. Chair Guest (R-MS) · Ranking DeSaulnier (D-CA) 10 members
  3. Intelligence (Permanent Select) 2 bills reported
    Oversees the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of National Intelligence, and intelligence activities across all government departments and agencies. Authorizes funding for these intelligence operations. Chair Crawford (R-AR) · Ranking Himes (D-CT) 27 members · 6 subcommittees
  4. Armed Services 3 bills reported
    Oversees the Department of Defense, military personnel benefits, armed forces size and composition, military bases, defense research and development, and the merchant marine's national security role. Chair Rogers (R-AL) · Ranking Smith (D-WA) 57 members · 7 subcommittees
  5. Agriculture 4 bills reported
    Oversees farming, crop and livestock production, agricultural research and education, farm credit, food safety inspections, forestry, rural development, and agricultural economics. Chair Thompson (R-PA) · Ranking Craig (D-MN) 53 members · 6 subcommittees
  6. Budget 4 bills reported
    Writes the federal budget framework, sets overall spending and revenue limits, and enforces budget rules and controls on federal spending. Chair Arrington (R-TX) · Ranking Boyle (D-PA) 37 members
  7. House Administration 22 bills reported
    Oversees House operations including budgets, member pay and benefits, federal elections, the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, congressional office space, and campaign finance rules. Chair Steil (R-WI) · Ranking Morelle (D-NY) 12 members · 3 subcommittees
  8. Appropriations 23 bills reported
    Writes bills to fund government operations and agencies. Reviews spending bills from other committees and handles changes to fund transfers and unused balances. Chair Cole (R-OK) · Ranking DeLauro (D-CT) 63 members · 12 subcommittees
  9. Science, Space, and Technology 31 bills reported
    Oversees energy research and development, space exploration, NASA, the National Science Foundation, civil aviation research, weather service, and scientific research programs. Chair Babin (R-TX) · Ranking Lofgren (D-CA) 40 members · 5 subcommittees
  10. Homeland Security 43 bills reported
    Oversees the Department of Homeland Security and homeland security policy, including border and port security, customs, counterterrorism, emergency preparedness, transportation security, and cybersecurity. Chair Garbarino (R-NY) · Ranking Thompson (D-MS) 33 members · 6 subcommittees
  11. Small Business 46 bills reported
    Oversees assistance and protection for small businesses, including financial aid and reducing regulations, plus small-business participation in federal contracts and procurement. Chair Williams (R-TX) · Ranking Velázquez (D-NY) 26 members · 5 subcommittees
  12. Rules 55 bills reported
    Sets the House's rules of procedure, determines the order of business, and handles recesses and final adjournments of Congress. Chair Foxx (R-NC) · Ranking McGovern (D-MA) 13 members · 2 subcommittees
  13. Transportation and Infrastructure 63 bills reported
    Oversees transportation including roads, railroads, aviation, and shipping; manages Coast Guard, merchant marine, and waterway infrastructure; handles disaster response and federal building management. Chair Graves (R-MO) · Ranking Larsen (D-WA) 67 members · 6 subcommittees
  14. Veterans' Affairs 64 bills reported
    Handles veterans' compensation, benefits, healthcare, education, life insurance, pensions, and cemetery matters. Oversees veteran readjustment to civilian life and servicemembers' civil relief. Chair Bost (R-IL) · Ranking Takano (D-CA) 25 members · 5 subcommittees
  15. Ways and Means 72 bills reported
    Handles federal taxes, tariffs, customs, Social Security, and government borrowing. Also oversees tax-exempt foundations and charitable trusts. Chair Smith (R-MO) · Ranking Neal (D-MA) 45 members · 6 subcommittees
  16. Judiciary 81 bills reported
    Handles federal courts, judges, the judicial system, immigration enforcement, patents and trademarks, bankruptcy, criminal law, civil liberties, constitutional amendments, and claims against the United States. Chair Jordan (R-OH) · Ranking Raskin (D-MD) 44 members · 7 subcommittees
  17. Education and Workforce 87 bills reported
    Handles education policy, child nutrition programs, labor standards, wages, workers' compensation, workplace safety, and the operations of the Education and Labor Departments. Chair Walberg (R-MI) · Ranking Scott (D-VA) 37 members · 4 subcommittees
  18. Foreign Affairs 104 bills reported
    Oversees U.S. relations with foreign nations, including embassies, diplomatic service, foreign loans, export controls, and American citizens abroad. Chair Mast (R-FL) · Ranking Meeks (D-NY) 53 members · 8 subcommittees
  19. Oversight and Government Reform 118 bills reported
    Oversees federal employees and benefits, government efficiency and management, federal procurement, the Census, postal service, the District of Columbia, and federal records. Chair Comer (R-KY) · Ranking Garcia (D-CA) 47 members · 8 subcommittees
  20. Financial Services 133 bills reported
    Handles banking, deposit insurance, federal monetary policy, financial aid to business, insurance, securities markets, international finance, housing, and urban development. Chair Hill (R-AR) · Ranking Waters (D-CA) 53 members · 6 subcommittees
  21. Energy and Commerce 139 bills reported
    Oversees energy production and regulation, including fossil fuels and renewables; consumer protection; health and medical research; communications; and nuclear energy regulation. Chair Guthrie (R-KY) · Ranking Pallone (D-NJ) 54 members · 6 subcommittees
  22. Natural Resources 152 bills reported
    Oversees fisheries, wildlife, national parks, public lands, Native American affairs, mining, water resources, oceanography, and military parks and monuments. Chair Westerman (R-AR) · Ranking Huffman (D-CA) 45 members · 5 subcommittees

Senate 20 committees

  1. Aging (Special) 0 bills reported
    Studies issues affecting older Americans and conducts oversight of programs serving seniors, without legislative authority. Publishes educational materials for older adults and runs a toll-free hotline for fraud victims. Chair Scott (R-FL) · Ranking Gillibrand (D-NY) 13 members
  2. Ethics (Select) 0 bills reported
    Oversees ethics rules for senators, Senate officers and employees, providing ethics advice and education, running the Senate's financial disclosure program, and investigating alleged misconduct by them. Chair Lankford (R-OK) · Vice Chair Coons (D-DE) 6 members
  3. Intelligence (Select) 0 bills reported
    Oversees the intelligence activities of the United States government. Chair Cotton (R-AR) · Vice Chair Warner (D-VA) 21 members
  4. Finance 1 bill reported
    Handles federal taxes, tariffs, customs duties, and Social Security and Medicare programs. Chair Crapo (R-ID) · Ranking Wyden (D-OR) 27 members · 6 subcommittees
  5. Armed Services 2 bills reported
    Oversees the Defense Department, military branches, weapons development, military personnel pay and benefits, and strategic materials for national defense. Chair Wicker (R-MS) · Ranking Reed (D-RI) 27 members · 7 subcommittees
  6. Budget 2 bills reported
    Handles the Senate's budget resolutions and oversees the Congressional Budget Office. Studies how laws and tax policies affect spending and works to coordinate them. Ranking Merkley (D-OR) 20 members
  7. Rules and Administration 2 bills reported
    Oversees Senate office buildings, elections, rules and procedures, the Capitol, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Institution. Also studies congressional operations and infrastructure. Chair McConnell (R-KY) · Ranking Padilla (D-CA) 17 members
  8. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 5 bills reported
    Handles banking, financial institutions, monetary policy, housing, urban development, commodity prices, export controls, and deposit insurance. Chair Scott (R-SC) · Ranking Warren (D-MA) 24 members · 6 subcommittees
  9. Appropriations 7 bills reported
    Decides how federal tax revenue is spent and cancels spending from appropriation acts when needed. Chair Collins (R-ME) · Ranking Murray (D-WA) 28 members · 12 subcommittees
  10. Small Business and Entrepreneurship 10 bills reported
    Oversees the Small Business Administration and studies problems affecting small business enterprises. Chair Ernst (R-IA) · Ranking Markey (D-MA) 19 members
  11. Environment and Public Works 14 bills reported
    Oversees air and water pollution, highways, public works, bridges, dams, fisheries, wildlife, solid waste, ocean dumping, and federal buildings. Chair Capito (R-WV) · Ranking Whitehouse (D-RI) 18 members · 4 subcommittees
  12. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 18 bills reported
    Handles agriculture, farming, crop and livestock production, food stamps, school nutrition programs, forestry, rural development, and related research and inspections. Chair Boozman (R-AR) · Ranking Klobuchar (D-MN) 23 members · 5 subcommittees
  13. Judiciary 39 bills reported
    Oversees the federal court system, judges, constitutional amendments, civil liberties, immigration, patents and copyrights, bankruptcy, and federal prisons. Chair Grassley (R-IA) · Ranking Durbin (D-IL) 21 members · 7 subcommittees
  14. Indian Affairs 40 bills reported
    Studies problems facing American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and proposes legislation on issues like education, economic development, land management, health care, and claims against the United States. Chair Murkowski (R-AK) · Vice Chair Schatz (D-HI) 11 members
  15. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 41 bills reported
    Handles legislation on education, health care, labor standards and safety, aging, occupational safety, student loans, and public welfare programs. Chair Cassidy (R-LA) · Ranking Sanders (I-VT) 23 members · 3 subcommittees
  16. Veterans' Affairs 46 bills reported
    Handles veterans' compensation, pensions, life insurance, medical care, hospitals, vocational rehabilitation, and burial in national cemeteries. Chair Moran (R-KS) · Ranking Blumenthal (D-CT) 19 members
  17. Foreign Relations 71 bills reported
    Oversees U.S. relations with foreign nations, including diplomacy, foreign aid, treaties, military intervention, and international organizations like the United Nations and World Bank. Chair Risch (R-ID) · Ranking Shaheen (D-NH) 22 members · 7 subcommittees
  18. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 76 bills reported
    Oversees federal archives, census, civil service, postal service, government information, the District of Columbia, and executive branch organization and efficiency. Chair Paul (R-KY) · Ranking Peters (D-MI) 15 members · 3 subcommittees
  19. Commerce, Science, and Transportation 107 bills reported
    Handles Coast Guard, maritime safety, communications, highway safety, railroads and other transportation, airlines, consumer product safety, ocean and weather activities, space research, and sports. Chair Cruz (R-TX) · Ranking Cantwell (D-WA) 28 members · 6 subcommittees
  20. Energy and Natural Resources 116 bills reported
    Oversees energy production and conservation, oil and gas, nuclear power, mining, public lands and forests, national parks, and wilderness areas. Chair Lee (R-UT) · Ranking Heinrich (D-NM) 20 members · 4 subcommittees

Joint committees, commissions and caucuses bills are not referred to these

  1. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission)
    Monitors whether European and other participating countries comply with the Helsinki Final Act, with a focus on human rights, humanitarian cooperation, economic ties, and the exchange of people and ideas. Co-chair Wicker (R-MS) 9 members
  2. Joint Committee on Printing
    Works to remedy neglect, delay, duplication or waste in the government's public printing, binding and distribution of publications. Chair McConnell (R-KY) · Vice Chair Steil (R-WI) 10 members
  3. Joint Committee on Taxation
    Investigates how federal internal revenue taxes operate and are administered by the IRS, and looks for ways to simplify them, especially the income tax. Reports its findings and recommendations to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees. Chair Crapo (R-ID) · Vice Chair Smith (R-MO) 10 members
  4. Joint Committee on the Library
    Oversees the Library of Congress, which serves Congress and the public. Chair Steil (R-WI) · Vice Chair McConnell (R-KY) 10 members
  5. Joint Economic
    Serves as a joint advisory panel on the economy, the congressional counterpart to the President's Council of Economic Advisers, created by the Employment Act of 1946. Chair Schweikert (R-AZ) · Ranking Hassan (D-NH) 20 members
  6. United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
    Oversees U.S. government and private programs aimed at international cooperation against drug abuse and narcotics trafficking, and monitors compliance with narcotics control treaties. Also reviews international counternarcotics assistance and domestic drug prevention and treatment programs. Chair Cornyn (R-TX) 7 members

No member list on file at congress.gov: Congressional-Executive Commission on China (Joint), Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (House), U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (Joint).

"Bills reported" counts each bill once per committee that reported it this Congress, from congress.gov's action history.