Senate Committees

Standing and other committes of the United States Senate.

Resources in this category:

Joint Committee on Printing

"The principal purpose of the Joint Committee on Printing is to oversee the functions of the Government Printing Office and general printing procedures of the Federal Government."

Joint Committee on Taxation
http://www.house.gov/jct/

The duties of the Joint Committee are to investigate the operation and effects of internal revenue taxes, investigate measures and methods for the simplification of taxes, make reports to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance, and review any proposed refund or credit and gift taxes in excess of $2,000,000.

Joint Economic Committee
http://jec.senate.gov/

"The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) was created when Congress passed the Employment Act of 1946. Under this Act, Congress established two advisory panels: the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the Joint Economic Committee. Their primary tasks are to review economic conditions and to recommend improvements in economic policy."

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
http://agriculture.senate.gov/

"Jurisdiction over legislation on foreign agricultural trade; foreign market development; agriculture product promotion and domestic marketing programs; oversight of international commodity agreements and export controls on agricultural commodities; foreign assistance programs and Food for Peace; marketing orders; inspection and certification of meat, flowers, fruit, vegetables and livestock."

Senate Committee on Appropriations
http://appropriations.senate.gov/

The Senate Committee on Appropriations "writes the legislation that allocates federal funds to the numerous government agencies, departments, and organizations on an annual basis."

Senate Committee on Armed Services
http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/

The Senate Committee on Armed Services has jurisdiction over legislation related to aeronautical and space activities; the common defense; the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force; the Panama Canal; military research and development; national security aspects of nuclear energy; naval petroleum reserves; benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces; selective service system; and strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
http://banking.senate.gov/

The committee that monitors legislation on banks, financial institutions, control of prices of commodities, deposit insurance, economic stabilization and defense production, export and foreign trade promotion, federal monetary policy including the Federal Reserve System, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance and redemption of notes, public and private housing, urban development, and urban mass transit.

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
http://energy.senate.gov/

The "Jurisdiction of the Full Committee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: National Energy Policy, including international energy affairs and emergency preparedness; nuclear waste policy; privatization of federal assets; territorial policy (including changes in status and issues affecting Antartica); Native Hawaiian matters." Additionally, subcommittees review legislation on energy, national parks, public lands, forests, water, and power.

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
http://epw.senate.gov/

Areas of oversight for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works include legislative responsibility for the development of an interstate highway system, flood control and navigation projects and the "responsibility for creating new laws to achieve air and water pollution control, rural and community economic development, and relief from natural disasters."

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
http://foreign.senate.gov/

Areas of jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations include acquisition of land and buildings for embassies, the international activities of the American National Red Cross, international aspects of nuclear energy, the International Monetary Fund, intervention abroad and declarations of war, the protection of United States citizens abroad and expatriation, the United Nations and its affiliated organizations, and the World Bank group.

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
http://help.senate.gov/

This committee reviews legislative measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare, aging, agricultural colleges, arts and humanities, biomedical research and development, child labor, convict labor, domestic activities of the American National Red Cross, equal employment opportunity, Gallaudet College, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeths Hospital, handicapped individuals, labor standards and labor statistics, mediation and arbitration of labor disputes, occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners, private pension plans, public health, railway labor and retirement, regulation of foreign laborers, student loans, and wages and hours of labor.

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
http://hsgac.senate.gov/

Matters relating to the Archives of the United States, the census and the collection of statistics, Federal Civil Service, municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, and the Postal Service are within the legislative jurisdiction of the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
http://indian.senate.gov/

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs conducts studies of "any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not limited to, Indian land management and trust responsibilities, Indian education, health, special services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the United States."

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
http://rules.senate.gov/

The Senate committee whose jurisdiction is over administration of the Senate Office Buildings, Senate rules and regulations, credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate, contested elections, federal elections, the Government Printing Office, the Congressional Record, Presidential succession, the purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory of individuals, the Senate Library, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Botanic Gardens.

Senate Committee on Small Business
http://sbc.senate.gov/

The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship reports on matters related to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and problems of American small business enterprises.

Senate Committee on the Budget
http://budget.senate.gov/

"Along with the House Budget Committee, [the Senate Budget Committee] is responsible for drafting Congress' annual budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal Government. In addition, the Budget Committee has jurisdiction over the operation of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)."

Senate Committee on the Judiciary
http://judiciary.senate.gov/

Areas of jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary include apportionment of Representatives, bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, & counterfeiting, civil liberties, constitutional amendments, federal courts & judges, governmental information, holidays & celebrations, immigration & naturalization, interstate compacts, judicial proceedings, local courts in the territories & possessions, measures relating to claims against the United States. national penitentiaries, patents, copyrights, & trademarks, protection of trade & commerce against unlawful restraints & monopolies, revision & codification of the statutes of the United States, and state and territorial boundary lines.

Senate Committtee on Finance
http://finance.senate.gov/

The Finance Committee is responsible for reviewing proposed legislation including the following subjects: the bonded debt of the United States, customs, ports of entry, the deposit of public moneys, health programs under the Social Security Act, social security, revenue measures, tariffs and import quotas, and the transportation of dutiable goods.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reviews proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to topics including the Coast Guard, coastal zone management, communications, highway safety, inland waterways, interstate commerce, marine and ocean navigation, marine fisheries, Merchant marine and navigation, nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences, oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities, interoceanic canals, regulation of consumer products and services, regulation of interstate common carriers, science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy, sports, standards and measurement, and transportation.