Committees of the U.S. Congress Profile pages for committees active in the current congress are listed here. Committee Name History includes information about terminated committees and …

May 21, 2021 · Conference committees are generally free to conduct their negotiations as they choose, but under the formal rules they are expected to address only the matters on which the …

May 21, 2021 · Conference committees are generally free to conduct their negotiations as they choose, but under the formal rules they are expected to address only the matters on which the …

In the 119 th Congress (2025-2026), there are 20 standing committees in the House, with 104 subcommittees 1 and two select committees. 2 The Senate has 16 standing committees, with …

Committees of the U.S. Congress is a directory of committees active in the current congress. Committee names link to committee profiles that facilitate access to business conducted and …

Congress might opt to use a conference committee to resolve disagreements on controversial or complex measures or after an exchange of amendments between the two chambers proves …

First, it will provide an overview of the methods Congress employs to achieve bicameral agreement on legislation. Second, it will briefly discuss how each chamber gets to conference, …

May 2, 2017 · Structure of the Committee System Congress divides its legislative, oversight, and internal administrative tasks among more than 200 committees and subcommittees.

As with Member committee assignments, the Steering Committee and Republican leader are responsible for nominating committee chairs (or ranking members when in the minority), who …

This schedule combines announcements about future House and Senate committee meetings and hearings for the selected week. Data sources for this schedule are the House Committee …