Members of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Its Predecessor Committees
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115TH CONGRESS COMMITTEE " COMMITTEE PRINT ! 2d Session PRINT 115–E MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES Prepared by the Staff of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 2018 VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5013 Sfmt 5013 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN CONGRESS.#13 Members of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Predecessor Committees VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN 115TH CONGRESS COMMITTEE " COMMITTEE PRINT ! 2d Session PRINT 115–E MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES Prepared by the Staff of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 33–394 PDF WASHINGTON : 2018 VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5013 Sfmt 5013 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN CONGRESS.#13 VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5013 Sfmt 5013 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Vice Chair Columbia FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas SAM GRAVES, Missouri ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas RICK LARSEN, Washington LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts BOB GIBBS, Ohio GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois JEFF DENHAM, California STEVE COHEN, Tennessee THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina JOHN GARAMENDI, California SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana MARK SANFORD, South Carolina RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota ROB WOODALL, Georgia DINA TITUS, Nevada TODD ROKITA, Indiana SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York JOHN KATKO, New York ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut, Vice BRIAN BABIN, Texas Ranking Member GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana LOIS FRANKEL, Florida BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina JARED HUFFMAN, California MIKE BOST, Illinois JULIA BROWNLEY, California RANDY K. WEBER, SR., Texas FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida DOUG LAMALFA, California DONALD M. PAYNE, JR., New Jersey BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania BRENDA L. LAWRENCE, Michigan PAUL MITCHELL, Michigan MARK DESAULNIER, California JOHN J. FASO, New York STACEY E. PLASKETT, Virgin Islands A. DREW FERGUSON IV, Georgia BRIAN J. MAST, Florida JASON LEWIS, Minnesota MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin VACANCY (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN C O N T E N T S Page Introduction ................................................................................................... 1 Committee Rosters Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds ............................................ 7 Committee on Rivers and Harbors .............................................................. 33 Committee on Roads and Canals ................................................................. 49 Committee on Railways and Canals ........................................................ 59 Committee on Pacific Railroads ................................................................... 67 Committee on Roads ..................................................................................... 77 Committee on the Mississippi Levees ......................................................... 87 Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River ...... 88 Committee on Flood Control ........................................................................ 95 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries .......................................... 105 Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio, and Fisheries ......................... 117 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries ...................................... 119 Committee on Public Works ......................................................................... 149 Committee on Public Works and Transportation ................................... 162 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure .................................. 172 Chair Biographies ......................................................................................... 185 Committee Chairs ......................................................................................... 303 (V) VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN Introduction This booklet details the Members of the Committee on Transpor- tation and Infrastructure and its predecessor Committees, and their organization. The U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure exercises legislative authority over a broad spectrum of the national activities that influence the development of America and the lives of its people. The Committee can trace its roots back to the early beginnings of the Republic, and its influence has stimulated national growth and prosperity; from the first U.S. public works project in the First Congress in 1789—a lighthouse on Cape Henry in Hampton Roads, Virginia—to the present day. Prior to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Pub. L. 97- 601) the jurisdictional aspects of the Committee can be traced to the following predecessor Committees: The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds; the Committee on Rivers and Harbors; the Committee on Roads and Canals; and the Committee on Levees. COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds was established in 1837 with jurisdiction over ‘‘subjects relating to the public edi- fices and grounds within the city of Washington.’’ The jurisdiction was expanded slightly in 1869 to include the care of the Restaurant within the Capitol. In 1871, the jurisdiction was further expanded to include ‘‘all the public buildings constructed by the United States.’’ Again, in 1880, the Committee’s jurisdiction was clarified further to include ‘‘public works and occupied or improved grounds of the United States, other than appropriations thereof.’’ COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS The Committee on Rivers and Harbors was established in 1883 with jurisdiction to study measures ‘‘making appropriations for riv- ers and harbors.’’ In 1920, the Committee was expanded to include bills ‘‘authorizing the improvement of river and harbors, ’’ which had been up until that time held with the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The jurisdiction was further expanded in 1911 to include the functions of the Committee on Levees and Im- provements of the Mississippi River (originally, Committee on Lev- ees). In 1916 certain jurisdiction interests of the Committee were moved to the Committee on Flood Control. COMMITTEE ON ROADS AND CANALS The Committee on Roads and Canals was established in 1831, and it was determined that its establishment would ‘‘lead to the impression that the House was disposed to systematize internal im- provement, and with it the present high duties on imports, &c.’’ (1) VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:18 Dec 11, 2018 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 P:\COMMIT~1\MEMBER~1\33394.TXT JEAN 2 During the 25th Congress (1837-39) the House rejected a proposal to change the name to the Committee on Public Improvement, but in 1869 it approved a motion to change the name to the Committee on Railways and Canals. The Committee reported legislation concerning the survey, con- struction, and improvement of canals within the United States as well as a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. The Committee’s ju- risdiction also included improvements in river navigation, construc- tion of bridges over rivers, maintenance of breakwaters and har- bors associated with water routes, and the subscription of the United States to capital stock in canal companies. It reported pro- posals for the construction of roads, such as the Cumberland Road and a Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike, and methods of financing them, primarily through land-grants. As early as the 20th Congress (1827-28) the committee reported legislation to aid the construction of railroads including the granting of charters to railroad compa- nies. COMMITTEE ON PACIFIC RAILROADS On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill author- izing the construction of a transcontinental railroad between the Missouri River and California. Construction was to be aided by land grants and Government loans. During the 1850’s the Army Topological Engineers had explored various routes for such a rail- road and from as early as 1855 select House committees had been responsible for legislation regarding the construction of a trans- continental railroad. On March 2, 1865, the standing Committee on Pacific Railroads was established and assigned jurisdiction over subjects relating