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SPECIAL REPORT Committee Guide Complete House and senate RosteRs: 113tH CongRess, seCond session DOUGLAS GRAHAM/CQ ROLL CALL THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS: The House Energy and Commerce Committee, in its Rayburn House Office Building home, marks up bills on Medicare and the Federal Communications Commission in July 2013. www.cq.com | MARCH 24, 2014 | CQ WEEKLY 431 09comms-cover layout.indd 431 3/21/2014 5:12:22 PM SPECIAL REPORT Senate Leadership: 113th Congress, Second Session President of the Senate: Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. President Pro Tempore: Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS Majority Leader . Harry Reid, Nev. Steering and Outreach Majority Whip . Richard J. Durbin, Ill. Committee Chairman . Mark Begich, Alaska Conference Vice Chairman . Charles E. Schumer, N.Y. Chief Deputy Whip . Barbara Boxer, Calif. Policy Committee Chairman . Charles E. Schumer, N.Y. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Conference Secretary . Patty Murray, Wash. Committee Chairman . Michael Bennet, Colo. REPUBLICAN LEADERS Minority Leader . Mitch McConnell, Ky. Policy Committee Chairman . John Barrasso, Wyo. Minority Whip . John Cornyn, Texas Chief Deputy Whip . Michael D. Crapo, Idaho Conference Chairman . John Thune, S.D. National Republican Senatorial Conference Vice Chairman . Roy Blunt, Mo. Committee Chairman . Jerry Moran, Kan. House Leadership: 113th Congress, Second Session Speaker of the House: John A. Boehner, R-Ohio REPUBLICAN LEADERS Majority Leader . Eric Cantor, Va. Policy Committee Chairman . James Lankford, Okla. Majority Whip . Kevin McCarthy, Calif. Chief Deputy Whip . Peter Roskam, Ill. Conference Chairwoman . .Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Wash. National Republican Congressional Conference Vice Chairwoman . Lynn Jenkins, Kan. Committee Chairman . .Greg Walden, Ore. Conference Secretary . Virginia Foxx, N.C. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS Minority Leader . Nancy . Pelosi, Calif. Democratic Congressional Campaign Minority Whip . Steny. H. Hoyer, Md. Committee Chairman . Steve Israel, N.Y. Assistant Leader . James E. Clyburn, S.C. Steering and Policy Committee Caucus Chairman . Xavier. Becerra, Calif. Co-Chairwoman . Rosa DeLauro, Conn. Caucus Vice Chairman . Joseph Crowley, N.Y. Co-Chairman . Vacant Senior Chief Deputy Whip . John Lewis, Ga. INSIDE THE GUIDE Senate Committees Rules and Administration ........ 459 Homeland Security..............442 Joint Committees Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.. 451 Select Ethics . 461 House Administration ........... 436 Economic......................463 Appropriations ................. 452 Select Intelligence .............. 462 Judiciary ...................... 443 Library ........................463 Armed Services ................ 453 Small Business and Natural Resources .............. 444 Printing ....................... 463 Banking, Housing and Urban Entrepreneurship ............. 462 Oversight and Government Taxation .......................463 Affairs.......................454 Special Aging .................. 462 Reform ...................... 445 Budget ........................454 Veterans’ Affairs ................ 462 Rules ......................... 446 Commerce, Science and Science, Space and Technology ... 446 Transportation ................455 Select Intelligence .............. 447 Energy and Natural Resources .... 456 House Committees Small Business . 447 Environment and Public Works....456 Agriculture.....................433 Transportation and Infrastructure..448 Finance ....................... 457 Appropriations ................. 434 Veterans’ Affairs ................ 449 Foreign Relations ............... 458 Armed Services ................ 435 Ways and Means................450 Health, Education, Labor and Budget ........................436 Pensions.....................459 Education and the Workforce ..... 437 Homeland Security and Energy and Commerce...........438 Governmental Affairs .......... 460 Ethics .........................439 Vacancies: Three House seats are vacant. The winners of special elections in Indian Affairs...................460 Financial Services...............440 Florida’s 19th, New Jersey’s 1st and North Carolina’s 12th districts will be assigned to Judiciary ...................... 461 Foreign Affairs..................441 committees after they are sworn in. 432 CQ WEEKLY | MARCH 24, 2014 | www.cq.com 09comms-leaders layout.indd 432 3/21/2014 5:14:25 PM SPECIAL REPORT House Agriculture • Phone: (202) 225-2171 • Fax: (202) 225-0917 Subcommittees • Office: 1301 Longworth • Hearing Room: 1300 Longworth • Web: agriculture.house.gov Conservation, Energy and Forestry Horticulture, Research, Majority Staff Director: Nicole Scott, 225-2171, 1301 Longworth Thompson (chairman) Biotechnology and Minority Staff Director: Rob Larew, 225-0317, 1305 Longworth Rogers Walz Foreign Agriculture Gibbs Negrete McLeod Scott (chairman) The panel oversees agriculture. Specifically, it has jurisdiction over adulteration of seeds, Tipton Kuster Hartzler Schrader insect pests and the protection of birds and animals in forest reserves; forestry in general Crawford Nolan Denham DelBene and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain; entomology and Ribble McIntyre LaMalfa Costa plant quarantine; and plant industry, soils and agricultural engineering. It also oversees Noem Schrader Davis Fudge production, marketing and price stabilization for agricultural products and commodities Benishek DelBene Collins Kuster (not including distribution outside of the country); commodity exchanges; crop insur- Vacancy Yoho Vargas ance and soil conservation; and extension of farm credit and farm security. The panel’s Fincher Maloney jurisdiction also includes the inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products and seafood; Department Operations, Oversight the animal industry and diseases of animals; the dairy industry; and agricultural and in- and Nutrition Livestock, dustrial chemistry. Also under the committee’s jurisdiction are agricultural colleges and King (chairman) Rural Development and Credit experiment stations, agricultural education-extension services and agricultural econom- Goodlatte Fudge Crawford (chairman) ics and research; human nutrition and home economics; rural electrification and rural Gibbs McGovern Goodlatte Costa development; and water conservation related to activities of the Agriculture Department. Scott Lujan Grisham King McIntyre Fincher Negrete McLeod Neugebauer Scott REPUBLICANS (25) DEMOCRATS (21) Vacancy Rogers Vela Frank D. Lucas, Okla., chairman Collin C. Peterson, Minn., Conaway Lujan Grisham Robert W. Goodlatte, Va. ranking member General Farm Commodities and Thompson Gallego Steve King, Iowa Mike McIntyre, N.C. Risk Management DesJarlais Enyart Randy Neugebauer, Texas David Scott, Ga. Conaway (chairman) Gibson Bustos Mike D. Rogers, Ala. Jim Costa, Calif. Neugebauer Scott Ribble Schrader K. Michael Conaway, Texas Tim Walz, Minn. Rogers Vela Denham Nolan Glenn Thompson, Pa. Kurt Schrader, Ore. Gibbs Gallego Hudson Courtney Bob Gibbs, Ohio Marcia L. Fudge, Ohio Scott Enyart Yoho Austin Scott, Ga. Jim McGovern, Mass. Crawford Vargas Scott Tipton, Colo. Suzan DelBene, Wash. Gibson Bustos Rick Crawford, Ark. Gloria Negrete McLeod, Calif. Hartzler Maloney Scott DesJarlais, Tenn. Filemon Vela, Texas Noem Walz Chris Gibson, N.Y. Michelle Lujan Grisham, N.M. Benishek Negrete McLeod Vicky Hartzler, Mo. Ann McLane Kuster, N.H. LaMalfa Costa Reid Ribble, Wis. Rick Nolan, Minn. Hudson Garamendi Kristi Noem, S.D. Pete Gallego, Texas Davis Dan Benishek, Mich. Bill Enyart, Ill. Collins Jeff Denham, Calif. Juan C. Vargas, Calif. Vacancy Stephen Fincher, Tenn. Cheri Bustos, Ill. Doug LaMalfa, Calif. Sean Patrick Maloney, N.Y. Richard Hudson, N.C. Joe Courtney, Conn. Rodney Davis, Ill. John Garamendi, Calif. Chris Collins, N.Y. Ted Yoho, Fla. Vance McAllister, La. KEY Party identifications: Jurisdictions: Republicans are listed in roman. The text of the committees’ jurisdictions were provided by each panel and edited for CQ style. Democrats are listed in italics. www.cq.com | MARCH 24, 2013 | CQ WEEKLY 433 09comms-house layout.indd 433 3/21/2014 5:15:47 PM SPECIAL REPORT House Appropriations • Phone: (202) 225-2771 • Fax: (202) 225-5078 Subcommittees, continued • Office: H-305 Capitol • Hearing Room: 2359 Rayburn • Web: appropriations.house.gov Defense Labor, Health and Human Services, Majority Staff Director: Will Smith, 225-2771, H-305 Capitol Frelinghuysen (chairman) Education and Related Agencies Minority Staff Director: David Pomerantz, 225-3481, 1016 Longworth Kingston Visclosky Kingston (chairman) The panel oversees appropriation of revenue as well as rescissions of appropria- Granger Moran Womack DeLauro tions contained in appropriations acts, transfers of unexpected balances, and leg- Crenshaw McCollum Fleischmann Roybal-Allard islation reported by other committees that provide new entitlement authority as Calvert Ryan Joyce Lee defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act and referred to the commit- Cole Owens Harris Honda tee under clause 4(a)(2). Womack Kaptur Roby Aderholt Stewart Carter REPUBLICANS (29) DEMOCRATS (22) Legislative Branch Harold Rogers, Ky., chairman Nita M. Lowey, N.Y., ranking member Energy and Water Development and Cole (chairman) Frank R. Wolf, Va. Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Related Agencies Harris Wasserman Jack Kingston, Ga. Peter J. Visclosky, Ind. Simpson (chairman) Roby Schultz Rodney Frelinghuysen, N.J. José E. Serrano, N.Y. Frelinghuysen Kaptur Amodei Moran Tom Latham, Iowa Rosa DeLauro, Conn. Nunnelee Visclosky Stewart Bishop