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The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate.[1] It is empowered with legislative oversight of the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine, interstate commerce, communications, the Internet, highways, aviation, rail, shipping, transportation security, oceans, fisheries, climate change, natural disasters, science, sports, tourism, consumer protection, economic development, technology, competitiveness, product safety, insurance, and standards and measurement. The committee also has jurisdiction over coastal zone management, inland waterways (except construction), the Panama Canal and other interoceanic canals, and commerce aspects of Continental Shelf lands.[1]
The Committee is one of the largest in the Senate with 27 members in the 115th Congress. It is composed of seven subcommittees, and the Committee Chairman is Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and its Ranking Member is Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA). The majority office is housed in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and the minority office is located in the Hart Senate Office Building.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Members, 116th Congress
3 Members, 115th Congress
4 Subcommittees
5 Chairmen
5.1 Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816–1825
5.2 Committee on Commerce, 1825–1947
5.3 Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1887–1947
5.4 Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947–1961
5.5 Committee on Commerce, 1961–1977
5.6 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977–present
6 References
7 External links
History
The Committee has its roots in the Committee on Commerce and Manufacturers, which served as a standing committee in the early-1800s. This committee was split in two in the 1820s and remained in this configuration until the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Under the LRA, the number of standing committees was dramatically decreased to streamline increase congressional efficiency and increase institutional strength. As a result, the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Manufactures, the Committee on Interstate Commerce, and the Committee on Interoceanic Canals were combined into the United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. In 1977, as a part of widespread committee reorganization, the Committee renamed the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and given additional oversight jurisdiction over nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The original progenitors of this committee were:
United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (1816–1825)
United States Senate Committee on Commerce (1825–1946, 1961–1977)
United States Senate Committee on Manufactures (1825–1855, 1864–1946)
United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce (1885–1946)
United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals (1899–1946)
United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1946–1961)
United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (1958–1977)
Members, 116th Congress
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Members, 115th Congress
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Subcommittees
Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member | ||
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Aviation and Space | | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | | Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) |
Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet | | John Thune (R-SD) | | Brian Schatz (D-HI) |
Manufacturing, Trade and Consumer Protection | | Jerry Moran (R-KS) | | Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) |
Science, Oceans, Fisheries and Weather | | Cory Gardner (R-CO) | | Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) |
Transportation and Safety | | Deb Fischer (R-NE) | | Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) |
Security | | Dan Sullivan (R-AK) | | Ed Markey (D-MA) |
Chairmen
Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816–1825
Chairman | Party | State | Years |
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William Hunter | Federalist | Rhode Island | 1816–1817 |
Nathan Sanford | Democratic-Republican | New York | 1817–1820 |
Mahlon Dickerson | Democratic Republican | New Jersey | 1820–1825 |
Committee on Commerce, 1825–1947
Chairman | Party | State | Years |
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James Lloyd | National Republican | Massachusetts | 1825–1826 |
Josiah Johnston | National Republican | Louisiana | 1826–1827 |
Levi Woodbury | Democratic | New Hampshire | 1827–1831 |
John Forsyth | Democratic | Georgia | 1831–1832 |
William R. King | Democratic | Alabama | 1832–1833 |
Nathaniel Silsbee | Whig | Massachusetts | 1833–1835 |
Robert Henry Goldsborough | Whig | Maryland | 1835–1836 |
John Davis | Whig | Massachusetts | 1836–1837 |
William R. King | Democratic | Alabama | 1837–1841 |
Jabez Huntington | Whig | Connecticut | 1841–1845 |
William Haywood | Democratic | North Carolina | 1845–1846 |
John Adams Dix | Democratic | New York | 1846–1849 |
Hannibal Hamlin | Democratic | Maine | 1849–1856 |
Henry Dodge | Democratic | Wisconsin | 1856–1857 |
Clement Claiborne Clay | Democratic | Alabama | 1857–1861 |
Zachariah Chandler | Republican | Michigan | 1861–1875 |
Roscoe Conkling | Republican | New York | 1875–1879 |
John B. Gordon | Democratic | Georgia | 1879–1880 |
Matt Ransom | Democratic | North Carolina | 1880–1881 |
Samuel J. R. McMillan | Republican | Maine | 1881–1887 |
William P. Frye | Republican | Maine | 1887–1893 |
Matt Ransom | Democratic | North Carolina | 1893–1895 |
William P. Frye | Republican | Maine | 1895–1911 |
Knute Nelson | Republican | North Dakota | 1911–1913 |
James P. Clarke | Democratic | Arkansas | 1913–1916 |
Duncan U. Fletcher | Democratic | Florida | 1916–1919 |
Wesley L. Jones | Republican | Washington | 1919–1930 |
Hiram W. Johnson | Republican | California | 1930–1933 |
Hubert D. Stephens | Democratic | Mississippi | 1933–1935 |
Royal S. Copeland | Democratic | New York | 1935–1939 |
Josiah W. Bailey | Democratic | North Carolina | 1939–1947 |
Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1887–1947
Chairman | Party | State | Years |
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Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | Illinois | 1887–1893 |
Matthew Butler | Democratic | South Carolina | 1893–1895 |
Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | Illinois | 1895–1901 |
Stephen Elkins | Republican | West Virginia | 1901–1911 |
Moses E. Clapp | Republican | Minnesota | 1911–1913 |
Francis G. Newlands | Democratic | Nevada | 1913–1917 |
Ellison D. Smith | Democratic | South Carolina | 1917–1919 |
Albert B. Cummins | Republican | Iowa | 1919–1924 |
Ellison D. Smith | Democratic | South Carolina | 1924–1925 |
James E. Watson | Republican | Indiana | 1925–1928 |
James Couzens | Republican | Michigan | 1928–1933 |
Clarence C. Dill | Democratic | Washington | 1933–1935 |
Burton K. Wheeler | Democratic | Montana | 1935–1947 |
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947–1961
Chairman | Party | State | Years |
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Wallace H. White, Jr. | Republican | Maine | 1947–1949 |
Edwin C. Johnson | Democratic | Colorado | 1949–1953 |
Charles W. Tobey | Republican | New Hampshire | 1953 |
John W. Bricker | Republican | Ohio | 1953–1955 |
Warren G. Magnuson | Democratic | Washington | 1955–1961 |
Committee on Commerce, 1961–1977
Chairman | Party | State | Years |
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Warren G. Magnuson | Democratic | Washington | 1961–1977 |
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977–present
Chairman | Party | State | Years |
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Warren G. Magnuson | Democratic | Washington | 1977–1978 |
Howard W. Cannon | Democratic | Nevada | 1978–1980 |
Bob Packwood | Republican | Oregon | 1981–1985 |
John Danforth | Republican | Missouri | 1985–1987 |
Ernest F. Hollings | Democratic | South Carolina | 1987–1995 |
Larry Pressler | Republican | South Dakota | 1995–1997 |
John McCain | Republican | Arizona | 1997–2001 |
Ernest F. Hollings | Democratic | South Carolina | 2001 |
John McCain | Republican | Arizona | 2001 |
Ernest F. Hollings | Democratic | South Carolina | 2001–2003 |
John McCain | Republican | Arizona | 2003–2005 |
Ted Stevens | Republican | Alaska | 2005–2007 |
Daniel K. Inouye | Democratic | Hawaii | 2007–2009 |
Jay Rockefeller | Democratic | West Virginia | 2009–2015 |
John Thune | Republican | South Dakota | 2015–2019 |
Roger Wicker | Republican | Mississippi | 2019–present |
References
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