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The House Of Representatives relies more on its committees because of its larger size (there are 435 members of the House, as opposed to 100 members in the Senate ).

CURRENT COMMITTEES

In the House Of Representatives , there are 20 Standing Committee s (those that conduct business throughout the session, focusing on a certain, long-lasting issue). In the smaller United States Senate , there are only 17 standing committees.

There are various types of committees:

''standing'' committees (some of which may be joint);

''joint'' Committees (those that have members from both chambers);

''select'' Or ''special'' Committees (those that only last for a certain amount of time, for a matter that is currently important);

''other'' committees (such as Indians' Affairs);

''subcomittees'' , used by most committees;

a '' Committee Of The Whole '', used by the House of Representatives, but not the Senate; and

a joint ''Conference'' Committee , convoked in the law-making process. When the version of the bill in the Senate and the House are different (respectively), the Conference Committee works out the differences and makes both version identical. This committee may not kill the bill or amend any of its parts that are identical in both versions.

DEFUNCT COMMITTEES

The functions of some of these may have been merged into extant committees.

Defunct House Committees

Accounts (created in 1803)

Alcoholic Liquor Traffic

United States House Select Committee On Assassinations

Banking And Currency

The Census

The Civil Service

Claims

Coinage, Weights And Measures

Commerce And Manufactures

Commerce

The Disposition Of Executive Papers (created in 1889)

The District Of Columbia

moved (1999) into Government Reform

Education And Labor

Education

Elections (created in 1794)

The Election Of The President, Vice President And Representatives In Congress

Engraving

Enrolled Bills (created in 1789 as Joint Committee)

The following were merged (1927) into Expenditures In The Executive Departments ,

Government Operations

:now (since 1999) Government Reform :

Expenditures In The Agriculture Department

Expenditures In The Commerce And Labor Departments

Expenditures In The Commerce Department

Expenditures In The Executive Department

Expenditures In The Interior Department

Expenditures In The Justice Department

Expenditures In The Labor Department

Expenditures In The Navy Department

Expenditures In The Post Office Department

Expenditures In The State Department

Expenditures In The Treasury Department

Expenditures In The War Department

Expenditures On Public Buildings

Flood Control

Freedmen's Affairs

Government Operations (created in 1952)

moved (1999) into Government Reform

Immigration And Naturalization

Indian Affairs

Industrial Arts And Expositions

Insular Affairs

Interior And Insular Affairs

Internal Security (1969-1975)

functions transferred to the The Judiciary .

Interstate And Foreign Commerce

Invalid Pensions

Irrigation And Reclamation

Irrigation Of Arid Lands

Labor

Levees And Improvements Of The Mississippi River

The Library (created in 1806 as a Joint Committee)

now Joint Committee On The Library

Manufactures

Memorials (created in 1929)

Merchant Marine And Fisheries

Merchant Marine, Radio And Fisheries

Mileage

Military Affairs

Military Pensions

The Militia

Mines And Mining

The Mississippi Levees

Naval Affairs

Pacific Railroads

Patents

Pensions And Revolutionary War Claims

Pensions

Post Office And Civil Service

moved (1999) into Government Reform

Post Office And Post Roads

Printing (created in 1846)

Private Land Claims

Public Buildings And Grounds

Public Expenditures

Public Lands

Public Works

Railways And Canals

United States House Select Committee On Reconstruction

Records Of Committees Relating To Banking And Currency

Reform In The Civil Service

Revisal And Unfinished Business

Revision Of Laws

Revolutionary Claims

Revolutionary Pensions

Rivers And Harbors

Roads

Roads And Canals

Science And Astronautics

Science And Technology

Science, Space And Technology

Territories

Un-American Activities , also called HUAC (or HCUA) (1945-1969)

became (1969) Internal Security

functions transferred (1975) to the The Judiciary .

A Uniform System Of Coinage, Weights And Measures

Ventilation And Acoustics

War Claims

Woman Suffrage

World War Veterans' Legislation

Defunct Senate Committees

The Whole

Aeronautical And Space Sciences

now Commerce, Science And Transportation

Agriculture And Forestry

now Agriculture, Nutrition And Forestry

To Audit And Control The Contingent Expenses Of The Senate

Banking And Currency

now Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

Canadian Relations

The Census

Civil Service And Retrenchment

became Civil Service , then Post Office And Civil Service

Civil Service

became Post Office And Civil Service

Claims

Coast And Insular Survey

Coast Defenses

Commerce

now Commerce, Science And Transportation

Commerce And Manufactures

now Commerce, Science And Transportation

Conservation Of National Resources

Corporations Organized In The District Of Columbia

Cuban Relations

Disarmament (Select)

The District Of Columbia

transferred (1977) to the Government Affairs

now Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs

Education And Labor

--- Education And Labor Subcommittee Investigating Violations Of Free Speech And The Rights Of Labor , also known as the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee or LaFollette Committee

Education

Enrolled Bills

Epidemic Diseases

To Establish A University Of The United States

Expenditures In Executive Departments

now Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs

Fisheries

Forest Reservations And The Protection Of Game

The Geological Survey

Government Affairs

now Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs

Government Operations

Human Resources

now Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions

Indian Affairs

now restored

Indian Depredations

Industrial Expositions

Interior And Insular Affairs

Subcommittee On Internal Security , more commonly known as the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS), also called Special Subcommittee To Investigate The Administration Of The Internal Security Act And Other Internal Security Laws , or the McCarran Committee (1951–1977)

Interoceanic Canals

Interstate And Foreign Commerce

now Commerce, Science And Transportation

Interstate Commerce

now Commerce, Science And Transportation

Investigation Of The Bureau Of Internal Revenue (1924-)

Irrigation And Reclamation Of Arid Lands

Irrigation And Reclamation

now Energy And Natural Resources

Labor And Human Resources

now Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions

Labor And Public Welfare

now Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions

The Library

now Joint Committee On The Library

Manufactures

now Commerce, Science And Transportation

Military Affairs

The Militia

Mines And Mining

now Energy And Natural Resources

Mississippi River And Its Tributaries

Naval Affairs

Pacific Islands And Puerto Rico

Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico And The Virgin Islands

Pacific Railroads

Patents

Pensions

The Philippines

Post Office And Civil Service

Post Office And Post Roads

Printing

Private Land Claims

Privileges And Elections

Public Buildings And Grounds

now Environment And Public Works

Public Health And National Quarantine

Public Lands

now Energy And Natural Resources

Public Lands And Surveys

now Energy And Natural Resources

Public Works

now Environment And Public Works

Railroads

The Revision Of The Laws

Revolutionary Claims

Roads And Canals

Rules

Standards, Weights, And Measures

Territorial And Insular Affairs

now Energy And Natural Resources

Territories

Territories And Insular Possessions

Transportation Routes To The Seaboard

Defunct Joint Committees

Atomic Energy (1946-1977)

Aviation Policy Board (1947-1948)

The Conduct Of The War (1861-1865)

Defense Production (1950-1977)

Disposition Of Useless Papers (1889-1935)

became Disposition Of Executive Papers

The Economic Report (1946-1956)

The Ford's Theater Disaster (1894-1897)

Housing (1947-1948)

To Inquire Into The Condition Of The Late Insurrectionary States (1871-)

Internal Revenue Taxation (1926-1975)

renamed (1975) Taxation

To Investigate Dirigible Disasters (1933)

The Investigation Of The Pearl Harbor Attack (1945-1946)

Labor Management Relations (1947-1949)

Muscle Shoals (1926)

The Organization Of Congress (1944-46, 1965-66)

Reconstruction (1865-1867)

The Revision Of The Laws (1907-1910)

The Tennessee Valley Authority (1938-39)

Veterans Affairs (1932-33)

Washington Metropolitan Problems (1957-60)

SEE ALSO

List Of Committees Of The United Kingdom Parliament