United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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Charles Bolden, nominee for Administrator of NASA, center, and Lori Garver, right, nominee for deputy administrator of NASA, testify at their confirmation hearing before the Committee in 2009

The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate.[1] Besides having broad jurisdiction over all matters concerning interstate commerce, science and technology policy, and transportation, the Senate Commerce Committee is one of the largest of the Senate's standing committees, with 28 members in the 117th Congress. The Commerce Committee has six subcommittees. It is chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) as ranking member. The majority office is housed in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and the minority office is located in the Hart Senate Office Building.[1]

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 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 was 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:

Jurisdiction

In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:

  1. "Coast Guard;
  2. Coastal zone management;
  3. Communications;
  4. Highway safety;
  5. Inland waterways, except construction;
  6. Interstate commerce;
  7. Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation, including navigational aspects of deepwater ports;
  8. Marine fisheries;
  9. Merchant marine and navigation;
  10. Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences;
  11. Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities;
  12. Panama Canal and interoceanic canals generally, except as provided in subparagraph (c);
  13. Regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing;
  14. Regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation;
  15. Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy;
  16. Sports;
  17. Standards and measurement;
  18. Transportation; and,
  19. Transportation and commerce aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands."[2]

The Senate Commerce Committee is also charged to "study and review, on a comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to time."[3]

Members, 119th Congress

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Majority[4] Minority[5]
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Subcommittees

Subcommittee[6] Chair Ranking Member
Aviation, Space, and Innovation Jerry Moran (R-KS) Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Telecommunications and Media Deb Fischer (R-NE) Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness Ted Budd (R-NC) Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety Todd Young (R-IN) Gary Peters (D-MI)

Chairs

The committee, under its various names, has had the below chairs.[7]

Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816–1825

Name Party State Start End
Script error: No such module "Sort". Federalist Rhode Island 1816 1817
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic-Republican New York 1817 1820
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic-Republican
(1820–1824) 		New Jersey 1820 1825
Crawford Democratic-Republican
(1824–1825)

Committee on Commerce, 1825–1947

Name Party State Start End
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(1825) 		Massachusetts 1825 1826
Adams Republican
(1825–1826)
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Jacksonian New Hampshire 1827 1831
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Jacksonian Alabama 1832 1833
Script error: No such module "Sort". Anti-Jackson Massachusetts 1833 1835
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(1836–1837) 		Alabama 1836 1841
Democratic
(1837–1841)
Script error: No such module "Sort". Whig Connecticut 1841 1845
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic North Carolina 1845 1846
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic New York 1846 1849
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Maine 1849 1856
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Wisconsin 1856 1857
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Alabama 1857 1861
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Pennsylvania 1861
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Michigan 1861 1875
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican New York 1875 1879
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Georgia 1879 1880
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic North Carolina 1880 1881
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican New York 1881
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Minnesota 1881 1887
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Maine 1887 1893
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic North Carolina 1893 1895
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Maine 1895 1911
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Minnesota 1911 1913
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Arkansas 1913 1916
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Florida 1916 1919
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Washington 1919 1930
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican California 1930 1933
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Mississippi 1933 1935
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic New York 1935 1939
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic North Carolina 1939 1946

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947–1961

Name Party State Start End
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Maine 1947 1949
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Colorado 1949 1953
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican New Hampshire 1953
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Ohio 1953 1955
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Washington 1955 1961

Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 1958–1977

Name Party State Start End
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Oklahoma 1961 1963
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic New Mexico 1963 1973
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Utah 1973 1977
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Committee on Commerce, 1961–1977

Name Party State Start End
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977–present

Name Party State Start End
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Washington 1977 1978
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Nevada 1978 1981
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Oregon 1981 1985
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Missouri 1985 1987
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Ranking members

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Name Party State Start End
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Maine ??? 1947
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Colorado 1947 1949
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican New Hampshire 1949 1953
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Colorado 1953 1955
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Ohio 1955 1959
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Kansas 1959 1962
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Maryland 1962 1963
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican New Hampshire 1963 1975
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Kansas 1975 1979
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican Oregon 1979 1981
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic Nevada 1981 1983
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Historical committee rosters

118th Congress

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Subcommittees
Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member
Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Communications, Media and Broadband Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) John Thune (R-SD)
Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security John Hickenlooper (D-CO) Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Space and Science Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight and Ports Gary Peters (D-MI) Todd Young (R-IN)
Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion Jacky Rosen (D-NV) Ted Budd (R-NC)

Source: [1][2]

117th Congress

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Subcommittees
Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member
Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Communications, Media and Broadband Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) John Thune (R-SD)
Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Space and Science John Hickenlooper (D-CO) Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight and Ports Gary Peters (D-MI) Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion Jacky Rosen (D-NV) Rick Scott (R-FL)

Source:[11]

116th Congress

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Subcommittees
Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member
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)
Security Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Ed Markey (D-MA)
Transportation and Safety Deb Fischer (R-NE) Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

115th Congress

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Source[12]

Notes

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