United States House Committee on Science and Technology

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The Committee on Science and Technology is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. Specifically, the committee has partial or complete jurisdiction over the following federal agencies: NASA, the Department of Energy, EPA, NSF, FAA, NOAA, NIST, FEMA, the U.S. Fire Administration, and USGS.

1 History
2 Members, 110th Congress
3 Subcommittees
4 Committee Chairmen, 1959-present
5 External links

[edit] History

The Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration was established in 1958 in response to the Soviet Sputnik program in the late 1950s. This select committee drafted the National Aeronautics and Space Act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It also chartered the permanent House Committee on Science and Astronautics, which officially began on January 3, 1959, and was the first new standing committee established in the House since 1946. The name was changed in 1974 to the House Committee on Science and Technology. The name was changed again in 1987 to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. After the Republican Party gained a majority in Congress in 1994, the name of the committee was changed to the House Committee on Science. With the return of control to the Democrats in 2007, the committee's name was changed back to the House Committee on Science and Technology.

[edit] Members, 110th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Bart Gordon of Tennessee, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Ralph Hall of Texas.

Majority	Minority
Bart Gordon, Chairman, Tennessee Jerry F. Costello, Illinois Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas Lynn Woolsey, California Mark Udall, Colorado David Wu, Oregon Brian Baird, Washington Brad Miller, North Carolina Dan Lipinski, Vice-Chairman, Illinois Nick Lampson, Texas Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Jerry McNerney, California Paul E. Kanjorski, Pennsylvania Darlene Hooley, Oregon Steve Rothman, New Jersey Michael M. Honda, California Jim Matheson, Utah Mike Ross, Arkansas Ben Chandler, Kentucky Russ Carnahan, Missouri Charlie Melancon, Louisiana Baron Hill, Indiana Harry Mitchell, Arizona Charlie Wilson, Ohio	Ralph M. Hall, Ranking Member, Texas Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Lamar S. Smith, Texas Dana Rohrabacher, California Ken Calvert, California Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland Vern Ehlers, Michigan Frank Lucas, Oklahoma Judy Biggert, Illinois Todd Akin, Missouri Jo Bonner, Alabama Tom Feeney, Florida Randy Neugebauer, Texas Bob Inglis, South Carolina Michael McCaul, Texas Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Phil Gingrey, Georgia Brian Bilbray, California Adrian Smith, Nebraska (Vacancy)

[edit] Subcommittees

There are five subcommittees in the 110th Congress.

Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
- Chairman: Mark Udall (D-Colorado)
- Ranking Member: Ken Calvert (R-California)
Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
- Chairman: David Wu (D-Oregon)
- Ranking Member: Phil Gingrey (R-Georgia)
Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
- Chairman: Brian Baird (D-Washington)
- Ranking Member: Vern Ehlers (R-Michigan)
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
- Chairman: Brad Miller (D-North Carolina)
- Ranking Member: Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin)
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
- Chairman: Nick Lampson (D-Texas)
- Ranking Member: Bob Inglis (R-South Caroibna)

[edit] Committee Chairmen, 1959-present

Overton Brooks, 1959-1961
George P. Miller, 1961-1972
Olin E. Teague, 1973-1978
Don Fuqua, 1979-1986
Robert A. Roe, 1987-1995
George E. Brown, Jr., 1991-1993
Robert S. Walker, 1994-1996
Jim Sensenbrenner, 1997-2000
Sherwood Boehlert, 2001-2006
Bart Gordon, 2007-present

[edit] External links

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