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.

Contents 1 History 2 Members, 110th Congress 3 Subcommittees 4 Committee Chairmen, 1959-present 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

In the wake of the Soviet Sputnik program in the late 1950s, Congress created the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration in 1958. This select committee drafted the National Aeronautics and Space Act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). A staff report of the committee, the Space Handbook: Astronautics and its Applications, provided non-technical information about spaceflight to U.S. policy makers.^[1]

The committee 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 Jim Matheson, Utah Mike Ross, Arkansas Ben Chandler, Kentucky Russ Carnahan, Missouri Charlie Melancon, Louisiana Baron Hill, Indiana Harry Mitchell, Arizona Charlie Wilson, Ohio Laura Richardson, California

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 Tom Feeney, Florida Randy Neugebauer, Texas Bob Inglis, South Carolina Dave Reichert, Washington Michael McCaul, Texas Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Phil Gingrey, Georgia Brian Bilbray, California Adrian Smith, Nebraska Paul Broun, Georgia

[edit] Subcommittees

There are five subcommittees in the 110th Congress.

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Space and Aeronautics	Mark Udall (D-CO)	Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Technology and Innovation	David Wu (D-OR)	Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
Research and Science Education	Brian Baird (D-WA)	Vern Ehlers (R-MI)
Investigations and Oversight	Brad Miller (D-NC)	Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Energy and Environment	Nick Lampson (D-TX)	Bob Inglis (R-SC)

[edit] Committee Chairmen, 1959-present

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

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Official web site
• Republican Science Committee web site

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