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.

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History

Subcommittees

Committee Chairmen, 1959-present

External links

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'.
==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)

Subcommittees

There are five subcommittees in the 110th Congress.

★ Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

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★ Chairman: Mark Udall (D-Colorado)

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★ Ranking Member: Ken Calvert (R-California)

★ Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation

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★ Chairman: David Wu (D-Oregon)

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★ Ranking Member: Phil Gingrey (R-Georgia)

★ Subcommittee on Research and Science Education

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★ Chairman: Brian Baird (D-Washington)

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★ Ranking Member: Vern Ehlers (R-Michigan)

★ Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

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★ Chairman: Brad Miller (D-North Carolina)

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★ Ranking Member: Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin)

★ Subcommittee on Energy and Environment

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★ Chairman: Nick Lampson (D-Texas)

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★ Ranking Member: Bob Inglis (R-South Carolina)

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

External links

★ Official web site

★ Republican Science Committee web site