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SRES.17 - 119th Congress

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Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-01-07 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S40; text: CR S43)
Introduced Date
2025-01-07
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This resolution officially sets the minority party’s membership on a long list of Senate committees for the 119th Congress. In simple terms, it assigns which senators will serve on each committee for the minority party, names the lead minority senator for each one, and keeps those assignments in place until new members are chosen.

  • It covers many Senate committees, including agriculture, appropriations, armed services, banking, commerce, energy, environment, finance, foreign relations, health care, homeland security, judiciary, budget, rules, small business, veterans’ affairs, aging, ethics, Indian affairs, and intelligence.
  • For each committee, the resolution lists the minority party senators who will serve and identifies the ranking member, who is the main minority party leader on that committee.
  • It also names minority members for select and joint committees, including the intelligence committee, the joint economic committee, and the ethics committee, along with ex officio members where needed.
  • This is an organizational measure only. It does not change policy or law; it simply sets up committee membership so the Senate can do its work for the new Congress.

Official Summaries

This resolution establishes the minority party's membership on the following Senate committees: 

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry;

Appropriations;

Armed Services;

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs;

Budget;

Commerce, Science, and Transportation;

Energy and Natural Resources;

Environment and Public Works;

Finance;

Foreign Relations;

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions;

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs;

Indian Affairs;

Judiciary;

Rules and Administration;

Small Business and Entrepreneurship;

Veterans' Affairs;

Joint Economic Committee;

Select Committee on Ethics;

Select Committee on Intelligence; and

Special Committee on Aging.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 17 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 17

To constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for 
  the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are 
                                chosen.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2025

 Mr. Schumer submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
To constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for 
  the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are 
                                chosen.

    Resolved, the following shall constitute the minority party's 
membership on the following committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth 
Congress, or until their successors are chosen:
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Ms. Klobuchar 
(Ranking), Mr. Bennet, Ms. Smith, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Booker, Mr. Lujan, 
Mr. Warnock, Mr. Welch, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Slotkin.
    Committee on Appropriations: Mrs. Murray (Ranking), Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Coons, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Baldwin, 
Mr. Murphy, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
Mr. Ossoff.
    Committee on Armed Services: Mr. Reed (Ranking), Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. 
Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. 
Warren, Mr. Peters, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Slotkin.
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Ms. Warren 
(Ranking), Mr. Reed, Mr. Warner, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
Smith, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Kim, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. 
Alsobrooks.
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Ms. Cantwell 
(Ranking), Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. 
Fetterman, Mr. Kim, Ms. Blunt Rochester.
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Mr. Heinrich (Ranking), 
Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
Hickenlooper, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Gallego.
    Committee on the Environment and Public Works: Mr. Whitehouse 
(Ranking), Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, Mr. Kelly, Mr. 
Padilla, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Alsobrooks.
    Committee on Finance: Mr. Wyden (Ranking), Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Bennet, Mr. Warner, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
Warren, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Welch.
    Committee on Foreign Relations: Mrs. Shaheen (Ranking), Mr. Coons, 
Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Rosen.
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Mr. Sanders 
(Ranking), Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Hassan, 
Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Markey, Mr. Kim, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. 
Alsobrooks.
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Mr. Peters 
(Ranking), Ms. Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Kim, Mr. 
Gallego, Ms. Slotkin.
    Select Committee on Intelligence: Mr. Warner (Ranking), Mr. Wyden, 
Mr. Heinrich, Mr. King, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. 
Kelly, Mr. Reed (ex officio), Mr. Schumer (ex officio).
    Committee on the Judiciary: Mr. Durbin (Ranking), Mr. Whitehouse, 
Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Padilla, Mr. Welch, Mr. Schiff.
    Committee on the Budget: Mr. Merkley (Ranking), Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Wyden, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Warner, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Padilla.
    Committee on Rules and Administration: Mr. Padilla (Ranking), Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. Warner, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. 
Bennet, Mr. Welch.
    Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Mr. Markey 
(Ranking), Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Booker, Mr. Coons, Ms. 
Hirono, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Schiff.
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Mr. Blumenthal (Ranking), Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Hassan, Mr. King, Ms. Duckworth, 
Mr. Gallego, Ms. Slotkin.
    Special Committee on Aging: Mrs. Gillibrand (Ranking), Ms. Warren, 
Mr. Kelly, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Kim, Ms. Alsobrooks.
    Joint Economic Committee: Ms. Hassan (Ranking), Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
Heinrich, Mr. Kelly.
    Select Committee on Ethics: Mr. Coons (Ranking), Mr. Schatz, Mrs. 
Shaheen.
    Committee on Indian Affairs: Mr. Schatz (Ranking), Ms. Cantwell, 
Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, Mr. Lujan.
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