The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is a standing committee, committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. More specifically, the committee has complete jurisdiction over the following federal agencies: NASA, National Science Foundation, NSF, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, OSTP. The Committee also has authority over R&D activities at the United States Department of Energy, Department of Energy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, the United States Department of Transportation, DOT, the National Weather Service, NWS, the Department of Homeland Security, DHS and the U.S. Fire Administration.

History

In the wake of the Soviet Union, Soviet Sputnik program in the late 1950s, Congress created the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration in 1958, chaired by majority leader John William McCormack. This select committee drafted the National Aeronautics and Space Act that created the NASA, 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. 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 United States Republican Party, 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 United States Democratic Party, Democrats in 2007, the committee's name was changed back to the House Committee on Science and Technology. In the 112th Congress, Committee Chairman Ralph Hall added "Space" back into the committee's name: "The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology" – a nod to the committee's history, broad jurisdiction, and the importance of space exploration in maintaining American innovation and competitiveness.

Members, 117th Congress

Resolutions electing members: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (D), (R), (D), (D), (R), (R)

Subcommittees

There are five subcommittees in the 117th Congress.

Committee chairs, 1959-present

Chairmen since 1959 * Overton Brooks (LA), 1959–1961 * George P. Miller (CA), 1961–1973 * Olin E. Teague (TX), 1973–1978 * Don Fuqua (FL), 1979–1987 * Robert A. Roe (NJ), 1987–1991 * George Brown, Jr. (CA), 1991–1995 * Robert Smith Walker (PA), 1995–1997 * Jim Sensenbrenner (WI), 1997–2001 * Sherwood Boehlert (NY), 2001–2007 * Bart Gordon (TN), 2007–2011 * Ralph Hall (TX), 2011–2013 * Lamar S. Smith (TX), 2013–2019 * Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), 2019–present

Historical membership rosters

116th Congress

Sources: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (D), (R), (D), (R), (R), (R), (D), (R) ;Subcommittees There were five subcommittees in the 116th Congress.

115th Congress

References

External links

Official web siteArchive

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
Republican Science Committee website
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Democratic Science Committee website
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