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113th Congressional Leadership and the Judiciary

Published on February 15, 2013

The new 113th Congress includes several changes to the jurisdiction and leadership in committees and subcommittees that handle Judiciary-related matters. Included are the following:

Senate Appropriations Committee

  • Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), chair
  • Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL), ranking member

Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Jurisdiction: Includes appropriations for the Judiciary and General Services Administration and its Public Buildings Service.

  • Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), chair
  • Sen. Mike Johanns (R- NE), ranking member

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Jurisdiction: Includes oversight of public buildings and improved grounds of the United States.

  • Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair
  • Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), ranking member

Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Jurisdiction: Includes oversight of public buildings.

  • Sen. Max S. Baucus (D-MT), chair
  • Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), ranking member

Senate Judiciary Committee

  • Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chair
  • Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), ranking member

Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts
Jurisdiction: Federal court jurisdiction, administration and management; rules of evidence and procedure; creation of new courts and judgeships;  bankruptcy; legal reform and liability issues; local courts in territories and possessions.

  • Sen. Christopher Coons (D-DE), chair
  • Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member

House Appropriations Committee

  • Rep. Harold Rogers, (R-KY), chair
  • Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), ranking member

Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Jurisdiction: Includes appropriations for the Judiciary and the General Services Administration and its public buildings service.

  • Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), chair
  • Rep. José E. Serrano (D-NY), ranking member

House Judiciary Committee

  • Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), chair
  • Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), ranking member

Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Jurisdiction: Includes administration of U.S. Courts, Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil and Appellate Procedure, judicial ethics, copyright, patent, trademark law, and information technology.

  • Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC), chair
  • Rep. Melvin L. Watt (D-NC), ranking member

Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
Jurisdiction: Includes bankruptcy and commercial law and bankruptcy judgeships.

  • Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), chair
  • Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), ranking member

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

  • Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chair
  • Rep. Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV), ranking member

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
Jurisdiction: Includes oversight of public buildings, federal real estate programs and the Public Buildings Service (PBS) of the General Services Administration.

  • Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), chair
  • Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member
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