102nd United States Congress
The 102nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1991, to January 3, 1993, during the last two years of George H. W. Bush's presidency. This is the most recent Congress where Republicans held a Senate seat from California.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1980 United States census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.
Major events
- January 17, 1991 – February 28, 1991: Persian Gulf War
- May 16, 1991: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress
- October 15, 1991: Confirmation of Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination at the Senate
- December 26, 1991: End of Cold War
- November 3, 1992: Election of Bill Clinton as President of the United States
Major legislation
- January 14, 1991: Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991,,
- February 6, 1991: Agent Orange Act of 1991,,
- November 21, 1991: Civil Rights Act of 1991,,
- December 9, 1991: High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991,
- December 12, 1991: Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991,,
- December 18, 1991: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act,,
- December 19, 1991: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991,,
- June 26, 1992: Copyright Renewal Act of 1992,,
- October 9, 1992: Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992,,
- October 23, 1992: Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992,
- October 23, 1992: Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act, ,
- October 24, 1992: Soviet Scientists Immigration Act of 1992,,
- October 24, 1992: Freedom Support Act,,
- October 24, 1992: Energy Policy Act of 1992,,
- October 26, 1992: President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,,
- October 28, 1992: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act,,
- October 28, 1992: Audio Home Recording Act,,
- October 28, 1992: Land Remote Sensing Policy Act,,
- October 29, 1992: Weather Service Modernization Act of 1992,,
- November 2, 1992: High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992,,
- November 4, 1992: Abandoned Barge Act of 1992,,
Constitutional amendments
- May 20, 1992: The House and the Senate each pass a concurrent resolution agreeing that the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was validly ratified, despite the unorthodox period of more than 202 years for the completion of the task.
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
- President: Dan Quayle
- President pro tempore: Robert Byrd
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: George Mitchell
- Majority Whip: Wendell Ford
- Policy Committee Co-Chair: Harry Reid
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: David Pryor
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Chuck Robb
- Chief Deputy Whip: Alan J. Dixon
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Bob Dole
- Minority Whip: Alan Simpson
- Republican Conference Chairman: Thad Cochran
- Republican Conference Secretary: Bob Kasten
- National Senatorial Committee Chair: Phil Gramm
- Policy Committee Chairman: Don Nickles
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Tom Foley
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Dick Gephardt
- Majority Whip: William H. Gray III, until September 11, 1991
- * David Bonior, from September 11, 1991
- Chief Deputy Majority Whips: Barbara Kennelly, Butler Derrick, & John Lewis
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Steny Hoyer
- Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman: Vic Fazio
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
- Minority Whip: Newt Gingrich
- Chief Deputy Whip: Robert Smith Walker
- Republican Conference Chairman: Jerry Lewis
- Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Bill McCollum
- Republican Conference Secretary: Vin Weber
- Policy Committee Chairman: Mickey Edwards
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt
Caucuses
- Armenian Caucus
- Biomedical Research Caucus
- Congressional Arts Caucus
- Congressional Automotive Caucus
- Congressional Black Caucus
- Congressional Fire Services Caucus
- Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
- Congressional Progressive Caucus
- Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
- Congressional Western Caucus
- Congresswomen's Caucus
- House Democratic Caucus
- Senate Democratic Caucus
Members