List of United States House of Representatives committees


There are two main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee chairs are selected by whichever party is in the majority, and the minority party selects ranking members to lead them. The committees and party conferences may have rules determining term limits for leadership and membership, though waivers can be issued. While the Democrats and Republicans differ on the exact processes by which committee leadership and assignments are chosen, most standing committees are selected by the respective party steering committees and ratified by the party conferences. The Ethics, House Administration, Rules and all select committees are chosen by the party leaders. Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules. The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee.
The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This bill reduced the number of House committees, as well as restructured the committees' jurisdictions.

Standing committees

Non-standing committees

Party leadership

Each party determines their committees leads, who serve as chair in the majority and ranking member in the minority. The table below lists the tenure of when each member was selected for their current term as committee lead. The Republican party rules stipulate that their leads of standing committees may serve no more than three congressional terms as chair or ranking member unless the full party conference grants them a waiver to do so. The current majority party is listed first for each committee.
CommitteeParty LeadStateStartParty
AgriculturePARepublican
AgricultureMNDemocratic
AppropriationsOKRepublican
AppropriationsCTDemocratic
Armed ServicesALRepublican
Armed ServicesWADemocratic
Democracy Partnership FLRepublican
Democracy Partnership NVDemocratic
BudgetTXRepublican
BudgetPADemocratic
Education and WorkforceMIRepublican
Education and WorkforceVADemocratic
Energy and CommerceKYRepublican
Energy and CommerceNJDemocratic
EthicsMSRepublican
EthicsCADemocratic
Financial ServicesARRepublican
Financial ServicesCADemocratic
Foreign AffairsFLRepublican
Foreign AffairsNYDemocratic
Homeland SecurityNYRepublican
Homeland SecurityMSDemocratic
House AdministrationWIRepublican
House AdministrationNYDemocratic
Human Rights NJRepublican
Human Rights MADemocratic
Intelligence ARRepublican
Intelligence CTDemocratic
JudiciaryOHRepublican
JudiciaryMDDemocratic
Natural ResourcesARRepublican
Natural ResourcesCADemocratic
Oversight and AccountabilityKYRepublican
Oversight and AccountabilityCADemocratic
RulesNCRepublican
RulesMADemocratic
Science, Space and TechnologyTXRepublican
Science, Space and TechnologyCADemocratic
Small BusinessTXRepublican
Small BusinessNYDemocratic
Strategic Competition between the United States
and the Chinese Communist Party
MIRepublican
Strategic Competition between the United States
and the Chinese Communist Party
ILDemocratic
Transportation and InfrastructureMORepublican
Transportation and InfrastructureWADemocratic
Veterans' AffairsILRepublican
Veterans' AffairsCADemocratic
Ways and MeansMORepublican
Ways and MeansMADemocratic