United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce

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Background United States Congress • United States Senate • United States House of Representatives • United States Constitution • 113th United States Congress • 112th United States Congress

The United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The committee, the oldest standing in the House, was created on December 14, 1795, as the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. In 1819, it became the Committee on Commerce, and in 1891 it become the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The Committee assumed its present name in 1981.

Leadership

113th congress

Fred Upton (R) retained his role as committee chair in the 113th Congress.

112th congress

The committee chair in the 112th Congress was Fred Upton (R).

Subcommittees

Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade

Jurisdiction: Interstate and foreign commerce, including all trade matters within the jurisdiction of the full committee; Regulation of commercial practices (the FTC), including sports-related matters; Consumer affairs and consumer protection, including privacy matters generally; Consumer product safety (the CPSC); Product liability; Motor vehicle safety; and, Regulation of travel, tourism, and time.

• 113th Congress Chair: Lee Terry (NE-02)
• 112th Congress Chair: Mary Bono Mack (CA-45)

Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Members, 2013-2014
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
Janice Schakowsky Ranking Member	Lee Terry Chairman
G.K. Butterfield	Marsha Blackburn
John Sarbanes	Gregg Harper
Jerry McNerney	Brett Guthrie
Peter Welch	Pete Olson
John Dingell	David McKinley
Bobby Rush	Mike Pompeo
Jim Matheson	Adam Kinzinger
John Barrow	Gus Bilirakis
	Bill Johnson
	Billy Long
	Richard Hanna

Energy and Power

Jurisdiction: National energy policy generally; Fossil energy, renewable energy resources and synthetic fuels, energy conservation, energy information; Energy regulation and utilization; Utility issues and regulation of nuclear facilities; Interstate energy compacts; Nuclear energy; The Clean Air Act and air emissions; and, All laws, programs, and government activities affecting such matters.

• 113th Congress Chair: Ed Whitfield (KY-1)
• 112th Congress Chair: Ed Whitfield (KY-1)

Environment and the Economy

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to soil and water contamination; The regulation of solid, hazardous, and nuclear wastes; The regulation of industrial plant security; The regulation of drinking water; and, The regulation of toxic substances and noise.

• 113th Congress Chair: John Shimkus (IL-15)
• 112th Congress Chair: John Shimkus (IL-19)

Subcommittee on Environment and Economy Members, 2013-2014
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (12)
Paul Tonko Ranking Member	John Shimkus Chairman
Frank Pallone	Phil Gingrey
Gene Green	Ralph Hall
Diana DeGette	Ed Whitfield
Lois Capps	Joseph Pitts
Jerry McNerney	Tim Murphy
John Dingell	Bob Latta
Janice Schakowsky	Gregg Harper
John Barrow	Bill Cassidy
Doris Matsui	David McKinley
	Gus Bilirakis
	Bill Johnson

Health

Jurisdiction: Public health and quarantine; hospital construction; mental health and research; biomedical programs and health protection in general, including public and private health insurance; Food and drugs; and, Drug abuse.

• 113th Congress Chair: Joseph R. Pitts (PA-16)
• 112th Congress Chair: Joseph R. Pitts (PA-16)

Oversight and Investigations

Jurisdiction: Responsibility for oversight of agencies, departments, and programs within the jurisdiction of the full committee, and for conducting investigations within such jurisdiction.

• 113th Congress Chair: Tim Murphy (PA-18)
• 112th Congress Chair: Cliff Stearns (FL-6)

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Members, 2013-2014
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (12)
Diana DeGette Ranking Member	Tim Murphy (Pennsylvania) Chairman
Bruce Braley	Michael Burgess
Ben Ray Lujan	Marsha Blackburn
Ed Markey	Phil Gingrey
Janice Schakowsky	Steve Scalise
G.K. Butterfield	Gregg Harper
Kathy Castor	Pete Olson
Peter Welch	Cory Gardner
Paul Tonko	Morgan Griffith
Gene Green	Bill Johnson
	Billy Long
	Renee Ellmers

Communications and Technology

Jurisdiction: Interstate and foreign telecommunications including, but not limited to, all telecommunication and information transmission by broadcast, radio, wire, microwave, satellite, or other mode.

• 113th Congress Chair: Greg Walden (OR-2)
• 112th Congress Chair: Greg Walden (OR-2)

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Members, 2013-2014
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (13)
Anna Eshoo Ranking Member	Greg Walden Chairman
Ed Markey	John Shimkus
Mike Doyle	Lee Terry
Doris Matsui	Mike Rogers
Bruce Braley	Marsha Blackburn
Peter Welch	Steve Scalise
Ben Lujan	Leonard Lance
John Dingell	Brett Guthrie
Frank Pallone	Cory Gardner
Bobby Rush	Mike Pompeo
Diana DeGette	Adam Kinzinger
Jim Matheson	Billy Long
	Renee Ellmers

Jurisdiction

According to the official House website, the jurisdiction of the Energy and Commerice Committee includes the following:

1. Biomedical research and development.
2. Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
3. Health and health facilities (except health care supported by payroll deductions).
4. Interstate energy compacts.
5. Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
6. Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or renewable energy resources.
7. Conservation of energy resources.
8. Energy information generally.
9. The generation and marketing of power (except by federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of, and ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation facilities (except the installation of interconnections between Government waterpower projects).
10. General management of the Department of Energy and management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
11. National energy policy generally.
12. Public health and quarantine.
13. Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory research.
14. Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
15. Travel and tourism.The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy.

Contact

2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Phone: (202) 225-2927

See also

• U.S. House of Representatives

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