Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:
1.
Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare.
2.
Aging.
3.
Agricultural colleges.
4.
Arts and humanities.
5.
Biomedical research and development.
6.
Child labor.
7.
Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce.
8.
Domestic activities of the American National Red Cross.
9.
Equal employment opportunity.
10.
Gallaudet University, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeth hospital.
11.
Individuals with disabilities.
12.
Labor standards and labor statistics.
13.
Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
14.
Occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners.
15.
Private pension plans.
16.
Public health.
17.
Railway labor and retirement.
18.
Regulation of foreign laborers.
19.
Student loans.
20.
Wages and hours of labor.
Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education and training, and public welfare, and report thereon from time to time.
Legislative Committees
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
National Senate Committee
428 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-6300
Phone: 202-224-5375
Fax: 202-228-5045
Web Address: http://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSHR.htm
- HR 438 - Student Loan Forgiveness for Teachers on 07/10/2003
- HR 2210 - Head Start Bill on 07/25/2003
- HR 660 - Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 on 06/20/2003
- HR 2211 - Ready to Teach Act of 2003 on 07/10/2003
- HR 5 - College Student Relief Act of 2007 on 01/17/2007
- HR 2768 - S-MINER Act on 01/22/2008
- HR 2427 - Imports of Prescription Drugs bill on 07/25/2003
- HR 1338 - Employment Discrimination Law Amendments on 08/01/2008
- HR 5522 - Requiring OSHA to Establish Combustible Dust Safety Standards on 05/01/2008
- HR 4167 - National Uniformity for Food Act on 03/09/2006
- HR 1995 - Teacher Empowerment Act on 07/22/1999
- HR 2 - Education Funding for Disadvantaged Students-Passage on 10/25/1999
- HR 1108 - FDA Regulation of Tobacco on 08/01/2008
- HR 2300 - Academic Achievement for All Act on 10/25/1999
- HR 2749 - Food Safety Regulation Amendments on 08/03/2009
- HR 3221 - Prohibiting Federal Assistance to ACORN on 09/22/2009
- HR 3470 - Infant Mortality Pilot Programs on 09/23/2010
- HR 1217 - Repealing the Prevention and Public Health Fund on 04/14/2011
- HR 2117 - Repeals Department of Education Regulations on 02/29/2012
- HR 803 - SKILLS Act on 03/18/2013
- HR 1120 - Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act on 04/15/2013
- HR 1406 - Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 on 05/09/2013
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Sen. Tom Harkin
(Democratic-IA Jr) Chair
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Sen. Lamar Alexander
(Republican-TN Sr) Member
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin
(Democratic-WI Jr) Member
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Sen. Michael Bennet
(Democratic-CO Jr) Member
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Sen. Richard Burr
(Republican-NC Sr) Member
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Sen. Bob Casey, Jr.
(Democratic-PA Sr) Member
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Sen. Mike Enzi
(Republican-WY Sr) Member
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Sen. Al Franken
(Democratic/Farmer/Labor-MN Jr) Member
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Sen. Kay Hagan
(Democratic-NC Jr) Member
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Sen. Orrin Hatch
(Republican-UT Sr) Member
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Sen. Johnny Isakson
(Republican-GA Jr) Member
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Sen. Mark Kirk
(Republican-IL Jr) Member
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski
(Democratic-MD Sr) Member
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski
(Republican-AK Sr) Member
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Sen. Chris Murphy
(Democratic-CT Jr) Member
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Sen. Patty Murray
(Democratic-WA Sr) Member
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Sen. Rand Paul
(Republican-KY Jr) Member
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Sen. Pat Roberts
(Republican-KS Sr) Member
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
(Independent-VT Jr) Member
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Sen. Tim Scott
(Republican-SC Jr) Member
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren
(Democratic-MA Jr) Member
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
(Democratic-RI Jr) Member