Homeland Security Committee
U.S. House•Standing
Summary
Homeland Security is a standing committee of the U.S. House with 6 subcommittees and 33 members. It has 152 bills before it this session, has held 41 hearings and has filed 30 reports.
Chair
Chair: Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY). Ranking Member: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). Online at homeland.house.gov.
Homeland Security has 152 bills, 106 meetings and 30 reports on the record this session.
Members
33 members sit on Homeland Security, 18 in the majority and 15 in the minority; Andrew Garbarino is Chair, Michael McCaul is Vice Chair and Bennie Thompson is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 6 subcommittees.
Bills
152 bills have been referred to Homeland Security this session, and 146 of them are still in committee.
Nothing introduced before Homeland Security this session.
Meetings
Homeland Security has 65 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Homeland Security has filed 30 reports and issued 1 print this Congress.
Communications
5 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Homeland Security this Congress.
Lobbying
1,462 clients and 778 firms named 148 of the bills referred to Homeland Security in 4,173 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 2 names since Jun 19, 2002, established by 107 H Res 449.