Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
U.S. Senate•Standing
Summary
Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate with 6 subcommittees and 28 members. It has 569 bills before it this session, has held 55 hearings and has filed 76 reports.
Chair
Chair: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Ranking Member: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Online at commerce.senate.gov/public.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation has 569 bills, 144 meetings and 76 reports on the record this session.
Members
28 members sit on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 15 in the majority and 13 in the minority; Ted Cruz is Chair and Maria Cantwell is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 6 subcommittees.
Bills
569 bills have been referred to Commerce, Science, and Transportation this session, and 492 of them are still in committee.
Meetings
Commerce, Science, and Transportation has 89 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Commerce, Science, and Transportation has filed 76 reports this Congress.
Nominations
115 nominations have been referred to Commerce, Science, and Transportation this Congress.
Communications
1,669 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Commerce, Science, and Transportation this Congress.
Lobbying
1,170 clients and 848 firms named 413 of the bills referred to Commerce, Science, and Transportation in 4,210 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 3 names since Aug 2, 1946, established by 60 S 2177.