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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Summary

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate with 3 subcommittees and 23 members. It has 807 bills before it this session, has held 11 hearings and has filed 1 report.


Chair

Chair: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). Ranking Member: Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT). Online at www.help.senate.gov.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has 807 bills, 86 meetings and 1 report on the record this session.

Members

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23 members sit on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 12 in the majority and 11 in the minority; Bill Cassidy is Chair and Bernard Sanders is Ranking Member.

Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
R–LA · Chair
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
R–KY · Member
Susan Collins
Susan Collins
R–ME · Member
Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski
R–AK · Member
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall
R–KS · Member
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
R–SC · Member

Subcommittees

The committee's work is divided among 3 subcommittees.

Education and the American Family Subcommittee
Education and the American Family Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee
Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee
Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee
Subcommittee

Bills

807 bills have been referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions this session, and 761 of them are still in committee.

Nothing introduced before Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions this session.

Meetings

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has 75 meetings on the calendar.

July 2026
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Business meeting to consider S.5038, to prohibit the transfer of the functions of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, S.5046, to prohibit the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education to other Federal agencies, S.2511, to establish a postsecondary student data system, S.3010, to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, S.3589, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled, S.4097, to establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement, S.4689, to strengthen literacy outcomes for all students, to amend the comprehensive literacy State development grant program, and to ensure Federal accountability and investment in research, teacher preparation, and evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading, S.3333, to modify the eligibility requirements and account contribution maximum for pension-linked emergency savings accounts, S.4965, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative Account, S.3097, to provide additional protections with respect to health information, and the nominations of Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, and Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.

Jul 30, 2026 · 9:45 AM

Open Business Meeting

Reports

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has filed 1 report this Congress.

CitationTitleBillIssued
S. Rept. 119-31REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIESJun 17, 2025

Nominations

59 nominations have been referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions this Congress.

Communications

169 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions this Congress.

Lobbying

1,131 clients and 875 firms named 572 of the bills referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in 4,256 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.

The bills most often named.

BillTitleFilings
S. 852Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025290
S. 864HELP Copays Act212
S. 266Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act209
H.R. 2483SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025196
S. 932Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025190
S. 844Faster Labor Contracts Act188
H.R. 1048DETERRENT Act175
S. 2355Patients Deserve Price Tags Act162
S. 4927Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act122
S. 1954Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act107

History

The committee has carried 6 names since Jan 28, 1869, established by 40(3) Senate Journal 157.

NameFromToAuthority
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsJan 19, 1999Present106 S Res. 20
Committee on Labor and Human ResourcesMar 7, 1979Jan 18, 199996 S. Res. 30
Committee on Human ResourcesJan 1, 1977Mar 6, 197995 S Res 4
Committee on Labor and Public WelfareAug 2, 1946Dec 31, 197660 S 2177
Committee on Education and LaborFeb 14, 1870Aug 1, 194641 Senate Journal 241
Committee on EducationJan 28, 1869Feb 13, 187040(3) Senate Journal 157