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House Full Committee Hearings: 107th-116th
September 3, 2021
Congresses
Christina Miracle Finch
This report provides data on the number of full committee hearings conducted by the
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standing committees of the House of Representatives during the 107th-116th Congresses
(2001-2020), as indicated by the activity reports that committees are required to file pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 1. The information listed in this report’s tables is
from these individual committee activity reports produced during each Congress.
This report does not attempt to provide an assessment of the productivity for individual House standing
committees, but rather provides a historical account of the number of full hearings—including legislative, oversight, field, and investigative hearings—conducted by these committees. Also, the report does not include numbers of subcommittee hearings, and in several committees, more hearings took place in subcommittees than in the full committee. In addition, the report does not attempt to verify data provided by individual committees or normalize data across committees.
For additional information concerning the type of information found in committee activity reports and types of congressional hearings, see CRS Report R45104, Guide to Committee Activity Reports: Purpose, Rules, and
Contents, by Ida A. Brudnick; and CRS Report 98-317, Types of Committee Hearings, by Valerie Heitshusen.
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Contents
Introduction and Methodology .......................................................................................... 1
Tables
Table 1. House Committee on Agriculture ........................................................................... 1
Table 2. House Committee on Appropriations ...................................................................... 2
Table 3. House Committee on Armed Services..................................................................... 3
Table 4. House Committee on the Budget ........................................................................... 4
Table 5. House Committee on Education and Labor.............................................................. 5
Table 6. House Committee on Energy and Commerce ........................................................... 6
Table 7. House Committee on Financial Services ................................................................. 7
Table 8. House Committee on Foreign Affairs ..................................................................... 8
Table 9. House Committee on Homeland Security ................................................................ 9
Table 10. Committee on House Administration .................................................................. 10
Table 11. House Committee on Judiciary .......................................................................... 11
Table 12. House Committee on Natural Resources ............................................................. 12
Table 13. House Committee on Oversight and Reform ........................................................ 13
Table 14. House Committee on Rules ............................................................................... 14
Table 15. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology .......................................... 15
Table 16. House Committee on Smal Business.................................................................. 16
Table 17. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ......................................... 16
Table 18. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs................................................................ 17
Table 19. House Committee on Ways and Means ............................................................... 19
Contacts
Author Information ....................................................................................................... 20
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Introduction and Methodology
The House of Representatives currently has 20 standing committees. This report provides data for the standing committees that conducted full committee hearings during the 107th-116th Congresses
(2001-2020).1 This information is presented in a series of tables. Some of these standing committees have changed their names during this period, and when these changes occurred, it is
mentioned in the notes sections of the tables.2
The information listed in this report’s tables is derived from individual committee activity reports produced by the committees during each Congress. These reports are cited in the table notes. In cases where multiple committee reports were released during a Congress, hearings from each committee report have been added to produce the total number of hearings that occurred during
that Congress.
Legislative, oversight, field, and investigative hearings are included in the total number of hearings for each committee and Congress listed. Multiple-part hearings (e.g., Part I and Part II) are counted separately. Hearings held jointly by multiple House committees are counted as a
hearing for each committee involved. Multiple-day hearings are counted as single hearings unless
they were labeled by the committee as “multi-part” hearings.
Note that this report does not attempt to provide an assessment of the productivity for individual
House standing committees, but rather provides a historical account of the number of ful hearings conducted by these committees based on the information in committee activity reports. Also, the report does not attempt to verify data provided by individual committees or normalize
data across committees except as noted above and in the following exclusions. Other notable exclusions include the following:
Subcommittee hearings are not counted, and for some committees, more hearings
took place in subcommittees than in the full committee.
Various organizational meetings, briefings, business meetings, markups, or
roundtables are not counted.
This report only attempted to identify and count full committee hearings and does
not provide information on whether these hearings were open or closed.3
For additional information on committee activity reports and types of congressional hearings, see CRS Report R45104, Guide to Committee Activity Reports: Purpose, Rules, and Contents, by Ida
A. Brudnick; and CRS Report 98-317, Types of Committee Hearings, by Valerie Heitshusen.
Table 1. House Committee on Agriculture
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
23a
108th (2003-2004)
20b
1 T he House Ethics Committee, House select committees, and joint committees are not included. 2 A complete committee name history can be found on Congress.gov. 3 In three instances, available information on open and closed hearings in the activity reports was deemed to have an unknown but potentially material impact on the count of full committee hearings in this report; those instances are mentioned in the notes sections of the respective committees’ tables.
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
109th (2005-2006)
30c
110th (2007-2008)
15d
111th (2009-2010)
23e
112th (2011-2012)
16f
113th (2013-2014)
5g
114th (2015-2016)
39h
115th (2017-2018)
20i
116th (2019-2020)
3j
Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 107th Congress, 107th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-796 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2001), p. 16.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 108th Congress, 108th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-804 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 17.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 109th Congress, 109th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-746 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), p. 23.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 110th Congress, 110th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-933 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), p. 19.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 111th Congress, 111th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-703 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), p. 19.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Fourth Semiannual Report on Activities during the 112th
Congress, 112th Cong, 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-749 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), p. 23.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 113th Congress, 113th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-679 (Washington, DC:; GPO, 2014), p. 25.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 114th Congress, 114th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-896 (Washington, DC: GPO. 2016), p. 20.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1108 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), p. 20.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Agriculture, Report on Activities during the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-714 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), p. 14.
Table 2. House Committee on Appropriations
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
List of ful committee hearings not provideda
108th (2003-2004)
List of ful committee hearings not providedb
109th (2005-2006)
List of ful committee hearings not providedc
110th (2007-2008)
List of ful committee hearings not providedd
111th (2009-2010)
List of ful committee hearings not providede
112th (2011-2012)
List of ful committee hearings not providedf
113th (2013-2014)
List of ful committee hearings not providedg
114th (2015-2016)
List of ful committee hearings not providedh
115th (2017-2018)
List of ful committee hearings not providedi
116th (2019-2020)
List of ful committee hearings not providedj
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Notes: Many responsibilities of the House Committee on Appropriations are carried out through its subcommittees, which in turn report to the ful committee. In some instances, the hearing numbers noted in the activity reports for the committee explicitly report hearings that took place within subcommittees, and in other instances, hearings are reported without an explicit ful or subcommittee qualifier. After a CRS review of the latter instances, the activity reports appear to be reporting subcommittee hearings. a. “The 13 subcommittees conducted 365 days of hearings, receiving testimony from 4,014 witnesses. In the
process, 160 volumes of hearings were generated, comprising 174,748 printed pages.” U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Report on Activities of the Committee on Appropriations, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-795 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), p. 3.
b. “The 13 subcommittees conducted 313 days of hearings, receiving testimony from 3,063 witnesses. In the
process, 161 volumes of hearings were generated, comprising 156,503 printed pages.” U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Report of Committee on Activities, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-801 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 3.
c. “The 10 subcommittees conducted 304 hearings, receiving testimony from 2,463 witnesses. In the process,
165 volumes of hearings were generated, comprising 155,056 printed pages.” U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Report of Committee Activities, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-734 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2006), p. 3.
d. “The 12 subcommittees conducted a total of 402 hearings, took testimony from 3,076 witnesses and
published 184 volumes of hearing totaling 165,868 printed pages.” U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Report of Committee Activities, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-932 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), p. 13.
e. “The 12 subcommittees conducted a total of 332 hearings, took testimony from 2,481 witnesses and
published 160 volumes of hearings totaling 139,278 printed pages.” U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Report of Committee Activities, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-700 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), p. 9.
f.
According to the activity report, 108 hearings took place during the 112th Congress (2011-2012), and it appears that these hearings were conducted by subcommittees. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Semiannual Report of Committee Activities (January 5, 2011-January 3, 2013), 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-748 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), p. 2.
g. According to the activity reports, a total of 212 hearings took place during the 113th Congress (2013-2014),
and it appears that these hearings were conducted by subcommittees. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Annual Report of Committee Activities (January 3, 2013- January 2, 2014), 113th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 113-724 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 3; and U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Annual Report of Committee Activities (January 3, 2014- January 2, 2015), 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-724 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2015), p. 3.
h. According to the activity report, 191 hearings took place during the 114th Congress (2015-2016), and it
appears that these hearings were conducted by subcommittees. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Report of Committee Activities, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-902 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017), p. 4.
i.
According to the activity report, 193 hearings took place during the 115th Congress (2016-2017), and it appears that these hearings were conducted by subcommittees. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Annual Report on Committee Activities, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1121 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), p. 5.
j.
According to the activity report, the committee conducted 72 hearings and received testimony from 1,638 witnesses during the first session and conducted 83 hearings with 425 witnesses during the second session. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Annual Report of Committee Activities, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-716 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), pp. 5-6.
Table 3. House Committee on Armed Services
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
11a
108th (2003-2004)
18b
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
109th (2005-2006)
55c
110th (2007-2008)
62d
111th (2009-2010)
55e
112th (2011-2012)
48f
113th (2013-2014)
49g
114th (2015-2016)
39h
115th (2017-2018)
36i
116th (2019-2020)
65j
Source: Congress.gov.
Notes: The number of hearings for the House Committee on Armed Services are based on a count of published hearings listed in the activity reports. CRS relied on counting published hearings because during the 108th-115th Congresses (2003-2018), the activity reports provide summary numbers under a category cal ed “meetings,” which is more inclusive (e.g., includes markups) than the hearing category used in this report (see “Introduction and Methodology” section above for more on inclusions and exclusions). Also, note that closed hearings held by the ful committee may have been excluded from the committee activity reports and so would not have been included in the committee’s hearing totals in this report. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report of the Activities of the Committee on Armed
Services, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-791 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2002), pp. 61-64.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report of the Activities of the Committee on Armed
Services, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-807 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 67-70.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report of the Activities of the Committee on Armed
Services, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-731 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2006), pp. 101-109.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report of the Activities of the Committee on Armed
Services, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-942 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 137-148.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report of the Activities of the Committee on Armed
Services, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-710 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 149-160.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Fourth Semiannual Report of the Activities of the
Committee on Armed Services, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-744 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 137-147.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Second Annual Report on the Activities of the Committee
on Armed Services, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-714 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), pp. 120-129.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report on the Activities, of the Committee on Armed
Services, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-942 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), pp. 123-132.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Armed
Services, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1100 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), pp. 127-134.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Armed
Services, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-709 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2020), p. 23.
Table 4. House Committee on the Budget
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
35a
108th (2003-2004)
28b
109th (2005-2006)
20c
110th (2007-2008)
43d
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
111th (2009-2010)
30e
112th (2011-2012)
28f
113th (2013-2014)
20g
114th (2015-2016)
22h
115th (2017-2018)
14i
116th (2019-2020)
30j
Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-811 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), pp. 25-28.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-818 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 31-33.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-750 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), pp. 19-20.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities of the Committee on the Budget, 110th Cong., 2nd
sess., H.Rept. 110-928 (Washington: GPO, 2009), pp. 6-10.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-704 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 7-9.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-713 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), pp. 46-49.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-704 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), pp. 39-41.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-897 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), pp. 34-37.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1124 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), pp. 26-27.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Budget, Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the
Budget, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-706 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2020), pp. 7-9.
Table 5. House Committee on Education and Labor
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
22a
108th (2003-2004)
21b
109th (2005-2006)
22c
110th (2007-2008)
45d
111th (2009-2010)
41e
112th (2011-2012)
27f
113th (2013-2014)
20g
114th (2015-2016)
18h
115th (2017-2018)
17i
116th (2019-2020)
15j
Source: Congress.gov.
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Notes: The House Committee on Education and Labor is the name of this committee in the 116th Congress. During the 107th-115th Congresses, the name of this committee changed twice: during the 107th-109th Congresses (2001-2006), the name was Committee on Education and the Workforce; during the 110th-111th Congresses (2007-2010), the name was Committee on Education and Labor; and during the 112th-115th Congress (2011-2018), the name was Committee on Education and the Workforce. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee
on Education and the Workforce, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-797 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), p. 58.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee
on Education and the Workforce, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-813 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 53.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee
on Education and the Workforce, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-745 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), pp. 13-14.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and Labor, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
Education and Labor, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-923 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2008), pp. 9-11.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and Labor, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
Education and Labor, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-696 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), pp. 12-13.
f.
During the 112th Congress (2011-2012), the committee provided ful committee hearing information separated by four legislative quarters: (1) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and the Workforce together with Minority views
first quarter of the 112th Congress, 112th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 112-133 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), p. 23; (2) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the
Committee on Education and the Workforce together with Minority views second quarter of the 112th Congress, 112th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 112-338 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), p. 2; (3) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and the
Workforce together with Minority views third quarter of the 112th Congress, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-569 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), p. 3; and (4) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and the Workforce together with Minority views
fourth quarter of the 112th Congress, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-714 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), p. 3.
g. During the 113th Congress (2003-2004), the committee provided ful committee hearing information
separated by the first and second session: (1) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and the Workforce for the first session, 113th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 113-313 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 3; and (2) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the second session, 113th Cong., 2nd sess. (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 4.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the
Committee on Education and the Workforce for the 114th Congress, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-904 (Washington, DC; GPO, 2017), p. 4.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and the Workforce for the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1123 (Washington, DC; GPO, 2019), p. 2.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and Labor, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
Education and Labor for the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-711 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2020), pp. 6-10.
Table 6. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
4a
108th (2003-2004)
8b
109th (2005-2006)
19c
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
110th (2007-2008)
6d
111th (2009-2010)
6e
112th (2011-2012)
1f
113th (2013-2014)
4g
114th (2015-2016)
0h
115th (2017-2018)
3i
116th (2019-2020)
4j
Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Report on the Activity of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce for the 107th Congress, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-802 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), p. 36.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Report on the Activity of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce for the 108th Congress, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-803 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 31-32.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Report on the Activity of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce for the 109th Congress, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-751 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), pp. 33-34.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Report on the Activity of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce for the 110th Congress, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-937 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), p. 20.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Report on the Activity of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce for the 111th Congress, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-706 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), p. 27.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Activity Report of the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-746 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), p. 19.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Activity Report of the Committee on Energy and
Commerce for the Second Session, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-716 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 22.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Report on the Activity of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce for the 114th Congress, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-906 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017), p. 19.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Report on the Activity of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce for the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1126 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), p. 19.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Activity Report of the Committee on Energy and
Commerce for the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-713 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2020), p. 25.
Table 7. House Committee on Financial Services
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
14a
108th (2003-2004)
23b
109th (2005-2006)
24c
110th (2007-2008)
70d
111th (2009-2010)
71e
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
112th (2011-2012)
25f
113th (2013-2014)
32g
114th (2015-2016)
31h
115th (2017-2018)
27i
116th (2019-2020)
115j
Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Activity Report of the Committee on Financial Services
for the 107th Congress, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-798 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2002), pp. 39-40.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Activity Report of the Committee on Financial Services
for the 108th Congress, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-802 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 46-47.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Activity Report of the Committee on Financial Services
for the 109th Congress, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-742 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), pp. 91-93.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Activity Report of the Committee on Financial Services
for the 110th Congress, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-929 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 86-87.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Activity Report of the Committee on Financial Services
for the 111th Congress, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-702 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 86-88.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Fourth Semiannual Report on the Activity of the
Committee on Financial Services, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-742 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 151-152.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Second Annual Activity Report of the Committee on
Financial Services, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-722 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 3.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Report on the Activity of the Committee on Financial
Services, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-903 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017), pp. 55-56.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Report on the Activity of the Committee on Financial
Services, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1122 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), p. 55.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services, Report on the Activity of the Committee on Financial
Services, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-718 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), p 41.
Table 8. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
37a
108th (2003-2004)
62b
109th (2005-2006)
65c
110th (2007-2008)
79d
111th (2009-2010)
35e
112th (2011-2012)
42f
113th (2013-2014)
43g
114th (2015-2016)
44h
115th (2017-2018)
33i
116th (2019-2020)
33j
Source: Congress.gov. Notes: During the 107th-109th Congresses (2001-2006), the committee was named Committee on International Relations. It has been named Committee on Foreign Affairs since the 110th Congress (2007-2008). The number
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of hearings during the 107th-113th Congresses (2001-2014) are based on a CRS review of “listed meetings” from the activity reports. CRS relied on a review of these listed meetings to identify hearings because the activity reports provide summary numbers for hearings under a category cal ed “hearings and markups,” which is more inclusive (i.e., includes markups) than the hearing category used in this report (see “Introduction and Methodology” section above for more on inclusions and exclusions). Also, note that closed hearings held by the ful committee may have been excluded from the committee activity reports and so would not have been included in the committee’s hearing totals in this report. a. U.S Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on
International Relations, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-803 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), pp. 26-32.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on
International Relations, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-809 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 33.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on
International Relations, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-747 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), p. 30.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-939 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), p. 47.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-713 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 65-71.
f.
During the 112th Congress (2011-2012), the committee provided ful committee hearing information separated by four legislative quarters: (1) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative
Review and Oversight Activities, 112th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 112-126 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 21-23; (2) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review and Oversight Activities, 112th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 112-350 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 22-24; (3) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review and Oversight Activities, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-552 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), pp. 8-10; and (4) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review and Oversight Activities, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-743 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 7-8.
g. During the 113th Congress (2013-2014), the committee provided ful committee hearings information
separated by the first and second session: (1) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review and Oversight Activities, 113th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 113-318 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 19-21; and (2) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review and
Oversight Activities, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-728 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2015), pp. 13-17.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review and Oversight Activities, 114th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-898 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), pp. 17-23.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Legislative Review and Oversight Activities, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1113 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), pp. 18-22.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, “Committee Activity Report,” at https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/committee-activity-report.
Table 9. House Committee on Homeland Security
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)a
2b
108th (2003-2004)
22c
109th (2005-2006)d
12e
110th (2007-2008)
34f
111th (2009-2010)
19g
112th (2011-2012)
15h
113th (2013-2014)
23i
114th (2015-2016)
19j
115th (2017-2018)
12k
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
116th (2019-2020)
26l
Source: Congress.gov. Notes: During the 107th-108th Congresses (2001-2004), the committee was a Select Committee on Homeland Security. It became a standing Committee on Homeland Security in the 109th Congress (2005-2006). Also, note that closed hearings held by the ful committee may have been excluded from the committee activity reports and so would not have been included in the committee’s hearing totals in this report. a. The select committee was created on June 19, 2002, by H.Res. 449. b. U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on Homeland Security, Homeland Security Act of 2002, report to
accompany H.R. 5005, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., 2002, H.Rept. 107-609 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2002), pp. 68-69.
c. U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on Homeland Security, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of
the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-812 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 134-136.
d. The committee was established as a standing committee on January 4, 2005, by H.Res. 5. e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
House Committee on Homeland Security, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-741 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), p. 15.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
House Committee on Homeland Security, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-940 (Washington, DC: GPO; 2009), pp. 69-70.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
House Committee on Homeland Security, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-699 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), pp. 93-94.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
House Committee on Homeland Security, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-730 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), p. 20.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
House Committee on Homeland Security, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-719 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 25.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
House Committee on Homeland Security, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-907 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017), p. 25.
k. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee
on Homeland Security for the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess. (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), p. 161.
l.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Homeland Security, Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee
on Homeland Security for the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-720 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), p. 89.
Table 10. Committee on House Administration
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
1a
108th (2003-2004)
10b
109th (2005-2006)
8c
110th (2007-2008)
List of ful committee hearings not providedd
111th (2009-2010)
List of ful committee hearings not providede
112th (2011-2012)
List of ful committee hearings not providedf
113th (2013-2014)
List of ful committee hearings not providedg
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
114th (2015-2016)
List of ful committee hearings not providedh
115th (2017-2018)
List of ful committee hearings not providedi
116th (2019-2020)
16j
Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on Activities of the Committee on House
Administration, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-810 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2002), pp. 1-2.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
House Administration during the 108th Congress, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-816 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 11-18.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
House Administration during the 109th Congress, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-752 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), pp. 11-12.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
House Administration during the 110th Congress, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-924 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2008).
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
House Administration during the 111th Congress, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-715 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011).
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Fourth Semiannual Report on the Activities of the
Committee on House Administration during the 112th Congress, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-738 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012).
g. U.S Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Second Annual Report on the Activities of the
Committee on House Administration during the 113th Congress, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-721 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2015).
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
House Administration during the 114th Congress, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-901 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016).
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
House Administration during the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1109 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018).
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on House Administration, Report on the Activities of the Committee on
House Administration during the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-707 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), pp. 88-96.
Table 11. House Committee on Judiciary
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
14a
108th (2003-2004)
10b
109th (2005-2006)
11c
110th (2007-2008)
29d
111th (2009-2010)
24e
112th (2011-2012)
19f
113th (2013-2014)
30g
114th (2015-2016)
20h
115th (2017-2018)
22i
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
116th (2019-2020)
32j
Source: Congress.gov.
a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 107th
Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-807 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), p. 4-7.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 108th
Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-805 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 4-8.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 109th
Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-749 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), p. 3-8.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 110th
Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-941 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 5-12.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 111th
Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-712 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 4-9.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Final Activity Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-747 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), p. 2.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 113th
Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-682 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 2.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 114th
Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-895 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), p. 35.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1112 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), p. 2.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Judiciary, Activity Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-715 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), p. 2.
Table 12. House Committee on Natural Resources
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
25a
108th (2003-2004)
34b
109th (2005-2006)
32c
110th (2007-2008)
26d
111th (2009-2010)
28e
112th (2011-2012)
44f
113th (2013-2014)
31g
114th (2015-2016)
22h
115th (2017-2018)
16i
116th (2019-2020)
25j
Source: Congress.gov. Notes: House Committee on Natural Resources is the name of the committee in the 116 th Congress. During the 107th-109th Congresses (2001-2006), the committee was named Committee on Resources, and during the 110th-115th Congresses (2007-2018), the name was Committee on Natural Resources. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Resources, Report on Legislation and Oversight Activities of the Committee
on Resources, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-800 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), pp. 4-17.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Resources, Report on Legislation and Oversight Activities of the Committee
on Resources, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-811 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 3-14.
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c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Resources, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee
on Resources, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-735 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2006), pp. 2-12.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Natural Resources, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Natural Resources, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-925 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 2-14.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Natural Resources, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Natural Resources, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-701 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 2-11.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Natural Resources, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Natural Resources (Fourth Quarter), 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-752 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 17-29.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Natural Resources, Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Natural Resources, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-720 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), pp. 22-37.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Natural Resources, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Natural
Resources, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-886 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), pp. 15-23.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Natural Resources, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Natural
Resources, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1128 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), pp. 5-19.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee of Natural Resources, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Natural
Resources, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-712 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), p. 16.
Table 13. House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
28a
108th (2003-2004)
72b
109th (2005-2006)
70c
110th (2007-2008)
71d
111th (2009-2010)
42e
112th (2011-2012)
66f
113th (2013-2014)
63g
114th (2015-2016)
72h
115th (2017-2018)
36i
116th (2019-2020)
45j
Source: Congress.gov. Notes: House Committee on Oversight and Reform is the name of the committee in the 116 th Congress. During the 110th-115th Congresses (2007-2018), it was the Committee on Oversight and Reform. During the 107th-109th Congresses (2001-2006), the name was Committee on Government Reform. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Government Reform, Activities of the House Committee on Government
Reform, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-805 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), pp. 218-219.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Government Reform, Activities of the House Committee on Government
Reform, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-815 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 60-104.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Government Reform, Activities of the House Committee on Government
Reform, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-739 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2006), pp. 67-97.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-930 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 33-52.
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e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-705 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 77-88.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-740 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 32-44.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-734 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2015), pp. 11-21.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-909 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017), pp. 15-27.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee Oversight and Government Reform, Activities of the House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1114 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), pp. 32-40.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee Oversight and Reform, Activities of the House Committee on Oversight and
Reform for the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-710 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2020), p. 2.
Table 14. House Committee on Rules
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
152a
108th (2003-2004)
168b
109th (2005-2006)
146c
110th (2007-2008)
165d
111th (2009-2010)
72e
112th (2011-2012)
132f
113th (2013-2014)
92g
114th (2015-2016)
116h
115th (2017-2018)
161i
116th (2019-2020)
80j
Source: Congress.gov.
Notes: During 107th-116th Congresses (2001-2020), CRS used the number of formal requests for Committee on Rules hearings as the total number of hearings. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules, 107th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-808 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), p. 54.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules, 108th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-814 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 51.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules, 109th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-743 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), p. 69.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules, 110th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-931 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), p. 57.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules, 111th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-714 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), p. 48.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-751 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), p. 59.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules for the 113th
Congress, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-726 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2015), p. 50.
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h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules for the 114th
Congress, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-905 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2017), p. 55.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules for the 115th
Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1130 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), p. 50.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Rules, Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules for the 116th
Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-722 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), p. 76.
Table 15. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
30a
108th (2003-2004)
32b
109th (2005-2006)
35c
110th (2007-2008)
24d
111th (2009-2010)
27e
112th (2011-2012)
27f
113th (2013-2014)
23g
114th (2015-2016)
27h
115th (2017-2018)
16i
116th (2019-2020)
25j
Source: Congress.gov. Notes: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is the name of the committee in the 116 th Congress and has been the name since the 112th Congress (2001-2012). During the 107th-109th Congresses (2001-2006), the name was Committee on Science, and during the 110th-111th Congresses (2007-2010), the name was Committee on Science and Technology. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Summary of Activities of the Committee on Science, 107th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-809 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), pp. 343-347.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Summary of Activities of the Committee on Science, 108th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-817 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 247-256.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Summary of Activities of the Committee on Science, 109th Cong.,
2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-748 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), pp. 249-258.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science and Technology, Summary of the Committee on Science and
Technology. 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-935 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 425-426.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science and Technology, Summary of Activities of the Committee on
Science and Technology, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-698 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), pp. 413-429.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Fourth Semiannual Report of Activities of
the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-745 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 248-264.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Second Annual Report of Activities of the
Committee on Science, Space and Technology, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-681 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), pp. 287-302.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Second Annual Report of Activities of the
Committee on Science, Space and Technology, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-884 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), pp. 6-24.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Second Annual Report of Activities of the
Committee on Science, Space and Technology, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1080 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), pp. 6-22.
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U.S. Congress, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Report of Activities of the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-719 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), pp. IX-X.
Table 16. House Committee on Small Business
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
46a
108th (2003-2004)
35b
109th (2005-2006)
28c
110th (2007-2008)
71d
111th (2009-2010)
45e
112th (2011-2012)
35f
113th (2013-2014)
34g
114th (2015-2016)
37h
115th (2017-2018)
46i
116th (2019-2020)
47j
Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Summary of Activities, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept.
107-806 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), pp. 17-18.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Summary of Activities, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept.
108-800 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 19-20.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Summary of Activities, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept.
109-740 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2007), p. 19.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Report on the Activity of the Committee on Smal Business
for the 110th Congress, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-926 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), p. 124.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Report on the Activity of the Committee on Smal Business
for the 111th Congress, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-695 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), p. 118.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Report on the Activity of the Committee on Smal Business
for the 112th Congress, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-729 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), pp. 21-54.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Smal
Business for the 113th Congress, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-684 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), pp. 25-48.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Smal
Business for the 114th Congress, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-880 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), pp. 43-71.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Smal
Business for the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1079 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), pp. 43-82.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Smal Business, Report on the Activities of the Committee on Smal
Business for the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-702 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2020), pp. 63-96.
Table 17. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
Ful committee hearings are not listeda
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
108th (2003-2004)
2b
109th (2005-2006)
2c
110th (2007-2008)
22d
111th (2009-2010)
22e
112th (2011-2012)
28f
113th (2013-2014)
7g
114th (2015-2016)
6h
115th (2017-2018)
6i
116th (2019-2020)
9j
Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary of Legislative and Oversight
Activities, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-793 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2002), pp. 39-41.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary of Legislative and Oversight
Activities for the 108th Congress, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-799 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2004), pp. 139-144.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary of Legislative and Oversight
Activities for the 109th Congress, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-738 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2006), pp. 191-196.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary of Legislative and Oversight
Activities for the 110th Congress, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-936 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 59.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary of Legislative and Oversight
Activities for the 111th Congress, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-711 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 66.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary on the Activities of the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 112th Congress, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-718 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), pp. 15-37.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary on the Activities of the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 113th Congress, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-718 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), p. 18.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary on the Activities of the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 114th Congress, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-899 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), p. 18.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary on the Activities of the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1099 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), p. 18.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Summary on the Activities of the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 116th Congress, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-717 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2018), pp. 168-169.
Table 18. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
20a
108th (2003-2004)
26b
109th (2005-2006)
23c
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Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
110th (2007-2008)
20d
111th (2009-2010)
20e
112th (2011-2012)
30f
113th (2013-2014)
43g
114th (2015-2016)
20h
115th (2017-2018)
33i
116th (2019-2020)
27j
Source: Congress.gov.
Notes: For the 107th-108th (2001-2004), 110th (2007-2008), and 112th-115th (2011-2018) Congresses, the total number of hearings includes joint hearings that took place with the Senate Veterans’ Affairs committee. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Activities Report of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
for the 107th Congress, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-804 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), pp. 79-83.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Activities Report of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
for the 108th Congress, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-808 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), pp. 84-89.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Activities Report of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
for the 109th Congress, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-737 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2006), pp. 24-37.
d. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Activities Report of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
for the 110th Congress, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-927 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 30-47.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Activities Report of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
for the 111th Congress, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-697 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 23-38.
f.
During the 112th Congress (2011-2012), the committee provided ful committee hearing information separated by four legislative quarters: (1) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, First
Semiannual Report of the Activities of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 112th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 112-120 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 13-15; (2) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Second Semiannual Report of the Activities of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 112th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 112-341 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), pp. 9-10; (3) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Third Quarter Report of Activities of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-547 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), pp. 9-14; and (4) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Fourth Quarter Report of the Activities of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-706 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2012), pp. 9-11.
g. During the 113th Congress (2013-2014), the committee provided ful committee hearings information
separated by the first and second session: (1) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, First
Annual Report of the Activities of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 113th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 113-300 (Washington, DC; GPO, 2013), pp. 25-36; and (2) U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Second Annual Report of the Activities of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-659 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2014), pp. 23-36.
h. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Report of the Activities of the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs for the 114th Congress, 114th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 114-879 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), pp. 56-68.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Report of the Activities of the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs for the 115th Congress, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1120 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), pp. 1-27.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Activities Report, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-698 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2020), pp. 25-35.
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Table 19. House Committee on Ways and Means
Ful Committee Hearings
Congress (Years)
Number of Hearings
107th (2001-2002)
17a
108th (2003-2004)
18b
109th (2005-2006)
26c
110th (2007-2008)
20d
111th (2009-2010)
21e
112th (2011-2012)
28f
113th (2013-2014)
19g
114th (2015-2016)
70h
115th (2017-2018)
12i
116th (2019-2020)
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Source: Congress.gov. a. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 107-801 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), p. 130.
b. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 108-810 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2005), p. 147.
c. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-736 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2006), p. 137.
d. U.S Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 110th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 110-934 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), pp. 134-135.
e. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 111th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 111-708 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2011), p. 117.
f.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 112-750, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013), pp. 160-161.
g. U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 113th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 113-723 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2015), p.150.
h. The committee included the ful and subcommittee hearings in the total number. U.S. Congress, House
Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Ways and
Means, 114th Cong., 2nd sess. H.Rept. 114-887 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2016), p. 147.
i.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 115th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 115-1115 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2019), p. 127.
j.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the
Committee on Ways and Means, 116th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 116-721 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2021), p. 86.
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Acknowledgments
Carol Wilson, Research Librarian, and Melia Jean-Baptiste, Research Librarian (Intern), assisted
with compiling the hearing data for this report.
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