Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000

Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000

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CRS Report for Congress
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Senate Committee Activity:
Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000
August 9, 2001
R. Eric Petersen
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Richard S. Beth
Specialist in the Legislative Process
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

Senate Committee Activity:
Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000
Summary
The use of committees as crucial centers of policymaking, oversight of federal
agencies, and public education is an organizing principle of the contemporary Congress.
Committees are presumed to be the primary locus through which the work of Congress
is organized, and where public policy proposals first receive substantive consideration. By
using committees, the Senate enables itself to manage a large volume of legislative,
investigative and oversight activity, and support the representational duties of and Senators.
The focus of the workload and activity indicators presented in this report is action on
legislative measures referred to committees. These indicators illuminate certain kinds of
congressional workload and activity.
Generally, the numbers of measures referred vary considerably from committee to
committee. This variation is mainly a function of the committee’s jurisdiction; the wider the
jurisdiction, the more measures will likely be referred to it. The forms of measures referred
also vary with committee jurisdiction.
The rates of reporting bills also vary significantly from committee to committee. As
with figures for referrals to committees, these variations probably reflect different
jurisdictional characteristics, as well as intensified activity in different jurisdictions over time.
Also, some committees’ percentage of the total reported is much lower than their
percentage of the total referred.
As with measures reported, the data on measures enacted into law reveal no
consistent pattern. Variable committee workloads, along with the impact of social,
economic, and political changes or demands, all appear to contribute to committee activity
levels. What can be said is that measures enacted are consistently a small percentage of
measures referred. For example, in the 106th Congress, 744 bills and joint resolutions, or
10.43% of the 7,132 measures referred to Senate committees, were enacted into law.
Committee indicators illuminate only certain kinds of congressional workload and
activity. By themselves, none of the indicators presented may be regarded as sufficient
indicators of the intensity or quality of overall Senate committee activity.

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Forms of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Referral Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Action on Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Measures Reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Measures Enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Measures Referred and Committee Workloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
What the Indicators Tell Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Committee Activity Not Fully Captured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Aspects of Workload Not Considered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Senate Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
House Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions by Senate Committee . . . . . . . . . 84
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions by Senate Committee . . . . . . . . . 103
List of Figures
Figure 1. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred and Reported in
Senate, and Enacted into Law, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate: Percent
Reported and Enacted, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
List of Tables
Table 1. Presentations of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 2. Summary of Legislative Measures Referred to Senate Committees,
93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: . . . . . . . . 13
Table 3. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 4. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 5. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 6. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 7. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 8. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 9. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 10. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 11. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 12. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 13. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 14. 95th Congress (1977-1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 15. 94th Congress (1975-1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 16. 93rd Congress (1973-1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: . . . . . . . . 27
Table 17. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 18. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 19. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 20. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 21. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 22. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table 23. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 24. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 25. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 26. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 27. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 28. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 29. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 30. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Table 31. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 32. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 33. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 34. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 35. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 36. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 37. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 38. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 39. 95th Congress (1977-1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 40. 94th Congress (1975-1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 41. 93rd Congress (1973-1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 42. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 43. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 44. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 45. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 46. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 47. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 48. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 49. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 50. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 51. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 52. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Measures Referred to Committees: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 53. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 54. Appropriations, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 55. Armed Services, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 56. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 57. Budget, 94th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 58. Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . 68
Table 59. Energy and Natural Resources, 96th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 60. Interior and Insular Affairs, 93rd-95th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Table 61. Environment and Public Works, 96th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Table 62. Public Works, 93rd-95th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Table 63. Finance, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Table 64. Foreign Relations, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Table 65. Governmental Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Table 66. District of Columbia, 93rd-94th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Table 67. Post Office and Civil Service, 93rd-94th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Table 68. Indian Affairs, 95th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 69. Select Committee on Intelligence, 95th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 70. Judiciary, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 71. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . 80
Table 72. Rules and Administration, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 73. Select Committee on Small Business, 95th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . 82
Table 74. Veterans’ Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table 75. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table 76. Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 77. Armed Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Table 78. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Table 79. Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 80. Commerce, Science, and Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Table 81. Energy and Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Table 82. Interior and Insular Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Table 83. Environment and Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Table 84. Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Table 85. Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 86. Foreign Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 87. Governmental Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 88. District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 89. Post Office and Civil Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 90. Indian Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 91. Select Committee on Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 92. Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Table 93. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 94. Rules and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Table 95. Select Committee on Small Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Table 96. Veterans’ Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Table 97. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Table 98. Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Table 99. Armed Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Table 100. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Table 101. Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Table 102. Commerce, Science, and Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Table 103. Energy and Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Table 104. Environment and Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Table 105. Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Table 106. Foreign Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 107. Governmental Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 108. Select Committee on Indian Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Table 109. Select Committee on Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Table 110. Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 111. Health Education, Labor and Pensions, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 112. Rules and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Table 113. Select Committee on Small Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Table 114. Veterans’ Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Senate Committee Activity:
Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000
Introduction
In an often repeated summary of the work of Congress, political scientist and future
President Woodrow Wilson observed that “... Congress in its committee-rooms is
Congress at work.”1 The use of committees as crucial centers of policy making, oversight
of federal agencies, and public education continues to be an organizing principle of the
contemporary Congress. Committees are presumed to be the primary locus through which
the work of Congress is organized, and where public policy proposals first receive
substantive consideration. From the introduction of a legislative initiative, committees and
their Members are involved in:
! deciding which initiatives will go forward, and which will receive no further
consideration;
! managing the progress of an initiative through floor consideration;
! resolving differences in initiatives passed by both chambers; and
! overseeing the implementation of public policies.
The committee work of the Senate is dispersed among standing and select or special
committees. Standing committees are permanent committees established by Senate Rule
XXV that handle the majority of the work. Select committees are usually established by
separate resolutions of the Senate. Often a select committee is established because the
existing standing committee system does not provide for an issue to be addressed
comprehensively by a single committee, or because a particular event sparks interest in an
investigation. A select committee may be permanent or temporary.2
1 Woodrow Wilson, Congressional Government, A Study in American Politics (Baltimore:
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. Originally published 1885), p. 69.
2 Instead of “select,” the Senate sometimes uses the term “special” committee. There is no
substantive difference between a select and a special committee; the designation depends
merely on what the resolution creating the committee calls it.

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Committees enable the Senate to manage a large volume of legislative, investigative
and oversight activity, and support the representational duties of Senators.3 In the Senate,
the committee system handles several thousand legislative measures and nearly 100,000
nominations submitted during each 2-year Congress.
Senate Rule XXV defines the jurisdiction of each standing committee and details the
topic areas in which a committee may consider legislation and conduct oversight. When
a legislative measure is introduced in the Senate, it is typically referred to one or more
standing committees according to their jurisdictions.4 Referrals are made by matching the
subject matter of the measure to the committee with jurisdiction over that subject. Most
standing committees authorize and recommend funding levels for government operations
and for new and existing programs.5 The resolutions which create select and special
committees typically assign specific areas of investigation or study.
Legislative activity in the Senate usually begins with the introduction of a measure (bill
or resolution) and its referral to a committee. All data on bills and resolutions in this report
take account only of measures that receive referral to a Senate committee. Committees
typically act on measures referred to them by determining which to report to the Senate for
further action. Committees are also principally responsible for coordinating both the
consideration by the full Senate of measures within their respective jurisdictions and the
subsequent progress of those measures to enactment or final approval.
The referral, reporting, and enactment of measures represent key dimensions of
Senate committees’ workload and activity. Data on these subjects shed light on overall
patterns, highlight significant trends, and suggest the effects of institutional changes over
time, such as rules changes and shifts in committee jurisdictions.
Data in this report on both measures referred and action taken thereon are presented
in two distinct ways: (1) by Congress, and (2) by committee. Each of these presentations
permits considering the work of Senate committees in a different context. Where the data
are organized by Congress, each table covers a single Congress, and gives data for all
committees in that Congress. Where they are organized by committee, each table covers
a single committee, and gives data for the entire period covered. Examining committee
activity by Congress offers a committee-oriented perspective on the legislative activity of
the entire body, and reveals detailed patterns for the entire committee system across time.
Data presented by committee demonstrate the ebb and flow of activity by individual
3 For a discussion of the roles of committees in Congress, see Roger H. Davidson and
Walter J. Oleszek, Congress and Its Members, 7th ed. (Washington: CQ Press, 2000), pp.
197-226.
4See CRS Report 98-242, Committee Jurisdiction and Referral in the Senate.
5 A few Senate committees have other functions. For example, the Senate Budget
Committee establishes aggregate levels for total spending and revenue and, within functional
budget categories, new budget authority and outlays; these aggregates serve as guidelines
for the work of the authorizing and appropriating panels.

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committees, permit the work of specific committees to be tracked, and illuminate
differences among committees in how they carry out their work.
Data are also broken down by the chamber (Senate or House) in which the measures
originated. They cover the 93rd through 106th Congress (1973-2000), and include all
Senate standing, select, and special committees that received referrals.6 Information
regarding measures was collected through searching the Bill Summary and Status sections
of the Legislative Information System (LIS).7
Table 1 summarizes these distinctions, and provides a guide to the presentation of
data, by identifying which tables below display figures in each of the various forms
described.
Table 1. Presentations of Data
Chamber of
Indicator
Presentation
origin of
Tables
measures
Measures referred to Senate
Senate
3-16
committees
House
17-27
by Congress
Senate
28-41
Action on legislative measures
referred to Senate committees
House
42-52
Measures referred to Senate
Both
53-74
committees
by committee
Action on legislative measures
Senate
75-96
referred to Senate committees
House
97-114
6 Most select and special committees are not authorized to consider and report legislative
measures to the Senate. However, the Senate has given legislative reporting authority to the
Ethics and Intelligence committees.
7 The LIS is an Internet-based database of congressional activity maintained by Congress
and the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Congressional users can access the data
base at [http://www.congress.gov/]. Public users can access the database through
THOMAS, a service of the Library of Congress, at [http://thomas.loc.gov/]. Data from LIS
were collected from the earliest available records through the end of the 106th Congress
(1999-2000). Information for Senate-originated measures is available on LIS from the 93rd
Congress, 1973-1974. Information on House measures adopted by the House and
subsequently referred to Senate committees is available from the 96th Congress (1979-1980).

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All data presented cover only measures that were referred to a Senate committee.8
As detailed in the Appendix, however, measures not referred may, under a variety of
circumstances, still be reported from Senate committees, considered on the Senate floor,
or enacted. Even in the absence of referral, these forms of Senate action normally still
entail activity by the committees under whose jurisdiction the measures fall. The data
presented do not reflect this activity, and to that extent tend to understate the level of work
Senate committees may perform.
Generally, these omissions arise from obstacles in the data compilation process. As
currently deployed, LIS offers the ability to track measures originated by Senate
committees only since the 104th Congress. The disposition of measures passed by the
House and held at the desk in the Senate or Senate measures sent directly to the floor
cannot be identified through available electronic search strategies. With a combination of
manual search and changes in LIS search strategies, it may be possible to develop
indicators which account for these data. The eventual development of additional measures
of committee activity would help to paint a more complete, nuanced picture of Senate
committees, and Congress in general.
Measures Referred
Forms of Measure
Data on measures referred are broken down according to the types of measure
Congress considers: bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and simple resolutions.9
Of these, only bills and joint resolutions are lawmaking vehicles. These measures are
introduced10 when the intent is to enact law. Because both bills and joint resolutions are
8 All data on bills and resolutions exclude private measures, which are those that propose to
confer specified benefits on named individuals. For further information on private legislation
see Richard S. Beth, “Private Bill,” in The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress,
Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson and Morton Keller, eds. (New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1995) pp. 1626-1627; and Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Quarterly’s
Guide to Congress, 5th ed. (Washington: CQ Press, 2000), pp. 526-527. The data on
matters referred to and receiving action by Senate committees exclude information on the
executive business of the Senate (nominations and treaties). See CRS Report 98-709,
Senate Executive Business and the Executive Calendar and CRS Report 98-384, Senate
Consideration of Treaties.
9 See CRS Report 98-706, Bills and Resolutions: Examples of How each Kind is Used
and CRS Report 98-728, Bills, Resolutions, Nominations and Treaties: Origins,
Deadlines, Requirements and Uses.
10 Formally, bills are introduced, while any kind of resolution is submitted. In contexts
referring to both bills and resolutions, and where the distinction is not material, the following
pages sometimes use the term “introduced” to encompass also the submission of resolutions.

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lawmaking vehicles, the data presentations in this report combine measures of both kinds
into one class.11
Measures originating in the House of Representatives reach the Senate only if the
House passes them.12 Accordingly, the present data take account only of House bills, joint
resolutions, and concurrent resolutions that pass the House. Due to the fact simple
resolutions of the House are never transmitted to the Senate for action, they are never
referred to Senate committees, and the tables on House measures referred to Senate
committees do not include figures on simple resolutions.
In the tables on measures referred that are organized by Congress, the number of
measures of each type referred to each Senate committee is also presented as a
percentage of the total number of measures of that type that were referred to all Senate
committees in each Congress. These percentages, read vertically, reveal the distribution
of legislative measures by committee in each Congress.
Referral Trends
Generally, the numbers of measures referred vary considerably from committee to
committee (Tables 3-27). This variation is mainly a function of the committee’s
jurisdiction; the wider the jurisdiction, the more measures will likely be referred to it. For
example, the Committee on Finance receives many bills because tax policy attracts so
many legislative proposals. The forms of measures referred also vary with committee
jurisdiction. Due to the fact the management and rule setting of the Senate falls within its
jurisdiction, the Committee on Rules and Administration receives a disproportionate share
of the simple resolutions referred to committees. Similarly, a greater percentage of
concurrent resolutions are referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations than to other
committees, because these measures often express the non-binding sense of Congress in
matters of international relations.
Table 2 shows the aggregate number of Senate and House measures referred to
Senate committees in each Congress. In general, Senate-originated bills and joint
resolutions reveal no consistent pattern across the period observed. At the beginning of
the period, there is a pattern of irregular growth between the 93rd and 101st Congresses
11 Joint resolutions also are used to propose constitutional amendments. These are not
lawmaking measures, in the strict sense of the term. If passed, they are not presented to the
President for action, but rather transmitted to the States for ratification. The data in this
report include joint resolutions referred to committees and reported to the Senate for
purposes of amending the Constitution, but not their ratification. This affects chiefly the
Committee on the Judiciary, which has jurisdiction over proposed constitutional amendments.
No constitutional amendments were adopted by Congress between 1973 and 2000. The 27th
Amendment, regulating congressional salaries, was ratified on May 7, 1992. It was adopted
by the First Congress (1789-1790) on September 25, 1789.
12 As with the introduction of measures, bills are passed, while resolutions are adopted. In
contexts referring to both bills and resolutions, and where the distinction is not material, the
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(1979-1990), before a brief leveling in the 102nd Congress (1991-1992). Sharp
decreases followed in the 103rd and 104th Congresses (1993-1996). At the end of the
period, an upturn occurs in the 106th Congress (1999-2000).
The data reveal a relatively irregular pattern in the numbers of Senate concurrent
resolutions referred, as well. Unlike the pattern for bills and joint resolutions, it includes
a sharp drop of nearly 50% between the 102nd and 103rd Congresses, (1991-1994). This
was followed by a more gradual but significant decline in the 103rd through 105th
Congresses (1993-1998). In the 106th Congress, the number of referrals returned to
levels seen before the decline.
After a period of steady growth through the 1970s, the number of simple resolutions
handled by Senate committees peaked at 540 in the 96th Congress (1979-1980). They
fell steadily throughout the 1980s. Through the 1990s, the number of Senate simple
resolutions was relatively flat.
The Senate referred between one half and one quarter as many House concurrent
resolutions, joint resolutions and bills as Senate measures to its committees. Among House
measures referred to Senate committees, House concurrent resolution referrals peaked in
the 100th Congress (1987-1988), after several years of growth. There followed a period
of declining referrals of this type of measure until the 104th Congress (1995-1996), and
increases during the 105th and 106th Congresses (1997-2000). Referral of House joint
resolutions and bills generally rose, peaking at 450 during the 102nd Congress (1991-
1992), before declining sharply during the 103rd through 105th Congresses (1993-1998).
In the 106th Congress (1999-2000), the trend reversed with the number of referrals of
House bills and joint resolutions higher than in the previous three Congresses.
In the aggregate, the referral activity indicators do not reveal consistent patterns. This
irregularity may reflect the limited scope of the indicators themselves, rather than being an
explicit statement of actual committee workload. Nevertheless, some preliminary
conclusions may be drawn. For example, the downward trend in public bills and joint
resolutions referred during the middle and late 1990s appears connected at least in part
with the adoption by the House of a ban on consideration of legislation designating special
days, weeks, or months for commemoration. Over the years, the Senate has revised its
procedures for introducing commemorative legislation as well.13 In the period after the
House decision, Senate-originated action on commemorative legislation declined
significantly, presumably because the chamber recognized that the House would not
consider those measures. The change was demonstrated in the workload of the Senate
Committee on Judiciary, which has jurisdiction over commemorative legislation. The
Judiciary Committee saw a 60.5% decrease in bills and joint resolutions referred to it in
the 104th Congress. The lack of consistent pattern is also demonstrated by the number of
referrals to the Committee on Judiciary. Following the commemorative ban and decline
in referrals during the 104th Congress, the number of measures referred to the committee
in the 105th and 106th Congresses returned to levels seen prior to the commemorative ban.
13 See CRS Report 98-662, Commemorative Legislation: Evolution and Procedures, by
Stephen Stathis.

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Table 2. Summary of Legislative Measures Referred to Senate Committees, 93rd-106th Congresses
House Concurrent
House-Passed Bills
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Senate Bills and Joint
Congress
Resolutions
and Joint Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
93rd (1973-1974)
NA
NA
246
98
3542
94th (1975-1976)
NA
NA
411
162
3085
95th (1977-1978)
NA
NA
387
84
3838
96th (1979-1980)
37
385
540
114
2733
97th (1981-1982)
38
284
435
108
2789
98th (1983-1984)
29
381
393
127
2934
99th (1985-1986)
38
370
332
130
2731
100th (1987-1988)
54
435
298
120
2778
101st (1989-1990)
41
374
167
118
3124
102nd (1991-1992)
39
450
185
106
3281
103rd (1993-1994)
27
365
144
58
2466
104th (1995-1996)
24
284
118
65
1943
105th (1997-1998)
53
293
174
97
2004
106th (1999-2000)
81
374
214
112
3194
S o u r c e : Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of Hou s e p a s s e d
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Data presented here about action that occurred on the measures referred to Senate
committees relate only to bills and joint resolutions. These are the only measures that can
become law, and for most committees, represent the great preponderance of measures
referred. Specifically, the pertinent tables report the numbers of bills and joint resolutions
that were: (1) referred to committee, (2) reported from committee, and (3) enacted into
law.14
The first group of data, on bills and joint resolutions referred, repeats the
corresponding figures from the tables on referrals. The remaining data reflect only actions
that occurred on these referred measures. Excluded, accordingly, are any bills and joint
resolutions originated by Senate committees, because these are reported without having
been referred. Also excluded are any measures that were enacted into law without having
been referred to a Senate committee. For this reason, total legislative activity for all
committees, as presented here, falls short, in general, of the aggregate legislative activity
of the Senate as a whole.15
14 Joint resolutions introduced to amend the Constitution are included in referral columns
and, if they are reported to the Senate, the reported column. Those passed by both houses
and sent to the states for ratification, however, are not included in the enacted columns.
15 Generally, measures are referred to committee for consideration. In at least three
circumstances, however, a measure may receive consideration by the Senate without being
referred.
First, bills and joint resolutions may avoid Senate committee referral by being placed
directly on the Senate Calendar when introduced, under Rule XIV. Similarly, simple and
concurrent resolutions may, when submitted, be “laid over, under the rule” rather than
referred. Also, measures of any form may, by unanimous consent, receive immediate floor
consideration when introduced. Even if the data took account of these measures, none
would appear as a measure referred. Also, even though these measures become available
for floor consideration, no committee reports them. As a result, even if the data took account
of these measures, they would still not appear as measures reported. On the other hand,
those enacted into law would appear as additional to the ones counted in the tables.
Second, Senate rules permit committees to report original measures. By this means,
committees may in effect introduce new bills and resolutions through the act of reporting
them. These measures are accordingly reported without being referred. Even if the data
took account of them, they would not appear as measures referred. They would, however,
appear as measures reported, in addition to those reflected in the present data. Similarly,
those enacted would appear as additional to the ones counted in the present tables.
Finally, when the Senate receives a measure passed by the House, it often holds the
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In the tables on action on measures referred that are organized by Congress, the
number of measures of each type referred to each Senate committee is also presented as
a percentage of the total number of measures of that type that were referred to all Senate
committees in the given Congress. These percentages reveal the distribution of legislative
measures reported and enacted by committees in that Congress.
In the tables on actions that are organized by committee, the number of measures at
each stage after referral to each Senate committee is also presented as a percentage of the
total number of measures that were referred to that committee in that Congress. These
percentages reveal that the process of selection among measures referred results in a low
number of measures reported, and a still lower number of measures enacted into law.
Measures Reported
Once a measure is referred to committee, it normally can reach the Senate floor only
if the committee reports it back to the Senate. Committees, however, have no general
obligation to report any measure referred. Also, because any Senator may introduce a
measure on any subject at any time, a committee may have before it numerous alternative
proposals dealing with any given issue. Committees are usually unlikely to report more
than one of the proposals. Accordingly, the summary tables for the House and Senate in
each Congress, Tables 28-52, show a large number of bills that received no further action.
In the 106th Congress, approximately one in five measures was reported back to the
Senate for further consideration.
The rates of reporting bills also vary significantly from committee to committee. Like
figures for referrals to committees, these variations probably reflect different jurisdictional
characteristics, as well as intensified activity in different jurisdictions over time. Also, some
committees’ percentage of the total reported is much lower than their percentage of the
total referred. For instance, in the 106th Congress the Finance Committee received more
than one quarter of all measures referred to Senate committees, but reported less than 3%
of all Senate measures reported by Senate committees. This pattern mainly reflects the
committee’s role of screening large numbers of discrete revenue and tariff measures.
Conversely, in the 102nd Congress the Judiciary Committee received 18.67% of all bills
and joint resolutions passed by the House and referred to the Senate and 14.68% of
similar Senate-originated measures referred to Senate committees, but reported 63.1% of
15(...continued)
measure at the desk rather than referring it. This action facilitates the subsequent process
of resolving differences between the House measure and a Senate companion measure.
When the two houses initially act on separate measures in this way, further action normally
occurs on only one of them. Whichever measure proceeds to enactment, the present data
count the referral and reporting of the Senate measure. The House measure does not
appear as referred or reported, and would not so appear even if the data did take account
of these House measures. Finally, however, in cases when the Senate measure is enacted,
the present data record this outcome, but when the House measure is enacted, they do not
record the enactment at all. If the data reflected these House measures, those enacted
would appear as additional to the ones counted in the present tables.

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House measures and 33.52% of Senate measures to the Senate. A large reason for these
levels was the Committee’s jurisdiction over commemorative legislation; many of these
reported measures were joint resolutions commemorating certain days or occasions. After
the curtailment of commemorative legislation in both chambers, the Judiciary Committee
in the 104th Congress (1995-1996) considered 9.51% of House-passed measures referred
to the Senate and reported 37.04% of all House measures reported to the Senate. During
the same period, the Committee considered 9.55% of Senate measures referred to
committees and reported 21.43% of all Senate measures reported.
Measures Enacted
As with measures reported, the data on measures enacted into law reveal no
consistent pattern. Variable committee workloads, along with the impact of social,
economic, and political changes or demands, all appear to contribute to committee activity
levels. Further, the procedural practice of referring, reporting and passing legislation on
the same subject matter in both chambers, but using one chamber’s bill number for final
enactment, has the effect of depressing the percentage enacted of the other chamber.16
What can be said is that measures enacted are consistently a small percentage of
measures referred. For example, in the 106th Congress, 744 bills and joint resolutions, or
10.43% of the 7,132 measures referred to Senate committees, were enacted into law.17
Figure 1 displays the numerical relationship among measures referred, reported and
enacted in the 93rd-106th Congresses. Figure 2 displays the same data as percentages of
measures referred over the same period.
16 Ibid.
17 The total number of public laws enacted during the 106th Congress was 580. In some
cases several of the measures passed by Congress were enacted as components larger,
omnibus measures.

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Figure 2. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate:
Percent Reported and Enacted, 93rd-106th Congresses
Figure 1. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred and Reported
in Senate, and Enacted into Law, 93rd-106th Congresses
Measures Referred and Committee Workloads
Each of the indicators for which this report provides data reflects an aspect of the
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regarded as a sufficient indicator of the intensity or quality of overall Senate committee
activity; each has its own limitations. Focusing on one or two indicators could lead to
faulty or incomplete conclusions. Any meaningful assessment of workload must take into
account several indicators, and must reflect a clear understanding of what each is
describing. Generalizing about specific aspects of activity or workload may better rest on
combined use of all appropriate indicators, rather than on any one.
What the Indicators Tell Us. Data on measures referred to committee may
only with caution be interpreted as providing information about actual workloads. Sizable
shifts in numbers may reflect changes in Senate practice, rather than in political conditions
or emergent policy issues. Increase or decrease in the number of bills or joint resolutions
referred, reported or enacted need not mean that policy demands have abated or
multiplied. Perhaps issues that were previously subject to legislative activity have merely
been transferred to administrative fora. Perhaps the Senate is “packaging” its legislation
differently, incorporating several measures which, in the past, might have been enacted
individually, into longer, and more complex omnibus forms.
In some cases, an upturn in the activity of a committee in one Congress may be an
artifact of the routine reconsideration of significant legislation in the committee’s jurisdiction.
In the 107th Congress, for example, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
is considering the “farm bill,” an omnibus measure which reexamines a basket of
agricultural and food programs that are reauthorized every 5 to 7 years. One can track the
figures for a given committee over time to determine the effects of bursts of activity in its
jurisdiction on its workload, but it is difficult to explain the patterns clearly because many
factors influence committee workloads. It may be the case that when particularly
momentous, technical or detailed legislation works its way through a committee, numerical
measures of activity decline, because committee energy and resources are concentrated,
instead of dispersed over several initiatives within the committee’s jurisdiction. In this case,
a decline in overall numbers would be an indication of more intensive committee activity.
Committee Activity Not Fully Captured. The data presented do not fully
capture all the work of committees. To take an important example, committees’ activity
on legislative measures fail to capture the level or intensity of oversight and investigative
activity. Even in relation to legislative activity, committees sometimes originate measures
that are reported directly to the Senate floor calendars. Additionally, there is little
systematic understanding of the work of committee Members assigned to conference
committee. Activity of these kinds fails to be reflected in data on measures referred.
Aspects of Workload Not Considered. Even to the extent that statistics on
committee activity demonstrate productivity in one arena of congressional service, they
may still afford an incomplete picture of the overall work of Congress and its Members.
For example, data on the number of bills or resolutions referred to committees from 1973
to 2000 could be taken to imply that productivity has declined. Yet trends in Senate floor
votes and pages per statute, which are not considered in this report, point to a rise in
legislative activity. Similarly, the data presented here do not fully capture all aspects of the
work of a Senator, because they do not account for representational duties carried out in
Washington, DC, and home States, or constituent services carried out through Senators’

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offices.18 Yet this representational activity is related to, and may often be carried out
simultaneously with, investigations and lawmaking activities occurring in committee.
In conclusion, while data about measures referred and actions thereon illuminate
certain aspects of committee workload and activity, other quantitative indicators would be
needed for a more rounded picture. Also lacking are more illuminating qualitative
indicators, both at the committee level and beyond. Additional collection of these kinds
of data could yield further insight into the legislative environment, although the full intensity
and quality of Senate work will likely remain elusive.
18 For a discussion of the roles of Members of Congress, see Davidson and Oleszek,
Congress and Its Members, pp. 13-39, 127-140 and 160-194.

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Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Congress
Senate Measures Referred
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 3. 106th Congress (1999-2000)
Senate Bills and
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
1
0.47%
3
2.68%
145
4.48%
149
4.19%
Appropriations
2
0.93%
0
0.00%
25
0.77%
27
0.76%
Armed Services
8
3.74%
5
4.46%
79
2.44%
92
2.58%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
0
0.00%
1
0.89%
111
3.43%
112
3.15%
Budget
2
0.93%
2
1.79%
31
0.96%
35
0.98%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
5
2.34%
3
2.68%
206
6.37%
214
6.01%
Energy and Natural Resources
3
1.40%
3
2.68%
338
10.45%
344
9.66%
Environment and Public Works
1
0.47%
1
0.89%
164
5.07%
166
4.66%
Finance
11
5.14%
10
8.93%
921
28.48%
942
26.46%
Foreign Relations
60
28.04%
51
45.54%
96
2.97%
207
5.81%
Governmental Affairs
6
2.80%
7
6.25%
170
5.26%
183
5.14%
Indian Affairs
1
0.47%
1
0.89%
70
2.16%
72
2.02%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
0.12%
4
0.11%
Judiciary
78
36.45%
14
12.50%
411
12.71%
503
14.13%
Health Education, Labor and Pensions
3
1.40%
6
5.36%
349
10.79%
358
10.06%
Rules and Administration
32
14.95%
3
2.68%
43
1.33%
78
2.19%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
20
0.62%
20
0.56%
Veterans’ Affairs
1
0.47%
2
1.79%
51
1.58%
54
1.52%
Totals
214
100.00%
112
100.00%
3,234
100.00%
3,560
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 4. 105th Congress (1997-1998)
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Senate Bills and
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Joint Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
2
1.15%
0
0.00%
78
3.80%
80
3.44%
Appropriations
1
0.57%
1
1.03%
32
1.56%
34
1.46%
Armed Services
1
0.57%
0
0.00%
70
3.41%
71
3.06%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
2
1.15%
0
0.00%
79
3.85%
81
3.49%
Budget
4
2.30%
4
4.12%
28
1.36%
36
1.55%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
3
1.72%
4
4.12%
180
8.77%
187
8.05%
Energy and Natural Resources
4
2.30%
1
1.03%
246
11.98%
251
10.80%
Environment and Public Works
0
0.00%
1
1.03%
170
8.28%
171
7.36%
Finance
10
5.75%
9
9.28%
169
8.23%
188
8.09%
Foreign Relations
42
24.14%
44
45.36%
68
3.31%
154
6.63%
Governmental Affairs
5
2.87%
12
12.37%
144
7.01%
161
6.93%
Indian Affairs
2
1.15%
0
0.00%
46
2.24%
48
2.07%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
0.19%
4
0.17%
Judiciary
57
32.76%
10
10.31%
353
17.19%
420
18.07%
Labor and Human Resources
11
6.32%
4
4.12%
281
13.69%
296
12.74%
Rules and Administration
29
16.67%
7
7.22%
43
2.09%
79
3.40%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
0.63%
13
0.56%
Veterans’ Affairs
1
0.57%
0
0.00%
49
2.39%
50
2.15%
Totals
174
100.00%
97
100.00%
2,053
100.00%
2,324
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 5. 104th Congress (1995-1996)
Senate Bills and
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
1
0.85%
1
1.54%
85
4.25%
87
3.98%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
0.75%
15
0.69%
Armed Services
1
0.85%
3
4.62%
69
3.45%
73
3.34%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
4
3.39%
0
0.00%
82
4.10%
86
3.94%
Budget
3
2.54%
2
3.08%
30
1.50%
35
1.60%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
3
2.54%
2
3.08%
127
6.35%
132
6.04%
Energy and Natural Resources
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
253
12.64%
253
11.58%
Environment and Public Works
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
161
8.05%
161
7.37%
Finance
6
5.08%
3
4.62%
455
22.74%
464
21.25%
Foreign Relations
29
24.58%
40
61.54%
38
1.90%
107
4.90%
Governmental Affairs
5
4.24%
0
0.00%
144
7.20%
149
6.82%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
39
1.95%
39
1.79%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
0.35%
7
0.32%
Judiciary
38
32.20%
3
4.62%
210
10.49%
251
11.49%
Labor and Human Resources
2
1.69%
2
3.08%
191
9.55%
195
8.93%
Rules and Administration
26
22.03%
9
13.85%
38
1.90%
73
3.34%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
0.45%
9
0.41%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
48
2.40%
48
2.20%
Totals
118
100.00%
65
100.00%
2,001
100.00%
2,184
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-17
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 6. 103rd Congress (1993-1994)
Senate Bills and
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
0
0.00%
1
1.72%
101
3.77%
102
3.54%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
0.56%
15
0.52%
Armed Services
1
0.69%
3
5.17%
75
2.80%
79
2.74%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
4
2.78%
2
3.45%
128
4.78%
134
4.65%
Budget
0
0.00%
6
10.34%
31
1.16%
37
1.29%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
8
5.56%
1
1.72%
162
6.05%
171
5.94%
Energy and Natural Resources
1
0.69%
1
1.72%
225
8.40%
227
7.88%
Environment and Public Works
1
0.69%
0
0.00%
187
6.99%
188
6.53%
Finance
8
5.56%
6
10.34%
604
22.56%
618
21.47%
Foreign Relations
41
28.47%
22
37.93%
88
3.29%
151
5.24%
Governmental Affairs
1
0.69%
4
6.90%
197
7.36%
202
7.02%
Indian Affairs
1
0.69%
0
0.00%
51
1.91%
52
1.81%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
0.52%
14
0.49%
Judiciary
12
8.33%
4
6.90%
411
15.35%
427
14.83%
Labor and Human Resources
10
6.94%
4
6.90%
254
9.49%
268
9.31%
Rules and Administration
56
38.89%
4
6.90%
43
1.61%
103
3.58%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
0.64%
17
0.59%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
74
2.76%
74
2.57%
Totals
144
100.00%
58
100.00%
2,677
100.00%
2,879
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-18
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 7. 102nd Congress (1991-1992)
Senate Bills and
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
3
1.62%
0
0.00%
111
3.09%
114
2.93%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
117
3.25%
117
3.01%
Armed Services
1
0.54%
2
1.89%
128
3.56%
131
3.37%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
4
2.16%
0
0.00%
169
4.70%
173
4.45%
Budget
2
1.08%
5
4.72%
131
3.64%
138
3.55%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
1
0.54%
2
1.89%
194
5.39%
197
5.07%
Energy and Natural Resources
0
0.00%
2
1.89%
288
8.01%
290
7.46%
Environment and Public Works
7
3.78%
0
0.00%
208
5.78%
215
5.53%
Finance
16
8.65%
6
5.66%
916
25.47%
938
24.13%
Foreign Relations
78
42.16%
55
51.89%
140
3.89%
273
7.02%
Governmental Affairs
2
1.08%
3
2.83%
189
5.26%
194
4.99%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
1
0.94%
64
1.78%
65
1.67%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
0.25%
9
0.23%
Judiciary
10
5.41%
15
14.15%
528
14.68%
553
14.23%
Labor and Human Resources
5
2.70%
3
2.83%
228
6.34%
236
6.07%
Rules and Administration
55
29.73%
10
9.43%
50
1.39%
115
2.96%
Small Business
1
0.54%
2
1.89%
17
0.47%
20
0.51%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
109
3.03%
109
2.80%
Totals
185
100.00%
106
100.00%
3,596
100.00%
3,887
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-19
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 8. 101st Congress (1989-1990)
Senate Bills and
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
0
0.00%
2
1.69%
182
5.20%
184
4.87%
Appropriations
3
1.80%
0
0.00%
15
0.43%
18
0.48%
Armed Services
4
2.40%
0
0.00%
114
3.26%
118
3.12%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
2
1.20%
0
0.00%
154
4.40%
156
4.12%
Budget
0
0.00%
5
4.24%
40
1.14%
45
1.19%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
5
2.99%
5
4.24%
210
6.01%
220
5.82%
Energy and Natural Resources
3
1.80%
1
0.85%
272
7.78%
276
7.30%
Environment and Public Works
6
3.59%
2
1.69%
223
6.38%
231
6.11%
Finance
14
8.38%
12
10.17%
784
22.42%
810
21.42%
Foreign Relations
48
28.74%
57
48.31%
122
3.49%
227
6.00%
Governmental Affairs
5
2.99%
3
2.54%
193
5.52%
201
5.31%
Indian Affairs
1
0.60%
0
0.00%
63
1.80%
64
1.69%
Intelligence
1
0.60%
0
0.00%
8
0.23%
9
0.24%
Judiciary
16
9.58%
9
7.63%
608
17.39%
633
16.74%
Labor and Human Resources
4
2.40%
9
7.63%
340
9.72%
353
9.33%
Rules and Administration
53
31.74%
12
10.17%
65
1.86%
130
3.44%
Small Business
1
0.60%
0
0.00%
11
0.31%
12
0.32%
Veterans’ Affairs
1
0.60%
1
0.85%
93
2.66%
95
2.51%
Totals
167
100.00%
118
100.00%
3,497
100.00%
3,782
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-20
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 9. 100th Congress (1987-1989)
Senate Bills and
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
6
2.01%
0
0.00%
168
5.33%
174
4.88%
Appropriations
11
3.69%
0
0.00%
17
0.54%
28
0.78%
Armed Services
4
1.34%
3
2.50%
64
2.03%
71
1.99%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
3
1.01%
2
1.67%
119
3.78%
124
3.48%
Budget
10
3.36%
6
5.00%
28
0.89%
44
1.23%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
7
2.35%
5
4.17%
210
6.67%
222
6.22%
Energy and Natural Resources
2
0.67%
0
0.00%
279
8.86%
281
7.88%
Environment and Public Works
10
3.36%
2
1.67%
210
6.67%
222
6.22%
Finance
22
7.38%
10
8.33%
676
21.46%
708
19.84%
Foreign Relations
51
17.11%
58
48.33%
138
4.38%
247
6.92%
Governmental Affairs
5
1.68%
3
2.50%
175
5.56%
183
5.13%
Indian Affairs
4
1.34%
1
0.83%
61
1.94%
66
1.85%
Intelligence
3
1.01%
0
0.00%
9
0.29%
12
0.34%
Judiciary
13
4.36%
6
5.00%
566
17.97%
585
16.40%
Labor and Human Resources
4
1.34%
12
10.00%
272
8.63%
288
8.07%
Rules and Administration
140
46.98%
10
8.33%
44
1.40%
194
5.44%
Small Business
1
0.34%
1
0.83%
15
0.48%
17
0.48%
Veterans’ Affairs
2
0.67%
1
0.83%
99
3.14%
102
2.86%
Totals
298
100.00%
120
100.00%
3,150
100.00%
3,568
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-21
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 10. 99th Congress (1985-1986)
Senate Bills and
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
13
3.92%
8
6.15%
159
5.10%
180
5.03%
Appropriations
7
2.11%
2
1.54%
21
0.67%
30
0.84%
Armed Services
5
1.51%
0
0.00%
102
3.27%
107
2.99%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
5
1.51%
2
1.54%
165
5.29%
172
4.80%
Budget
35
10.54%
3
2.31%
25
0.80%
63
1.76%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
14
4.22%
8
6.15%
193
6.19%
215
6.00%
Energy and Natural Resources
7
2.11%
0
0.00%
221
7.08%
228
6.37%
Environment and Public Works
9
2.71%
0
0.00%
190
6.09%
199
5.56%
Finance
39
11.75%
13
10.00%
655
20.99%
707
19.74%
Foreign Relations
59
17.77%
56
43.08%
137
4.39%
252
7.04%
Governmental Affairs
8
2.41%
1
0.77%
199
6.38%
208
5.81%
Indian Affairs
2
0.60%
0
0.00%
43
1.38%
45
1.26%
Intelligence-Government Operations
2
0.60%
0
0.00%
2
0.06%
4
0.11%
Judiciary
21
6.33%
15
11.54%
639
20.48%
675
18.84%
Labor and Human Resources
11
3.31%
12
9.23%
245
7.85%
268
7.48%
Rules and Administration
88
26.51%
9
6.92%
41
1.31%
138
3.85%
Small Business
4
1.20%
0
0.00%
9
0.29%
13
0.36%
Veterans’ Affairs
3
0.90%
1
0.77%
74
2.37%
78
2.18%
Totals
332
100.00%
130
100.00%
3,120
100.00%
3,582
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-22
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 11. 98th Congress (1983-1984)
Senate Bills
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
and Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
13
3.31%
1
0.79%
159
5.01%
173
4.68%
Appropriations
7
1.78%
5
3.94%
18
0.57%
30
0.81%
Armed Services
4
1.02%
3
2.36%
77
2.43%
84
2.27%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
4
1.02%
8
6.30%
150
4.72%
162
4.38%
Budget
70
17.81%
3
2.36%
20
0.63%
93
2.52%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
16
4.07%
10
7.87%
189
5.95%
215
5.82%
Energy and Natural Resources
15
3.82%
0
0.00%
262
8.25%
277
7.50%
Environment and Public Works
8
2.04%
1
0.79%
226
7.12%
235
6.36%
Finance
22
5.60%
10
7.87%
689
21.70%
721
19.51%
Foreign Relations
63
16.03%
49
38.58%
106
3.34%
218
5.90%
Governmental Affairs
15
3.82%
9
7.09%
196
6.17%
220
5.95%
Indian Affairs
9
2.29%
0
0.00%
63
1.98%
72
1.95%
Intelligence-Government Operations
2
0.51%
1
0.79%
9
0.28%
12
0.32%
Judiciary
39
9.92%
11
8.66%
591
18.61%
641
17.35%
Labor and Human Resources
16
4.07%
5
3.94%
276
8.69%
297
8.04%
Rules and Administration
85
21.63%
10
7.87%
45
1.42%
140
3.79%
Small Business
1
0.25%
0
0.00%
28
0.88%
29
0.78%
Veterans’ Affairs
4
1.02%
1
0.79%
71
2.24%
76
2.06%
Totals
393
100.00%
127
100.00%
3,175
100.00%
3,695
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-23
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 12. 97th Congress (1981-1982)
Senate Bills
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
and Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
11
2.53%
5
4.63%
135
4.45%
151
4.22%
Appropriations
10
2.30%
1
0.93%
15
0.49%
26
0.73%
Armed Services
13
2.99%
3
2.78%
103
3.40%
119
3.33%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
16
3.68%
9
8.33%
160
5.28%
185
5.17%
Budget
80
18.39%
8
7.41%
34
1.12%
122
3.41%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
15
3.45%
4
3.70%
157
5.18%
176
4.92%
Energy and Natural Resources
19
4.37%
1
0.93%
253
8.34%
273
7.63%
Environment and Public Works
12
2.76%
2
1.85%
200
6.59%
214
5.98%
Finance
26
5.98%
8
7.41%
712
23.48%
746
20.86%
Foreign Relations
59
13.56%
35
32.41%
88
2.90%
182
5.09%
Governmental Affairs
18
4.14%
4
3.70%
228
7.52%
250
6.99%
Indian Affairs
6
1.38%
0
0.00%
41
1.35%
47
1.31%
Intelligence-Government Operations
5
1.15%
0
0.00%
5
0.16%
10
0.28%
Judiciary
48
11.03%
16
14.81%
516
17.01%
580
16.22%
Labor and Human Resources
0
0.00%
8
7.41%
220
7.25%
228
6.38%
Rules and Administration
90
20.69%
3
2.78%
44
1.45%
137
3.83%
Small Business
2
0.46%
0
0.00%
19
0.63%
21
0.59%
Veterans’ Affairs
5
1.15%
1
0.93%
103
3.40%
109
3.05%
Totals
435
100.00%
108
100.00%
3,033
100.00%
3,576
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-24
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 13. 96th Congress (1979-1980)
Senate Bills
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
and Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
17
3.15%
0
0.00%
151
5.16%
168
4.69%
Appropriations
12
2.22%
0
0.00%
10
0.34%
22
0.61%
Armed Services
24
4.44%
1
0.88%
84
2.87%
109
3.04%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
18
3.33%
7
6.14%
169
5.78%
194
5.42%
Budget
113
20.93%
5
4.39%
25
0.85%
143
3.99%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
25
4.63%
4
3.51%
196
6.70%
225
6.28%
Energy and Natural Resources
41
7.59%
4
3.51%
365
12.47%
410
11.45%
Environment and Public Works
21
3.89%
0
0.00%
230
7.86%
251
7.01%
Finance
19
3.52%
10
8.77%
652
22.28%
681
19.02%
Foreign Relations
64
11.85%
52
45.61%
65
2.22%
181
5.06%
Governmental Affairs
26
4.81%
5
4.39%
290
9.91%
321
8.97%
Indian Affairs
3
0.56%
0
0.00%
38
1.30%
41
1.15%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
27
5.00%
12
10.53%
382
13.06%
421
11.76%
Labor and Human Resources
9
1.67%
3
2.63%
124
4.24%
136
3.80%
Rules and Administration
113
20.93%
11
9.65%
53
1.81%
177
4.94%
Small Business
6
1.11%
0
0.00%
22
0.75%
28
0.78%
Veterans’ Affairs
2
0.37%
0
0.00%
70
2.39%
72
2.01%
Totals
540
100.00%
114
100.00%
2,926
100.00%
3,580
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-25
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 14. 95th Congress (1977-1978)
Senate Bills
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
and Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture and Forestry
7
1.81%
0
0.00%
233
5.83%
240
5.38%
Appropriations
8
2.07%
0
0.00%
7
0.18%
15
0.34%
Armed Services
2
0.52%
1
1.19%
85
2.13%
88
1.97%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
3
0.78%
5
5.95%
184
4.61%
192
4.30%
Budget
119
30.75%
0
0.00%
5
0.13%
124
2.78%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
6
1.55%
3
3.57%
284
7.11%
293
6.56%
Energy and Natural Resources
8
2.07%
3
3.57%
318
7.96%
329
7.37%
Environment and Public Works
1
0.26%
1
1.19%
198
4.96%
200
4.48%
Finance
11
2.84%
7
8.33%
592
14.82%
610
13.66%
Foreign Relations
46
11.89%
32
38.10%
681
17.05%
759
17.00%
Government Affairs
19
4.91%
8
9.52%
253
6.33%
280
6.27%
Government Operations intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
0.08%
3
0.07%
Interior and Insular Affairs
3
0.78%
0
0.00%
39
0.98%
42
0.94%
Human Resources
6
1.55%
6
7.14%
282
7.06%
294
6.58%
Select Committee on Indian Affairs
2
0.52%
0
0.00%
79
1.98%
81
1.81%
Judiciary
14
3.62%
7
8.33%
369
9.24%
390
8.73%
Labor and Public Welfare
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
51
1.28%
51
1.14%
Public Works
1
0.26%
1
1.19%
219
5.48%
221
4.95%
Rules and Administration
125
32.30%
10
11.90%
40
1.00%
175
3.92%
Small Business
3
0.78%
0
0.00%
36
0.90%
39
0.87%
Veterans’ Affairs
3
0.78%
0
0.00%
36
0.90%
39
0.87%
Total
387
100.00%
84
100.00%
3,994
100.00%
4.465
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-26
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 15. 94th Congress (1975-1976)
Senate Bills
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
and Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
0.43%
14
0.36%
Agriculture and Forestry
19
4.62%
2
1.23%
193
5.90%
214
5.56%
Appropriations
36
8.76%
2
1.23%
9
0.27%
47
1.22%
Armed Services
5
1.22%
2
1.23%
100
3.06%
107
2.78%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
10
2.43%
3
1.85%
214
6.54%
227
5.90%
Budget
64
15.57%
2
1.23%
2
0.06%
68
1.77%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
7
1.70%
2
1.23%
397
12.13%
406
10.56%
District of Columbia
1
0.24%
3
1.85%
12
0.37%
16
0.42%
Finance
5
1.22%
12
7.41%
590
18.03%
607
15.78%
Foreign Relations
52
12.65%
83
51.23%
122
3.73%
257
6.68%
Government Operations
6
1.46%
2
1.23%
186
5.68%
194
5.04%
Interior and Insular Affairs
19
4.62%
3
1.85%
528
16.13%
550
14.30%
Judiciary
16
3.89%
16
9.88%
154
4.71%
186
4.84%
Labor and Public Welfare
11
2.68%
6
3.70%
322
9.84%
339
8.81%
Post Office and Civil Service
3
0.73%
1
0.62%
108
3.30%
112
2.91%
Public Works
5
1.22%
2
1.23%
193
5.90%
200
5.20%
Committees Total
152
36.98%
21
12.96%
45
1.37%
218
5.67%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
84
2.57%
84
2.18%
Totals
411
100.00%
162
100.00%
3,273
100.00%
3,846
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-27
Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 16. 93rd Congress (1973-1974)
Senate Bills
Senate Simple
Senate Concurrent
and Joint
Total Senate
Senate Committee
Resolutions
Resolutions
Resolutions
Measures Referred
Referred
Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
0
0.00%
1
1.02%
14
0.37%
15
0.36%
Agriculture and Forestry
7
2.85%
2
2.04%
172
4.57%
181
4.40%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
0.08%
3
0.07%
Armed Services
6
2.44%
5
5.10%
162
4.30%
173
4.21%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
6
2.44%
4
4.08%
301
7.99%
311
7.57%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
16
6.50%
7
7.14%
437
11.60%
460
11.19%
District of Columbia
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
34
0.90%
34
0.83%
Finance
5
2.03%
4
4.08%
515
13.67%
524
12.75%
Foreign Relations
36
14.63%
23
23.47%
101
2.68%
160
3.89%
Government Operations
4
1.63%
5
5.10%
179
4.75%
188
4.57%
Interior and Insular Affairs
3
1.22%
4
4.08%
530
14.07%
537
13.07%
Judiciary
6
2.44%
11
11.22%
491
13.04%
508
12.36%
Labor and Public Welfare
2
0.81%
5
5.10%
374
9.93%
381
9.27%
Post Office and Civil Service
11
4.47%
0
0.00%
120
3.19%
131
3.19%
Public Works
1
0.41%
2
2.04%
170
4.51%
173
4.21%
Rules and Administration
140
56.91%
24
24.49%
67
1.78%
231
5.62%
Veterans’ Affairs
3
1.22%
1
1.02%
96
2.55%
100
2.43%
Committees Total
246
100.00%
98
100.00%
3,766
100.00%
4,110
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-28
House Measures Referred
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 17. 106th Congress (1999-2000)
Senate Committee
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Measures Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
0
0.00%
3
0.78%
3
0.65%
Appropriations
1
1.23%
9
2.35%
10
2.16%
Armed Services
1
1.23%
1
0.26%
2
0.43%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
1
1.23%
9
2.35%
10
2.16%
Budget
1
1.23%
0
0.00%
1
0.22%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
4
4.94%
36
9.40%
40
8.62%
Energy And Natural Resources
3
3.70%
74
19.32%
77
16.59%
Environment And Public Works
0
0.00%
51
13.32%
51
10.99%
Finance
1
1.23%
19
4.96%
20
4.31%
Foreign Relations
23
28.40%
18
4.70%
41
8.84%
Governmental Affairs
2
2.47%
76
19.84%
78
16.81%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
8
2.09%
8
1.72%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
21
25.93%
40
10.44%
61
13.15%
Health Education, Labor and Pensions
10
12.35%
16
4.18%
26
5.60%
Rules and Administration
13
16.05%
3
0.78%
16
3.45%
Small Business
0
0.00%
13
3.39%
13
2.80%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
7
1.83%
7
1.51%
Totals
81
100.00%
383
100.00%
464
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-29
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 18. 105th Congress (1997-1998)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Measures Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
1
1.89%
6
2.05%
7
2.02%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
2
0.68%
2
0.58%
Armed Services
2
3.77%
2
0.68%
4
1.16%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
1
1.89%
11
3.75%
12
3.47%
Budget
0
0.00%
1
0.34%
1
0.29%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
3
5.66%
24
8.19%
27
7.80%
Energy And Natural Resources
0
0.00%
52
17.75%
52
15.03%
Environment And Public Works
2
3.77%
32
10.92%
34
9.83%
Finance
1
1.89%
13
4.44%
14
4.05%
Foreign Relations
32
60.38%
15
5.12%
47
13.58%
Governmental Affairs
2
3.77%
42
14.33%
44
12.72%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
7
2.39%
7
2.02%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
2
0.68%
2
0.58%
Judiciary
6
11.32%
50
17.06%
56
16.18%
Labor and Human Resources
2
3.77%
17
5.80%
19
5.49%
Rules and Administration
1
1.89%
2
0.68%
3
0.87%
Small Business
0
0.00%
2
0.68%
2
0.58%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
13
4.44%
13
3.76%
Totals
53
100.00%
293
100.00%
346
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-30
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 19. 104th Congress (1995-1996)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House Measures
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
0
0.00%
8
2.82%
8
2.60%
Appropriations
1
4.17%
24
8.45%
25
8.12%
Armed Services
1
4.17%
2
0.70%
3
0.97%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
0
0.00%
8
2.82%
8
2.60%
Budget
1
4.17%
4
1.41%
5
1.62%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
0
0.00%
24
8.45%
24
7.79%
Energy And Natural Resources
0
0.00%
49
17.25%
49
15.91%
Environment And Public Works
0
0.00%
48
16.90%
48
15.58%
Finance
1
4.17%
21
7.39%
22
7.14%
Foreign Relations
8
33.33%
11
3.87%
19
6.17%
Governmental Affairs
3
12.50%
23
8.10%
26
8.44%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
5
1.76%
5
1.62%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
1
0.35%
1
0.32%
Judiciary
2
8.33%
27
9.51%
29
9.42%
Labor and Human Resources
1
4.17%
9
3.17%
10
3.25%
Rules and Administration
6
25.00%
6
2.11%
12
3.90%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
14
4.93%
14
4.55%
Totals
24
100.00%
284
100.00%
308
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-31
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 20. 103rd Congress (1993-1994)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House Measures
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
0
0.00%
9
2.47%
9
2.30%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
31
8.49%
31
7.91%
Armed Services
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
0
0.00%
18
4.93%
18
4.59%
Budget
1
3.70%
6
1.64%
7
1.79%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
2
7.41%
50
13.70%
52
13.27%
Energy And Natural Resources
1
3.70%
49
13.42%
50
12.76%
Environment And Public Works
0
0.00%
54
14.79%
54
13.78%
Finance
0
0.00%
3
0.82%
3
0.77%
Foreign Relations
16
59.26%
8
2.19%
24
6.12%
Governmental Affairs
0
0.00%
49
13.42%
49
12.50%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
8
2.19%
8
2.04%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
1
0.27%
1
0.26%
Judiciary
3
11.11%
41
11.23%
44
11.22%
Labor and Human Resources
2
7.41%
12
3.29%
14
3.57%
Rules and Administration
2
7.41%
3
0.82%
5
1.28%
Small Business
0
0.00%
4
1.10%
4
1.02%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
19
5.21%
19
4.85%
Totals
27
100.00%
365
100.00%
392
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-32
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 21. 102nd Congress (1991-1992)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House Measures
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
1
2.56%
12
2.67%
13
2.66%
Appropriations
3
7.69%
31
6.89%
34
6.95%
Armed Services
0
0.00%
11
2.44%
11
2.25%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
0
0.00%
15
3.33%
15
3.07%
Budget
1
2.56%
1
0.22%
2
0.41%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
0
0.00%
44
9.78%
44
9.00%
Energy And Natural Resources
0
0.00%
77
17.11%
77
15.75%
Environment And Public Works
0
0.00%
32
7.11%
32
6.54%
Finance
1
2.56%
45
10.00%
46
9.41%
Foreign Relations
29
74.36%
9
2.00%
38
7.77%
Governmental Affairs
0
0.00%
34
7.56%
34
6.95%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
5
1.11%
5
1.02%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
2
0.44%
2
0.41%
Judiciary
2
5.13%
84
18.67%
86
17.59%
Labor and Human Resources
0
0.00%
20
4.44%
20
4.09%
Rules and Administration
2
5.13%
5
1.11%
7
1.43%
Small Business
0
0.00%
4
0.89%
4
0.82%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
19
4.22%
19
3.89%
Totals
39
100.00%
450
100.00%
489
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-33
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 22. 101st Congress (1989-1990)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House Measures
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
0
0.00%
16
4.28%
16
3.86%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
28
7.49%
28
6.75%
Armed Services
1
2.44%
9
2.41%
10
2.41%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
1
2.44%
15
4.01%
16
3.86%
Budget
1
2.44%
2
0.53%
3
0.72%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
1
2.44%
42
11.23%
43
10.36%
Energy And Natural Resources
0
0.00%
82
21.93%
82
19.76%
Environment And Public Works
1
2.44%
33
8.82%
34
8.19%
Finance
0
0.00%
7
1.87%
7
1.69%
Foreign Relations
21
51.22%
15
4.01%
36
8.67%
Governmental Affairs
1
2.44%
31
8.29%
32
7.71%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
7
1.87%
7
1.69%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
2
4.88%
40
10.70%
42
10.12%
Labor and Human Resources
2
4.88%
18
4.81%
20
4.82%
Rules and Administration
10
24.39%
4
1.07%
14
3.37%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
25
6.68%
25
6.02%
Totals
41
100.00%
374
100.00%
415
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-34
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 23. 100th Congress (1987-1989)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Measures Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
0
0.00%
26
5.98%
26
5.32%
Appropriations
1
1.85%
27
6.21%
28
5.73%
Armed Services
3
5.56%
12
2.76%
15
3.07%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
1
1.85%
12
2.76%
13
2.66%
Budget
1
1.85%
1
0.23%
2
0.41%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
1
1.85%
32
7.36%
33
6.75%
Energy and Natural Resources
0
0.00%
99
22.76%
99
20.25%
Environment and Public Works
2
3.70%
28
6.44%
30
6.13%
Finance
0
0.00%
9
2.07%
9
1.84%
Foreign Relations
25
46.30%
14
3.22%
39
7.98%
Governmental Affairs
1
1.85%
30
6.90%
31
6.34%
Indian Affairs
1
1.85%
15
3.45%
16
3.27%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
1
0.23%
1
0.20%
Judiciary
3
5.56%
95
21.84%
98
20.04%
Labor and Human Resources
2
3.70%
14
3.22%
16
3.27%
Rules and Administration
9
16.67%
7
1.61%
16
3.27%
Small Business
2
3.70%
0
0.00%
2
0.41%
Veterans’ Affairs
2
3.70%
13
2.99%
15
3.07%
Totals
54
100.00%
435
100.00%
489
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-35
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 24. 99th Congress (1985-1986)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Measures Considered
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
2
5.26%
14
3.78%
16
3.92%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
32
8.65%
32
7.84%
Armed Services
2
5.26%
10
2.70%
12
2.94%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
0
0.00%
15
4.05%
15
3.68%
Budget
1
2.63%
0
0.00%
1
0.25%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
1
2.63%
21
5.68%
22
5.39%
Energy and Natural Resources
1
2.63%
72
19.46%
73
17.89%
Environment and Public Works
0
0.00%
35
9.46%
35
8.58%
Finance
0
0.00%
13
3.51%
13
3.19%
Foreign Relations
15
39.47%
9
2.43%
24
5.88%
Governmental Affairs
0
0.00%
15
4.05%
15
3.68%
Indian Affairs
1
2.63%
11
2.97%
12
2.94%
Intelligence-Government Operations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
7
18.42%
88
23.78%
95
23.28%
Labor and Human Resources
3
7.89%
19
5.14%
22
5.39%
Rules and Administration
5
13.16%
4
1.08%
9
2.21%
Small Business
0
0.00%
1
0.27%
1
0.25%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
11
2.97%
11
2.70%
Totals
38
100.00%
370
100.00%
408
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-36
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 25. 98th Congress (1983-1984)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Measures Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
0
0.00%
26
6.82%
26
6.34%
Appropriations
2
6.90%
27
7.09%
29
7.07%
Armed Services
0
0.00%
10
2.62%
10
2.44%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
0
0.00%
17
4.46%
17
4.15%
Budget
2
6.90%
1
0.26%
3
0.73%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
2
6.90%
32
8.40%
34
8.29%
Energy and Natural Resources
0
0.00%
47
12.34%
47
11.46%
Environment and Public Works
0
0.00%
43
11.29%
43
10.49%
Finance
1
3.45%
23
6.04%
24
5.85%
Foreign Relations
18
62.07%
8
2.10%
26
6.34%
Governmental Affairs
0
0.00%
28
7.35%
28
6.83%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Intelligence-Government Operations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
2
6.90%
74
19.42%
76
18.54%
Labor and Human Resources
0
0.00%
25
6.56%
25
6.10%
Rules and Administration
2
6.90%
8
2.10%
10
2.44%
Small Business
0
0.00%
2
0.52%
2
0.49%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
10
2.62%
10
2.44%
Totals
29
100.00%
381
100.00%
410
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-37
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 26. 97th Congress (1981-1982)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Measures Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
2
5.26%
14
4.93%
16
4.97%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
24
8.45%
24
7.45%
Armed Services
0
0.00%
11
3.87%
11
3.42%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
1
2.63%
10
3.52%
11
3.42%
Budget
0
0.00%
1
0.35%
1
0.31%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
2
5.26%
19
6.69%
21
6.52%
Energy And Natural Resources
0
0.00%
43
15.14%
43
13.35%
Environment And Public Works
2
5.26%
20
7.04%
22
6.83%
Finance
0
0.00%
20
7.04%
20
6.21%
Foreign Relations
21
55.26%
11
3.87%
32
9.94%
Governmental Affairs
0
0.00%
21
7.39%
21
6.52%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
15
5.28%
15
4.66%
Intelligence-Government Operations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
3
7.89%
57
20.07%
60
18.63%
Labor and Human Resources
2
5.26%
9
3.17%
11
3.42%
Rules And Administration
4
10.53%
4
1.41%
8
2.48%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
1
2.63%
5
1.76%
6
1.86%
Totals
38
100.00%
284
100.00%
322
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-38
House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee:
Table 27. 96th Congress (1979-1980)
House Concurrent
House Bills and Joint
Total House
Senate Committee
Resolutions Referred
Resolutions Referred
Measures Referred
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
0
0.00%
11
2.86%
11
2.61%
Appropriations
0
0.00%
40
10.39%
40
9.48%
Armed Services
1
2.70%
27
7.01%
28
6.64%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
0
0.00%
10
2.60%
10
2.37%
Budget
0
0.00%
2
0.52%
2
0.47%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
2
5.41%
29
7.53%
31
7.35%
Energy And Natural Resources
0
0.00%
40
10.39%
40
9.48%
Environment And Public Works
0
0.00%
42
10.91%
42
9.95%
Finance
2
5.41%
59
15.32%
61
14.45%
Foreign Relations
17
45.95%
16
4.16%
33
7.82%
Governmental Affairs
0
0.00%
35
9.09%
35
8.29%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
8
2.08%
8
1.90%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
1
2.70%
36
9.35%
37
8.77%
Labor and Human Resources
2
5.41%
16
4.16%
18
4.27%
Rules And Administration
12
32.43%
7
1.82%
19
4.50%
Small Business
0
0.00%
2
0.52%
2
0.47%
Veterans’ Affairs
0
0.00%
5
1.30%
5
1.18%
Totals
37
100.00%
385
100.00%
422
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-39
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 28. 106th Congress (1999-2000)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
145
4.48%
17
3.30%
4
2.33%
Appropriations
25
0.77%
20
3.88%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
79
2.44%
13
2.52%
2
1.16%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
111
3.43%
15
2.91%
2
1.16%
Budget
31
0.96%
4
0.78%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
206
6.37%
42
8.16%
7
4.07%
Energy and Natural Resources
338
10.45%
151
29.32%
66
38.37%
Environment and Public Works
164
5.07%
40
7.77%
19
11.05%
Finance
921
28.48%
15
2.91%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
96
2.97%
19
3.69%
2
1.16%
Governmental Affairs
170
5.26%
31
6.02%
12
6.98%
Indian Affairs
70
2.16%
34
6.60%
14
8.14%
Intelligence
4
0.12%
4
0.78%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
411
12.71%
70
13.59%
27
15.70%
Health Education, Labor and Pensions
349
10.79%
19
3.69%
10
5.81%
Rules and Administration
43
1.33%
6
1.17%
3
1.74%
Small Business
20
0.62%
8
1.55%
3
1.74%
Veterans’ Affairs
51
1.58%
7
1.36%
1
0.58%
Totals
3234
100.00%
515
100.00%
172
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-40
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 29. 105th Congress (1997-1998)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
78
3.80%
6
1.65%
3
2.31%
Appropriations
32
1.56%
29
7.99%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
70
3.41%
10
2.75%
1
0.77%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
79
3.85%
14
3.86%
8
6.15%
Budget
28
1.36%
3
0.83%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
180
8.77%
40
11.02%
8
6.15%
Energy and Natural Resources
246
11.98%
68
18.73%
36
27.69%
Environment and Public Works
170
8.28%
52
14.33%
14
10.77%
Finance
169
8.23%
10
2.75%
1
0.77%
Foreign Relations
68
3.31%
12
3.31%
5
3.85%
Governmental Affairs
144
7.01%
22
6.06%
7
5.38%
Indian Affairs
46
2.24%
11
3.03%
5
3.85%
Intelligence
4
0.19%
4
1.10%
1
0.77%
Judiciary
353
17.19%
50
13.77%
29
22.31%
Labor and Human Resources
281
13.69%
17
4.68%
7
5.38%
Rules and Administration
43
2.09%
2
0.55%
0
0.00%
Small Business
13
0.63%
1
0.28%
1
0.77%
Veterans’ Affairs
49
2.39%
12
3.31%
4
3.08%
Totals
2,053
100.00%
363
100.00%
130
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-41
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 30. 104th Congress (1995-1996)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
85
4.25%
3
0.88%
1
1.61%
Appropriations
15
0.75%
7
2.05%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
69
3.45%
13
3.80%
1
1.61%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
82
4.10%
10
2.92%
1
1.61%
Budget
30
1.50%
6
1.75%
2
3.23%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
127
6.35%
31
9.06%
4
6.45%
Energy and Natural Resources
253
12.64%
95
27.78%
7
11.29%
Environment and Public Works
161
8.05%
29
8.48%
9
14.52%
Finance
455
22.74%
9
2.63%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
38
1.90%
9
2.63%
1
1.61%
Governmental Affairs
144
7.20%
26
7.60%
6
9.68%
Indian Affairs
39
1.95%
19
5.56%
7
11.29%
Intelligence
7
0.35%
3
0.88%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
210
10.49%
45
13.16%
14
22.58%
Labor and Human Resources
191
9.55%
24
7.02%
4
6.45%
Rules and Administration
38
1.90%
5
1.46%
2
3.23%
Small Business
9
0.45%
3
0.88%
1
1.61%
Veterans’ Affairs
48
2.40%
5
1.46%
2
3.23%
Totals
2,001
100.00%
342
100.00%
62
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-42
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 31. 103rd Congress (1993-1994)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Referred
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
101
3.77%
33
6.33%
31
19.02%
Appropriations
15
0.56%
2
0.38%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
75
2.80%
16
3.07%
2
1.23%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
128
4.78%
21
4.03%
3
1.84%
Budget
31
1.16%
3
0.58%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
162
6.05%
44
8.45%
4
2.45%
Energy and Natural Resources
225
8.40%
84
16.12%
25
15.34%
Environment and Public Works
187
6.99%
32
6.14%
6
3.68%
Finance
604
22.56%
13
2.50%
1
0.61%
Foreign Relations
88
3.29%
12
2.30%
4
2.45%
Governmental Affairs
197
7.36%
34
6.53%
5
3.07%
Indian Affairs
51
1.91%
28
5.37%
8
4.91%
Intelligence
14
0.52%
5
0.96%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
411
15.35%
111
21.31%
49
30.06%
Labor and Human Resources
254
9.49%
38
7.29%
10
6.13%
Rules and Administration
43
1.61%
17
3.26%
8
4.91%
Small Business
17
0.64%
5
0.96%
3
1.84%
Veterans’ Affairs
74
2.76%
23
4.41%
4
2.45%
Totals
2,677
100.00%
521
100.00%
163
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-43
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 32. 102nd Congress (1991-1992)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Referred
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
111
3.09%
12
1.98%
6
3.77%
Appropriations
117
3.25%
5
0.83%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
128
3.56%
41
6.78%
1
0.63%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
169
4.70%
18
2.98%
6
3.77%
Budget
131
3.64%
5
0.83%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
194
5.39%
53
8.76%
9
5.66%
Energy and Natural Resources
288
8.01%
79
13.06%
23
14.47%
Environment and Public Works
208
5.78%
25
4.13%
4
2.52%
Finance
916
25.47%
22
3.64%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
140
3.89%
20
3.31%
3
1.89%
Governmental Affairs
189
5.26%
27
4.46%
6
3.77%
Indian Affairs
64
1.78%
37
6.12%
7
4.40%
Intelligence
9
0.25%
3
0.50%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
528
14.68%
177
29.26%
74
46.54%
Labor and Human Resources
228
6.34%
46
7.60%
14
8.81%
Rules and Administration
50
1.39%
13
2.15%
1
0.63%
Small Business
17
0.47%
2
0.33%
1
0.63%
Veterans’ Affairs
109
3.03%
20
3.31%
4
2.52%
Totals
3,596
100.00%
605
100.00%
159
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-44
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 33. 101st Congress (1989-1990)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
182
5.20%
13
1.76%
2
0.83%
Appropriations
15
0.43%
3
0.41%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
114
3.26%
35
4.73%
1
0.42%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
154
4.40%
19
2.57%
4
1.67%
Budget
40
1.14%
13
1.76%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
210
6.01%
64
8.65%
11
4.58%
Energy and Natural Resources
272
7.78%
85
11.49%
33
13.75%
Environment and Public Works
223
6.38%
43
5.81%
13
5.42%
Finance
784
22.42%
9
1.22%
2
0.83%
Foreign Relations
122
3.49%
27
3.65%
5
2.08%
Governmental Affairs
193
5.52%
34
4.59%
7
2.92%
Indian Affairs
63
1.80%
30
4.05%
9
3.75%
Intelligence
8
0.23%
1
0.14%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
608
17.39%
267
36.08%
127
52.92%
Labor and Human Resources
340
9.72%
66
8.92%
16
6.67%
Rules and Administration
65
1.86%
24
3.24%
10
4.17%
Small Business
11
0.31%
1
0.14%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
93
2.66%
6
0.81%
0
0.00%
Totals
3,497
100.00%
740
100.00%
240
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-45
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 34. 100th Congress (1987-1989)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
168
5.33%
19
2.96%
5
1.96%
Appropriations
17
0.54%
4
0.62%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
64
2.03%
16
2.50%
0
0.00%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
119
3.78%
15
2.34%
2
0.78%
Budget
28
0.89%
3
0.47%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
210
6.67%
49
7.64%
9
3.53%
Energy and Natural Resources
279
8.86%
91
14.20%
39
15.29%
Environment and Public Works
210
6.67%
40
6.24%
18
7.06%
Finance
676
21.46%
11
1.72%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
138
4.38%
28
4.37%
4
1.57%
Governmental Affairs
175
5.56%
28
4.37%
8
3.14%
Indian Affairs
61
1.94%
28
4.37%
10
3.92%
Intelligence
9
0.29%
3
0.47%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
566
17.97%
232
36.19%
146
57.25%
Labor and Human Resources
272
8.63%
49
7.64%
8
3.14%
Rules and Administration
44
1.40%
11
1.72%
3
1.18%
Small Business
15
0.48%
4
0.62%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
99
3.14%
10
1.56%
3
1.18%
Totals
3,150
100.00%
641
100.00%
255
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-46
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 35. 99th Congress (1985-1986)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
159
5.10%
14
2.11%
2
0.75%
Appropriations
21
0.67%
4
0.60%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
102
3.27%
15
2.26%
5
1.87%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
165
5.29%
28
4.22%
8
2.99%
Budget
25
0.80%
4
0.60%
1
0.37%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
193
6.19%
55
8.30%
16
5.97%
Energy and Natural Resources
221
7.08%
62
9.35%
27
10.07%
Environment and Public Works
190
6.09%
43
6.49%
8
2.99%
Finance
655
20.99%
11
1.66%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
137
4.39%
35
5.28%
11
4.10%
Governmental Affairs
199
6.38%
32
4.83%
6
2.24%
Indian Affairs
43
1.38%
18
2.71%
8
2.99%
Intelligence-Government Operations
2
0.06%
2
0.30%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
639
20.48%
272
41.03%
154
57.46%
Labor and Human Resources
245
7.85%
45
6.79%
16
5.97%
Rules and Administration
41
1.31%
15
2.26%
6
2.24%
Small Business
9
0.29%
2
0.30%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
74
2.37%
6
0.90%
0
0.00%
Totals
3,120
100.00%
663
100.00%
268
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-47
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 36. 98th Congress (1983-1984)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
159
5.01%
18
2.77%
5
1.92%
Appropriations
18
0.57%
11
1.69%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
77
2.43%
13
2.00%
4
1.53%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
150
4.72%
18
2.77%
4
1.53%
Budget
20
0.63%
2
0.31%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
189
5.95%
70
10.77%
22
8.43%
Energy and Natural Resources
262
8.25%
70
10.77%
31
11.88%
Environment and Public Works
226
7.12%
52
8.00%
18
6.90%
Finance
689
21.70%
8
1.23%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
106
3.34%
28
4.31%
17
6.51%
Governmental Affairs
196
6.17%
28
4.31%
8
3.07%
Indian Affairs
63
1.98%
26
4.00%
18
6.90%
Intelligence-Government Operations
9
0.28%
3
0.46%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
591
18.61%
240
36.92%
110
42.15%
Labor and Human Resources
276
8.69%
40
6.15%
14
5.36%
Rules and Administration
45
1.42%
6
0.92%
4
1.53%
Small Business
28
0.88%
10
1.54%
5
1.92%
Veterans’ Affairs
71
2.24%
7
1.08%
1
0.38%
Totals
3,175
100.00%
650
100.00%
261
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-48
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 37. 97th Congress (1981-1982)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
135
4.45%
16
3.04%
3
1.79%
Appropriations
15
0.49%
12
2.28%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
103
3.40%
17
3.23%
4
2.38%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
160
5.28%
15
2.85%
4
2.38%
Budget
34
1.12%
4
0.76%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
157
5.18%
59
11.20%
17
10.12%
Energy and Natural Resources
253
8.34%
64
12.14%
32
19.05%
Environment and Public Works
200
6.59%
38
7.21%
11
6.55%
Finance
712
23.48%
9
1.71%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
88
2.90%
25
4.74%
8
4.76%
Governmental Affairs
228
7.52%
33
6.26%
12
7.14%
Indian Affairs
41
1.35%
22
4.17%
7
4.17%
Intelligence-Government Operations
5
0.16%
4
0.76%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
516
17.01%
151
28.65%
55
32.74%
Labor and Human Resources
220
7.25%
36
6.83%
6
3.57%
Rules and Administration
44
1.45%
11
2.09%
6
3.57%
Small Business
19
0.63%
4
0.76%
1
0.60%
Veterans’ Affairs
103
3.40%
7
1.33%
2
1.19%
Totals
3,033
100.00%
527
100.00%
168
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-49
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 38. 96th Congress (1979-1980)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
151
5.16%
24
4.64%
11
5.14%
Appropriations
10
0.34%
2
0.39%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
84
2.87%
15
2.90%
11
5.14%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
169
5.78%
35
6.77%
14
6.54%
Budget
25
0.85%
3
0.58%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
196
6.70%
63
12.19%
33
15.42%
Energy and Natural Resources
365
12.47%
64
12.38%
23
10.75%
Environment and Public Works
230
7.86%
47
9.09%
29
13.55%
Finance
652
22.28%
7
1.35%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
65
2.22%
23
4.45%
6
2.80%
Governmental Affairs
290
9.91%
37
7.16%
9
4.21%
Indian Affairs
38
1.30%
23
4.45%
16
7.48%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
382
13.06%
112
21.66%
35
16.36%
Labor and Human Resources
124
4.24%
29
5.61%
12
5.61%
Rules and Administration
53
1.81%
19
3.68%
13
6.07%
Small Business
22
0.75%
5
0.97%
1
0.47%
Veterans’ Affairs
70
2.39%
9
1.74%
1
0.47%
Totals
2,926
100.00%
517
100.00%
214
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-50
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 39. 95th Congress (1977-1978)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture and Forestry
233
5.83%
32
7.32%
24
12.12%
Appropriations
7
0.18%
2
0.46%
1
0.51%
Armed Services
85
2.13%
11
2.52%
8
4.04%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
184
4.61%
13
2.97%
7
3.54%
Budget
5
0.13%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
284
7.11%
41
9.38%
17
8.59%
Energy and Natural Resources
318
7.96%
55
12.59%
20
10.10%
Environment and Public Works
198
4.96%
29
6.64%
15
7.58%
Finance
592
14.82%
5
1.14%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
681
17.05%
15
3.43%
3
1.52%
Government Affairs
253
6.33%
36
8.24%
18
9.09%
Government Operations intelligence
3
0.08%
2
0.46%
1
0.51%
Interior and Insular Affairs
39
0.98%
3
0.69%
2
1.01%
Human Resources
282
7.06%
42
9.61%
14
7.07%
Select Committee on Indian Affairs
79
1.98%
24
5.49%
21
10.61%
Judiciary
369
9.24%
61
13.96%
24
12.12%
Labor and Public Welfare
51
1.28%
2
0.46%
1
0.51%
Public Works
219
5.48%
36
8.24%
12
6.06%
Rules and Administration
40
1.00%
16
3.66%
10
5.05%
Small Business
36
0.90%
6
1.37%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
36
0.90%
6
1.37%
0
0.00%
Committees Total
3,994
100.00%
437
100.00%
198
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-51
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 40. 94th Congress (1975-1976)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
14
0.43%
1
0.23%
0
0.00%
Agriculture and Forestry
193
5.90%
33
7.48%
14
8.14%
Appropriations
9
0.27%
1
0.23%
1
0.58%
Armed Services
100
3.06%
9
2.04%
4
2.33%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
214
6.54%
23
5.22%
9
5.23%
Budget
2
0.06%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
397
12.13%
70
15.87%
26
15.12%
District of Columbia
12
0.37%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Finance
590
18.03%
5
1.13%
1
0.58%
Foreign Relations
122
3.73%
16
3.63%
8
4.65%
Government Operations
186
5.68%
21
4.76%
7
4.07%
Government. Ops Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0.00%
Interior and Insular Affairs
528
16.13%
103
23.36%
43
25.00%
Judiciary
154
4.71%
70
15.87%
22
12.79%
Labor and Public Welfare
322
9.84%
38
8.62%
9
5.23%
Post Office and Civil Service
108
3.30%
6
1.36%
2
1.16%
Public Works
193
5.90%
25
5.67%
13
7.56%
Committees Total
45
1.37%
13
2.95%
11
6.40%
Veterans’ Affairs
84
2.57%
7
1.59%
2
1.16%
Totals
3,273
100.00%
441
100.00%
172
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-52
Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 41. 93rd Congress (1973-1974)
Senate Committee
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
14
0.37%
1
0.28%
1
0.48%
Agriculture and Forestry
172
4.57%
21
5.85%
10
4.76%
Appropriations
3
0.08%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Armed Services
162
4.30%
20
5.57%
13
6.19%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
301
7.99%
28
7.80%
14
6.67%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
437
11.60%
28
7.80%
25
11.90%
District of Columbia
34
0.90%
4
1.11%
2
0.95%
Finance
515
13.67%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Foreign Relations
101
2.68%
17
4.74%
13
6.19%
Government Operations
179
4.75%
11
3.06%
7
3.33%
Interior and Insular Affairs
530
14.07%
66
18.38%
42
20.00%
Judiciary
491
13.04%
51
14.21%
24
11.43%
Labor and Public Welfare
374
9.93%
42
11.70%
23
10.95%
Post Office and Civil Service
120
3.19%
13
3.62%
6
2.86%
Public Works
170
4.51%
29
8.08%
19
9.05%
Rules and Administration
67
1.78%
18
5.01%
7
3.33%
Veterans’ Affairs
96
2.55%
10
2.79%
4
1.90%
Committees Total
3,766
100.00%
359
100.00%
210
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-53
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 42. 106th Congress (1999-2000)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
3
0.78%
1
0.43%
1
0.50%
Appropriations
9
2.35%
7
3.03%
6
3.00%
Armed Services
1
0.26%
1
0.43%
1
0.50%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
9
2.35%
9
3.90%
9
4.50%
Budget
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
36
9.40%
11
4.76%
7
3.50%
Energy And Natural Resources
74
19.32%
54
23.38%
45
22.50%
Environment And Public Works
51
13.32%
27
11.69%
27
13.50%
Finance
19
4.96%
7
3.03%
2
1.00%
Foreign Relations
18
4.70%
11
4.76%
11
5.50%
Governmental Affairs
76
19.84%
58
25.11%
55
27.50%
Indian Affairs
8
2.09%
6
2.60%
4
2.00%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
40
10.44%
26
11.26%
21
10.50%
Health Education, Labor and Pensions
16
4.18%
1
0.43%
1
0.50%
Rules and Administration
3
0.78%
2
0.87%
2
1.00%
Small Business
13
3.39%
5
2.16%
3
1.50%
Veterans’ Affairs
7
1.83%
5
2.16%
5
2.50%
Totals
383
100.00%
231
100.00%
200
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-54
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 43. 105th Congress (1997-1998)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
6
2.05%
2
1.34%
2
1.82%
Appropriations
2
0.68%
2
1.34%
2
1.82%
Armed Services
2
0.68%
2
1.34%
0
0.00%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
11
3.75%
4
2.68%
2
1.82%
Budget
1
0.34%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
24
8.19%
10
6.71%
10
9.09%
Energy And Natural Resources
52
17.75%
36
24.16%
32
29.09%
Environment And Public Works
32
10.92%
13
8.72%
12
10.91%
Finance
13
4.44%
5
3.36%
3
2.73%
Foreign Relations
15
5.12%
5
3.36%
3
2.73%
Governmental Affairs
42
14.33%
30
20.13%
16
14.55%
Indian Affairs
7
2.39%
3
2.01%
3
2.73%
Intelligence
2
0.68%
2
1.34%
1
0.91%
Judiciary
50
17.06%
19
12.75%
12
10.91%
Labor and Human Resources
17
5.80%
11
7.38%
9
8.18%
Rules and Administration
2
0.68%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Small Business
2
0.68%
2
1.34%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
13
4.44%
3
2.01%
3
2.73%
Totals
293
100.00%
149
100.00%
110
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-55
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 44. 104th Congress (1995-1996)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
8
2.82%
4
2.58%
4
3.77%
Appropriations
24
8.45%
21
13.55%
13
12.26%
Armed Services
2
0.70%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
8
2.82%
2
1.29%
1
0.94%
Budget
4
1.41%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
24
8.45%
8
5.16%
7
6.60%
Energy And Natural Resources
49
17.25%
25
16.13%
6
5.66%
Environment And Public Works
48
16.90%
34
21.94%
31
29.25%
Finance
21
7.39%
17
10.97%
14
13.21%
Foreign Relations
11
3.87%
7
4.52%
3
2.83%
Governmental Affairs
23
8.10%
9
5.81%
7
6.60%
Indian Affairs
5
1.76%
3
1.94%
2
1.89%
Intelligence
1
0.35%
1
0.65%
1
0.94%
Judiciary
27
9.51%
10
6.45%
6
5.66%
Labor and Human Resources
9
3.17%
5
3.23%
2
1.89%
Rules and Administration
6
2.11%
5
3.23%
5
4.72%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
14
4.93%
4
2.58%
4
3.77%
Totals
284
100.00%
155
100.00%
106
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-56
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 45. 103rd Congress (1993-1994)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
9
2.47%
2
1.10%
2
1.32%
Appropriations
31
8.49%
30
16.48%
30
19.87%
Armed Services
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
18
4.93%
4
2.20%
4
2.65%
Budget
6
1.64%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
50
13.70%
19
10.44%
13
8.61%
Energy And Natural Resources
49
13.42%
29
15.93%
18
11.92%
Environment And Public Works
54
14.79%
26
14.29%
22
14.57%
Finance
3
0.82%
1
0.55%
1
0.66%
Foreign Relations
8
2.19%
3
1.65%
3
1.99%
Governmental Affairs
49
13.42%
30
16.48%
27
17.88%
Indian Affairs
8
2.19%
6
3.30%
5
3.31%
Intelligence
1
0.27%
1
0.55%
1
0.66%
Judiciary
41
11.23%
17
9.34%
16
10.60%
Labor and Human Resources
12
3.29%
5
2.75%
1
0.66%
Rules and Administration
3
0.82%
3
1.65%
2
1.32%
Small Business
4
1.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
19
5.21%
6
3.30%
6
3.97%
Totals
365
100.00%
182
100.00%
151
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-57
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 46. 102nd Congress (1991-1992)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
12
2.67%
8
3.11%
5
2.50%
Appropriations
31
6.89%
28
10.89%
27
13.50%
Armed Services
11
2.44%
5
1.95%
4
2.00%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
15
3.33%
5
1.95%
4
2.00%
Budget
1
0.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
44
9.78%
19
7.39%
11
5.50%
Energy And Natural Resources
77
17.11%
51
19.84%
26
13.00%
Environment And Public Works
32
7.11%
16
6.23%
16
8.00%
Finance
45
10.00%
12
4.67%
7
3.50%
Foreign Relations
9
2.00%
5
1.95%
4
2.00%
Governmental Affairs
34
7.56%
21
8.17%
18
9.00%
Indian Affairs
5
1.11%
4
1.56%
3
1.50%
Intelligence
2
0.44%
2
0.78%
2
1.00%
Judiciary
84
18.67%
53
20.62%
50
25.00%
Labor and Human Resources
20
4.44%
11
4.28%
9
4.50%
Rules and Administration
5
1.11%
4
1.56%
3
1.50%
Small Business
4
0.89%
3
1.17%
2
1.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
19
4.22%
10
3.89%
9
4.50%
Totals
450
100.00%
257
100.00%
200
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 47. 101st Congress (1989-1990)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
16
4.28%
9
3.86%
8
4.02%
Appropriations
28
7.49%
26
11.16%
24
12.06%
Armed Services
9
2.41%
3
1.29%
3
1.51%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
15
4.01%
6
2.58%
5
2.51%
Budget
2
0.53%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
42
11.23%
20
8.58%
15
7.54%
Energy And Natural Resources
82
21.93%
50
21.46%
38
19.10%
Environment And Public Works
33
8.82%
22
9.44%
21
10.55%
Finance
7
1.87%
3
1.29%
3
1.51%
Foreign Relations
15
4.01%
4
1.72%
4
2.01%
Governmental Affairs
31
8.29%
16
6.87%
13
6.53%
Indian Affairs
7
1.87%
6
2.58%
4
2.01%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
40
10.70%
48
20.60%
44
22.11%
Labor and Human Resources
18
4.81%
15
6.44%
12
6.03%
Rules and Administration
4
1.07%
2
0.86%
2
1.01%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
25
6.68%
3
1.29%
3
1.51%
Totals
374
100.00%
233
100.00%
199
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 48. 100th Congress (1987-1989)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
26
5.98%
14
5.28%
14
5.86%
Appropriations
27
6.21%
26
9.81%
15
6.28%
Armed Services
12
2.76%
3
1.13%
2
0.84%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
12
2.76%
9
3.40%
7
2.93%
Budget
1
0.23%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
32
7.36%
15
5.66%
10
4.18%
Energy and Natural Resources
99
22.76%
70
26.42%
63
26.36%
Environment and Public Works
28
6.44%
22
8.30%
19
7.95%
Finance
9
2.07%
5
1.89%
5
2.09%
Foreign Relations
14
3.22%
6
2.26%
6
2.51%
Governmental Affairs
30
6.90%
15
5.66%
13
5.44%
Indian Affairs
15
3.45%
15
5.66%
14
5.86%
Intelligence
1
0.23%
1
0.38%
1
0.42%
Judiciary
95
21.84%
50
18.87%
59
24.69%
Labor and Human Resources
14
3.22%
9
3.40%
7
2.93%
Rules and Administration
7
1.61%
2
0.75%
1
0.42%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
13
2.99%
3
1.13%
3
1.26%
Totals
435
100.00%
265
100.00%
239
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 49. 99th Congress (1985-1986)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
14
3.78%
6
2.75%
5
2.84%
Appropriations
32
8.65%
29
13.30%
14
7.95%
Armed Services
10
2.70%
7
3.21%
6
3.41%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
15
4.05%
8
3.67%
7
3.98%
Budget
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
21
5.68%
10
4.59%
7
3.98%
Energy and Natural Resources
72
19.46%
41
18.81%
37
21.02%
Environment and Public Works
35
9.46%
13
5.96%
12
6.82%
Finance
13
3.51%
8
3.67%
6
3.41%
Foreign Relations
9
2.43%
5
2.29%
3
1.70%
Governmental Affairs
15
4.05%
15
6.88%
14
7.95%
Indian Affairs
11
2.97%
7
3.21%
3
1.70%
Intelligence-Government Operations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
88
23.78%
56
25.69%
54
30.68%
Labor and Human Resources
19
5.14%
8
3.67%
5
2.84%
Rules and Administration
4
1.08%
3
1.38%
3
1.70%
Small Business
1
0.27%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
11
2.97%
2
0.92%
0
0.00%
Totals
370
100.00%
218
100.00%
176
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 50. 98th Congress (1983-1984)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
26
6.82%
21
9.33%
19
10.80%
Appropriations
27
7.09%
26
11.56%
19
10.80%
Armed Services
10
2.62%
5
2.22%
5
2.84%
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
17
4.46%
7
3.11%
4
2.27%
Budget
1
0.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
32
8.40%
20
8.89%
15
8.52%
Energy and Natural Resources
47
12.34%
25
11.11%
21
11.93%
Environment and Public Works
43
11.29%
25
11.11%
22
12.50%
Finance
23
6.04%
11
4.89%
8
4.55%
Foreign Relations
8
2.10%
6
2.67%
2
1.14%
Governmental Affairs
28
7.35%
11
4.89%
2
1.14%
Indian Affairs
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Intelligence-Government Operations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
74
19.42%
46
20.44%
43
24.43%
Labor and Human Resources
25
6.56%
9
4.00%
6
3.41%
Rules and Administration
8
2.10%
7
3.11%
5
2.84%
Small Business
2
0.52%
2
0.89%
1
0.57%
Veterans’ Affairs
10
2.62%
4
1.78%
4
2.27%
Totals
381
100.00%
225
100.00%
176
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 51. 97th Congress (1981-1982)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
14
4.93%
12
6.25%
11
6.63%
Appropriations
24
8.45%
22
11.46%
18
10.84%
Armed Services
11
3.87%
5
2.60%
5
3.01%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
10
3.52%
5
2.60%
3
1.81%
Budget
1
0.35%
1
0.52%
1
0.60%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
19
6.69%
9
4.69%
9
5.42%
Energy And Natural Resources
43
15.14%
23
11.98%
21
12.65%
Environment And Public Works
20
7.04%
14
7.29%
14
8.43%
Finance
20
7.04%
15
7.81%
11
6.63%
Foreign Relations
11
3.87%
4
2.08%
4
2.41%
Governmental Affairs
21
7.39%
15
7.81%
13
7.83%
Indian Affairs
15
5.28%
14
7.29%
12
7.23%
Intelligence-Government Operations
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Judiciary
57
20.07%
48
25.00%
40
24.10%
Labor and Human Resources
9
3.17%
2
1.04%
2
1.20%
Rules And Administration
4
1.41%
3
1.56%
2
1.20%
Small Business
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Veterans’ Affairs
5
1.76%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Totals
284
100.00%
192
100.00%
166
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee:
Table 52. 96th Congress (1979-1980)
Senate Committee
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent
Percent
Percent
Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry
11
2.86%
11
3.90%
11
4.20%
Appropriations
40
10.39%
35
12.41%
27
10.31%
Armed Services
27
7.01%
21
7.45%
19
7.25%
Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
10
2.60%
6
2.13%
5
1.91%
Budget
2
0.52%
2
0.71%
2
0.76%
Commerce, Science, And Transportation
29
7.53%
25
8.87%
22
8.40%
Energy And Natural Resources
40
10.39%
36
12.77%
31
11.83%
Environment And Public Works
42
10.91%
33
11.70%
30
11.45%
Finance
59
15.32%
30
10.64%
30
11.45%
Foreign Relations
16
4.16%
14
4.96%
14
5.34%
Governmental Affairs
35
9.09%
24
8.51%
25
9.54%
Indian Affairs
8
2.08%
6
2.13%
5
1.91%
Intelligence
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0.00%
Judiciary
36
9.35%
15
5.32%
27
10.31%
Labor and Human Resources
16
4.16%
12
4.26%
8
3.05%
Rules And Administration
7
1.82%
9
3.19%
4
1.53%
Small Business
2
0.52%
2
0.71%
1
0.38%
Veterans’ Affairs
5
1.30%
1
0.35%
1
0.38%
Totals
385
100.00%
282
100.00%
262
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.

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Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Committee
Measures Referred
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 53. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Resolution
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
s
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
7
2
NA
2
172
NA
172
181
NA
181
94th (1975-1976)
19
2
NA
2
193
NA
193
214
NA
214
95th (1977-1978)
7
0
NA
0
233
NA
233
240
NA
240
96th (1979-1980)
17
0
0
0
151
11
162
168
11
179
97th (1981-1982)
11
5
2
7
135
14
149
151
16
167
98th (1983-1984)
13
1
0
1
159
26
185
173
26
199
99th (1985-1986)
13
8
2
10
159
14
173
180
16
196
100th (1987-1988)
6
0
0
0
168
26
194
174
26
200
101st (1989-1990)
6
0
0
0
168
16
184
174
16
190
102nd (1991-1992)
0
2
1
3
182
12
194
184
13
197
103rd (1993-1994)
0
1
0
1
101
9
110
102
9
111
104th (1995-1996)
1
1
0
1
85
8
93
87
8
95
105th (1997-1998)
2
0
1
1
78
6
84
80
7
87
106th (1999-2000)
1
3
0
3
145
3
148
149
3
152
Sourc e : Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 54. Appropriations, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
0
0
NA
0
3
NA
3
3
NA
3
94th (1975-1976)
36
2
NA
2
9
NA
9
47
NA
47
95th (1977-1978)
8
0
NA
0
7
NA
7
15
NA
15
96th (1979-1980)
12
0
0
0
10
0
10
22
0
22
97th (1981-1982)
10
1
0
1
15
24
39
26
24
50
98th (1983-1984)
7
5
2
7
18
27
45
30
29
59
99th (1985-1986)
7
2
0
2
21
32
53
30
32
62
100th (1987-1988)
11
0
1
1
17
27
44
28
28
56
101st (1989-1990)
3
0
0
0
15
28
43
18
28
46
102nd (1991-1992)
0
0
3
3
117
31
148
117
34
151
103rd (1993-1994)
0
0
0
0
15
31
46
15
31
46
104th (1995-1996)
0
0
1
1
15
24
39
15
25
40
105th (1997-1998)
1
1
0
1
32
2
34
34
2
36
106th (1999-2000)
2
0
1
1
25
9
34
27
10
37
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 55. Armed Services, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
0
0
NA
0
3
NA
3
3
NA
3
94th (1975-1976)
36
2
NA
2
9
NA
9
47
NA
47
95th (1977-1978)
8
0
NA
0
7
NA
7
15
NA
15
96th (1979-1980)
24
1
0
1
84
40
124
109
40
149
97th (1981-1982)
13
3
0
3
103
24
127
119
24
143
98th (1983-1984)
4
3
2
5
77
27
104
84
29
113
99th (1985-1986)
5
0
0
0
102
32
134
107
32
139
100th (1987-1988)
4
3
1
4
64
27
91
71
28
99
101st (1989-1990)
4
0
0
0
114
28
142
118
28
146
102nd (1991-1992)
1
2
3
5
128
31
159
131
34
165
103rd (1993-1994)
1
3
0
3
75
31
106
79
31
110
104th (1995-1996)
1
3
1
4
69
24
93
73
25
98
105th (1997-1998)
1
0
0
0
70
2
72
71
2
73
106th (1999-2000)
8
5
1
6
79
9
88
92
10
102
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 56. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
6
4
NA
4
301
NA
301
311
NA
311
94th (1975-1976)
10
3
NA
3
214
NA
214
227
NA
227
95th (1977-1978)
3
5
NA
5
184
NA
184
192
NA
192
96th (1979-1980)
18
7
0
7
169
10
179
194
10
204
97th (1981-1982)
16
9
1
10
160
10
170
185
11
196
98th (1983-1984)
4
8
0
8
150
17
167
162
17
179
99th (1985-1986)
5
2
0
2
165
15
180
172
15
187
100th (1987-1988)
3
2
1
3
119
12
131
124
13
137
101st (1989-1990)
2
0
1
1
154
15
169
156
16
172
102nd (1991-1992)
4
0
0
0
169
15
184
173
15
188
103rd (1993-1994)
4
2
0
2
128
18
146
134
18
152
104th (1995-1996)
4
0
0
0
82
8
90
86
8
94
105th (1997-1998)
2
0
1
1
79
11
90
81
12
93
106th (1999-2000)
0
1
1
2
111
9
120
112
10
122
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 57. Budget, 94th-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
94th (1975-1976)
64
2
NA
2
2
NA
5
120
NA
120
95th (1977-1978)
119
0
NA
0
5
NA
25
105
NA
105
96th (1979-1980)
113
5
0
5
25
2
34
109
1
110
97th (1981-1982)
80
8
0
8
34
1
20
63
1
64
98th (1983-1984)
70
3
2
5
20
1
25
38
2
40
99th (1985-1986)
35
3
1
4
25
0
28
31
2
33
100th (1987-1988)
10
6
1
7
28
1
40
48
3
51
101st (1989-1990)
0
5
1
6
40
2
131
136
2
138
102nd (1991-1992)
2
5
1
6
131
1
31
39
7
46
103rd (1993-1994)
0
6
1
7
31
6
30
40
5
45
104th (1995-1996)
3
2
0
2
30
4
28
32
1
33
105th (1997-1998)
4
4
0
4
28
1
31
35
0
35
106th (1999-2000)
2
2
1
3
31
0
0
2
1
3
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The committee on the Budget did not exist before the 94th Congress.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 58. Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
16
7
NA
7
437
NA
437
460
NA
460
94th (1975-1976)
0
0
NA
0
34
NA
34
34
NA
34
95th (1977-1978)
6
3
NA
3
284
NA
284
293
NA
293
96th (1979-1980)
25
4
2
6
196
29
225
225
31
256
97th (1981-1982)
15
4
2
6
157
19
176
176
21
197
98th (1983-1984)
16
10
2
12
189
32
221
215
34
249
99th (1985-1986)
14
8
1
9
193
21
214
215
22
237
100th (1987-1988)
7
5
1
6
210
32
242
222
33
255
101st (1989-1990)
5
5
0
5
210
44
254
220
44
264
102nd (1991-1992)
1
2
0
2
194
44
238
197
44
241
103rd (1993-1994)
8
1
0
1
162
50
212
171
50
221
104th (1995-1996)
3
2
0
2
127
24
151
132
24
156
105th (1997-1998)
3
4
3
7
180
24
204
187
27
214
106th (1999-2000)
5
3
4
7
206
36
242
214
40
254
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-70
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 59. Energy and Natural Resources, 96th-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
96th (1979-1980)
41
4
0
4
365
40
405
410
40
450
97th (1981-1982)
19
0
0
0
253
43
296
272
43
315
98th (1983-1984)
15
1
0
1
262
47
309
278
47
325
99th (1985-1986)
7
0
1
1
221
72
293
228
73
301
100th (1987-1988)
2
0
0
0
279
99
378
281
99
380
101st (1989-1990)
3
0
0
0
272
82
354
275
82
357
102nd (1991-1992)
0
1
0
1
288
77
365
289
77
366
103rd (1993-1994)
1
0
1
1
225
49
274
226
50
276
104th (1995-1996)
0
0
0
0
253
49
302
253
49
302
105th (1997-1998)
4
3
0
3
246
52
298
253
52
305
106th (1999-2000)
3
0
3
3
338
74
412
341
77
418
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization
Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not
be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-71
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 60. Interior and Insular Affairs, 93rd-95th Congresses
Congress and
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
(Years)
Resolutions
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
3
4
NA
4
530
NA
530
537
NA
537
94th (1975-1976)
19
3
NA
3
528
NA
528
550
NA
550
95th (1977-1978)
3
0
NA
0
39
NA
39
42
NA
42
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization
Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not
be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-72
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 61. Environment and Public Works, 96th-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
96th (1979-1980)
21
0
0
0
230
42
272
251
42
293
97th (1981-1982)
12
2
2
4
200
20
220
214
22
236
98th (1983-1984)
8
1
0
1
226
43
269
235
43
278
99th (1985-1986)
9
0
0
0
190
35
225
199
35
234
100th (1987-1988)
10
2
2
4
210
28
238
222
30
252
101st (1989-1990)
6
2
1
3
223
33
256
231
34
265
102nd (1991-1992)
7
0
0
0
208
32
240
215
32
247
103rd (1993-1994)
1
0
0
0
208
54
262
209
54
263
104th (1995-1996)
0
0
0
0
187
48
235
187
48
235
105th (1997-1998)
0
1
2
3
161
32
193
162
34
196
106th (1999-2000)
21
1
0
1
170
51
221
192
51
243
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization
Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly
comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-73
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 62. Public Works, 93rd-95th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
1
2
NA
2
170
NA
170
173
NA
173
94th (1975-1976)
5
2
NA
2
193
NA
193
200
NA
200
95th (1977-1978)
1
1
NA
1
219
NA
219
221
NA
221
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization
Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly
comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-74
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 63. Finance, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
5
4
NA
4
515
NA
515
524
NA
524
94th (1975-1976)
5
12
NA
12
590
NA
590
607
NA
607
95th (1977-1978)
11
7
NA
7
592
NA
592
610
NA
610
96th (1979-1980)
19
10
2
12
652
59
711
681
61
742
97th (1981-1982)
26
8
0
8
712
20
732
746
20
766
98th (1983-1984)
22
10
1
11
689
23
712
721
24
745
99th (1985-1986)
39
13
0
13
655
13
668
707
13
720
100th (1987-1988)
22
10
0
10
676
9
685
708
9
717
101st (1989-1990)
14
12
0
12
784
7
791
810
7
817
102nd (1991-1992)
16
6
1
7
916
45
961
938
46
984
103rd (1993-1994)
8
6
0
6
604
3
607
618
3
621
104th (1995-1996)
6
3
1
4
455
21
476
464
22
486
105th (1997-1998)
10
9
1
10
169
13
182
188
14
202
106th (1999-2000)
11
10
1
11
921
19
940
942
20
962
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-75
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 64. Foreign Relations, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
36
23
NA
23
101
NA
101
160
NA
160
94th (1975-1976)
52
83
NA
83
122
NA
122
257
NA
257
95th (1977-1978)
46
32
NA
32
681
NA
681
759
NA
759
96th (1979-1980)
64
52
17
69
65
16
81
181
33
214
97th (1981-1982)
59
35
21
56
88
11
99
182
32
214
98th (1983-1984)
63
49
18
67
106
8
114
218
26
244
99th (1985-1986)
59
56
15
71
137
9
146
252
24
276
100th (1987-1988)
51
58
25
83
138
14
152
247
39
286
101st (1989-1990)
48
57
21
78
122
15
137
227
36
263
102nd (1991-1992)
78
55
29
84
140
9
149
273
38
311
103rd (1993-1994)
41
22
0
22
88
8
96
151
8
159
104th (1995-1996)
29
40
8
48
38
11
49
107
19
126
105th (1997-1998)
42
44
32
76
68
15
83
154
47
201
106th (1999-2000)
60
51
23
74
96
18
114
207
41
248
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-76
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 65. Governmental Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
4
5
NA
5
179
NA
179
188
NA
188
94th (1975-1976)
6
2
NA
2
186
NA
186
194
NA
194
95th (1977-1978)
19
8
NA
8
253
NA
253
280
NA
280
96th (1979-1980)
26
5
0
5
290
35
325
321
35
356
97th (1981-1982)
18
4
0
4
228
21
249
250
21
271
98th (1983-1984)
15
9
0
9
196
28
224
220
28
248
99th (1985-1986)
8
1
0
1
199
15
214
208
15
223
100th (1987-1988)
5
3
1
4
175
30
205
183
31
214
101st (1989-1990)
5
3
1
4
193
31
224
201
32
233
102nd (1991-1992)
2
3
0
3
189
34
223
194
34
228
103rd (1993-1994)
1
4
0
4
197
49
246
202
49
251
104th (1995-1996)
5
0
3
3
144
23
167
149
26
175
105th (1997-1998)
5
12
2
14
144
42
186
161
44
205
106th (1999-2000)
6
7
2
9
170
76
246
183
78
261
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
N o t e : The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System
Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service.
Activity data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-77
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 66. District of Columbia, 93rd-94th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
0
0
NA
0
34
NA
34
34
NA
34
94th (1975-1976)
1
3
NA
3
12
NA
12
16
NA
16
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System
Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity
data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 67. Post Office and Civil Service, 93rd-94th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
11
0
NA
0
120
NA
120
131
NA
131
94th (1975-1976)
3
1
NA
1
108
NA
108
112
NA
112
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System
Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity
data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-78
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 68. Indian Affairs, 95th-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
95th (1977-1978
2
0
NA
0
79
NA
79
81
NA
81
96th (1979-1980)
3
0
0
0
38
8
38
41
8
49
97th (1981-1982)
5
0
0
0
41
15
41
46
15
61
98th (1983-1984)
2
0
0
0
63
0
63
65
0
65
99th (1985-1986)
2
0
1
1
43
11
54
45
12
57
100th (1987-1988)
3
1
1
2
61
15
76
65
16
81
101st (1989-1990)
1
0
0
0
63
7
70
64
7
71
102nd (1991-1992)
0
1
0
1
64
5
69
65
5
70
103rd (1993-1994)
0
0
0
0
51
8
59
51
8
59
104th (1995-1996)
0
0
0
0
39
5
44
39
5
44
105th (1997-1998)
0
0
0
0
46
7
53
46
7
53
106th (1999-2000)
0
1
0
1
70
8
78
71
8
79
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on the Indian Affairs did not exist before the 95th Congress.

CRS-79
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 69. Select Committee on Intelligence, 95th-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
95th (1977-1978)
0
0
NA
0
3
NA
3
3
NA
3
96th (1979-1980)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
97th (1981-1982)
5
0
0
0
0
5
5
5
5
10
98th (1983-1984)
2
0
1
1
0
9
9
2
10
12
99th (1985-1986)
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
4
100th (1987-1988)
3
0
0
0
1
9
10
4
9
13
101st (1989-1990)
1
0
0
0
0
8
8
1
8
9
102nd (1991-1992)
0
0
0
0
2
14
16
2
14
16
103rd (1993-1994)
0
0
0
0
1
7
8
1
7
8
104th (1995-1996)
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
1
4
5
105th (1997-1998)
0
0
0
0
2
4
6
2
4
6
106th (1999-2000)
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
4
4
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Select Committee on Intelligence did not exist before the 95th Congress.

CRS-80
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 70. Judiciary, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
6
11
NA
11
491
NA
491
508
NA
508
94th (1975-1976)
16
16
NA
16
154
NA
154
186
NA
186
95th (1977-1978)
14
7
NA
7
369
NA
369
390
NA
390
96th (1979-1980)
27
12
1
13
382
36
418
421
37
458
97th (1981-1982)
48
16
3
19
516
57
573
580
60
640
98th (1983-1984)
39
11
2
13
591
74
665
641
76
717
99th (1985-1986)
21
15
7
22
639
88
727
675
95
770
100th (1987-1988)
13
6
3
9
566
95
661
585
98
683
101st (1989-1990)
16
9
2
11
608
40
648
633
42
675
102nd (1991-1992)
10
15
2
17
528
84
612
553
86
639
103rd (1993-1994)
12
4
0
4
411
41
452
427
41
468
104th (1995-1996)
38
3
2
5
210
27
237
251
29
280
105th (1997-1998)
57
10
6
16
353
50
403
420
56
476
106th (1999-2000)
78
14
21
35
411
40
451
503
61
564
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

CRS-81
Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 71. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
2
5
NA
5
374
NA
374
381
NA
381
94th (1975-1976)
11
6
NA
6
322
NA
322
339
NA
339
95th (1977-1978)
6
6
NA
6
333
NA
333
345
NA
345
96th (1979-1980)
9
3
2
5
124
16
140
136
18
154
97th (1981-1982)
0
8
2
10
220
9
229
228
11
239
98th (1983-1984)
16
5
0
5
276
25
301
297
25
322
99th (1985-1986)
11
12
3
15
245
19
264
268
22
290
100th (1987-1988)
4
12
2
14
272
14
286
288
16
304
101st (1989-1990)
4
9
2
11
340
18
358
353
20
373
102nd (1991-1992)
5
3
0
3
228
20
248
236
20
256
103rd (1993-1994)
10
4
0
4
254
12
266
268
12
280
104th (1995-1996)
2
2
1
3
191
9
200
195
10
205
105th (1997-1998)
11
4
2
6
281
17
298
296
19
315
106th (1999-2000)
3
6
10
16
349
16
365
358
26
384
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 72. Rules and Administration, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
140
24
NA
24
67
NA
67
231
NA
231
94th (1975-1976)
152
21
NA
21
45
NA
45
218
NA
218
95th (1977-1978)
125
10
NA
10
40
NA
40
175
NA
175
96th (1979-1980)
113
11
12
23
53
7
60
177
19
196
97th (1981-1982)
90
3
4
7
44
4
48
137
8
145
98th (1983-1984)
85
10
2
12
45
8
53
140
10
150
99th (1985-1986)
88
9
5
14
41
4
45
138
9
147
100th (1987-1988)
140
10
9
19
44
7
51
194
16
210
101st (1989-1990)
53
12
10
22
65
4
69
130
14
144
102nd (1991-1992)
55
10
2
12
50
5
55
115
7
122
103rd (1993-1994)
56
4
0
4
43
3
46
103
3
106
104th (1995-1996)
26
9
6
15
38
6
44
73
12
85
105th (1997-1998)
29
7
1
8
43
2
45
79
3
82
106th (1999-2000)
32
3
13
16
43
3
46
78
16
94
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 73. Select Committee on Small Business, 95th-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
95th (1977-1978)
3
0
NA
0
2
NA
2
5
NA
5
96th (1979-1980)
6
0
0
0
22
2
24
28
2
30
97th (1981-1982)
2
0
0
0
19
0
19
21
0
21
98th (1983-1984)
1
0
0
0
28
2
30
29
2
31
99th (1985-1986)
4
0
0
0
9
1
10
13
1
14
100th (1987-1988)
1
1
2
3
15
0
15
17
2
19
101st (1989-1990)
1
0
0
0
11
0
11
12
0
12
102nd (1991-1992)
1
2
0
2
17
4
21
20
4
24
103rd (1993-1994)
0
0
0
0
17
4
21
17
4
21
104th (1995-1996)
0
0
0
0
9
0
9
9
0
9
105th (1997-1998)
0
0
0
0
13
2
15
13
2
15
106th (1999-2000)
0
0
0
0
20
13
33
20
13
33
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures
is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Small Business did not exist before the 95th Congress.

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Measures Referred to Committees:
Table 74. Veterans’ Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses
Simple
Concurrent Resolutions
Bills and Joint Resolutions
Totals
Congress and
Resolutions
(Years)
Grand
Senate
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
Senate
House
Total
93rd (1973-1974)
3
1
NA
1
96
NA
96
100
NA
100
94th (1975-1976)
0
0
NA
0
84
NA
84
84
NA
84
95th (1977-1978)
3
0
NA
0
36
NA
36
39
NA
39
96th (1979-1980)
2
0
0
0
70
5
75
72
5
77
97th (1981-1982)
5
1
1
2
103
5
108
109
6
115
98th (1983-1984)
4
1
0
1
71
10
81
76
10
86
99th (1985-1986)
3
1
0
1
74
11
85
78
11
89
100th (1987-1988)
2
1
2
3
99
13
112
102
15
117
101st (1989-1990)
1
1
0
1
93
25
118
95
25
120
102nd (1991-1992)
0
0
0
0
109
19
128
109
19
128
103rd (1993-1994)
0
0
0
0
74
19
93
74
19
93
104th (1995-1996)
1
0
0
0
48
14
62
49
14
63
105th (1997-1998)
1
0
0
0
49
13
62
50
13
63
106th (1999-2000)
1
2
0
2
51
7
58
54
7
61
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93r d -95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed
measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded.

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Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions
by Senate Committee
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 75. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Tota
Reported
Enacted into Law
l
Congress and (Years)
Percent
Percent
of
of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
172
21
12.21%
10
5.81%
94th (1975-1976)
193
33
17.10%
14
7.25%
95th (1977-1978)
233
32
13.73%
24
10.30%
96th (1979-1980)
151
24
15.89%
11
7.28%
97th (1981-1982)
135
16
11.85%
3
2.22%
98th (1983-1984)
159
18
11.32%
5
3.14%
99th (1985-1986)
159
14
8.81%
2
1.26%
100th (1987-1988)
168
19
11.31%
5
2.98%
101st (1989-1990)
168
19
11.31%
5
2.98%
102nd (1991-1992)
182
13
7.14%
2
1.10%
103rd (1993-1994)
101
33
32.67%
31
30.69%
104th (1995-1996)
85
3
3.53%
1
1.18%
105th (1997-1998)
78
6
7.69%
3
3.85%
106th (1999-2000)
145
17
11.72%
4
2.76%
Source: Legislative Information Sy stem (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 76. Appropriations
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
3
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
94th (1975-1976)
9
1
11.11%
1
11.11%
95th (1977-1978)
7
2
28.57%
1
14.29%
96th (1979-1980)
10
2
20.00%
0
0.00%
97th (1981-1982)
15
12
80.00%
0
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
18
11
61.11%
0
0.00%
99th (1985-1986)
21
4
19.05%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
17
4
23.53%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
15
3
20.00%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
117
5
4.27%
0
0.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
15
2
13.33%
0
0.00%
104th (1995-1996)
15
7
46.67%
0
0.00%
105th (1997-1998)
32
29
90.63%
0
0.00%
106th (1999-2000)
25
20
80.00%
0
0.00%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 77. Armed Services
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
3
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
94th (1975-1976)
9
1
11.11%
1
11.11%
95th (1977-1978)
7
2
28.57%
1
14.29%
96th (1979-1980)
84
15
17.86%
11
13.10%
97th (1981-1982)
103
17
16.50%
4
3.88%
98th (1983-1984)
77
13
16.88%
4
5.19%
99th (1985-1986)
102
15
14.71%
5
4.90%
100th (1987-1988)
64
16
25.00%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
114
35
30.70%
1
0.88%
102nd (1991-1992)
128
41
32.03%
1
0.78%
103rd (1993-1994)
75
16
21.33%
2
2.67%
104th (1995-1996)
69
13
18.84%
1
1.45%
105th (1997-1998)
70
10
14.29%
1
1.43%
106th (1999-2000)
79
13
16.46%
2
2.53%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 78. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
301
28
9.30%
14
4.65%
94th (1975-1976)
214
23
10.75%
9
4.21%
95th (1977-1978)
184
13
7.07%
7
3.80%
96th (1979-1980)
169
35
20.71%
14
8.28%
97th (1981-1982)
160
15
9.38%
4
2.50%
98th (1983-1984)
150
18
12.00%
4
2.67%
99th (1985-1986)
165
28
16.97%
8
4.85%
100th (1987-1988)
119
15
12.61%
2
1.68%
101st (1989-1990)
154
19
12.34%
4
2.60%
102nd (1991-1992)
169
18
10.65%
6
3.55%
103rd (1993-1994)
128
21
16.41%
3
2.34%
104th (1995-1996)
82
10
12.20%
1
1.22%
105th (1997-1998)
79
14
17.72%
8
10.13%
106th (1999-2000)
111
15
13.51%
2
1.80%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 79. Budget
95th-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
95th (1977-1978)
5
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
96th (1979-1980)
25
3
12.00%
0
0.00%
97th (1981-1982)
34
4
11.76%
0
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
20
2
10.00%
0
0.00%
99th (1985-1986)
25
4
16.00%
1
4.00%
100th (1987-1988)
28
3
10.71%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
40
13
32.50%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
131
5
3.82%
0
0.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
31
3
9.68%
0
0.00%
104th (1995-1996)
30
6
20.00%
2
6.67%
105th (1997-1998)
28
3
10.71%
0
0.00%
106th (1999-2000)
31
4
12.90%
0
0.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The committee on the Budget did not exist before the 94th Congress.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee;
Table 80. Commerce, Science, and Transportation
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
437
28
6.41%
25
5.72%
94th (1975-1976)
397
70
17.63%
26
6.55%
95th (1977-1978)
284
41
14.44%
17
5.99%
96th (1979-1980)
196
63
32.14%
33
16.84%
97th (1981-1982)
157
59
37.58%
17
10.83%
98th (1983-1984)
189
70
37.04%
22
11.64%
99th (1985-1986)
193
55
28.50%
16
8.29%
100th (1987-1988)
210
49
23.33%
9
4.29%
101st (1989-1990)
210
64
30.48%
11
5.24%
102nd (1991-1992)
194
53
27.32%
9
4.64%
103rd (1993-1994)
162
44
27.16%
4
2.47%
104th (1995-1996)
127
31
24.41%
4
3.15%
105th (1997-1998)
180
40
22.22%
8
4.44%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 81. Energy and Natural Resources
96th-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
365
64
17.53%
23
6.30%
97th (1981-1982)
253
64
25.30%
32
12.65%
98th (1983-1984)
262
70
26.72%
31
11.83%
99th (1985-1986)
221
62
28.05%
27
12.22%
100th (1987-1988)
279
91
32.62%
39
13.98%
101st (1989-1990)
272
85
31.25%
33
12.13%
102nd (1991-1992)
288
79
27.43%
23
7.99%
103rd (1993-1994)
225
84
37.33%
25
11.11%
104th (1995-1996)
253
95
37.55%
7
2.77%
105th (1997-1998)
246
68
27.64%
36
14.63%
106th (1999-2000)
338
151
44.67%
66
19.53%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://ww w.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95th
Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted
February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the
newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 82. Interior and Insular Affairs
93rd-95th Congresses
Congress and
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
(Years)
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
530
66
12.45%
42
7.92%
94th (1975-1976)
528
103
19.51%
43
8.14%
95th (1977-1978)
39
3
7.69%
2
5.13%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95th
Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted
February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the
newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 83. Environment and Public Works
96th-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
230
47
20.43%
29
12.61%
97th (1981-1982)
200
38
19.00%
11
5.50%
98th (1983-1984)
226
52
23.01%
18
7.96%
99th (1985-1986)
190
43
22.63%
8
4.21%
100th (1987-1988)
210
40
19.05%
18
8.57%
101st (1989-1990)
223
43
19.28%
13
5.83%
102nd (1991-1992)
208
25
12.02%
4
1.92%
103rd (1993-1994)
187
32
17.11%
6
3.21%
104th (1995-1996)
161
29
18.01%
9
5.59%
105th (1997-1998)
170
52
30.59%
14
8.24%
106th (1999-2000)
164
40
24.39%
19
11.59%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th
Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted
February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works.
Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has
broader jurisdictional responsibility.
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 84. Public Works
93rd-95th Congresses
Senate Measures Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
170
29
17.06%
19
11.18%
94th (1975-1976)
193
25
12.95%
13
6.74%
95th (1977-1978)
219
36
16.44%
12
5.48%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th
Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted
February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works.
Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has
broader jurisdictional responsibility.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 85. Finance
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Totals
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
515
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
94th (1975-1976)
590
5
0.85%
1
0.17%
95th (1977-1978)
592
5
0.84%
0
0.00%
96th (1979-1980)
652
7
1.07%
0
0.00%
97th (1981-1982)
712
9
1.26%
0
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
689
8
1.16%
0
0.00%
99th (1985-1986)
655
11
1.68%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
676
11
1.63%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
784
9
1.15%
2
0.26%
102nd (1991-1992)
916
22
2.40%
0
0.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
604
13
2.15%
1
0.17%
104th (1995-1996)
455
9
1.98%
0
0.00%
105th (1997-1998)
169
10
5.92%
1
0.59%
106th (1999-2000)
921
15
1.63%
0
0.00%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

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Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 86. Foreign Relations
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
101
17
16.83%
13
12.87%
94th (1975-1976)
122
16
13.11%
8
6.56%
95th (1977-1978)
681
15
2.20%
3
0.44%
96th (1979-1980)
65
23
35.38%
6
9.23%
97th (1981-1982)
88
25
28.41%
8
9.09%
98th (1983-1984)
106
28
26.42%
17
16.04%
99th (1985-1986)
137
35
25.55%
11
8.03%
100th (1987-1988)
138
28
20.29%
4
2.90%
101st (1989-1990)
122
27
22.13%
5
4.10%
102nd (1991-1992)
140
20
14.29%
3
2.14%
103rd (1993-1994)
88
12
13.64%
4
4.55%
104th (1995-1996)
38
9
23.68%
1
2.63%
105th (1997-1998)
68
12
17.65%
5
7.35%
106th (1999-2000)
96
19
19.79%
2
2.08%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-95
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 87. Governmental Affairs
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
179
11
6.15%
7
3.91%
94th (1975-1976)
186
21
11.29%
7
3.76%
95th (1977-1978)
253
36
14.23%
18
7.11%
96th (1979-1980)
290
37
12.76%
9
3.10%
97th (1981-1982)
228
33
14.47%
12
5.26%
98th (1983-1984)
196
28
14.29%
8
4.08%
99th (1985-1986)
199
32
16.08%
6
3.02%
100th (1987-1988)
175
28
16.00%
8
4.57%
101st (1989-1990)
193
34
17.62%
7
3.63%
102nd (1991-1992)
189
27
14.29%
6
3.17%
103rd (1993-1994)
197
34
17.26%
5
2.54%
104th (1995-1996)
144
26
18.06%
6
4.17%
105th (1997-1998)
144
22
15.28%
7
4.86%
106th (1999-2000)
170
31
18.24%
12
7.06%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning
of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments ,
adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District
of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two
predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader
jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-96
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 88. District of Columbia
93rd-94th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
34
4
11.76%
2
5.88%
94th (1975-1976)
12
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://ww w.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Government Op erations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning
of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments,
adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District
of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two
predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader
jurisdictional responsibility.
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 89. Post Office and Civil Service
93rd-94th Congresses
Congress and
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
(Years)
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
120
13
10.83%
6
5.00%
94th (1975-1976)
108
6
5.56%
2
1.85%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning
of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments,
adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District
of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two
predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader
jurisdictional responsibility.

CRS-97
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 90. Indian Affairs
96th-106th Congresses
Congress and
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
(Years)
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
38
23
60.53%
16
42.11%
97th (1981-1982)
41
22
53.66%
7
17.07%
98th (1983-1984)
63
26
41.27%
18
28.57%
99th (1985-1986)
43
18
41.86%
8
18.60%
100th (1987-1988)
61
28
45.90%
10
16.39%
101st (1989-1990)
63
30
47.62%
9
14.29%
102nd (1991-1992)
64
37
57.81%
7
10.94%
103rd (1993-1994)
51
28
54.90%
8
15.69%
104th (1995-1996)
39
19
48.72%
7
17.95%
105th (1997-1998)
46
11
23.91%
5
10.87%
106th (1999-2000)
70
34
48.57%
14
20.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Committee on Indian Affairs did not exist before the 95th Congress.

CRS-98
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 91. Select Committee on Intelligence
95th-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
95th (1977-1978)
3
2
66.67%
1
33.33%
96th (1979-1980)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
97th (1981-1982)
5
4
80.00%
0
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
9
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
99th (1985-1986)
2
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
9
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
8
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
9
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
14
5
35.71%
0
0.00%
104th (1995-1996)
7
3
42.86%
0
0.00%
105th (1997-1998)
4
4
100.00%
1
25.00%
106th (1999-2000)
4
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Select Committee on Intelligence did not exist before the 95th Congress.

CRS-99
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 92. Judiciary
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
491
51
10.39%
24
4.89%
94th (1975-1976)
154
70
45.45%
22
14.29%
95th (1977-1978)
369
61
16.53%
24
6.50%
96th (1979-1980)
382
112
29.32%
35
9.16%
97th (1981-1982)
516
151
29.26%
55
10.66%
98th (1983-1984)
591
240
40.61%
110
18.61%
99th (1985-1986)
639
272
42.57%
154
24.10%
100th (1987-1988)
566
232
40.99%
146
25.80%
101st (1989-1990)
608
267
43.91%
127
20.89%
102nd (1991-1992)
528
177
33.52%
74
14.02%
103rd (1993-1994)
411
111
27.01%
49
11.92%
104th (1995-1996)
210
45
21.43%
14
6.67%
105th (1997-1998)
353
50
14.16%
29
8.22%
106th (1999-2000)
411
70
17.03%
27
6.57%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-100
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 93. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and (Years)
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
374
42
11.23%
23
6.15%
94th (1975-1976)
322
38
11.80%
9
2.80%
95th (1977-1978)
333
44
18.82%
15
7.58%
96th (1979-1980)
124
29
23.39%
12
9.68%
97th (1981-1982)
220
36
16.36%
6
2.73%
98th (1983-1984)
276
40
14.49%
14
5.07%
99th (1985-1986)
245
45
18.37%
16
6.53%
100th (1987-1988)
272
49
18.01%
8
2.94%
101st (1989-1990)
340
66
19.41%
16
4.71%
102nd (1991-1992)
228
46
20.18%
14
6.14%
103rd (1993-1994)
254
38
14.96%
10
3.94%
104th (1995-1996)
191
24
12.57%
4
2.09%
105th (1997-1998)
281
17
6.05%
7
2.49%
106th (1999-2000)
349
19
5.44%
10
2.87%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note : The Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions was called Labor and Human
Resources before the 105th Congress.

CRS-101
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 94. Rules and Administration
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
67
18
26.87%
7
10.45%
94th (1975-1976)
45
13
28.89%
11
24.44%
95th (1977-1978)
40
16
40.00%
10
25.00%
96th (1979-1980)
53
19
35.85%
13
24.53%
97th (1981-1982)
44
11
25.00%
6
13.64%
98th (1983-1984)
45
6
13.33%
4
8.89%
99th (1985-1986)
41
15
36.59%
6
14.63%
100th (1987-1988)
44
11
25.00%
3
6.82%
101st (1989-1990)
65
24
36.92%
10
15.38%
102nd (1991-1992)
50
13
26.00%
1
2.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
43
17
39.53%
8
18.60%
104th (1995-1996)
38
5
13.16%
2
5.26%
105th (1997-1998)
43
2
4.65%
0
0.00%
106th (1999-2000)
43
6
13.95%
3
6.98%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-102
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 95. Select Committee on Small Business
95th-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
95th (1977-1978)
36
6
16.67%
0
0.00%
96th (1979-1980)
22
5
22.73%
1
4.55%
97th (1981-1982)
19
4
21.05%
1
5.26%
98th (1983-1984)
28
10
35.71%
5
17.86%
99th (1985-1986)
9
2
22.22%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
15
4
26.67%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
11
1
9.09%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
17
2
11.76%
1
5.88%
103rd (1993-1994)
17
5
29.41%
3
17.65%
104th (1995-1996)
9
3
33.33%
1
11.11%
105th (1997-1998)
13
1
7.69%
1
7.69%
106th (1999-2000)
20
8
40.00%
3
15.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Note: The Select Committee on Small Business did not exist before the 95th Congress.

CRS-103
Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 96. Veterans’ Affairs
93rd-106th Congresses
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
93rd (1973-1974)
96
10
10.42%
4
4.17%
94th (1975-1976)
84
7
8.33%
2
2.38%
95th (1977-1978)
36
6
16.67%
0
0.00%
96th (1979-1980)
70
9
12.86%
1
1.43%
97th (1981-1982)
103
7
6.80%
2
1.94%
98th (1983-1984)
71
7
9.86%
1
1.41%
99th (1985-1986)
74
6
8.11%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
99
10
10.10%
3
3.03%
101st (1989-1990)
93
6
6.45%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
109
20
18.35%
4
3.67%
103rd (1993-1994)
74
23
31.08%
4
5.41%
104th (1995-1996)
48
5
10.42%
2
4.17%
105th (1997-1998)
49
12
24.49%
4
8.16%
106th (1999-2000)
51
7
13.73%
1
1.96%
Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-104
Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions
by Senate Committee
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 97. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
11
11
100.00%
11
100.00%
97th (1981-1982)
14
12
85.71%
11
78.57%
98th (1983-1984)
26
21
80.77%
19
73.08%
99th (1985-1986)
14
6
42.86%
5
35.71%
100th (1987-1988)
26
14
53.85%
14
53.85%
101st (1989-1990)
16
9
56.25%
8
50.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
12
8
66.67%
5
41.67%
103rd (1993-1994)
9
2
22.22%
2
22.22%
104th (1995-1996)
8
4
50.00%
4
50.00%
105th (1997-1998)
6
2
33.33%
2
33.33%
106th (1999-2000)
3
1
33.33%
1
33.33%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-105
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 98. Appropriations
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
97th (1981-1982)
24
22
91.67%
18
75.00%
98th (1983-1984)
27
26
96.30%
19
70.37%
99th (1985-1986)
32
29
90.63%
14
43.75%
100th (1987-1988)
27
26
96.30%
15
55.56%
101st (1989-1990)
28
26
92.86%
24
85.71%
102nd (1991-1992)
31
28
90.32%
27
87.10%
103rd (1993-1994)
31
30
96.77%
30
96.77%
104th (1995-1996)
24
21
87.50%
13
54.17%
105th (1997-1998)
2
2
100.00%
2
100.00%
106th (1999-2000)
9
7
77.78%
6
66.67%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 99. Armed Services
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
40
35
87.50%
27
67.50%
97th (1981-1982)
24
22
91.67%
18
75.00%
98th (1983-1984)
27
26
96.30%
19
70.37%
99th (1985-1986)
32
29
90.63%
14
43.75%
100th (1987-1988)
27
26
96.30%
15
55.56%
101st (1989-1990)
28
26
92.86%
24
85.71%
102nd (1991-1992)
31
28
90.32%
27
87.10%
103rd (1993-1994)
31
30
96.77%
30
96.77%
104th (1995-1996)
24
21
87.50%
13
54.17%
105th (1997-1998)
2
2
100.00%
2
100.00%
106th (1999-2000)
9
7
77.78%
6
66.67%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-106
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 100. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
10
6
60.00%
5
50.00%
97th (1981-1982)
10
5
50.00%
3
30.00%
98th (1983-1984)
17
7
41.18%
4
23.53%
99th (1985-1986)
15
8
53.33%
7
46.67%
100th (1987-1988)
12
9
75.00%
7
58.33%
101st (1989-1990)
15
6
40.00%
5
33.33%
102nd (1991-1992)
15
5
0.00%
4
0.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
18
4
22.22%
4
22.22%
104th (1995-1996)
8
2
25.00%
1
12.50%
105th (1997-1998)
11
4
36.36%
2
18.18%
106th (1999-2000)
9
9
100.00%
9
100.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 101. Budget
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
2
2
100.00%
2
100.00%
97th (1981-1982)
1
1
100.00%
1
100.00%
98th (1983-1984)
1
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
99th (1985-1986)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
1
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
2
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
1
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
6
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
104th (1995-1996)
4
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
105th (1997-1998)
1
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
106th (1999-2000)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-107
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 102. Commerce, Science, and Transportation
96th-106th Congresses
Congress and
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
(Years)
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
29
25
86.21%
22
75.86%
97th (1981-1982)
19
9
47.37%
9
47.37%
98th (1983-1984)
32
20
62.50%
15
46.88%
99th (1985-1986)
21
10
47.62%
7
33.33%
100th (1987-1988)
32
15
46.88%
10
31.25%
101st (1989-1990)
44
19
43.18%
11
25.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
44
19
43.18%
11
25.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
50
19
38.00%
13
26.00%
104th (1995-1996)
24
8
33.33%
7
29.17%
105th (1997-1998)
24
10
41.67%
10
41.67%
106th (1999-2000)
36
11
30.56%
7
19.44%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 103. Energy and Natural Resources
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
40
36
90.00%
31
77.50%
97th (1981-1982)
43
23
53.49%
21
48.84%
98th (1983-1984)
47
25
53.19%
21
44.68%
99th (1985-1986)
72
41
56.94%
37
51.39%
100th (1987-1988)
99
70
70.71%
63
63.64%
101st (1989-1990)
82
50
60.98%
38
46.34%
102nd (1991-1992)
77
51
66.23%
26
33.77%
103rd (1993-1994)
49
29
59.18%
18
36.73%
104th (1995-1996)
49
25
51.02%
6
12.24%
105th (1997-1998)
52
36
69.23%
32
61.54%
106th (1999-2000)
74
54
72.97%
45
60.81%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-108
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 104. Environment and Public Works
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
42
33
78.57%
30
71.43%
97th (1981-1982)
20
14
70.00%
14
70.00%
98th (1983-1984)
43
25
58.14%
22
51.16%
99th (1985-1986)
35
13
37.14%
12
34.29%
100th (1987-1988)
28
22
78.57%
19
67.86%
101st (1989-1990)
33
22
66.67%
21
63.64%
102nd (1991-1992)
32
16
50.00%
16
50.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
54
26
48.15%
22
40.74%
104th (1995-1996)
48
34
70.83%
31
64.58%
105th (1997-1998)
32
13
40.63%
12
37.50%
106th (1999-2000)
51
27
52.94%
27
52.94%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 105. Finance
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
59
30
50.85%
30
50.85%
97th (1981-1982)
20
15
75.00%
11
55.00%
98th (1983-1984)
23
11
47.83%
8
34.78%
99th (1985-1986)
13
8
61.54%
6
46.15%
100th (1987-1988)
9
5
55.56%
5
55.56%
101st (1989-1990)
7
3
42.86%
3
42.86%
102nd (1991-1992)
45
12
26.67%
7
15.56%
103rd (1993-1994)
3
1
33.33%
1
33.33%
104th (1995-1996)
21
17
80.95%
14
66.67%
105th (1997-1998)
13
5
38.46%
3
23.08%
106th (1999-2000)
19
7
36.84%
2
10.53%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-109
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 106. Foreign Relations
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
16
14
87.50%
14
87.50%
97th (1981-1982)
11
4
36.36%
4
36.36%
98th (1983-1984)
8
6
75.00%
2
25.00%
99th (1985-1986)
9
5
55.56%
3
33.33%
100th (1987-1988)
14
6
42.86%
6
42.86%
101st (1989-1990)
15
4
26.67%
4
26.67%
102nd (1991-1992)
9
5
55.56%
4
44.44%
103rd (1993-1994)
8
3
37.50%
3
37.50%
104th (1995-1996)
11
7
63.64%
3
27.27%
105th (1997-1998)
15
5
33.33%
3
20.00%
106th (1999-2000)
18
11
61.11%
11
61.11%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 107. Governmental Affairs
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
35
24
68.57%
25
71.43%
97th (1981-1982)
21
15
0.00%
13
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
28
11
39.29%
2
7.14%
99th (1985-1986)
15
15
100.00%
14
93.33%
100th (1987-1988)
30
15
50.00%
13
43.33%
101st (1989-1990)
31
16
51.61%
13
41.94%
102nd (1991-1992)
34
21
61.76%
18
52.94%
103rd (1993-1994)
49
30
61.22%
27
55.10%
104th (1995-1996)
23
9
39.13%
7
30.43%
105th (1997-1998)
42
30
71.43%
16
38.10%
106th (1999-2000)
76
58
76.32%
55
72.37%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-110
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 108. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
97th (1981-1982)
41
22
53.66%
7
17.07%
98th (1983-1984)
63
26
41.27%
18
28.57%
99th (1985-1986)
43
18
41.86%
8
18.60%
100th (1987-1988)
61
28
45.90%
10
16.39%
101st (1989-1990)
63
30
47.62%
9
14.29%
102nd (1991-1992)
64
37
57.81%
7
10.94%
103rd (1993-1994)
51
28
54.90%
8
15.69%
104th (1995-1996)
39
19
48.72%
7
17.95%
105th (1997-1998)
46
11
23.91%
5
10.87%
106th (1999-2000)
70
34
48.57%
14
20.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 109. Select Committee on Intelligence
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
3
2
66.67%
1
33.33%
97th (1981-1982)
5
4
80.00%
0
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
9
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
99th (1985-1986)
2
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
9
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
8
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
9
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
14
5
35.71%
0
0.00%
104th (1995-1996)
7
3
42.86%
0
0.00%
105th (1997-1998)
4
4
100.00%
1
25.00%
106th (1999-2000)
4
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-111
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 110. Judiciary
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
36
15
41.67%
27
75.00%
97th (1981-1982)
57
48
84.21%
40
70.18%
98th (1983-1984)
74
46
62.16%
43
58.11%
99th (1985-1986)
88
56
63.64%
54
61.36%
100th (1987-1988)
95
50
52.63%
59
62.11%
101st (1989-1990)
40
48
0.00%
44
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
84
53
63.10%
50
59.52%
103rd (1993-1994)
41
17
41.46%
16
39.02%
104th (1995-1996)
27
10
37.04%
6
22.22%
105th (1997-1998)
50
19
38.00%
12
24.00%
106th (1999-2000)
40
26
65.00%
21
52.50%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 111. Health Education, Labor and Pensions,
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
16
12
75.00%
8
50.00%
97th (1981-1982)
9
2
22.22%
2
22.22%
98th (1983-1984)
25
9
36.00%
6
24.00%
99th (1985-1986)
19
8
42.11%
5
26.32%
100th (1987-1988)
14
9
64.29%
7
50.00%
101st (1989-1990)
18
15
0.00%
12
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
20
11
55.00%
9
45.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
12
5
41.67%
1
8.33%
104th (1995-1996)
9
5
55.56%
2
22.22%
105th (1997-1998)
17
11
64.71%
9
52.94%
106th (1999-2000)
16
1
6.25%
1
6.25%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-112
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 112. Rules and Administration
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
7
4
57.14%
4
57.14%
97th (1981-1982)
4
3
75.00%
2
50.00%
98th (1983-1984)
8
7
87.50%
5
62.50%
99th (1985-1986)
4
3
75.00%
3
75.00%
100th (1987-1988)
7
2
28.57%
1
14.29%
101st (1989-1990)
4
2
50.00%
2
50.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
5
4
80.00%
3
60.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
3
3
100.00%
2
66.67%
104th (1995-1996)
6
5
83.33%
5
83.33%
105th (1997-1998)
2
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
106th (1999-2000)
3
2
66.67%
2
66.67%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 113. Select Committee on Small Business
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
2
2
100.00%
1
50.00%
97th (1981-1982)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
2
2
100.00%
1
50.00%
99th (1985-1986)
1
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
101st (1989-1990)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
4
3
75.00%
2
50.00%
103rd (1993-1994)
4
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
104th (1995-1996)
0
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
105th (1997-1998)
2
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
106th (1999-2000)
13
5
38.46%
3
23.08%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.

CRS-113
Action on House Measures Referred to Committee:
Table 114. Veterans’ Affairs
96th-106th Congresses
House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred
Congress and
Total
Reported
Enacted into Law
(Years)
Percent of
Percent of
Referred
Referred
96th (1979-1980)
5
1
20.00%
1
20.00%
97th (1981-1982)
5
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
98th (1983-1984)
10
4
40.00%
4
40.00%
99th (1985-1986)
11
2
18.18%
0
0.00%
100th (1987-1988)
13
3
23.08%
3
23.08%
101st (1989-1990)
25
3
12.00%
3
12.00%
102nd (1991-1992)
19
10
52.63%
9
47.37%
103rd (1993-1994)
19
6
31.58%
6
31.58%
104th (1995-1996)
14
4
28.57%
4
28.57%
105th (1997-1998)
13
3
23.08%
3
23.08%
106th (1999-2000)
7
5
71.43%
5
71.43%
Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private
measures are excluded.