Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations: 109th Congress, 2nd Session

Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations: 109th Congress, 2nd Session

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Informal Congressional Groups and Member
Organizations: 109th Congress, 2nd Session
Updated November 1, 2006
Jerry W. Mansfield
Information Research Specialist
Knowledge Services Group
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

Informal Congressional Groups and Member
Organizations: 109th Congress, 2nd Session
Summary
Informal congressional groups and Member organizations are voluntary
associations of Members of Congress that operate without direct recognition in
chamber rules or line item appropriations (unlike formal leadership and party
groups). These informal groups and organizations are often collectively referred to
as congressional caucuses. Some groups have chosen names containing words such
as coalition, ad hoc committee, task force, working group, or study group.
Approximately 417 informal groups and congressional Member organizations
were operating during the second session of the 109th Congress. Of those groups, 282
were registered with the Committee on House Administration as congressional
Member organizations (CMOs) as of the last update to the 109th Congress
Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) Website dated May 5, 2005, available
at [http://cha.house.gov/oversight/109cmo.htm]. In the House of Representatives,
the term congressional Member organization refers to House and bicameral informal
groups that meet registration requirements set forth in regulations adopted by the
Committee on House Administration. Registration with the Committee is required
in order for an informal group of House Members to be recognized as a CMO. The
Senate has no comparable registration requirement or recognition for its informal
groups.
This report lists the following data for each group: leaders (e.g., officers or
coordinators), approximate number of members (when readily available from sources
consulted), and year organized (when readily available from sources consulted).
Questions regarding the status, operations, organization, and regulation of
informal groups should be directed to the following committees: Committee on
House Administration (202 225-8281); House Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct (202 225-7103); Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (202 224-
6352); and Senate Select Committee on Ethics (202 224-2981).
This report will be updated annually. A related product, CRS Report RL30301,
Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations: Selected Questions and
Responses, by Sula P. Richardson, provides information on the purposes,
organization, operations, funding, staffing, and regulation of informal congressional
groups and Member organizations.
This report was originally authored by Sula P. Richardson and Colton C.
Campbell, no longer employed with CRS. Contributions to the compilation of this
report were made by Betsy Palmer, CRS Government and Finance Analyst; Greg
Benoit; Brandon Huffman; Anthony Parr; Reginald Faison; Terence Lisbeth; and
Maria Lanzeritsch.

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How to Use This Compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
List of Tables
Table 1. House Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations . . . 4
Table 2. Bicameral Informal Groups and Congressional Member
Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 3. Senate Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations . . 59

Informal Congressional Groups and Member
Organizations: 109th Congress, 2nd Session
Introduction
Approximately 417 informal congressional groups and Member organizations
operated in the 109th Congress.1 Over the years, these unofficial Member
organizations have also been known as caucuses, coalitions, or ad hoc task forces.2
Of the known House, Senate, and bicameral groups identified, 282 House and
bicameral groups were registered as congressional Member organizations, as of May
2005.3 According to the Committee on House Administration, the term
congressional Member organization (CMO) refers solely to those House and
bicameral informal groups that have registered with the committee. This list was
prepared by consulting the list of registered CMOs and by making telephone calls to
each CMO listed to obtain figures and dates. This list of CMOs is more
1 The non-official status and informal nature of some groups make it virtually impossible
to know exactly how many groups actually exist. Sometimes founding members formally
announce a group’s establishment in a press release, in an interview for a news article, in
a newsletter, or in the Congressional Record. A group may function for some time,
however, before its existence is known to those outside its own membership. By the same
token, the abolition of a group may not be announced or readily determined.
2 Prior to the 104th Congress (1995-1997), the terms congressional Member organizations
(CMOs), informal groups, and congressional caucuses were virtually synonymous, referring
to all informal groups. Currently, however, in the House of Representatives, “congressional
Member organization” refers solely to an informal group that registers with the Committee
on House Administration and that meets the reporting requirements set forth in the
committee’s regulations.
From 1979 through 1994 (96th through 103rd Congresses), informal groups could gain
recognition as legislative service organizations (LSOs), with special administrative
arrangements accorded groups on that basis. On Jan. 4, 1995, the House adopted rules that
included a prohibition of the establishment or continuation of LSOs as defined and
authorized in the 103rd Congress (1993-1994) (“Rules of the House, H.Res. 6, Abolition of
Legislative Service Organizations,” Congressional Record, vol. 141, Jan. 4, 1995, p. 469).
Former LSOs were allowed to convert their operations into informal groups, and they could
choose to become CMOs by registering with the Committee on House Oversight (now
named Committee on House Administration).
3 Data are based upon an online listing of CMOs which was last updated on May 5, 2005,
by the Committee on House Administration. The number of CMOs is subject to frequent
change. Updated lists may be obtained online from the committee; see Members’
Congressional Handbook, at Committee on House Administration, Publications, Directories,
Congressional Member Organizations, 108th Congress, “Members (CMOs),”
[http://cha.house.gov/services/memberhandbook.htm#161], visited October 2, 2006.

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comprehensive than that prepared by the Committee on House Administration. At
least 135 informal groups are not registered as CMOs. Thirty-nine of that number are
Senate entities; the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration has no
comparable recognition or registration requirement for Senate informal groups.
Registration with the Committee on House Administration is not necessary, but the
House leadership recommends it.
Therefore, data for this compilation were obtained from several sources: directly
from the staffs of the various groups; materials supplied by the groups; the
C o m m i t t e e o n H o u s e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’ s w e b s i t e a t
[http://cha.house.gov/oversight/109cmo.htm]; and Leadership Directories, Inc.’s
Congressional Yellow Book, Spring 2006. Note that in the following tables, informal
groups registered as congressional Member organizations with the Committee on
House Administration, as of May 2005, 109th Congress, 1st session, are identified by
a “Y” in the column with the heading “CMO.”
The Committee on House Administration has promulgated the requirements for
registration as a CMO, and other provisions related to CMO funding, resources, and
communications, in regulations set forth in the Members’ Congressional Handbook.4
Under the regulations, CMOs must register with the Committee on House
Administration each Congress and provide the group’s name, statement of purpose,
officers, and employee(s) designated to work on issues related to the CMO. Further,
the regulations stipulate that CMOs:
! have no separate corporate or legal identity;
! are not employing authorities;
! may not be assigned separate office space;
! may not use the frank (nor may a Member lend his or her frank to
CMOs);
! may not have independent Web pages (but Members may use part of
their official website for CMO issues);
! may not accept goods, funds, or services from private organizations
or individuals to support the CMOs;
! may not use official funds to print or pay for CMO stationery; and
! may not be directly supported (as independent entities) from the
Members’ representational allowance (MRA).5
4 See Members’ Congressional Handbook
[http://cha.house.gov/services/memberhandbook.htm#161], visited October 2, 2006.
5 Ibid.

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How to Use This Compilation
This compilation of congressional Member organizations comprises three tables
of information about the following currently active groups: (1) House informal
groups; (2) bicameral informal groups; and (3) Senate informal groups. The tables
of Member organizations present the following information for each group:
! name;
! leader(s) (e.g., chair, president, coordinator, sponsor, etc., as
appropriate);
! approximate number of members (if available); and
! year organized (if available at the time).
Several groups have more than one leader. In some instances, the tables list the
leadership and sponsors through whose offices the group’s business is coordinated.
The organizations in each house are listed alphabetically. A keyword arrangement
was used for listing the groups in the tables and index to assist the reader in
identifying organizations by subject matter and recognizing similar or parallel groups
in the two houses of Congress. Therefore, groups have been listed so that certain first
words in a group’s name (e.g., congressional, House, Senate, ad hoc committee,
bipartisan, and bicameral) are preceded by the rest of the group’s name and a comma.
For example, the House Army Caucus is listed as, “Army Caucus, House.”
Similarly, the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues is listed as, “Women’s
Issues, Congressional Caucus for.”
The abbreviation NA (not available) has been used to indicate instances when
information was not readily available (e.g., data could not be determined from
electronic or printed sources consulted, data could not be confirmed by group staff
at this time, the group is relatively new and information is not available at this time,
or the informal nature of the group is such that the group does not have the data).
Explanatory notes and a key to abbreviations and symbols appear at the end of each
table.

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Table 1. House Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
4-H Caucus
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Y
55
2004
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
9/11 Commission Caucus
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
21st Century Health Care Caucus
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Y
43
2004
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)
2015 Caucus 3
Rep. Collin C. Peterson (DFL-MN)
Y
35
2003
Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)
Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Y
NA
2005
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Adopt a Country Caucus
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Aerospace and Space Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL)

CRS-5
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
African Trade and Investment Caucus
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA)
Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)
Afterschool Caucus
Reo. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Agriculture Energy Users Caucus, House
Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Air Force Caucus
Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Y
67
1998
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Air Medical Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
Air Power Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
—
30
1997
Airport Noise Caucus 4
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
—
28
1996
Albanian Issues Caucus
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
—
20
1991
Rep. Sue W. Kelly (R-NY)
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Rep. John W. Olver (D-MA)

CRS-6
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Alzheimer’s Disease, Congressional Task Force on
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
Y
208
1999
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
American Heritage Rivers Caucus 4
Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA)
—
NA
NA
Andean Region Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
— 11
2001
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Animals, Congressional Friends of
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
—
22
1989
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Anti-Semitism, Congressional Task Force Against 5
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
—
100
NA
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Anti-Terrorist Finance Task Force, Congressional
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (R-NY)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY)
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA)
Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus (Anti-VAT Caucus)
Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA)
Y
63
1995
Arab Boycott, Congressional Task Force to End the 4
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
—
NA
1991

CRS-7
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Armenian Issues, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)
Y
148
1995
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Army Caucus, House
Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Y
104
1987
Rep. John M. McHugh (R-NY)
Army Corps Modernization Caucus (also known as the
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Y
16
2001
Army Corps Reform Caucus)
Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-MD)
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO)
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA)
Arts Caucus, Congressional (formerly Congressional
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Y
190
1981
Member Organization for the Arts)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional
Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
Y
113
1994
Rep. Ed Case (D-HI)
Del. Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-AS)
Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA)
Autism Research and Education, Coalition on (CARE)
Rep. Michael F. Doyle (D-PA)
Y
180
2001
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Automotive Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
Y
67
1981
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)

CRS-8
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Aviation and Space Caucus, Congressional (formerly
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
—
48
1981
known as the Congressional Space Caucus)
Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL)
Azerbaijan Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Y
14
2004
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Baltic Caucus, House
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
Y
69
1997
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Bangladesh Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
—
30
2001
Rep. Peter T. King (D-NY)
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Battlefield Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA)
Bearing Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)
—
NA
1986
Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. (D-SC)
Beef Caucus, House
Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
Bike (Bicycle) Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Y
124
1997

CRS-9
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Biofuels Caucus, House 6 (formerly bipartisan, bicameral
Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)
Y
NA
1979
Congressional Alcohol Fuels Caucus);
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)
see also Biofuels Caucus, Senate
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Biomedical Research Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Y
45
1991
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ)
Biotechnology Caucus, House
Rep. Robert W. “Bob” Goodlatte (R-VA)
Y
105
1991
Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL)
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Blue Dog Coalition
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
Y
37
1995
(also known as the Blue Dog Democrats)
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
Border Caucus, Congressional 7
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX)
Y
11
NA
Brazil Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Y
48
1999
Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL)
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA)

CRS-10
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Budget Group, Democratic
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Y
NA
1983
Rep. David E. Price (D-NC)
Building a Better America Caucus 8
Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-CA)
Y
20
2000
Bulgaria Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA)
—
15
2002
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Canada Caucus, Congressional Friends of
Rep. Henry E. Brown (R-SC)
Y
84
2006
Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL)
Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
Rep. James Oberstar (DFL-MN)
Cancer Caucus, House (formerly House Cancer Awareness
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
—
77
1997
Working Group)
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R-NC)
Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH)
Caribbean Caucus
Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-OH)
Y
18
2003
Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)
Cement Caucus
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Y
44
2000
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Center Aisle Caucus, House 9
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Y
54
2005
Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)

CRS-11
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Central America, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Y
NA
NA
Central and Eastern Europe, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
Y
26
1999
(formerly Congressional Caucus on Central Europe)
Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-MI)
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA)
Y
20
2001
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (D-MD)
Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Children’s Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
Y
80
1996
Children’s Environmental Health Caucus
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Y
17
2004
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
China Caucus, Congressional
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Y
36
2005
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Climate Change Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-MD)
Y
76
2001
Rep. John W. Olver (D-MA)
Coastal Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Y
77
1995
Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)
Community College Caucus
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Y
117
2005
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
Rep. David Wu (D-OR)

CRS-12
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Community Health Care Centers, Congressional Caucus
Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
Y
113
NA
on
Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX)
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
Community Solutions and Initiatives Caucus
Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN)
Y
27
2004
Rep. Mark Green (R-WI)
Commuter Caucus, House
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
—
NA
1996
Rep. John W. Olver (D-MA)
Conservative Opportunity Society
Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
—
100
1984
Constitution Caucus, Congressional 4
Rep. J. D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
—
NA
1995
Correctional Officers Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Mark Green (R-WI)
Y
40
1999
Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA)
Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
Rep. John E. Sweeney (R-NY)
Côte d’Ivoire Congressional Caucus
Rep. John Boozman (R-AZ)
Y
10
2006
Rep. G. K. Butterfield Jr. (D-NC)
Croatian Caucus, Congressional
Rep. George Radanovich (R-CA)
Y
52
2005
Rep. Peter Viscloskey (D-IN)

CRS-13
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
Y
88
2006
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Defense Industrial Base Caucus
Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (R-IL)
—
20
2003
Rep. Timothy J. Ryan (D-OH)
Defense Study Group
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
—
100
1997
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Delaware River Basin Task Force
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Y
NA
NA
Denmark, Congressional Friends of
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Tom Lantos (R-CA)
Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA)
Department of Energy Facilities Caucus
Rep. Michael F. Doyle (D-PA)
—
NA
NA
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA)
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
Diabetes Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Y
278 1996
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)

CRS-14
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Dietary Supplement Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Y
12
NA
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
Digestive Diseases Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Sue W. Kelly (R-NY)
—
NA
2003
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Disabilities Caucus, Bipartisan
Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)
Y
47
2001
Rep. James R. Langevin (D-RI)
Rep. Major R. Owens (D-NY)
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Disaster Recovery and Response, Bipartisan Working
Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO)
—
10
2005
Group on
Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
Distributed Energy, Congressional Caucus on 11
Rep. Michael F. Doyle (D-PA)
—
20
2003
Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
Duma - Congress Study Group
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
Y
NA
1996
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
E-Waste Working Group11
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)

CRS-15
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Economic Competitiveness Caucus
Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)
Y
NA
NA
Education Caucus, House
Rep. Timothy H. Bishop (D-NY)
—
NA
1997
Electronic Warfare Working Group
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
Y
23
2000
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)
Empowered Communities Caucus
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)
—
NA
NA
Entertainment Industries Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Diane E. Watson (D-CA)
Y
35
2003
Ethiopia and Ethiopian - Americans, Congressional
Rep. Michael M. Honda (D-CA)
—
18
NA
Caucus on
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Everglades Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Y
9
2006
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Fair Alliance for Intermodal Reinvestment (FAIR)
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
—
35
2003
Fatherhood Promotion, Congressional Task Force on
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL)
—
45
1997
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)
Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Caucus
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Y
42
2005

CRS-16
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Y
79
2005
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Fitness Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Y
85
2003
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
Food Safety Caucus
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
—
29
2003
Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
Forest Task Force, Congressional
Rep. Robert W. “Bob” Goodlatte (R-VA)
Y
100
NA
Rep. Collin Peterson (DFL-MN)
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
Former Mayors Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)
Y
Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)
Fraternal Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
Y
29
2003
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Freedom of the Press, Congressional Caucus for
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Frozen Food Caucus
Rep. David Nunes (R-CA)
—
21
2003
Rep. Collin Peterson (DFL-MN)

CRS-17
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Furnishings Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
—
26
2003
Rep. Melvin L. Watt (D-NC)
Future of American Media Caucus
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Rep. Barnard Sanders (I-VT)
Gaming Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Y
23
1995
Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV)
Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (D-NJ)
Generic Drug Equity Caucus
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Y
34
1999
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Global Health Caucus, Congressional
Del. Donna Christensen (D-VI)
—
22
2005
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (D-MD)
Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL-MN)
Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-MI)
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Global Road Safety, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Goods Movement Caucus
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
Y
31
2003
Rep. David G. Reichert (R-WA)

CRS-18
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Grains Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Great Lakes Task Force
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
Y
25
1987
Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Green Scissors Caucus (formerly known as the Green
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
Y
19
1996
Scissors Coalition) 12
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Gulf Coast Rebuilding and Recovery Caucus
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Y
9
2006
Hazards Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL)
—
40
2005
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Rep. Dennis Moore(D-KS)
Hellenic Issues, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
Y
139
1996
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
Hispanic Conference, Congressional
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Y
6
2003
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)

CRS-19
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Historic Preservation Caucus
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
Y
93
2003
Rep. Michael R. Turner (R-OH)
Homeland Security Caucus
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
—
48
2003
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Horse Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)
Y
62
2001
Rep. John E. Sweeney (R-NY)
HUBZone Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
Hudson River Caucus
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
Y
13
2003
Rep. John E. Sweeney (R-NY)
Humanities Caucus, Congressional
Rep. James A. Leach (R-IA)
Y
71
2004
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Hungarian American Caucus
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
Y
13
2003
Rep. Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (R-OK)
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)

CRS-20
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Hunger Caucus, House
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Rep. James McGovern (D-WA)
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA)
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Caucus
Rep. Charles Dent (R-PA)
Y
49
2005
Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC)
Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)
Immigration Reform Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO)
Y
102
1999
Impact Aid Coalition
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
—
131
1995
Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
India and Indian Americans, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
Y
185
1993
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)

CRS-21
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Insurance Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Y
6
2005
Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention,
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
—
36
2003
Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Y
53
2001
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA)
International HIV/AIDS, Congressional Task Force on
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Y
64
1990
International Conservation Caucus
Rep. Edward R. Royce (R-CA)
Y
127
2003
Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)
Rep. John S. Tanner (D-TN)
Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)
International Worker’s Rights Caucus
Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)
Y
59
NA
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Interstate 69 Mid-Continent Highway Caucus (also known
Rep. Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
Y
30
1995
as the I-69 Caucus)
Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)
Y
5
2004
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)

CRS-22
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Iran Working Group
Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
Y
30
2002
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Iraqi Women’s Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Y
15
2003
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA)
Irish Affairs, Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
—
NA
1977
Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA)
Israel Caucus, House Republican 13
Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Y
63
1995
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA)
Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (R-NY)
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Israel Working Group, Democratic
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Y
89
2003
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D-CA)
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA)
Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus, Congressional, 4, 14
Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA)
—
120 1992
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Judicial Accountability, House Working Group on
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
—
13
2003
Rep. Lamar S. Smith (R-TX)

CRS-23
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Judicial Branch, Congressional Caucus on the
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Y
46
2003
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
Kashmir Forum
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Y
3
2002
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)
Kenya Caucus
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Y
2
2005
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)
Kidney Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Y
68
2002
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Korea, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Y
70
2003
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)
Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Labor and Working Families Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
Y
60
2003
Rep. Michael H. Michaud (D-ME)
Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D-CA)
Land Trust Caucus, House
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA)
Law Enforcement Caucus
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Y
100
1994
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)

CRS-24
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Caucus, House
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)
—
NA
1998
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Liberty Caucus
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
—
24
1998
Life Insurance Caucus
Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)
—
NA
2003
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Livable Communities Task Force 15
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
—
73
1996
Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL)
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Long Island Sound Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Y
13
1987
Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT)
Long-Term Care Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Y
20
2006
Rep. Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV)
Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Lyme Disease Caucus
Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY)
Y
13
2005
Malaysia Trade, Security, and Economic Cooperation
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
Y
13
2002
Caucus
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Management Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA)
Y
NA
NA

CRS-25
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Manufacturing Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (R-IL)
Y
88
2003
Rep. Timothy J. Ryan (D-OH)
Manufacturing, Congressional Task Force on
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Y
92
1992
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH)
Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA)
Medical and Dental Doctors in Congress Caucus
Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
Y
14
2005
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Medical Malpractice Crisis Task Force
Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Y
32
2004
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Medical Technology Caucus
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA)
Y
43
1993
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Mental Health Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)
Y
96
1991
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA)
Mentoring Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Susan A. Davis (D-CA)
Y
19
2002
Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL)
Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL-MN)
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)

CRS-26
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Methamphetamine, Congressional Caucus to Fight and
Rep. Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA)
Y
142
2001
Control
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Rep. Rick Larsen(D-WA)
Metro Congestion Caucus
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Y
5
2005
Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL)
Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)
Y
6
2005
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Military Depot and Industrial Facilities Caucus, House 16
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Y
73
1986
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Military Veterans Caucus
Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
Y
90
2001
Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA)
Rep. Collin C. Peterson (DFL-MN)
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Mine Warfare Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Y
23
NA
Mining Caucus, Congressional 17
Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV)
Y
60
1997
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)

CRS-27
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. (D-AL)
Y
140
1997
Mississippi River Caucus
Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)
—
35
1997
Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)
Mississippi River Delta Caucus
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN)
Modeling and Simulation Training Caucus
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Y
28
2005
Morocco Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Y
40
2003
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
Rep. Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ)
National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN)
Y
161
1996
Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
Del. Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-AS)
Rep. Ralph M. Hall (R-TX)
Rep. John S. Tanner (D-TN)
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
National Landscape Conservation System Caucus
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)

CRS-28
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Y
17
2006
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
National Parks Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)
Y
39
2003
Rep. Mark E. Souder (R-IN)
National Security, Democratic Study Group on
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
—
NA
2003
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
National Service Congressional Caucus
Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN)
Y
38
2005
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Native American Caucus, Congressional
Rep. J. D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
Y
111
1997
Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
Naval Network Working Group Caucus
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)
Y
4
2006
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Navy/Marine Corps Caucus
Rep. Susan A. Davis (D-CA)
Y
91
2002
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)

CRS-29
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Netherlands, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Y
29
2006
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
New Democrat Coalition
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)
Y
45
1997
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA)
Nigeria, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA)
—
17
1999
Rep. Edward R. Royce (R-CA)
North America’s Super Corridor Caucus 18
Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
Y
10
2001
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Northeast Agriculture Caucus
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
—
NA
1986
Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA)
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
Rep. Steven LaTourette R-OH)
Y
44
1976
Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA)
Northern Border Caucus, 19
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Y
52
1994
Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY)
Northwest Energy Caucus
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)
—
17
1997
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)

CRS-30
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Norway Caucus, Friends of
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Y
54
1999
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Rep. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL-MN)
Nuclear Issues Caucus
Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)
Y
18
NA
Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. (D-SC)
Nuclear Cleanup Caucus 20
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
—
25
2000
Nursing Caucus, House
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Y
97
2003
Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH)
Oceans Caucus, House
Rep. Thomas H. Allen (D-ME)
Y
64
1999
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Oil and National Security Caucus
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
Y
20
2005
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
Older Americans Caucus
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
—
100
1994
Rep. William D. Delahunt (D-MA)
Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH)

CRS-31
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Open Space Caucus
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Y
12
2005
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT)
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Oral Health Caucus
Rep. John Linder (R-GA)
Y
3
2002
Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA)
Rep. Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
Organic Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Y
49
2003
Rep. Sam Farr (D-OR)
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Rep. James Walsh (R-NY)
Out of Iraq Caucus
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
—
72
2006
POW/MIA Caucus
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Y
50
2005
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Pakistan Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Y
72
2004
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
Panama, Trade, Security, and Economic Cooperation
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Y
7
2005
Caucus
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)

CRS-32
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Paraguay Caucus, Friends of
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Parkinson’s Disease, Congressional Working Group on
Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Passenger Rail Caucus
Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ)
Y
40
2005
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Patriot Act Reform Caucus
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Peak Oil Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Y
13
2006
Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)
Peanut Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA)
—
10
1993
Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL)
Pell Grant Caucus
Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL)
Y
17
2001
Philatelic Caucus
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
—
30
1991
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)

CRS-33
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Poland Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
Y
7
2006
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Porkbusters Coalition
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)
—
NA
1991
Rep. Edward R. Royce (R-CA)
Portuguese American Caucus, House
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
—
30
NA
Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R-CA)
Prayer Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Y
22
2005
Prescription Drug Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Thomas H. Allen (D-ME)
—
22
2005
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Pro-Choice Caucus, Bipartisan 21
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Y
NA
1995
Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Property Rights Task Force
Rep. C.L. “Butch” Otter (R-ID)
—
10
2005
Public Broadcasting Caucus
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Y
113
2001
Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-OH)
Rep. Joe Schwartz (R-MI)
Public Pension Reform Caucus
Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)
—
70
1995
Public Private Partnerships Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Y
28
2003

CRS-34
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Qatari-American Economic, Strategic Defense, Cultural
Rep. Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV)
Y
35
2002
and Educational Partnership Caucus
Reading Caucus, House
Rep. Anne M. Northup (R-KY)
Y
32
1998
Real Estate Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA)
Y
106
1998
Recording Arts and Sciences Congressional Caucus
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
Y
20
2004
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Recycling Caucus, House
Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-OH)
Y
57
2006
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Refugee Caucus, Bipartisan Congressional
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI)
Y
58
2003
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, House
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Y
218
1996
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
Republican Study Committee (RSC) 22
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)
Y
100
1995
(formerly known as the Conservative Action Team
[CATS])
Research and Development Caucus
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Y
40
2004
Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ)

CRS-35
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Results Caucus 4, 23
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Y
8
1997
River of Trade Corridor Congressional Caucus
Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Y
10
2005
Rural Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Y
140
NA
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)
Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)
Rural Health Care Coalition, House
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Y
23
1987
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
Rural Housing Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)
Y
27
2003
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Rural Working Group
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
—
28
2003
Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)
Russia Democracy Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
—
NA
2003
(The Russia Democracy Caucus is affiliated with the
Congressional Human Rights Caucus)
Saudi Arabia Study Group
Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)

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Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Savings and Ownership Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Chris Chocola (R-IN)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN)
School Health and Safety Caucus, Bipartisan
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Y
49
2000
Congressional
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)
Y
110
2004
(STEM) Education Caucus, House
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Scotland Caucus, Friends of
Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Scouting Caucus, Congressional
Rep. W. Todd Akin (R-MO)
Y
38
2000
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Second Amendment Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
Serbian Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Rahm Emmanuel (D-IL)
Sex and Violence in the Media Caucus
Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)
Y
18
2003
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)

CRS-37
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Sexual Assault Violence Elimination (SAVE) Task Force
Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-OH)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Shellfish Caucus
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)
Y
23
2005
Rep. Henry Brown (R-SC)
Rep. Thelma Drake (R-VA)
Rep. Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Shipbuilding Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Singapore Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX)
Y
60
2002
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Ski and Snowboard Caucus, Congressional
Rep. John E. Sweeney (R-NY)
Y
20
2003
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Soccer Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY)
—
40
2006
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Soils Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)
Y
19
2006
Sound Science Caucus
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
—
NA
2003

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Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Spain Caucus, Congressional Friends of
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Y
14
2006
Rep. Luis Fortuño (R-PR)
Special Operations Forces Caucus
Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL)
Y
55
2002
Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Specialty Crops Caucus, House
Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)
Spina Bifida Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Y
20
2003
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Americans, Congressional
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Y
25
1999
Caucus on
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
State Maritime Academy Caucus
Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)
Y
12
2003
Rep. William D. Delahunt (D-MA)
Steel Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
Y
106
1977
Rep. Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN)
Stop DUI, Congressional Caucus to
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Y
28
2004
Rep. Jon Christopher Porter Sr. (R-NV)

CRS-39
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
—
41
2001
(SMART) Caucus
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Students to Citizens Caucus
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Y
NA
2005
Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI)
Study Group on Germany, Congressional
Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)
—
NA
NA
Submarine Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT)
Suburban Agenda Caucus
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Y
NA
NA
Sudan Caucus
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)
Y
50
2005
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Rep. Tom Tancredo(R-CO)
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)
Sugar Caucus, House
Rep. Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
—
NA
NA
Sustainable Development Caucus 24
Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-MD)
—
36
1997
Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA)
Switzerland Caucus, Friends of
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Y
35
2003
Rep. Melissa A. Hart (R-PA)

CRS-40
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
TRIO Caucus, Congressional 25
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Y
20
2004
Rep. Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
Taiwan Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Y
112
2002
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Teen Pregnancy, Congressional Advisory Panel to the
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
—
15
1996
National Campaign to Reduce (formerly known as the
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
Congressional Advisory Panel to Reduce Teen Pregnancy)
Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, Task Force on
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Y
2
NA
Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
Testing and Evaluation Caucus 4
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
—
35
2002
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Tobacco and Health, Congressional Task Force on
Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA)
—
69
1989
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA)
Trails Caucus, House
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Y
46
1997
Travel and Tourism Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Y
102
1979
Tri-Caucus, Congressional 26
Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC)

CRS-41
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Tuesday Group (formerly known as the Tuesday Lunch
Rep. Charles F. Bass (R-NH)
—
40
1993
Bunch) 27
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Turkey and Turkish Americans, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Y
70
2001
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
U.S.- Afghan Caucus
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
Y
18
2003
Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-OH)
U.S. - India Investment and Trade Relations,
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Y
NA
NA
Congressional Task Force on
Del. Eni F.H. Faleomavega
U.S./Israel Security Caucus, House
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
—
50
2003
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
U.S.- Mexico Congressional Caucus
Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA)
—
24
2003
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA)
Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA)
U.S. - Mongolia Friendship Caucus
Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)
Y
5
2005
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
USO Caucus
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
—
137
2003
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)

CRS-42
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Uganda, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Y
23
2004
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
Ukrainian Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
— 43
1997
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Unexploded Ordnance Caucus
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Y
15
2005
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Rep. Donald Manzullo (R-IL)
Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA)
United Kingdom Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA)
United Nations Working Group
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
—
NA
1996/
Rep. James A. Leach (R-IA)
1997
Rep. Anita Lowey (D-NY)
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Upper Mississippi River Basin Task Force
Rep. Jerry F. Costello (D-IL)
Y
27
1997/
Rep. Gil Gutnecht (R-MN)
1998
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Rep. James A. Leach (R-IA)

CRS-43
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Urban Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D-MI)
—
55
1991
Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH)
Victim’s Rights Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)
Y
18
2005
Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL)
Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Victory in Iraq Caucus
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Y
118
2005
Vietnam Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA)
Y
NA
2003
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Vision Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Y
87
2003
Rep. David E. Price (D-NC)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH)
Washington Waste Watchers Caucus
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Y
7
2003
Water Infrastructure Caucus
Rep. Jerry F. Costello (D-IL)
—
80
2000
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)
Rep. Paul E. Gillmor (R-OH)
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA)
Waterfront Development Caucus
Rep. Brian M. Higgins (D-NY)
Y
1
2006

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Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Waterways Caucus, Congressional
Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA)
Y
69
2004
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
West Africa Caucus, Congressional
Rep. John Boozman (R-AZ)
Y
10
2006
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA)
Western Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Y
56
1993
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Wildlife Refuge Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Y
107
2006
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Youth Challenge Caucus
Rep. Richard H. Baker (R-LA)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)
Youth Sports, Congressional Caucus on
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Y
34
2005
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Zoo and Aquarium Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Y
65
2005
Rep. Julia M. Carson (D-IN)

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Notes:
1 Groups with a “Y” in this column were registered with the Committee on House Administration as congressional Member organizations (CMOs) as of 5/18/2005 when the Committee
last updated its list online at [http://cha.house.gov/oversight/109cmo.htm].
2 In most instances, the number of Members is an approximate number rather than a precise number. Further, the number of members who belong to a group often changes throughout
a Congress.
3 The 2015 Caucus is named for the National Institutes of Health’s goal of treating cancer as a manageable disease rather than a life-threatening illness by the year 2015. The group
is a forum for Members of Congress who are cancer survivors or who are currently battling cancer. Issues with which the 2015 Caucus is concerned include cancer awareness,
treatment, and funding for research.
4 The Airport Noise Caucus, the American Heritage Rivers Caucus, the Congressional Constitution Caucus, the Congressional Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus, the Congressional
Task Force to End the Arab Boycott, the Results Caucus, and the Testing and Evaluation Caucus are inactive at this time.
5 The Congressional Task force Against Anti-Semitism is part of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.
6 The House Biofuels Caucus was formerly part of the bicameral, bipartisan Congressional Alcohol Fuels Caucus, which was created in 1979. During the 107th Congress (2001-2003),
the Alcohol Fuels Caucus changed its name and two separate entities — the House Biofuels Caucus and the Senate Biofuels Caucus — were formed.
7 The Congressional Border Caucus is a group of Members from congressional districts next to or near an international border. A group known as the Congressional Border
Caucus or House Border Caucus was created in 1983. It became inactive in 1996. It is unclear whether this is a reactivated group or a totally new group.
8 The Building a Better America Caucus focuses on building and construction issues (e.g., homebuilding; construction materials; construction related occupations, regulations, and
compliance; and affordable housing development).
9 The Center Aisle Caucus is a bipartisan group of Representatives who seek to meet, to promote civility, and work better together.
10The Congressional Caucus on Distributed Energy focuses on issues related to small scale energy production.
11 The E-Waste Working Group attempts to persuade Congress to reuse, reduce, recycle. The group leads the way in dealing with old computers and televisions by recycling and
reusing obsolete electronic equipment.
12 According to staff, in terms of focal issues, the current Green Scissors Caucus is essentially the same as an earlier group — the Green Scissors Coalition. The earlier group had been
formed in 1996, when leaders described it as “concerned with identifying wasteful and environmentally harmful government programs and eliminating such programs to ensure
both a sound economy and a sound ecology.” (Join the Bipartisan “Green Scissors Coalition,” Dear Colleague letter from Representatives Dick Zimmer, Martin Meehan, Scott
Klug, and Joseph Kennedy, May 20, 1996.)
13 The House Republican Israel Caucus was created in 1995. It became dormant for a time but was revived in late 1998.
14 Information on the status of the Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus varies. According to staff in Rep. Kaptur’s office, this group is inactive at present time.
15 The Livable Communities Task Force seeks to educate Members on the federal role in enhancing community habitability. Issues with which the group has been concerned include
mass transit tax credit; revitalization of cities through enhancing parks; preservation of affordable housing for low-income families; tax credits for homeowners who rehabilitate
or buy historic houses; and designing high performance school facilities. This task force exists only under the “New Democrat Coalition” and the chairs listed are for that
organization.

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16 The House Military Depot and Industrial Facilities Caucus is a forum for Members representing districts where military storage and maintenance facilities (i.e., depots) are
located. Issues with which the group is concerned include the prevention of closing depots and the prevention of an increase in outsourcing the work done at depots.
17 An earlier group with the same name as the Congressional Mining Caucus was organized in 1985. In 1995/1996, it became inoperative after one co-chair (Rep. Barbara Vucanovich
of Nevada) retired and the other co-chair (Rep. Bill Emerson of Missouri) died. With renewed interest in mining issues, the current group was organized in 1997.
18 North America’s Super Corridor Caucus is a forum for Members whose districts are located along Interstate-35. (Interstate 35 extends from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican border,
through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota, to Duluth, Minnesota.)
19 The Northern Border Caucus is a group of Members who represent states that share a border with Canada.
20 The Nuclear Cleanup Caucus is a group of Members who have nuclear sites in their districts.
21 Membership is based more upon Members’ voting records than responses to an invitation to join the group.
22 The current Republican Study Committee was known as the Conservative Action Team (CATs), when it was formed in 1995. A group known as the Republican Study Committee
(RSC) was organized in 1973, recognized as a legislative service organization (LSO), and remained active through 1994. One political observer described the RSC’s status
in January 1995 (when LSO status was abolished as part of a House Rules change) as follows: “the Republican Study Committee basically disbanded, and its informational
activities were taken over by the Republican Policy Committee.” (Susan Webb Hammond, Congressional Caucuses in National Policy Making, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1998, p. 212.
23 The Results Caucus is a group of “reform minded Members who share the common goal of realizing a small, smarter, more common sense government through implementation
of the Results Act.” (Rep. Richard K. Armey, “Results Act,” remarks in the House, Congressional Record, vol. 143, Sept. 5, 1997, p. 1789).
24 The Sustainable Development Caucus is a group “whose goal is to educate Members about the success stories that can and do happen when citizens sit down together and collectively
balance their needs with those of the natural environment and future generations. The caucus sponsors periodic briefings and Dear Colleague letters highlighting local
successes, which help Members make policy decisions that foster and facilitate, rather than hinder, local sustainability efforts.” (Congressional Yellow Book, Spring 2006,
vol. 32, p. 1010).
25 TRIO programs are federally funded programs that help at-risk students complete high school or go on to college. Created during the Johnson administration’s war on poverty,
the original program has expanded to include Upward Bound, Northwest Nations Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math Science and Educational Talent Search.
26 The Congressional Tri-Caucus was formed by the union of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American
Caucus to identify shared policy and political goals across multi-racial lines.
27 The Tuesday Group is made up of House Republicans who meet weekly to discuss and coordinate passage of responsible public policy. (Congressional Yellow Book, Spring
2006, p. 1010).

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Key Abbreviations and Symbols
Party Affiliation
D
Democrat
DFL
Democrat-Farmer-Labor
I
Independent
R
Republican
Other Abbreviations and Symbols
CMO
Congressional Member Organization (informal group registered with the Committee on House Administration)
NA
Not Available (information was not available from sources at this time)
— Not
Applicable

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Table 2. Bicameral Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Adoption, Congressional Coalition on
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
Y
100
1985
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)
Rep. James L. Oberstar (DFL-MN)
Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus,
Sen John Ensign (R-NV)
Y
100
1996
Congressional
Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)
Black Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Y
39
1971
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Melvin L. Watt (D-NC)
Boating Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Y
121
1990
Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Brain Injury Task Force, Congressional
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ)
Y
65
2001
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA)
California Democratic Congressional Delegation
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
—
33
1979 3
California Republican Congressional Delegation
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
—
20
Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)

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Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus,
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Y
52
2004
Congressional
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Coast Guard Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
—
NA
1997
Rep. William D. Delahunt (D-MA)
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Competitiveness Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
—
82
1986
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Caucus,
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Y
NA
NA
Congressional
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Dairy Farmer Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
Y
NA
NA
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Rep. John R. Kuhl Jr. (R-NY)
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)
Rep. Collin Peterson (DFL-MN)

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Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
E-911 Caucus, Congressional 4
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Y
23
2003
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA)
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Farmer Cooperative Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
Y
64
2002
Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln (D-AR)
Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Fire Services Caucus, Congressional
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Y
360
1987
Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD)
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Flat Tax Caucus 5
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)
Y
9
2003
Rep. Ralph M. Hall (R-TX)
French Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Y
30
2003
Rep. Jim Oberstar (DFL-MN)
Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)

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Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Glaucoma Caucus, Congressional
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)
Y
68
2000
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
Global AIDS Emergency Task Force
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Y
NA
NA
Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-OR)
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Gulf of Mexico Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL)
Y
NA
NA
Hearing Health Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Y
25
2001
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS)
Rep. James T. Walsh (R-NY)
Heart and Stroke Coalition, Congressional
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Y
347
1996
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Hispanic Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)
Y
20
1976
Rep. Raúl M.Grijalva (D-AZ)
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

CRS-52
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Hong Kong, Congressional Caucus on
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
—
NA
1996
Human Rights Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Y
251
1983
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA)
Indonesia Caucus
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Y
26
2004
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
International Anti-Piracy Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE)
Y
65
2003
Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-OR)
Rep. Robert W. “Bob” Goodlatte (R-VA)
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
International Education Study Group, House/Senate
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
—
65
1980
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Rep. James A. Leach (R-IA)
International Religious Freedom Working Group 6
Rep. Emanual Cleaver (D-MO)
—
NA
NA
Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ)
Internet Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Y
175
1996
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Rep. Robert W. “Bob” Goodlatte (R-VA)

CRS-53
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Interstate 49 Caucus (also known as the I-49 Caucus)
Rep. Charles W. Boustany (R-LA)
—
20
2003
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)
Rep. Jim McCrery (R-LA)
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
Ireland, Friends of
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
—
NA
1981
Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
Rep. James T. Walsh (R-NY)
Manufactured Housing Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
—
83
1997
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
Naval Mine Warfare Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
—
29
1998
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX)
New York State Congressional Delegation
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
—
29
1979 3
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Oil and Gas Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY)
—
NA
1994
(formerly known as Congressional Oil and Gas Forum)
Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY)
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Organ and Tissue Donation, Congressional Task Force on
Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
—
NA
1995
Pork Industry Congressional Caucus
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
—
NA
1993

CRS-54
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Port Security Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
Y
90
2003
Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)
Potato Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
—
26
2003
Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)
Rep. Collin C. Peterson (DFL-MN)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Rep. Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
Prevention Coalition, Congressional
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)
—
65
1998
Rep. James A. Leach (R-IA)
Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA)
Privacy Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)
—
NA
2001
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
Progressive Caucus, Congressional
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)
Y
53
1993
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Major R. Owens (D-NY)
Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA)
Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-CA)

CRS-55
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Property Rights Coalition, Congressional
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
—
5
1994
Rep. Lamar S. Smith (R-TX)
Public Service Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Daniel A. Akaka (D-HI)
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
—
40
2005
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA)
Religious Prisoners Congressional Task Force
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
—
NA
1998
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)
Renewal Alliance
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
—
21
1997
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)
Russia Working Group 7
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
—
NA
NA
Rep. Roger Wicker (R-AL)
Silk Road Caucus 8
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Y
27
2000
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)

CRS-56
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Songwriter’s Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Y
NA
2003
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Soybean Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond (R-MO)
—
100
1986
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Space Power Caucus
Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)
—
85
2003
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Rep. Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. (D-AL)
Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL)
Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA)
Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL)
Sportsmen’s Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
Y
315
1989
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV)
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Telehealth, Ad Hoc Steering Committee on
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
—
NA
1994
Tennessee Valley Authority Congressional Caucus
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
—
34
1982

CRS-57
Year
Group
Leader(s)/Officers/Coordinators
CMO1
Number of
Members2
Formed
Tex-21 Congressional Caucus 9
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Y
27
2001
Rep. John A. Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Vietnam Era Veterans in Congress
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA)
—
64
1978
Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)
WTO (World Trade Organization) Caucus for Farmers and
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
—
60
1999
Ranchers, Congressional
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Rep. Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
Wine Caucus, Congressional
Rep. George Radanovich (R-CA)
—
200
1998
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Wireless Telecommunications Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Y
41
2000
Rep. Charles W. “Chip” Pickering Jr. (R-MS)
Rep. Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD)
Women’s Issues, Congressional Caucus for
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Y
NA
NA
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA)
Zero AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) Caucus
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
—
5
2002
(also known as AMT Abolition Caucus)
Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
Y
105
2002
Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)
Rep. Ralph M. Hall (R-TX)

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Notes:
1 Groups with a “Y” in this column were registered with the Committee on House Administration as congressional Member organizations (CMOs) as of May 18, 2005.
2 In most instances, the number of members is an approximate number rather than an exact number. Further the number of members who belong to a group often changes throughout
the Congress.
3 The year cited for formation of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation is the year the group was recognized by the Committee on House Administration as a legislative
service organization (LSO) because the year it was organized could not be determined. Note, however, that state delegations have been forming as informal groups since the
earliest Congresses, but it would be difficult to clearly determine the year formed for the various states.
4 The E-911 Caucus (or E9-1-1 Caucus) focuses on issues surrounding 9-1-1 services and strengthening our country’s ability to better respond and communicate in times of local and
national emergencies.
5 The Flat Tax Caucus was founded in 2003 and should not be confused with an earlier group that had the same title.
6 The International Religious Freedom Working Group is a subset of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.
7 The Russia Working Group is a subset of the bicameral Congressional Human Rights Caucus.
8 The Silk Road refers to the ancient trade route through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan first explored by
Marco Polo. A goal of the Silk Road Caucus is “to help connect Central and South Asia... with the U.S., in an effort to encourage economic, cultural, and political
exchange between our countries.” (Congressional Silk Road Caucus, “About the Silk Road Caucus,”[http://www.house.gov/pitts/silkroad.htm], visited Sept. 14, 2006).
9 The Tex-21 Congressional Caucus is concerned with the achievement of transportation excellence for the 21st century in Texas. Focal issues for the group include the Transportation
Equity Act (TEA-21) reauthorization, traffic congestion, air quality, security and safety in transportation, and economic development.
Key Abbreviations and Symbols
Party Affiliation
D
Democrat
I
Independent
R
Republican
Other Abbreviations and Symbols
CMO
Congressional Member Organization (informal group registered with the Committee on House Administration)
NA
Not Available (information was not available from sources at this time)
— Not
Applicable

CRS-59
Table 3. Senate Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations
Officers/Leader(s)/Coordinators
Number of
Year
Group
Members1
Formed
Anti-Methcathinone Caucus, Senate
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE)
39
2005
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. James M. Talent (R-MO)
Auto Caucus, Senate
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
22
NA
Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
Beef Caucus, Senate
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
NA
1986
Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO)
Biofuels Caucus, Senate
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
10
2003
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln (D-AR)
Sen. James M. Talent (R-MO)
Biotechnology Caucus, Senate
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)
NA
2000
Cancer Coalition, Senate
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
26
1994
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Centrist Coalition
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
43
1995
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)
Children’s Caucus, Senate
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)
30
1983
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)

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Officers/Leader(s)/Coordinators
Number of
Year
Group
Members1
Formed
Cuba, Senate Working Group on
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
10
2003
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln (D-AR)
Sen. James M. Talent (R-MO)
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Fatherhood Promotion, Bipartisan Senate Task Force on
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
NA
1997
Great Lakes Task Force 2
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)
NA
NA
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
International Narcotics Control, Senate Caucus on
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Caucus, Senate
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
NA
1998
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
Manufactured Housing Caucus, Senate
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
15
1998
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Manufacturing, Senate Task Force on 2
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
21
NA
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)
Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children, Senate Caucus on
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)
17
2003
Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln (D-AR)
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
NATO Observer Group, Senate
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE)
28
1996
Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-OR)

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Officers/Leader(s)/Coordinators
Number of
Year
Group
Members1
Formed
National Guard Caucus, Senate
Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO)
81
1989
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Natural Hazards Caucus, Congressional
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
18
NA
Sen. John Edwards (D-NC)
Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
36
1977
Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
Norway Caucus, Senate Friends of
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
11
1999
Sen. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Nuclear Waste Cleanup, Senate
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
15
NA
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Portugal, Senate Friends of
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
10
1997
Recycling Caucus, Senate
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
2
2006
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, Senate
Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)
33
1997
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Sen. James M. Jeffords (I-VT)
Sen. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Reserve Caucus, Senate 3
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
NA
2003
Rural Education Caucus, Senate
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)
NA
NA
Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)

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Officers/Leader(s)/Coordinators
Number of
Year
Group
Members1
Formed
Rural Health Caucus, Senate
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
76
1985
Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY)
Science and Technology Caucus, Senate
Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
NA
NA
Smart Growth Task Force, Senate 2
Sen. James M. Jeffords (I-VT)
20
1999
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
Social Security, Senate Democratic Task Force on
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
NA
NA
Southwestern States Border Caucus, Senate
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
NA
NA
Steel Caucus, Senate
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)
34
NA
Sen. John D. “Jay” Rockefeller, IV (D-WV)
Steering Committee, Senate 4
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
NA
1974
Sweetener Caucus, Senate
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
NA
NA
Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Sen. Mel R. Martinez (R-FL)
Taiwan Caucus, Senate
Sen. George Allen (R-VA)
10
2003
Tourism Caucus, Senate
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
74
1980
U.S./Israel Security, Senate Caucus on
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
NA
2003
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Western Senate Coalition
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
38
1977
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)

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Notes:
1 In most instances, the number of members is an approximate number rather than an exact number. Further, the number of members who belong to a group often changes throughout
the Congress.
2 The Great Lakes Task Force, Senate Task Force on Manufacturing and Senate Smart Growth Task Force are subunits of the Senate Northeast-Midwest Coalition.
3 The Senate Reserve Caucus was created to focus on issues and provide support to United States military reserve forces and their families.
4 The Senate Steering Committee serves as a forum for discussion on issues of concern or interest to conservative Senators. “Because of the group’s informal nature, no membership
list is available.” (Congressional Yellow Book, Spring 2006, p.957).
Key Abbreviations and Symbols
Party Affiliation
D
Democrat
I
Independent
R
Republican
Other Abbreviations and Symbols
NA
Not Available (information was not available from sources at this time)
— Not
Applicable

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Index
4-H Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
9/11 Commission Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
21st Century Health Care Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2015 Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 37
Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Adopt a Country Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Adoption, Congressional Coalition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Aerospace and Space Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
African Trade and Investment Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Afterschool Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Agriculture Energy Users Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Air Force Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Air Medical Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Air Power Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Airport Noise Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 37
Albanian Issues Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Alzheimer’s Disease, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
American Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
American Heritage Rivers Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 37
Andean Region Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Animals, Congressional Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Anti-Methcathinone Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Anti-Semitism, Congressional Task Force Against . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 37
Anti-Terrorist Finance Task Force, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus (Anti-VAT Caucus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Arab Boycott, Congressional Task Force to End the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 37
Armenian Issues, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Army Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Army Corps Modernization Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Arts Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Autism Research and Education, Coalition on (CARE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Auto Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Automotive Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Aviation and Space Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Azerbaijan Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Baltic Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bangladesh Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Battlefield Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bearing Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Beef Caucus, House
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Beef Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Bike (Bicycle) Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Biofuels Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 37
Biofuels Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 50
Biomedical Research Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Biotechnology Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Biotechnology Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Black Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Blue Dog Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Boating Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Border Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 37
Brain Injury Task Force, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Brazil Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Budget Group, Democratic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Building a Better America Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 37

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Bulgaria Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
California Democratic Congressional Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 48
California Republican Congressional Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Canada Caucus, Congressional Friends of
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cancer Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cancer Coalition, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Caribbean Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cement Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Center Aisle Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 37
Central America, Congressional Caucus on
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Central and Eastern Europe, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Centrist Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Children’s Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Children’s Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Children’s Environmental Health Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
China Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Climate Change Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Coast Guard Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Coastal Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Community College Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Community Health Care Centers, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Community Solutions and Initiatives Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Commuter Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Competitiveness Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Conservative Opportunity Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Constitution Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 37
Correctional Officers Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Côte D’Ivoire Congressional Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Croatian Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cuba, Senate Working Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dairy Farmer Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Defense Industrial Base Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Defense Study Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Delaware River Basin Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Denmark, Congressional Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Department of Energy Facilities Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Diabetes Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dietary Supplement Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digestive Diseases Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Disabilities Caucus, Bipartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Disaster Recovery and Response, Bipartisan Working Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Distributed Energy, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 38
Duma - Congress Study Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
E-911 Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 48
E-Waste Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 38
Economic Competitiveness Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Education Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electronic Warfare Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Empowered Communities Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Entertainment Industries Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ethiopia and Ethiopian - Americans, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Everglades Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fair Alliance for Intermodal Reinvestment (FAIR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Farmer Cooperative Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fatherhood Promotion, Bipartisan Senate Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fatherhood Promotion, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fire Services Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fitness Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Flat Tax Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 48
Food Safety Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Forest Task Force, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Former Mayors Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fraternal Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Freedom of the Press, Congressional Caucus for
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
French Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Frozen Food Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Furnishings Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Future of American Media Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Gaming Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Generic Drug Equity Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glaucoma Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Global AIDS Emergency Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Global Health Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Global Road Safety, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Goods Movement Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Grains Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Great Lakes Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 51, 54
Green Scissors Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 38
Gulf Coast Rebuilding and Recovery Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Gulf of Mexico Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Hazards Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hearing Health Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heart and Stroke Coalition, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hellenic Issues, Congressional Caucus on
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hispanic Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hispanic Conference, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Historic Preservation Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Homeland Security Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hong Kong, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Horse Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
HUBZone Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hudson River Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Human Rights Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Humanities Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hungarian American Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hunger Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Immigration Reform Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Impact Aid Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
India and Indian Americans, Congressional Caucus on
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Indonesia Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Insurance Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention, Congressional Caucus on
. . . . . . . . . . 17
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
International HIV/AIDS, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
International Anti-Piracy Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
International Conservation Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
International Education Study Group, House/Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
International Narcotics Control, Senate Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
International Religious Freedom Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 48
International Worker’s Rights Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Internet Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Interstate 49 Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Interstate 69 Mid-Continent Highway Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Iran Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Iraqi Women’s Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ireland, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Irish Affairs, Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Israel Caucus, House Republican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 38
Israel Working Group, Democratic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 37, 38
Judicial Accountability, House Working Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Judicial Branch, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Kashmir Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Kenya Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Kidney Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Korea, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Labor and Working Families Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Land Trust Caucus, House
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Law Enforcement Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Liberty Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Life Insurance Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Livable Communities Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 38
Long Island Sound Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Long-Term Care Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lyme Disease Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Malaysia Trade, Security, and Economic Cooperation Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Management Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Manufactured Housing Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manufactured Housing Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Manufacturing Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Manufacturing, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Manufacturing, Senate Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 54
Medical and Dental Doctors in Congress Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Medical Malpractice Crisis Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Medical Technology Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mental Health Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mentoring Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Methamphetamine, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Metro Congestion Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Military Depot and Industrial Facilities Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 38
Military Veterans Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mine Warfare Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mining Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 38
Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children, Senate Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mississippi River Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mississippi River Delta Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Modeling and Simulation Training Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Morocco Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
NATO Observer Group, Senate
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
National Guard Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
National Landscape Conservation System Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
National Marine Sanctuary Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
National Parks Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
National Security, Democratic Study Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
National Service Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Native American Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Natural Hazards Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Naval Mine Warfare Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Naval Network Working Group Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Navy /Marine Corps Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Netherlands, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
New Democrat Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
New York State Congressional Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Nigeria, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
North America’s Super Corridor Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 38
Northeast Agriculture Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Northeast - Midwest Congressional Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Northeast - Midwest Senate Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Northern Border Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 38
Northwest Energy Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Norway Caucus, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Norway Caucus, Senate Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Nuclear Cleanup Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 38
Nuclear Issues Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Nuclear Waste Cleanup, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Nursing Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Oceans Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Oil and Gas Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Oil and National Security Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Older Americans Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Open Space Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Oral Health Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Organ and Tissue Donation, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Organic Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Out of Iraq Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
POW/MIA Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pakistan Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Panama, Trade Security, and Economic Cooperation Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Paraguay Caucus, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Parkinson’s Disease, Congressional Working Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Passenger Rail Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Patriot Act Reform Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Peak Oil Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Peanut Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Pell Grant Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Philatelic Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Poland Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Pork Industry Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Porkbusters Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Port Security Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Portugal, Senate Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Portuguese American Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Potato Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Prayer Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Prescription Drug Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Prevention Coalition, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Privacy Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Pro-Choice Caucus, Bi-Partisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 38
Progressive Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Property Rights Coalition, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Property Rights Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Public Broadcasting Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Public Pension Reform Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Public Private Partnerships Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Public Service Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Qatari-American Economic, Strategic Defense, Cultural and Educational Partnership Caucus . 28
Reading Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Real Estate Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Recording Arts and Sciences Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Recycling Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Recycling Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Refugee Caucus, Bipartisan Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Religious Prisoners Congressional Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Renewal Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Republican Study Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 38
Research and Development Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Reserve Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 54
Results Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 37, 38
River of Trade Corridor Congressional Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rural Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rural Education Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rural Health Care Coalition, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rural Health Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rural Housing Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rural Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Russia Democracy Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Russia Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 48
Saudi Arabia Study Group
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Savings and Ownership Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
School Health and Safety Caucus, Bipartisan Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Science and Technology Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus, House . . . . . 30
Scotland Caucus, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Scouting Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Second Amendment Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Serbian Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sex and Violence in the Media Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sexual Assault Violence Elimination (SAVE) Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Shellfish Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Shipbuilding Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Silk Road Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 48
Singapore Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Ski and Snowboard Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Smart Growth Task Force, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54
Social Security, Senate Democratic Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Soccer Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Soils Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Songwriter’s Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Sound Science Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Southwestern States Border Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Soybean Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Space Power Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Spain Caucus, Congressional Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Special Operations Forces Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Specialty Crops Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Spina Bifida Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sportsmen’s Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Americans, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
State Maritime Academy Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Steel Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Steel Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering Committee, Senate
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54
Stop DUI, Congressional Caucus to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow (SMART) Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Students to Citizens Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Study Group on Germany, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Submarine Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Suburban Agenda Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sudan Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sugar Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Sustainable Development Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 38
Sweetener Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switzerland Caucus, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TRIO Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 38
Taiwan Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Taiwan Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Teen Pregnancy, Congressional Advisory Panel to the National Campaign to Reduce
. . . . . . . 33
Telehealth, Ad Hoc Steering Committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tennessee Valley Authority Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Testing and Evaluation Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 37
Tex-21 Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 49
Tobacco and Health, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tourism Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Trails Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Travel and Tourism Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tri-Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 38
Tuesday Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 39
Turkey and Turkish Americans, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
U.S. - Afghan Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
U.S. - India Investment and Trade Relations, Congressional Task Force on
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
U.S./Israel Security Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
U.S./Israel Security, Senate Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
U.S. - Mexico Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
U.S. - Mongolia Friendship Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
USO Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Uganda, Congressional Caucus on
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ukrainian Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Unexploded Ordnance Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
United Kingdom Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
United Nations Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Upper Mississippi River Basin Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Urban Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Victim’s Rights Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Victory in Iraq Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vietnam Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vietnam Era Veterans in Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Vision Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
WTO Caucus for Farmers and Ranchers, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Washington Waste Watchers Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Water Infrastructure Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Waterfront Development Caucus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Waterways Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
West Africa Caucus, Congressional
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Western Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Western Senate Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Wildlife Refuge Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Wine Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Wireless Telecommunications Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Women’s Issues, Congressional Caucus for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Youth Challenge Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Youth Sports, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Zero AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Zoo and Aquarium Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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