For other versions of this document, see http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RL31075 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Order Code RL31075 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000 August 9, 2001 R. Eric Petersen Analyst in American National Government Government and Finance Division Richard S. Beth Specialist in the Legislative Process Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service ~ The Library of Congress Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000 Summary The use of committees as crucial centers of policymaking, oversight of federal agencies, and public education is an organizing principle of the contemporary Congress. Committees are presumed to be the primary locus through which the work of Congress is organized, and where public policy proposals first receive substantive consideration. By using committees, the Senate enables itself to manage a large volume of legislative, investigative and oversight activity, and support the representational duties of and Senators. The focus of the workload and activity indicators presented in this report is action on legislative measures referred to committees. These indicators illuminate certain kinds of congressional workload and activity. Generally, the numbers of measures referred vary considerably from committee to committee. This variation is mainly a function of the committee's jurisdiction; the wider the jurisdiction, the more measures will likely be referred to it. The forms of measures referred also vary with committee jurisdiction. The rates of reporting bills also vary significantly from committee to committee. As with figures for referrals to committees, these variations probably reflect different jurisdictionalcharacteristics, as well as intensified activity in different jurisdictions over time. Also, some committees' percentage of the total reported is much lower than their percentage of the total referred. As with measures reported, the data on measures enacted into law reveal no consistent pattern. Variable committee workloads, along with the impact of social, economic, and political changes or demands, all appear to contribute to committee activity levels. What can be said is that measures enacted are consistently a small percentage of measures referred. For example, in the 106th Congress, 744 bills and joint resolutions, or 10.43% of the 7,132 measures referred to Senate committees, were enacted into law. Committee indicators illuminate only certain kinds of congressional workload and activity. By themselves, none of the indicators presented may be regarded as sufficient indicators of the intensity or quality of overall Senate committee activity. Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Forms of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Referral Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Action on Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Measures Reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Measures Enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Measures Referred and Committee Workloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 What the Indicators Tell Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Committee Activity Not Fully Captured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Aspects of Workload Not Considered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Senate Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 House Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Measures Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions by Senate Committee . . . . . . . . . 84 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions by Senate Committee . . . . . . . . . 103 List of Figures Figure 1. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred and Reported in Senate, and Enacted into Law, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 2. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate: Percent Reported and Enacted, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 List of Tables Table 1. Presentations of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Table 2. Summary of Legislative Measures Referred to Senate Committees, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: . . . . . . . . 13 Table 3. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Table 4. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Table 5. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Table 6. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Table 7. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Table 8. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Table 9. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Table 10. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Table 11. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Table 12. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Table 13. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Table 14. 95th Congress (1977-1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Table 15. 94th Congress (1975-1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Table 16. 93rd Congress (1973-1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: . . . . . . . . 27 Table 17. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table 18. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Table 19. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Table 20. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Table 21. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Table 22. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Table 23. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Table 24. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Table 25. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Table 26. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Table 27. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Table 28. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Table 29. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Table 30. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Table 31. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Table 32. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Table 33. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table 34. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Table 35. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Table 36. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Table 37. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Table 38. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Table 39. 95th Congress (1977-1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Table 40. 94th Congress (1975-1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Table 41. 93rd Congress (1973-1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Table 42. 106th Congress (1999-2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Table 43. 105th Congress (1997-1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Table 44. 104th Congress (1995-1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Table 45. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Table 46. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Table 47. 101st Congress (1989-1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Table 48. 100th Congress (1987-1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Table 49. 99th Congress (1985-1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Table 50. 98th Congress (1983-1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Table 51. 97th Congress (1981-1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Table 52. 96th Congress (1979-1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Measures Referred to Committees: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Table 53. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Table 54. Appropriations, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Table 55. Armed Services, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Table 56. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . 66 Table 57. Budget, 94th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Table 58. Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . 68 Table 59. Energy and Natural Resources, 96th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Table 60. Interior and Insular Affairs, 93rd-95th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Table 61. Environment and Public Works, 96th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Table 62. Public Works, 93rd-95th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Table 63. Finance, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Table 64. Foreign Relations, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Table 65. Governmental Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Table 66. District of Columbia, 93rd-94th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Table 67. Post Office and Civil Service, 93rd-94th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Table 68. Indian Affairs, 95th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Table 69. Select Committee on Intelligence, 95th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Table 70. Judiciary, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Table 71. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . 80 Table 72. Rules and Administration, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Table 73. Select Committee on Small Business, 95th-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . 82 Table 74. Veterans' Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Table 75. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Table 76. Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Table 77. Armed Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Table 78. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Table 79. Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Table 80. Commerce, Science, and Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Table 81. Energy and Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Table 82. Interior and Insular Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Table 83. Environment and Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Table 84. Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Table 85. Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Table 86. Foreign Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Table 87. Governmental Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Table 88. District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Table 89. Post Office and Civil Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Table 90. Indian Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Table 91. Select Committee on Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Table 92. Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Table 93. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Table 94. Rules and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Table 95. Select Committee on Small Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Table 96. Veterans' Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Table 97. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Table 98. Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Table 99. Armed Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Table 100. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Table 101. Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Table 102. Commerce, Science, and Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Table 103. Energy and Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Table 104. Environment and Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Table 105. Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Table 106. Foreign Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Table 107. Governmental Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Table 108. Select Committee on Indian Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Table 109. Select Committee on Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Table 110. Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Table 111. Health Education, Labor and Pensions, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Table 112. Rules and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Table 113. Select Committee on Small Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Table 114. Veterans' Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000 Introduction In an often repeated summary of the work of Congress, political scientist and future President Woodrow Wilson observed that "... Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work."1 The use of committees as crucial centers of policy making, oversight of federal agencies, and public education continues to be an organizing principle of the contemporary Congress. Committees are presumed to be the primary locus through which the work of Congress is organized, and where public policy proposals first receive substantive consideration. From the introduction of a legislative initiative, committees and their Members are involved in: ! deciding which initiatives will go forward, and which will receive no further consideration; ! managing the progress of an initiative through floor consideration; ! resolving differences in initiatives passed by both chambers; and ! overseeing the implementation of public policies. The committee work of the Senate is dispersed among standing and select or special committees. Standing committees are permanent committees established by Senate Rule XXV that handle the majority of the work. Select committees are usually established by separate resolutions of the Senate. Often a select committee is established because the existing standing committee system does not provide for an issue to be addressed comprehensively by a single committee, or because a particular event sparks interest in an investigation. A select committee may be permanent or temporary.2 1 Woodrow Wilson, Congressional Government, A Study in American Politics (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. Originally published 1885), p. 69. 2 Instead of "select," the Senate sometimes uses the term "special" committee. There is no substantive difference between a select and a special committee; the designation depends merely on what the resolution creating the committee calls it. CRS-2 Committees enable the Senate to manage a large volume of legislative, investigative and oversight activity, and support the representational duties of Senators.3 In the Senate, the committee system handles several thousand legislative measures and nearly 100,000 nominations submitted during each 2-year Congress. Senate Rule XXV defines the jurisdiction of each standing committee and details the topic areas in which a committee may consider legislation and conduct oversight. When a legislative measure is introduced in the Senate, it is typically referred to one or more standing committees according to their jurisdictions.4 Referrals are made by matching the subject matter of the measure to the committee with jurisdiction over that subject. Most standing committees authorize and recommend funding levels for government operations and for new and existing programs.5 The resolutions which create select and special committees typically assign specific areas of investigation or study. Legislative activity in the Senate usually begins with the introduction of a measure (bill or resolution) and its referral to a committee. All data on bills and resolutions in this report take account only of measures that receive referral to a Senate committee. Committees typically act on measures referred to them by determining which to report to the Senate for further action. Committees are also principally responsible for coordinating both the consideration by the full Senate of measures within their respective jurisdictions and the subsequent progress of those measures to enactment or final approval. The referral, reporting, and enactment of measures represent key dimensions of Senate committees' workload and activity. Data on these subjects shed light on overall patterns, highlight significant trends, and suggest the effects of institutional changes over time, such as rules changes and shifts in committee jurisdictions. Data in this report on both measures referred and action taken thereon are presented in two distinct ways: (1) by Congress, and (2) by committee. Each of these presentations permits considering the work of Senate committees in a different context. Where the data are organized by Congress, each table covers a single Congress, and gives data for all committees in that Congress. Where they are organized by committee, each table covers a single committee, and gives data for the entire period covered. Examining committee activity by Congress offers a committee-oriented perspective on the legislative activity of the entire body, and reveals detailed patterns for the entire committee system across time. Data presented by committee demonstrate the ebb and flow of activity by individual 3 For a discussion of the roles of committees in Congress, see Roger H. Davidson and Walter J. Oleszek, Congress and Its Members, 7th ed. (Washington: CQ Press, 2000), pp. 197-226. 4 See CRS Report 98-242, Committee Jurisdiction and Referral in the Senate. 5 A few Senate committees have other functions. For example, the Senate Budget Committee establishes aggregate levels for total spending and revenue and, within functional budget categories, new budget authority and outlays; these aggregates serve as guidelines for the work of the authorizing and appropriating panels. CRS-3 committees, permit the work of specific committees to be tracked, and illuminate differences among committees in how they carry out their work. Data are also broken down by the chamber (Senate or House) in which the measures originated. They cover the 93rd through 106th Congress (1973-2000), and include all Senate standing, select, and special committees that received referrals.6 Information regarding measures was collected through searching the Bill Summary and Status sections of the Legislative Information System (LIS).7 Table 1 summarizes these distinctions, and provides a guide to the presentation of data, by identifying which tables below display figures in each of the various forms described. Table 1. Presentations of Data Chamber of Indicator Presentation origin of Tables measures Measures referred to Senate Senate 3-16 committees House 17-27 by Congress Senate 28-41 Action on legislative measures referred to Senate committees House 42-52 Measures referred to Senate Both 53-74 committees by committee Action on legislative measures Senate 75-96 referred to Senate committees House 97-114 6 Most select and special committees are not authorized to consider and report legislative measures to the Senate. However, the Senate has given legislative reporting authority to the Ethics and Intelligence committees. 7 The LIS is an Internet-based database of congressional activity maintained by Congress and the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Congressional users can access the data base at [http://www.congress.gov/]. Public users can access the database through THOMAS, a service of the Library of Congress, at [http://thomas.loc.gov/]. Data from LIS were collected from the earliest available records through the end of the 106th Congress (1999-2000). Information for Senate-originated measures is available on LIS from the 93rd Congress, 1973-1974. Information on House measures adopted by the House and subsequently referred to Senate committees is available from the 96th Congress (1979-1980). CRS-4 All data presented cover only measures that were referred to a Senate committee.8 As detailed in the Appendix, however, measures not referred may, under a variety of circumstances, still be reported from Senate committees, considered on the Senate floor, or enacted. Even in the absence of referral, these forms of Senate action normally still entail activity by the committees under whose jurisdiction the measures fall. The data presented do not reflect this activity, and to that extent tend to understate the level of work Senate committees may perform. Generally, these omissions arise from obstacles in the data compilation process. As currently deployed, LIS offers the ability to track measures originated by Senate committees only since the 104th Congress. The disposition of measures passed by the House and held at the desk in the Senate or Senate measures sent directly to the floor cannot be identified through available electronic search strategies. With a combination of manual search and changes in LIS search strategies, it may be possible to develop indicators which account for these data. The eventual development of additional measures of committee activity would help to paint a more complete, nuanced picture of Senate committees, and Congress in general. Measures Referred Forms of Measure Data on measures referred are broken down according to the types of measure Congress considers: bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and simple resolutions.9 Of these, only bills and joint resolutions are lawmaking vehicles. These measures are introduced10 when the intent is to enact law. Because both bills and joint resolutions are 8 All data on bills and resolutions exclude private measures, which are those that propose to confer specified benefits on named individuals. For further information on private legislation see Richard S. Beth, "Private Bill," in The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson and Morton Keller, eds. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995) pp. 1626-1627; and Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress, 5th ed. (Washington: CQ Press, 2000), pp. 526-527. The data on matters referred to and receiving action by Senate committees exclude information on the executive business of the Senate (nominations and treaties). See CRS Report 98-709, Senate Executive Business and the Executive Calendar and CRS Report 98-384, Senate Consideration of Treaties. 9 See CRS Report 98-706, Bills and Resolutions: Examples of How each Kind is Used and CRS Report 98-728, Bills, Resolutions, Nominations and Treaties: Origins, Deadlines, Requirements and Uses. 10 Formally, bills are introduced, while any kind of resolution is submitted. In contexts referring to both bills and resolutions, and where the distinction is not material, the following pages sometimes use the term "introduced" to encompass also the submission of resolutions. CRS-5 lawmaking vehicles, the data presentations in this report combine measures of both kinds into one class.11 Measures originating in the House of Representatives reach the Senate only if the House passes them.12 Accordingly, the present data take account only of House bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions that pass the House. Due to the fact simple resolutions of the House are never transmitted to the Senate for action, they are never referred to Senate committees, and the tables on House measures referred to Senate committees do not include figures on simple resolutions. In the tables on measures referred that are organized by Congress, the number of measures of each type referred to each Senate committee is also presented as a percentage of the total number of measures of that type that were referred to all Senate committees in each Congress. These percentages, read vertically, reveal the distribution of legislative measures by committee in each Congress. Referral Trends Generally, the numbers of measures referred vary considerably from committee to committee (Tables 3-27). This variation is mainly a function of the committee's jurisdiction; the wider the jurisdiction, the more measures will likely be referred to it. For example, the Committee on Finance receives many bills because tax policy attracts so many legislative proposals. The forms of measures referred also vary with committee jurisdiction. Due to the fact the management and rule setting of the Senate falls within its jurisdiction, the Committee on Rules and Administration receives a disproportionate share of the simple resolutions referred to committees. Similarly, a greater percentage of concurrent resolutions are referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations than to other committees, because these measures often express the non-binding sense of Congress in matters of international relations. Table 2 shows the aggregate number of Senate and House measures referred to Senate committees in each Congress. In general, Senate-originated bills and joint resolutions reveal no consistent pattern across the period observed. At the beginning of the period, there is a pattern of irregular growth between the 93rd and 101st Congresses 11 Joint resolutions also are used to propose constitutional amendments. These are not lawmaking measures, in the strict sense of the term. If passed, they are not presented to the President for action, but rather transmitted to the States for ratification. The data in this report include joint resolutions referred to committees and reported to the Senate for purposes of amending the Constitution, but not their ratification. This affects chiefly the Committee on the Judiciary, which has jurisdiction over proposed constitutional amendments. No constitutional amendments were adopted by Congress between 1973 and 2000. The 27th Amendment, regulating congressional salaries, was ratified on May 7, 1992. It was adopted by the First Congress (1789-1790) on September 25, 1789. 12 As with the introduction of measures, bills are passed, while resolutions are adopted. In contexts referring to both bills and resolutions, and where the distinction is not material, the report sometimes uses "passed" to encompass agreement to resolutions as well. CRS-6 (1979-1990), before a brief leveling in the 102nd Congress (1991-1992). Sharp decreases followed in the 103rd and 104th Congresses (1993-1996). At the end of the period, an upturn occurs in the 106th Congress (1999-2000). The data reveal a relatively irregular pattern in the numbers of Senate concurrent resolutions referred, as well. Unlike the pattern for bills and joint resolutions, it includes a sharp drop of nearly 50% between the 102nd and 103rd Congresses, (1991-1994). This was followed by a more gradual but significant decline in the 103rd through 105th Congresses (1993-1998). In the 106th Congress, the number of referrals returned to levels seen before the decline. After a period of steady growth through the 1970s, the number of simple resolutions handled by Senate committees peaked at 540 in the 96th Congress (1979-1980). They fell steadily throughout the 1980s. Through the 1990s, the number of Senate simple resolutions was relatively flat. The Senate referred between one half and one quarter as many House concurrent resolutions, joint resolutions and bills as Senate measures to its committees. Among House measures referred to Senate committees, House concurrent resolution referrals peaked in the 100th Congress (1987-1988), after several years of growth. There followed a period of declining referrals of this type of measure until the 104th Congress (1995-1996), and increases during the 105th and 106th Congresses (1997-2000). Referral of House joint resolutions and bills generally rose, peaking at 450 during the 102nd Congress (1991- 1992), before declining sharply during the 103rd through 105th Congresses (1993-1998). In the 106th Congress (1999-2000), the trend reversed with the number of referrals of House bills and joint resolutions higher than in the previous three Congresses. In the aggregate, the referral activity indicators do not reveal consistent patterns. This irregularity may reflect the limited scope of the indicators themselves, rather than being an explicit statement of actual committee workload. Nevertheless, some preliminary conclusions may be drawn. For example, the downward trend in public bills and joint resolutions referred during the middle and late 1990s appears connected at least in part with the adoption by the House of a ban on consideration of legislation designating special days, weeks, or months for commemoration. Over the years, the Senate has revised its procedures for introducing commemorative legislation as well.13 In the period after the House decision, Senate-originated action on commemorative legislation declined significantly, presumably because the chamber recognized that the House would not consider those measures. The change was demonstrated in the workload of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, which has jurisdiction over commemorative legislation. The Judiciary Committee saw a 60.5% decrease in bills and joint resolutions referred to it in the 104th Congress. The lack of consistent pattern is also demonstrated by the number of referrals to the Committee on Judiciary. Following the commemorative ban and decline in referrals during the 104th Congress, the number of measures referred to the committee in the 105th and 106th Congresses returned to levels seen prior to the commemorative ban. 13 See CRS Report 98-662, Commemorative Legislation: Evolution and Procedures, by Stephen Stathis. CRS-7 Table 2. Summary of Legislative Measures Referred to Senate Committees, 93rd-106th Congresses House Concurrent House-Passed Bills Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Senate Bills and Joint Congress Resolutions and Joint Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions 93rd (1973-1974) NA NA 246 98 3542 94th (1975-1976) NA NA 411 162 3085 95th (1977-1978) NA NA 387 84 3838 96th (1979-1980) 37 385 540 114 2733 97th (1981-1982) 38 284 435 108 2789 98th (1983-1984) 29 381 393 127 2934 99th (1985-1986) 38 370 332 130 2731 100th (1987-1988) 54 435 298 120 2778 101st (1989-1990) 41 374 167 118 3124 102nd (1991-1992) 39 450 185 106 3281 103rd (1993-1994) 27 365 144 58 2466 104th (1995-1996) 24 284 118 65 1943 105th (1997-1998) 53 293 174 97 2004 106th (1999-2000) 81 374 214 112 3194 S o u r c e : Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-8 Action on Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Data presented here about action that occurred on the measures referred to Senate committees relate only to bills and joint resolutions. These are the only measures that can become law, and for most committees, represent the great preponderance of measures referred. Specifically, the pertinent tables report the numbers of bills and joint resolutions that were: (1) referred to committee, (2) reported from committee, and (3) enacted into law.14 The first group of data, on bills and joint resolutions referred, repeats the corresponding figures from the tables on referrals. The remaining data reflect only actions that occurred on these referred measures. Excluded, accordingly, are any bills and joint resolutions originated by Senate committees, because these are reported without having been referred. Also excluded are any measures that were enacted into law without having been referred to a Senate committee. For this reason, total legislative activity for all committees, as presented here, falls short, in general, of the aggregate legislative activity of the Senate as a whole.15 14 Joint resolutions introduced to amend the Constitution are included in referral columns and, if they are reported to the Senate, the reported column. Those passed by both houses and sent to the states for ratification, however, are not included in the enacted columns. 15 Generally, measures are referred to committee for consideration. In at least three circumstances, however, a measure may receive consideration by the Senate without being referred. First, bills and joint resolutions may avoid Senate committee referral by being placed directly on the Senate Calendar when introduced, under Rule XIV. Similarly, simple and concurrent resolutions may, when submitted, be "laid over, under the rule" rather than referred. Also, measures of any form may, by unanimous consent, receive immediate floor consideration when introduced. Even if the data took account of these measures, none would appear as a measure referred. Also, even though these measures become available for floor consideration, no committee reports them. As a result, even if the data took account of these measures, they would still not appear as measures reported. On the other hand, those enacted into law would appear as additional to the ones counted in the tables. Second, Senate rules permit committees to report original measures. By this means, committees may in effect introduce new bills and resolutions through the act of reporting them. These measures are accordingly reported without being referred. Even if the data took account of them, they would not appear as measures referred. They would, however, appear as measures reported, in addition to those reflected in the present data. Similarly, those enacted would appear as additional to the ones counted in the present tables. Finally, when the Senate receives a measure passed by the House, it often holds the (continued...) CRS-9 In the tables on action on measures referred that are organized by Congress, the number of measures of each type referred to each Senate committee is also presented as a percentage of the total number of measures of that type that were referred to all Senate committees in the given Congress. These percentages reveal the distribution of legislative measures reported and enacted by committees in that Congress. In the tables on actions that are organized by committee, the number of measures at each stage after referral to each Senate committee is also presented as a percentage of the total number of measures that were referred to that committee in that Congress. These percentages reveal that the process of selection among measures referred results in a low number of measures reported, and a still lower number of measures enacted into law. Measures Reported Once a measure is referred to committee, it normally can reach the Senate floor only if the committee reports it back to the Senate. Committees, however, have no general obligation to report any measure referred. Also, because any Senator may introduce a measure on any subject at any time, a committee may have before it numerous alternative proposals dealing with any given issue. Committees are usually unlikely to report more than one of the proposals. Accordingly, the summary tables for the House and Senate in each Congress, Tables 28-52, show a large number of bills that received no further action. In the 106th Congress, approximately one in five measures was reported back to the Senate for further consideration. The rates of reporting bills also vary significantly from committee to committee. Like figures for referrals to committees, these variations probably reflect different jurisdictional characteristics, as well as intensified activity in different jurisdictions over time. Also, some committees' percentage of the total reported is much lower than their percentage of the total referred. For instance, in the 106th Congress the Finance Committee received more than one quarter of all measures referred to Senate committees, but reported less than 3% of all Senate measures reported by Senate committees. This pattern mainly reflects the committee's role of screening large numbers of discrete revenue and tariff measures. Conversely, in the 102nd Congress the Judiciary Committee received 18.67% of all bills and joint resolutions passed by the House and referred to the Senate and 14.68% of similar Senate-originated measures referred to Senate committees, but reported 63.1% of 15 (...continued) measure at the desk rather than referring it. This action facilitates the subsequent process of resolving differences between the House measure and a Senate companion measure. When the two houses initially act on separate measures in this way, further action normally occurs on only one of them. Whichever measure proceeds to enactment, the present data count the referral and reporting of the Senate measure. The House measure does not appear as referred or reported, and would not so appear even if the data did take account of these House measures. Finally, however, in cases when the Senate measure is enacted, the present data record this outcome, but when the House measure is enacted, they do not record the enactment at all. If the data reflected these House measures, those enacted would appear as additional to the ones counted in the present tables. CRS-10 House measures and 33.52% of Senate measures to the Senate. A large reason for these levels was the Committee's jurisdiction over commemorative legislation; many of these reported measures were joint resolutions commemorating certain days or occasions. After the curtailment of commemorative legislation in both chambers, the Judiciary Committee in the 104th Congress (1995-1996) considered 9.51% of House-passed measures referred to the Senate and reported 37.04% of all House measures reported to the Senate. During the same period, the Committee considered 9.55% of Senate measures referred to committees and reported 21.43% of all Senate measures reported. Measures Enacted As with measures reported, the data on measures enacted into law reveal no consistent pattern. Variable committee workloads, along with the impact of social, economic, and political changes or demands, all appear to contribute to committee activity levels. Further, the procedural practice of referring, reporting and passing legislation on the same subject matter in both chambers, but using one chamber's bill number for final enactment, has the effect of depressing the percentage enacted of the other chamber.16 What can be said is that measures enacted are consistently a small percentage of measures referred. For example, in the 106th Congress, 744 bills and joint resolutions, or 10.43% of the 7,132 measures referred to Senate committees, were enacted into law. 17 Figure 1 displays the numerical relationship among measures referred, reported and enacted in the 93rd-106th Congresses. Figure 2 displays the same data as percentages of measures referred over the same period. 16 Ibid. 17 The total number of public laws enacted during the 106th Congress was 580. In some cases several of the measures passed by Congress were enacted as components larger, omnibus measures. CRS-11 Figure 2. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate: Percent Reported and Enacted, 93rd-106th Congresses Figure 1. Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred and Reported in Senate, and Enacted into Law, 93rd-106th Congresses Measures Referred and Committee Workloads Each of the indicators for which this report provides data reflects an aspect of the workload of Senate committees, broadly understood. By themselves, none may be CRS-12 regarded as a sufficient indicator of the intensity or quality of overall Senate committee activity; each has its own limitations. Focusing on one or two indicators could lead to faulty or incomplete conclusions. Any meaningful assessment of workload must take into account several indicators, and must reflect a clear understanding of what each is describing. Generalizing about specific aspects of activity or workload may better rest on combined use of all appropriate indicators, rather than on any one. What the Indicators Tell Us. Data on measures referred to committee may only with caution be interpreted as providing information about actual workloads. Sizable shifts in numbers may reflect changes in Senate practice, rather than in political conditions or emergent policy issues. Increase or decrease in the number of bills or joint resolutions referred, reported or enacted need not mean that policy demands have abated or multiplied. Perhaps issues that were previously subject to legislative activity have merely been transferred to administrative fora. Perhaps the Senate is "packaging" its legislation differently, incorporating several measures which, in the past, might have been enacted individually, into longer, and more complex omnibus forms. In some cases, an upturn in the activity of a committee in one Congress may be an artifact of the routine reconsideration of significant legislationin the committee's jurisdiction. In the 107th Congress, for example, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is considering the "farm bill," an omnibus measure which reexamines a basket of agricultural and food programs that are reauthorized every 5 to 7 years. One can track the figures for a given committee over time to determine the effects of bursts of activity in its jurisdiction on its workload, but it is difficult to explain the patterns clearly because many factors influence committee workloads. It may be the case that when particularly momentous, technical or detailed legislation works its way through a committee, numerical measures of activity decline, because committee energy and resources are concentrated, instead of dispersed over several initiatives within the committee's jurisdiction. In this case, a decline in overall numbers would be an indication of more intensive committee activity. Committee Activity Not Fully Captured. The data presented do not fully capture all the work of committees. To take an important example, committees' activity on legislative measures fail to capture the level or intensity of oversight and investigative activity. Even in relation to legislative activity, committees sometimes originate measures that are reported directly to the Senate floor calendars. Additionally, there is little systematic understanding of the work of committee Members assigned to conference committee. Activity of these kinds fails to be reflected in data on measures referred. Aspects of Workload Not Considered. Even to the extent that statistics on committee activity demonstrate productivity in one arena of congressional service, they may still afford an incomplete picture of the overall work of Congress and its Members. For example, data on the number of bills or resolutions referred to committees from 1973 to 2000 could be taken to imply that productivity has declined. Yet trends in Senate floor votes and pages per statute, which are not considered in this report, point to a rise in legislative activity. Similarly, the data presented here do not fully capture all aspects of the work of a Senator, because they do not account for representational duties carried out in Washington, DC, and home States, or constituent services carried out through Senators' CRS-13 offices.18 Yet this representational activity is related to, and may often be carried out simultaneously with, investigations and lawmaking activities occurring in committee. In conclusion, while data about measures referred and actions thereon illuminate certain aspects of committee workload and activity, other quantitative indicators would be needed for a more rounded picture. Also lacking are more illuminating qualitative indicators, both at the committee level and beyond. Additional collection of these kinds of data could yield further insight into the legislative environment, although the full intensity and quality of Senate work will likely remain elusive. 18 For a discussion of the roles of Members of Congress, see Davidson and Oleszek, Congress and Its Members, pp. 13-39, 127-140 and 160-194. CRS-14 Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Congress Senate Measures Referred Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 3. 106th Congress (1999-2000) Senate Bills and Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 1 0.47% 3 2.68% 145 4.48% 149 4.19% Appropriations 2 0.93% 0 0.00% 25 0.77% 27 0.76% Armed Services 8 3.74% 5 4.46% 79 2.44% 92 2.58% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 0 0.00% 1 0.89% 111 3.43% 112 3.15% Budget 2 0.93% 2 1.79% 31 0.96% 35 0.98% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 5 2.34% 3 2.68% 206 6.37% 214 6.01% Energy and Natural Resources 3 1.40% 3 2.68% 338 10.45% 344 9.66% Environment and Public Works 1 0.47% 1 0.89% 164 5.07% 166 4.66% Finance 11 5.14% 10 8.93% 921 28.48% 942 26.46% Foreign Relations 60 28.04% 51 45.54% 96 2.97% 207 5.81% Governmental Affairs 6 2.80% 7 6.25% 170 5.26% 183 5.14% Indian Affairs 1 0.47% 1 0.89% 70 2.16% 72 2.02% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 0.12% 4 0.11% Judiciary 78 36.45% 14 12.50% 411 12.71% 503 14.13% Health Education, Labor and Pensions 3 1.40% 6 5.36% 349 10.79% 358 10.06% Rules and Administration 32 14.95% 3 2.68% 43 1.33% 78 2.19% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 20 0.62% 20 0.56% Veterans' Affairs 1 0.47% 2 1.79% 51 1.58% 54 1.52% Totals 214 100.00% 112 100.00% 3,234 100.00% 3,560 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-15 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 4. 105th Congress (1997-1998) Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Senate Bills and Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Joint Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 2 1.15% 0 0.00% 78 3.80% 80 3.44% Appropriations 1 0.57% 1 1.03% 32 1.56% 34 1.46% Armed Services 1 0.57% 0 0.00% 70 3.41% 71 3.06% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 2 1.15% 0 0.00% 79 3.85% 81 3.49% Budget 4 2.30% 4 4.12% 28 1.36% 36 1.55% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 3 1.72% 4 4.12% 180 8.77% 187 8.05% Energy and Natural Resources 4 2.30% 1 1.03% 246 11.98% 251 10.80% Environment and Public Works 0 0.00% 1 1.03% 170 8.28% 171 7.36% Finance 10 5.75% 9 9.28% 169 8.23% 188 8.09% Foreign Relations 42 24.14% 44 45.36% 68 3.31% 154 6.63% Governmental Affairs 5 2.87% 12 12.37% 144 7.01% 161 6.93% Indian Affairs 2 1.15% 0 0.00% 46 2.24% 48 2.07% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 0.19% 4 0.17% Judiciary 57 32.76% 10 10.31% 353 17.19% 420 18.07% Labor and Human Resources 11 6.32% 4 4.12% 281 13.69% 296 12.74% Rules and Administration 29 16.67% 7 7.22% 43 2.09% 79 3.40% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 13 0.63% 13 0.56% Veterans' Affairs 1 0.57% 0 0.00% 49 2.39% 50 2.15% Totals 174 100.00% 97 100.00% 2,053 100.00% 2,324 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-16 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 5. 104th Congress (1995-1996) Senate Bills and Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 1 0.85% 1 1.54% 85 4.25% 87 3.98% Appropriations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 15 0.75% 15 0.69% Armed Services 1 0.85% 3 4.62% 69 3.45% 73 3.34% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 4 3.39% 0 0.00% 82 4.10% 86 3.94% Budget 3 2.54% 2 3.08% 30 1.50% 35 1.60% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 3 2.54% 2 3.08% 127 6.35% 132 6.04% Energy and Natural Resources 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 253 12.64% 253 11.58% Environment and Public Works 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 161 8.05% 161 7.37% Finance 6 5.08% 3 4.62% 455 22.74% 464 21.25% Foreign Relations 29 24.58% 40 61.54% 38 1.90% 107 4.90% Governmental Affairs 5 4.24% 0 0.00% 144 7.20% 149 6.82% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 39 1.95% 39 1.79% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 7 0.35% 7 0.32% Judiciary 38 32.20% 3 4.62% 210 10.49% 251 11.49% Labor and Human Resources 2 1.69% 2 3.08% 191 9.55% 195 8.93% Rules and Administration 26 22.03% 9 13.85% 38 1.90% 73 3.34% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 9 0.45% 9 0.41% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 48 2.40% 48 2.20% Totals 118 100.00% 65 100.00% 2,001 100.00% 2,184 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-17 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 6. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Senate Bills and Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 0 0.00% 1 1.72% 101 3.77% 102 3.54% Appropriations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 15 0.56% 15 0.52% Armed Services 1 0.69% 3 5.17% 75 2.80% 79 2.74% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 4 2.78% 2 3.45% 128 4.78% 134 4.65% Budget 0 0.00% 6 10.34% 31 1.16% 37 1.29% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 8 5.56% 1 1.72% 162 6.05% 171 5.94% Energy and Natural Resources 1 0.69% 1 1.72% 225 8.40% 227 7.88% Environment and Public Works 1 0.69% 0 0.00% 187 6.99% 188 6.53% Finance 8 5.56% 6 10.34% 604 22.56% 618 21.47% Foreign Relations 41 28.47% 22 37.93% 88 3.29% 151 5.24% Governmental Affairs 1 0.69% 4 6.90% 197 7.36% 202 7.02% Indian Affairs 1 0.69% 0 0.00% 51 1.91% 52 1.81% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 14 0.52% 14 0.49% Judiciary 12 8.33% 4 6.90% 411 15.35% 427 14.83% Labor and Human Resources 10 6.94% 4 6.90% 254 9.49% 268 9.31% Rules and Administration 56 38.89% 4 6.90% 43 1.61% 103 3.58% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 17 0.64% 17 0.59% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 74 2.76% 74 2.57% Totals 144 100.00% 58 100.00% 2,677 100.00% 2,879 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-18 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 7. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) Senate Bills and Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 3 1.62% 0 0.00% 111 3.09% 114 2.93% Appropriations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 117 3.25% 117 3.01% Armed Services 1 0.54% 2 1.89% 128 3.56% 131 3.37% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 4 2.16% 0 0.00% 169 4.70% 173 4.45% Budget 2 1.08% 5 4.72% 131 3.64% 138 3.55% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 1 0.54% 2 1.89% 194 5.39% 197 5.07% Energy and Natural Resources 0 0.00% 2 1.89% 288 8.01% 290 7.46% Environment and Public Works 7 3.78% 0 0.00% 208 5.78% 215 5.53% Finance 16 8.65% 6 5.66% 916 25.47% 938 24.13% Foreign Relations 78 42.16% 55 51.89% 140 3.89% 273 7.02% Governmental Affairs 2 1.08% 3 2.83% 189 5.26% 194 4.99% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 1 0.94% 64 1.78% 65 1.67% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 9 0.25% 9 0.23% Judiciary 10 5.41% 15 14.15% 528 14.68% 553 14.23% Labor and Human Resources 5 2.70% 3 2.83% 228 6.34% 236 6.07% Rules and Administration 55 29.73% 10 9.43% 50 1.39% 115 2.96% Small Business 1 0.54% 2 1.89% 17 0.47% 20 0.51% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 109 3.03% 109 2.80% Totals 185 100.00% 106 100.00% 3,596 100.00% 3,887 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-19 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 8. 101st Congress (1989-1990) Senate Bills and Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 0 0.00% 2 1.69% 182 5.20% 184 4.87% Appropriations 3 1.80% 0 0.00% 15 0.43% 18 0.48% Armed Services 4 2.40% 0 0.00% 114 3.26% 118 3.12% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 2 1.20% 0 0.00% 154 4.40% 156 4.12% Budget 0 0.00% 5 4.24% 40 1.14% 45 1.19% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 5 2.99% 5 4.24% 210 6.01% 220 5.82% Energy and Natural Resources 3 1.80% 1 0.85% 272 7.78% 276 7.30% Environment and Public Works 6 3.59% 2 1.69% 223 6.38% 231 6.11% Finance 14 8.38% 12 10.17% 784 22.42% 810 21.42% Foreign Relations 48 28.74% 57 48.31% 122 3.49% 227 6.00% Governmental Affairs 5 2.99% 3 2.54% 193 5.52% 201 5.31% Indian Affairs 1 0.60% 0 0.00% 63 1.80% 64 1.69% Intelligence 1 0.60% 0 0.00% 8 0.23% 9 0.24% Judiciary 16 9.58% 9 7.63% 608 17.39% 633 16.74% Labor and Human Resources 4 2.40% 9 7.63% 340 9.72% 353 9.33% Rules and Administration 53 31.74% 12 10.17% 65 1.86% 130 3.44% Small Business 1 0.60% 0 0.00% 11 0.31% 12 0.32% Veterans' Affairs 1 0.60% 1 0.85% 93 2.66% 95 2.51% Totals 167 100.00% 118 100.00% 3,497 100.00% 3,782 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-20 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 9. 100th Congress (1987-1989) Senate Bills and Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 6 2.01% 0 0.00% 168 5.33% 174 4.88% Appropriations 11 3.69% 0 0.00% 17 0.54% 28 0.78% Armed Services 4 1.34% 3 2.50% 64 2.03% 71 1.99% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 3 1.01% 2 1.67% 119 3.78% 124 3.48% Budget 10 3.36% 6 5.00% 28 0.89% 44 1.23% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 7 2.35% 5 4.17% 210 6.67% 222 6.22% Energy and Natural Resources 2 0.67% 0 0.00% 279 8.86% 281 7.88% Environment and Public Works 10 3.36% 2 1.67% 210 6.67% 222 6.22% Finance 22 7.38% 10 8.33% 676 21.46% 708 19.84% Foreign Relations 51 17.11% 58 48.33% 138 4.38% 247 6.92% Governmental Affairs 5 1.68% 3 2.50% 175 5.56% 183 5.13% Indian Affairs 4 1.34% 1 0.83% 61 1.94% 66 1.85% Intelligence 3 1.01% 0 0.00% 9 0.29% 12 0.34% Judiciary 13 4.36% 6 5.00% 566 17.97% 585 16.40% Labor and Human Resources 4 1.34% 12 10.00% 272 8.63% 288 8.07% Rules and Administration 140 46.98% 10 8.33% 44 1.40% 194 5.44% Small Business 1 0.34% 1 0.83% 15 0.48% 17 0.48% Veterans' Affairs 2 0.67% 1 0.83% 99 3.14% 102 2.86% Totals 298 100.00% 120 100.00% 3,150 100.00% 3,568 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-21 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 10. 99th Congress (1985-1986) Senate Bills and Senate Simple Senate Concurrent Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 13 3.92% 8 6.15% 159 5.10% 180 5.03% Appropriations 7 2.11% 2 1.54% 21 0.67% 30 0.84% Armed Services 5 1.51% 0 0.00% 102 3.27% 107 2.99% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 5 1.51% 2 1.54% 165 5.29% 172 4.80% Budget 35 10.54% 3 2.31% 25 0.80% 63 1.76% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 14 4.22% 8 6.15% 193 6.19% 215 6.00% Energy and Natural Resources 7 2.11% 0 0.00% 221 7.08% 228 6.37% Environment and Public Works 9 2.71% 0 0.00% 190 6.09% 199 5.56% Finance 39 11.75% 13 10.00% 655 20.99% 707 19.74% Foreign Relations 59 17.77% 56 43.08% 137 4.39% 252 7.04% Governmental Affairs 8 2.41% 1 0.77% 199 6.38% 208 5.81% Indian Affairs 2 0.60% 0 0.00% 43 1.38% 45 1.26% Intelligence-Government Operations 2 0.60% 0 0.00% 2 0.06% 4 0.11% Judiciary 21 6.33% 15 11.54% 639 20.48% 675 18.84% Labor and Human Resources 11 3.31% 12 9.23% 245 7.85% 268 7.48% Rules and Administration 88 26.51% 9 6.92% 41 1.31% 138 3.85% Small Business 4 1.20% 0 0.00% 9 0.29% 13 0.36% Veterans' Affairs 3 0.90% 1 0.77% 74 2.37% 78 2.18% Totals 332 100.00% 130 100.00% 3,120 100.00% 3,582 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-22 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 11. 98th Congress (1983-1984) Senate Bills Senate Simple Senate Concurrent and Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 13 3.31% 1 0.79% 159 5.01% 173 4.68% Appropriations 7 1.78% 5 3.94% 18 0.57% 30 0.81% Armed Services 4 1.02% 3 2.36% 77 2.43% 84 2.27% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 4 1.02% 8 6.30% 150 4.72% 162 4.38% Budget 70 17.81% 3 2.36% 20 0.63% 93 2.52% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 16 4.07% 10 7.87% 189 5.95% 215 5.82% Energy and Natural Resources 15 3.82% 0 0.00% 262 8.25% 277 7.50% Environment and Public Works 8 2.04% 1 0.79% 226 7.12% 235 6.36% Finance 22 5.60% 10 7.87% 689 21.70% 721 19.51% Foreign Relations 63 16.03% 49 38.58% 106 3.34% 218 5.90% Governmental Affairs 15 3.82% 9 7.09% 196 6.17% 220 5.95% Indian Affairs 9 2.29% 0 0.00% 63 1.98% 72 1.95% Intelligence-Government Operations 2 0.51% 1 0.79% 9 0.28% 12 0.32% Judiciary 39 9.92% 11 8.66% 591 18.61% 641 17.35% Labor and Human Resources 16 4.07% 5 3.94% 276 8.69% 297 8.04% Rules and Administration 85 21.63% 10 7.87% 45 1.42% 140 3.79% Small Business 1 0.25% 0 0.00% 28 0.88% 29 0.78% Veterans' Affairs 4 1.02% 1 0.79% 71 2.24% 76 2.06% Totals 393 100.00% 127 100.00% 3,175 100.00% 3,695 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-23 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 12. 97th Congress (1981-1982) Senate Bills Senate Simple Senate Concurrent and Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 11 2.53% 5 4.63% 135 4.45% 151 4.22% Appropriations 10 2.30% 1 0.93% 15 0.49% 26 0.73% Armed Services 13 2.99% 3 2.78% 103 3.40% 119 3.33% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 16 3.68% 9 8.33% 160 5.28% 185 5.17% Budget 80 18.39% 8 7.41% 34 1.12% 122 3.41% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 15 3.45% 4 3.70% 157 5.18% 176 4.92% Energy and Natural Resources 19 4.37% 1 0.93% 253 8.34% 273 7.63% Environment and Public Works 12 2.76% 2 1.85% 200 6.59% 214 5.98% Finance 26 5.98% 8 7.41% 712 23.48% 746 20.86% Foreign Relations 59 13.56% 35 32.41% 88 2.90% 182 5.09% Governmental Affairs 18 4.14% 4 3.70% 228 7.52% 250 6.99% Indian Affairs 6 1.38% 0 0.00% 41 1.35% 47 1.31% Intelligence-Government Operations 5 1.15% 0 0.00% 5 0.16% 10 0.28% Judiciary 48 11.03% 16 14.81% 516 17.01% 580 16.22% Labor and Human Resources 0 0.00% 8 7.41% 220 7.25% 228 6.38% Rules and Administration 90 20.69% 3 2.78% 44 1.45% 137 3.83% Small Business 2 0.46% 0 0.00% 19 0.63% 21 0.59% Veterans' Affairs 5 1.15% 1 0.93% 103 3.40% 109 3.05% Totals 435 100.00% 108 100.00% 3,033 100.00% 3,576 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-24 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 13. 96th Congress (1979-1980) Senate Bills Senate Simple Senate Concurrent and Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 17 3.15% 0 0.00% 151 5.16% 168 4.69% Appropriations 12 2.22% 0 0.00% 10 0.34% 22 0.61% Armed Services 24 4.44% 1 0.88% 84 2.87% 109 3.04% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 18 3.33% 7 6.14% 169 5.78% 194 5.42% Budget 113 20.93% 5 4.39% 25 0.85% 143 3.99% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 25 4.63% 4 3.51% 196 6.70% 225 6.28% Energy and Natural Resources 41 7.59% 4 3.51% 365 12.47% 410 11.45% Environment and Public Works 21 3.89% 0 0.00% 230 7.86% 251 7.01% Finance 19 3.52% 10 8.77% 652 22.28% 681 19.02% Foreign Relations 64 11.85% 52 45.61% 65 2.22% 181 5.06% Governmental Affairs 26 4.81% 5 4.39% 290 9.91% 321 8.97% Indian Affairs 3 0.56% 0 0.00% 38 1.30% 41 1.15% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 27 5.00% 12 10.53% 382 13.06% 421 11.76% Labor and Human Resources 9 1.67% 3 2.63% 124 4.24% 136 3.80% Rules and Administration 113 20.93% 11 9.65% 53 1.81% 177 4.94% Small Business 6 1.11% 0 0.00% 22 0.75% 28 0.78% Veterans' Affairs 2 0.37% 0 0.00% 70 2.39% 72 2.01% Totals 540 100.00% 114 100.00% 2,926 100.00% 3,580 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-25 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 14. 95th Congress (1977-1978) Senate Bills Senate Simple Senate Concurrent and Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Agriculture and Forestry 7 1.81% 0 0.00% 233 5.83% 240 5.38% Appropriations 8 2.07% 0 0.00% 7 0.18% 15 0.34% Armed Services 2 0.52% 1 1.19% 85 2.13% 88 1.97% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 3 0.78% 5 5.95% 184 4.61% 192 4.30% Budget 119 30.75% 0 0.00% 5 0.13% 124 2.78% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 6 1.55% 3 3.57% 284 7.11% 293 6.56% Energy and Natural Resources 8 2.07% 3 3.57% 318 7.96% 329 7.37% Environment and Public Works 1 0.26% 1 1.19% 198 4.96% 200 4.48% Finance 11 2.84% 7 8.33% 592 14.82% 610 13.66% Foreign Relations 46 11.89% 32 38.10% 681 17.05% 759 17.00% Government Affairs 19 4.91% 8 9.52% 253 6.33% 280 6.27% Government Operations intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.08% 3 0.07% Interior and Insular Affairs 3 0.78% 0 0.00% 39 0.98% 42 0.94% Human Resources 6 1.55% 6 7.14% 282 7.06% 294 6.58% Select Committee on Indian Affairs 2 0.52% 0 0.00% 79 1.98% 81 1.81% Judiciary 14 3.62% 7 8.33% 369 9.24% 390 8.73% Labor and Public Welfare 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 51 1.28% 51 1.14% Public Works 1 0.26% 1 1.19% 219 5.48% 221 4.95% Rules and Administration 125 32.30% 10 11.90% 40 1.00% 175 3.92% Small Business 3 0.78% 0 0.00% 36 0.90% 39 0.87% Veterans' Affairs 3 0.78% 0 0.00% 36 0.90% 39 0.87% Total 387 100.00% 84 100.00% 3,994 100.00% 4.465 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-26 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 15. 94th Congress (1975-1976) Senate Bills Senate Simple Senate Concurrent and Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Aeronautical and Space Sciences 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 14 0.43% 14 0.36% Agriculture and Forestry 19 4.62% 2 1.23% 193 5.90% 214 5.56% Appropriations 36 8.76% 2 1.23% 9 0.27% 47 1.22% Armed Services 5 1.22% 2 1.23% 100 3.06% 107 2.78% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10 2.43% 3 1.85% 214 6.54% 227 5.90% Budget 64 15.57% 2 1.23% 2 0.06% 68 1.77% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 7 1.70% 2 1.23% 397 12.13% 406 10.56% District of Columbia 1 0.24% 3 1.85% 12 0.37% 16 0.42% Finance 5 1.22% 12 7.41% 590 18.03% 607 15.78% Foreign Relations 52 12.65% 83 51.23% 122 3.73% 257 6.68% Government Operations 6 1.46% 2 1.23% 186 5.68% 194 5.04% Interior and Insular Affairs 19 4.62% 3 1.85% 528 16.13% 550 14.30% Judiciary 16 3.89% 16 9.88% 154 4.71% 186 4.84% Labor and Public Welfare 11 2.68% 6 3.70% 322 9.84% 339 8.81% Post Office and Civil Service 3 0.73% 1 0.62% 108 3.30% 112 2.91% Public Works 5 1.22% 2 1.23% 193 5.90% 200 5.20% Committees Total 152 36.98% 21 12.96% 45 1.37% 218 5.67% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 84 2.57% 84 2.18% Totals 411 100.00% 162 100.00% 3,273 100.00% 3,846 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-27 Senate Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 16. 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Senate Bills Senate Simple Senate Concurrent and Joint Total Senate Senate Committee Resolutions Resolutions Resolutions Measures Referred Referred Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Percent Aeronautical and Space Sciences 0 0.00% 1 1.02% 14 0.37% 15 0.36% Agriculture and Forestry 7 2.85% 2 2.04% 172 4.57% 181 4.40% Appropriations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.08% 3 0.07% Armed Services 6 2.44% 5 5.10% 162 4.30% 173 4.21% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 6 2.44% 4 4.08% 301 7.99% 311 7.57% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 16 6.50% 7 7.14% 437 11.60% 460 11.19% District of Columbia 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 34 0.90% 34 0.83% Finance 5 2.03% 4 4.08% 515 13.67% 524 12.75% Foreign Relations 36 14.63% 23 23.47% 101 2.68% 160 3.89% Government Operations 4 1.63% 5 5.10% 179 4.75% 188 4.57% Interior and Insular Affairs 3 1.22% 4 4.08% 530 14.07% 537 13.07% Judiciary 6 2.44% 11 11.22% 491 13.04% 508 12.36% Labor and Public Welfare 2 0.81% 5 5.10% 374 9.93% 381 9.27% Post Office and Civil Service 11 4.47% 0 0.00% 120 3.19% 131 3.19% Public Works 1 0.41% 2 2.04% 170 4.51% 173 4.21% Rules and Administration 140 56.91% 24 24.49% 67 1.78% 231 5.62% Veterans' Affairs 3 1.22% 1 1.02% 96 2.55% 100 2.43% Committees Total 246 100.00% 98 100.00% 3,766 100.00% 4,110 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-28 House Measures Referred House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 17. 106th Congress (1999-2000) Senate Committee House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Measures Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 0 0.00% 3 0.78% 3 0.65% Appropriations 1 1.23% 9 2.35% 10 2.16% Armed Services 1 1.23% 1 0.26% 2 0.43% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 1 1.23% 9 2.35% 10 2.16% Budget 1 1.23% 0 0.00% 1 0.22% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 4 4.94% 36 9.40% 40 8.62% Energy And Natural Resources 3 3.70% 74 19.32% 77 16.59% Environment And Public Works 0 0.00% 51 13.32% 51 10.99% Finance 1 1.23% 19 4.96% 20 4.31% Foreign Relations 23 28.40% 18 4.70% 41 8.84% Governmental Affairs 2 2.47% 76 19.84% 78 16.81% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 8 2.09% 8 1.72% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 21 25.93% 40 10.44% 61 13.15% Health Education, Labor and Pensions 10 12.35% 16 4.18% 26 5.60% Rules and Administration 13 16.05% 3 0.78% 16 3.45% Small Business 0 0.00% 13 3.39% 13 2.80% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 7 1.83% 7 1.51% Totals 81 100.00% 383 100.00% 464 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-29 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 18. 105th Congress (1997-1998) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Measures Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 1 1.89% 6 2.05% 7 2.02% Appropriations 0 0.00% 2 0.68% 2 0.58% Armed Services 2 3.77% 2 0.68% 4 1.16% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 1 1.89% 11 3.75% 12 3.47% Budget 0 0.00% 1 0.34% 1 0.29% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 3 5.66% 24 8.19% 27 7.80% Energy And Natural Resources 0 0.00% 52 17.75% 52 15.03% Environment And Public Works 2 3.77% 32 10.92% 34 9.83% Finance 1 1.89% 13 4.44% 14 4.05% Foreign Relations 32 60.38% 15 5.12% 47 13.58% Governmental Affairs 2 3.77% 42 14.33% 44 12.72% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 7 2.39% 7 2.02% Intelligence 0 0.00% 2 0.68% 2 0.58% Judiciary 6 11.32% 50 17.06% 56 16.18% Labor and Human Resources 2 3.77% 17 5.80% 19 5.49% Rules and Administration 1 1.89% 2 0.68% 3 0.87% Small Business 0 0.00% 2 0.68% 2 0.58% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 13 4.44% 13 3.76% Totals 53 100.00% 293 100.00% 346 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-30 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 19. 104th Congress (1995-1996) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Measures Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 0 0.00% 8 2.82% 8 2.60% Appropriations 1 4.17% 24 8.45% 25 8.12% Armed Services 1 4.17% 2 0.70% 3 0.97% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 0 0.00% 8 2.82% 8 2.60% Budget 1 4.17% 4 1.41% 5 1.62% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 0 0.00% 24 8.45% 24 7.79% Energy And Natural Resources 0 0.00% 49 17.25% 49 15.91% Environment And Public Works 0 0.00% 48 16.90% 48 15.58% Finance 1 4.17% 21 7.39% 22 7.14% Foreign Relations 8 33.33% 11 3.87% 19 6.17% Governmental Affairs 3 12.50% 23 8.10% 26 8.44% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 5 1.76% 5 1.62% Intelligence 0 0.00% 1 0.35% 1 0.32% Judiciary 2 8.33% 27 9.51% 29 9.42% Labor and Human Resources 1 4.17% 9 3.17% 10 3.25% Rules and Administration 6 25.00% 6 2.11% 12 3.90% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 14 4.93% 14 4.55% Totals 24 100.00% 284 100.00% 308 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-31 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 20. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Measures Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 0 0.00% 9 2.47% 9 2.30% Appropriations 0 0.00% 31 8.49% 31 7.91% Armed Services 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 0 0.00% 18 4.93% 18 4.59% Budget 1 3.70% 6 1.64% 7 1.79% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 2 7.41% 50 13.70% 52 13.27% Energy And Natural Resources 1 3.70% 49 13.42% 50 12.76% Environment And Public Works 0 0.00% 54 14.79% 54 13.78% Finance 0 0.00% 3 0.82% 3 0.77% Foreign Relations 16 59.26% 8 2.19% 24 6.12% Governmental Affairs 0 0.00% 49 13.42% 49 12.50% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 8 2.19% 8 2.04% Intelligence 0 0.00% 1 0.27% 1 0.26% Judiciary 3 11.11% 41 11.23% 44 11.22% Labor and Human Resources 2 7.41% 12 3.29% 14 3.57% Rules and Administration 2 7.41% 3 0.82% 5 1.28% Small Business 0 0.00% 4 1.10% 4 1.02% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 19 5.21% 19 4.85% Totals 27 100.00% 365 100.00% 392 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-32 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 21. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Measures Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 1 2.56% 12 2.67% 13 2.66% Appropriations 3 7.69% 31 6.89% 34 6.95% Armed Services 0 0.00% 11 2.44% 11 2.25% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 0 0.00% 15 3.33% 15 3.07% Budget 1 2.56% 1 0.22% 2 0.41% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 0 0.00% 44 9.78% 44 9.00% Energy And Natural Resources 0 0.00% 77 17.11% 77 15.75% Environment And Public Works 0 0.00% 32 7.11% 32 6.54% Finance 1 2.56% 45 10.00% 46 9.41% Foreign Relations 29 74.36% 9 2.00% 38 7.77% Governmental Affairs 0 0.00% 34 7.56% 34 6.95% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 5 1.11% 5 1.02% Intelligence 0 0.00% 2 0.44% 2 0.41% Judiciary 2 5.13% 84 18.67% 86 17.59% Labor and Human Resources 0 0.00% 20 4.44% 20 4.09% Rules and Administration 2 5.13% 5 1.11% 7 1.43% Small Business 0 0.00% 4 0.89% 4 0.82% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 19 4.22% 19 3.89% Totals 39 100.00% 450 100.00% 489 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-33 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 22. 101st Congress (1989-1990) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Measures Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 0 0.00% 16 4.28% 16 3.86% Appropriations 0 0.00% 28 7.49% 28 6.75% Armed Services 1 2.44% 9 2.41% 10 2.41% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 1 2.44% 15 4.01% 16 3.86% Budget 1 2.44% 2 0.53% 3 0.72% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 1 2.44% 42 11.23% 43 10.36% Energy And Natural Resources 0 0.00% 82 21.93% 82 19.76% Environment And Public Works 1 2.44% 33 8.82% 34 8.19% Finance 0 0.00% 7 1.87% 7 1.69% Foreign Relations 21 51.22% 15 4.01% 36 8.67% Governmental Affairs 1 2.44% 31 8.29% 32 7.71% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 7 1.87% 7 1.69% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 2 4.88% 40 10.70% 42 10.12% Labor and Human Resources 2 4.88% 18 4.81% 20 4.82% Rules and Administration 10 24.39% 4 1.07% 14 3.37% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 25 6.68% 25 6.02% Totals 41 100.00% 374 100.00% 415 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-34 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 23. 100th Congress (1987-1989) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Measures Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 0 0.00% 26 5.98% 26 5.32% Appropriations 1 1.85% 27 6.21% 28 5.73% Armed Services 3 5.56% 12 2.76% 15 3.07% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 1 1.85% 12 2.76% 13 2.66% Budget 1 1.85% 1 0.23% 2 0.41% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 1 1.85% 32 7.36% 33 6.75% Energy and Natural Resources 0 0.00% 99 22.76% 99 20.25% Environment and Public Works 2 3.70% 28 6.44% 30 6.13% Finance 0 0.00% 9 2.07% 9 1.84% Foreign Relations 25 46.30% 14 3.22% 39 7.98% Governmental Affairs 1 1.85% 30 6.90% 31 6.34% Indian Affairs 1 1.85% 15 3.45% 16 3.27% Intelligence 0 0.00% 1 0.23% 1 0.20% Judiciary 3 5.56% 95 21.84% 98 20.04% Labor and Human Resources 2 3.70% 14 3.22% 16 3.27% Rules and Administration 9 16.67% 7 1.61% 16 3.27% Small Business 2 3.70% 0 0.00% 2 0.41% Veterans' Affairs 2 3.70% 13 2.99% 15 3.07% Totals 54 100.00% 435 100.00% 489 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-35 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 24. 99th Congress (1985-1986) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Measures Considered Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 2 5.26% 14 3.78% 16 3.92% Appropriations 0 0.00% 32 8.65% 32 7.84% Armed Services 2 5.26% 10 2.70% 12 2.94% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 0 0.00% 15 4.05% 15 3.68% Budget 1 2.63% 0 0.00% 1 0.25% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 1 2.63% 21 5.68% 22 5.39% Energy and Natural Resources 1 2.63% 72 19.46% 73 17.89% Environment and Public Works 0 0.00% 35 9.46% 35 8.58% Finance 0 0.00% 13 3.51% 13 3.19% Foreign Relations 15 39.47% 9 2.43% 24 5.88% Governmental Affairs 0 0.00% 15 4.05% 15 3.68% Indian Affairs 1 2.63% 11 2.97% 12 2.94% Intelligence-Government Operations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 7 18.42% 88 23.78% 95 23.28% Labor and Human Resources 3 7.89% 19 5.14% 22 5.39% Rules and Administration 5 13.16% 4 1.08% 9 2.21% Small Business 0 0.00% 1 0.27% 1 0.25% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 11 2.97% 11 2.70% Totals 38 100.00% 370 100.00% 408 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-36 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 25. 98th Congress (1983-1984) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Measures Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 0 0.00% 26 6.82% 26 6.34% Appropriations 2 6.90% 27 7.09% 29 7.07% Armed Services 0 0.00% 10 2.62% 10 2.44% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 0 0.00% 17 4.46% 17 4.15% Budget 2 6.90% 1 0.26% 3 0.73% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 2 6.90% 32 8.40% 34 8.29% Energy and Natural Resources 0 0.00% 47 12.34% 47 11.46% Environment and Public Works 0 0.00% 43 11.29% 43 10.49% Finance 1 3.45% 23 6.04% 24 5.85% Foreign Relations 18 62.07% 8 2.10% 26 6.34% Governmental Affairs 0 0.00% 28 7.35% 28 6.83% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Intelligence-Government Operations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 2 6.90% 74 19.42% 76 18.54% Labor and Human Resources 0 0.00% 25 6.56% 25 6.10% Rules and Administration 2 6.90% 8 2.10% 10 2.44% Small Business 0 0.00% 2 0.52% 2 0.49% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 10 2.62% 10 2.44% Totals 29 100.00% 381 100.00% 410 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-37 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 26. 97th Congress (1981-1982) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Measures Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 2 5.26% 14 4.93% 16 4.97% Appropriations 0 0.00% 24 8.45% 24 7.45% Armed Services 0 0.00% 11 3.87% 11 3.42% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 1 2.63% 10 3.52% 11 3.42% Budget 0 0.00% 1 0.35% 1 0.31% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 2 5.26% 19 6.69% 21 6.52% Energy And Natural Resources 0 0.00% 43 15.14% 43 13.35% Environment And Public Works 2 5.26% 20 7.04% 22 6.83% Finance 0 0.00% 20 7.04% 20 6.21% Foreign Relations 21 55.26% 11 3.87% 32 9.94% Governmental Affairs 0 0.00% 21 7.39% 21 6.52% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 15 5.28% 15 4.66% Intelligence-Government Operations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 3 7.89% 57 20.07% 60 18.63% Labor and Human Resources 2 5.26% 9 3.17% 11 3.42% Rules And Administration 4 10.53% 4 1.41% 8 2.48% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 1 2.63% 5 1.76% 6 1.86% Totals 38 100.00% 284 100.00% 322 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-38 House Measures Referred to Senate Committees, by Committee: Table 27. 96th Congress (1979-1980) House Concurrent House Bills and Joint Total House Senate Committee Resolutions Referred Resolutions Referred Measures Referred Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 0 0.00% 11 2.86% 11 2.61% Appropriations 0 0.00% 40 10.39% 40 9.48% Armed Services 1 2.70% 27 7.01% 28 6.64% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 0 0.00% 10 2.60% 10 2.37% Budget 0 0.00% 2 0.52% 2 0.47% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 2 5.41% 29 7.53% 31 7.35% Energy And Natural Resources 0 0.00% 40 10.39% 40 9.48% Environment And Public Works 0 0.00% 42 10.91% 42 9.95% Finance 2 5.41% 59 15.32% 61 14.45% Foreign Relations 17 45.95% 16 4.16% 33 7.82% Governmental Affairs 0 0.00% 35 9.09% 35 8.29% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 8 2.08% 8 1.90% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 1 2.70% 36 9.35% 37 8.77% Labor and Human Resources 2 5.41% 16 4.16% 18 4.27% Rules And Administration 12 32.43% 7 1.82% 19 4.50% Small Business 0 0.00% 2 0.52% 2 0.47% Veterans' Affairs 0 0.00% 5 1.30% 5 1.18% Totals 37 100.00% 385 100.00% 422 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-39 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 28. 106th Congress (1999-2000) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 145 4.48% 17 3.30% 4 2.33% Appropriations 25 0.77% 20 3.88% 0 0.00% Armed Services 79 2.44% 13 2.52% 2 1.16% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 111 3.43% 15 2.91% 2 1.16% Budget 31 0.96% 4 0.78% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 206 6.37% 42 8.16% 7 4.07% Energy and Natural Resources 338 10.45% 151 29.32% 66 38.37% Environment and Public Works 164 5.07% 40 7.77% 19 11.05% Finance 921 28.48% 15 2.91% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 96 2.97% 19 3.69% 2 1.16% Governmental Affairs 170 5.26% 31 6.02% 12 6.98% Indian Affairs 70 2.16% 34 6.60% 14 8.14% Intelligence 4 0.12% 4 0.78% 0 0.00% Judiciary 411 12.71% 70 13.59% 27 15.70% Health Education, Labor and Pensions 349 10.79% 19 3.69% 10 5.81% Rules and Administration 43 1.33% 6 1.17% 3 1.74% Small Business 20 0.62% 8 1.55% 3 1.74% Veterans' Affairs 51 1.58% 7 1.36% 1 0.58% Totals 3234 100.00% 515 100.00% 172 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-40 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 29. 105th Congress (1997-1998) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 78 3.80% 6 1.65% 3 2.31% Appropriations 32 1.56% 29 7.99% 0 0.00% Armed Services 70 3.41% 10 2.75% 1 0.77% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 79 3.85% 14 3.86% 8 6.15% Budget 28 1.36% 3 0.83% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 180 8.77% 40 11.02% 8 6.15% Energy and Natural Resources 246 11.98% 68 18.73% 36 27.69% Environment and Public Works 170 8.28% 52 14.33% 14 10.77% Finance 169 8.23% 10 2.75% 1 0.77% Foreign Relations 68 3.31% 12 3.31% 5 3.85% Governmental Affairs 144 7.01% 22 6.06% 7 5.38% Indian Affairs 46 2.24% 11 3.03% 5 3.85% Intelligence 4 0.19% 4 1.10% 1 0.77% Judiciary 353 17.19% 50 13.77% 29 22.31% Labor and Human Resources 281 13.69% 17 4.68% 7 5.38% Rules and Administration 43 2.09% 2 0.55% 0 0.00% Small Business 13 0.63% 1 0.28% 1 0.77% Veterans' Affairs 49 2.39% 12 3.31% 4 3.08% Totals 2,053 100.00% 363 100.00% 130 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-41 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 30. 104th Congress (1995-1996) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 85 4.25% 3 0.88% 1 1.61% Appropriations 15 0.75% 7 2.05% 0 0.00% Armed Services 69 3.45% 13 3.80% 1 1.61% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 82 4.10% 10 2.92% 1 1.61% Budget 30 1.50% 6 1.75% 2 3.23% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 127 6.35% 31 9.06% 4 6.45% Energy and Natural Resources 253 12.64% 95 27.78% 7 11.29% Environment and Public Works 161 8.05% 29 8.48% 9 14.52% Finance 455 22.74% 9 2.63% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 38 1.90% 9 2.63% 1 1.61% Governmental Affairs 144 7.20% 26 7.60% 6 9.68% Indian Affairs 39 1.95% 19 5.56% 7 11.29% Intelligence 7 0.35% 3 0.88% 0 0.00% Judiciary 210 10.49% 45 13.16% 14 22.58% Labor and Human Resources 191 9.55% 24 7.02% 4 6.45% Rules and Administration 38 1.90% 5 1.46% 2 3.23% Small Business 9 0.45% 3 0.88% 1 1.61% Veterans' Affairs 48 2.40% 5 1.46% 2 3.23% Totals 2,001 100.00% 342 100.00% 62 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-42 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 31. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Referred Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 101 3.77% 33 6.33% 31 19.02% Appropriations 15 0.56% 2 0.38% 0 0.00% Armed Services 75 2.80% 16 3.07% 2 1.23% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 128 4.78% 21 4.03% 3 1.84% Budget 31 1.16% 3 0.58% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 162 6.05% 44 8.45% 4 2.45% Energy and Natural Resources 225 8.40% 84 16.12% 25 15.34% Environment and Public Works 187 6.99% 32 6.14% 6 3.68% Finance 604 22.56% 13 2.50% 1 0.61% Foreign Relations 88 3.29% 12 2.30% 4 2.45% Governmental Affairs 197 7.36% 34 6.53% 5 3.07% Indian Affairs 51 1.91% 28 5.37% 8 4.91% Intelligence 14 0.52% 5 0.96% 0 0.00% Judiciary 411 15.35% 111 21.31% 49 30.06% Labor and Human Resources 254 9.49% 38 7.29% 10 6.13% Rules and Administration 43 1.61% 17 3.26% 8 4.91% Small Business 17 0.64% 5 0.96% 3 1.84% Veterans' Affairs 74 2.76% 23 4.41% 4 2.45% Totals 2,677 100.00% 521 100.00% 163 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-43 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 32. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Referred Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 111 3.09% 12 1.98% 6 3.77% Appropriations 117 3.25% 5 0.83% 0 0.00% Armed Services 128 3.56% 41 6.78% 1 0.63% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 169 4.70% 18 2.98% 6 3.77% Budget 131 3.64% 5 0.83% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 194 5.39% 53 8.76% 9 5.66% Energy and Natural Resources 288 8.01% 79 13.06% 23 14.47% Environment and Public Works 208 5.78% 25 4.13% 4 2.52% Finance 916 25.47% 22 3.64% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 140 3.89% 20 3.31% 3 1.89% Governmental Affairs 189 5.26% 27 4.46% 6 3.77% Indian Affairs 64 1.78% 37 6.12% 7 4.40% Intelligence 9 0.25% 3 0.50% 0 0.00% Judiciary 528 14.68% 177 29.26% 74 46.54% Labor and Human Resources 228 6.34% 46 7.60% 14 8.81% Rules and Administration 50 1.39% 13 2.15% 1 0.63% Small Business 17 0.47% 2 0.33% 1 0.63% Veterans' Affairs 109 3.03% 20 3.31% 4 2.52% Totals 3,596 100.00% 605 100.00% 159 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-44 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 33. 101st Congress (1989-1990) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 182 5.20% 13 1.76% 2 0.83% Appropriations 15 0.43% 3 0.41% 0 0.00% Armed Services 114 3.26% 35 4.73% 1 0.42% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 154 4.40% 19 2.57% 4 1.67% Budget 40 1.14% 13 1.76% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 210 6.01% 64 8.65% 11 4.58% Energy and Natural Resources 272 7.78% 85 11.49% 33 13.75% Environment and Public Works 223 6.38% 43 5.81% 13 5.42% Finance 784 22.42% 9 1.22% 2 0.83% Foreign Relations 122 3.49% 27 3.65% 5 2.08% Governmental Affairs 193 5.52% 34 4.59% 7 2.92% Indian Affairs 63 1.80% 30 4.05% 9 3.75% Intelligence 8 0.23% 1 0.14% 0 0.00% Judiciary 608 17.39% 267 36.08% 127 52.92% Labor and Human Resources 340 9.72% 66 8.92% 16 6.67% Rules and Administration 65 1.86% 24 3.24% 10 4.17% Small Business 11 0.31% 1 0.14% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 93 2.66% 6 0.81% 0 0.00% Totals 3,497 100.00% 740 100.00% 240 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-45 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 34. 100th Congress (1987-1989) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 168 5.33% 19 2.96% 5 1.96% Appropriations 17 0.54% 4 0.62% 0 0.00% Armed Services 64 2.03% 16 2.50% 0 0.00% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 119 3.78% 15 2.34% 2 0.78% Budget 28 0.89% 3 0.47% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 210 6.67% 49 7.64% 9 3.53% Energy and Natural Resources 279 8.86% 91 14.20% 39 15.29% Environment and Public Works 210 6.67% 40 6.24% 18 7.06% Finance 676 21.46% 11 1.72% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 138 4.38% 28 4.37% 4 1.57% Governmental Affairs 175 5.56% 28 4.37% 8 3.14% Indian Affairs 61 1.94% 28 4.37% 10 3.92% Intelligence 9 0.29% 3 0.47% 0 0.00% Judiciary 566 17.97% 232 36.19% 146 57.25% Labor and Human Resources 272 8.63% 49 7.64% 8 3.14% Rules and Administration 44 1.40% 11 1.72% 3 1.18% Small Business 15 0.48% 4 0.62% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 99 3.14% 10 1.56% 3 1.18% Totals 3,150 100.00% 641 100.00% 255 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-46 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 35. 99th Congress (1985-1986) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 159 5.10% 14 2.11% 2 0.75% Appropriations 21 0.67% 4 0.60% 0 0.00% Armed Services 102 3.27% 15 2.26% 5 1.87% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 165 5.29% 28 4.22% 8 2.99% Budget 25 0.80% 4 0.60% 1 0.37% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 193 6.19% 55 8.30% 16 5.97% Energy and Natural Resources 221 7.08% 62 9.35% 27 10.07% Environment and Public Works 190 6.09% 43 6.49% 8 2.99% Finance 655 20.99% 11 1.66% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 137 4.39% 35 5.28% 11 4.10% Governmental Affairs 199 6.38% 32 4.83% 6 2.24% Indian Affairs 43 1.38% 18 2.71% 8 2.99% Intelligence-Government Operations 2 0.06% 2 0.30% 0 0.00% Judiciary 639 20.48% 272 41.03% 154 57.46% Labor and Human Resources 245 7.85% 45 6.79% 16 5.97% Rules and Administration 41 1.31% 15 2.26% 6 2.24% Small Business 9 0.29% 2 0.30% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 74 2.37% 6 0.90% 0 0.00% Totals 3,120 100.00% 663 100.00% 268 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-47 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 36. 98th Congress (1983-1984) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 159 5.01% 18 2.77% 5 1.92% Appropriations 18 0.57% 11 1.69% 0 0.00% Armed Services 77 2.43% 13 2.00% 4 1.53% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 150 4.72% 18 2.77% 4 1.53% Budget 20 0.63% 2 0.31% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 189 5.95% 70 10.77% 22 8.43% Energy and Natural Resources 262 8.25% 70 10.77% 31 11.88% Environment and Public Works 226 7.12% 52 8.00% 18 6.90% Finance 689 21.70% 8 1.23% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 106 3.34% 28 4.31% 17 6.51% Governmental Affairs 196 6.17% 28 4.31% 8 3.07% Indian Affairs 63 1.98% 26 4.00% 18 6.90% Intelligence-Government Operations 9 0.28% 3 0.46% 0 0.00% Judiciary 591 18.61% 240 36.92% 110 42.15% Labor and Human Resources 276 8.69% 40 6.15% 14 5.36% Rules and Administration 45 1.42% 6 0.92% 4 1.53% Small Business 28 0.88% 10 1.54% 5 1.92% Veterans' Affairs 71 2.24% 7 1.08% 1 0.38% Totals 3,175 100.00% 650 100.00% 261 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-48 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 37. 97th Congress (1981-1982) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 135 4.45% 16 3.04% 3 1.79% Appropriations 15 0.49% 12 2.28% 0 0.00% Armed Services 103 3.40% 17 3.23% 4 2.38% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 160 5.28% 15 2.85% 4 2.38% Budget 34 1.12% 4 0.76% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 157 5.18% 59 11.20% 17 10.12% Energy and Natural Resources 253 8.34% 64 12.14% 32 19.05% Environment and Public Works 200 6.59% 38 7.21% 11 6.55% Finance 712 23.48% 9 1.71% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 88 2.90% 25 4.74% 8 4.76% Governmental Affairs 228 7.52% 33 6.26% 12 7.14% Indian Affairs 41 1.35% 22 4.17% 7 4.17% Intelligence-Government Operations 5 0.16% 4 0.76% 0 0.00% Judiciary 516 17.01% 151 28.65% 55 32.74% Labor and Human Resources 220 7.25% 36 6.83% 6 3.57% Rules and Administration 44 1.45% 11 2.09% 6 3.57% Small Business 19 0.63% 4 0.76% 1 0.60% Veterans' Affairs 103 3.40% 7 1.33% 2 1.19% Totals 3,033 100.00% 527 100.00% 168 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-49 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 38. 96th Congress (1979-1980) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 151 5.16% 24 4.64% 11 5.14% Appropriations 10 0.34% 2 0.39% 0 0.00% Armed Services 84 2.87% 15 2.90% 11 5.14% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 169 5.78% 35 6.77% 14 6.54% Budget 25 0.85% 3 0.58% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 196 6.70% 63 12.19% 33 15.42% Energy and Natural Resources 365 12.47% 64 12.38% 23 10.75% Environment and Public Works 230 7.86% 47 9.09% 29 13.55% Finance 652 22.28% 7 1.35% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 65 2.22% 23 4.45% 6 2.80% Governmental Affairs 290 9.91% 37 7.16% 9 4.21% Indian Affairs 38 1.30% 23 4.45% 16 7.48% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 382 13.06% 112 21.66% 35 16.36% Labor and Human Resources 124 4.24% 29 5.61% 12 5.61% Rules and Administration 53 1.81% 19 3.68% 13 6.07% Small Business 22 0.75% 5 0.97% 1 0.47% Veterans' Affairs 70 2.39% 9 1.74% 1 0.47% Totals 2,926 100.00% 517 100.00% 214 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-50 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 39. 95th Congress (1977-1978) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture and Forestry 233 5.83% 32 7.32% 24 12.12% Appropriations 7 0.18% 2 0.46% 1 0.51% Armed Services 85 2.13% 11 2.52% 8 4.04% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 184 4.61% 13 2.97% 7 3.54% Budget 5 0.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 284 7.11% 41 9.38% 17 8.59% Energy and Natural Resources 318 7.96% 55 12.59% 20 10.10% Environment and Public Works 198 4.96% 29 6.64% 15 7.58% Finance 592 14.82% 5 1.14% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 681 17.05% 15 3.43% 3 1.52% Government Affairs 253 6.33% 36 8.24% 18 9.09% Government Operations intelligence 3 0.08% 2 0.46% 1 0.51% Interior and Insular Affairs 39 0.98% 3 0.69% 2 1.01% Human Resources 282 7.06% 42 9.61% 14 7.07% Select Committee on Indian Affairs 79 1.98% 24 5.49% 21 10.61% Judiciary 369 9.24% 61 13.96% 24 12.12% Labor and Public Welfare 51 1.28% 2 0.46% 1 0.51% Public Works 219 5.48% 36 8.24% 12 6.06% Rules and Administration 40 1.00% 16 3.66% 10 5.05% Small Business 36 0.90% 6 1.37% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 36 0.90% 6 1.37% 0 0.00% Committees Total 3,994 100.00% 437 100.00% 198 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-51 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 40. 94th Congress (1975-1976) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Aeronautical and Space Sciences 14 0.43% 1 0.23% 0 0.00% Agriculture and Forestry 193 5.90% 33 7.48% 14 8.14% Appropriations 9 0.27% 1 0.23% 1 0.58% Armed Services 100 3.06% 9 2.04% 4 2.33% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 214 6.54% 23 5.22% 9 5.23% Budget 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 397 12.13% 70 15.87% 26 15.12% District of Columbia 12 0.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Finance 590 18.03% 5 1.13% 1 0.58% Foreign Relations 122 3.73% 16 3.63% 8 4.65% Government Operations 186 5.68% 21 4.76% 7 4.07% Government. Ops Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0.00% Interior and Insular Affairs 528 16.13% 103 23.36% 43 25.00% Judiciary 154 4.71% 70 15.87% 22 12.79% Labor and Public Welfare 322 9.84% 38 8.62% 9 5.23% Post Office and Civil Service 108 3.30% 6 1.36% 2 1.16% Public Works 193 5.90% 25 5.67% 13 7.56% Committees Total 45 1.37% 13 2.95% 11 6.40% Veterans' Affairs 84 2.57% 7 1.59% 2 1.16% Totals 3,273 100.00% 441 100.00% 172 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-52 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 41. 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Senate Committee Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Aeronautical and Space Sciences 14 0.37% 1 0.28% 1 0.48% Agriculture and Forestry 172 4.57% 21 5.85% 10 4.76% Appropriations 3 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Armed Services 162 4.30% 20 5.57% 13 6.19% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 301 7.99% 28 7.80% 14 6.67% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 437 11.60% 28 7.80% 25 11.90% District of Columbia 34 0.90% 4 1.11% 2 0.95% Finance 515 13.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Foreign Relations 101 2.68% 17 4.74% 13 6.19% Government Operations 179 4.75% 11 3.06% 7 3.33% Interior and Insular Affairs 530 14.07% 66 18.38% 42 20.00% Judiciary 491 13.04% 51 14.21% 24 11.43% Labor and Public Welfare 374 9.93% 42 11.70% 23 10.95% Post Office and Civil Service 120 3.19% 13 3.62% 6 2.86% Public Works 170 4.51% 29 8.08% 19 9.05% Rules and Administration 67 1.78% 18 5.01% 7 3.33% Veterans' Affairs 96 2.55% 10 2.79% 4 1.90% Committees Total 3,766 100.00% 359 100.00% 210 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-53 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 42. 106th Congress (1999-2000) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 3 0.78% 1 0.43% 1 0.50% Appropriations 9 2.35% 7 3.03% 6 3.00% Armed Services 1 0.26% 1 0.43% 1 0.50% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 9 2.35% 9 3.90% 9 4.50% Budget 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 36 9.40% 11 4.76% 7 3.50% Energy And Natural Resources 74 19.32% 54 23.38% 45 22.50% Environment And Public Works 51 13.32% 27 11.69% 27 13.50% Finance 19 4.96% 7 3.03% 2 1.00% Foreign Relations 18 4.70% 11 4.76% 11 5.50% Governmental Affairs 76 19.84% 58 25.11% 55 27.50% Indian Affairs 8 2.09% 6 2.60% 4 2.00% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 40 10.44% 26 11.26% 21 10.50% Health Education, Labor and Pensions 16 4.18% 1 0.43% 1 0.50% Rules and Administration 3 0.78% 2 0.87% 2 1.00% Small Business 13 3.39% 5 2.16% 3 1.50% Veterans' Affairs 7 1.83% 5 2.16% 5 2.50% Totals 383 100.00% 231 100.00% 200 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-54 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 43. 105th Congress (1997-1998) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 6 2.05% 2 1.34% 2 1.82% Appropriations 2 0.68% 2 1.34% 2 1.82% Armed Services 2 0.68% 2 1.34% 0 0.00% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 11 3.75% 4 2.68% 2 1.82% Budget 1 0.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 24 8.19% 10 6.71% 10 9.09% Energy And Natural Resources 52 17.75% 36 24.16% 32 29.09% Environment And Public Works 32 10.92% 13 8.72% 12 10.91% Finance 13 4.44% 5 3.36% 3 2.73% Foreign Relations 15 5.12% 5 3.36% 3 2.73% Governmental Affairs 42 14.33% 30 20.13% 16 14.55% Indian Affairs 7 2.39% 3 2.01% 3 2.73% Intelligence 2 0.68% 2 1.34% 1 0.91% Judiciary 50 17.06% 19 12.75% 12 10.91% Labor and Human Resources 17 5.80% 11 7.38% 9 8.18% Rules and Administration 2 0.68% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Small Business 2 0.68% 2 1.34% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 13 4.44% 3 2.01% 3 2.73% Totals 293 100.00% 149 100.00% 110 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-55 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 44. 104th Congress (1995-1996) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 8 2.82% 4 2.58% 4 3.77% Appropriations 24 8.45% 21 13.55% 13 12.26% Armed Services 2 0.70% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 8 2.82% 2 1.29% 1 0.94% Budget 4 1.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 24 8.45% 8 5.16% 7 6.60% Energy And Natural Resources 49 17.25% 25 16.13% 6 5.66% Environment And Public Works 48 16.90% 34 21.94% 31 29.25% Finance 21 7.39% 17 10.97% 14 13.21% Foreign Relations 11 3.87% 7 4.52% 3 2.83% Governmental Affairs 23 8.10% 9 5.81% 7 6.60% Indian Affairs 5 1.76% 3 1.94% 2 1.89% Intelligence 1 0.35% 1 0.65% 1 0.94% Judiciary 27 9.51% 10 6.45% 6 5.66% Labor and Human Resources 9 3.17% 5 3.23% 2 1.89% Rules and Administration 6 2.11% 5 3.23% 5 4.72% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 14 4.93% 4 2.58% 4 3.77% Totals 284 100.00% 155 100.00% 106 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-56 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 45. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 9 2.47% 2 1.10% 2 1.32% Appropriations 31 8.49% 30 16.48% 30 19.87% Armed Services 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 18 4.93% 4 2.20% 4 2.65% Budget 6 1.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 50 13.70% 19 10.44% 13 8.61% Energy And Natural Resources 49 13.42% 29 15.93% 18 11.92% Environment And Public Works 54 14.79% 26 14.29% 22 14.57% Finance 3 0.82% 1 0.55% 1 0.66% Foreign Relations 8 2.19% 3 1.65% 3 1.99% Governmental Affairs 49 13.42% 30 16.48% 27 17.88% Indian Affairs 8 2.19% 6 3.30% 5 3.31% Intelligence 1 0.27% 1 0.55% 1 0.66% Judiciary 41 11.23% 17 9.34% 16 10.60% Labor and Human Resources 12 3.29% 5 2.75% 1 0.66% Rules and Administration 3 0.82% 3 1.65% 2 1.32% Small Business 4 1.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 19 5.21% 6 3.30% 6 3.97% Totals 365 100.00% 182 100.00% 151 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-57 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 46. 102nd Congress (1991-1992) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 12 2.67% 8 3.11% 5 2.50% Appropriations 31 6.89% 28 10.89% 27 13.50% Armed Services 11 2.44% 5 1.95% 4 2.00% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 15 3.33% 5 1.95% 4 2.00% Budget 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 44 9.78% 19 7.39% 11 5.50% Energy And Natural Resources 77 17.11% 51 19.84% 26 13.00% Environment And Public Works 32 7.11% 16 6.23% 16 8.00% Finance 45 10.00% 12 4.67% 7 3.50% Foreign Relations 9 2.00% 5 1.95% 4 2.00% Governmental Affairs 34 7.56% 21 8.17% 18 9.00% Indian Affairs 5 1.11% 4 1.56% 3 1.50% Intelligence 2 0.44% 2 0.78% 2 1.00% Judiciary 84 18.67% 53 20.62% 50 25.00% Labor and Human Resources 20 4.44% 11 4.28% 9 4.50% Rules and Administration 5 1.11% 4 1.56% 3 1.50% Small Business 4 0.89% 3 1.17% 2 1.00% Veterans' Affairs 19 4.22% 10 3.89% 9 4.50% Totals 450 100.00% 257 100.00% 200 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-58 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 47. 101st Congress (1989-1990) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 16 4.28% 9 3.86% 8 4.02% Appropriations 28 7.49% 26 11.16% 24 12.06% Armed Services 9 2.41% 3 1.29% 3 1.51% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 15 4.01% 6 2.58% 5 2.51% Budget 2 0.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 42 11.23% 20 8.58% 15 7.54% Energy And Natural Resources 82 21.93% 50 21.46% 38 19.10% Environment And Public Works 33 8.82% 22 9.44% 21 10.55% Finance 7 1.87% 3 1.29% 3 1.51% Foreign Relations 15 4.01% 4 1.72% 4 2.01% Governmental Affairs 31 8.29% 16 6.87% 13 6.53% Indian Affairs 7 1.87% 6 2.58% 4 2.01% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 40 10.70% 48 20.60% 44 22.11% Labor and Human Resources 18 4.81% 15 6.44% 12 6.03% Rules and Administration 4 1.07% 2 0.86% 2 1.01% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 25 6.68% 3 1.29% 3 1.51% Totals 374 100.00% 233 100.00% 199 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-59 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 48. 100th Congress (1987-1989) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 26 5.98% 14 5.28% 14 5.86% Appropriations 27 6.21% 26 9.81% 15 6.28% Armed Services 12 2.76% 3 1.13% 2 0.84% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 12 2.76% 9 3.40% 7 2.93% Budget 1 0.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 32 7.36% 15 5.66% 10 4.18% Energy and Natural Resources 99 22.76% 70 26.42% 63 26.36% Environment and Public Works 28 6.44% 22 8.30% 19 7.95% Finance 9 2.07% 5 1.89% 5 2.09% Foreign Relations 14 3.22% 6 2.26% 6 2.51% Governmental Affairs 30 6.90% 15 5.66% 13 5.44% Indian Affairs 15 3.45% 15 5.66% 14 5.86% Intelligence 1 0.23% 1 0.38% 1 0.42% Judiciary 95 21.84% 50 18.87% 59 24.69% Labor and Human Resources 14 3.22% 9 3.40% 7 2.93% Rules and Administration 7 1.61% 2 0.75% 1 0.42% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 13 2.99% 3 1.13% 3 1.26% Totals 435 100.00% 265 100.00% 239 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-60 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 49. 99th Congress (1985-1986) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 14 3.78% 6 2.75% 5 2.84% Appropriations 32 8.65% 29 13.30% 14 7.95% Armed Services 10 2.70% 7 3.21% 6 3.41% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 15 4.05% 8 3.67% 7 3.98% Budget 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 21 5.68% 10 4.59% 7 3.98% Energy and Natural Resources 72 19.46% 41 18.81% 37 21.02% Environment and Public Works 35 9.46% 13 5.96% 12 6.82% Finance 13 3.51% 8 3.67% 6 3.41% Foreign Relations 9 2.43% 5 2.29% 3 1.70% Governmental Affairs 15 4.05% 15 6.88% 14 7.95% Indian Affairs 11 2.97% 7 3.21% 3 1.70% Intelligence-Government Operations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 88 23.78% 56 25.69% 54 30.68% Labor and Human Resources 19 5.14% 8 3.67% 5 2.84% Rules and Administration 4 1.08% 3 1.38% 3 1.70% Small Business 1 0.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 11 2.97% 2 0.92% 0 0.00% Totals 370 100.00% 218 100.00% 176 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-61 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 50. 98th Congress (1983-1984) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 26 6.82% 21 9.33% 19 10.80% Appropriations 27 7.09% 26 11.56% 19 10.80% Armed Services 10 2.62% 5 2.22% 5 2.84% Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 17 4.46% 7 3.11% 4 2.27% Budget 1 0.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Commerce, Science, and Transportation 32 8.40% 20 8.89% 15 8.52% Energy and Natural Resources 47 12.34% 25 11.11% 21 11.93% Environment and Public Works 43 11.29% 25 11.11% 22 12.50% Finance 23 6.04% 11 4.89% 8 4.55% Foreign Relations 8 2.10% 6 2.67% 2 1.14% Governmental Affairs 28 7.35% 11 4.89% 2 1.14% Indian Affairs 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Intelligence-Government Operations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 74 19.42% 46 20.44% 43 24.43% Labor and Human Resources 25 6.56% 9 4.00% 6 3.41% Rules and Administration 8 2.10% 7 3.11% 5 2.84% Small Business 2 0.52% 2 0.89% 1 0.57% Veterans' Affairs 10 2.62% 4 1.78% 4 2.27% Totals 381 100.00% 225 100.00% 176 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-62 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 51. 97th Congress (1981-1982) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 14 4.93% 12 6.25% 11 6.63% Appropriations 24 8.45% 22 11.46% 18 10.84% Armed Services 11 3.87% 5 2.60% 5 3.01% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 10 3.52% 5 2.60% 3 1.81% Budget 1 0.35% 1 0.52% 1 0.60% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 19 6.69% 9 4.69% 9 5.42% Energy And Natural Resources 43 15.14% 23 11.98% 21 12.65% Environment And Public Works 20 7.04% 14 7.29% 14 8.43% Finance 20 7.04% 15 7.81% 11 6.63% Foreign Relations 11 3.87% 4 2.08% 4 2.41% Governmental Affairs 21 7.39% 15 7.81% 13 7.83% Indian Affairs 15 5.28% 14 7.29% 12 7.23% Intelligence-Government Operations 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Judiciary 57 20.07% 48 25.00% 40 24.10% Labor and Human Resources 9 3.17% 2 1.04% 2 1.20% Rules And Administration 4 1.41% 3 1.56% 2 1.20% Small Business 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Veterans' Affairs 5 1.76% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Totals 284 100.00% 192 100.00% 166 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-63 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions, by Committee: Table 52. 96th Congress (1979-1980) Senate Committee House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred in Senate Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent Percent Percent Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 11 2.86% 11 3.90% 11 4.20% Appropriations 40 10.39% 35 12.41% 27 10.31% Armed Services 27 7.01% 21 7.45% 19 7.25% Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs 10 2.60% 6 2.13% 5 1.91% Budget 2 0.52% 2 0.71% 2 0.76% Commerce, Science, And Transportation 29 7.53% 25 8.87% 22 8.40% Energy And Natural Resources 40 10.39% 36 12.77% 31 11.83% Environment And Public Works 42 10.91% 33 11.70% 30 11.45% Finance 59 15.32% 30 10.64% 30 11.45% Foreign Relations 16 4.16% 14 4.96% 14 5.34% Governmental Affairs 35 9.09% 24 8.51% 25 9.54% Indian Affairs 8 2.08% 6 2.13% 5 1.91% Intelligence 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0.00% Judiciary 36 9.35% 15 5.32% 27 10.31% Labor and Human Resources 16 4.16% 12 4.26% 8 3.05% Rules And Administration 7 1.82% 9 3.19% 4 1.53% Small Business 2 0.52% 2 0.71% 1 0.38% Veterans' Affairs 5 1.30% 1 0.35% 1 0.38% Totals 385 100.00% 282 100.00% 262 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-64 Senate Committee Legislative Activity: By Committee Measures Referred Measures Referred to Committees: Table 53. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Resolution Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and s (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 7 2 NA 2 172 NA 172 181 NA 181 94th (1975-1976) 19 2 NA 2 193 NA 193 214 NA 214 95th (1977-1978) 7 0 NA 0 233 NA 233 240 NA 240 96th (1979-1980) 17 0 0 0 151 11 162 168 11 179 97th (1981-1982) 11 5 2 7 135 14 149 151 16 167 98th (1983-1984) 13 1 0 1 159 26 185 173 26 199 99th (1985-1986) 13 8 2 10 159 14 173 180 16 196 100th (1987-1988) 6 0 0 0 168 26 194 174 26 200 101st (1989-1990) 6 0 0 0 168 16 184 174 16 190 102nd (1991-1992) 0 2 1 3 182 12 194 184 13 197 103rd (1993-1994) 0 1 0 1 101 9 110 102 9 111 104th (1995-1996) 1 1 0 1 85 8 93 87 8 95 105th (1997-1998) 2 0 1 1 78 6 84 80 7 87 106th (1999-2000) 1 3 0 3 145 3 148 149 3 152 Sourc e : Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-65 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 54. Appropriations, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 0 0 NA 0 3 NA 3 3 NA 3 94th (1975-1976) 36 2 NA 2 9 NA 9 47 NA 47 95th (1977-1978) 8 0 NA 0 7 NA 7 15 NA 15 96th (1979-1980) 12 0 0 0 10 0 10 22 0 22 97th (1981-1982) 10 1 0 1 15 24 39 26 24 50 98th (1983-1984) 7 5 2 7 18 27 45 30 29 59 99th (1985-1986) 7 2 0 2 21 32 53 30 32 62 100th (1987-1988) 11 0 1 1 17 27 44 28 28 56 101st (1989-1990) 3 0 0 0 15 28 43 18 28 46 102nd (1991-1992) 0 0 3 3 117 31 148 117 34 151 103rd (1993-1994) 0 0 0 0 15 31 46 15 31 46 104th (1995-1996) 0 0 1 1 15 24 39 15 25 40 105th (1997-1998) 1 1 0 1 32 2 34 34 2 36 106th (1999-2000) 2 0 1 1 25 9 34 27 10 37 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-66 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 55. Armed Services, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 0 0 NA 0 3 NA 3 3 NA 3 94th (1975-1976) 36 2 NA 2 9 NA 9 47 NA 47 95th (1977-1978) 8 0 NA 0 7 NA 7 15 NA 15 96th (1979-1980) 24 1 0 1 84 40 124 109 40 149 97th (1981-1982) 13 3 0 3 103 24 127 119 24 143 98th (1983-1984) 4 3 2 5 77 27 104 84 29 113 99th (1985-1986) 5 0 0 0 102 32 134 107 32 139 100th (1987-1988) 4 3 1 4 64 27 91 71 28 99 101st (1989-1990) 4 0 0 0 114 28 142 118 28 146 102nd (1991-1992) 1 2 3 5 128 31 159 131 34 165 103rd (1993-1994) 1 3 0 3 75 31 106 79 31 110 104th (1995-1996) 1 3 1 4 69 24 93 73 25 98 105th (1997-1998) 1 0 0 0 70 2 72 71 2 73 106th (1999-2000) 8 5 1 6 79 9 88 92 10 102 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-67 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 56. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 6 4 NA 4 301 NA 301 311 NA 311 94th (1975-1976) 10 3 NA 3 214 NA 214 227 NA 227 95th (1977-1978) 3 5 NA 5 184 NA 184 192 NA 192 96th (1979-1980) 18 7 0 7 169 10 179 194 10 204 97th (1981-1982) 16 9 1 10 160 10 170 185 11 196 98th (1983-1984) 4 8 0 8 150 17 167 162 17 179 99th (1985-1986) 5 2 0 2 165 15 180 172 15 187 100th (1987-1988) 3 2 1 3 119 12 131 124 13 137 101st (1989-1990) 2 0 1 1 154 15 169 156 16 172 102nd (1991-1992) 4 0 0 0 169 15 184 173 15 188 103rd (1993-1994) 4 2 0 2 128 18 146 134 18 152 104th (1995-1996) 4 0 0 0 82 8 90 86 8 94 105th (1997-1998) 2 0 1 1 79 11 90 81 12 93 106th (1999-2000) 0 1 1 2 111 9 120 112 10 122 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-68 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 57. Budget, 94th-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 94th (1975-1976) 64 2 NA 2 2 NA 5 120 NA 120 95th (1977-1978) 119 0 NA 0 5 NA 25 105 NA 105 96th (1979-1980) 113 5 0 5 25 2 34 109 1 110 97th (1981-1982) 80 8 0 8 34 1 20 63 1 64 98th (1983-1984) 70 3 2 5 20 1 25 38 2 40 99th (1985-1986) 35 3 1 4 25 0 28 31 2 33 100th (1987-1988) 10 6 1 7 28 1 40 48 3 51 101st (1989-1990) 0 5 1 6 40 2 131 136 2 138 102nd (1991-1992) 2 5 1 6 131 1 31 39 7 46 103rd (1993-1994) 0 6 1 7 31 6 30 40 5 45 104th (1995-1996) 3 2 0 2 30 4 28 32 1 33 105th (1997-1998) 4 4 0 4 28 1 31 35 0 35 106th (1999-2000) 2 2 1 3 31 0 0 2 1 3 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The committee on the Budget did not exist before the 94th Congress. CRS-69 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 58. Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 16 7 NA 7 437 NA 437 460 NA 460 94th (1975-1976) 0 0 NA 0 34 NA 34 34 NA 34 95th (1977-1978) 6 3 NA 3 284 NA 284 293 NA 293 96th (1979-1980) 25 4 2 6 196 29 225 225 31 256 97th (1981-1982) 15 4 2 6 157 19 176 176 21 197 98th (1983-1984) 16 10 2 12 189 32 221 215 34 249 99th (1985-1986) 14 8 1 9 193 21 214 215 22 237 100th (1987-1988) 7 5 1 6 210 32 242 222 33 255 101st (1989-1990) 5 5 0 5 210 44 254 220 44 264 102nd (1991-1992) 1 2 0 2 194 44 238 197 44 241 103rd (1993-1994) 8 1 0 1 162 50 212 171 50 221 104th (1995-1996) 3 2 0 2 127 24 151 132 24 156 105th (1997-1998) 3 4 3 7 180 24 204 187 27 214 106th (1999-2000) 5 3 4 7 206 36 242 214 40 254 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-70 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 59. Energy and Natural Resources, 96th-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 96th (1979-1980) 41 4 0 4 365 40 405 410 40 450 97th (1981-1982) 19 0 0 0 253 43 296 272 43 315 98th (1983-1984) 15 1 0 1 262 47 309 278 47 325 99th (1985-1986) 7 0 1 1 221 72 293 228 73 301 100th (1987-1988) 2 0 0 0 279 99 378 281 99 380 101st (1989-1990) 3 0 0 0 272 82 354 275 82 357 102nd (1991-1992) 0 1 0 1 288 77 365 289 77 366 103rd (1993-1994) 1 0 1 1 225 49 274 226 50 276 104th (1995-1996) 0 0 0 0 253 49 302 253 49 302 105th (1997-1998) 4 3 0 3 246 52 298 253 52 305 106th (1999-2000) 3 0 3 3 338 74 412 341 77 418 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95 t h Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-71 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 60. Interior and Insular Affairs, 93rd-95th Congresses Congress and Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals (Years) Resolutions Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 3 4 NA 4 530 NA 530 537 NA 537 94th (1975-1976) 19 3 NA 3 528 NA 528 550 NA 550 95th (1977-1978) 3 0 NA 0 39 NA 39 42 NA 42 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95 th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-72 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 61. Environment and Public Works, 96th-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 96th (1979-1980) 21 0 0 0 230 42 272 251 42 293 97th (1981-1982) 12 2 2 4 200 20 220 214 22 236 98th (1983-1984) 8 1 0 1 226 43 269 235 43 278 99th (1985-1986) 9 0 0 0 190 35 225 199 35 234 100th (1987-1988) 10 2 2 4 210 28 238 222 30 252 101st (1989-1990) 6 2 1 3 223 33 256 231 34 265 102nd (1991-1992) 7 0 0 0 208 32 240 215 32 247 103rd (1993-1994) 1 0 0 0 208 54 262 209 54 263 104th (1995-1996) 0 0 0 0 187 48 235 187 48 235 105th (1997-1998) 0 1 2 3 161 32 193 162 34 196 106th (1999-2000) 21 1 0 1 170 51 221 192 51 243 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-73 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 62. Public Works, 93rd-95th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 1 2 NA 2 170 NA 170 173 NA 173 94th (1975-1976) 5 2 NA 2 193 NA 193 200 NA 200 95th (1977-1978) 1 1 NA 1 219 NA 219 221 NA 221 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-74 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 63. Finance, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 5 4 NA 4 515 NA 515 524 NA 524 94th (1975-1976) 5 12 NA 12 590 NA 590 607 NA 607 95th (1977-1978) 11 7 NA 7 592 NA 592 610 NA 610 96th (1979-1980) 19 10 2 12 652 59 711 681 61 742 97th (1981-1982) 26 8 0 8 712 20 732 746 20 766 98th (1983-1984) 22 10 1 11 689 23 712 721 24 745 99th (1985-1986) 39 13 0 13 655 13 668 707 13 720 100th (1987-1988) 22 10 0 10 676 9 685 708 9 717 101st (1989-1990) 14 12 0 12 784 7 791 810 7 817 102nd (1991-1992) 16 6 1 7 916 45 961 938 46 984 103rd (1993-1994) 8 6 0 6 604 3 607 618 3 621 104th (1995-1996) 6 3 1 4 455 21 476 464 22 486 105th (1997-1998) 10 9 1 10 169 13 182 188 14 202 106th (1999-2000) 11 10 1 11 921 19 940 942 20 962 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-75 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 64. Foreign Relations, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 36 23 NA 23 101 NA 101 160 NA 160 94th (1975-1976) 52 83 NA 83 122 NA 122 257 NA 257 95th (1977-1978) 46 32 NA 32 681 NA 681 759 NA 759 96th (1979-1980) 64 52 17 69 65 16 81 181 33 214 97th (1981-1982) 59 35 21 56 88 11 99 182 32 214 98th (1983-1984) 63 49 18 67 106 8 114 218 26 244 99th (1985-1986) 59 56 15 71 137 9 146 252 24 276 100th (1987-1988) 51 58 25 83 138 14 152 247 39 286 101st (1989-1990) 48 57 21 78 122 15 137 227 36 263 102nd (1991-1992) 78 55 29 84 140 9 149 273 38 311 103rd (1993-1994) 41 22 0 22 88 8 96 151 8 159 104th (1995-1996) 29 40 8 48 38 11 49 107 19 126 105th (1997-1998) 42 44 32 76 68 15 83 154 47 201 106th (1999-2000) 60 51 23 74 96 18 114 207 41 248 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-76 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 65. Governmental Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 4 5 NA 5 179 NA 179 188 NA 188 94th (1975-1976) 6 2 NA 2 186 NA 186 194 NA 194 95th (1977-1978) 19 8 NA 8 253 NA 253 280 NA 280 96th (1979-1980) 26 5 0 5 290 35 325 321 35 356 97th (1981-1982) 18 4 0 4 228 21 249 250 21 271 98th (1983-1984) 15 9 0 9 196 28 224 220 28 248 99th (1985-1986) 8 1 0 1 199 15 214 208 15 223 100th (1987-1988) 5 3 1 4 175 30 205 183 31 214 101st (1989-1990) 5 3 1 4 193 31 224 201 32 233 102nd (1991-1992) 2 3 0 3 189 34 223 194 34 228 103rd (1993-1994) 1 4 0 4 197 49 246 202 49 251 104th (1995-1996) 5 0 3 3 144 23 167 149 26 175 105th (1997-1998) 5 12 2 14 144 42 186 161 44 205 106th (1999-2000) 6 7 2 9 170 76 246 183 78 261 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. N o t e : The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-77 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 66. District of Columbia, 93rd-94th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 0 0 NA 0 34 NA 34 34 NA 34 94th (1975-1976) 1 3 NA 3 12 NA 12 16 NA 16 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. Measures Referred to Committees: Table 67. Post Office and Civil Service, 93rd-94th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 11 0 NA 0 120 NA 120 131 NA 131 94th (1975-1976) 3 1 NA 1 108 NA 108 112 NA 112 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-78 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 68. Indian Affairs, 95th-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 95th (1977-1978 2 0 NA 0 79 NA 79 81 NA 81 96th (1979-1980) 3 0 0 0 38 8 38 41 8 49 97th (1981-1982) 5 0 0 0 41 15 41 46 15 61 98th (1983-1984) 2 0 0 0 63 0 63 65 0 65 99th (1985-1986) 2 0 1 1 43 11 54 45 12 57 100th (1987-1988) 3 1 1 2 61 15 76 65 16 81 101st (1989-1990) 1 0 0 0 63 7 70 64 7 71 102nd (1991-1992) 0 1 0 1 64 5 69 65 5 70 103rd (1993-1994) 0 0 0 0 51 8 59 51 8 59 104th (1995-1996) 0 0 0 0 39 5 44 39 5 44 105th (1997-1998) 0 0 0 0 46 7 53 46 7 53 106th (1999-2000) 0 1 0 1 70 8 78 71 8 79 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on the Indian Affairs did not exist before the 95th Congress. CRS-79 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 69. Select Committee on Intelligence, 95th-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 95th (1977-1978) 0 0 NA 0 3 NA 3 3 NA 3 96th (1979-1980) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97th (1981-1982) 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 10 98th (1983-1984) 2 0 1 1 0 9 9 2 10 12 99th (1985-1986) 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 100th (1987-1988) 3 0 0 0 1 9 10 4 9 13 101st (1989-1990) 1 0 0 0 0 8 8 1 8 9 102nd (1991-1992) 0 0 0 0 2 14 16 2 14 16 103rd (1993-1994) 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 1 7 8 104th (1995-1996) 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 4 5 105th (1997-1998) 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 2 4 6 106th (1999-2000) 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 4 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 rd-95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Select Committee on Intelligence did not exist before the 95th Congress. CRS-80 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 70. Judiciary, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 6 11 NA 11 491 NA 491 508 NA 508 94th (1975-1976) 16 16 NA 16 154 NA 154 186 NA 186 95th (1977-1978) 14 7 NA 7 369 NA 369 390 NA 390 96th (1979-1980) 27 12 1 13 382 36 418 421 37 458 97th (1981-1982) 48 16 3 19 516 57 573 580 60 640 98th (1983-1984) 39 11 2 13 591 74 665 641 76 717 99th (1985-1986) 21 15 7 22 639 88 727 675 95 770 100th (1987-1988) 13 6 3 9 566 95 661 585 98 683 101st (1989-1990) 16 9 2 11 608 40 648 633 42 675 102nd (1991-1992) 10 15 2 17 528 84 612 553 86 639 103rd (1993-1994) 12 4 0 4 411 41 452 427 41 468 104th (1995-1996) 38 3 2 5 210 27 237 251 29 280 105th (1997-1998) 57 10 6 16 353 50 403 420 56 476 106th (1999-2000) 78 14 21 35 411 40 451 503 61 564 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-81 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 71. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 2 5 NA 5 374 NA 374 381 NA 381 94th (1975-1976) 11 6 NA 6 322 NA 322 339 NA 339 95th (1977-1978) 6 6 NA 6 333 NA 333 345 NA 345 96th (1979-1980) 9 3 2 5 124 16 140 136 18 154 97th (1981-1982) 0 8 2 10 220 9 229 228 11 239 98th (1983-1984) 16 5 0 5 276 25 301 297 25 322 99th (1985-1986) 11 12 3 15 245 19 264 268 22 290 100th (1987-1988) 4 12 2 14 272 14 286 288 16 304 101st (1989-1990) 4 9 2 11 340 18 358 353 20 373 102nd (1991-1992) 5 3 0 3 228 20 248 236 20 256 103rd (1993-1994) 10 4 0 4 254 12 266 268 12 280 104th (1995-1996) 2 2 1 3 191 9 200 195 10 205 105th (1997-1998) 11 4 2 6 281 17 298 296 19 315 106th (1999-2000) 3 6 10 16 349 16 365 358 26 384 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-82 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 72. Rules and Administration, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 140 24 NA 24 67 NA 67 231 NA 231 94th (1975-1976) 152 21 NA 21 45 NA 45 218 NA 218 95th (1977-1978) 125 10 NA 10 40 NA 40 175 NA 175 96th (1979-1980) 113 11 12 23 53 7 60 177 19 196 97th (1981-1982) 90 3 4 7 44 4 48 137 8 145 98th (1983-1984) 85 10 2 12 45 8 53 140 10 150 99th (1985-1986) 88 9 5 14 41 4 45 138 9 147 100th (1987-1988) 140 10 9 19 44 7 51 194 16 210 101st (1989-1990) 53 12 10 22 65 4 69 130 14 144 102nd (1991-1992) 55 10 2 12 50 5 55 115 7 122 103rd (1993-1994) 56 4 0 4 43 3 46 103 3 106 104th (1995-1996) 26 9 6 15 38 6 44 73 12 85 105th (1997-1998) 29 7 1 8 43 2 45 79 3 82 106th (1999-2000) 32 3 13 16 43 3 46 78 16 94 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-83 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 73. Select Committee on Small Business, 95th-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 95th (1977-1978) 3 0 NA 0 2 NA 2 5 NA 5 96th (1979-1980) 6 0 0 0 22 2 24 28 2 30 97th (1981-1982) 2 0 0 0 19 0 19 21 0 21 98th (1983-1984) 1 0 0 0 28 2 30 29 2 31 99th (1985-1986) 4 0 0 0 9 1 10 13 1 14 100th (1987-1988) 1 1 2 3 15 0 15 17 2 19 101st (1989-1990) 1 0 0 0 11 0 11 12 0 12 102nd (1991-1992) 1 2 0 2 17 4 21 20 4 24 103rd (1993-1994) 0 0 0 0 17 4 21 17 4 21 104th (1995-1996) 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 9 0 9 105th (1997-1998) 0 0 0 0 13 2 15 13 2 15 106th (1999-2000) 0 0 0 0 20 13 33 20 13 33 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 95th Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Small Business did not exist before the 95th Congress. CRS-84 Measures Referred to Committees: Table 74. Veterans' Affairs, 93rd-106th Congresses Simple Concurrent Resolutions Bills and Joint Resolutions Totals Congress and Resolutions (Years) Grand Senate Senate House Total Senate House Total Senate House Total 93rd (1973-1974) 3 1 NA 1 96 NA 96 100 NA 100 94th (1975-1976) 0 0 NA 0 84 NA 84 84 NA 84 95th (1977-1978) 3 0 NA 0 36 NA 36 39 NA 39 96th (1979-1980) 2 0 0 0 70 5 75 72 5 77 97th (1981-1982) 5 1 1 2 103 5 108 109 6 115 98th (1983-1984) 4 1 0 1 71 10 81 76 10 86 99th (1985-1986) 3 1 0 1 74 11 85 78 11 89 100th (1987-1988) 2 1 2 3 99 13 112 102 15 117 101st (1989-1990) 1 1 0 1 93 25 118 95 25 120 102nd (1991-1992) 0 0 0 0 109 19 128 109 19 128 103rd (1993-1994) 0 0 0 0 74 19 93 74 19 93 104th (1995-1996) 1 0 0 0 48 14 62 49 14 63 105th (1997-1998) 1 0 0 0 49 13 62 50 13 63 106th (1999-2000) 1 2 0 2 51 7 58 54 7 61 Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. In the 93 r d -95 t h Congresses, information on referral to Senate committees of House passed measures is unavailable through LIS. NA indicates information not available. All private measures are excluded. CRS-85 Action on Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions by Senate Committee Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 75. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Tota Reported Enacted into Law l Congress and (Years) Percent Percent of of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 172 21 12.21% 10 5.81% th 94 (1975-1976) 193 33 17.10% 14 7.25% 95th (1977-1978) 233 32 13.73% 24 10.30% 96th (1979-1980) 151 24 15.89% 11 7.28% th 97 (1981-1982) 135 16 11.85% 3 2.22% th 98 (1983-1984) 159 18 11.32% 5 3.14% th 99 (1985-1986) 159 14 8.81% 2 1.26% th 100 (1987-1988) 168 19 11.31% 5 2.98% 101st (1989-1990) 168 19 11.31% 5 2.98% 102nd (1991-1992) 182 13 7.14% 2 1.10% 103rd (1993-1994) 101 33 32.67% 31 30.69% th 104 (1995-1996) 85 3 3.53% 1 1.18% th 105 (1997-1998) 78 6 7.69% 3 3.85% th 106 (1999-2000) 145 17 11.72% 4 2.76% Source: Legislative Information Sy stem (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-86 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 76. Appropriations 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 3 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 94 (1975-1976) 9 1 11.11% 1 11.11% th 95 (1977-1978) 7 2 28.57% 1 14.29% 96th (1979-1980) 10 2 20.00% 0 0.00% 97th (1981-1982) 15 12 80.00% 0 0.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 18 11 61.11% 0 0.00% th 99 (1985-1986) 21 4 19.05% 0 0.00% th 100 (1987-1988) 17 4 23.53% 0 0.00% 101st (1989-1990) 15 3 20.00% 0 0.00% 102nd (1991-1992) 117 5 4.27% 0 0.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 15 2 13.33% 0 0.00% th 104 (1995-1996) 15 7 46.67% 0 0.00% th 105 (1997-1998) 32 29 90.63% 0 0.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 25 20 80.00% 0 0.00% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-87 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 77. Armed Services 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 3 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 94 (1975-1976) 9 1 11.11% 1 11.11% th 95 (1977-1978) 7 2 28.57% 1 14.29% 96th (1979-1980) 84 15 17.86% 11 13.10% 97th (1981-1982) 103 17 16.50% 4 3.88% th 98 (1983-1984) 77 13 16.88% 4 5.19% th 99 (1985-1986) 102 15 14.71% 5 4.90% th 100 (1987-1988) 64 16 25.00% 0 0.00% 101st (1989-1990) 114 35 30.70% 1 0.88% 102nd (1991-1992) 128 41 32.03% 1 0.78% 103rd (1993-1994) 75 16 21.33% 2 2.67% th 104 (1995-1996) 69 13 18.84% 1 1.45% th 105 (1997-1998) 70 10 14.29% 1 1.43% th 106 (1999-2000) 79 13 16.46% 2 2.53% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-88 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 78. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 301 28 9.30% 14 4.65% th 94 (1975-1976) 214 23 10.75% 9 4.21% th 95 (1977-1978) 184 13 7.07% 7 3.80% 96th (1979-1980) 169 35 20.71% 14 8.28% 97th (1981-1982) 160 15 9.38% 4 2.50% th 98 (1983-1984) 150 18 12.00% 4 2.67% th 99 (1985-1986) 165 28 16.97% 8 4.85% th 100 (1987-1988) 119 15 12.61% 2 1.68% 101st (1989-1990) 154 19 12.34% 4 2.60% 102nd (1991-1992) 169 18 10.65% 6 3.55% 103rd (1993-1994) 128 21 16.41% 3 2.34% th 104 (1995-1996) 82 10 12.20% 1 1.22% th 105 (1997-1998) 79 14 17.72% 8 10.13% th 106 (1999-2000) 111 15 13.51% 2 1.80% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-89 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 79. Budget 95th-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 95th (1977-1978) 5 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 96 (1979-1980) 25 3 12.00% 0 0.00% 97th (1981-1982) 34 4 11.76% 0 0.00% 98th (1983-1984) 20 2 10.00% 0 0.00% 99th (1985-1986) 25 4 16.00% 1 4.00% 100th (1987-1988) 28 3 10.71% 0 0.00% st 101 (1989-1990) 40 13 32.50% 0 0.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 131 5 3.82% 0 0.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 31 3 9.68% 0 0.00% 104th (1995-1996) 30 6 20.00% 2 6.67% th 105 (1997-1998) 28 3 10.71% 0 0.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 31 4 12.90% 0 0.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The committee on the Budget did not exist before the 94th Congress. CRS-90 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee; Table 80. Commerce, Science, and Transportation 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 437 28 6.41% 25 5.72% th 94 (1975-1976) 397 70 17.63% 26 6.55% th 95 (1977-1978) 284 41 14.44% 17 5.99% 96th (1979-1980) 196 63 32.14% 33 16.84% 97th (1981-1982) 157 59 37.58% 17 10.83% th 98 (1983-1984) 189 70 37.04% 22 11.64% th 99 (1985-1986) 193 55 28.50% 16 8.29% th 100 (1987-1988) 210 49 23.33% 9 4.29% 101st (1989-1990) 210 64 30.48% 11 5.24% 102nd (1991-1992) 194 53 27.32% 9 4.64% 103rd (1993-1994) 162 44 27.16% 4 2.47% th 104 (1995-1996) 127 31 24.41% 4 3.15% th 105 (1997-1998) 180 40 22.22% 8 4.44% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-91 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 81. Energy and Natural Resources 96th-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 365 64 17.53% 23 6.30% th 97 (1981-1982) 253 64 25.30% 32 12.65% th 98 (1983-1984) 262 70 26.72% 31 11.83% 99th (1985-1986) 221 62 28.05% 27 12.22% 100th (1987-1988) 279 91 32.62% 39 13.98% st 101 (1989-1990) 272 85 31.25% 33 12.13% nd 102 (1991-1992) 288 79 27.43% 23 7.99% rd 103 (1993-1994) 225 84 37.33% 25 11.11% 104th (1995-1996) 253 95 37.55% 7 2.77% 105th (1997-1998) 246 68 27.64% 36 14.63% 106th (1999-2000) 338 151 44.67% 66 19.53% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://ww w.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. RES. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 82. Interior and Insular Affairs 93rd-95th Congresses Congress and Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred (Years) Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 530 66 12.45% 42 7.92% 94th (1975-1976) 528 103 19.51% 43 8.14% 95th (1977-1978) 39 3 7.69% 2 5.13% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-92 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 83. Environment and Public Works 96th-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 230 47 20.43% 29 12.61% th 97 (1981-1982) 200 38 19.00% 11 5.50% th 98 (1983-1984) 226 52 23.01% 18 7.96% 99th (1985-1986) 190 43 22.63% 8 4.21% 100th (1987-1988) 210 40 19.05% 18 8.57% st 101 (1989-1990) 223 43 19.28% 13 5.83% nd 102 (1991-1992) 208 25 12.02% 4 1.92% rd 103 (1993-1994) 187 32 17.11% 6 3.21% 104th (1995-1996) 161 29 18.01% 9 5.59% 105th (1997-1998) 170 52 30.59% 14 8.24% 106th (1999-2000) 164 40 24.39% 19 11.59% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 84. Public Works 93rd-95th Congresses Senate Measures Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 170 29 17.06% 19 11.18% th 94 (1975-1976) 193 25 12.95% 13 6.74% 95th (1977-1978) 219 36 16.44% 12 5.48% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Environment and Public Works was created at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the new committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works. Activity data of the two committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-93 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 85. Finance 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Totals Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 515 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 94 (1975-1976) 590 5 0.85% 1 0.17% th 95 (1977-1978) 592 5 0.84% 0 0.00% 96th (1979-1980) 652 7 1.07% 0 0.00% 97th (1981-1982) 712 9 1.26% 0 0.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 689 8 1.16% 0 0.00% th 99 (1985-1986) 655 11 1.68% 0 0.00% th 100 (1987-1988) 676 11 1.63% 0 0.00% 101st (1989-1990) 784 9 1.15% 2 0.26% 102nd (1991-1992) 916 22 2.40% 0 0.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 604 13 2.15% 1 0.17% th 104 (1995-1996) 455 9 1.98% 0 0.00% th 105 (1997-1998) 169 10 5.92% 1 0.59% th 106 (1999-2000) 921 15 1.63% 0 0.00% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-94 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 86. Foreign Relations 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 101 17 16.83% 13 12.87% th 94 (1975-1976) 122 16 13.11% 8 6.56% th 95 (1977-1978) 681 15 2.20% 3 0.44% 96th (1979-1980) 65 23 35.38% 6 9.23% 97th (1981-1982) 88 25 28.41% 8 9.09% th 98 (1983-1984) 106 28 26.42% 17 16.04% th 99 (1985-1986) 137 35 25.55% 11 8.03% th 100 (1987-1988) 138 28 20.29% 4 2.90% 101st (1989-1990) 122 27 22.13% 5 4.10% 102nd (1991-1992) 140 20 14.29% 3 2.14% 103rd (1993-1994) 88 12 13.64% 4 4.55% th 104 (1995-1996) 38 9 23.68% 1 2.63% th 105 (1997-1998) 68 12 17.65% 5 7.35% th 106 (1999-2000) 96 19 19.79% 2 2.08% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-95 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 87. Governmental Affairs 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 179 11 6.15% 7 3.91% th 94 (1975-1976) 186 21 11.29% 7 3.76% th 95 (1977-1978) 253 36 14.23% 18 7.11% 96th (1979-1980) 290 37 12.76% 9 3.10% 97th (1981-1982) 228 33 14.47% 12 5.26% th 98 (1983-1984) 196 28 14.29% 8 4.08% th 99 (1985-1986) 199 32 16.08% 6 3.02% th 100 (1987-1988) 175 28 16.00% 8 4.57% 101st (1989-1990) 193 34 17.62% 7 3.63% 102nd (1991-1992) 189 27 14.29% 6 3.17% 103rd (1993-1994) 197 34 17.26% 5 2.54% th 104 (1995-1996) 144 26 18.06% 6 4.17% th 105 (1997-1998) 144 22 15.28% 7 4.86% th 106 (1999-2000) 170 31 18.24% 12 7.06% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95 t h Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments , adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-96 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 88. District of Columbia 93rd-94th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 34 4 11.76% 2 5.88% th 94 (1975-1976) 12 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://ww w.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95 t h Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 89. Post Office and Civil Service 93rd-94th Congresses Congress and Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred (Years) Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 120 13 10.83% 6 5.00% th 94 (1975-1976) 108 6 5.56% 2 1.85% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Government Operations was renamed Governmental Affairs at the beginning of the 95th Congress. Under S. Res. 4, 95th Congress, Committee System Reorganization Amendments, adopted February 4, 1977, the committee incorporated the jurisdiction of the Committees on the District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil Service. Activity data of the newer committee and the two predecessor committees may not be directly comparable because the newer committee has broader jurisdictional responsibility. CRS-97 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 90. Indian Affairs 96th-106th Congresses Congress and Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred (Years) Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 38 23 60.53% 16 42.11% th 97 (1981-1982) 41 22 53.66% 7 17.07% th 98 (1983-1984) 63 26 41.27% 18 28.57% th 99 (1985-1986) 43 18 41.86% 8 18.60% 100th (1987-1988) 61 28 45.90% 10 16.39% 101st (1989-1990) 63 30 47.62% 9 14.29% 102nd (1991-1992) 64 37 57.81% 7 10.94% 103rd (1993-1994) 51 28 54.90% 8 15.69% th 104 (1995-1996) 39 19 48.72% 7 17.95% th 105 (1997-1998) 46 11 23.91% 5 10.87% 106th (1999-2000) 70 34 48.57% 14 20.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Committee on Indian Affairs did not exist before the 95th Congress. CRS-98 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 91. Select Committee on Intelligence 95th-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 95th (1977-1978) 3 2 66.67% 1 33.33% th 96 (1979-1980) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 97th (1981-1982) 5 4 80.00% 0 0.00% 98th (1983-1984) 9 3 33.33% 0 0.00% 99th (1985-1986) 2 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 100th (1987-1988) 9 3 33.33% 0 0.00% st 101 (1989-1990) 8 1 12.50% 0 0.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 9 3 33.33% 0 0.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 14 5 35.71% 0 0.00% 104th (1995-1996) 7 3 42.86% 0 0.00% th 105 (1997-1998) 4 4 100.00% 1 25.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 4 4 100.00% 0 0.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Select Committee on Intelligence did not exist before the 95th Congress. CRS-99 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 92. Judiciary 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 491 51 10.39% 24 4.89% th 94 (1975-1976) 154 70 45.45% 22 14.29% th 95 (1977-1978) 369 61 16.53% 24 6.50% 96th (1979-1980) 382 112 29.32% 35 9.16% 97th (1981-1982) 516 151 29.26% 55 10.66% th 98 (1983-1984) 591 240 40.61% 110 18.61% th 99 (1985-1986) 639 272 42.57% 154 24.10% th 100 (1987-1988) 566 232 40.99% 146 25.80% 101st (1989-1990) 608 267 43.91% 127 20.89% 102nd (1991-1992) 528 177 33.52% 74 14.02% 103rd (1993-1994) 411 111 27.01% 49 11.92% th 104 (1995-1996) 210 45 21.43% 14 6.67% th 105 (1997-1998) 353 50 14.16% 29 8.22% th 106 (1999-2000) 411 70 17.03% 27 6.57% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-100 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 93. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and (Years) Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 374 42 11.23% 23 6.15% 94th (1975-1976) 322 38 11.80% 9 2.80% 95th (1977-1978) 333 44 18.82% 15 7.58% 96th (1979-1980) 124 29 23.39% 12 9.68% th 97 (1981-1982) 220 36 16.36% 6 2.73% th 98 (1983-1984) 276 40 14.49% 14 5.07% th 99 (1985-1986) 245 45 18.37% 16 6.53% 100th (1987-1988) 272 49 18.01% 8 2.94% 101st (1989-1990) 340 66 19.41% 16 4.71% nd 102 (1991-1992) 228 46 20.18% 14 6.14% rd 103 (1993-1994) 254 38 14.96% 10 3.94% th 104 (1995-1996) 191 24 12.57% 4 2.09% 105th (1997-1998) 281 17 6.05% 7 2.49% th 106 (1999-2000) 349 19 5.44% 10 2.87% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note : The Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions was called Labor and Human Resources before the 105th Congress. CRS-101 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 94. Rules and Administration 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 67 18 26.87% 7 10.45% th 94 (1975-1976) 45 13 28.89% 11 24.44% th 95 (1977-1978) 40 16 40.00% 10 25.00% 96th (1979-1980) 53 19 35.85% 13 24.53% 97th (1981-1982) 44 11 25.00% 6 13.64% th 98 (1983-1984) 45 6 13.33% 4 8.89% th 99 (1985-1986) 41 15 36.59% 6 14.63% th 100 (1987-1988) 44 11 25.00% 3 6.82% 101st (1989-1990) 65 24 36.92% 10 15.38% 102nd (1991-1992) 50 13 26.00% 1 2.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 43 17 39.53% 8 18.60% th 104 (1995-1996) 38 5 13.16% 2 5.26% th 105 (1997-1998) 43 2 4.65% 0 0.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 43 6 13.95% 3 6.98% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-102 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 95. Select Committee on Small Business 95th-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 95th (1977-1978) 36 6 16.67% 0 0.00% th 96 (1979-1980) 22 5 22.73% 1 4.55% th 97 (1981-1982) 19 4 21.05% 1 5.26% 98th (1983-1984) 28 10 35.71% 5 17.86% 99th (1985-1986) 9 2 22.22% 0 0.00% th 100 (1987-1988) 15 4 26.67% 0 0.00% st 101 (1989-1990) 11 1 9.09% 0 0.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 17 2 11.76% 1 5.88% 103rd (1993-1994) 17 5 29.41% 3 17.65% 104th (1995-1996) 9 3 33.33% 1 11.11% 105th (1997-1998) 13 1 7.69% 1 7.69% th 106 (1999-2000) 20 8 40.00% 3 15.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Note: The Select Committee on Small Business did not exist before the 95th Congress. CRS-103 Action on Senate Measures Referred to Committee: Table 96. Veterans' Affairs 93rd-106th Congresses Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 93rd (1973-1974) 96 10 10.42% 4 4.17% th 94 (1975-1976) 84 7 8.33% 2 2.38% th 95 (1977-1978) 36 6 16.67% 0 0.00% 96th (1979-1980) 70 9 12.86% 1 1.43% 97th (1981-1982) 103 7 6.80% 2 1.94% th 98 (1983-1984) 71 7 9.86% 1 1.41% th 99 (1985-1986) 74 6 8.11% 0 0.00% th 100 (1987-1988) 99 10 10.10% 3 3.03% 101st (1989-1990) 93 6 6.45% 0 0.00% 102nd (1991-1992) 109 20 18.35% 4 3.67% 103rd (1993-1994) 74 23 31.08% 4 5.41% th 104 (1995-1996) 48 5 10.42% 2 4.17% th 105 (1997-1998) 49 12 24.49% 4 8.16% th 106 (1999-2000) 51 7 13.73% 1 1.96% Source: Legislative Information Syst em (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-104 Action on House Bills and Joint Resolutions by Senate Committee Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 97. Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 11 11 100.00% 11 100.00% th 97 (1981-1982) 14 12 85.71% 11 78.57% th 98 (1983-1984) 26 21 80.77% 19 73.08% 99th (1985-1986) 14 6 42.86% 5 35.71% th 100 (1987-1988) 26 14 53.85% 14 53.85% st 101 (1989-1990) 16 9 56.25% 8 50.00% 102nd (1991-1992) 12 8 66.67% 5 41.67% 103rd (1993-1994) 9 2 22.22% 2 22.22% th 104 (1995-1996) 8 4 50.00% 4 50.00% th 105 (1997-1998) 6 2 33.33% 2 33.33% th 106 (1999-2000) 3 1 33.33% 1 33.33% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-105 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 98. Appropriations 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 97 (1981-1982) 24 22 91.67% 18 75.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 27 26 96.30% 19 70.37% 99th (1985-1986) 32 29 90.63% 14 43.75% 100th (1987-1988) 27 26 96.30% 15 55.56% st 101 (1989-1990) 28 26 92.86% 24 85.71% nd 102 (1991-1992) 31 28 90.32% 27 87.10% rd 103 (1993-1994) 31 30 96.77% 30 96.77% 104th (1995-1996) 24 21 87.50% 13 54.17% 105th (1997-1998) 2 2 100.00% 2 100.00% 106th (1999-2000) 9 7 77.78% 6 66.67% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 99. Armed Services 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 40 35 87.50% 27 67.50% th 97 (1981-1982) 24 22 91.67% 18 75.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 27 26 96.30% 19 70.37% th 99 (1985-1986) 32 29 90.63% 14 43.75% 100th (1987-1988) 27 26 96.30% 15 55.56% 101st (1989-1990) 28 26 92.86% 24 85.71% 102nd (1991-1992) 31 28 90.32% 27 87.10% rd 103 (1993-1994) 31 30 96.77% 30 96.77% th 104 (1995-1996) 24 21 87.50% 13 54.17% th 105 (1997-1998) 2 2 100.00% 2 100.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 9 7 77.78% 6 66.67% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-106 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 100. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 10 6 60.00% 5 50.00% th 97 (1981-1982) 10 5 50.00% 3 30.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 17 7 41.18% 4 23.53% th 99 (1985-1986) 15 8 53.33% 7 46.67% 100th (1987-1988) 12 9 75.00% 7 58.33% 101st (1989-1990) 15 6 40.00% 5 33.33% 102nd (1991-1992) 15 5 0.00% 4 0.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 18 4 22.22% 4 22.22% th 104 (1995-1996) 8 2 25.00% 1 12.50% th 105 (1997-1998) 11 4 36.36% 2 18.18% 106th (1999-2000) 9 9 100.00% 9 100.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 101. Budget 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 2 2 100.00% 2 100.00% th 97 (1981-1982) 1 1 100.00% 1 100.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 1 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 99 (1985-1986) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 100 (1987-1988) 1 0 0.00% 0 0.00% st 101 (1989-1990) 2 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 102nd (1991-1992) 1 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 6 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 104 (1995-1996) 4 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 105th (1997-1998) 1 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 106th (1999-2000) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-107 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 102. Commerce, Science, and Transportation 96th-106th Congresses Congress and House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred (Years) Total Reported Enacted into Law Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 29 25 86.21% 22 75.86% th 97 (1981-1982) 19 9 47.37% 9 47.37% th 98 (1983-1984) 32 20 62.50% 15 46.88% 99th (1985-1986) 21 10 47.62% 7 33.33% 100th (1987-1988) 32 15 46.88% 10 31.25% st 101 (1989-1990) 44 19 43.18% 11 25.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 44 19 43.18% 11 25.00% rd 103 (1993-1994) 50 19 38.00% 13 26.00% 104th (1995-1996) 24 8 33.33% 7 29.17% 105th (1997-1998) 24 10 41.67% 10 41.67% 106th (1999-2000) 36 11 30.56% 7 19.44% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 103. Energy and Natural Resources 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 40 36 90.00% 31 77.50% 97th (1981-1982) 43 23 53.49% 21 48.84% 98th (1983-1984) 47 25 53.19% 21 44.68% th 99 (1985-1986) 72 41 56.94% 37 51.39% th 100 (1987-1988) 99 70 70.71% 63 63.64% 101st (1989-1990) 82 50 60.98% 38 46.34% 102nd (1991-1992) 77 51 66.23% 26 33.77% rd 103 (1993-1994) 49 29 59.18% 18 36.73% th 104 (1995-1996) 49 25 51.02% 6 12.24% th 105 (1997-1998) 52 36 69.23% 32 61.54% th 106 (1999-2000) 74 54 72.97% 45 60.81% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-108 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 104. Environment and Public Works 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 42 33 78.57% 30 71.43% 97th (1981-1982) 20 14 70.00% 14 70.00% 98th (1983-1984) 43 25 58.14% 22 51.16% th 99 (1985-1986) 35 13 37.14% 12 34.29% th 100 (1987-1988) 28 22 78.57% 19 67.86% st 101 (1989-1990) 33 22 66.67% 21 63.64% nd 102 (1991-1992) 32 16 50.00% 16 50.00% rd 103 (1993-1994) 54 26 48.15% 22 40.74% 104th (1995-1996) 48 34 70.83% 31 64.58% 105th (1997-1998) 32 13 40.63% 12 37.50% th 106 (1999-2000) 51 27 52.94% 27 52.94% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 105. Finance 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 59 30 50.85% 30 50.85% th 97 (1981-1982) 20 15 75.00% 11 55.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 23 11 47.83% 8 34.78% 99th (1985-1986) 13 8 61.54% 6 46.15% 100th (1987-1988) 9 5 55.56% 5 55.56% 101st (1989-1990) 7 3 42.86% 3 42.86% nd 102 (1991-1992) 45 12 26.67% 7 15.56% rd 103 (1993-1994) 3 1 33.33% 1 33.33% th 104 (1995-1996) 21 17 80.95% 14 66.67% th 105 (1997-1998) 13 5 38.46% 3 23.08% 106th (1999-2000) 19 7 36.84% 2 10.53% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-109 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 106. Foreign Relations 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 16 14 87.50% 14 87.50% 97th (1981-1982) 11 4 36.36% 4 36.36% th 98 (1983-1984) 8 6 75.00% 2 25.00% th 99 (1985-1986) 9 5 55.56% 3 33.33% th 100 (1987-1988) 14 6 42.86% 6 42.86% 101st (1989-1990) 15 4 26.67% 4 26.67% nd 102 (1991-1992) 9 5 55.56% 4 44.44% rd 103 (1993-1994) 8 3 37.50% 3 37.50% 104th (1995-1996) 11 7 63.64% 3 27.27% th 105 (1997-1998) 15 5 33.33% 3 20.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 18 11 61.11% 11 61.11% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 107. Governmental Affairs 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 35 24 68.57% 25 71.43% th 97 (1981-1982) 21 15 0.00% 13 0.00% 98th (1983-1984) 28 11 39.29% 2 7.14% 99th (1985-1986) 15 15 100.00% 14 93.33% 100th (1987-1988) 30 15 50.00% 13 43.33% st 101 (1989-1990) 31 16 51.61% 13 41.94% nd 102 (1991-1992) 34 21 61.76% 18 52.94% rd 103 (1993-1994) 49 30 61.22% 27 55.10% th 104 (1995-1996) 23 9 39.13% 7 30.43% 105th (1997-1998) 42 30 71.43% 16 38.10% 106th (1999-2000) 76 58 76.32% 55 72.37% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-110 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 108. Select Committee on Indian Affairs 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 97th (1981-1982) 41 22 53.66% 7 17.07% th 98 (1983-1984) 63 26 41.27% 18 28.57% th 99 (1985-1986) 43 18 41.86% 8 18.60% 100th (1987-1988) 61 28 45.90% 10 16.39% 101st (1989-1990) 63 30 47.62% 9 14.29% nd 102 (1991-1992) 64 37 57.81% 7 10.94% rd 103 (1993-1994) 51 28 54.90% 8 15.69% th 104 (1995-1996) 39 19 48.72% 7 17.95% 105th (1997-1998) 46 11 23.91% 5 10.87% 106th (1999-2000) 70 34 48.57% 14 20.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 109. Select Committee on Intelligence 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 3 2 66.67% 1 33.33% 97th (1981-1982) 5 4 80.00% 0 0.00% 98th (1983-1984) 9 3 33.33% 0 0.00% th 99 (1985-1986) 2 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 100th (1987-1988) 9 3 33.33% 0 0.00% st 101 (1989-1990) 8 1 12.50% 0 0.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 9 3 33.33% 0 0.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 14 5 35.71% 0 0.00% 104th (1995-1996) 7 3 42.86% 0 0.00% th 105 (1997-1998) 4 4 100.00% 1 25.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 4 4 100.00% 0 0.00% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-111 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 110. Judiciary 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 36 15 41.67% 27 75.00% th 97 (1981-1982) 57 48 84.21% 40 70.18% th 98 (1983-1984) 74 46 62.16% 43 58.11% 99th (1985-1986) 88 56 63.64% 54 61.36% 100th (1987-1988) 95 50 52.63% 59 62.11% st 101 (1989-1990) 40 48 0.00% 44 0.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 84 53 63.10% 50 59.52% rd 103 (1993-1994) 41 17 41.46% 16 39.02% 104th (1995-1996) 27 10 37.04% 6 22.22% 105th (1997-1998) 50 19 38.00% 12 24.00% 106th (1999-2000) 40 26 65.00% 21 52.50% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 111. Health Education, Labor and Pensions, 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 16 12 75.00% 8 50.00% 97th (1981-1982) 9 2 22.22% 2 22.22% 98th (1983-1984) 25 9 36.00% 6 24.00% th 99 (1985-1986) 19 8 42.11% 5 26.32% th 100 (1987-1988) 14 9 64.29% 7 50.00% 101st (1989-1990) 18 15 0.00% 12 0.00% 102nd (1991-1992) 20 11 55.00% 9 45.00% rd 103 (1993-1994) 12 5 41.67% 1 8.33% th 104 (1995-1996) 9 5 55.56% 2 22.22% th 105 (1997-1998) 17 11 64.71% 9 52.94% th 106 (1999-2000) 16 1 6.25% 1 6.25% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-112 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 112. Rules and Administration 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 7 4 57.14% 4 57.14% th 97 (1981-1982) 4 3 75.00% 2 50.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 8 7 87.50% 5 62.50% 99th (1985-1986) 4 3 75.00% 3 75.00% 100th (1987-1988) 7 2 28.57% 1 14.29% st 101 (1989-1990) 4 2 50.00% 2 50.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 5 4 80.00% 3 60.00% rd 103 (1993-1994) 3 3 100.00% 2 66.67% 104th (1995-1996) 6 5 83.33% 5 83.33% 105th (1997-1998) 2 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 106th (1999-2000) 3 2 66.67% 2 66.67% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 113. Select Committee on Small Business 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 2 2 100.00% 1 50.00% th 97 (1981-1982) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 2 2 100.00% 1 50.00% th 99 (1985-1986) 1 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 100 (1987-1988) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% st 101 (1989-1990) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 102nd (1991-1992) 4 3 75.00% 2 50.00% 103rd (1993-1994) 4 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 104 (1995-1996) 0 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 105th (1997-1998) 2 2 100.00% 0 0.00% th 106 (1999-2000) 13 5 38.46% 3 23.08% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. CRS-113 Action on House Measures Referred to Committee: Table 114. Veterans' Affairs 96th-106th Congresses House Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred Congress and Total Reported Enacted into Law (Years) Percent of Percent of Referred Referred 96th (1979-1980) 5 1 20.00% 1 20.00% th 97 (1981-1982) 5 0 0.00% 0 0.00% th 98 (1983-1984) 10 4 40.00% 4 40.00% 99th (1985-1986) 11 2 18.18% 0 0.00% 100th (1987-1988) 13 3 23.08% 3 23.08% st 101 (1989-1990) 25 3 12.00% 3 12.00% nd 102 (1991-1992) 19 10 52.63% 9 47.37% rd 103 (1993-1994) 19 6 31.58% 6 31.58% 104th (1995-1996) 14 4 28.57% 4 28.57% 105th (1997-1998) 13 3 23.08% 3 23.08% 106th (1999-2000) 7 5 71.43% 5 71.43% Source: Legislative Information System (LIS) database, at [http://www.congress.gov/]. All private measures are excluded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For other versions of this document, see http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RL31075