WikiLeaks Document Release http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21431 February 2, 2009 Congressional Research Service Report RS21431 House Select Committee on Homeland Security: A Fact Sheet Judy Schneider, Government and Finance Division October 4, 2004 Abstract. On January 7, 2003, the House created a Select Committee on Homeland Security. The panel is granted legislative and oversight jurisdiction over the newly created Department of Homeland Security. It is also mandated to study House rules, including Rule X, as they apply to homeland security matters and recommend changes to the House Rules Committee no later than September 30, 2004. Order Code RS21431 Updated October 4, 2004 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web House Select Committee on Homeland Security: A Fact Sheet Judy Schneider Specialist on the Congress Government and Finance Division Summary http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21431 On January 7, 2003, the House created a Select Committee on Homeland Security. The panel is granted legislative and oversight jurisdiction over the newly created Department of Homeland Security. It is also mandated to study House rules, including Rule X, as they apply to homeland security matters and recommend changes to the House Rules Committee no later than September 30, 2004. The Homeland Security Committee's report was released and sent to the Rules Committee on September 30, 2004. For options on committee organization, see CRS Report RS21360, Department of Homeland Security: Options for House and Senate Committee Organization and CRS Report RS21643, House Committee System: Jurisdiction and Referral Reform Options. This fact sheet will be updated as events warrant. Creation. On January 7, 2003, pursuant to H.Res. 5, the House created the Select Committee on Homeland Security.1 The resolution grants the panel jurisdiction over matters related to the Homeland Security Act (P.L. 107-296), as well as jurisdiction over the new Department of Homeland Security. The resolution further authorizes the select committee to conduct a "thorough and complete study of the operation and implementation of the rules of the House, including Rule X, with respect to the issue of homeland security" and to recommend changes to the Rules Committee no later than September 30, 2004. The Homeland Security Committee's report was released and sent to the Rules Committee on September 30, 2004.2 1 For information on other changes affecting the committee system, see CRS Report RS21382, Committee System Rules Changes in the House, 108th Congress. 2 Full-text of the report at [http://homelandsecurity.house.gov/files/reccomendationsreport.pdf]. Congressional Research Service ~ The Library of Congress CRS-2 Membership. On February 12, 2003, the Speaker and Minority Leader announced their appointments to the select committee. The committee has 27 Republican3 and 23 Democratic members. Representative Christopher Cox and Representative Jim Turner had previously been designated chair and ranking minority member, respectively. In order to comply with House and respective party rules limiting committee assignments, 13 Democratic Members and three Republican Members will take leaves of absence from other committees on which they serve. Listed at the end of this report are the members of the select committee, as well as designation of their other committee assignment(s), and chairmanship or ranking position, if applicable. If the committee from which a member is planning to take a leave of absence is known, it is noted. (Some Members have inserted letters of intent in the February 12, 2003 Congressional Record.) Staff and Funding. Chairman Cox and ranking member Turner asked for $700,000 in "seed money" to begin operations of the panel, including staff salaries, office equipment, and computers. On February 13, 2003, the House agreed to H.Res. 77, providing such interim funding. Additional funding of $11,028,787 for the remainder of the 108th Congress was provided pursuant to H.Res. 110, agreed to May 8, 2003. http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21431 Subcommittees. The select committee created four policy subcommittees: Infrastucture and Border Security; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development; and Intelligence and Counterterrorism. A fifth Subcommittee on Rules, was also created to review House committee jurisdiction over Homeland Security. Republican Other Committee Democratic Other Committee Members Assignment(s) Members Assignment(s) Christopher Cox, Energy and Jim Turner, ranking Armed Services chair Commerce member Jennifer Dunn, vice Ways and Means Bennie Thompson Agriculture chair C.W. Bill Young Appropriations Loretta Sanchez Armed Services (chair) Education and the Workforce (on leave) Don Young Resources Edward Markey Energy and Commerce Transportation and Infrastructure Resources (on (chair) leave) 3 Representative Porter Goss resigned from the House on Sept. 23, 20004, bringing the number of Republicans to 26. CRS-3 Republican Other Committee Democratic Other Committee Members Assignment(s) Members Assignment(s) F. James Judiciary (chair) Norman Dicks Appropriations Sensenbrenner David Dreier Rules (chair) Barney Frank Financial Services (ranking member) Duncan Hunter Armed Services Jane Harman Intelligence (ranking (chair) member) Harold Rogers Appropriations, Benjamin Cardin Ways and Means Subcommittee on Homeland Security, chair Sherwood Boehlert Science (chair) Louise Slaughter Rules http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21431 Transportation and Infrastructure Intelligence Joe Barton Energy and Peter DeFazio Transportation and (appointed Apr. Commerce (chair) Infrastructure 2004 to replace W.J. "Billy" Tauzin) Resources (on leave) Lamar Smith Judiciary Robert Andrews Armed Services (on leave) Science Education and the Workforce Curt Weldon Armed Services Eleanor Holmes Government Reform Norton (on leave) Science Transportation and Infrastructure Christopher Shays Budget Nita Lowey Appropriations Financial Services Government Reform Science (on leave) Dave Camp Ways and Means Zoe Lofgren Judiciary Science (on leave) CRS-4 Republican Other Committee Democratic Other Committee Members Assignment(s) Members Assignment(s) Lincoln Diaz-Balart Rules Karen McCarthy Energy and Commerce Robert Goodlatte Agriculture (chair) Sheila Jackson-Lee Judiciary Judiciary Science Ernest Istook Appropriations Bill Pascrell Small Business (on leave) Transportation and Infrastructure Peter King Financial Services Donna Christensen Resources International Small Business Relations (on leave) http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21431 John Linder House Bob Etheridge Agriculture Administration Science (on leave) Rules Porter Goss Intelligence (chair) Ken Lucas Agriculture (resigned from the (on leave) House, Sept. 23, Rules 2004) Financial Services John Shadegg Energy and James Langevin Armed Services Commerce Small Business Financial Services (on leave) Mark Souder Education and the Kendrick Meek Armed Services Workforce (on leave) Budget (on leave) Government Reform Science Mac Thornberry Armed Services Ben Chandler Agriculture (Charles Gonzalez Budget served until Mar. International Affairs 2004) CRS-5 Republican Other Committee Democratic Other Committee Members Assignment(s) Members Assignment(s) Jim Gibbons Armed Services Resources Veterans Affairs (on leave) Intelligence Kay Granger Appropriations Pete Sessions Rules John Sweeney Appropriations http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21431