Leahy, Sessions Announce Updated Subcommittee Rosters
WASHINGTON (Thursday, May 21, 2009) – Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
Thursday announced new membership lists for the Committee’s
subcommittees. Leahy and Sessions also announced the return of the
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, which was first established
during the 110th Congress.
The full Committee approved the Subcommittee memberships during an
executive business meeting Thursday.
The seven Judiciary Committee Subcommittees include:
Administrative Oversight and the Courts; Antitrust, Competition Policy
and Consumer Rights; The Constitution; Crime and Drugs; Immigration,
Refugees and Border Security; Terrorism and Homeland Security; and Human
Rights and the Law.
Information about subcommittees for the current Congress and previous
Congresses is
available online. For information about upcoming hearings,
nominations, legislation, and to search witness testimony and watch live
and archived webcasts of hearings, visit the
Senate Judiciary Committee’s website.
Administrative Oversight and the Courts (Ratio – 6:4)
Jurisdiction: (1) Court administration and management; (2)
Judicial rules and procedures; (3) Creation of new courts and
judgeships; (4) Bankruptcy; (5) Administrative practices and procedures;
(6) Legal reform and liability issues; (7) Oversight of the Department
of Justice grant programs, as well as government waste and fraud; (8)
Private relief bills other than immigration; (9) Oversight of the
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
CHAIR: Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I.
RANKING: Jeff Sessions, Ala.
Dianne Feinstein, Calif.
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Russell D. Feingold, Wis.
Jon Kyl, Ariz.
Charles E. Schumer, N.Y.
Lindsey Graham, S.C.
Benjamin L. Cardin, Md.
Edward E. Kaufman, Del.
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (Ratio – 7:3)
Jurisdiction: (1) Oversight of antitrust law and competition policy,
including the Sherman, Clayton and Federal Trade Commission Acts; (2)
Oversight of antitrust enforcement and competition policy at the Justice
Department; (3) Oversight of antitrust enforcement and competition
policy at the Federal Trade Commission; (4) Oversight of
competition policy at other federal agencies.
CHAIR: Herb Kohl, Wis.
RANKING: Orrin Hatch, Utah
Charles E. Schumer, N.Y.
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I.
John Cornyn, Texas
Ron Wyden, Ore.
Amy Klobuchar, Minn.
Edward E. Kaufman, Del.
Arlen Specter, Pa.
The Constitution (Ratio – 6:4)
Jurisdiction: (1) Constitutional amendments; (2) Enforcement and
protection of constitutional rights; (3) Statutory guarantees of civil
rights and civil liberties; (4) Separation of powers; (5) Federal-State
relations; (6) Interstate compacts.
CHAIR: Russell D. Feingold, Wis.
RANKING: Tom Coburn, Okla.
Dianne Feinstein, Calif.
Jon Kyl, Ariz.
Richard J. Durbin, Ill.
Lindsey Graham, S.C.
Benjamin L. Cardin, Md.
John Cornyn, Texas
Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I.
Arlen Specter, Pa.
Crime and Drugs (Ratio – 9:5)
Jurisdiction: (1) Oversight of the Department of Justice's (a) Criminal
Division, (b) Drug Enforcement Administration, (c) Executive Office for
U.S. Attorneys, (d) Office on Violence Against Women, (e) U.S. Marshals
Service, (f) Community Oriented Policing Services and related law
enforcement grants, (g) Bureau of Prisons, (h) Office of the Pardon
Attorney, (i) U.S. Parole Commission, (j) Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and (k) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives, as it relates to crime or drug policy; (2) Oversight of the
U.S. Sentencing Commission; (3) Youth violence and directly related
issues; (4) Federal programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (including the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act); (5) Criminal justice and victims' rights policy; (6)
Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (7) Oversight
of the U.S. Secret Service; (8) Corrections, rehabilitation, reentry and
other detention-related policy; and (9) Parole and prohibition policy.
CHAIR: Arlen Specter, Pa.
RANKING: Lindsey Graham, S.C.
Herb Kohl, Wis.
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Dianne Feinstein, Calif.
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Russell D. Feingold, Wis.
Jeff Sessions, Ala.
Charles E. Schumer, N.Y.
Tom Coburn, Okla.
Richard J. Durbin, Ill.
Benjamin L. Cardin, Md.
Amy Klobuchar, Minn.
Edward E. Kaufman, Del.
Human Rights and the Law (Ratio – 5:3)
Jurisdiction: (1) Human rights laws and policies; (2) Enforcement
and implementation of human rights laws; (3) Judicial proceedings
regarding human rights laws; and (4) Judicial and executive branch
interpretations of human rights laws.
CHAIR: Richard J. Durbin, Ill.
RANKING: Tom Coburn, Okla.
Russell D. Feingold, Wis.
Lindsey Graham, S.C.
Benjamin L. Cardin, Md.
John Cornyn, Texas
Ted Kaufman, Del.
Arlen Specter, Pa.
Immigration, Refugees and Border Security (Ratio – 6:4)
Jurisdiction: (1) Immigration, citizenship, and refugee laws; (2)
Oversight of the immigration functions of the Department of Homeland
Security, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
and Ombudsman Citizenship and Immigration Services; (3) Oversight of the
immigration-related functions of the Department of Justice, the
Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services Office
of Refugee Resettlement, and the Department of Labor; (4) Oversight of
international migration, internally displaced persons, and refugee laws
and policy; and (5) Private immigration relief bills.
CHAIR: Charles E. Schumer, N.Y.
RANKING: John Cornyn, Texas
Patrick Leahy, Vt.
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Dianne Feinstein, Calif.
Jon Kyl, Ariz.
Richard J. Durbin, Ill.
Jeff Sessions, Ala.
Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I.
Ron Wyden, Ore.
Terrorism and Homeland Security (Ratio – 7:5)
Jurisdiction: (1) Oversight of anti-terrorism enforcement and policy;
(2) Oversight of Department of Homeland Security functions as they
relate to anti-terrorism enforcement and policy; (3) Oversight of State
Department consular operations as they relate to anti-terrorism
enforcement and policy; (4) Oversight of encryption policies and export
licensing; and (5) Oversight of espionage laws and their enforcement.
CHAIR: Benjamin L. Cardin, Md.
RANKING: Jon Kyl, Ariz.
Herb Kohl, Wis.
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Dianne Feinstein, Calif.
Jeff Sessions, Ala.
Charles E. Schumer, N.Y.
John Cornyn, Texas
Richard J. Durbin, Ill.
Tom Coburn, Okla.
Ron Wyden, Ore.
Edward E. Kaufman, Del.
Information about subcommittees for the current Congress and previous
Congresses is
available online. For information about upcoming hearings,
nominations, legislation, and to search witness testimony and watch live
and archived webcasts of hearings, visit the
Senate Judiciary Committee’s website.
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