Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Scope and purpose
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the Senate’s primary oversight committee with broad jurisdiction over government operations generally and the Department of Homeland Security in particular. Its primary responsibilities are to study the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the federal government; evaluate the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative and executive branches of government; and study the intergovernmental relationships between the U.S. and states and municipalities, and between the U.S. and international organizations of which the U.S. is a member.
Subcommittees
- Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs
- Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census
- Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Bills
- H.R. 5235 Passed Senate Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
- S. 766 Became law Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025
- S. 2938 In committee Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act of 2025
- S. 5621 In committee Safe Spaces for All Act
- S. 5624 In committee Honoring Fallen Wildland Firefighters Act of 2026
- S. 5632 In committee National Archives Protection Act
- S. 5648 In committee TAG Act
- S.Res. 929 In committee A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding equity stakes held by the Federal Government in private companies.
- S. 5502 In committee Protecting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing as Critical Infrastructure Act
- S. 5503 In committee Taxpayer Funded Compensation Accountability Act
Members
- Rand Paul(R-KY)— Chairman
- Gary C. Peters(D-MI)— Ranking Member
- Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)
- Joni Ernst(R-IA)
- John Fetterman(D-PA)
- Ruben Gallego(D-AZ)
- Margaret Wood Hassan(D-NH)
- Josh Hawley(R-MO)
- Ron Johnson(R-WI)
- Andy Kim(D-NJ)
- James Lankford(R-OK)
- Ashley Moody(R-FL)
- Bernie Moreno(R-OH)
- Rick Scott(R-FL)
- Elissa Slotkin(D-MI)