List of United States Senate committees

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Image:Senate budget committee.JPG This is a complete list of U.S. Congressional committees (standing committees, joint committees and special committees) that are currently operating in the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress.

1 Standing Committees
2 Joint House and Senate Committees
3 Special, Select and Other Committees of the U.S. Senate
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

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Standing Committees

Note: Some subcommittees, chairmen, and ranking members need to be added here.

Committee (& subcommittee)	Chairman	Ranking Minority Member
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry	Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)	Tom Harkin (D-IA)
• Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization	• Mike Crapo	• Blanche Lincoln
• Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion	• Jim Talent	• Max Baucus
• Production and Price Competitiveness	• Mitch McConnell	• Kent Conrad
• Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation	• Rick Santorum	• Kent Conrad
Appropriations	Thad Cochran (R-MS)	Robert Byrd (D-WV)
• Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies	• Robert Bennett	• Herbert Kohl
• Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary	• Richard Shelby	• Barbara Mikulski
• Defense	• Ted Stevens	• Daniel Inouye
• District of Columbia	• Sam Brownback	• Mary Landrieu
• Energy and Water Development	• Pete Dominici	• Harry Reid
• Foreign Operations	• Mitch McConnell	• Dianne Feinstein
• Homeland Security	• Judd Gregg	• Robert Byrd
• Interior and Related Agencies	• Conrad Burns	• Byron Dorgan
Armed Services	John Warner (R-VA)	Carl Levin (D-MI)
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Richard Shelby (R-AL)	Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Budget	Judd Gregg (R-NH)	Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Commerce, Science and Transportation	Ted Stevens (R-AK)	Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Energy and Natural Resources	Pete Domenici (R-NM)	Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Environment and Public Works	James Inhofe (R-OK)	James Jeffords (I-VT)
• Transportation and Infrastructure	• Christopher S. Bond (R-MO)	Max Baucus (D-MT)
• Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety	• George Voinovich (R-OH)	• Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
• Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water	• Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)	• Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
• Superfund and Waste Management	• John Thune (R-SD)	• Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Finance	Charles Grassley (R-IA)	Max Baucus (D-MT)
Foreign Relations	Richard Lugar (R-IN)	Joseph Biden (D-DE)
• African Affairs
• East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• European Affairs
• International Operations and Terrorism
• International Economic Policy Export and Trade Promotion
• Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• Western Hemisphere Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions	Mike Enzi (R-WY)	Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs	Susan Collins (R-ME)	Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
• Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations	• Norm Coleman (R-MN)	• Carl Levin (D-MI)
Judiciary	Arlen Specter (R-PA)	Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
• Administrative Oversight and the Courts
• Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
• The Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
• Corrections and Rehabilitation
• Crime and Drugs
• Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship
• Intellectual Property
• Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
Rules and Administration	Trent Lott (R-MS)	Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship	Olympia Snowe (R-ME)	John Kerry (D-MA)
Veterans Affairs	Larry Craig (R-ID)	Daniel Akaka (D-HI)

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Joint House and Senate Committees

Committee	Chairman<ref>Chairmanship of joint committees alternates with each Congress between the senior majority Senator and the senior majority Representative.</ref>	Ranking Minority Member<ref>For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress— Senate and House— is counted.</ref>
Joint Economic Committee	Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)	Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Joint Committee on the Library	Rep. Robert Ney (R-OH)	Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Joint Committee on Printing	Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)	Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Joint Committee on Taxation	Rep. William Thomas (R-CA)	Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)

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Special, Select and Other Committees of the U.S. Senate

Committee	Chairman	Ranking Minority Member
Committee on Indian Affairs	John McCain (R-AZ)	Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Select Committee on Ethics	George Voinovich (R-OH)	Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Select Committee on Intelligence	Pat Roberts (R-KS)	John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
Special Committee on Aging	Gordon Smith (R-OR)	Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Caucus on International Narcotics Control<ref>Although called a "caucus", it has the rank of committee.</ref>	Chuck Grassley (R-IA)	Joseph Biden (D-DE), Co-chairman