United States House Committee on Science

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The Committee on Science is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. Specifically, the committee has partial or complete jurisdiction over the following federal agencies: NASA, the Department of Energy, EPA, NSF, FAA, NOAA, NIST, FEMA, the U.S. Fire Administration, and USGS.

The House Committee on Science is currently chaired by Representative Sherwood Boehlert, Republican from New York.

1 History
2 Subcommittees
3 Members
- 3.1 Republicans
- 3.2 Democrats
4 External link

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History

The Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration was established in 1958 in response to the Soviet Sputnik program in the late 1950s. This select committee drafted the National Aeronautics and Space Act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It also chartered the permanent House Committee on Science and Astronautics, which officially began on January 3, 1959, and was the first new standing committee established in the House since 1946. The name was changed in 1974 to the House Committee on Science and Technology. The name was changed again in 1987 to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. After the Republican Party gained a majority in Congress in 1994, the name of the committee was changed again to its current name, the "House Committee on Science".

Chairs of the committee: