United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
February 16, 2024
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, also called the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for contested elections. The committee is not as powerful as its House counterpart, the House Committee on Rules, as it does not set the terms of debate for individual legislative proposals, since the Senate has a tradition of open debate. Some members of the committee are also ex officio members of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing.
In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating primarily to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Rules Committee:
Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of office space;
Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, including floor and gallery rules;
Corrupt practices;
Credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices;
Federal elections generally, including the election of the President, Vice President, and Members of the Congress;
Nominations to fill a vacancy in the Vice Presidency;
Government Printing Office, and the printing and correction of the Congressional Record, as well as those matters provided for under rule XI;
Meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members;
Payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same (except that any resolution relating to substantive matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate shall be first referred to such committee);
Presidential succession;
Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory of individuals;
Senate Library and statuary, art, and pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings;
Services to the Senate, including the Senate restaurant; and,
United States Capitol and congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution (and the incorporation of similar institutions), and the Botanic Gardens.[1]
The Senate Rules Committee is also charged:
To make a continuing study of the organization and operation of the Congress of the United States and shall recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening the Congress, simplifying its operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the United States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution of the United States;
To identify any court proceeding or action which, in the opinion of the Committee, is of vital interest to the Congress as a constitutionally established institution of the Federal Government and call such proceeding or action to the attention of the Senate; and,
To develop, implement, and update as necessary a strategic planning process and a strategic plan for the functional and technical infrastructure support of the Senate and provide oversight over plans developed by Senate officers and others in accordance with the strategic planning process.[2]
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The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration also called the Senate Rules and Administration Committee is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate administration of congressional buildings and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate including responsibility for contested elections The committee is not as powerful as its House counterpart the House Committee on Rules as it does not set the terms of debate for individual legislative proposals since the Senate has a tradition of open debate Some members of the committee are also ex officio members of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing Senate Rules and Administration CommitteeStanding committeeActive United States Senate118th CongressHistoryFormedDecember 9 1874LeadershipChairAmy Klobuchar D Since February 3 2021Ranking memberDeb Fischer R Since January 3 2023StructurePolitical partiesMajority 9 Democratic 9 Minority 8 Republican 8 JurisdictionPolicy areasBooks manuscripts and monuments to the memory of individuals Congressional office buildings Congressional Record Corrupt practices Credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate Federal elections generally Government Publishing Office Meetings of the Congress and attendance of members Presidential succession Senate library statuary and works of art in the Capitol Smithsonian Institution Standing Rules of the United States Senate United States Botanic GardenOversight authorityArchitect of the Capitol Congressional Research Service FEC EAC GPO Historian of the United States Senate Library of Congress Parliamentarian of the United States Senate Secretary of the Senate Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate Smithsonian Institution United States Botanic Gardens United States Senate Curator United States Senate LibraryWebsitehttps www rules senate gov RulesRule XXV 1 n Standing Rules of the Senate Contents 1 History 2 Jurisdiction 3 Members 118th Congress 4 Members 117th Congress 5 Chairs 5 1 Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate 1867 1874 5 2 Committee on Rules 1874 1947 5 3 Committee on Rules and Administration 1947 present 6 Historical committee rosters 6 1 116th Congress 6 2 115th Congress 6 3 114th Congress 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksHistory editFurther information United States Senate Committee on Rules The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3 1867 On December 9 1874 it became a standing committee On January 2 1947 its name was changed to the Committee on Rules and Administration and it took over the functions of the following committees Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor functions were later transferred to Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Committee on Enrolled Bills Committee on Privileges and ElectionsJurisdiction editIn accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate all proposed legislation messages petitions memorials and other matters relating primarily to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Rules Committee Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the Senate wing of the Capitol including the assignment of office space Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures and Senate rules and regulations including floor and gallery rules Corrupt practices Credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate contested elections and acceptance of incompatible offices Federal elections generally including the election of the President Vice President and Members of the Congress Nominations to fill a vacancy in the Vice Presidency Government Printing Office and the printing and correction of the Congressional Record as well as those matters provided for under rule XI Meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members Payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same except that any resolution relating to substantive matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate shall be first referred to such committee Presidential succession Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory of individuals Senate Library and statuary art and pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings Services to the Senate including the Senate restaurant and United States Capitol and congressional office buildings the Library of Congress the Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions and the Botanic Gardens 1 The Senate Rules Committee is also charged To make a continuing study of the organization and operation of the Congress of the United States and shall recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening the Congress simplifying its operations improving its relationships with other branches of the United States Government and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution of the United States To identify any court proceeding or action which in the opinion of the Committee is of vital interest to the Congress as a constitutionally established institution of the Federal Government and call such proceeding or action to the attention of the Senate and To develop implement and update as necessary a strategic planning process and a strategic plan for the functional and technical infrastructure support of the Senate and provide oversight over plans developed by Senate officers and others in accordance with the strategic planning process 2 Members 118th Congress editMain article 118th United States Congress Majority 3 Minority 4 Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein California until September 29 2023 Chuck Schumer New York Mark Warner Virginia Jeff Merkley Oregon Alex Padilla California Jon Ossoff Georgia Michael Bennet Colorado Peter Welch Vermont Laphonza Butler California from October 17 2023 5 Deb Fischer Nebraska Ranking Member Mitch McConnell Kentucky Ted Cruz Texas Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia Roger Wicker Mississippi Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi Bill Hagerty Tennessee Katie Britt AlabamaMembers 117th Congress editMain article 117th United States Congress Majority MinorityAmy Klobuchar Minnesota Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein California Chuck Schumer New York Mark Warner Virginia Patrick Leahy Vermont Angus King Maine a Jeff Merkley Oregon Alex Padilla California Jon Ossoff Georgia Roy Blunt Missouri Ranking Member Mitch McConnell Kentucky Richard Shelby Alabama Ted Cruz Texas Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia Roger Wicker Mississippi Deb Fischer Nebraska Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi Bill Hagerty TennesseeChairs editSelect Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate 1867 1874 edit 1867 1871 Henry B Anthony R RI 1871 1873 Samuel Pomeroy R KS 1873 1874 Thomas Ferry R MI Committee on Rules 1874 1947 edit Thomas Ferry R MI 1874 1877 James G Blaine R ME 1877 1879 John T Morgan D AL 1879 1881 William P Frye R ME 1881 1887 Nelson W Aldrich R RI 1887 1893 Joseph C S Blackburn D KY 1893 1895 Nelson W Aldrich R RI 1895 1899 John C Spooner R WI 1899 1907 Philander C Knox R PA 1907 1909 W Murray Crane R MA 1909 1913 Lee S Overman D NC 1913 1919 Philander C Knox R PA 1919 1921 Charles Curtis R KS 1921 1929 George H Moses R NH 1929 1933 Royal S Copeland D NY 1933 1936 Matthew M Neely D WV 1936 1941 Harry F Byrd D VA 1941 1947Committee on Rules and Administration 1947 present edit C Wayland Brooks R IL 1947 1949 Carl Hayden D AZ 1949 1953 William E Jenner R IN 1953 1955 Theodore F Green D RI 1955 1957 Thomas C Hennings Jr D MO 1957 1960 Mike Mansfield D MT 1960 1963 B Everett Jordan D NC 1963 1973 Howard W Cannon D NV 1973 1978 Claiborne Pell D RI 1978 1981 Charles McC Mathias Jr R MD 1981 1987 Wendell H Ford D KY 1987 1995 Ted Stevens R AK 1995 John W Warner R VA 1995 1999 Mitch McConnell R KY 1999 2001 Christopher Dodd D CT 2001 Mitch McConnell R KY 2001 Christopher Dodd D CT 2001 2003 Trent Lott R MS 2003 2007 Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007 2009 Chuck Schumer D NY 2009 2015 Roy Blunt R MO 2015 2017 Richard Shelby R AL 2017 2018 Roy Blunt R MO 2018 2021 Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021 presentHistorical committee rosters edit116th Congress edit Main article 116th United States Congress Majority MinorityRoy Blunt Missouri Chairman Mitch McConnell Kentucky Richard Shelby Alabama Pat Roberts Kansas Lamar Alexander Tennessee Ted Cruz Texas Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia Roger Wicker Mississippi Deb Fischer Nebraska Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein California Chuck Schumer New York Dick Durbin Illinois Tom Udall New Mexico Mark Warner Virginia Patrick Leahy Vermont Angus King Maine a Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada115th Congress edit Majority MinorityRoy Blunt Missouri Chairman from April 10 2018 Thad Cochran Mississippi until April 1 2018 Mitch McConnell Kentucky Richard Shelby Alabama Chairman until April 10 2018 Pat Roberts Kansas Lamar Alexander Tennessee Ted Cruz Texas Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia Roger Wicker Mississippi Deb Fischer Nebraska Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein California Chuck Schumer New York Dick Durbin Illinois Tom Udall New Mexico Mark Warner Virginia Patrick Leahy Vermont Angus King Maine a Catherine Cortez Masto NevadaSource U S Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Senate rules committee website Retrieved April 11 2018 114th Congress edit Majority MinorityRoy Blunt Missouri Chairman 6 Mitch McConnell Kentucky Thad Cochran Mississippi Pat Roberts Kansas Lamar Alexander Tennessee Richard Shelby Alabama Ted Cruz Texas Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia John Boozman Arkansas Roger Wicker Mississippi Chuck Schumer New York Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein California Dick Durbin Illinois Tom Udall New Mexico Mark Warner Virginia Patrick Leahy Vermont Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Angus King Maine a Source 2013 Congressional Record Vol 159 Page S296 to 297Notes edit a b c d Angus King is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats References edit Purpose and Jurisdiction U S Senate Committee on Rules amp Administration Purpose and Jurisdiction U S Senate Committee on Rules amp Administration S Res 30 118th Congress S Res 31 118th Congress Majority Leader Schumer Announces New Senate Democratic Committee Assignments Senate Democrats October 17 2023 Retrieved October 18 2023 Blunt to chair US Senate rules committee Ksdk com January 9 2015 Retrieved April 5 2015 External links editOfficial site Archive Senate Rules and Administration Committee Legislation activity and reports Congress gov nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration amp oldid 1201524038, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
