United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

While elements of the committee can be traced back into the 19th century, its modern origins began with the creation of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments on April 18, 1921. The Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department was renamed the Committee on Government Operations in 1952, which was reorganized as the Committee on Governmental Affairs in 1978. After passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the committee became the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and added homeland security to its jurisdiction. ==Jurisdiction==

In accordance of Rule XXV(k) 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: • Archives of the United States; • Budget and accounting measures, other than appropriations, except as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; • Census and collection of statistics, including economic and social statistics; • Congressional organization, except for any part of the matter that amends the rules or orders of the Senate; • Department of Homeland Security, as provided in S.Res.445. • Federal Civil Service; • Government information; • Intergovernmental relations; • Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, except appropriations therefor; • Organization and management of United States nuclear export policy; • Organization and reorganization of the executive branch of Government; • Postal Service; and • Status of officers and employees of the United States, including their classification, compensation, and benefits. The committee also has the duty of: • receiving and examining reports of the Comptroller General of the United States and of submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the subject matter of such reports; • studying the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the Government; • evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative and executive branches of the Government; and • studying the intergovernmental relationships between the United States and the States and municipalities, and between the United States and international organizations of which the United States is a member. ==Members, 119th Congress==

Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921–1952 Committee on Government Operations, 1952–1977 Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1977–2005 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 2005–present ==Ranking members==

==Historical committee rosters==

118th Congress ;Subcommittees 117th Congress ;Subcommittees 116th Congress ;Subcommittees ==See also==