The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects:
- Coast Guard
- Coastal zone management
- Communications
- "Green" Technologies and Practices
- Highway safety
- Inland waterways, except construction
- Interstate commerce
- Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation
- Marine fisheries
- Merchant marine and navigation
- Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences
- Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities
- Panama Canal and other interoceanic canals
- Regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing
- Regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation
- Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy
- Sports
- Standards and measurement
- Transportation
- Transportation and commerce aspects of Continental Shelf lands
Members, 113th Congress[edit]
The committee is chaired by Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and the Ranking Member is Republican John Thune of South Dakota.
| Majority |
Minority |
- Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia, Chairman
- Barbara Boxer, California
- Bill Nelson, Florida
- Maria Cantwell, Washington
- Mark Pryor, Arkansas
- Claire McCaskill, Missouri
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Mark Warner, Virginia
- Mark Begich, Alaska
- Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
- Brian Schatz, Hawaii
- Mo Cowan, Massachusetts
- Joe Donnelly, Indiana
|
- John Thune, South Dakota, Ranking Member
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi
- Roy Blunt, Missouri
- Marco Rubio, Florida
- Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire
- Dean Heller, Nevada
- Dan Coats, Indiana
- Tim Scott, South Carolina
- Ted Cruz, Texas
- Deb Fischer, Nebraska
- Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
- Jeffrey Chiesa, New Jersey
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Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296 , 661–662
Subcommittees[edit]
| Subcommittee |
Chair |
Ranking Member |
| Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security |
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) |
Marco Rubio (R-FL) |
| Communications, Technology, and the Internet |
Brian Schatz (D-HI) |
Tim Scott (R-SC) |
| Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion |
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) |
Roy Blunt (R-MO) |
| Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance |
Mark Pryor (D-AR) |
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) |
| Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard |
Mark Begich (D-AK) |
Deb Fischer (R-NE) |
| Science and Space |
Bill Nelson (D-FL) |
Ted Cruz (R-TX) |
| Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security |
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) |
Roger Wicker (R-MS) |
History[edit]
The original progenitors of this committee were:
Chairmen[edit]
Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816–1825[edit]
Committee on Commerce, 1825–1947[edit]
Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1887–1947[edit]
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947–1961[edit]
Committee on Commerce, 1961–1977[edit]
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977-present[edit]
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