Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee| Standing committee |
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| Formed | October 9, 2004 |
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| Succeeded | Committee on the District of Columbia (1816)
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (1816)
Committee on Retrenchment (1842)
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments (1921)
Committee on Government Operations (1952)
Committee on Governmental Affairs (1978) |
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| Chair | Rand Paul (R)
Since January 3, 2025 |
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| Ranking member | Gary Peters (D)
Since January 3, 2025 |
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| Seats | 15 members |
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| Political parties | Majority (8)
Minority (7)
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| Policy areas | Accounting standards, Census, Compliance audit, Federal civil service, Federal Protective Service, Federal statistics, Financial audit, Freedom of information, Government of the District of Columbia, Governmental accounting, Homeland security, Mail, National archives, Nuclear export policy, Organization and reorganization of the executive branch of government, Performance audit, Public procurement, Records management, United States budget process |
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| Oversight authority | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Government Accountability Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, Office of E-Government & Information Technology, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Postal Regulatory Commission, United States Capitol Police, United States Census Bureau, United States Office of Management and Budget, United States Office of Personnel Management, United States Postal Service, United States Secret Service, Washington, D.C., White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs |
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| House counterpart | House Committee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Oversight and Reform |
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340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. |
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| www.hsgac.senate.gov |
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The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the chief oversight committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over matters related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns, as well as the functioning of the government itself, including the National Archives, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census, the federal civil service, the affairs of the District of Columbia and the United States Postal Service. It was called the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs before homeland security was added to its responsibilities in 2004. It serves as the Senate's chief investigative and oversight committee. Its chair is the only Senate committee chair who can issue subpoenas without a committee vote.
