United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space

The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space is one of the seven subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. It was renamed from the Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences at the start of the 111th Congress.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight over NASA. For the 111th Congress, the committee gained additional jurisdiction on science matters from the former United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.

Members, 112th Congress

The Subcommittee is chaired by Democrat Bill Nelson of Florida, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican John Boozman of Arkansas.

Majority	Minority
Bill Nelson, Florida, Chairman Daniel Inouye, Hawaii John Kerry, Massachusetts Maria Cantwell, Washington Mark Pryor, Arkansas Mark Warner, Virginia	John Boozman, Arkansas, Ranking Member Roger Wicker, Mississippi Marco Rubio, Florida Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Dean Heller, Nevada
Ex officio
Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia	Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas

External links

Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation website, Subcommittee page

Current United States Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittees

Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security • Communications, Technology, and the Internet • Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion • Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance • Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard • Science and Space • Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Deficit Reduction (Select) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Defunct committees