United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

History

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has formerly been known as the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, and the Committee on Public Works between 1947 and 1968. This committee was formed in 1842.

Under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 the Committees on Public Buildings and Grounds (1837-1946), Rivers and Harbors (1883-1946), Roads (1913–46), and the Flood Control (1916–46) were combined to form the Committee on Public Works. Its jurisdiction from the beginning of the 80th Congress (1947–48) through the 90th Congress (1967–68) remained unchanged.^[1]

While these four original committees retained their separate identities, they were reduced to subcommittees. Addition subcommittees were formed for issues on Beach Erosion, 80th Congress (1947–48) and for Watershed Development, 86th-90th Congresses (1959–68). Special Subcommittees included those: to Investigate Questionable Trade Practices, 80th Congress; to Study Civil Works, 82nd Congress (1951–52); on the Federal-Aid Highway Program, 86th-90th Congresses; and on Economic Development Programs, 89th-90th Congresses (1965–68). Ad Hoc Committees were established on Montana Flood Damage, 88th Congress (1963–64); on Appalachian Regional Development, 88th-90th Congresses; and on the 1967 Alaska Exposition, 89th Congress.

Members

114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania, Chairman Don Young, Alaska Jimmy Duncan, Tennessee John Mica, Florida Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey Sam Graves, Missouri Candice Miller, Michigan Duncan D. Hunter, California Andy Harris, Maryland Rick Crawford, Arkansas Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania Blake Farenthold, Texas Bob Gibbs, Ohio Richard L. Hanna, New York Daniel Webster, Florida Jeff Denham, California Reid Ribble, Wisconsin Thomas Massie, Kentucky Tom Rice, South Carolina Mark Meadows, North Carolina Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Rodney L. Davis, Illinois Mark Sanford, South Carolina Rob Woodall, Georgia Todd Rokita, Indiana John Katko, New York Brian Babin, Texas Cresent Hardy, Nevada Ryan Costello, Pennsylvania Garret Graves, Louisiana Mimi Walters, California Barbara Comstock, Virginia Carlos Curbelo, Florida David Rouzer, North Carolina Lee Zeldin, New York	Peter DeFazio, Oregon, Ranking Member Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Jerrold Nadler, New York Corrine Brown, Florida Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas Elijah Cummings, Maryland Rick Larsen, Washington Mike Capuano, Massachusetts Grace Napolitano, California Daniel Lipinski, Illinois Steve Cohen, Tennessee Albio Sires, New Jersey Donna Edwards, Maryland John Garamendi, California Andre Carson, Indiana Janice Hahn, California Rick Nolan, Minnesota Ann Kirkpatrick, Arizona Dina Titus, Nevada Sean Patrick Maloney, New York Elizabeth Esty, Connecticut Lois Frankel, Florida Cheri Bustos, Illinois Jared Huffman, California Julia Brownley, California

Subcommittees

There are six subcommittees:

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Aviation	Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)	Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation	Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA)	John Garamendi (D-CA)
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management	Lou Barletta (R-PA)	André Carson (D-IN)
Highways and Transit	Sam Graves (R-MO)	Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials	Jeff Denham (R-CA)	Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Water Resources and Environment	Bob Gibbs (R-OH)	Grace Napolitano (D-NY)

Chairmen

Chairman	Party	State	Years
George A. Dondero	Republican	Michigan	1947–1949
William M. Whittington	Democratic	Mississippi	1949–1951
Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	New York	1951–1953
George A. Dondero	Republican	Michigan	1953–1955
Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	New York	1955–1965
George Hyde Fallon	Democratic	Maryland	1965–1971
John Blatnik	Democratic	Minnesota	1971–1974
Robert E. Jones, Jr.	Democratic	Alabama	1975–1977
Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	California	1977–1981
James J. Howard	Democratic	New Jersey	1981–1988
Glenn M. Anderson	Democratic	California	1988–1991
Robert A. Roe	Democratic	New Jersey	1991–1993
Norman Mineta	Democratic	California	1993–1995
Bud Shuster	Republican	Pennsylvania	1995–2001
Don Young	Republican	Alaska	2001–2007
Jim Oberstar	Democratic	Minnesota	2007–2011
John Mica	Republican	Florida	2011–2013
Bill Shuster	Republican	Pennsylvania	2013–present

References

↑ Chapter 17. Committee on Public Works (1947-68), National Archives, Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989 (Record Group 233) Based on Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition (Doct. No. 100-245). By Charles E. Schamel, Mary Rephlo, Rodney Ross, David Kepley, Robert W. Coren, and James Gregory Bradsher. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1989.

External links

Committee website

Current United States congressional committees

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Defunct committees

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