United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (formerly the Committee on Banking and Currency) has jurisdiction over matters related to banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development and mass transit, and government contracts.

History

The Committee is one of twenty standing committees in the United States Senate. The Committee was formally established as the "Committee on Banking and Currency" in 1913, when Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma sponsored the Federal Reserve Act. Senator Owen served as the Committee's inaugural Chairman.

Members, 115th Congress

Majority	Minority
Mike Crapo, Idaho, Chair Richard Shelby, Alabama Bob Corker, Tennessee Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Dean Heller, Nevada Tim Scott, South Carolina Ben Sasse, Nebraska Tom Cotton, Arkansas Mike Rounds, South Dakota David Perdue, Georgia Thom Tillis, North Carolina John Neely Kennedy, Louisiana	Sherrod Brown, Ohio, Ranking Member Jack Reed, Rhode Island Bob Menendez, New Jersey Jon Tester, Montana Mark Warner, Virginia Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota Joe Donnelly, Indiana Brian Schatz, Hawaii Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada

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Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Economic Policy	Tom Cotton (R-AR)	Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development	Tim Scott (R-SC)	Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection	Pat Toomey (R-PA)	Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
National Security and International Trade and Finance	Ben Sasse (R-NE)	Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
Securities, Insurance, and Investment	Dean Heller (R-NV)	Mark Warner (D-VA)

Chairmen

Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913–1970

	Party	State	Years
Robert L. Owen	Democratic	Oklahoma	1913–1919
George P. McLean	Republican	Connecticut	1919–1927
Peter Norbeck	Republican	South Dakota	1927–1933
Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	Florida	1933–1936
Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	New York	1936–1947
Charles W. Tobey	Republican	New Hampshire	1947–1949
Burnet R. Maybank	Democratic	South Carolina	1949–1953
Homer Capehart	Republican	Indiana	1953–1955
J. William Fulbright	Democratic	Arkansas	1955–1959
A. Willis Robertson	Democratic	Virginia	1959–1966
John J. Sparkman	Democratic	Alabama	1966–1970

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 1970–present

	Party	State	Years
John J. Sparkman	Democratic	Alabama	1970–1975
William Proxmire	Democratic	Wisconsin	1975–1981
Jake Garn	Republican	Utah	1981–1987
William Proxmire	Democratic	Wisconsin	1987–1989
Donald Riegle	Democratic	Michigan	1989–1995
Alfonse D'Amato	Republican	New York	1995–1999
Phil Gramm	Republican	Texas	1999–2001
Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	Maryland	2001
Phil Gramm	Republican	Texas	2001
Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	Maryland	2001–2003
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	2003–2007
Chris Dodd	Democratic	Connecticut	2007–2011
Tim Johnson	Democratic	South Dakota	2011–2015
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	2015-2017
Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho	2017-present

References

↑ "U.S. Senate: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-07.

External links

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Archive)
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Banking and Currency (1913–1970)	Owen McLean Norbeck Fletcher Wagner Tobey Maybank Capehart Fulbright Robertson Sparkman
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (1970–)	Sparkman Proxmire Garn Proxmire Riegle D'Amato Gramm Sarbanes Gramm Sarbanes Shelby Dodd Johnson Shelby Crapo

Current United States congressional committees
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Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation
Standing committees, Defunct committees

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