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1981–1983 U.S. Congress

97th United States Congress
96th ← → 98th
United States Capitol (2002)
January 3, 1981 – January three, 1983
Members	100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
Senate President	Walter Mondale (D)[a] (until January 20, 1981) George H. W. Bush (R) (from Jan xx, 1981)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Tip O'Neill (D)
Sessions
1st: January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981 2d: Jan 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982

The 97th U.s. Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United states federal government, composed of the U.s. Senate and the Us Business firm of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1981, to January iii, 1983, during the terminal weeks of Jimmy Carter'south presidency and the kickoff 2 years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970.

While the House of Representatives retained a Democratic majority (albeit reduced from the 96th Congress). The Republicans gained control of the Senate, marking the first time that they had command of either chamber of Congress since the 83rd Congress in 1953.

Major events [edit]

• Early on 1980s recession
• January 20, 1981: Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan
• January 20, 1981: Islamic republic of iran hostage crisis ended
• March 30, 1981: Reagan bump-off endeavor
• Apr 12, 1981: Get-go space shuttle launched
• June v, 1981: First recognized case of AIDS
• August 5, 1981: President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers
• September 21, 1981: Senate confirmed the outset female Usa Supreme Court justice, Sandra Twenty-four hours O'Connor
• April 21, 1982: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addressed a joint meeting of Congress.
• Nov ii, 1982: U.s. general elections; Republicans retained Senate and Democrats increased control in House.

Major legislation [edit]

• August thirteen, 1981: Economical Recovery Tax Human action (ERTA or Kemp-Roth Tax Cut), Pub.Fifty. 97–34, 95 Stat. 172
• August 13, 1981: Omnibus Upkeep Reconciliation Act of 1981, Pub.L. 97–35, 95 Stat. 357
• September 3, 1982: Tax Equity and Financial Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub.Fifty. 97–248, 96 Stat. 324
• September eight, 1982: Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Deed (USFSPA), Pub.50. 97–252, 96 Stat. 718
• September thirteen, 1982: Codification of Title 31 of the United states of america Lawmaking, "Money and Finance", Pub.L. 97–258, 96 Stat. 877
• September twenty, 1982: Passenger vehicle Regulatory Reform Act, Pub.L. 97–261, 96 Stat. 1102
• October 13, 1982: Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, Pub.L. 97–300, 96 Stat. 1322
• October 15, 1982: Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act, Pub.L. 97–320, 96 Stat. 1469
• January 6, 1983: Surface Transportation Assistance Act, Pub.L. 97–424, 96 Stat. 2140
• January 7, 1983: Nuclear Waste Policy Act, Pub.Fifty. 97–425, 96 Stat. 2201

Special or select committees [edit]

• Senate Select Committee on Small Business concern — Became a standing committee on March 25, 1981
• United States Senate Select Committee on Law Enforcement Surreptitious Activities of the Justice Department — March 24, 1982 – December xv, 1982

Party summary [edit]

Senate [edit]

Political party standings on the opening mean solar day of the 97th Congress

 1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats

	Party (shading shows control)			Full	Vacant
	Autonomous (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
Stop of previous congress	55	1	44	100	0
Brainstorm	46	i	53	100	0
Finish
Terminal voting share	46.0%	1.0%	53.0%
Showtime of adjacent congress	46	0	54	100	0

House of Representatives [edit]

House seats by party holding plurality in land
80+% Democratic	80+% Republican
60+% to eighty% Autonomous	60+% to 80% Republican
l+% to 60% Democratic	50+% to sixty% Republican
(Striped): fifty-fifty split

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Bourgeois (C)
End of previous congress	272	158	ane	431	four
Begin	243	191	1	435	0
End	242			434	i
Final voting share	55.8%	44.0%	0.ii%
Beginning of next congress	269	164	1	434	i

Leadership [edit]

Senate [edit]

• President: Walter Mondale (D), until January 20, 1981
  • George H. W. Bush (R), from January 20, 1981
• President pro tempore: Strom Thurmond (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership [edit]

• Majority Leader: Howard Baker
• Majority Whip: Ted Stevens
• Republican Conference Chairman: James A. McClure
• Republican Briefing Secretarial assistant: Jake Garn
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Bob Packwood
• Policy Commission Chairman: John Tower

Minority (Democratic) leadership [edit]

• Minority Leader: Robert Byrd
• Minority Whip: Alan Cranston
• Democratic Caucus Secretarial assistant: Daniel Inouye
• Autonomous Campaign Committee Chairman: Wendell Ford

Business firm of Representatives [edit]

• Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership [edit]

• Bulk Leader: Jim Wright
• Majority Whip: Tom Foley
• Chief Deputy Bulk Whip: William Vollie Alexander Jr.
• Democratic Conclave Chairman: Gillis William Long
• Democratic Caucus Secretarial assistant: Geraldine Ferraro
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tony Coelho

Minority (Republican) leadership [edit]

• Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
• Minority Whip: Trent Lott
• Master Deputy Whip: David F. Emery
• Republican Conference Chairman: Jack Kemp
• Republican Briefing Vice-Chairman: Jack Edwards
• Republican Briefing Secretary: Clair Burgener
• Policy Committee Chairman: Dick Cheney
• Republican Campaign Commission Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt

Caucuses [edit]

• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Black Conclave
• Congressional Friends of Republic of ireland Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
• Congresswomen'south Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus
• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members [edit]

This list is arranged past bedchamber, so past state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by commune.

Senate [edit]

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third offset new vi-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Grade 1 meant their term concluded with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; Grade 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1984; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1986.

House of Representatives [edit]

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by their commune numbers.

Alabama [edit] ▌ i. Jack Edwards (R) ▌ 2. William Louis Dickinson (R) ▌ three. Bill Nichols (D) ▌ 4. Tom Bevill (D) ▌ 5. Ronnie Flippo (D) ▌ 6. Albert L. Smith Jr. (R) ▌ seven. Richard Shelby (D) Alaska [edit] ▌ At-large. Don Immature (R) Arizona [edit] ▌ i. John Jacob Rhodes (R) ▌ two. Mo Udall (D) ▌ 3. Bob Stump (D) ▌ four. Eldon Rudd (R) Arkansas [edit] ▌ 1. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D) ▌ ii. Ed Bethune (R) ▌ iii. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) ▌ iv. Beryl Anthony Jr. (D) California [edit] ▌ 1. Eugene A. Chappie (R) ▌ two. Donald H. Clausen (R) ▌ 3. Bob Matsui (D) ▌ iv. Vic Fazio (D) ▌ 5. John Burton (D) ▌ 6. Phillip Burton (D) ▌ 7. George Miller (D) ▌ 8. Ron Dellums (D) ▌ 9. Pete Stark (D) ▌ 10. Don Edwards (D) ▌ xi. Tom Lantos (D) ▌ 12. Pete McCloskey (R) ▌ 13. Norman Mineta (D) ▌ fourteen. Norman D. Shumway (R) ▌ xv. Tony Coelho (D) ▌ 16. Leon Panetta (D) ▌ 17. Chip Pashayan (R) ▌ xviii. Bill Thomas (R) ▌ 19. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) ▌ 20. Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) ▌ 21. Bobbi Fiedler (R) ▌ 22. Carlos Moorhead (R) ▌ 23. Anthony Beilenson (D) ▌ 24. Henry Waxman (D) ▌ 25. Edward R. Roybal (D) ▌ 26. John H. Rousselot (R) ▌ 27. Bob Dornan (R) ▌ 28. Julian Dixon (D) ▌ 29. Augustus Hawkins (D) ▌ 30. George E. Danielson (D), until March 9, 1982 ▌Matthew G. Martínez (D), from July thirteen, 1982 ▌ 31. Mervyn Dymally (D) ▌ 32. Glenn M. Anderson (D) ▌ 33. Wayne R. Grisham (R) ▌ 34. Dan Lungren (R) ▌ 35. David Dreier (R) ▌ 36. George Chocolate-brown Jr. (D) ▌ 37. Jerry Lewis (R) ▌ 38. Jerry One thousand. Patterson (D) ▌ 39. William E. Dannemeyer (R) ▌ xl. Robert Badham (R) ▌ 41. Nib Lowery (R) ▌ 42. Duncan L. Hunter (R) ▌ 43. Clair Burgener (R) Colorado [edit] ▌ 1. Pat Schroeder (D) ▌ ii. Tim Wirth (D) ▌ 3. Ray Kogovsek (D) ▌ four. Hank Brown (R) ▌ 5. Ken Kramer (R) Connecticut [edit] ▌ one. William R. Cotter (D), until September viii, 1981 ▌Barbara B. Kennelly (D), from Jan 12, 1982 ▌ ii. Sam Gejdenson (D) ▌ 3. Lawrence J. DeNardis (R) ▌ 4. Stewart McKinney (R) ▌ 5. William R. Ratchford (D) ▌ 6. Toby Moffett (D) Delaware [edit] ▌ At-large. Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R) Florida [edit] ▌ ane. Earl Hutto (D) ▌ two. Don Fuqua (D) ▌ 3. Charles Eastward. Bennett (D) ▌ four. Bill Chappell (D) ▌ 5. Bill McCollum (R) ▌ 6. Nib Immature (R) ▌ 7. Sam Gibbons (D) ▌ 8. Andy Ireland (D) ▌ ix. Bill Nelson (D) ▌ 10. Skip Bafalis (R) ▌ 11. Dan Mica (D) ▌ 12. Clay Shaw (R) ▌ thirteen. William Lehman (D) ▌ 14. Claude Pepper (D) ▌ xv. Dante Fascell (D) Georgia [edit] ▌ one. Ronald 'Bo' Ginn (D) ▌ 2. Charles Floyd Hatcher (D) ▌ three. Jack Brinkley (D) ▌ four. Elliott H. Levitas (D) ▌ 5. Wyche Fowler (D) ▌ six. Newt Gingrich (R) ▌ seven. Larry McDonald (D) ▌ 8. Billy Lee Evans (D) ▌ 9. Ed Jenkins (D) ▌ x. Doug Barnard Jr. (D) Hawaii [edit] ▌ 1. Cecil Heftel (D) ▌ 2. Daniel Akaka (D) Idaho [edit] ▌ 1. Larry Craig (R) ▌ ii. George V. Hansen (R) Illinois [edit] ▌ 1. Harold Washington (D) ▌ ii. Gus Fell (D) ▌ 3. Marty Russo (D) ▌ 4. Ed Derwinski (R) ▌ v. John G. Fary (D) ▌ half dozen. Henry Hyde (R) ▌ 7. Cardiss Collins (D) ▌ 8. Dan Rostenkowski (D) ▌ 9. Sidney R. Yates (D) ▌ 10. John Porter (R) ▌ xi. Frank Annunzio (D) ▌ 12. Phil Crane (R) ▌ 13. Robert McClory (R) ▌ xiv. John N. Erlenborn (R) ▌ 15. Tom Corcoran (R) ▌ 16. Lynn Morley Martin (R) ▌ 17. George M. O'Brien (R) ▌ 18. Robert H. Michel (R) ▌ 19. Tom Railsback (R) ▌ 20. Paul Findley (R) ▌ 21. Edward Rell Madigan (R) ▌ 22. Dan Crane (R) ▌ 23. Melvin Price (D) ▌ 24. Paul Simon (D) Indiana [edit] ▌ 1. Adam Benjamin Jr. (D), until September 7, 1982 ▌Katie Hall (D), from November 2, 1982 ▌ 2. Floyd Fithian (D) ▌ iii. John P. Hiler (R) ▌ 4. Dan Coats (R) ▌ 5. Elwood Hillis (R) ▌ vi. David W. Evans (D) ▌ 7. John Myers (R) ▌ viii. H. Joel Deckard (R) ▌ nine. Lee H. Hamilton (D) ▌ ten. Philip Sharp (D) ▌ 11. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D) Iowa [edit] ▌ one. Jim Leach (R) ▌ 2. Tom Tauke (R) ▌ 3. T. Cooper Evans (R) ▌ 4. Neal Edward Smith (D) ▌ 5. Tom Harkin (D) ▌ 6. Berkley Bedell (D) Kansas [edit] ▌ one. Pat Roberts (R) ▌ 2. James Edmund Jeffries (R) ▌ 3. Larry Winn (R) ▌ iv. Dan Glickman (D) ▌ 5. Bob Whittaker (R) Kentucky [edit] ▌ 1. Carroll Hubbard (D) ▌ ii. William Natcher (D) ▌ 3. Romano Mazzoli (D) ▌ four. Factor Snyder (R) ▌ 5. Hal Rogers (R) ▌ vi. Larry J. Hopkins (R) ▌ 7. Carl D. Perkins (D) Louisiana [edit] ▌ 1. Bob Livingston (R) ▌ two. Lindy Boggs (D) ▌ 3. Billy Tauzin (D) ▌ iv. Buddy Roemer (D) ▌ v. Jerry Huckaby (D) ▌ vi. Henson Moore (R) ▌ 7. John Breaux (D) ▌ 8. Gillis William Long (D) Maine [edit] ▌ one. David F. Emery (R) ▌ two. Olympia Snowe (R) Maryland [edit] ▌ 1. Roy Dyson (D) ▌ 2. Clarence Long (D) ▌ iii. Barbara Mikulski (D) ▌ 4. Marjorie Holt (R) ▌ 5. Gladys Spellman (D), until February 24, 1981 ▌Steny Hoyer (D), from May 19, 1981 ▌ 6. Beverly Byron (D) ▌ vii. Parren Mitchell (D) ▌ eight. Michael D. Barnes (D) Massachusetts [edit] ▌ one. Silvio O. Conte (R) ▌ 2. Edward Boland (D) ▌ three. Joseph D. Early (D) ▌ iv. Barney Frank (D) ▌ 5. James Shannon (D) ▌ 6. Nicholas Mavroules (D) ▌ 7. Ed Markey (D) ▌ 8. Tip O'Neill (D) ▌ 9. Joe Moakley (D) ▌ 10. Margaret Heckler (R) ▌ 11. Brian J. Donnelly (D) ▌ 12. Gerry Studds (D) Michigan [edit] ▌ 1. John Conyers (D) ▌ 2. Carl Pursell (R) ▌ three. Howard Wolpe (D) ▌ 4. David Stockman (R), until January 27, 1981 ▌Mark D. Siljander (R), from April 21, 1981 ▌ 5. Harold Southward. Sawyer (R) ▌ six. James Whitney Dunn (R) ▌ 7. Dale Kildee (D) ▌ 8. J. Bob Traxler (D) ▌ nine. Guy Vander Jagt (R) ▌ 10. Donald J. Albosta (D) ▌ xi. Robert William Davis (R) ▌ 12. David Bonior (D) ▌ 13. George Crockett Jr. (D) ▌ 14. Dennis Hertel (D) ▌ 15. William D. Ford (D) ▌ xvi. John Dingell (D) ▌ 17. William M. Brodhead (D) ▌ 18. James Blanchard (D) ▌ 19. William Broomfield (R) Minnesota [edit] ▌ ane. Arlen Erdahl (R) ▌ 2. Tom Hagedorn (R) ▌ 3. Bill Frenzel (R) ▌ 4. Bruce Vento (DFL) ▌ 5. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) ▌ 6. Vin Weber (R) ▌ 7. Arlan Stangeland (R) ▌ eight. Jim Oberstar (DFL) Mississippi [edit] ▌ one. Jamie Whitten (D) ▌ 2. David R. Bowen (D) ▌ 3. Sonny Montgomery (D) ▌ 4. Jon Hinson (R), until Apr 13, 1981 ▌ Wayne Dowdy (D), from July seven, 1981 ▌ 5. Trent Lott (R) Missouri [edit] ▌ 1. Pecker Clay (D) ▌ 2. Robert A. Immature (D) ▌ iii. Dick Gephardt (D) ▌ 4. Ike Skelton (D) ▌ 5. Richard Walker Bolling (D) ▌ 6. Tom Coleman (R) ▌ 7. Gene Taylor (R) ▌ viii. Wendell Bailey (R) ▌ 9. Harold Volkmer (D) ▌ ten. Pecker Emerson (R)

Montana [edit] ▌ 1. Pat Williams (D) ▌ 2. Ron Marlenee (R) Nebraska [edit] ▌ 1. Doug Bereuter (R) ▌ 2. Hal Daub (R) ▌ three. Virginia D. Smith (R) Nevada [edit] ▌ At-large. James David Santini (D) New Hampshire [edit] ▌ 1. Norman D'Amours (D) ▌ two. Judd Gregg (R) New Jersey [edit] ▌ i. James Florio (D) ▌ 2. William J. Hughes (D) ▌ 3. James J. Howard (D) ▌ 4. Chris Smith (R) ▌ 5. Millicent Fenwick (R) ▌ 6. Edwin B. Forsythe (R) ▌ seven. Marge Roukema (R) ▌ eight. Robert A. Roe (D) ▌ 9. Harold C. Hollenbeck (R) ▌ x. Peter W. Rodino (D) ▌ 11. Joseph Minish (D) ▌ 12. Matthew John Rinaldo (R) ▌ 13. Jim Courter (R) ▌ 14. Frank Joseph Guarini (D) ▌ xv. Bernard J. Dwyer (D) New Mexico [edit] ▌ ane. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) ▌ 2. Joe Skeen (R) New York [edit] ▌ 1. William Carney (C)[b] ▌ 2. Thomas Downey (D) ▌ three. Gregory Due west. Carman (R) ▌ 4. Norman F. Lent (R) ▌ 5. Raymond J. McGrath (R) ▌ 6. John LeBoutillier (R) ▌ 7. Joseph P. Addabbo (D) ▌ 8. Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) ▌ nine. Geraldine Ferraro (D) ▌ 10. Mario Biaggi (D) ▌ 11. James H. Scheuer (D) ▌ 12. Shirley Chisholm (D) ▌ xiii. Stephen Solarz (D) ▌ fourteen. Fred Richmond (D), until August 25, 1982 ▌ fifteen. Leo C. Zeferetti (D) ▌ sixteen. Chuck Schumer (D) ▌ 17. Guy Molinari (R) ▌ 18. Bill Dark-green (R) ▌ xix. Charles Rangel (D) ▌ 20. Theodore South. Weiss (D) ▌ 21. Robert Garcia (D) ▌ 22. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) ▌ 23. Peter A. Peyser (D) ▌ 24. Richard Ottinger (D) ▌ 25. Hamilton Fish Iv (R) ▌ 26. Benjamin Gilman (R) ▌ 27. Matthew F. McHugh (D) ▌ 28. Samuel S. Stratton (D) ▌ 29. Gerald Solomon (R) ▌ 30. David O'Brien Martin (R) ▌ 31. Donald J. Mitchell (R) ▌ 32. George C. Wortley (R) ▌ 33. Gary A. Lee (R) ▌ 34. Frank Horton (R) ▌ 35. Barber Conable (R) ▌ 36. John J. LaFalce (D) ▌ 37. Henry J. Nowak (D) ▌ 38. Jack Kemp (R) ▌ 39. Stan Lundine (D) North Carolina [edit] ▌ one. Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) ▌ 2. Lawrence H. Fountain (D) ▌ iii. Charles Orville Whitley (D) ▌ 4. Ike Franklin Andrews (D) ▌ 5. Stephen Fifty. Neal (D) ▌ 6. Walter E. Johnston Iii (R) ▌ 7. Charlie Rose (D) ▌ eight. Bill Hefner (D) ▌ ix. James K. Martin (R) ▌ 10. Jim Broyhill (R) ▌ eleven. Neb Hendon (R) North Dakota [edit] ▌ At-large. Byron Dorgan (D-NPL) Ohio [edit] ▌ ane. Pecker Gradison (R) ▌ 2. Tom Luken (D) ▌ 3. Tony P. Hall (D) ▌ 4. Tennyson Guyer (R), until April 12, 1981 ▌Mike Oxley (R), from June 25, 1981 ▌ 5. Del Latta (R) ▌ 6. Bob McEwen (R) ▌ 7. Bud Brownish (R) ▌ 8. Tom Kindness (R) ▌ 9. Ed Weber (R) ▌ 10. Clarence E. Miller (R) ▌ 11. J. William Stanton (R) ▌ 12. Bob Shamansky (D) ▌ thirteen. Donald J. Pease (D) ▌ 14. John F. Seiberling (D) ▌ fifteen. Chalmers Wylie (R) ▌ xvi. Ralph Regula (R) ▌ 17. John M. Ashbrook (R), until April 24, 1982 ▌Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R), from June 29, 1982 ▌ 18. Douglas Applegate (D) ▌ 19. Lyle Williams (R) ▌ 20. Mary Rose Oakar (D) ▌ 21. Louis Stokes (D) ▌ 22. Dennis E. Eckart (D) ▌ 23. Ronald Thousand. Mottl (D) Oklahoma [edit] ▌ 1. James R. Jones (D) ▌ two. Mike Synar (D) ▌ three. Wes Watkins (D) ▌ iv. Dave McCurdy (D) ▌ v. Mickey Edwards (R) ▌ half dozen. Glenn English (D) Oregon [edit] ▌ 1. Les AuCoin (D) ▌ ii. Denny Smith (R) ▌ 3. Ron Wyden (D) ▌ four. Jim Weaver (D) Pennsylvania [edit] ▌ 1. Thomas M. Foglietta (D) ▌ 2. William H. Grayness III (D) ▌ three. Raymond Lederer (D), until April 29, 1981 ▌Joseph F. Smith (D), from July 21, 1981 ▌ 4. Charles F. Dougherty (R) ▌ five. Richard T. Schulze (R) ▌ vi. Gus Yatron (D) ▌ vii. Robert W. Edgar (D) ▌ 8. James 1000. Coyne III (R) ▌ ix. Bud Shuster (R) ▌ 10. Joseph Yard. McDade (R) ▌ 11. James Nelligan (R) ▌ 12. John Murtha (D) ▌ 13. Lawrence Coughlin (R) ▌ 14. William J. Coyne (D) ▌ 15. Donald Fifty. Ritter (R) ▌ 16. Robert Smith Walker (R) ▌ 17. Allen E. Ertel (D) ▌ eighteen. Doug Walgren (D) ▌ nineteen. William F. Goodling (R) ▌ 20. Joseph M. Gaydos (D) ▌ 21. Donald A. Bailey (D) ▌ 22. Austin White potato (D) ▌ 23. William F. Clinger Jr. (R) ▌ 24. Marc L. Marks (R) ▌ ▌ 25. Eugene Atkinson (D), changed to (R) Oct fourteen, 1981 Rhode Isle [edit] ▌ 1. Fernand St. Germain (D) ▌ two. Claudine Schneider (R) Southward Carolina [edit] ▌ i. Thomas F. Hartnett (R) ▌ 2. Floyd Spence (R) ▌ iii. Butler Derrick (D) ▌ 4. Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) ▌ 5. Kenneth Lamar Holland (D) ▌ half-dozen. John Light Napier (R) South Dakota [edit] ▌ 1. Tom Daschle (D) ▌ two. Clint Roberts (R) Tennessee [edit] ▌ 1. Jimmy Quillen (R) ▌ 2. John Duncan Sr. (R) ▌ 3. Marilyn Lloyd (D) ▌ 4. Al Gore (D) ▌ 5. Bill Boner (D) ▌ six. Robin Beard (R) ▌ 7. Ed Jones (D) ▌ eight. Harold Ford Sr. (D) Texas [edit] ▌ 1. Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) ▌ ii. Charlie Wilson (D) ▌ three. James Grand. Collins (R) ▌ 4. Ralph Hall (D) ▌ v. Jim Mattox (D) ▌ 6. Phil Gramm (D) ▌ vii. Pecker Archer (R) ▌ eight. Jack Fields (R) ▌ 9. Jack Brooks (D) ▌ ten. J. J. Pickle (D) ▌ 11. Marvin Leath (D) ▌ 12. Jim Wright (D) ▌ xiii. Jack Hightower (D) ▌ 14. William Neff Patman (D) ▌ fifteen. Kika de la Garza (D) ▌ 16. Richard Crawford White (D) ▌ 17. Charles Stenholm (D) ▌ 18. Mickey Leland (D) ▌ 19. Kent Hance (D) ▌ 20. Henry B. González (D) ▌ 21. Tom Loeffler (R) ▌ 22. Ron Paul (R) ▌ 23. Abraham Kazen (D) ▌ 24. Martin Frost (D) Utah [edit] ▌ one. James 5. Hansen (R) ▌ ii. David Daniel Marriott (R) Vermont [edit] ▌ At-large. Jim Jeffords (R) Virginia [edit] ▌ one. Paul Trible (R) ▌ 2. G. William Whitehurst (R) ▌ 3. Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R) ▌ iv. Robert Daniel (R) ▌ 5. Dan Daniel (D) ▌ 6. Thousand. Caldwell Butler (R) ▌ 7. J. Kenneth Robinson (R) ▌ eight. Stanford Parris (R) ▌ 9. William C. Wampler (R) ▌ x. Frank Wolf (R) Washington [edit] ▌ 1. Joel Pritchard (R) ▌ 2. Al Swift (D) ▌ three. Don Bonker (D) ▌ 4. Sid Morrison (R) ▌ 5. Tom Foley (D) ▌ 6. Norm Dicks (D) ▌ 7. Mike Lowry (D) Westward Virginia [edit] ▌ ane. Bob Mollohan (D) ▌ ii. Cleve Bridegroom (R) ▌ iii. Mick Staton (R) ▌ 4. Nick Rahall (D) Wisconsin [edit] ▌ 1. Les Aspin (D) ▌ 2. Robert Kastenmeier (D) ▌ 3. Steve Gunderson (R) ▌ 4. Clement J. Zablocki (D) ▌ 5. Henry Due south. Reuss (D) ▌ 6. Tom Petri (R) ▌ 7. Dave Obey (D) ▌ 8. Toby Roth (R) ▌ ix. Jim Sensenbrenner (R) Wyoming [edit] ▌ At-big. Dick Cheney (R) Non-voting members [edit] ▌ American Samoa. Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D) ▌ District of Columbia. Walter Fauntroy (D) ▌ Guam. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) ▌ Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D) ▌ Puerto Rico. Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP)

Changes in membership [edit]

Senate [edit]

There were 2 resignations.

Country (class)	Vacated past	Reason for alter	Successor	Appointment of successor's formal installation[c]
New Jersey (Grade 1)	Harrison A. Williams (D)	Incumbent resigned March xi, 1982, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of blackmail in the Abscam sting functioning. A successor was appointed April 12, 1982, to finish the term.	Nicholas F. Brady (R)	April 12, 1982
New Bailiwick of jersey (Grade ane)	Nicholas F. Brady (R)	Incumbent resigned December 27, 1982, so his elected successor could be appointed for preferential seniority. A successor was appointed December 27, 1982, to finish the term.	Frank Lautenberg (D)	Dec 27, 1982

Firm of Representatives [edit]

There were four deaths, 4 resignations, ane declared vacancy, and one party change.

District	Vacated by	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor'south formal installation[c]
Michigan quaternary	David Stockman (R)	Resigned Jan 27, 1981, after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mark D. Siljander (R)	Apr 21, 1981
Maryland 5th	Gladys Spellman (D)	Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981	Steny Hoyer (D)	May 19, 1981
Ohio fourth	Tennyson Guyer (R)	Died Apr 12, 1981	Mike Oxley (R)	June 25, 1981
Mississippi 4th	Jon Hinson (R)	Resigned April 13, 1981	Wayne Dowdy (D)	July vii, 1981
Pennsylvania tertiary	Raymond Lederer (D)	Resigned Apr 29, 1981, earlier a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation	Joseph F. Smith (D)	July 21, 1981
Connecticut 1st	William R. Cotter (D)	Died September 8, 1981	Barbara B. Kennelly (D)	Jan 12, 1982
Pennsylvania 25th	Eugene Atkinson (D)	Changed parties October 14, 1981	Eugene Atkinson (R)	October xiv, 1981
California 30th	George E. Danielson (D)	Resigned March ix, 1982, after being appointed associate justice of the California Courts of Appeal	Matthew G. Martínez (D)	July thirteen, 1982
Ohio 17th	John M. Ashbrook (R)	Died April 24, 1982	Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R)	June 29, 1982
New York 14th	Fred Richmond (D)	Resigned Baronial 25, 1982	Vacant until end of Congress
Indiana 1st	Adam Benjamin Jr. (D)	Died September 7, 1982	Katie Hall (D)	Nov two, 1982

Committees [edit]

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (ane link), in the directory subsequently the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, Firm (Continuing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate commission assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee'south members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate [edit]

• Aging (Special) (Chair: H. John Heinz 3)
• Agriculture, Diet and Forestry (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
  • Soil and Water Conservation (Chair: Roger West. Jepsen; Ranking Fellow member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • Farm production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: David Fifty. Boren)
  • Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Richard Grand. Lugar; Ranking Fellow member: Alan J. Dixon)
  • Rural Development, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • Strange Agricultural Policy (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
  • Nutrition (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
  • Foreign, Water Resources and Environment (Chair: South.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
• Appropriations (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • Defense (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
  • Commune of Columbia (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
  • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
  • Strange Operations (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Daniel Yard. Inouye)
  • HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • Interior (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd)
  • Labor-Wellness, Education and Welfare (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • Legislative (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
  • Military Structure (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
  • State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
  • Transportation (Chair: Marker Andrews; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
  • Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
• Armed forces (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
  • Military Construction (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
  • Tactical Warfare (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
  • Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Fellow member: Carl Levin)
  • Preparedness (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
  • Body of water Power and Forcefulness Projection (Chair: William South. Cohen; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd Jr.)
  • Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
• Banking, Housing and Urban Diplomacy (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams Jr.)
  • Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Richard One thousand. Lugar; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams Jr.)
  • Financial Institutions (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
  • International Finance and Budgetary Policy (Chair: H. John Heinz 3; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • Economic Policy (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Fellow member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
  • Securities (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • Rural Housing and Development (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Fellow member: Alan Dixon)
  • Consumer Affairs (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
• Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
• Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Fellow member: Howard Cannon)
  • Aviation (Chair: Nancy 50. Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
  • Business organisation, Trade and Tourism (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
  • Communications (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
  • Consumer (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
  • Merchant Marine (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Fellow member: Daniel K. Inouye)
  • Scientific discipline, Technology and Infinite (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: Donald Due west. Riegle Jr.)
  • Surface Transportation (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
• Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
  • Free energy Conservation and Supply (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Fellow member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
  • Energy Regulation (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
  • Energy Research and Evolution (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
  • Energy and Mineral Resources (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Spark Thousand. Matsunaga)
  • Water and Power (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
  • Public Lands and Reserved Water (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
• Environment and Public Works (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
  • Environmental Pollution (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
  • Nuclear Regulation (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Fellow member: George J. Mitchell)
  • Water Resources (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
  • Transportation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
  • Toxic Substances and Ecology Oversight (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Fellow member: Max Baucus)
  • Regional and Community Evolution (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: Quentin Due north. Burdick)
• Ethics (Select) (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Vice Chairman: Howell Heflin)
• Finance (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd Jr.)
  • Taxation and Debt Direction (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
  • International Trade (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Fellow member: Spark Matsunaga)
  • Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
  • Economic Growth, Employment and Revenue Sharing (Chair: H. John Heinz 3; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
  • Energy and Agronomical Tax (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Fellow member: Bill Bradley)
  • Manor and Souvenir Revenue enhancement (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
  • Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
• Foreign Relations (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Fellow member: Claiborne Pell)
  • International Economic Policy (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Fellow member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • Arms Command, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
  • Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Southward.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
  • European Affairs (Chair: Richard Chiliad. Lugar; Ranking Fellow member: Joe Biden)
  • International Economic Policy (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
  • African Affairs (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
  • Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Fellow member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • Artillery Control, Oceans, International Operations and Surround (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
• Governmental Affairs (Chair: Bill Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: William V. Roth; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Fellow member: Jim Sasser)
  • Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Fellow member: John Glenn)
  • Federal Expenditures, Research and Rules (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
  • Civil Service, Mail service Office and General Services (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
  • Oversight of Government Management (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
  • Congressional Operations and Oversight (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: David Pryor)
• Indian Diplomacy (Select) (Chair: William Cohen)
• Judiciary (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Fellow member: Joe Biden)
  • Criminal Constabulary (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Fellow member: Joe Biden)
  • Regulatory Reform (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
  • Constitution (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
  • Courts (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
  • Immigration and Refugee Policy (Chair: Alan One thousand. Simpson; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
  • Separation of Powers (Chair: John P. East; Ranking Fellow member: Max Baucus)
  • Bureau Administration (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Fellow member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
  • Security and Terrorism (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • Juvenile Justice (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Fellow member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
• Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Vice Chairman: Daniel Moynihan)
• Labor and Homo Resources (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
  • Labor (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams)
  • Teaching, Arts and Humanities (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
  • Employment and Productivity (Chair: Dan Quayle; Ranking Fellow member: Howard Thousand. Metzenbaum)
  • Handicapped (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
  • Alcoholism and Drug Corruption (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Donald West. Riegle Jr.)
  • Aging, Family and Human Services (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • Investigations and General Oversight (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Fellow member: Ted Kennedy)
• Diet and Human Needs (Select) (Chair:[ information unknown/missing ]; Ranking Member:[ data unknown/missing ])
• Rules and Assistants (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
• Small Concern (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Fellow member: Sam Nunn)
• Capital Germination and Retentiveness (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
• Government Regulation and Paperwork (Chair: Orrin G. Hatch; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
• Urban and Rural Economical Development (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Fellow member: Alan J. Dixon)
• Government Procurement (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Fellow member: Jim Sasser)
• Productivity and Competition (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Fellow member: Max Baucus)
• Innovation and Technology (Chair: Warren Rudman; Ranking Fellow member: Carl Levin)
• Export Promotion and Market Evolution (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Fellow member: Walter D. Huddleston)
• Advancement and Future of Small Business (Chair: Due south.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Fellow member: Paul Tsongas)
• Veterans' Diplomacy (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
• Whole

Business firm of Representatives [edit]

• Aging (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper)
• Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
  • Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: Pecker Thomas)
  • Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn)
  • Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
  • Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
  • Conservation Credit and Rural Evolution (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
  • Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: George E. Brown Jr.; Ranking Fellow member: William C. Wampler)
  • Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Frederick W. Richmond; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
  • Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Fellow member: Jim Weaver)
• Appropriations (Chair: Jamie Fifty. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
  • Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Fellow member: Jack Edwards)
  • District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
  • Free energy and Power (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Fellow member: John T. Myers)
  • Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence D. Long; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
  • HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward P. Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
  • Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • Labor-Health and Man Services (Chair: William Huston Natcher; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • Legislative (Chair: Vic Fazio; Ranking Member: Clair W. Burgener)
  • Military Structure (Chair: Bo Ginn; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
  • Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: George Thousand. O'Brien)
  • Transportation (Chair: Adam Benjamin Jr.; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
  • Treasury, Mail service and General Government (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Fellow member: Clarence Due east. Miller)
• Armed Services (Chair: Charles Melvin Toll; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • Research and Development (Chair: Charles Melvin Toll; Ranking Fellow member: William L. Dickinson)
  • Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles Edward Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
  • Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
  • Investigations (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: Robin Beard)
  • Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Donald J. Mitchell)
  • Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Jack Brinkley; Ranking Member: Paul S. Trible)
  • Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
• Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
  • Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
  • Housing and Customs Development (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
  • General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Ron Paul)
  • Consumer Diplomacy and Coinage (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Fellow member: Thomas B. Evans Jr.)
  • International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Jerry M. Patterson; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
  • Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: George Five. Hansen)
  • International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen 50. Neal; Ranking Fellow member: Jim Leach)
  • Economic Stabilization (Chair: James J. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
• Budget (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
• Commune of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
  • Financial Affairs and Health (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
  • Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs (Chair: William H. Gray III; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
  • Judiciary and Instruction (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Fellow member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.)
• Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Fellow member: John M. Ashbrook)
  • Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
  • Employment Opportunities (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
  • Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
  • Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
  • Homo Resource (Chair: Ike Andrews; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
  • Postsecondary Education (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
  • Labor Standards (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
  • Select Education (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Arlen Erdahl)
• Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
  • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John D. Dingell; Ranking Member: Marc L. Marks)
  • Free energy Conservation and Power (Chair: Richard 50. Ottinger; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
  • Health and the Surroundings (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward R. Madigan)
  • Telecommunication, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Timothy Due east. Wirth; Ranking Member: James M. Collins)
  • Fossil and Synthetic Fuels (Chair: Philip R. Sharp; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brownish)
  • Commerce, Transportation and Tourism (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
• Strange Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Fellow member: William S. Broomfield)
  • International Security and Scientific Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
  • International Operations (Chair: Dante B. Fascell; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
  • Europe and the Middle Due east (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
  • Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Jonathan B. Bingham; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
  • Homo Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
  • Africa (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
  • Inter-American Affairs (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
• Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
  • Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Benjamin S. Rosenthal; Ranking Fellow member: Lyle Williams)
  • Manpower and Housing (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.)
  • Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: John L. Burton; Ranking Member: Robert South. Walker)
  • Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
  • Surroundings, Energy and Natural Resource (Chair: Toby Moffett; Ranking Member: H. Joel Deckard)
• House Administration (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
  • Accounts (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham)
  • Contracts and Press (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
  • Services (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • Part Systems (Chair: Bob Mollohan; Ranking Fellow member: Pecker Thomas)
  • Personnel and Law (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Gary Lee)
  • Policy Group on Data and Computers (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: James Thou. Coyne)
• Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
  • Energy and the Surround (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
  • Water and Ability Resource (Chair: Abraham Kazen Jr.; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
  • Public Lands and National Lands (Chair: John Seiberling; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • Insular Diplomacy (Chair: Antonio B. Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
  • Mines and Mining (Chair: Jim Santini; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
  • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Edward J. Markey; Ranking Fellow member: Ron Marlenee)
• Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
  • Immigration, Refugees and International Constabulary (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
  • Authoritative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair: George Eastward. Danielson; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
  • Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert Due west. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas Railsback)
  • Ceremonious and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
  • Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
  • Law-breaking (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Fellow member: John 1000. Ashbrook)
  • Criminal Justice (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
  • Merchant Marine (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.)
  • Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John B. Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
  • Declension Baby-sit and Navigation (Chair: Gerry E. Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • Oceangraphy (Chair: Norman D'Amours; Ranking Fellow member: Joel Pritchard)
  • Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff (Chair: Carroll Hubbard Jr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
• Narcotics Corruption and Control (Select) (Chair: Leo C. Zeferetti)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
  • Investigations (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
  • Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Bill Dirt; Ranking Member: Cistron Taylor)
  • Civil Service (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
  • Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: William Eastward. Dannemeyer)
  • Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
  • Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
  • Human Resources (Chair: Geraldine A. Ferraro; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
• Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
  • Aviation (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
  • Economic Development (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Fellow member: Tom Hagedorn)
  • Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
  • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: John Chiliad. Fary; Ranking Fellow member: Arlan Stangeland)
  • Surface Transportation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
  • Water Resources (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Fellow member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
• Rules (Chair: Richard Walker Bolling; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
  • The Legislative Process (Chair: Gillis W. Long; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
  • Rules of the House (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
• Science and Applied science (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
  • Energy Development and Applications (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish Iv)
  • Natural Resource, Agriculture Research and Environs (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Fellow member: William Carney)
  • Energy Research and Production (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Fellow member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
  • Scientific discipline, Enquiry and Applied science (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Fellow member: Margaret M. Heckler)
  • Space Science and Applications (Chair: Ronnie M. Flippo; Ranking Member: Harold C. Hollenbeck)
  • Transportation, Aviation and Materials (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
  • Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
• Small Concern (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and Full general Pocket-size Business Issues (Chair: Parren J. Mitchell; Ranking Fellow member: Joseph Yard. McDade)
  • General Oversight (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
  • Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Concern (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
  • Energy, Environment and Prophylactic Bug affecting Modest Business (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Fellow member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • Tax, Admission to Disinterestedness Uppercase and Business Opportunities (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
  • Export Opportunities and Special Small-scale Business organisation Problems (Chair: Andy Ireland; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
• Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie 5. Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Gillespie Five. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
  • Hospitals and Health Intendance (Chair: Ronald M. Mottl; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: Margaret Chiliad. Heckler)
  • Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Sam B. Hall; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
  • Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Means and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Hairdresser B. Conable)
  • Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
  • Social Security (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
  • Oversight (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
  • Select Revenue Measures (Chair: William Cotter; Ranking Member: John Duncan Sr.)
  • Public Assistance and Unemployment Bounty (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Skip Bafalis)
  • Wellness (Chair: Andrew Jacobs Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Gradison)
• Whole

Articulation committees [edit]

• Economic (Chair: Rep. Henry S. Reuss; Vice Chair: Sen. Roger Westward. Jepsen)
• Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen. Bob Dole)
• The Library (Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins; Vice Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias)
• Press (Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias; Vice Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins)

Employees [edit]

Legislative branch agency directors [edit]

• Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
• Attending Doc of the Us Congress: Freeman H. Cary
• Comptroller General of the United states of america: Elmer B. Staats, until March three, 1981
  • Charles A. Bowsher, starting date unknown in 1981
• Director of the Congressional Budget Function: Alice Yard. Rivlin
• Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
• Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer Jr.

Senate [edit]

• Clergyman: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian), until February 9, 1981
  • Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian), from Feb nine, 1981
• Curator: James R. Ketchum
• Historian: Richard A. Baker
• Parliamentarian: Robert Dove
• Secretary: William Hildenbrand
• Librarian: Roger Thou. Haley
• Sergeant at Artillery: Howard Due south. Liebengood
• Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene Jr.
• Secretary for the Minority: Walter J. Stewart, until September 1, 1981
  • Terrence Eastward. Sauvain, from September i, 1981

Firm of Representatives [edit]

• Chaplain: James D. Ford (Lutheran)
• Clerk: Edmund 50. Henshaw Jr.
• Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
• Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
• Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
• Reading Clerks: 1000000 Goetz (D) and Bob Drupe (R)
• Sergeant at Artillery: Benjamin J. Guthrie

See also [edit]

• 1980 United states elections (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1980 U.s. presidential election
  • 1980 United States Senate elections
  • 1980 U.s.a. Business firm of Representatives elections
• 1982 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the adjacent Congress)
  • 1982 United states of america Senate elections
  • 1982 U.s.a. House of Representatives elections

Notes [edit]

1. ^ U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale's term as President of the Senate concluded at noon on January 20, 1981, when George H. W. Bush-league's term began.
2. ^ Caucused with the Republicans.
3. ^ ^{a b} When seated or adjuration administered, not necessarily when service began.

References [edit]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Visitor.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of U.s. Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links [edit]

• Biographical Directory of the U.Southward. Congress
• U.Due south. Firm of Representatives: Congressional History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• "Videos of House of Representatives Sessions for the 97th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org".
• "Videos of Committees from the House and Senate for the 97th Congress from www.C-Bridge.org".
• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 97th Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September xx, 2018. Retrieved June half-dozen, 2016.
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 97th Congress.
• Congress, United States (1981). Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 97th Congress (Revised).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 97th Congress.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/97th_United_States_Congress

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