A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
This is a Senate resolution establishing the membership of the majority party on four specific Senate committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until successors are chosen. In other words, it formally assigns which Republican members (the majority party) will sit on each committee and designates the chair for each committee for the current Congress. The resolution lists the chair and a slate of members for: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Energy and Natural Resources; the Special Committee on Aging; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The seating remains in place until new appointments are made. This is a procedural, internal-organizational measure rather than substantive law. Its effect is to determine committee leadership and membership, which shapes who governs hearings, markup of bills, and oversight within these committees for the 119th Congress.
Key Points
- 1Establishes the majority party’s membership on four Senate committees for the 119th Congress (or until successors are chosen).
- 2Committees covered and named chairs:
- 3- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Chair Boozman; other listed members include McConnell, Hoeven, Ernst, Hyde-Smith, Marshall, Tuberville, Justice, Grassley, Thune, Fischer, Moran.
- 4- Energy and Natural Resources: Chair Lee; other listed members include Barrasso, Risch, Daines, Cotton, McCormick, Justice, Cassidy, Hyde-Smith, Murkowski, Hoeven.
- 5- Special Committee on Aging: Chair Scott (FL); other listed members include McCormick, Justice, Tuberville, Johnson, Crapo, Scott (SC).
- 6- Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Chair Ernst; other listed members include Risch, Paul, Scott (SC), Young, Hawley, Budd, Curtis, Justice, Blackburn.
- 7“Or until their successors are chosen” means these assignments stay in effect until new appointments are made or until the Congress reorganizes committees.
- 8Status of the measure: A Senate resolution, submitted by Mr. Thune, and agreed to by the Senate on January 14, 2025; it sets the official roster for the majority party on these committees.