HRES 13119th CongressIntroduced

Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

Introduced: Jan 6, 2025

Standard Summary

Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs

This is a House of Representatives resolution (H. Res. 13) that formally elects the chairs of the House’s standing committees for the current Congress. The resolution names, for each committee, the member who will serve as chair (and his or her home state). It does not create or modify laws; rather, it is an internal organizational action that determines which member leads each committee’s work, including scheduling hearings, guiding markup, and setting committee agendas. The document does not list a sponsor and is presented as introduced, with the Clerk of the House’s attestation.

Key Points

1The resolution designates the chair of each standing committee, establishing leadership for committee work.
2Committee chairs named: Agriculture (Thompson, PA); Appropriations (Cole); Armed Services (Rogers, AL); Budget (Arrington); Education and the Workforce (Walberg); Energy and Commerce (Guthrie); Financial Services (Hill, AR); Foreign Affairs (Mast); Homeland Security (Green, TN); Judiciary (Jordan); Natural Resources (Westerman); Oversight and Government Reform (Comer); Science, Space, and Technology (Babin); Small Business (Williams, TX); Transportation and Infrastructure (Graves); Veterans’ Affairs (Bost); Ways and Means (Smith, MO).
3It is a routine, procedural action that does not enact policy or alter statutory law; it simply records the leadership assignments for the committees.
4The sponsor is not identified in the text provided, and the document reflects a formal record of leadership rather than substantive legislative content.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected: Members and staff of the U.S. House, particularly the members serving on the standing committees and the committees’ leadership teams, as well as party leadership responsible for committee control.Secondary group/area affected: House floor activity and legislative process, since committee chairs shape which bills are prioritized, heard, or amended in committee.Additional impacts: The chairs influence oversight priorities and investigative attention across policy areas (agriculture, defense, finance, health care, energy, etc.), which can shape the pace and direction of legislation in those domains. The resolution also signals the distribution of power within the majority party’s internal leadership structure for the current Congress.

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