APPENDIX II STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1789-1954 Before the revision of the rules of the House of Representatives in 1880, the preposition for customarily appeared in the title, Committee for the District of Columbia; and the preposition of appeared in the titles, Committee of Accounts, Committee of Commerce, Committee of Elections, Committee of Ways and Means, Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, and Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business. In the following list, as elsewhere in this inventory, the preposition on is uniformly employed for every standing committee both before and after 1880, except for one committee that did not survive to 1880, the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business. The abbreviation H. J. used below for the standard edition of the printed House journal is preceded by numbers indicating the particular Congress and session and is followed by page citations. The naming of antecedent and successor committees is for the general guidance of persons referring to committee records. Names of standing committees that were current at the beginning of the 84th Congress are underlined. Committee on Accounts, 1803-1947: Authorized Dec. 27, 1803 (8, 1, H. J., 503). Appointed Dec. 27, 1803 (ibid.). Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Successor: Committee on House Administration, 1947 Committee on Armed Services, 1947- : Antecedents: Committee on Military Affairs, 1822-1947; Committee on Naval Affairs, 1822-1947; and Committee on the Militia, 1835-1911. Authorized Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Appointed Jan. 14 and 16, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 66 and 70-71). Committee on the Census, 1901-47: Authorized Dec. 2, 1901 (57, 1, H. J., 7). Committee on the Civil Service, 1924-47: 7). Antecedent: Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, 1893-1924. Membership of antecedent committee retained. Successor: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 1947 Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, 1867-1947: Antecedent: Committee on a Uniform System of Coinage, Weights, and Measures, 1864-67. Authorized Mar. 2, 1867 (39, 2, H. J., 601). Appointed Nov. 25, 1867 (40, 1, H. J. 263). Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Successor: Committee on Banking and Currency, 1865 Committee on Commerce, 1819-91: Antecedent: Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1795-1819. Appointed Dec. 8, 1819 (16, 1, H. J., 19). Terminated Dec. 19, 1891 (52, 1, H. J., 16). Successor: Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1891 Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1795-1819: Authorized Dec. 14, 1795 (4, 1, H. J., 375). Terminated Dec. 8, 1819 (16, 1, H. J., 19 and 22). Successors: Committee on Commerce, 1819-91; and Committee on Manufactures, 1819-1911. Committee (Joint Select) on the Disposition of [Useless] Executive Papers, 1889-1947: Authorized by statute Feb. 16, 1889 (25 Stat. 672). Not truly a standing committee. Appointed Apr. 15, 1890 (51, 1, H. J., 474). Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Successor: Committee on House Administration, 1947 Committee on the District of Columbia, 1808- Appointed Jan. 27, 1808 (ibid.). Committee on Education, 1883-1947: Antecedent: Committee on Education and Labor, 1867-83. Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Successor: Committee on Education and Labor, 1947 Committee on Education and Labor, 1867-83; and 1947- : Appointed Nov. 25, 1867 (40, 1, H. J., 263). Abolished Dec. 19, 1883 (48, 1, H. J., 154-155). Interim successors: Committee on Education, 1883-1947; and Committee on Labor, 1883-1947. Resurrected Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Next appointed Jan. 14 and 16, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 66 and 71). Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress, 1893-1947: Authorized Aug. 18, 1893 (53, 1, H. J., 13). Appointed Aug. 21, 1893 (53, 1, H. J., 16). Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Successor: Committee on House Administration, 1947 Committee on Elections, 1789-1895: Authorized Apr. 13, 1789 (1, 1, H. J., 13). Appointed Apr. 13, 1789 (ibid.). Terminated Dec. 17, 1895 (54, 1, H. J., 55). Successors: Committee on Elections No. 1, 1895-1947; Committee on Elections No. 2, 1895-1947; and Committee on Elections No. 3, Committee on Elections No. 1, 1895-1947: Committee on Elections No. 3, 1895-1947: Common antecedent: Committee on Elections, 1789-1895. Each authorized Dec. 17, 1895 (54, 1, H. J., 55). Each appointed Dec. 21, 1895 (54, 1, H. J., 68). Each terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Common successor: Committee on House Administration, 1947 Committee on Engraving, 1814-60: Authorized Mar. 16, 1844 (28, 1, H. J., 597). Terminated Mar. 19, 1860 (36, 1, H. J., 550). Successor: Committee (Joint) on Printing, 1846-1947. Committee (Joint) on Enrolled bills, 1789-1947: Authorized July 27, 1789 (1, 1, H. J., 67). Successor: Committee on House Administration, 1947 Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, 1889-1927: Authorized Dec. 20, 1889 (51, 1, H. J., 74). Appointed Dec. 21, 1889 (51, 1, H. J., 88). Terminated Dec. 5, 1927 (70, 1, H. J., 8). Successor: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, 1927-52. Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce, 1913-27: Common antecedent: Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Each authorized May 27, 1913 (63, 1, H. J., 162). Each terminated Dec. 5, 1927 (70, 1, H. J., 8). Common successor: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, 1927-52. Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor, 1905-13: Authorized Dec. 11, 1905 (59, 1, H. J., 120). Appointed Dec. 11, 1905 (ibid.). Terminated May 27, 1913 (63, 1, H. J., 162). Successors: Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce, 1913-27; and Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor, 1913-27. Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, 1874-1927: Appointed Jan. 19, 1874 (43, 1, H. J. 263). Successor: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, 1927-52. Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor. See under Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, 1927-52: Antecedents: Committees on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, 1889-1927; in the Department of Commerce, 1913-27; in the Department of Justice, 1874-1927; in the Department of Labor, 1913-27; in the Interior Department, 1860-1927; in the Navy Department, 1816-1927; in the Post Office (or Post Office Department after ca. 1829), 1816-1927; in the State Department, 1816-1927; in the Treasury Department, 1816-1927; in the War Department, 18161927; and on the Public Buildings, 1816-1927. Authorized Dec. 5, 1927 (70, 1, H. J., 8). Appointed Dec. 12, 1927 (70, 1, H. J., 137). Terminated July 4, 1952 (82, 2, H. J., 731). Successor: Committee on Government Operations, 1952 Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, 1860-1927: Appointed July 8, 1861 (37, 1, H. J., 40). Successor: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, 1927-52. Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, 1816-1927: Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office (or Post Office Department after ca. 1829), 1816-1927: Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, 1816-1927: Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, 1816-1927: Each authorized Mar. 30, 1816 (14, 1, H. J., 550-551). Each appointed Mar. 30, 1816 (14, 1, H. J., 552). Each terminated Dec. 5, 1927 (70, 1, H. J., 8). Common successor: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Depart ments, 1927-52. Terminated, presumably, July 1, 1879, though termination was proposed as early as Dec. 5, 1873. Committee on Government Operations, 1952- : Antecedent: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, 1927-52. Authorized July 4, 1952 (82, 2, H. J., 731). Committee on House Administration, 1947- :: Antecedents: Committee on Accounts, 1803-1947; Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress, 18931947; Committee on Elections No. 1, 1895-1947; Committee on Elections No. 2, 1895-1947; Committee on Elections No. 3, 1895-1947; Committee on Memorials, 1929-47; Committee (Joint) on Enrolled Bills, 1789-1947; Committee (Joint) on the Library, 1806-1947; and Committee (Joint) cn Printing, 1846-1947. Authorized Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7). Appointed Jan. 14 and 16, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 67 and 71). |