Antecedent: Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, 1813-25.
Authorized Dec. 13, 1825 (19, 1, H. J., 46).
Membership of antecedent committee retained.
Terminated Dec. 2, 1873 (43, 1, H. J., 36).

Successor: Committee on War Claims, 1873-1947.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, 1825; and 1831-80:

Authorized Dec. 9, 1825 (19, 1, H. J., 32).

Appointed Dec. 9, 1825 (ibid.).

Abolished Dec. 13, 1825 (19, 1, H. J., 46).

Interim Successor: Committee on Military Pensions, 1825-31.
Resurrected Jan. 10, 1831 (21, 2, H. J., 167).

Next appointed Dec. 8, 1831 (22, 1, H. J., 23).
Terminated Mar. 2, 1880 (46, 2, H. J., 657).
Successor: Committee on Pensions, 1880-1947.

Antecedents: Committee on Roads and Canals, 1831-69; and Committee on Railways and Canals, 1869-1927.

Authorized June 2, 1913 (63, 1, H. J., 169).

Appointed June 3, 1913 (63, 1, H. J., 172).
Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7).
Successor: Committee on Public Works, 1947-

Committee on Roads and Canals, 1831-69:

Authorized Dec. 15, 1831 (22, 1, H. J., 59).
Appointed Dec. 6, 1832 (22, 2, H. J. 23).
Terminated Apr. 9, 1869 (41, 1, H. J., 236).

Successors: Committee on Railways and Canals, 1869-1927; and Committee on Roads, 1913-47.

Committee on Rules, 1849-51; and 1880- :

Authorized Dec. 27, 1849 (31, 1, H. J., 184),
Appointed Dec. 27, 1849 (31, 1, H. J., 189).

Lapsed, presumably, Mar. 3, 1851, at the end of the 31st Cong. Hinds classes the Committee on Rules in each Congress from 1789 to 1880 as "simply a select committee" (Hinds' Precedents, vol. IV, p. 834835).

Authorized Mar. 2, 1880, effective Mar. 8, 1880 (46, 2, H. J., 657).

Committee on the Territories, 1825-1947:

Authorized Dec. 13, 1825 (19, 1, H. J., 46).
Appointed Dec. 13, 1825 (ibid.).

Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7).

Successors: Committee on Public Lands, 1805-1951; and Committee on

Interior and Insular Affairs, 1951

Committee on Un-American Activities, 1945

Authorized Jan. 3, 1945 (79, 1, H. J., 6).

Appointed Jan. 16 and 25, 1945 (79, 1, H. J., 71 and 89).

Committee on a Uniform System of Coinage, Weights, and Measures, 1864-67:
Authorized Jan. 21, 186 (38, 1, H. J., 169).
Appointed Jan. 22, 1864 (38, 1, H. J., 172).
Terminated Mar. 2, 1867 (39, 2, H. J., 601).

Successor: Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, 1867-1947.

Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, 1893-1911:

Authorized Aug. 18, 1893 (53, 1, H. J., 13).

Appointed Aug. 21, 1893 (53, 1, H. J., 16).

Terminated Apr. 5, 1911 (Cong. Record, 62d Cong., 1st sess., vol. 47, pt. 1, p. 80).

Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1947- :

Antecedents: Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, 1813-25; Committee on Military Pensions, 1825-31; Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, 1825 and 1831-80; Committee on Invalid Pensions, 18311947; Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, 1924-47.

Authorized Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7).

Appointed Jan. 1 and 16, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 67 and 71).

Committee on War Claims, 1873-1947:

Antecedent: Committee on Revolutionary Claims, 1825-73.

Authorized Dec. 2, 1873 (43, 1, H. J., 36).
Appointed Dec. 5, 1873 (43, 1, H. J., 62).
Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7).
Successor: Committee on the Judiciary, 1813-

Committee on Ways and Means, 1795

Authorized Dec. 21, 1795 (4, 1, H. J., 385).
Appointed Dec. 21, 1795 (ibid.).

Committee on Woman Suffrage, 1917-27:

Authorized Sept. 24, 1917 (65, 1, H. J., 369).
Appointed Dec. 13, 1917 (65, 2, H. J., 43-441).
Terminated Dec. 5, 1927 (70, 1, H. J., 8).

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Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, 1924-47:

Antecedents: Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, 1813-25;

Committee on Military Pensions, 1825-31; Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions, 1825 and 1831-30; Committee on Invalid Pensions, 1831-

1947; and Committee on Pensions, 1880-1947.

Authorized Jan. 14, 1924 (68, 1, H. J., 161).

Appointed Jan. 25 and 30, 1924 (68, 1, H. J., 199 and 210).

Terminated Jan. 3, 1947 (80, 1, H. J., 7).

Successor: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1947