Table 4-2
Congress
84th (1955 - 1956)
90th (1967 - 1968)
92nd (1971 - 1972)
94th (1975 - 1976)
96th (1979 - 1980)
97th (1981 - 1982)
98th (1983 - 1984)
99th (1985 - 1986)
100th (1987 - 1988)
101st (1989 - 1990)
102nd (1991 - 1992)
103rd (1993 - 1994)
104th (1995 - 1996)
105th (1997 - 1998)
106th (1999 - 2000)
107th (2001 - 2002)
108th (2003 - 2004)
109th (2005 - 2006)
110th (2007 - 2008)
111th (2009 - 2010)
112th (2011 - 2012)
113th (2013 - 2014)
114th (2015 - 2016)
Number and Type of House Committees, 84th - 114th Congresses, 1955 - 2015
Standing
committees
19
20
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
Subcommittes
of standing
committees
83
133
120
151
149a
132
130
142
140b
138b
135b
115
84
86
85
89
88
92
97
98
101
94
95
Select and
special
committees
2
1
3
3
5
3
3
5
6
5
5
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
Subcommittees
of select and
special
committees
5
6
8
4
8
7
7
12
12
12
11
3
2
2
2
3
9
4
4
4
3
3
5
Joint
committees
10
10
8
7
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
Subcommittees
of joint
committees
11
15
15
17
5
6
6
6
8
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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a. This number includes nine budget task forces and the Welfare and Pension Plans Task
Force (of the Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations of the Education and Labor
Committee).
b. This number includes panels and task forces only if the committee has no
subcommittees.
Source: Nelson, Garrison, Committees in the U.S. Congress 1947-1992, Committee
Jurisdictions and Member Rosters (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1993);
Congressional Quarterly Committee Guide, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report,
various issues; U.S. House of Representatives, http://www.house.gov.
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