United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (formerly the Committee on Banking and Currency) has jurisdiction over matters related to banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development and mass transit, and government contracts.

History 1
- 113th Congress 1.1
Subcommittees 2
Chairmen 3
- Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913–1970 3.1
- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 1970–present 3.2
References 4
External links 5
See also 6

History

The Committee is one of twenty standing committees in the United States Senate. The Committee was formally established as the "Committee on Banking and Currency" in 1913, when Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma sponsored the Federal Reserve Act. Senator Owen served as the Committee's inaugural Chairman.

113th Congress

Majority	Minority
Tim Johnson, South Dakota, Chairman Jack Reed, Rhode Island Chuck Schumer, New York Bob Menendez, New Jersey Sherrod Brown, Ohio Jon Tester, Montana Mark Warner, Virginia Jeff Merkley, Oregon Kay Hagan, North Carolina Joe Manchin, West Virginia Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota	Mike Crapo, Idaho, Ranking Member Richard Shelby, Alabama Bob Corker, Tennessee David Vitter, Louisiana Mike Johanns, Nebraska Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Mark Kirk, Illinois Jerry Moran, Kansas Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Dean Heller, Nevada

Source:

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Economic Policy	Jeff Merkley (D-OR)	Dean Heller (R-NV)
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection	Sherrod Brown (D-OH)	Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development	Robert Menendez (D-NJ)	Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Securities, Insurance, and Investment	Jon Tester (D-MT)	Mike Johanns (R-NE)
National Security and International Trade and Finance	Mark Warner (D-VA)	Mark Kirk (R-IL)

Chairmen

Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913–1970

	Party	State	Years
Robert L. Owen	Democratic	Oklahoma	1913–1919
George P. McLean	Republican	Connecticut	1919–1927
Peter Norbeck	Republican	South Dakota	1927–1933
Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	Florida	1933–1936
Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	New York	1936–1947
Charles W. Tobey	Republican	New Hampshire	1947–1949
Burnet R. Maybank	Democratic	South Carolina	1949–1953
Homer Capehart	Republican	Indiana	1953–1955
J. William Fulbright	Democratic	Arkansas	1955–1959
A. Willis Robertson	Democratic	Virginia	1959–1966
John J. Sparkman	Democratic	Alabama	1966–1970

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 1970–present

	Party	State	Years
John J. Sparkman	Democratic	Alabama	1970–1975
William Proxmire	Democratic	Wisconsin	1975–1981
Jake Garn	Republican	Utah	1981–1987
William Proxmire	Democratic	Wisconsin	1987–1989
Donald Riegle	Democratic	Michigan	1989–1995
Alfonse D'Amato	Republican	New York	1995–1999
Phil Gramm	Republican	Texas	1999–2001
Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	Maryland	2001
Phil Gramm	Republican	Texas	2001
Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	Maryland	2001–2003
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	2003–2007
Christopher J. Dodd	Democratic	Connecticut	2007–2011
Tim Johnson	Democratic	South Dakota	2011–

References

External links

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Committee on Banking and Currency 1913-1970	Owen McLean Norbeck Fletcher Wagner Tobey Maybank Capehart Fulbright Robertson Sparkman

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 1970-Pres.	Sparkman Proxmire Garn Proxmire Riegle D'Amato Gramm Sarbanes Gramm Sarbanes Shelby Dodd Johnson

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Defunct committees

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