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===Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection=== | ===Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection=== | ||
[[Bobby Rush]], Illinois, Chairman | |||
Bobby | |||
===Communications, Technology, and the Internet=== | ===Communications, Technology, and the Internet=== | ||
Rick Boucher, Virginia, Chairman | [[Rick Boucher, Virginia, Chairman | ||
===Energy and Environment=== | ===Energy and Environment=== | ||
Ed Markey, Chairman | [[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts, Chairman | ||
===Health=== | ===Health=== | ||
Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey, Chairman | [[Frank Pallone, Jr.]], New Jersey, Chairman | ||
===Oversight and Investigations=== | ===Oversight and Investigations=== | ||
Bart Stupak, Michigan, Chairman | [[Bart Stupak[[, Michigan, Chairman | ||
Revision as of 23:13, 28 May 2010
The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives, in the 111th Congress, has Henry Waxman (D-California) as its Chair, Joe Barton (R-Texas) as Ranking Minority Member, and John Dingell (D-Michigan) as Chair Emeritus.
In the challenging U.S. health care reform context, it is part of the "Tri-Committee", or three committees with jurisdiction, in the House, over health legislation:
- House Ways and Means Committee
- Energy and Commerce
- House Education and Labor Committees
Jurisdiction
It has jurisdiction over:
- National energy policy generally.
- Health and health facilities (except health care supported by payroll deductions).
- Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
- Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
- Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or renewable energy resources.
- Interstate energy compacts.
- Conservation of energy resources.
- Energy information generally.
- The generation and marketing of power (except by federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of, and ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation facilities (except the installation of interconnections between Government water power projects).
- General management of the U.S. Department of Energy and management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
- Biomedical research and development.
- Public health and quarantine.
- Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory research.
- Regulation of interstate and foreign communications, including the Internet.
- Travel and tourism.
Organization
It has five subcommittees:
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Bobby Rush, Illinois, Chairman
Communications, Technology, and the Internet
[[Rick Boucher, Virginia, Chairman
Energy and Environment
Ed Markey, Massachusetts, Chairman
Health
Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey, Chairman
Oversight and Investigations
[[Bart Stupak[[, Michigan, Chairman