The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives released assignments for key housing committees last week, although two vital committees – the House Committee on Financial Services and House Committee on Appropriations – have yet to finalize members.
In the Senate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs oversees legislation, petitions, and other matters related to financial institutions, economic policy, housing, transportation, urban development, international trade and finance, and securities and investments. The Banking Committee includes a Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development that has jurisdiction over mass transit systems and general urban affairs and development and is the primary oversight committee for HUD.
Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and members of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Urban Development (marked with an asterisk*) for the 118th Congress are as follows:
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)*, Chair
- Tim Scott (R-SC), Ranking Member
- Tina Smith (D-MN)*, Subcommittee Chair
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)*, Subcommittee Ranking Member
- Jack Reed (D-RI)*
- Bob Menendez (D-NJ)*
- Jon Tester (D-MT)*
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)*
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)*
- Krysten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)*
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)*
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)*
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)*
- Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)*
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)*
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)*
- Steve Daines (R-MT)*
The Senate Committee on Appropriations is responsible for determining the amount of funding made available to federal programs in each fiscal year’s budget. The Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) has jurisdiction over funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation and for HUD.
Members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and members of the THUD Subcommittee (marked with an asterisk*) for the 118th Congress are as follows:
- Patty Murray (D-WA)*, Chair
- Susan Collins (R-ME)*, Ranking Member, Subcommittee Ranking Member
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)*, Subcommittee Chair
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)*
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)*
- Jack Reed (D-RI)*
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Chris Coons (D-DE)*
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Chris Murphy (D-CT)*
- Joe Manchin (D-WV)*
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)*
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)*
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)*
- John Boozman (R-AR)*
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)*
- John Kennedy (R-LA)*
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)*
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
The Senate Finance Committee oversees matters related to taxation and other general revenue measures, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). Members of the Senate Finance Committee for the 118th Congress are as follows:
- Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chair
- Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
- Tom Carper (D-DE)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Robert Casey (D-PA)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
In the House of Representatives, the delays involved in electing a speaker resulted in delayed committee assignments. In consequence, as of today (January 17), assignments for the House Appropriations Committee, the THUD Subcommittee, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), and the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance have yet to be finalized and publicly released.
However, it is known that that Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) will become the Chair of the powerful HFSC and Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) will serve as Ranking Member. Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH) will become Chair of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee. Representative Kay Granger (R-TX) will become the next head of the House Appropriations Committee, and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) will serve as Ranking Member. Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) and Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) have been named as Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the THUD Subcommittee.
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee have also been announced. The chief tax writing committee in the House, the Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over taxation, tariffs, and other programs, including LIHTC. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee for the 118th Congress are as follows:
- Jason Smith (R-MO), Chair
- Richard Neal (D-MA), Ranking Member
- Kevin Brady (R-TX)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Tom Rice (R-SC)
- David Schweikert (R-AZ)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
- Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
- Drew Ferguson (R-GA)
- Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- Kevin Hern (R-OK)
- Carol Miller (R-WV)
- Greg Murphy (R-NC)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
- Mike Thompson (D-CA)
- John Larson (D-CT)
- Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
- Ron Kind (D-WI)
- Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
- Danny Davis (D-IL)
- Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
- Brain Higgins (D-NY)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Susan DelBene (D-WA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Dan Kildee (D-MI)
- Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
- Don Beyer (D-VA)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Brad Schneider (D-IL)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
- Steven Horsford (D-NV)
- Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)
Membership lists will be updated as more information becomes available.
Learn more about key housing committees in Congress by consulting NLIHC’s Advocates’ Guide: https://bit.ly/2VLlK4c