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Oct 14, 2009 · Committees invite experts (witnesses), including Members not on the committee, federal officials, representatives of interest groups, and private citizens to testify at hearings.

Sponsor: Scott, Tim [Sen.-R-SC] (Introduced 03/06/2025) Cosponsors: Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Latest Action: Senate - 03/06/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban

Committee Activity. Committees may hold hearings on policy issues and on specific bill proposals, consider and further develop bill proposals through a markup process, and report legislation and recommended changes to the full chamber.

In the Senate, bills are typically referred to committee in a similar process, though in almost all cases, the bill is referred to only the committee with jurisdiction over the issue that predominates in the bill.

Sponsor: Pfluger, August [Rep.-R-TX-11] (Introduced 03/14/2025) Cosponsors: Committees: House - Homeland Security; Judiciary Latest Action: House - 03/14/2025 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for ...

Committee Activity. Committees may hold hearings on policy issues and on specific bill proposals, consider and further develop bill proposals through a markup process, and report legislation and recommended changes to the full chamber.

If the combined deficit reduction provided by authorizing committees is below this target, it is the policy of the Committee on the Budget of the House that the instruction provided to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House should be reduced by a …

Sponsor: Black, Diane [Rep.-R-TN-6] (Introduced 07/10/2018) Cosponsors: Committees: House - Judiciary; Education and the Workforce; Ways and Means; Appropriations Latest Action: House - 08/06/2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border

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