United States Senate Committee on Civil Service is adefunct committee of theUnited States Senate.
The first standing Senate committee with jurisdiction over thecivil service was theUnited States Senate Committee on Civil Service andRetrenchment, which was established on December 4, 1873, following unanimous approval of a resolution introduced byHenry B. Anthony ofRhode Island. On April 18, 1921, the committee was renamed theUnited States Senate Committee on Civil Service.
TheLegislative Reorganization Act of 1946 retained the Committee on Civil Service and established the committee's jurisdiction over all the aspects of civil service, theCensus Bureau and the government's gathering of statistics, and theNational Archives. The act also transferred to the committee jurisdiction over thepostal service. On April 17, 1947, as specified by S. 99 of the80th United States Congress, the committee's name was changed from the Committee on Civil Service to theUnited States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
The committee ceased to exist in February 1977, under S. Res. 4 of the95th Congress when its functions were transferred to theCommittee on Governmental Affairs.
In there wereselect or special committees pertaining to the Civil Service: