Select committee
Active United States Senate 119th Congress
History
Formed	February 2, 1977
Succeeded	Select Committee on Standards and Conduct
Leadership
Chair	James Lankford (R) Since January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03)
Vice chair	Chris Coons (D) Since January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03)
Structure
Seats	6 members
Political parties	Majority (3)  Republican (3) Minority (3)  Democratic (3)
Jurisdiction
Policy areas	Ethics
House counterpart	United States House Committee on Ethics
Meeting place
220 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.
Website
ethics.senate.gov
Rules
Ethics Committee Rules

TheU.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics is aselect committee of theUnited States Senate charged with dealing with matters related to senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as theSenate Ethics Committee. Senate rules require the Ethics Committee to be evenly divided between the Democrats and the Republicans, no matter who controls the Senate. However, the chair always comes from the majority party. The leading committee member of the minority party is referred to as theVice Chair rather than the more commonRanking Member.

The Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct was first convened in the 89th Congress (1965–66) and later replaced by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics in the 95th Congress (1977–78).

Pursuant toSenate Rule 25, the committee is limited to six members, and is equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. This effectively means that either party can veto any action taken by the committee.^[1]

List of chairs of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Source:2011 Congressional Record,Vol. 157, Page S557

Source:2011 Congressional Record,Vol. 157, Page S557

Source:2013 Congressional Record,Vol. 159, Page S296

Members of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics,115th Congress^[4]

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