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TheUnited States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means is a standing committee of theU.S. House of Representatives. The committee was created as a select committee on July 24, 1789, and became a standing committee on January 7, 1802.^[1]

Leadership

119th Congress

The committee chairman in the119th Congress isJason Smith (R).

118th Congress

The committee chairman in the118th Congress wasJason Smith (R).

117th Congress

The committee chairman in the117th Congress wasRichard Neal (D).

116th Congress

The committee chairman in the116th Congress wasRichard Neal (D).

115th Congress

The committee chairman in the115th Congress wasKevin Brady (R).

114th congress

The committee chairman in the114th Congress wasKevin Brady (R).Paul Ryan formerly led the committee until his election as House Speaker.^[2]

113th congress

The committee chairman in the113th Congress wasDave Camp (R).^[3]

112th congress

The committee chair in the112th Congress wasDave Camp (R).

Membership

Brian Higgins (D) left this committee on February 02, 2024.^{[Source][Source]}

Bill Pascrell (D) left this committee on August 21, 2024.^[Source]

Devin Nunes (R) left this committee on December 31, 2021.^[Source]

John Lewis (D) left this committee on July 17, 2020.

Subcommittees

Health

To view the jurisdiction and recent activities of this subcommittee, please see the official committee pagehere.

• 119th Congress Chairman:Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
• 118th Congress Chairman:Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
• 117th Congress Chairman:Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
• 116th Congress Chairman:Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
• 115th Congress Chairman:Pat Tiberi (OH-12)
• 114th Congress Chairman:Pat Tiberi (OH-12)
• 113th Congress Chairman:Kevin Brady (TX-8)
• 112th Congress Chairman:Wally Herger (CA-2)

Oversight

To view the jurisdiction and recent activities of this subcommittee, please see the official committee pagehere.

• 119th Congress Chairman:David Schweikert (AZ-1)
• 118th Congress Chairman:David Schweikert (AZ-1)
• 117th Congress Chairman:Bill Pascrell (NJ-9)
• 116th Congress Chairman:John Lewis (GA-5)
• 115th Congress Chairman:Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
• 114th Congress Chairman:Peter Roskam (IL-6)
• 113th Congress Chairman:Charles Boustany (LA-7)
• 112th Congress Chairman:Charles Boustany (LA-7)

Social Security

To view the jurisdiction and recent activities of this subcommittee, please see the official committee pagehere.

• 119th Congress Chairman:Ron Estes (KS-4)
• 118th Congress Chairman:Drew Ferguson (GA-3)
• 117th Congress Chairman:John Larson (CT-01)
• 116th Congress Chairman:John Larson (CT-01)
• 115th Congress Chairman:Sam Johnson (TX-3)
• 114th Congress Chairman:Sam Johnson (TX-3)
• 113th Congress Chairman:Sam Johnson (TX-3)
• 112th Congress Chairman:Sam Johnson (TX-3)

Tax

To view the jurisdiction and recent activities of this subcommittee, please see the official committee pagehere.

• 119th Congress Chairman:Mike Kelly (PA-16)

Trade

To view the jurisdiction and recent activities of this subcommittee, please see the official committee pagehere.

• 119th Congress Chairman:Adrian Smith (NE-3)
• 118th Congress Chairman:Adrian Smith (NE-3)
• 117th Congress Chairman:Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
• 116th Congress Chairman:Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
• 115th Congress Chairman:Dave Reichert (WA-8)
• 114th Congress Chairman:Dave Reichert (WA-8)
• 113th Congress Chairman:Devin Nunes (CA-22)
• 112th Congress Chairman:Kevin Brady (TX-8)

Select Revenue Measures

To view the jurisdiction and recent activities of this subcommittee, please see the official committee pagehere.

• 118th Congress Chairman:Mike Kelly (PA-16)
• 117th Congress Chairman:Mike Thompson (CA-05)

Note: Beginning in 2023, the name of this committee changed from Select Revenue Measures to Tax

Work and Welfare

To view the jurisdiction and recent activities of this subcommittee, please see the official committee pagehere.

• 119th Congress Chairman:Darin LaHood (IL-16)
• 118th Congress Chairman:Darin LaHood (IL-16)
• 117th Congress Chairman:Danny K. Davis (IL-07)

Note: Beginning in 2023, the name of this committee changed from Worker and Family Support to Work and Welfare

Decommissioned subcommittees

Jurisdiction

According to the officialHouse website, the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee includes the following:

Contact

1102 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Phone: (202) 225-3625
Fax: (202) 225-2610

See also

• U.S. House of Representatives

External links

Suggest a link

• Official House Page
• Committee Minority House Page
• Official Committee Facebook Page
• Committee Minority Facebook Page
• Official Committee Twitter Page
• Committee Minority Twitter Page
• Official Committee Youtube Channel
• Committee Minority Youtube Channel
• Committee profile onCongress Merge
• Committee profile onGovtrack
• Committee profile onLegistorm

Footnotes

v • e Committees of the U.S. Congress Joint Congressional committees Deficit Reduction (Select) •Printing •Taxation •Library •Economic U.S. Senate Committees Aging •Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry •Appropriations •Armed Services •Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs •Budget •Commerce, Science and Transportation •Energy and Natural Resources •Environment and Public Works •Ethics (Select) •Finance •Foreign Relations •Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions •Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs •Indian Affairs •Intelligence (Select) •Rules and Administration •Small Business and Entrepreneurship •Veterans' Affairs •Judiciary U.S. House Committees Agriculture •Appropriations •Armed Services •Budget •Education and the Workforce •Energy and Commerce •Ethics •Financial Services •Foreign Affairs •Homeland Security •House Administration •Intelligence (Permanent Select) •Judiciary •Natural Resources •United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform •Rules •Science, Space, and Technology •Small Business •United States House of Representatives Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party •Transportation and Infrastructure •Veterans' Affairs •Ways and Means