Ways and Means Committee
U.S. House•Standing
Summary
Ways and Means is a standing committee of the U.S. House with 6 subcommittees and 45 members. It has 1,274 bills before it this session, has held 4 hearings and has filed 42 reports.
Chair
Chair: Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO). Ranking Member: Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA). Online at waysandmeans.house.gov.
Ways and Means has 1,274 bills, 66 meetings and 42 reports on the record this session.
Members
45 members sit on Ways and Means, 26 in the majority and 19 in the minority; Jason Smith is Chair and Richard Neal is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 6 subcommittees.
Bills
1,274 bills have been referred to Ways and Means this session, and 1,252 of them are still in committee.
Nothing introduced before Ways and Means this session.
Meetings
Ways and Means has 62 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Ways and Means has filed 42 reports this Congress.
Communications
164 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Ways and Means this Congress.
Lobbying
3,207 clients and 1,835 firms named 1,237 of the bills referred to Ways and Means in 12,806 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 1 name since Jul 24, 1789, established by 3 House Journal 104.