List of defunct United States congressional committees
Defunct Senate committees

List of defunct United States congressional committees

Section Title: Defunct Senate committees
Table Section Text: None

Committee	Established	Terminated	Notes

Committee of the Whole	1789	1986	A parliamentary device used by the Senate to consider issues as a body. Used extensively prior to the creation of standing committees in 1816.

Accounts of James Monroe (Select)	February 8, 1831	February 11, 1831	Select committee expired

Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)	March 3, 1881	April 18, 1921	Select committee expired

Aeronautical and Space Sciences	July 24, 1958	February 11, 1977	Replaced by Commerce, Science and Transportation

Agriculture	December 9, 1825	March 3, 1857	Restored in 1863

March 6, 1863	February 5, 1884	Renamed Agriculture and Forestry

Agriculture and Forestry	February 5, 1884	February 11, 1977	Renamed Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Agricultural Labor Shortages in the West (Special)	October 24, 1942	December 16, 1942	[Data unknown/missing.]

Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (Special)	February 24, 1933	June 30, 1936	[Data unknown/missing.]

Alabama Land Purchase (Select)	February 4, 1828	May 26, 1828	Official title: Memorial of the State of Alabama to Purchase Certain Public Lands from Within the State; Select committee expired

Alaska Railroad (Special Select)	July 1, 1930	December 4, 1933	[Data unknown/missing.]

Alien Property Custodian's Office (Select)	July 3, 1926	March 3, 1927	Select committee expired

Alter and Improve Senate Chamber (Select)	May 19, 1860	August 6, 1861	Select committee expired

Amending the Constitution on the Election of the President and Vice President (Select)	March 15, 1830	March 3, 1831	Select committee expired

Amendments to the Constitution (Select)	November 23, 1820	March 3, 1825	Official title: Proposed Amendments to the Constitution; Select committee expired

June 2, 1834	June 30, 1834	Official title: Resolution to Amend the Constitution; Select committee expired

February 27, 1861	February 28, 1861	Official title: Certain Amendments Proposed to the Constitution by the Convention held in Washington City; Select committee expired

American Colonization Society (Select)	February 29, 1820	May 15, 1820	[Data unknown/missing.]

Aquatic Life (Special)	January 3, 1938	January 3, 1940	Official title: Conservation and Utilization of Aquatic Life

Armed Strikebreakers (Select)	August 2, 1892	February 10, 1893	Official title: Investigate Armed Bodies of Men for Private Purposes; Pinkerton Detective Force; Select committee expired

Assault on Charles Sumner (Select)	May 23, 1856	May 28, 1856	[Data unknown/missing.]

Atomic Energy (Select)	October 22, 1945	August 1, 1946	Replaced by the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Atmospheric Telegraph Between Washington and Baltimore (Select)	February 23, 1854	August 7, 1854	Proposal for a Pneumatic tube delivery system; Select committee expired

Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (Select)	March 3, 1924	March 4, 1925	Select committee expired

Attorney General's Office (Select)	December 10, 1816	March 3, 1817	Official title: Establishing an Additional Executive Office of the Attorney General

Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate	November 4, 1807	January 2, 1947	Replaced by Rules and Administration. No mention of committee in 1809.

Bank Note Circulation (Select)	February 27, 1840	July 21, 1840	Official title: Committee on the expediency of an amendment to the Constitution in Relation to the Circulation of Bank Notes and other Paper Currency; Select committee expired

Banking and Currency	May 22, 1913	October 26, 1970	Renamed Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Bankruptcy (Select)	December 8, 1826	March 3, 1827	Official title: Establishing a Uniform System of Bankruptcy; Select committee expired

June 8, 1840	July 21, 1840	Official title: Bills to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States; Select committee expired

Bankruptcy and Receivership (Special)	June 13, 1933	May 29, 1936	Official title: Special Committee to Investigate Receivership and Bankruptcy Proceedings in the Courts of the United States

Banks Expedition (Select)	December 22, 1862	February 9, 1863	Official title: Inquire and Report in Regard to the Chartering of Transport Vessels for the Banks Expedition; Select committee expired

Banks in Which Deposits Have Been Made (Select)	December 24, 1824	March 3, 1825	Official title: Liquidation of the Balances Due from Banks in Which Deposits Have Been Made

Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)	December 17, 1857	June 14, 1858	Select committee expired

Bribery Attempts Investigation (Special)	May 17, 1894	August 2, 1894	Official title: to Investigate Attempts at Bribery During the Consideration of the Tariff Bill

Budget (Special)	July 14, 1919	April 13, 1920	See Committee on the Budget

Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select)	December 7, 1880	August 8, 1882	Select committee expired

California's Admission to the Union (Select)	January 24, 1849	March 3, 1850	Stubbs Lists the committee through September 30, 1850, but there is no record of it existing during the 31st Congress. See the Committee of Thirteen for the Settlement of the Slavery Question

Campaign Expenditures (Special)	June 17, 1924	February 12, 1925	[Data unknown/missing.]

Campaign Expenditures (Select)	December 5, 1932	December 21, 1933	Investigate Campaign Expenditures of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates and Candidates for the United States Senate.

Campaign Expenditures Investigation (Special)	January 3, 1935	January 3, 1941

Campaign Expenditures, 1944 (Special)	March 30, 1944	March 15, 1945	Official title: Presidential, Vice-Presidential, and Senate Campaign Expenditures in 1944

Campaign Expenditures, 1946 (Special)	January 14, 1946

Canadian Relations	July 31, 1888	January 13, 1892	Select; Became a standing committee

January 13, 1892	April 18, 1921	Merged with Foreign Relations

Catlin's Collection of Indian Scenes, Purchase of (Select)	February 3, 1852	June 23, 1852	[Data unknown/missing.]

Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy (Select)	August 2, 1954	December 2, 1954	Terminated on passage of a motion to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy

Census	December 12, 1887	April 18, 1921	Preceded by various select committees

Seventh Census (Select)	December 14, 1848	June 28, 1852	Select committee expired

Ninth Census (Select)	January 29, 1869	March 3, 1869	Select committee expired

Tenth Census (Select)	April 4, 1878	March 3, 1887	Replaced by the Committee on the Census

Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America (Select)	July 31, 1888	March 3, 1889	Replaced with the Select Committee on the Quadro-Centennial

Centralization of Heavy Industry in the United States (Special)	December 21, 1943	December 19, 1944	[Data unknown/missing.]

Charges Against Benjamin Stark (Select)	March 18, 1862	April 22, 1862	Select committee expired

Charges Against Burton K. Wheeler (Select)	April 9, 1924	May 19, 1924	Investigation into Senator Burton Wheeler for acting as an attorney in cases to which the U.S. was a party.; Select committee expired

Charges Against Senator Powell Clayton (Select)	January 9, 1872	February 26, 1873	Select committee expired

Senator Pomeroy (Select)	February 10, 1873	March 3, 1873	Charges of election bribes against Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy; Select committee expired

Charges of Corruption Contained in the Daily Times (Select)	March 12, 1846	March 16, 1846	Charges of corruption against the Senate related to the U.S.-British Oregon boundary dispute that were printed by the Daily Times in Washington, D.C.

Cherokee Nation's Complaints of Invasion of their Territory (Select)	August 5, 1892	March 3, 1893	Select committee expired

Circulation of Bank Notes in the District of Columbia (Select)	January 9, 1860	January 17, 1860	Official title: Bill to Prohibit the Issue and Circulation of Bank Notes in the District of Columbia; Select committee expired

Civil Service	April 18, 1921	January 2, 1947	Replaced by Post Office and Civil Service

Civil Service and Retrenchment	December 4, 1873	April 18, 1921	Renamed Civil Service

Civil Service Commission Examining Division (Select)	January 19, 1922	July 25, 1922	Official title: Investigate the Examining Division of the Civil Service Commission

Civil Service Laws (Special)	April 1, 1938	January 25, 1945	Official title: Special Committee to Investigate Administration and Operation of Civil Service Laws and the Classification Act of 1923

Civil Service Operations (Select)	March 13, 1888	March 3, 1889	Select committee expired

Civil Service System (Special)	April 1, 1938	January 3, 1941	[Data unknown/missing.]

Claims	December 10, 1816	January 2, 1947	Jurisdiction transferred to Judiciary and United States Court of Federal Claims

Clerical Assistance to Senators (Select)	January 26, 1917	March 3, 1917	Select committee expired

Coast and Insular Survey	December 15, 1899	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Coast Defenses	March 13, 1885	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Coins (Select)	December 10, 1929	December 15, 1930	Select committee expired

Coins, Weights and Measures (Select)	May 18, 1866	July 16, 1866	Select committee expired

Commerce	December 12, 1825	January 2, 1947	Transferred to Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Restored in 1961

April 13, 1961	February 11, 1977	Replaced by Commerce, Science and Transportation

Commerce and Manufactures	December 10, 1816	December 12, 1825	Split into Commerce and Manufactures

Compensation (Select)	June 26, 1866	July 2, 1866	Select committee expired

Compensation of Congress (Select)	December 11, 1816	March 3, 1817	Official title: Resolution to Amend the Constitution on Compensation of Congress; Select committee expired

United States Senate Select Committee on Compensation of Members of Congress (Select)	December 9, 1816	February 6, 1817	Official title: Repealing or Modifying a Law on Compensation of Members of Congress; Select committee expired

Compensation of Senate Employees (Select)	March 30, 1885	December 7, 1885	Select committee expired

January 6, 1954	Date as listed in the Congressional Directory, 83rd Congress, 2nd Session.

Comptroller William Medill (Select)	June 1, 1860	June 12, 1860	Official title: Select Committee in Relation to the First Comptroller, William Medill; Select committee expired

Conservation of National Resources	March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Confiscation of Rebel Property (Select)	May 6, 1862	May 14, 1862	Official title: Committee on S. 151 to Confiscate Property and Free the Slaves of Rebels.

Constitution of the State of Alabama (Select)	December 6, 1819	May 15, 1820	[Data unknown/missing.]

Constitution of the State of Arkansas (Select)	March 14, 1835	July 4, 1836	[Data unknown/missing.]

Contribution Investigation (Select)	February 7, 1956	March 29, 1956	Investigation into use of political contributions to influence the vote of a senator on a particular bill.; Select committee expired

Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select)	July 27, 1892	March 19, 1896	Select; Became a standing committee

March 19, 1896	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Counting the Electoral Vote (Select)	December 18, 1876	March 3, 1877	United States presidential election of 1876; Select committee expired

Court Reorganization and Judicial Procedure (Special)	August 6, 1937	August 5, 1939	[Data unknown/missing.]

Credentials of the Honorable John M. Niles (Select)	April 30, 1844	May 16, 1844	Select committee expired

Crop Insurance (Select)	September 9, 1922	March 3, 1923	Select committee expired

Cuban Relations	December 15, 1899	April 18, 1921	Merged with Foreign Relations

Danger of Steam Vessels (Select)	December 6, 1837	July 9, 1838	Select committee expired

Debt Imprisonment Abolition (Select)	January 21, 1823	March 3, 1829	Official title: Abolishing Imprisonment for Debt; Select committee expired

Debts of the States (Select)	January 8, 1840	July 21, 1840	Official title: Assumption by the General Government of the Debts of the States

Depreciation of Foreign Currencies (Select)	April 12, 1932	March 3, 1933	Official title: Investigation of Depreciation of Foreign Currencies; Select committee expired

Disorder in the Senate of April 17, 1850 (Select)	April 17, 1850	September 30, 1850	Fight between Senator Foote and Senator Benton Congressional

Disarmament (Select)	Select committee expired

Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments	March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Byrd first lists it in December 1903. Preceded by the Examination and Disposition of Documents (Select)

Distilled Spirit Tax Bill (Select)	May 4, 1882	August 8, 1882	Select committee expired

Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)	December 14, 1826	March 3, 1913	Select committee expired

District of Columbia	December 18, 1816	February 11, 1977	Functions transferred to Governmental Affairs

District of Columbia Public School System (Select)	February 24, 1920	May 26, 1920	Official title: Investigate the Public School System of the District of Columbia; Select committee expired

District of Columbia Excise Board (Select)	January 26, 1915	March 4, 1915	Select committee expired

Dueling (Select)	February 25, 1831	March 3, 1831	Select committee expired

Duties on Imports (Select)	January 23, 1861	February 1, 1861	Official title: Bill (H.R. 338) to Provide for the Payment of Outstanding Treasury Notes, to Authorize and Loan, and t o Regulate and Fix the Duties on Imports; Select committee expired

Education	January 28, 1869	February 14, 1870	Renamed Education and Labor

Education and Labor	February 14, 1870	January 2, 1947	Functions transferred to Labor and Public Welfare

Education and Labor Subcommittee Investigating Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor	1936	1941	Also known as the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee or La Follette Committee

Education and Labor Subcommittee on Wartime Health and Education	1943	1946	[2]

Efficiency of the Army Efficiency (Select)	July 6, 1861	August 6, 1861	Review of a bill numbered S. 4 to promote efficiency of the Army; Select committee expired

Elections of 1878 (Select)	December 17, 1878	March 3, 1881	Official title: Inquire into Alleged Frauds and Violence in the Elections of 1878; Select committee expired

Election of William Lorimer (Select)	June 7, 1911	May 20, 1912	[Data unknown/missing.]

Eligibility of James Shields (Special)	March 6, 1849	March 15, 1849	Official title: Eligibility of the Honorable James Shields to a Seat in the Senate; Select committee expired

Emigrant Route and Telegraphic Line to California (Select)	January 20, 1853	March 3, 1853	Official title: Protection of the Emigrant Route and a Telegraphic Line from Missouri to California and Oregon; Select committee expired

Emigration of Negroes from the South to North (Select)	December 19, 1879	June 1, 1880	Official title: Investigate the Causes Which Have Led to the Emigration of Negroes from the Southern to the Northern States

Employment of a Fiscal Agent (Select)	June 3, 1941	July 21, 1941	[Data unknown/missing.]

Engrossed Bills	March 9, 1875	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Enrolled Bills	March 9, 1875	January 2, 1947	Preceded by the Enrolled Bills (Joint); Transferred to Rules and Administration

Epidemic Diseases (Select)	December 4, 1878	December 12, 1887	Select; Became a standing committee

December 12, 1887	March 19, 1896	Preceded by a select committee; Renamed Public Health and National Quarantine

Equal Educational Opportunity (Select)	February 19, 1970	January 6, 1973	Select committee expired

Establish a University of the United States (Select)	June 2, 1890	March 19, 1896	Select; Became a standing committee

March 19, 1896	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Establishing Branches of the Mint (Select)	February 5, 1835	February 10, 1835	Select committee expired

Ether Discovery (Select)	January 5, 1853	February 19, 1853	Select committee expired

Examination and Disposition of Documents (Select)	June 15, 1906	March 22, 1909	Replaced by the Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments

Examine the Several Branches in Civil Service (Select)	December 8, 1875	January 21, 1884	Select; Became a standing committee

January 21, 1884	April 21, 1921	Preceded by a select committee

Execution without Trial in France (Special)	November 4, 1921	March 1, 1923	Investigating the conduct of officers of the Army related to punishment of enlisted men during World War I

Executive Agencies of the Government (Select)	February 24, 1936	January 16, 1938	Official title: Investigation of Executive Agencies of the Government. Reported the Reorganization Act of 1939.

Executive Departments Methods (Select)	March 3, 1887	March 28, 1889	Official title: Methods of Business of the Executive Departments Methods; Select committee expired

Executive Patronage (Select)	January 7, 1835	February 9, 1835	Select committee expired

Expedition of John C. Fremont (Select)	June 26, 1848	August 9, 1848	Select Committee on Publication of the Results of the Exploring Expedition of John C. Fremont; Select committee expired

Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Select)	December 17, 1907	March 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the Department of Commerce	June 24, 1914	April 18, 1921	Formed from Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor; Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor	April 5, 1912	June 24, 1914	Split into Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Expenditures in the Department of Labor

Expenditures in Executive Departments	December 15, 1899	December 17, 1907	Official title: Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of the Executive Departments; Replaced by Select Committee on Expenditures in the State Department on July 1, 1908

April 18, 1921	March 3, 1952	Preceded by several individual select committees; Renamed Government Operations

Expenditures in the Interior Department (Select)	December 17, 1907	March 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select)	December 17, 1907	March 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the Department of Labor	June 24, 1914	April 18, 1921	Formed from Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor; Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select)	December 17, 1907	March 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the Post Office Department	December 22, 1909	April 21, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures of Public Money	January 21, 1884	1889	[Data unknown/missing.]

Expenditures in the Department of State (Select)	December 17, 1907	March 22, 1909	Select; Preceded by Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of the Executive Departments; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select)	December 17, 1907	December 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

December 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Expenditures in the War Department (Select)	December 17, 1907	December 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

December 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments

Ex-servicemen Bureaus and Agencies (Select)	June 9, 1921	February 17, 1923	Official title: Investiqate Bureaus and Agencies Dealing with the Welfare of Ex-servicemen

Evidence Affecting Certain members of the Senate (Select)	February 4, 1873	February 27, 1873	Select committee expired

Failed National Banks (Select)	June 2, 1892	March 15, 1893	Renamed Select Committee on National Banks

Fire Engines, Purchase of (Select)	December 13, 1820	March 3, 1821	Select committee expired

Fiscal Affairs of the Government (Special)	February 13, 1941	December 16, 1942	[Data unknown/missing.]

Fiscal Corporation of the United States (Select)	August 24, 1841	February 21, 1842	Select committee expired

Fisheries	January 11, 1884	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Fishing Bounties and Allowances (Select)	March 30, 1840	April 10, 1840	Official title: Character and Origin of Fishing Bounties and Allowances; Select committee expired

Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select)	December 21, 1887	March 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Florida and Its Admission to the Union (Select)	February 12, 1840	July 1, 1840	Official title: Division of Florida and Its Admission to the Union

Ford Theater Disaster (Select)	December 14, 1893	August 28, 1894	Merged with the Joint Committee on the Ford's Theater Disaster

Foreign Aid Program (Special)	July 11, 1956	August 30, 1957	Official title: to Study the Foreign Aid Program

Select Committee on Forest Reservations	March 15, 1893	March 19, 1896	Replaced by Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game

Select Committee on Forest Reservations in California (Select)	July 28, 1892	March 15, 1893	Replaced by Select Committee on Forest Reservations

Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game	March 19, 1896	April 18, 1921	Combined with Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Select)	April 7, 1879	April 2, 1880	Select committee expired

French Spoliations (Select)	December 20, 1826	March 3, 1835	Select committee expired

December 18, 1845	March 3, 1847	French Spoliations prior to 1800

January 9, 1850	August 7, 1854	French Spoliations prior to 1801

January 5, 1858	June 11, 1860	French Spoliation claims

Fuel Situation in the Middle West (Special)	December 15, 1942	October 5, 1943	[Data unknown/missing.]

Fuels in the Areas West of the Mississippi (Special)	December 15, 1942	August 2, 1946	[Data unknown/missing.]

Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages (Special)	August 28, 1941	December 19, 1944	[Data unknown/missing.]

Geological Survey (Select)	July 28, 1892	December 15, 1899	Official title: Select Committee to Investigate the Operations of the Geological Survey; Became a standing committee

December 15, 1899	April 18, 1921	Select Committee until December 15, 1899

Georgia and the Creek Indians (Select)	February 5, 1827	March 3, 1827	Select committee expired

Government Operations	March 3, 1952	February 11, 1977	Preceded by Expenditures in Executive Departments; Replaced by Governmental Affairs

Government Organization (Select)	January 29, 1937	January 3, 1941	See also Government Organization; Select committee expired

Government Printing Office (Select)	January 30, 1888	August 23, 1888	Select committee expired

Governmental Affairs	February 11, 1977	February 17, 2005	Renamed United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

United States Senate Committee on Haiti and Santo Domingo	July 27, 1921	June 26, 1922	[Data unknown/missing.]

Harpers Ferry Invasion (Select)	December 15, 1859	June 15, 1860	Official title: Inquire into the Facts of the Recent Invasion and Seizure of the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry; Select committee expired

July 25, 1861	April 18, 1862	[Data unknown/missing.]

Senator Heflin's Letter on Intermarriages in New York (Select)	February 7, 1930	March 3, 1931	Official title: Investigate a Certain Letter Written by Senator J. Thomas Heflin on Intermarriages in New York.

Hot Springs (Arkansas) Commission (Special)	December 3, 1878	February 19, 1879	Official title: Cause of the Omission of the Clause Relating to the Hot Springs of Arkansas in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill

Human Resources	February 11, 1977	March 7, 1979	Preceded by Labor and Public Welfare; Renamed Labor and Human Resources

Illegal Appointments in Civil Service (Select)	May 19, 1928	March 3, 1929	Select committee expired

Immigration	December 12, 1889	January 2, 1947	Transferred to Judiciary

Immigration and Naturalization (Select)	December 20, 1889	August 18, 1893	Select; Became a standing committee

August 18, 1893	January 2, 1947	Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization [3]

Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (Select)	February 25, 1868	February 26, 1868	Official title: Consider and Report on the Message of the House Respecting the Impeachment of the President; Select committee expired

Impeachment Trial Investigation (Select)	May 27, 1868	November 10, 1868	Official title: Select Commimtee to Investigate in Regard to Alleged Improper Influences on the Impeachment Trial; Select committee expired

Impeachment of Robert H. Archbald (Select)	July 15, 1912	January 13, 1913	Terminated upon conclusion of the impeachment trial; Select committee expired

Impeachment of Harry E. Claiborne (Select)	August 14, 1986	October 1, 1986	Known as the Impeachment Trial Committee; Select committee expired

Impeachment of Alcee L. Hastings (Select)	May 10, 1989	October 20, 1989	Known as the Impeachment Trial Committee; Select committee expired

Impeachment of West H. Humphreys (Select)	May 8, 1862	May 9, 1862	Official title: Message of the House of Representatives in Relation to the Impeachment of West H. Humphreys; Select committee expired

Impeachment of Samuel B. Kent (Select)	June 24, 2009	July 22, 2009	Known as the Impeachment Trial Committee; Select committee expired

Impeachment of G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. (Select)	March 17, 2010	December 8, 2010	Known as the Impeachment Trial Committee; Select committee expired

Impeachment of Walter L. Nixon (Select)	May 11, 1989	November 3, 1989	Known as the Impeachment Trial Committee; Select committee expired

Impeachment of James H. Peck (Select)	April 26, 1830	April 27, 1830	Select committee expired

Impeachment of Charles Swayne (Select)	December 14, 1904	March 3, 1905	Select committee expired

Incendiary Publications (Select)	December 26, 1835	February 4, 1836	[Data unknown/missing.]

Indian Affairs	January 3, 1820	January 2, 1947	Transferred to Committee on Public Lands

February 11, 1977	February 24, 1993	Restored as a select committee; Became a standing committee

Indian Contracts Investigation (Select)	June 25, 1910	March 3, 1911	Indian Contracts Investigation; Select committee expired

Irrigation and Reclamation	February 14, 1889	December 16, 1891	Official title: Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands; Became a standing committee

April 5, 1893	April 18, 1921	Preceded by a select committee

Indian Territory (Select)	February 12, 1879	May 31, 1880	Removal of Northern Cheyennes to Indian Territory; Official title: Select Committee to Examine into the Circumstances Connected with the Removal of the Northern Cheyennes from the Sioux Reservation to the Indian Territory; Select committee expired

June 30, 1906	March 3, 1907	Official title: Select Committee on the Affairs of Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory

Indian Title to Certain Lands (Select)	March 4, 1818	March 20, 1818	Official title: Select Committee on the Extinguishment of Indian Title to Certain Lands; Select committee expired

Indian Traders (Select)	June 3, 1886	March 2, 1889	Select committee expired

Indiana Admission to the Union (Select)	December 2, 1816	December 16, 1816	Select committee expired

Industrial Expositions	December 15, 1899	April 18, 1921	Select Committee 1899–1909; preceded by Select Committee on International Expositions

Intelligence Activities (Select)	July 27, 1975	May 19, 1976	Church Committee; Replaced by Select Committee on Intelligence

Interior and Insular Affairs	1948	1977	Renamed Energy and Natural Resources

Interior Department Clerical Force (Select)	August 24, 1865	May 25, 1866	Official title: Bill S. 282 to Reorganize the Clerical Force in the Department of Interior; Select committee expired

Internal Revenue Bureau (Select)	March 12, 1924	February 6, 1926	Replaced by Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation

Subcommittee on Internal Security	December 21, 1950	1977	Also known as the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS) or the McCarran Committee after Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada

International Copyright Law (Select)	January 22, 1846	August 10, 1846	[Data unknown/missing.]

International Expositions (Select)	December 30, 1895	December 15, 1899	Renamed Select Committee on Industrial Expositions; Preceded by Select Committee on the Quadro-Centennial

Interoceanic Canals	December 15, 1899	January 2, 1947	Transferred to Interstate and Foreign Commerce

Interstate and Foreign Commerce	January 2, 1947	April 13, 1961	Renamed Commerce

Interstate Commerce	March 17, 1885	January 18, 1886	Select; Became a standing committee

December 12, 1887	January 2, 1947	Renamed Interstate and Foreign Commerce

United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (Special)	March 1, 1941	April 28, 1948	Truman Committee

Investigation and Retrenchment	December 14, 1871	March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing.]

Irrigation and Reclamation	February 14, 1889	December 16, 1891	Official title: Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands; Became a standing committee

December 16, 1891	January 2, 1947	[Data unknown/missing.]

Judiciary subcommittee on Bolshevik Propaganda	[Data unknown/missing.]

Labor and Human Resources	March 7, 1979	January 19, 1999	Renamed Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Labor and Public Welfare	January 2, 1947	February 11, 1977	Renamed Human Resources

Labor-Management Relations (Select)	January 30, 1957	March 31, 1960	Official title: Improper Activities in Labor and Management; Select committee expired

Land and Water Policies of the United States (Special)	January 25, 1935	June 20, 1936	Official title: Special Committee on the Survey of Land and Water Policies of the United States

Land Commissioners Reports (Select)	February 6, 1820	March 3, 1821	Official title: Select Committee on the Reports for Land Commissioners

Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of the Justice Department (Select)	March 24, 1982	December 15, 1982	[Data unknown/missing.]

Library	February 25, 1806	January 2, 1947	Joint Committee from 1806 to 1844 and from 1861 to 1882; Senate Committee from 1883 to 1947; replaced by Joint Committee on the Library

Lobbying Activities (Select)	July 11, 1935	June 16, 1938	Select committee expired

Loss of Original Papers of Mark and Richard Bean (Select)	January 23, 1854	August 7, 1854	Select committee expired

Late Presidential Election Louisiana	June 5, 1878	March 1, 1879	United States presidential election of 1876

Mail Cover on Senators (Special)	December 1, 1954	December 3, 1954	Investigating whether mail from Joe McCarthy]] was intercepted or reviewed by anyone to determine either the contents or the identify of correspondents.

Contested Election of 1850	December 1, 1851	August 21, 1852	Contested election of Stephen R. Mallory by David L. Yulee

Manufactures	February 10, 1825	March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing.]

February 10, 1864	January 2, 1947	Restored in 1864

Marquis de La Fayette (Select)	January 21, 1824	May 27, 1824	Official title: Resolution Respecting the Marquis de La Fayette; visit by the Marquis to the United States.; Select committee expired

Memorial of A. B. Quinby (Select)	January 26, 1837	February 1, 1837	Official title: Memorial of A. B. Quinby for his Steam Engine Safety Valve; Select committee expired

American Association for the Promotion of Science (Select)	April 24, 1854	August 7, 1854	Official title: Select Committee on Professor Mitchell's machine for measuring right ascensions and declination; Select committee expired

Memorial of the Bank of the United States (Select)	January 9, 1832	March 13, 1832	Select committee expired

Memorial of Certain Cherokee Claimants (Select)	May 30, 1848	August 14, 1848	Select committee expired

Memorial of the Citizens of Georgetown (DC) for the Retrocession of that Part of the District (Select)	April 10, 1838	July 3, 1838	Select committee expired

Memorial of Davis Hatch (Select)	June 8, 1870	June 25, 1870	[Data unknown/missing.]

Memorial of Duff Green (Select)	December 14, 1837	July 9, 1838	Select committee expired

Memorial of Edward D. Tippett (Select)	February 24, 1838	July 9, 1838	Select committee expired

Memorial of Houmas Lands Settlers (Select)	January 4, 1860	March 23, 1860	Official title: Memorial of Certain Settlers of the Houmas Lands; Select committee expired

Memorials of the Manufacturers Iron (Select)	January 27, 1831	March 3, 1831	Select committee expired

Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas (Select)	December 17, 1823	March 23, 1824	Select committee expired

Memorial on Services Rendered by Carlisle P. Patterson	January 11, 1882	August 8, 1882	[Data unknown/missing.]

Memorial of W.T.G. Morton (Select)	December 26, 1846	March 3, 1847	Select committee expired

Memphis Convention (Select)	February 3, 1846	June 26, 1846	Select committee expired

Mexican Boundary (Select)	August 17, 1852	March 3, 1853	Official title: Investigate Irregularities in Running and Marking the Mexican Boundary; Select committee expired

Mexican Boundary Commission (Select)	July 8, 1850	September 30, 1850	Official title: Appointment of a Scientific Corps Attached to the Mexican Boundary Commission; Select committee expired

July 26, 1852	August 31, 1852	Official title: Report to the Secretary of Interior Mexican Boundary Commission

Mexican Propaganda (Select)	December 9, 1927	January 9, 1929	Investigation whether senators received any bribes from foreign governments to influence official actions.; Select committee expired

Mexican Relations (Select)	December 11, 1877	June 20, 1878	Select committee expired

Mexican Claims Commission (Select)	February 25, 1852	March 28, 1854	Official title: Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners on Claims Against Mexico; Select committee expired

Michigan and Arkansas Admission to the Union (Select)	January 27, 1834	May 3, 1834	[Data unknown/missing.]

Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)	January 6, 1830	July 7, 1840	Official title: Establish a Uniform Rule for Computation of Mileage of Members of Congress; Select committee expired

Military Affairs	December 10, 1816	January 2, 1947	Merged with Armed Services

Military Asylum near Washington, D.C. (Select)	April 12, 1858	August 18, 1858	Select committee expired

Military Claims Originating in West Virginia (Select)	February 5, 1863	February 13, 1863	Official title: Appointment of a Commission to Examine and Decide upon Military Claims Originating in the State of Virginia, West of the Blue Ridge; Select committee expired

Militia	December 10, 1816	December 16, 1857	Merged with Military Affairs

Mines and Mining	March 8, 1865	January 2, 1947	Other sources list date established as December 5, 1865.

Mississippi's Admission to the Union (Select)	December 1, 1817	December 3, 1817	Select committee expired

Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select)	February 22, 1933	January 5, 1937	Official title: Labor Conditions on the Mississippi Flood Control Project; Select committee expired

Mississippi River and Its Tributaries	March 19, 1879	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Mississippi River Levees Reconstruction (Select)	June 8, 1866	July 2, 1866	Select committee expired

Mississippi River Levee System (Select)	June 3, 1870	March 3, 1879	Replaced by Mississippi River and Its Tributaries; Select committee expired

Memorial of the Mississippi Territory (Select)	January 7, 1817	January 17, 1817	Select committee expired

Merchant Marine (Special)	February 25, 1938	August 5, 1939	Official title: Investigate Conditions in the Merchant Marine

Mississippi Election Frauds, 1876	March 31, 1876	August 7, 1876	[Data unknown/missing.]

Missouri's Admission to the Union (Select)	November 14, 1820	December 13, 1820	Select committee expired

Monuments to Deceased Senators (Select)	January 20, 1848	August 14, 1848	Select committee expired

Munitions Industry (Select)	April 12, 1934	June 11, 1938	Also known as the Nye Committee; Official name: Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry (See Merchants of Death at Senate.gov)

National Armory and Foundry (Select)	March 21, 1862	July 17, 1862	[Data unknown/missing.]

National Banks	May 24, 1866	July 28, 1866	Select; Restored in 1892 as Failed National Banks (Select)

March 15, 1893	March 22, 1909	Renamed from Failed National Banks; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

National Fuels Study (Special)	September 11, 1961	April 12, 1962	[Data unknown/missing.]

National Road from Cumberland to Wheeling (Select)	December 12, 1822	May 3, 1823	Select committee expired

National Telegraph Company (Select)	April 5, 1866	July 28, 1866	Select committee expired

National University	December 10, 1810	March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing.]

National Water Resources (Select)	April 20, 1959	January 30, 1961	Select committee expired

Naval Affairs	December 10, 1816	January 2, 1947	Merged with Armed Services

Naval Supplies (Select)	January 25, 1864	June 29, 1864	Select committee expired

Nicaragua Canal (Select)	December 30, 1895	March 3, 1901	Official title: Construction of the Nicaragua Canal; Select committee expired

Nicaraguan Claims (Select)	February 5, 1879	March 3, 1895	Select committee expired

Nine Foot Channel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf (Select)	January 25, 1923	February 3, 1925	Select committee expired

Nomination of Amos Kendall (Select)	March 10, 1830	April 27, 1830	Nomination to be United States Postmaster General

Nutrition and Human Needs (Select)	July 30, 1968	December 31, 1977	Transferred to Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Occupation of the Columbia River (Select)	February 7, 1838	July 9, 1838	Select committee expired

Official Conduct (Special)	January 18, 1977	March 10, 1977	[Data unknown/missing.]

Ohio-Michigan Boundary (Select)	December 14, 1831	March 20, 1832	Select committee expired

December 22, 1835	July 4, 1836	[Data unknown/missing.]

Old-Age Pension System (Select)	June 20, 1941	December 16, 1942	Select committee expired

Omaha Exposition (Select)	July 8, 1898	March 3, 1899	Select committee expired

Preservation of Order in the Galleries (Select)	March 8, 1861	March 8, 1861	Official title: Additional Arrangements for the Preservation of Order in the Galleries; Select committee expired

Ordnance and Gunnery (Select)	August 2, 1882	March 3, 1883	Renamed Ordnance and War Ships (Select)

Ordnance and Projectiles (Select)	August 2, 1882	February 9, 1883	Official title: Heavy Ordnance and Projectiles; Select committee expired

Ordnance and War Ships (Select)	July 3, 1844	February 8, 1886	Select committee expired

Ordnance Stores (Select)	February 29, 1872	March 11, 1872	Official title: Investigate all Sales Ordnance Stores by the Government of the United States; Select committee expired

Oregon Railroad (Select)	June 27, 1848	August 14, 1848	Select committee expired

Oregon Territory (Select)	December 10, 1838	March 3, 1843	Select committee expired

Organization of Congress (Select)	December 1945	March 4, 1946	Consisted of the Senate members of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress

August 26, 1966	October 14, 1968	Operated concurrently with the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress

Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Select)	May 3, 1950	August 31, 1951	Official title: Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce

Outrages in Southern States (Select)	January 19, 1871	March 12, 1873	Select committee expired

Overland Mail Service (Select)	March 3, 1865	March 3, 1865	Official title: Examine the Condition of the Overland Mail Service; Select committee expired

Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico	December 15, 1899	February 5, 1920	Renamed Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands	February 5, 1920	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Pacific Railroad (1861–1873)	January 4, 1854	December 22, 1863	Select; Became a standing committee in 1863

December 22, 1863	March 12, 1873	Replaced by Railroads

Pacific Railroads	March 15, 1893	April 18, 1921	Separate and distinct from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad

Pacific Railway Commission (Special)	January 24, 1888	March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing.]

Patent Office (Select)	December 31, 1835	April 28, 1836	Replaced by Patents and the Patent Office

Patents	March 8, 1869	January 2, 1947	Duties moved to United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks [4]

Patents and the Patent Office	September 7, 1837	March 8, 1869	Renamed Patents

Peale's Portrait of Washington (Select)	January 17, 1825	January 25, 1825	Select committee expired

Pensacola Navy Yard Surrender (Select)	July 25, 1861	April 18, 1862	Official title: Inquire into the Circumstances of the Surrender of the Pensacola Navy Yard and Destruction of Public Property at the Norfolk Navy Yard and at the Harpers Ferry Armory; Select committee expired

Pensions	December 10, 1816	January 2, 1947	[Data unknown/missing.]

Petroleum Resources (Special)	March 13, 1944	January 31, 1947	[Data unknown/missing.]

Philippines	December 15, 1899	April 18, 1921	See also: Lodge Committee, a 1902 investigation by the Committee on the Philippines into war crimes committed during the Philippine–American War

Philippines Economic Condition (Special)	June 18, 1934	May 3, 1935	Investigate Economic Activities in the Philippines

Plueropneumonia among Animals (Select)	January 19, 1881	March 3, 1881	Select committee expired

Letter from Mr. Poindexter (Select)	February 21, 1835	March 2, 1835	Select committee expired

Political Activities, Lobbying, and Campaign Contributions (Special)	February 22, 1956	May 31, 1957	[Data unknown/missing.]

Post Office and Civil Service	January 2, 1947	February 11, 1977	Merger of Civil Service and Post Office and Post Roads; Succeeded by Governmental Affairs

Post Office Department (Select)	December 5, 1830	March 3, 1831	Official title: Investigation of the Post Office Department; Select committee expired

Post Office Leases (Select)	April 18, 1930	July 1, 1932	Select committee expired

Post Office and Post Roads	December 10, 1816	January 2, 1947	Replaced by Post Office and Civil Service

Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special)	March 12, 1943	February 3, 1947	[Data unknown/missing.]

Potomac River Front (Select)	December 13, 1881	March 3, 1911	Official title: Investigate the Potomac River Front Improvement; Select committee expired

POW/MIA Affairs (Select)	August 2, 1991	January 2, 1993	Select committee expired

Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special)	July 28, 1958	April 2, 1959	[Data unknown/missing.]

Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special)	June 13, 1934	January 10, 1935	[Data unknown/missing.]

Presidential Campaign Activities (Select)	February 7, 1973	June 27, 1974	Watergate Committee; Select committee expired

Presidential Campaign Expenditures (Special)	April 30, 1928	January 21, 1929	[Data unknown/missing.]

President's Message Refusing to Furnish a Paper to Senate (Select)	December 19, 1833	June 30, 1834	Select committee expired

Printing	December 15, 1841	January 2, 1947	Replaced by Joint Committee on Printing; Also listed as a Joint Committee from 1861 to 1883.

Public Printing Investigation (Select)	January 24, 1860	May 31, 1860	Official title: Investigate Public Printing.; Select committee expired

Private Claims Commission (Select)	December 18, 1854	March 3, 1855	Establishing a Private Claims Commission; Select committee expired

Private Land Claims	December 26, 1826	April 18, 1921	Merged with Committee on Claims

Privileges and Elections	March 10, 1871	January 2, 1947	Transferred to Rules and Administration

Propaganda Affecting Taxation and Soldiers' Bonus (Select)	January 17, 1924	March 3, 1925	Investigate whether "the profiteers of the war are now contributing to defeat the soldiers' adjusted compensation bill by money or influence."; Select committee expired

Propaganda or Money Alleged Used by Foreign Governments (Special)	December 9, 1927	January 9, 1929	[Data unknown/missing.]

Protection of Life and Health in Passenger Ships (Select)	December 20, 1854	March 3, 1855	See also Select Committee on Sickness on Emigrant Ships; Select committee expired

Public Buildings (Select)	December 16, 1819	May 15, 1820	Select committee expired

Public Buildings and Grounds	December 6, 1838	January 2, 1947	Public Buildings, 1838–1855; joint committee 1856–1883; Transferred to Public Works.

Public Distress (Select)	June 6, 1894	August 28, 1894	Select committee expired

Public Expenditures	March 22, 1909	March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing.]

Public Health and National Quarantine	March 19, 1896	April 18, 1921	Preceded by Epidemic Diseases

Public Lands	December 10, 1816	April 18, 1921	Renamed Public Lands and Surveys

January 2, 1947	January 28, 1948	Restored in 1947; Renamed Interior and Insular Affairs

Public Lands and Surveys	April 18, 1921	January 2, 1947	Renamed Public Lands

Public Works	January 2, 1947	February 11, 1977	Renamed Environment and Public Works

Publication of the Treaty of Washington (Select)	May 12, 1871	May 25, 1871	Official title: Investigate How and by Whom the Treaty of Washington was Made Public; Select committee expired

Purchasing Boyd Reilly's Gas Apparatus (Select)	May 6, 1834	March 3, 1839	Select committee expired

Quadrocentennial (Select)	December 12, 1889	March 3, 1895	Renamed Select Committee on International Expositions

Railroads	March 12, 1873	April 18, 1921	Preceded by the Committee on the Pacific Railroad

Readjustment of Service Pay (Special)	February 16, 1922	March 22, 1922	[Data unknown/missing.]

Reconstruction and Production (Select)	April 17, 1920	March 3, 1921	Housing shortage after World War I.; Select committee expired

Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Select)	July 11, 1932	January 13, 1933	Select committee expired

Reduction of Congressional Salaries (Select)	December 19, 1820	March 3, 1821	Select committee expired

Reforestation (Select)	January 22, 1923	January 10, 1924	Select committee expired

Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special)	July 17, 1945	April 2, 1951	Official title: Reconstruction of Senate Roof and Skylights and Remodeling of Senate Chamber

Removal of Political Disabilities (Select)	March 20, 1869	March 12, 1873	14th Amendment

Representative Reform (Select)	January 13, 1869	March 3, 1869	Select committee expired

Retired List for the Army and the Navy (Select)	June 12, 1848	August 3, 1848	Select committee expired

Retrenchment	December 9, 1844	March 12, 1873	[Data unknown/missing.]

Revenue Collections in North Carolina (Special)	March 2, 1882	February 12, 1883	[Data unknown/missing.]

Revision of the Laws	March 8, 1869	January 14, 1928	[Data unknown/missing.]

Revolutionary Claims	December 16, 1832	April 18, 1921	Merged with Claims

Revolutionary Officers (Select)	December 18, 1827	May 26, 1828	Select committee expired

Rivers and Harbors Convention in Chicago (Select)	June 19, 1848	August 14, 1848	Official title: Memorial of the Chicago Convention on the Rivers and Harbors of the United States; Select committee expired

Roads and Canals	February 8, 1820	January 18, 1830	Select; Became a standing committee

January 18, 1830	March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing.]

Letter of Mr. Ruggles (Select)	February 22, 1838	April 12, 1838	Select committee expired

Rules	December 3, 1867	June 23, 1874	Official title: Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate; Became a standing committee

June 23, 1874	January 2, 1947	Renamed Rules and Administration

Sale of Arms to French Agents (Select)	February 29, 1872	March 11, 1872	Select committee expired

Sale of Public Lands (Select)	March 31, 1836	June 15, 1836	Official title: Sale of Public Lands and the Means of preventing Their Monopoly; Select committee expired

Violation of the Injunction of Secrecy (Select)	April 29, 1844	May 8, 1844	Select committee expired

Secret and Confidential Government Documents (Special)	August 15, 1972	October 12, 1973	To propose guidelines for handling classified documents submitted to the Senate

Security and Cooperation in Europe (Special)	November 18, 1983	1986	Senate committee terminated. See also the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition (Select)	January 12, 1987	January 2, 1989	Iran-Contra Committee; Select committee expired

Seminole War (Select)	December 18, 1818	May 15, 1820	Select committee expired

Senate Administrative Services (Select)	June 20, 1890	March 3, 1891	Official title: State of the Administrative Service of the Senate; Select committee expired

Senate Committee System (Temporary Select)	March 31, 1976	February 11, 1977	[Data unknown/missing.]

June 6, 1984	December 14, 1984	[Data unknown/missing.]

Senate Reception Room (Special)	August 2, 1955	May 1, 1957	[Data unknown/missing.]

Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special)	May 27, 1938	July 7, 1943	. Byrd lists a similar committee from January 5, 1942 to January 6, 1943.

Senatorial Campaign of 1930 (Select)	April 10, 1930	December 3, 1931	Related to Senator James Thomas Heflin’s charges of fraud; Select committee expired

Senatorial Elections (Select)	May 19, 1926	March 22, 1928	Select committee expired

Settlement of the Slavery Question (Select)	April 19, 1850	September 30, 1850	Known as the Committee of Thirteen. Not listed in Stubbs.; Select committee expired

Shiloh National Park (Select)	June 13, 1834	June 18, 1834	Official title: Investigate Abuses at Shiloh National Park; Select committee expired

Ship Purchase Lobby (Special)	February 15, 1915	January 5, 1916	[Data unknown/missing.]

Sickness on Emigrant Ships (Select)	December 7, 1853	August 2, 1854	Official title: Consider the Causes and Extent of Sickness on Emigrant Ships]]; Select committee expired

Silver (Special)	August 16, 1935	August 2, 1946	Also known as the Special Silver Committee

Sioux and Crow Indians (Select)	March 2, 1883	March 7, 1884	Select committee expired

Slave Trade (Select)	December 10, 1816	March 3, 1819	Select committee expired

Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen (Select)	January 13, 1864	February 29, 1864	Select committee expired

Small Business (Select)	February 20, 1950	March 25, 1981	Became a standing committee, Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Smithsonian Institution (Select)	April 30, 1846	August 10, 1846	Select committee expired

Space and Astronautics (Special)	February 6, 1958	March 11, 1959	Replaced by the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Standards and Conduct (Select)	July 24, 1964	February 11, 1977	Transferred to Committee on Ethics

Standards, Weights, and Measures	December 18, 1901	March 22, 1909	Select; Became a standing committee

March 22, 1909	April 18, 1921	Preceded by a select committee

Small Business Enterprises(Special)	October 8, 1940	February 20, 1950	Also known as Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business; Replaced by Small Business (Select)

Steel Producing Capacity of the United States (Select)	July 3, 1884	March 3, 1885	Select committee expired

Tariff Bill of 1828 (Special)	January 2, 1849	March 3, 1849	Official title: Repealing the First Section of the Tariff Bill of 1828

Tariff Commission (Select)	March 11, 1926	May 28, 1928	Select committee expired

Tariff Regulation (Select)	February 25, 1823	March 3, 1923	Select committee expired

Tariff Bill (Select)	February 13, 1833	March 2, 1833	Select committee expired

Taxation of Government Securities and Salaries (Special)	June 16, 1938	September 18, 1940	[Data unknown/missing.]

Telepost (Select)	July 17, 1914	March 4, 1915	Proposal to use the St. Louis to Chicago telepost by the U.S. Post Office Department.

Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Select)	May 12, 1896	March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing.]

Termination National Emergency (Special)	January 6, 1973	December 20, 1974	[Data unknown/missing.]

Territories	March 25, 1844	April 18, 1921	Renamed Territories and Insular Possessions

Territories and Insular Possessions	April 18, 1921	June 17, 1929	Renamed Territorial and Insular Affairs

Territorial and Insular Affairs	June 17, 1929	January 2, 1947	Replaced by Interior and Insular Affairs

Third Degree Ordeal	April 30, 1910	August 4, 1911	[Data unknown/missing.]

Thirteen on the Disturbed Condition of the Country (Select)	December 18, 1860	December 31, 1860	Also known as the ‘’’Committee of Thirteen’’’; Select committee expired

Traffic with Rebels in Texas (Select)	January 4, 1871	March 3, 1871	Official title: Investigate Alleged Traffic with Rebels in Texas; Select committee expired

Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)	May 16, 1888	April 18, 1921	Select committee expired

Transportation Routes to the Seaboard	December 16, 1872	March 19, 1879	Select; Became a standing committee

March 19, 1879	April 18, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]

Treasury Department Account Discrepancies (Select)	November 19, 1877	April 28, 1880	Official title: Investigate the Books and Accounts of the Treasury Department in Relation to the Discrepancies and Alternations of the Official Report; Select committee expired

Treasury Printing Bureau (Select)	March 13, 1867	December 2, 1867	Official title: Examine the Management of the Treasury Printing Bureau; Select committee expired

Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select)	December 18, 1905	April 18, 1921	Select committee expired

Unemployment and Relief (Select)	June 10, 1937	January 16, 1939	[Data unknown/missing.]

Unemployment Insurance	February 28, 1931	1932	[Data unknown/missing.]

Unemployment Problems (Special)	September 12, 1959	March 30, 1960	[Data unknown/missing.]

Vaccination (Select)	January 22, 1828	February 21, 1828	Select committee expired

Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)	December 1903	December 1907	Select committee expired

Veterans Bureau Investigation (Select)	March 2, 1923	March 3, 1925	Select committee expired

Virgin Islands (Select)	April 1, 1935	January 20, 1936	Official title: Investigate the Government of the Virgin Islands; Select committee expired

Wages and Prices of Commodities (Select)	February 9, 1910	June 23, 1910	Official title: Investigate Wages and Prices of Commodities; Select committee expired

War Finance Corporation Loans (Select)	June 7, 1924	March 9, 1925	Official title: Investigate Certain Loans Made by the War Finance Corporation; Select committee expired

Washington City Centennial (Select)	December 7, 1898	December 12, 1900	Select committee expired

Washington City Charter (Select)	June 5, 1840	July 21, 1840	Official title: Modifying the Charter of the City of Washington June 5, 1840; Select committee expired

Washington Railway and Electrical Company (Special)	April 16, 1917	October 6, 1917	Investigation of the causes of a strike

Weights and Measures (Select)	December 10, 1816	March 3, 1817	Select committee expired

Whitewater Committee (Special)	May 17, 1995	June 18, 1996	Official title: Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters

Wildlife Resources (Special)	April 17, 1930	June 1946	Stubbs lists committee as terminating on January 21, 1931.

Woman Suffrage (Select)	January 9, 1882	April 18, 1921	Became a standing committee in 1909

Wool Production (Special)	July 10, 1935	May 29, 1946	Official title: Investigate the Production, Transportation, and Marketing of Wool

Year 2000 Technology Problem (Special)	April 2, 1998	February 29, 2000

Sentence(s)

The Pacific Railroad is a defunct committee of the United States Senate.

final_sentence: The Pacific Railroad is a defunct committee of the United States Senate.