United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - wikipedia United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology This article is part of a series on the United States House of Representatives History of the United States House of Representatives Members Current members ( by seniority by age non-voting ) Former members Hill committees ( DCCC NRCC ) Congressional districts Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ( list ) Party leaders Democratic Caucus Republican Conference Politics and procedure Committee of the Whole Closed session ( list ) Saxbe fix Committees ( list ) Procedures Origination Clause Quorum call Unanimous consent Salaries Apportionment ( Huntington -- Hill method ) Redistricting Gerrymandering Articles of impeachment Self - executing rule Rules suspension General ticket Plural district Places United States Capitol House office buildings ( Cannon Ford Longworth Rayburn ) The Committee on Science, Space and Technology is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. Specifically, the committee has partial or complete jurisdiction over the following federal agencies : NASA, the Department of Energy, EPA, ATSDR, NSF, FAA, NOAA, NIST, FEMA, the U.S. Fire Administration, and USGS. Contents 1 History 2 Members 2.1 115th Congress 3 Subcommittees 4 Committee chairmen, 1959 - present 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History In the wake of the Soviet Sputnik program in the late 1950s, Congress created the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration in 1958, chaired by majority leader John William McCormack. This select committee drafted the National Aeronautics and Space Act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ). A staff report of the committee, the Space Handbook : Astronautics and its Applications, provided non-technical information about spaceflight to U.S. policy makers. The committee also chartered the permanent House Committee on Science and Astronautics, which officially began on January 3, 1959, and was the first new standing committee established in the House since 1946. The name was changed in 1974 to the House Committee on Science and Technology. The name was changed again in 1987 to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. After the Republican Party gained a majority in Congress in 1994, the name of the committee was changed to the House Committee on Science. With the return of control to the Democrats in 2007, the committee 's name was changed back to the House Committee on Science and Technology. In the 112th Congress, Committee Chairman Ralph Hall added `` Space '' back into the committee 's name : `` The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology '' -- a nod to the committee 's history, broad jurisdiction, and the importance of space exploration in maintaining American innovation and competitiveness. On December 1, 2016, the committee 's Twitter account posted a link to an article on Breitbart which argued that climate change was the result of natural weather processes. The tweet was criticized by members of the scientific community on Twitter for promoting an unscientific and misleading article. The Committee 's Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson also criticized the tweet, writing, `` False news & false facts put us all in danger. '' Members 115th Congress Majority Minority Lamar Smith, Texas, Chair Dana Rohrabacher, California Frank Lucas, Oklahoma, Vice Chair Mo Brooks, Alabama Randy Hultgren, Illinois Bill Posey, Florida Thomas Massie, Kentucky Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma Randy Weber, Texas Steve Knight, California Brian Babin, Texas Barbara Comstock, Virginia Gary Palmer, Alabama Barry Loudermilk, Georgia Ralph Abraham, Louisiana Darin LaHood, Illinois Daniel Webster, Florida Jim Banks, Indiana Andy Biggs, Arizona Roger Marshall, Kansas Neal Dunn, Florida Clay Higgins, Louisiana Ralph Norman, South Carolina Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren, California Dan Lipinski, Illinois Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon Ami Bera, California Elizabeth Esty, Connecticut Marc Veasey, Texas Don Beyer, Virginia, Vice Ranking Member Jacky Rosen, Nevada Jerry McNerney, California Ed Perlmutter, Colorado Paul Tonko, New York Bill Foster, Illinois Mark Takano, California Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii Charlie Crist, Florida Subcommittees There are five subcommittees in the 115th Congress. Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Energy Randy Weber ( R - TX ) Marc Veasey ( D - TX ) Environment Andy Biggs ( R - AZ ) Suzanne Bonamici ( D - OR ) Oversight Darin Lahood ( R - IL ) Don Beyer ( D - VA ) Research and Technology Barbara Comstock ( R - VA ) Dan Lipinski ( D - IL ) Space Brian Babin ( R - TX ) Ami Bera ( D - CA ) Committee chairmen, 1959 - present Chairmen since 1959. Overton Brooks, 1959 -- 1961 George P. Miller, 1961 -- 1973 Olin E. Teague, 1973 -- 1978 Don Fuqua, 1979 -- 1987 Robert A. Roe, 1987 -- 1991 George Brown, Jr., 1991 -- 1995 Robert S. Walker, 1995 -- 1997 Jim Sensenbrenner, 1997 -- 2001 Sherwood Boehlert, 2001 -- 2007 Bart Gordon, 2007 -- 2011 Ralph Hall, 2011 -- 2013 Lamar Smith, 2013 -- present See also List of current United States House of Representatives committees References Jump up ^ `` Space Handbook : Astronautics and its Applications ''. NASA. ^ Jump up to : `` A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY '' ( PDF ). United States Government. November 7, 2007. Jump up ^ Feltman, Rachel ( December 1, 2016 ). `` The House Committee on Science just tweeted a ' science ' article from Breitbart ''. Popular Science. Retrieved December 2, 2016. Jump up ^ `` It 's likely Earth 's hottest year on record -- and some people are talking about global cooling ''. Washington Post. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 15. Jump up ^ McCausland, Phil ( December 1, 2016 ). `` House Science Committee Tweets Climate - Change Denying Breitbart Article, Debunked by Scientists ''. NBC News. Retrieved December 2, 2016. Jump up ^ H. Res. 6, H. Res. 51 Jump up ^ H. Res. 7, H. Res. 45, H. Res. 52, H. Res. 95 Jump up ^ Subcommittee assignments Bush, Daniel ( January 14, 2015 ). `` New leaders named for energy, enviro subcommittees ''. Energy & Environment Daily. Environment & Energy Publishing. Retrieved January 14, 2015. `` Smith Announces Subcommittee Chairmen and Vice Chairmen for the 114th Congress ''. Committee on Science, Space and Technology. January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015. External links Official web site ( Archive ) House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov. Republican Science Committee website Democratic Science Committee website A History of the Committee on Science and Technology : 85th - 110th Congresses 1958 - 2008 Works by United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology at Project Gutenberg Works by or about United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology at Internet Archive Current United States congressional committees Senate ( list ) Aging ( Special ) 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 ) Judiciary Narcotics ( Caucus ) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans ' Affairs House ( list ) 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 Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space, and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans ' Affairs Ways and Means ( Whole ) Joint ( list ) Budget / Appropriations Reform ( Select ) ( Conference ) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies ( Special ) Library Pensions ( Select ) Printing Taxation Standing committees, Defunct committees Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Brooks Miller Teague Fuqua Roe Brown Walker Sensenbrenner Boehlert Gordon Hall Smith VIAF : 126015136 LCCN : n79029813 ISNI : 0000 0001 0739 8750 GND : 16140067 - X NLA : 35565233 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Science,_Space,_and_Technology&oldid=824331984 '' Categories : Committees of the United States House of Representatives Science and technology in the United States Space policy of the United States NASA oversight Politics of science 1958 establishments in Washington, D.C. 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Question: ranking member of the house committee on science space and technology
Answer: Eddie Bernice Johnson