# List of defunct United States congressional committees

The United States Congress has operated with more than 1,500 standing, special, select, or joint committees over the years.
Most of these committees are now defunct. In some cases, their responsibilities were merged with those of other committees. For others, the committee remained in existence, but its name was changed. However, the bulk of committees were eliminated because they served a single purpose or it was deemed that subject matter no longer merited its own committee.
These lists contain both select and standing committees. When known, the committee's type, years, reason for elimination, and any successor committees are noted. Some committees, such as the myriad "Committee(s) to Investigate," are included in the list alphabetically by the primary subject matter being studied or investigated.
Early select committees were very fluid, serving their established function and then going out of existence. This makes tracking committees difficult, since many committees were known by the date they were created or by a petition or other document that had been referred to them. In a number of instances, the official journal and other congressional publications did not consistently refer to an individual committee by the same title. Though such inconsistencies still appeared during the 20th century, they were less frequent. Therefore, this list does include hundreds of select committees established by Congress during its early years, particularly prior to 1795 and 1816, when a system of permanent standing committees was established in the House of Representatives and the Senate respectively. The majority of these committees were assigned specific legislative bills, but many served merely ceremonial functions.
In the 1st Congress (1789–1791), the House appointed about 220 select committees over the course of two years. By the 3rd Congress (1793–1795), Congress had three permanent standing committees, the House Committee on Elections, the House Committee on Claims, and the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, but more than 350 select committees. While the modern committee system is now firmly established in both House and Senate procedure, with the rules of each House establishing a full range of permanent standing committees and assigning jurisdiction of all legislative issues among them, select committees continue to be used to respond to unique and difficult issues as the need arises.

## Defunct House committees

| Committee | Type | Established | Terminated | Notes |
| Alleged Abstraction of Books from the Library of the House | Select | February 14, 1861 | February 28, 1861 | Investigation of rumors that representatives from southern seceding states had stolen books from the House library. |
| Alleged Abstraction of a Report from the Clerk's Office | Select | March 3, 1863 | March 3, 1863 | Investigation into the disappearance of a committee report from the Select Committee on Government Contracts |
| Accountability of Public Moneys | Select | April 12, 1822 | May 8, 1822 | Select committee expired |
| Accounts | Standing | December 27, 1803 | January 2, 1947 | Merged with House Administration |
| Admission to the Floor | Select | June 18, 1886 | January 27, 1887 | Select committee expired |
| Affairs with Algiers | Select | February 9, 1808 | April 25, 1808 | Select committee expired |
| Aging (Permanent Select) | Select | October 8, 1974 | October 9, 1992 | Terminated at the end of the 102nd Congress. Committee not renewed during the 103rd Congress. |
| Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi | Select | January 7, 1842 | April 9, 1842 | Memorial requesting forgiveness of a debt to the United States. |
| Air Accidents | Select | March 6, 1941 | January 7, 1943 | Select committee expired |
| Air Services | Select | March 24, 1924 | 1925 | Select committee expired |
| Alabama’s Admission to the Union | Select | December 7, 1818 | March 3, 1819 | Select committee expired |
| Alabama Affairs | Select | December 21, 1874 | February 23, 1875 | Select committee expired |
| Alcoholic Liquor Traffic | Select | May 16, 1879 | August 18, 1893 | Became a standing committee |
| Alcoholic Liquor Traffic | Standing | August 18, 1893 | December 5, 1927 | [data missing] |
| Alleged Assault on Senator Sumner | Select | May 23, 1856 | June 2, 1856 | Select committee expired |
| Amendment to the Constitution | Select | December 17, 1835 | February 28, 1837 | Amendment related to the Election of President and Vice President Select committee expired |
| Amendment to the Constitution | Select | January 11, 1837 | July 9, 1838 | Amendment related to the Appointment of Members of Congress to office Select committee expired |
| American Colonization Society | Select | January 29, 1827 | February 7, 1832 | Memorial of the American Colonization Society Select committee expired |
| American Retail Federation | Special | April 24, 1935 | April 7, 1936 | Select committee expired |
| American Ship building | Select | December 19, 1883 | February 12, 1887 | Select committee expired |
| American Sugar Refining Company | Special | May 9, 1911 | April 20, 1912 | [data missing] |
| Anthracite Emergency Program | Special | September 12, 1940 | January 3, 1941 | Program to stabilize the Pennsylvania coal industry. Not authorized to hold hearings and no appropriations were authorized for it. |
| Apportionment of Representatives | Select | November 8, 1811 | November 20, 1811 | Bring a Bill for the Apportionment of Representatives Select committee expired |
| Apportionment of Representatives | Select | December 29, 1820 | March 3, 1821 | Apportionment of Representatives under the 4th Census Select committee expired |
| Apportionment of Representatives | Select | December 11, 1826 | March 3, 1827 | Apportionment of Representatives under the Next Census Select committee expired |
| Apportionment of Representatives | Select | December 13, 1841 | January 22, 1842 | Apportionment of Representatives under the 6th Census Select committee expired |
| Arkansas Affairs | Select | May 27, 1874 | February 6, 1875 | Select committee expired |
| Arkansas Territory | Select | December 16, 1818 | December 21, 1818 | Select committee expired |
| Arkansas Territorial Limits | Select | January 9, 1823 | March 3, 1823 | Select committee expired |
| Arms Contracts | Select | January 7, 1824 | March 27, 1824 | Select committee expired |
| Arms Exports | Select | February 27, 1809 | February 27, 1809 | Select committee expired |
| Army Appropriations Inquiry | Select | December 10, 1819 | February 28, 1820 | Select committee expired |
| Army Pay | Select | December 16, 1844 | March 3, 1845 | Select committee expired |
| Army Regulations | Select | December 6, 1805 | April 21, 1806 | Select committee expired |
| Army Supply Contracts | Select | February 3, 1814 | April 13, 1814 | Select committee expired |
| Assassinations | Select | February 2, 1977 | March 29, 1979 | Investigation into the Assassinations of President John. F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Select committee expired |
| Assault on the President’s Secretary | Select | April 18, 1828 | May 16, 1828 | Select committee expired |
| Establishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region | Select | January 4, 1831 | April 4, 1834 | [data missing] |
| Export Control | Select | 1961 | 1962 | Select committee expired |
| Assent of Congress to an Act of the Virginia Legislature | Select | April 8, 1816 | April 9, 1816 | Select committee expired |
| Astronautics and Space Exploration | Select | March 5, 1958 | July 21, 1958 | Select committee expired |
| Asylum for the Blind | Select | December 12, 1831 | December 28, 1831 | Select committee expired |
| Attorney General's Office | Select | December 4, 1816 | March 3, 1817 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R. | Select | July 27, 1953 | March 4, 1954 | Replaced by the Committee on Communist Aggression |
| Bank of the United States | Select | November 30, 1818 | January 16, 1819 | Conduct and Management of the Bank of the United States Select committee expired |
| Bank of the United States | Select | December 13, 1820 | March 7, 1822 | Petition of the Bank of the United States Select committee expired |
| Bank of the United States | Select | March 14, 1832 | June 25, 1834 | United States Bank Affairs Select committee expired |
| Banking and Currency | Standing | March 2, 1865 | January 3, 1975 | Renamed Banking, Currency, and Housing |
| Banking, Currency, and Housing | Standing | January 3, 1975 | January 4, 1977 | Renamed Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs |
| Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs | Standing | January 4, 1977 | January 5, 1995 | Renamed Banking and Financial Services |
| Banking and Financial Services | Standing | January 5, 1995 | January 3, 2001 | Renamed Financial Services |
| Banking Memorials | Select | January 20, 1823 | February 27, 1823 | Memorials of Banking Institutions and Insurance Companies in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Bank of the United States Select committee expired |
| Bankrupt Law | Select | July 15, 1861 | May 17, 1866 | Select committee expired |
| Bankruptcy | Select | January 1, 1812 | July 6, 1812 | Establishing a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Select committee expired |
| Banks of the District of Columbia | Select | February 19, 1814 | March 3, 1817 | Select committee expired |
| Banks of the District of Columbia | Select | December 31, 1835 | June 20, 1836 | Select committee expired |
| Banks of the District of Columbia | Select | December 4, 1844 | February 25, 1845 | Select committee expired |
| Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans | Select | August 4, 1954 | January 15, 1956 | Committee to Investigate and Study Certain Benefits for Surviving Dependents of Deceased Members and Former Members of the Armed Forces Select committee expired |
| Berkshire Association | Select | January 29, 1817 | February 21, 1817 | Select committee expired |
| Bible Society of Philadelphia | Select | February 24, 1816 | March 5, 1816 | Select committee expired |
| Biennial Register | Select | April 28, 1832 | June 26, 1834 | Select committee expired |
| Bills of Exchange | Select | January 13, 1826 | March 22, 1826 | Select committee expired |
| Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House | Select | February 10, 1909 | March 3, 1909 | Select committee expired |
| Bonus of the National Bank | Select | December 16, 1816 | December 23, 1816 | Select committee expired |
| Boundary of the Chickasaw Indians | Select | February 6, 1834 | May 6, 1834 | Committee to review the True Boundary of the Chickasaw Indians, Between the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers Select committee expired |
| Bounty Land Act of 1850 | Select | December 5, 1850 | August 31, 1852 | Select committee expired |
| Bounty Lands Commutation | Select | December 11, 1816 | January 11, 1817 | Select committee expired |
| Boynton Investigation | Select | February 8, 1884 | July 7, 1884 | Select committee expired |
| British Depredations of the Northern Frontier | Select | January 25, 1832 | March 17, 1832 | Select committee expired |
| Brownstown Treaty | Select | January 26, 1820 | May 12, 1820 | Select committee expired |
| Conduct of Peter J. Bruin | Select | April 18, 1808 | April 21, 1808 | Committee investigated the conduct of Peter J. Bruin, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Mississippi Territory |
| Budget | Select | July 31, 1919 | October 11, 1919 | Select committee expired |
| Census | Standing | 1901 | 1946 | Jurisdiction merged into Post Office and Civil Service |
| Children, Youth, and Families | Select | 1983 | 1993 | [data missing] |
| Civil Service | Standing | 1924 | 1946 | Jurisdiction merged into Post Office and Civil Service |
| Claims | Standing | November 13, 1794 | 1946 | Jurisdiction merged into Judiciary |
| Climate Crisis | Select | 2019 | January 3, 2023 | Terminated |
| Coinage, Weights and Measures | Standing | 1867 | 1946 | Jurisdiction merged into Banking and Currency |
| Commerce and Manufactures | Standing | December 14, 1795 | 1819 | Renamed and split into Commerce and Manufactures |
| Commerce | Standing | 1819 | 1893 | First period. Renamed Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Conservation of Wildlife Resources | Select | 1934 | 1946 | [data missing] |
| Communist Aggression | Select | 1954 | 1954 | [data missing] |
| Disposition of Executive Papers | Standing | 1889 | 1947 | Jurisdiction merged into House Administration |
| Disposition of Surplus Property | Select | 1946 | 1946 | Select committee expired |
| District of Columbia | Standing | 1808 | 1999 | Jurisdiction merged into Government Reform |
| Economic and Educational Opportunities | Standing | 1995 | 1997 | Renamed Committee on Education and the Workforce |
| Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth | Select | December 30, 2020 | January 3, 2023 | Terminated |
| Education | Standing | 1883 | 1947 | Merged into Education and Labor |
| Education and Labor | Standing | 1867 | 1883 | Split into Education and Labor 1947–1995: Restored as Economic and Educational Opportunities 1997–2007: Renamed Education and the Workforce Restored in 2007 |
| Elections | Standing | April 13, 1789 | 1947 | Jurisdiction merged into House Administration |
| Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress | Standing | 1893 | 1947 | Jurisdiction merged into House Administration |
| Energy Independence and Global Warming | Select | 2007 | 2011 | Terminated |
| Engraving | Standing | 1844 | 1860 | Jurisdiction merged into Printing |
| Enrolled Bills | Standing | 1876 | 1947 | Jurisdiction merged into House Administration |
| Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi | Select | 2014 | 2016 | Terminated |
| Expenditures in the Executive Departments | Standing | 1927 | 1952 | Created by the merger of several predecessor expenditure committees Jurisdiction merged into Government Operations |
| Expenditures in the Agriculture Department | Standing | 1889 | 1927 | Jurisdiction merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments | Standing | 1905 | 1913 | Split between Expenditures in the Commerce Department and Expenditures in the Labor Department |
| Expenditures in the Commerce Department | Standing | 1913 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Interior Department | Standing | 1860 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Justice Department | Standing | 1874 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Labor Department | Standing | 1913 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Navy Department | Standing | 1816 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Post Office Department | Standing | 1816 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the State Department | Standing | 1816 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Treasury Department | Standing | 1816 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the War Department | Standing | 1816 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Expenditures on Public Buildings | Standing | 1816 | 1927 | Merged into Expenditures in the Executive Departments |
| Flood Control | Standing | February 3, 1916 | January 3, 1947 | Jurisdiction over related subjects previously under Rivers and Harbors, and some issues included from Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River before its termination in 1911. Committee terminated by 1946 Reorg., with its successor being Public Works. |
| Freedmen's Affairs | Standing | 1866 | 1875 | Implementation of 14th and 15th Amendments |
| Government Operations | Standing | 1952 | 1999 | Moved into Government Reform |
| Government Reform | Standing | 1999 | 2007 | Renamed Oversight and Government Reform |
| Government Research | Select | 1963 | 1964 | Select committee expired |
| House Beauty Shop | Select | 1967 | 1979 | Moved into House Administration |
| House Restaurant | Select | 1969 | 1975 | [data missing] |
| Hurricane Katrina | Select | 2005 | 2006 | Select committee expired |
| Immigration and Naturalization | Standing | 1893 | 1946 | Moved into Judiciary |
| Indian Affairs | Standing | 1821 | 1946 | Moved into Public Lands |
| Industrial Arts and Expositions | Standing | 1903 | 1927 | [data missing] |
| Insular Affairs | Standing | 1899 | 1946 | Cuban affairs moved to Foreign Affairs in 1906 Moved to Public Lands |
| Interior and Insular Affairs | Standing | 1951 | 1993 | Moved to Resources |
| Internal Security | Standing | 1969 | 1975 | Functions transferred to the Judiciary |
| International Relations | Standing | 1975 | 1979 | Renamed Foreign Affairs Restored 1995–2007 Reverted to Foreign Affairs |
| Interstate and Foreign Commerce | Standing | 1893 | 1981 | Renamed Energy and Commerce |
| Inquiry into Operation of the U.S. Air Services | Select | 1924 | 1925 | Select committee expired |
| Invalid Pensions | Standing | January 10, 1831 | 1946 | Terminated |
| Irrigation and Reclamation | Standing | 1924 | 1946 | Moved to Public Lands |
| Irrigation of Arid Lands | Standing | 1893 | 1924 | Renamed Irrigation and Reclamation |
| January 6th attack | Select | July 1, 2021 | January 3, 2023 | Official title: Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Terminated |
| Katyn Forest Massacre Investigation | Select | 1951 | 1952 | Select committee expired |
| Labor | Standing | 1883 | 1947 | Merged into Education and Labor |
| Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River | Standing | November 7, 1877 | April 5, 1911 | Committee terminated, with its successor being Rivers and Harbors. |
| Library | Standing | [data missing] | [data missing] | Some functions moved into House Administration. Now Joint Committee on the Library |
| Lobbying Activities | Select | 1949 | 1951 | Select committee expired |
| Manufactures | Standing | December 8, 1819 | 1911 | Created from the split of Commerce and Manufactures in 1819, it became inactive during its later years and was eliminated in 1911. |
| Memorials | Standing | 1929 | 1947 | Moved into House Administration |
| Merchant Marine and Fisheries | Standing | 1887 | 1932 | [data missing] |
| Merchant Marine and Fisheries | Standing | 1935 | 1994 | [data missing] |
| Merchant Marine, Radio and Fisheries | Standing | 1932 | 1935 | Temporary renaming of Merchant Marine and Fisheries |
| Mileage | Standing | 1837 | 1927 | Duties returned to Accounts |
| Military Affairs | Standing | 1822 | 1946 | Moved into Armed Services |
| Military Pensions | Standing | 1825 | 1831 | Renamed Invalid Pensions |
| Militia | Standing | 1835 | 1911 | Moved to Military Affairs |
| Mines and Mining | Standing | 1865 | 1946 | Moved to Public Lands |
| Mississippi Levees | Standing | December 10, 1875 | November 7, 1877 | Renamed Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, until 1911. |
| Modernization of Congress | Select | January 4, 2019 | January 3, 2023 | Terminated |
| Impeachment Trial Investigation | Select | March 1868 | 1868 | Official title: Select Committee to Investigate in Regard to Alleged Improper Influences on the Impeachment Trial Select committee expired |
| Investigate Commodity Transactions | Select | 1947 | 1948 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate Conditions Interfering with Interstate Commerce between the States of Illinois and Missouri | Select | 1917 | 1921 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate Contracts and Expenditures Made by the War Department during the War | Select | 1919 | 1921 | Select committee expired |
| Investigating Defense Migration | Select | 1941 | 1943 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate the Disposition of Surplus Property | Select | 1946 | 1946 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company | Select | 1943 | 1945 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate Foundations and Other Organizations | Select | 1952 | 1953 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Food and Cosmetics | Select | 1950 | 1953 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate the National Labor Relations Board | Select | 1939 | 1940 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate the Preparation, Distribution, Sale, Payment, Retirement, Surrender, Cancellation, and Destruction of Government Bonds and Other Securities | Select | 1924 | 1925 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company | Select | 1944 | 1944 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate Real Estate Bondholders' Reorganizations | Select | 1934 | 1935 | Select committee expired |
| Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations | Select | 1952 | 1954 | Select committee expired |
| Lobbying Activities | Select | 1949 | 1951 | Select committee expired |
| Missing Persons in Southeast Asia | Select | 1975 | 1976 | Select committee expired |
| Natural Resources | Standing | 1993 | 1995 | Renamed Resources 2007: Restored |
| Narcotics Abuse and Control | Select | 1976 | 1993 | Select committee expired |
| Naval Affairs | Standing | 1822 | 1946 | Moved into Armed Services |
| Niagara Ship Canal | Select | 1861 | 1861 | Select committee expired |
| Newsprint and Paper Supply | Select | 1947 | 1948 | Select committee expired |
| Offensive and Undesirable Books, Magazines, and Comic Books | Select | 1952 | 1952 | Select committee expired |
| Pacific Railroads | Standing | 1865 | 1911 | Terminated |
| Patents | Standing | 1837 | 1946 | Moved into Judiciary |
| Pensions and Revolutionary War Claims | Standing | December 22, 1813 | December 9, 1825 | Renamed Revolutionary Pensions |
| Pensions | Standing | 1880 | 1946 | Terminated |
| Population | Select | 1977 | 1979 | Select committee expired |
| Post Office and Civil Service | Standing | 1946 | 1999 | Moved into Government Reform |
| Post Office and Post Roads | Standing | 1808 | 1946 | Moved into Post Office and Civil Service |
| Post-War Economic Policy and Planning | Special | 1944 | 1946 | [data missing] |
| Printing | Standing | 1846 | [data missing] | Moved into House Administration |
| Private Land Claims | Standing | April 29, 1816 | 1911 | Abolished due to diminished legislative activity. |
| Professional Sports | Select | 1976 | 1977 | Select committee expired |
| Public Buildings and Grounds | Standing | 1837 | 1946 | Established as a standing Committee, replacing the Select Committee on Public Buildings created in 1819. Jurisdiction over "all the public buildings constructed by the United States" was given by an 1871 resolution. |
| Public Expenditures | Standing | 1814 | 1880 | [data missing] |
| Public Lands | Standing | 1805 | 1951 | Renamed Interior and Insular Affairs |
| Public Works | Standing | 1947 | 1968 | Created by the 1946 Reorg., which combined the jurisdictions of Public Buildings and Grounds, Rivers and Harbors, Roads, and Flood Control Committees. Its wide jurisdiction remained the same throughout. |
| Railways and Canals | Standing | April 9, 1869 | 1927 | Renamed from Roads and Canals. Jurisdiction contracted significantly over time in 1880 responsibility for improvement of navigation of rivers and many railroad related matters moved to Commerce. Dissolved in 1927 with its jurisdiction added to Interstate and Foreign Commerce. |
| Reconstruction | Select | 1867 | 1871 | Select committee expired |
| Records of Committees Relating to Banking and Currency | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Reform in the Civil Service | Standing | 1893 | 1924 | Renamed Civil Service |
| Resources | Standing | 1995 | 2007 | Renamed Natural Resources |
| Revisal and Unfinished Business | Standing | December 9, 1795 | 1868 | Unfinished business duties obsolete, remainder renamed Revision of Laws |
| Revision of Laws | Standing | 1868 | 1946 | Moved into Judiciary |
| Revolutionary Claims | Standing | 1825 | 1873 | Moved to War Claims |
| Revolutionary Pensions (1825) | Standing | December 9, 1825 | December 13, 1825 | Split between Military Pensions and Revolutionary Claims |
| Revolutionary Pensions (1831) | Standing | January 10, 1831 | 1880 | Abolished. Jurisdiction referred to Pensions |
| Rivers and Harbors | Standing | December 1883 | 1946 | Given jurisdiction over subjects relating to improvements of navigation and responsible for reporting river and harbor bills, previously handled by Commerce. Jurisdiction changed over time, gaining responsibilities of Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, when terminated in 1911, then losing that subject to the new Flood Control in 1916. After 1920 it lost ability to report appropriations and was limited to reporting authorizations. |
| Roads | Standing | 1913 | 1946 | The committee was disbanded by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and its jurisdiction included in those of the new Public Works. |
| Roads and Canals | Standing | 1831 | 1869 | Originated as a select committee in 1815 and reappointed at each succeeding Congress until December 1831, when it became a standing committee in 1869 a motion was approved to change the name to the Railways and Canals |
| Science | Standing | 1995 | 2007 | Renamed Science and Technology |
| Science and Astronautics | Standing | 1959 | 1974 | Renamed Science and Technology |
| Science and Technology | Standing | 1974 | 1987 | Renamed Committee on Science, Space and Technology (Restored in 2007) |
| Science, Space and Technology | Standing | 1987 | 1995 | Renamed Committee on Science |
| Survivor Benefits | Select | 1954 | 1955 | Select committee expired |
| Territories | Standing | 1825 | 1946 | Moved to Public Lands |
| U.S. Shipping Board Operations | Select | 1919 | 1921 | Select committee expired |
| Un-American Activities | Standing | 1945 | 1969 | Also called HUAC or HCUA. Became Internal Security |
| Uniform System of Coinage, Weights and Measures | Standing | 1864 | 1867 | Renamed Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures |
| Ventilation and Acoustics | Standing | 1893 | 1911 | [data missing] |
| Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007 | Select | August 3, 2007 | January 3, 2009 | Select committee expired |
| War Claims | Standing | 1873 | 1946 | Moved into Judiciary |
| Water Power | Special | 1918 | 1921 | [data missing] |
| Woman Suffrage | Standing | 1917 | 1927 | Implementation of the 19th Amendment |
| World War Veterans' Legislation | Standing | January 18, 1924 | 1946 | Renamed Veterans' Affairs |

## Defunct Senate committees

| Committee | Type | Established | Terminated | Notes |
| Committee of the Whole | Standing | 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 | Standing | July 24, 1958 | February 11, 1977 | Replaced by Commerce, Science and Transportation |
| Agriculture | Standing | December 9, 1825 | March 3, 1857 | Restored in 1863 |
| Agriculture | Standing | March 6, 1863 | February 5, 1884 | Renamed Agriculture and Forestry |
| Agriculture and Forestry | Standing | 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 missing] |
| Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts | Special | February 24, 1933 | June 30, 1936 | [data 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) | Special | July 1, 1930 | December 4, 1933 | [data 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 |
| Amendments to the Constitution | Select | June 2, 1834 | June 30, 1834 | Official title: Resolution to Amend the Constitution Select committee expired |
| Amendments to the Constitution | Select | 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 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 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 |
| Bankruptcy | Select | 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 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 | [data missing] | |
| Canadian Relations | Select | July 31, 1888 | January 13, 1892 | Became a standing committee |
| Canadian Relations | Select | 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 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 | Standing | 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 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., on 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 1846.; Select committee expired |
| 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 | Standing | April 18, 1921 | January 2, 1947 | Replaced by Post Office and Civil Service |
| Civil Service and Retrenchment | Standing | 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 missing] |
| Claims | Standing | 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 | Standing | December 15, 1899 | April 18, 1921 | [data missing] |
| Coast Defenses | Standing | March 13, 1885 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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 | Standing | December 12, 1825 | January 2, 1947 | Transferred to Interstate and Foreign Commerce Restored in 1961 |
| Commerce | Standing | April 13, 1961 | February 11, 1977 | Replaced by Commerce, Science and Transportation |
| Commerce and Manufactures | Standing | 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 |
| Compensation of Senate Employees | Select | January 6, 1954 | [data missing] | 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 | Standing | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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. Considered various bills related to confiscation of property.; Select committee expired |
| Constitution of the State of Alabama | Select | December 6, 1819 | May 15, 1820 | [data missing] |
| Constitution of the State of Arkansas | Select | March 14, 1835 | July 4, 1836 | [data 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia | Select | March 19, 1896 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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 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 | Standing | 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 | [data missing] | [data missing] | Select committee expired |
| Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments | Standing | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | Byrd first lists it in December 1903. Preceded by the Examination and Disposition of Documents |
| 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | January 28, 1869 | February 14, 1870 | Renamed Education and Labor |
| Education and Labor | Standing | 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 | Standing | 1936 | 1941 | Also known as the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee or La Follette Committee |
| Education and Labor Subcommittee on Wartime Health and Education | Standing | 1943 | 1946 | |
| 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 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 missing] |
| Engrossed Bills | Standing | March 9, 1875 | April 18, 1921 | [data missing] |
| Enrolled Bills | Standing | 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Epidemic Diseases | Select | 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Establish a University of the United States | Select | March 19, 1896 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Examine the Several Branches in Civil Service | Select | 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture | Select | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Department of Commerce | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 |
| Expenditures in Executive Departments | Standing | 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Expenditures in the Interior Department | Select | 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Expenditures in the Department of Justice | Select | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Department of Labor | Standing | 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Expenditures in the Navy Department | Select | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Post Office Department | Standing | December 22, 1909 | April 21, 1921 | Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments |
| Expenditures of Public Money | Standing | January 21, 1884 | 1889 | [data missing] |
| Expenditures in the Department of State | Select | December 17, 1907 | March 22, 1909 | Preceded by Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of the Executive Departments Became a standing committee |
| Expenditures in the Department of State | Select | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the Treasury Department | Select | December 17, 1907 | December 22, 1909 | Became a standing committee |
| Expenditures in the Treasury Department | Select | December 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | Merged with Expenditures in Executive Departments |
| Expenditures in the War Department | Select | December 17, 1907 | December 22, 1909 | Became a standing committee |
| Expenditures in the War Department | Select | 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: Investigate 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 missing] |
| Fiscal Corporation of the United States | Select | August 24, 1841 | February 21, 1842 | Select committee expired |
| Fisheries | Standing | January 11, 1884 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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 | Became a standing committee |
| Five Civilized Tribes of Indians | Select | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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 | Select | 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 | Standing | 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 |
| French Spoliations | Select | December 18, 1845 | March 3, 1847 | French Spoliations prior to 1800 |
| French Spoliations | Select | January 9, 1850 | August 7, 1854 | French Spoliations prior to 1801 |
| French Spoliations | Select | January 5, 1858 | June 11, 1860 | French Spoliation claims |
| Fuel Situation in the Middle West | Special | December 15, 1942 | October 5, 1943 | [data missing] |
| Fuels in the Areas West of the Mississippi | Special | December 15, 1942 | August 2, 1946 | [data missing] |
| Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages | Special | August 28, 1941 | December 19, 1944 | [data 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 |
| Geological Survey | Select | 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | July 27, 1921 | June 26, 1922 | [data 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 |
| Harpers Ferry Invasion | Select | July 25, 1861 | April 18, 1862 | [data 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. Racially-tinged letter written to journalist Sam H. Reading on October 15, 1929. |
| 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | December 12, 1889 | January 2, 1947 | Transferred to Judiciary |
| Immigration and Naturalization | Select | December 20, 1889 | August 18, 1893 | Became a standing committee |
| Immigration and Naturalization | Select | August 18, 1893 | January 2, 1947 | Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine |
| 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 Committee 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 missing] |
| Indian Affairs | Standing | January 3, 1820 | January 2, 1947 | Transferred to Committee on Public Lands |
| Indian Affairs | Standing | 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 |
| Indian Depredations | Standing | 1889 | April 18, 1921 | Superseded by a select committee |
| Irrigation and Reclamation | Standing | February 14, 1889 | December 16, 1891 | Official title: Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands Became a standing committee |
| Irrigation and Reclamation | Standing | 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 |
| Indian Territory | Select | 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 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 | Standing | December 15, 1899 | January 2, 1947 | Transferred to Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Interstate and Foreign Commerce | Standing | January 2, 1947 | April 13, 1961 | Renamed Commerce |
| Interstate Commerce | Select | March 17, 1885 | January 18, 1886 | Became a standing committee |
| Interstate Commerce | Select | 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 | Standing | December 14, 1871 | March 3, 1873 | [data missing] |
| Irrigation and Reclamation | Standing | February 14, 1889 | December 16, 1891 | Official title: Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands Became a standing committee |
| Irrigation and Reclamation | Standing | December 16, 1891 | January 2, 1947 | [data missing] |
| Labor and Human Resources | Standing | March 7, 1979 | January 19, 1999 | Renamed Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
| Labor and Public Welfare | Standing | 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 missing] |
| Library | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 Joseph McCarthy was intercepted or reviewed by anyone to determine either the contents or the identify of correspondents. |
| Contested Election of 1850 | Standing | December 1, 1851 | August 21, 1852 | Contested election of Stephen R. Mallory by David L. Yulee |
| Manufactures | Standing | February 10, 1825 | March 3, 1855 | [data missing] |
| Manufactures | Standing | 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 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 | Standing | January 11, 1882 | August 8, 1882 | [data 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 |
| Mexican Boundary Commission | Select | 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 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | December 10, 1816 | December 16, 1857 | Merged with Military Affairs |
| Mines and Mining | Standing | 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 | Standing | March 19, 1879 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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 | Select | March 31, 1876 | August 7, 1876 | [data 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 missing] |
| National Banks | Select | May 24, 1866 | July 28, 1866 | Restored in 1892 as Failed National Banks |
| National Banks | Select | March 15, 1893 | March 22, 1909 | Renamed from Failed National Banks Became a standing committee |
| National Banks | Select | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | [data missing] |
| National Fuels Study | Special | September 11, 1961 | April 12, 1962 | [data 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 | Standing | December 10, 1810 | March 3, 1817 | [data missing] |
| National Water Resources | Select | April 20, 1959 | January 30, 1961 | Select committee expired |
| Naval Affairs | Standing | 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 missing] |
| Ohio-Michigan Boundary | Select | December 14, 1831 | March 20, 1832 | Select committee expired |
| Ohio-Michigan Boundary | Select | December 22, 1835 | July 4, 1836 | [data 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 |
| 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 | Special | December 1945 | March 4, 1946 | Consisted of the Senate members of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress |
| Organization of Congress | Special | August 26, 1966 | October 14, 1968 | Operated concurrently with the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress |
| Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce | Special | 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 | Standing | December 15, 1899 | February 5, 1920 | Renamed Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands |
| Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands | Standing | February 5, 1920 | April 18, 1921 | [data missing] |
| Pacific Railroad (1861–1873) | Select | January 4, 1854 | December 22, 1863 | Became a standing committee in 1863 |
| Pacific Railroad (1861–1873) | Select | December 22, 1863 | March 12, 1873 | Replaced by Railroads |
| Pacific Railroads | Standing | 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 missing] |
| Patent Office | Select | December 31, 1835 | April 28, 1836 | Replaced by Patents and the Patent Office |
| Patents | Standing | March 8, 1869 | January 2, 1947 | Duties moved to United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine |
| Patents and the Patent Office | Standing | 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 | Standing | December 10, 1816 | January 2, 1947 | [data missing] |
| Petroleum Resources | Special | March 13, 1944 | January 31, 1947 | [data missing] |
| Philippines | Standing | 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 missing] |
| Post Office and Civil Service | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 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 missing] |
| Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures | Special | June 13, 1934 | January 10, 1935 | [data 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 missing] |
| President's Message Refusing to Furnish a Paper to Senate | Select | December 19, 1833 | June 30, 1834 | Select committee expired |
| Printing | Standing | 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 | Standing | December 26, 1826 | April 18, 1921 | Merged with Committee on Claims |
| Privileges and Elections | Standing | 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 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 | Standing | 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 | Standing | March 22, 1909 | March 3, 1911 | [data missing] |
| Public Health and National Quarantine | Standing | March 19, 1896 | April 18, 1921 | Preceded by Epidemic Diseases |
| Public Lands | Standing | December 10, 1816 | April 18, 1921 | Renamed Public Lands and Surveys |
| Public Lands | Standing | January 2, 1947 | January 28, 1948 | Restored in 1947 Renamed Interior and Insular Affairs |
| Public Lands and Surveys | Standing | April 18, 1921 | January 2, 1947 | Renamed Public Lands |
| Public Works | Standing | 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 | Standing | 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 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 | Standing | December 9, 1844 | March 12, 1873 | [data missing] |
| Revenue Collections in North Carolina | Special | March 2, 1882 | February 12, 1883 | [data missing] |
| Revision of the Laws | Standing | March 8, 1869 | January 14, 1928 | [data missing] |
| Revolutionary Claims | Standing | 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 | Select | February 8, 1820 | January 18, 1830 | Became a standing committee |
| Roads and Canals | Select | January 18, 1830 | March 3, 1857 | [data missing] |
| Letter of Mr. Ruggles | Select | February 22, 1838 | April 12, 1838 | Select committee expired |
| Rules | Standing | December 3, 1867 | June 23, 1874 | Official title: Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate Became a standing committee |
| Rules | Standing | 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) | Select | March 31, 1976 | February 11, 1977 | [data missing] |
| Senate Committee System (Temporary Select) | Select | June 6, 1984 | December 14, 1984 | [data missing] |
| Senate Reception Room | Special | August 2, 1955 | May 1, 1957 | [data 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 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 | Select | December 18, 1901 | March 22, 1909 | Became a standing committee |
| Standards, Weights, and Measures | Select | March 22, 1909 | April 18, 1921 | Preceded by a select committee |
| Small Business Enterprises(Special) | Special | October 8, 1940 | February 20, 1950 | Also known as Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business Replaced by Small Business |
| 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 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 missing] |
| Termination National Emergency | Special | January 6, 1973 | December 20, 1974 | [data missing] |
| Territories | Standing | March 25, 1844 | April 18, 1921 | Renamed Territories and Insular Possessions |
| Territories and Insular Possessions | Standing | April 18, 1921 | June 17, 1929 | Renamed Territorial and Insular Affairs |
| Territorial and Insular Affairs | Standing | June 17, 1929 | January 2, 1947 | Replaced by Interior and Insular Affairs |
| Third Degree Ordeal | Standing | April 30, 1910 | August 4, 1911 | [data 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 | Select | December 16, 1872 | March 19, 1879 | Became a standing committee |
| Transportation Routes to the Seaboard | Select | March 19, 1879 | April 18, 1921 | [data 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 missing] |
| Unemployment Insurance | Standing | February 28, 1931 | 1932 | [data missing] |
| Unemployment Problems | Special | September 12, 1959 | March 30, 1960 | [data 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 | |

## Defunct joint committees

| Committee | Type | Established | Terminated | Notes |
| Alcohol in the Arts | Select | June 3, 1896 | December 17, 1897 | [data missing] |
| Amending the Constitution on Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections | Standing | January 30, 1854 | August 7, 1854 | [data missing] |
| American Shipbuilding | Select | August 7, 1882 | December 15, 1882 | [data missing] |
| Armor Plant Costs | Special | June 30, 1914 | February 24, 1915 | [data missing] |
| Atomic Energy | Standing | August 1, 1946 | September 30, 1977 | Preceded by the Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy. |
| United States Congressional Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Bicentennial | Standing | September 5, 1975 | October 1, 1976 | [data missing] |
| Aviation Policy Board | Standing | July 30, 1947 | December 31, 1948 | Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine |
| Banking and Currency | Standing | March 4, 1923 | March 3, 1925 | [data missing] |
| Budget Control | Standing | December 7, 1880 | August 8, 1882 | [data missing] |
| Centennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone, Celebrate the | Standing | August 17, 1893 | August 28, 1894 | [data missing] |
| Centennial of the Telegraph, Commemorate the | Standing | 1943 | 1945 | 78th Congress. |
| Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Investigate | Standing | June 11, 1896 | March 28, 1898 | [data missing] |
| United States Congressional Joint Committee on Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Dedication of | Standing | February 9, 1895 | March 26, 1896 | [data missing] |
| Chinese Immigration, Investigate | Standing | July 17, 1876 | February 27, 1877 | [data missing] |
| Civil Service Retirement Act | Standing | 1925 | 1927 | 69th Congress. |
| Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Inquire into the | Standing | April 10, 1871 | February 19, 1872 | Investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. Archived 2017-07-20 at the Wayback Machine |
| Condition of the States which Formed the So-Called Confederate States, Inquire into the | Standing | December 13, 1865 | June 8, 1866 | American Civil War. Archived 2017-07-20 at the Wayback Machine |
| Conditions in Alaska, Investigation of | Standing | March 4, 1911 | April 4, 1911 | [data missing] |
| Conditions of Indian Tribes | Special | March 3, 1865 | January 26, 1867 | Committee expired after releasing report. |
| Conduct of the War | Standing | December 10, 1861 | June 20, 1865 | American Civil War. Archived 2017-07-20 at the Wayback Machine |
| Congressional Operations | Standing | October 26, 1970 | February 11, 1977 | Functions transferred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration |
| Congressional Salaries, Investigate | Standing | March 4, 1923 | May 1, 1924 | [data missing] |
| Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian | Standing | June 28, 1955 | September 15, 1965 | [data missing] |
| Control of Aircraft for Seacoast Defense, Investigate | Standing | March 4, 1929 | March 3, 1931 | [data missing] |
| Defense Production | Standing | September 8, 1950 | February 11, 1977 | [data missing] |
| Deficit Reduction | Select | August 2, 2011 | November 21, 2011 | [data missing] |
| Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners | Standing | March 2, 1923 | December 3, 1923 | [data missing] |
| Dirigible Disasters, Investigate | Standing | April 20, 1933 | June 14, 1933 | [data missing] |
| Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers | Standing | February 16, 1889 | July 7, 1943 | Renamed the Joint Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers. |
| Joint Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers | Standing | July 7, 1943 | June 23, 1970 | [data missing] |
| District of Columbia, to Inquire into the Affairs of the | Standing | February 5, 1874 | June 16, 1874 | [data missing] |
| District of Columbia Public Parks | Standing | June 30, 1906 | January 15, 1907 | [data missing] |
| Economic Report | Standing | February 20, 1946 | June 18, 1956 | Renamed the Joint Economic Committee. |
| Enrolled Bills | Standing | July 27, 1789 | August 14, 1876 | Divided into the House Committee on Enrolled Bills and the Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills. |
| Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly | Standing | August 19, 1940 | October 27, 1941 | [data missing] |
| Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia and the United States (1915) | March 3, 1915 | January 6, 1916 | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia and the United States (1922) | June 29, 1922 | February 24, 1923 | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads | Standing | August 24, 1912 | November 25, 1914 | [data missing] |
| Federal Reserve System | Standing | March 4, 1923 | March 3, 1925 | [data missing] |
| Ford's Theater Disaster | Standing | August 18, 1894 | February 25, 1897 | Preceded by the Senate Select Committee on the Ford Theater Disaster. |
| Foreign Economic Cooperation | Standing | April 3, 1948 | March 3, 1950 | [data missing] |
| Forestry | Standing | June 14, 1938 | March 23, 1941 | [data missing] |
| General Parcel Post, to Investigate | Standing | August 24, 1912 | February 12, 1915 | [data missing] |
| Government for the District of Columbia, to Frame a Form of | Standing | August 14, 1876 | January 11, 1877 | [data missing] |
| Government Organization | Standing | February 3, 1937 | August 21, 1937 | [data missing] |
| Harriman Geographic Code System | Standing | March 4, 1927 | February 7, 1929 | [data missing] |
| Hawaii | Standing | August 21, 1937 | February 15, 1938 | [data missing] |
| Housing | Standing | July 25, 1947 | March 15, 1948 | [data missing] |
| High Cost of Living | Standing | 1919 | 1921 | 66th Congress. |
| Immigration and Nationality Policy | Standing | June 27, 1952 | October 26, 1970 | [data missing] |
| Inaugurating Washington's Statue, Making Arrangement for | Standing | February 16, 1860 | February 25, 1860 | [data missing] |
| Inaugural Ceremonies | see note | see note | see note | Convened every four years after the quadrennial presidential election. |
| Interior Department and Forestry Service, to Investigate the | Standing | January 19, 1910 | March 4, 1911 | [data missing] |
| Internal Revenue Taxation | Standing | February 26, 1926 | October 4, 1976 | Renamed the Joint Committee on Taxation |
| Interstate Commerce | Standing | July 20, 1916 | March 3, 1919 | [data missing] |
| Interstate and Foreign Commerce | Standing | July 20, 1916 | March 3, 1919 | [data missing] |
| Labor Management Relations | Standing | June 23, 1947 | April 11, 1949 | [data missing] |
| Code of Laws for the District of Columbia (1832) | [data missing] | May 22, 1832 | February 14, 1833 | Preceded by the Joint Committee to Prepare a Code of Laws for the District of Columbia (1828) |
| Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, to Prepare a (1828) | [data missing] | February 5, 1828 | February 12, 1828 | [data missing] |
| Legislative Budget | Standing | January 2, 1947 | January 3, 1971 | [data missing] |
| Muscle Shoals | Standing | March 13, 1926 | June 21, 1926 | [data missing] |
| Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration | Standing | April 19, 1950 | January 6, 1973 | [data missing] |
| Naval Affairs | Standing | January 12, 1894 | August 28, 1894 | [data missing] |
| Naval Personnel | Standing | January 12, 1894 | March 3, 1895 | [data missing] |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants, Investigation of | Standing | June 5, 1924 | April 19, 1929 | [data missing] |
| Ordnance | Select | March 30, 1867 | February 25, 1869 | [data missing] |
| Organization of Congress (1946) | Special | December 15, 1944 | May 31, 1946 | Adoption of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 |
| Organization of Congress (1965) | Special | March 9, 1965 | June 28, 1966 | Adoption of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 |
| Organization of Congress (1991) | Special | August 6, 1992 | November 23, 1993 | Comprehensive reorganization bills never reached the House or Senate floor during the 103rd Congress, but most recommendations were implemented through the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 in the 104th Congress. |
| Pacific Coast Naval Bases | Standing | June 4, 1920 | December 31, 1920 | [data missing] |
| Pacific Islands, to Study | Standing | June 18, 1948 | December 31, 1948 | [data missing] |
| Pearl Harbor Attack, Investigation of the | Standing | September 11, 1945 | July 16, 1946 | [data missing] |
| Phosphate Resource of the United States, to Investigate | Standing | June 16, 1938 | January 16, 1941 | [data missing] |
| Police and Preservation of the Capital | Standing | December 12, 1825 | December 23, 1825 | [data missing] |
| Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail | Standing | August 24, 1912 | March 3, 1915 | [data missing] |
| Postal Salaries | Standing | February 28, 1919 | March 3, 1921 | [data missing] |
| Postal Service | Standing | April 24, 1920 | February 8, 1924 | [data missing] |
| Railroad Retirement Legislation | Standing | October 18, 1951 | January 9, 1953 | [data missing] |
| Safety of Roofs over Senate and House Wings of the Capitol, Investigate | Standing | January 13, 1821 | February 6, 1821 | [data missing] |
| Readjustment of Service Pay | Special | February 16, 1922 | March 22, 1922 | [data missing] |
| Reclassification of Salaries | Standing | March 1, 1919 | March 12, 1920 | [data missing] |
| Reconstruction | Standing | December 12, 1865 | March 3, 1867 | Succeeded by the House Select Committee on Reconstruction |
| Revision of the Laws | Standing | March 2, 1907 | March 15, 1910 | Separate from House and Senate committees of the same name |
| Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures | Standing | September 20, 1941 | July 12, 1974 | [data missing] |
| Reorganization | Standing | December 29, 1920 | June 3, 1924 | [data missing] |
| Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government | Standing | December 29, 1920 | June 3, 1924 | [data missing] |
| Reorganization of the Army | Standing | June 18, 1878 | December 12, 1878 | [data missing] |
| Reorganize the Civil Service in the Departments | Standing | February 1, 1869 | March 3, 1869 | [data missing] |
| Repairs and Furnishings of the Executive Mansion, to Examine the Accounts for | Standing | March 11, 1867 | November 10, 1868 | [data missing] |
| Retrenchment | Standing | July 19, 1866 | March 3, 1871 | [data missing] |
| Revise and Equalize the Pay of the Employees of Each House | Standing | March 6, 1867 | March 3, 1869 | [data missing] |
| Rural Credits | Standing | March 4, 1915 | January 4, 1916 | 64th Congress. |
| Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate and the House, to Investigate the | Standing | February 28, 1929 | June 14, 1929 | [data missing] |
| San Francisco Disaster | Standing | January 16, 1854 | February 16, 1854 | [data missing] |
| Scientific Bureaus | Standing | July 7, 1884 | June 8, 1886 | [data missing] |
| Second Class Mail Matter | Standing | June 26, 1906 | January 28, 1907 | [data missing] |
| Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service | Standing | August 24, 1912 | December 8, 1914 | [data missing] |
| Selective Service Deferments | Standing | April 8, 1943 | March 31, 1947 | [data missing] |
| Senate Chamber and Hall of the House of Representatives | Standing | May 10, 1864 | February 20, 1865 | [data missing] |
| Smithsonian Bequest | Standing | February 19, 1844 | August 10, 1846 | [data missing] |
| State, War and Navy Department Building | Standing | August 5, 1882 | March 3, 1883 | [data missing] |
| System of Shortime Rural Credits, to Investigate | Standing | May 31, 1920 | June 30, 1922 | [data missing] |
| Tax Evasion and Avoidance | Standing | June 11, 1937 | August 5, 1937 | 75th Congress. |
| Temporary National Economic Committee | [data missing] | June 16, 1938 | April 3, 1941 | The TNEC was established by a joint resolution of Congress (52 Stat. 705) to study monopolies and concentration of economic power. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Standing | April 5, 1938 | April 1, 1939 | [data missing] |
| Transfer of the Indian Bureau | Standing | June 18, 1878 | January 31, 1879 | [data missing] |
| Veterans' Affairs | Standing | June 30, 1932 | May 26, 1933 | Restored as House Committee on Veterans' Affairs in 1947 and Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs in 1970. |
| Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems | [data missing] | August 29, 1957 | August 23, 1960 | [data missing] |
| Washington Aqueduct Tunnel, to Investigate Work on the | Standing | October 9, 1888 | February 26, 1889 | [data missing] |