United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

The **United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs** is the main oversight committee of the United States Senate. It focuses on issues related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns.  It was called the **United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs** before homeland security was added to its responsibilities in 2004.

## Infobox (u.s. congressional committee)

- **name**: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- **type**: standing
- **chamber**: senate
- **congress**: 119th
- **status**: active
- **formed**: October 9, 2004
- **succeeded**: Committee on the District of Columbia (1816)
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (1816)
Committee on Retrenchment (1842)
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments (1921)
Committee on Government Operations (1952)
Committee on Governmental Affairs (1978)
- **chair**: Rand Paul
- **chair party**: R
- **chair since**: January 3, 2025
- **ranking member**: Gary Peters
- **rm party**: D
- **rm since**: January 3, 2025
- **seats**: 15 members
- **majority1**: R
- **majority1 seats**: 8
- **minority1**: D
- **minority1 seats**: 7
- **policy areas**: Accounting standards, U.S. census, Census, Compliance audit, United States federal civil service, Federal civil service, Federal Protective Service (United States), Federal Protective Service, Federal Statistical System of the United States, Federal statistics, Financial audit, Freedom of information laws, Freedom of information, Government of the District of Columbia, Governmental accounting,  Homeland security, Mail, National archives, Nuclear security, Nuclear export policy, Presidential reorganization authority, Organization and reorganization of the executive branch of government, Performance audit, Government procurement in the United States, Public procurement, Records management, United States budget process
- **oversight**: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, United States Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Government Accountability Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, Office of E-Government & Information Technology, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Postal Regulatory Commission, United States Capitol Police, United States Census Bureau, United States Office of Management and Budget, United States Office of Personnel Management, United States Postal Service, United States Secret Service, Washington, D.C., White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
- **counterpart**: United States House Committee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Homeland Security, United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform, House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- **meeting place**: Dirksen Senate Office Building, 340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.
- **committee rules**: [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-116SPRT35039/pdf/CPRT-116SPRT35039.pdf Rules of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs]