The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. It was created at the beginning of the 113th Congress. It was previously known as the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
Jurisdiction (1) Federal court jurisdiction, administration and management; (2) Rules of evidence and procedure; (3) Creation of new courts and judgeships; (4) Bankruptcy; (5) Legal reform and liability issues; (6) Local courts in territories and possessions; (7) Administrative practices and procedures including agency rulemaking and adjudication; (8) Judicial review of agency action; (9) Third party enforcement of federal rights; (10) Oversight of the Department of Justice grant programs, as well as government waste and abuse; (11) private relief bills other than immigration; and (12) Oversight of the Foreign Claims Settlement Act.
Members, 119th Congress MajorityMinority Ted Cruz, Texas, Chair Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Mike Lee, Utah Thom Tillis, North Carolina John Kennedy, Louisiana Eric Schmitt, Missouri Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Alex Padilla, California Peter Welch, Vermont
Historical subcommittee rosters 118th Congress MajorityMinority Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, Chair Dianne Feinstein, California (until September 29, 2023) Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Cory Booker, New Jersey Alex Padilla, California Peter Welch, Vermont Laphonza Butler, California (from October 17, 2023) John Kennedy, Louisiana, Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, Iowa Mike Lee, Utah Ted Cruz, Texas Josh Hawley, Missouri Thom Tillis, North Carolina 117th Congress MajorityMinority Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, Chair Patrick Leahy, Vermont Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Cory Booker, New Jersey Alex Padilla, California Jon Ossoff, Georgia John Kennedy, Louisiana, Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Mike Lee, Utah Ted Cruz, Texas Ben Sasse, Nebraska Thom Tillis, North Carolina
116th Congress
MajorityMinority Ben Sasse, Nebraska, Chair Chuck Grassley, Iowa Mike Crapo, Idaho John Neely Kennedy, Louisiana Joni Ernst, Iowa Thom Tillis, North Carolina Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, Vermont Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
References
External links Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, official site