Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Committee Background
| Year Established |
1816 |
| Key Issues |
Oversight of the Department of Justice, including FBI; consideration of executive nominations, including Supreme Court nominations |
| Jurisdiction |
Apportionment of Representatives; civil liberties; bankruptcy, espionage, and counterfeiting; constitutional amendments; federal courts and judges; government information; immigration and naturalization; judicial proceedings; national penitentiaries; U.S. Patent Office; copyrights and trademarks; state and territorial boundary lines; interstate compacts; holidays and celebrations; revision and codification of U.S. Statutes; protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies |
Committee Leadership
Chair Charles Grassley (R - IA)
Chair
Ranking Mem. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA)
Ranking Member