Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

House Votes

This measure sets the leaders who will chair the House’s standing committees so the chamber can organize its work for the new session . It elects chairs for committees including Agriculture, Appropriations, Armed Services, Budget, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Judiciary, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans’ Affairs, and Ways and Means . Lawmakers and committee staff are directly affected because these selections determine who runs each committee’s agenda and daily operations, and communities feel the impact through the topics these committees cover, such as farming, defense, education, science, small business, transportation, veterans’ services, and taxes . The resolution’s purpose is to formally establish committee leadership so oversight and lawmaking in these areas can proceed in an orderly way . The documents do not mention any costs or funding related to this action .