98th United States Congress
# 98th United States Congress

The 98th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1983, to January 3, 1985, during the third and fourth years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1980 U.S. census.

The Republicans maintained control of the Senate, while the Democrats increased their majority in the House of Representatives from the 97th Congress.

## Major events

* February 24, 1983: A special commission of the Congress released a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
* March 23, 1983: President Ronald Reagan made his Strategic Defense Initiative proposal.
* April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy bombed in Beirut, killing 63 people.
* October 23, 1983: Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroyed both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians.
* October 25, 1983: United States troops invaded Grenada
* November 6, 1984:
   * 1984 United States presidential election: Re-election of Ronald Reagan
   * 1984 United States Senate elections: Republicans retained Senate, but lost 2 seats
   * 1984 United States House of Representatives elections: Democrats retained House, but lost 16 seats

## Major legislation

* April 20, 1983: Social Security Amendments of 1983, Pub. L. 98–21
* November 2, 1983: Martin Luther King Jr. Day law, Pub. L. 98–399
* July 17, 1984: Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98–365
* July 17, 1984: National Minimum Drinking Age Act, Pub. L. 98–363
* September 28, 1984: Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, Pub. L. 98–435
* October 12, 1984: Comprehensive Crime Control Act, Pub. L. 98–473, title II
* October 19, 1984: National Archives and Records Administration Act, Pub. L. 98–497
* October 19, 1984: Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98–499
* October 30, 1984: Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98–575

## Party summary

### Senate

| | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic (D) | Independent (I) | Republican (R) | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous congress | 46 | 1 | 53 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin | 46 | 0 | 54 | 100 | 0 |
| End | 45 | 0 | 55 | 100 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 45.0% | 0.0% | 55.0% | | |
| Beginning of next congress | 46 | 0 | 53 | 99 | 1 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic (D) | Republican (R) | Conservative (C) | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous congress | 242 | 191 | 1 | 434 | 1 |
| Begin | 269 | 164 | 1 | 434 | 1 |
| End | 267 | 166 | 1 | 434 | 1 |
| Final voting share | 61.5% | 38.2% | 0.2% | | |
| Beginning of next congress | 252 | 181 | 1 | 434 | 1 |

## Leadership

### Senate

* President: George H. W. Bush (R)
* President pro tempore: Strom Thurmond (R)

**Majority (Republican) leadership**

* Majority Leader: Howard Baker
* Majority Whip: Ted Stevens
* Republican Conference Chairman: James A. McClure
* Republican Conference Secretary: Jake Garn
* National Senatorial Committee Chair: Richard Lugar
* Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower

**Minority (Democratic) leadership**

* Minority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Robert Byrd
* Minority Whip: Alan Cranston
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Lloyd Bentsen

### House of Representatives

* Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)

**Majority (Democratic) leadership**

* Majority Leader: Jim Wright
* Majority Whip: Tom Foley
* Chief Deputy Majority Whip: William Vollie Alexander Jr.
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Gillis William Long
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Geraldine Ferraro
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tony Coelho

**Minority (Republican) leadership**

* Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
* Minority Whip: Trent Lott
* Chief Deputy Whip: Tom Loeffler
* Republican Conference Chairman: Jack Kemp
* Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Jack Edwards
* Republican Conference Secretary: Clair Burgener
* Policy Committee Chairman: Dick Cheney
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt

## Caucuses

* Congressional Arts Caucus
* Congressional Black Caucus
* Congressional Hispanic Caucus
* Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
* Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
* Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
* Congresswomen's Caucus
* House Democratic Caucus
* Senate Democratic Caucus

## Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.

### Senate

Senators are elected statewide every two years, with approximately one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1984; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1986; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1988.

## Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

### Senate

* Aging (Special) (Chair: H. John Heinz III)
* Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
   * Soil and Water Conservation, Forestry and Environment (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
   * Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
   * Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy)
   * Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
   * Rural Development, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
   * Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
   * Nutrition (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
* Appropriations (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
   * Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
   * Defense (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
   * District of Columbia (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
   * Energy and Water Development (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
   * Foreign Operations (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
   * HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
   * Interior (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd)
   * Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
   * Legislative Branch (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
   * Military Construction (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
   * Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
   * Transportation (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
   * Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
* Armed Services (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
   * Military Construction (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
   * Tactical Warfare (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
   * Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
   * Preparedness (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey); Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
   * Sea Power and Force Projection (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
   * Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
* Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
   * Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
   * Financial Institutions (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
   * International Finance and Monetary Policy (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
   * Securities (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
   * Economic Policy (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
   * Consumer Affairs (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
   * Rural Housing and Development (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
   * Insurance (Chair: Chic Hecht; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
   * Federal Credit Programs (Chair: Paul S. Trible Jr.; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
* Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
* Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
   * Aviation (Chair: Nancy Landon Kassebaum; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
   * Business, Trade and Tourism (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
   * Communications (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
   * Consumer (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
   * Merchant Marine (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
   * Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
   * Surface Transportation (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
   * National Ocean Policy Study (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
* Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
   * Energy Conservation and Supply (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
   * Energy and Mineral Resources (Chair: John Warner; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
   * Energy Regulation (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
   * Energy Research and Development (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
   * Public Lands and Reserved Water (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
   * Water and Power (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
* Environment and Public Works (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
   * Environmental Pollution (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
   * Nuclear Regulation (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Gary W. Hart)
   * Water Resources (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
   * Transportation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
   * Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
   * Regional and Community Development (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Quentin Burdick)
* Ethics (Select) (Chair: Ted Stevens; Vice Chair: Howell Heflin)
* Finance (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
   * Taxation and Debt Management (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
   * International Trade (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
   * Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
   * Economic Growth, Employment and Revenue (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
   * Energy and Agricultural Taxation (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
   * Health (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
   * Social Security and Income Maintenance Programs (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
   * Estate and Gift Taxation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
   * Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
* Foreign Relations (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
   * International Economic Policy (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
   * African Affairs (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
   * East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Frank Murkowski; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
   * Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
   * Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
   * Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
   * European Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
* Governmental Affairs (Chair: William V. Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
   * Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
   * Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
   * Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
   * Information Management and Regulatory Affairs (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
   * Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
   * Civil Service, Post Office and General Services (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Jeff Bingaman)
   * Oversight of Government Management (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
* Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Mark Andrews)
* Judiciary (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
   * Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Howard Metzenbaum)
   * Criminal Law (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
   * Constitution (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
   * Courts (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
   * Immigration and Refugee Policy (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
   * Separation of Powers (Chair: John P. East; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
   * Administration Practice and Procedure (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
   * Security and Terrorism (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
   * Juvenile Justice (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
* Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
* Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
   * Labor (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
   * Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair: Robert T. Stafford; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
   * Employment and Productivity (Chair: Dan Quayle; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
   * Handicapped (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
   * Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Spark M. Matsunaga)
   * Aging (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
   * Family and Human Services (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
* Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: [data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member: [data unknown/missing])
* Rules and Administration (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Wendell Ford)
* Senate Committee System (Special) (Chair: [data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member: [data unknown/missing])
* Small Business (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
   * Capital Formation and Detention (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
   * Government Regulation and Paperwork (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
   * Urban and Rural Economic Development (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
   * Government Procurement (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
   * Productivity and Competition (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
   * Innovation and Technology (Chair: Warren Rudman; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
   * Export Promotion and Market Development (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
   * Small Business Family Farm (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
   * Entrepreneurship and Special Problems Facing Small Business (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
* Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
* Whole

### House of Representatives

* Aging (Select) (Chair: Edward R. Roybal)
* Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
   * Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
   * Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
   * Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
   * Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
   * Conservation Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
   * Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: George E. Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
   * Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Leon E. Panetta; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
   * Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Charles Whitley; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
* Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
   * Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
   * Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien)
   * Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards)
   * District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
   * Energy and Water Development (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
   * Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence D. Long; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
   * HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
   * Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
   * Labor-Health and Human Services (Chair: William Huston Natcher; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
   * Legislative (Chair: Vic Fazio; Ranking Member: Jerry Lewis)
   * Military Construction (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
   * Transportation (Chair: William Lehman; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
   * Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Miller)
* Armed Services (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
   * Research and Development (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
   * Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles Edward Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
   * Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
   * Investigations (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
   * Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
   * Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
   * Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
* Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
   * Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
   * Housing and Community Development (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
   * General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
   * Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Ron Paul)
   * International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Jerry M. Patterson; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
   * Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
   * International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
   * Economic Stabilization (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway)
* Budget (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
   * Capital Resources and Development (Chair: Tim Wirth; Ranking Member: Bobbi Fiedler)
   * Energy and Technology (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Tom Loeffler)
   * Budget Process (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
   * Education and Employment (Chair: Dick Gephardt; Ranking Member: Lynn Morley Martin)
   * Federalism/State-Local Relations (Chair: Bill Nelson; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
   * Economic Policy and Growth (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: Ed Bethune)
   * Tax Policy (Chair: Thomas J. Downey; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
   * Entitlements, Uncontrollables and Indexing (Chair: Brian J. Donnelly; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm)
   * International Finance and Trade (Chair: Mike Lowry; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
* Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair: George Miller)
* District of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
   * Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
   * Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs (Chair: William H. Gray III; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
   * Judiciary and Education (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.)
* Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins, then Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
   * Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
   * Employment Opportunities (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
   * Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
   * Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
   * Human Resources (Chair: Ike Andrews; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
   * Postsecondary Education (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
   * Labor Standards (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
   * Select Education (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Steve Bartlett)
* Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
   * Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
   * Energy Conservation and Power (Chair: Richard L. Ottinger; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
   * Health and the Environment (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
   * Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Tim Wirth; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
   * Fossil and Synthetic Fuels (Chair: Philip Sharp; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
   * Commerce, Transportation and Tourism (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
* Foreign Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki, then Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
   * International Security and Scientific Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
   * International Operations (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
   * Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
   * Human Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
   * Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
   * International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Don Bonker; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
   * Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
   * Africa (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
* Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
   * Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
   * Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Raymond J. McGrath)
   * Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
   * Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Ted Weiss; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
   * Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
   * Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Doug Barnard Jr.; Ranking Member: Judd Gregg)
   * Manpower and Housing (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: John R. McKernan Jr.)
* House Administration (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins, then Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
   * Accounts (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham)
   * Contracts and Printing (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
   * Services (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
   * Office Systems (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
   * Personnel and Police (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Rod Chandler)
* Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
   * Energy and the Environment (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
   * Water and Power Resources (Chair: Abraham Kazen Jr.; Ranking Member: Dick Cheney)
   * Public Lands and National Lands (Chair: John F. Seiberling; Ranking Member: Don Young)
   * Insular Affairs (Chair: Antonio Borja Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
   * Mining, Forest Management and Bonneville Power Administration (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
   * Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
* Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
   * Immigration (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Dan Lungren)
   * Courts (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
   * Monopolies (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
   * Administrative Law (Chair: Sam B. Hall Jr.; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
   * Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
   * Crime (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: Harold Sawyer)
   * Criminal Justice (Chair: John Conyers Jr.; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
* Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
   * Merchant Marine (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
   * Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John B. Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
   * Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
   * Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff (Chair: Carroll Hubbard Jr.; Ranking Member: William Carney)
   * Oceangraphy (Chair: Norman D'Amours; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
* Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Charles Rangel)
* Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
   * Investigations (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
   * Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
   * Civil Service (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
   * Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
   * Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Frank R. Wolf)
   * Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: William Dannemeyer)
   * Human Resources (Chair: Donald J. Albosta; Ranking Member: Dan Crane)
* Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
   * Aviation (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
   * Economic Development (Chair: James L. Oberstar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.)
   * Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: Guy Molinari)
   * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Robert A. Young; Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw Jr.)
   * Surface Transportation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
   * Water Resources (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
* Rules (Chair: Claude Pepper; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
   * The Legislative Process (Chair: Gillis W. Long; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
   * Rules of the House (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
* Science and Technology (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
   * Energy Development and Applications (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
   * Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
   * Energy Research and Production (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
   * Science, Research and Technology (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Judd Gregg)
   * Transportation, Aviation and Materials (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: William Carney)
   * Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
   * Space Science and Applications (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
* Small Business (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
   * SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and General Small Business Problems (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
   * General Oversight and the Economy (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
   * Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Business (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Vin Weber)
   * Energy, Environment and Safety Issues affecting Small Business (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
   * Tax, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
   * Export Opportunities and Special Small Business Problems (Chair: Andy Ireland; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
* Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence)
* Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
   * Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
   * Hospitals and Health Care (Chair: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
   * Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
   * Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Bob McEwen)
   * Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Richard Shelby; Ranking Member: Chris Smith)
* Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Barber Conable Jr.)
   * Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
   * Social Security (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
   * Oversight (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: James G. Martin)
   * Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: John J. Duncan)
   * Health (Chair: Andrew Jacobs Jr.; Ranking Member: W. Henson Moore)
   * Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair: Harold Ford Jr.; Ranking Member: Carroll Campbell Jr.)
* Whole

### Joint committees

* Economic (Chair: Sen. Roger W. Jepsen; Vice Chair: Rep. Lee H. Hamilton)
* Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen. Bob Dole)
* The Library (Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias; Vice Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins)
* Printing (Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins; Vice Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias)

## Employees

### Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary
* Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
* Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin, until August 31, 1983
   * Rudolph G. Penner, from September 1, 1983
* Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
* Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer Jr., until 1984
   * Ralph E. Kennickell Jr., from 1984

### Senate

* Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)
* Curator: James R. Ketchum
* Historian: Richard A. Baker
* Parliamentarian: Bob Dove
* Secretary: William Hildenbrand
* Librarian: Roger K. Haley
* Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene Jr.
* Secretary for the Minority: Patrick J. Griffin
* Sergeant at Arms: Howard S. Liebengood, until September 13, 1983
   * Larry E. Smith, from September 13, 1983

### House of Representatives

* Chaplain: James David Ford (Lutheran)
* Clerk: Benjamin J. Guthrie
* Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
* Historian: Ray Smock, from 1983
* Parliamentarian: William H. Brown
* Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (D) and Bob Berry (R)
* Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
* Sergeant at Arms: Jack Russ
