96th United States Congress

The 96th 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, 1979, to January 3, 1981, during the last two years of Jimmy Carter's presidency.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 census.

Both chambers retained a Democratic majority (though downgraded from the supermajority status in the previous Congress), and with President Carter, maintained an overall federal government trifecta. This is the last Congress in which the Democrats retained a trifecta for more than one term.

This is the most recent Congress to feature a Democratic senator from Idaho, Frank Church, who lost re-election in 1980.

Major events

 * March 28, 1979: Partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island
 * July 11, 1979: Skylab began its return to Earth
 * November 4, 1979: Iran hostage crisis began
 * 1979 energy crisis
 * February 2, 1980: Abscam became public
 * April 7, 1980: End of Iran-United States diplomatic relations
 * May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens erupted
 * 1980 United States heat wave
 * November 4, 1980: United States elections: Reagan/Bush defeated Carter/Mondale. Republicans gain control of the Senate; the first time Republicans gain control of either chamber since 1954.

Major legislation

 * April 10, 1979: Taiwan Relations Act,
 * September 9, 1979: Panama Canal Act of 1979, ,
 * October 17, 1979: Department of Education Organization Act, ,
 * March 17, 1980: Refugee Act, ,
 * September 19, 1980: Regulatory Flexibility Act, ,
 * September 29, 1980: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, ,
 * October 14, 1980: Staggers Rail Act of 1980, ,
 * October 15, 1980: Classified Information Procedures Act, ,
 * December 2, 1980: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, ,
 * December 11, 1980: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), ,
 * December 11, 1980: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, ,
 * December 12, 1980: Defense Officer Personnel Management Act,
 * December 12, 1980: Bayh–Dole Act, ,
 * December 22, 1980: Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980, ,

House of Representatives
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Senate

 * President: Walter Mondale (D)
 * President pro tempore: Warren Magnuson (D)
 * Milton Young (R), for just for one day: December 5, 1980

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Robert Byrd
 * Majority Whip: Alan Cranston
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Wendell Ford

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Howard Baker
 * Minority Whip: Ted Stevens
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Bob Packwood
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Jake Garn
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: John Heinz
 * Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Jim Wright
 * Majority Whip: John Brademas
 * Chief Deputy Majority Whip: Dan Rostenkowski
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Tom Foley
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Shirley Chisholm
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James C. Corman

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: John Jacob Rhodes
 * Minority Whip: Robert H. Michel
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Samuel L. Devine
 * Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Jack Edwards
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Clair Burgener
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Bud Shuster
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt

Caucuses

 * Congressional Black Caucus
 * Congressional Hispanic Caucus
 * Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
 * Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
 * House Democratic Caucus
 * Senate Democratic Caucus

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1980; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1984.

Alabama

 * 2. Howell Heflin (D)
 * 3. Donald Stewart (D), until January 2, 1981
 * Jeremiah Denton (R), from January 2, 1981

Alaska

 * 2. Ted Stevens (R)
 * 3. Mike Gravel (D)

Arizona

 * 1. Dennis DeConcini (D)
 * 3. Barry Goldwater (R)

Arkansas

 * 2. David Pryor (D)
 * 3. Dale Bumpers (D)

California

 * 1. S. I. Hayakawa (R)
 * 3. Alan Cranston (D)

Colorado

 * 2. William L. Armstrong (R)
 * 3. Gary Hart (D)

Connecticut

 * 1. Lowell Weicker (R)
 * 3. Abraham Ribicoff (D)

Delaware

 * 1. William Roth (R)
 * 2. Joe Biden (D)

Florida

 * 1. Lawton Chiles (D)
 * 3. Richard Stone (D), until December 30, 1980
 * Paula Hawkins (R), from January 1, 1981

Georgia

 * 2. Sam Nunn (D)
 * 3. Herman Talmadge (D)

Hawaii

 * 1. Spark Matsunaga (D)
 * 3. Daniel Inouye (D)

Idaho

 * 2. James A. McClure (R)
 * 3. Frank Church (D)

Illinois

 * 2. Charles H. Percy (R)
 * 3. Adlai Stevenson III (D)

Indiana

 * 1. Richard Lugar (R)
 * 3. Birch Bayh (D)

Iowa

 * 2. Roger Jepsen (R)
 * 3. John Culver (D)

Kansas

 * 2. Nancy Kassebaum (R)
 * 3. Bob Dole (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. Walter Dee Huddleston (D)
 * 3. Wendell Ford (D)

Louisiana

 * 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D)
 * 3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

 * 1. Edmund Muskie (D), until May 7, 1980
 * George J. Mitchell (D), from May 19, 1980
 * 2. William Cohen (R)

Maryland

 * 1. Paul Sarbanes (D)
 * 3. Charles Mathias (R)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Ted Kennedy (D)
 * 2. Paul Tsongas (D)

Michigan

 * 1. Donald Riegle (D)
 * 2. Carl Levin (D)

Minnesota

 * 1. David Durenberger (R)
 * 2. Rudy Boschwitz (R)

Mississippi

 * 1. John C. Stennis (D)
 * 2. Thad Cochran (R)

Missouri

 * 1. John Danforth (R)
 * 3. Thomas Eagleton (D)

Montana

 * 1. John Melcher (D)
 * 2. Max Baucus (D)

Nebraska

 * 1. Edward Zorinsky (D)
 * 2. J. James Exon (D)

Nevada

 * 1. Howard Cannon (D)
 * 3. Paul Laxalt (R)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R)
 * 3. John A. Durkin (D), until December 29, 1980
 * Warren Rudman (R), from December 29, 1980

New Jersey

 * 1. Harrison A. Williams (D)
 * 2. Bill Bradley (D)

New Mexico

 * 1. Harrison Schmitt (R)
 * 2. Pete Domenici (R)

New York

 * 1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)
 * 3. Jacob Javits (R)

North Carolina

 * 2. Jesse Helms (R)
 * 3. Robert Burren Morgan (D)

North Dakota

 * 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)
 * 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

 * 1. Howard Metzenbaum (D)
 * 3. John Glenn (D)

Oklahoma

 * 2. David Boren (D)
 * 3. Henry Bellmon (R)

Oregon

 * 2. Mark Hatfield (R)
 * 3. Bob Packwood (R)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. John Heinz (R)
 * 3. Richard Schweiker (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. John Chafee (R)
 * 2. Claiborne Pell (D)

South Carolina

 * 2. Strom Thurmond (R)
 * 3. Fritz Hollings (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. Larry Pressler (R)
 * 3. George McGovern (D)

Tennessee

 * 1. Jim Sasser (D)
 * 2. Howard Baker (R)

Texas

 * 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D)
 * 2. John Tower (R)

Utah

 * 1. Orrin Hatch (R)
 * 3. Jake Garn (R)

Vermont

 * 1. Robert Stafford (R)
 * 3. Patrick Leahy (D)

Virginia

 * 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I)
 * 2. John Warner (R)

Washington

 * 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)
 * 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

 * 1. Robert Byrd (D)
 * 2. Jennings Randolph (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. William Proxmire (D)
 * 3. Gaylord Nelson (D)

Wyoming

 * 1. Malcolm Wallop (R)
 * 2. Alan Simpson (R)



House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama
(4–3 Democratic)
 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Jack Edwards (R)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. William Louis Dickinson (R)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Bill Nichols (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Tom Bevill (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Ronnie Flippo (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Richard Shelby (D)

Alaska
(1 Republican)
 * Alaska's at-large congressional district. Don Young (R)

Arizona
(2–2 split)
 * Arizona's 1st congressional district. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
 * Arizona's 2nd congressional district. Mo Udall (D)
 * Arizona's 3rd congressional district. Bob Stump (D)
 * Arizona's 4th congressional district. Eldon Rudd (R)

Arkansas
(2–2 split)
 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. Ed Bethune (R)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)

California
(25–18 Democratic)
 * California's 1st congressional district. Harold T. Johnson (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Donald H. Clausen (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Bob Matsui (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Vic Fazio (D)
 * California's 5th congressional district. John Burton (D)
 * California's 6th congressional district. Phillip Burton (D)
 * California's 7th congressional district. George Miller (D)
 * California's 8th congressional district. Ron Dellums (D)
 * California's 9th congressional district. Pete Stark (D)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Don Edwards (D)
 * California's 11th congressional district. William Royer (R), from April 3, 1979
 * California's 12th congressional district. Pete McCloskey (R)
 * California's 13th congressional district. Norman Mineta (D)
 * California's 14th congressional district. Norman D. Shumway (R)
 * California's 15th congressional district. Tony Coelho (D)
 * California's 16th congressional district. Leon Panetta (D)
 * California's 17th congressional district. Chip Pashayan (R)
 * California's 18th congressional district. Bill Thomas (R)
 * California's 19th congressional district. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
 * California's 20th congressional district. Barry Goldwater Jr. (R)
 * California's 21st congressional district. James C. Corman (D)
 * California's 22nd congressional district. Carlos Moorhead (R)
 * California's 23rd congressional district. Anthony Beilenson (D)
 * California's 24th congressional district. Henry Waxman (D)
 * California's 25th congressional district. Edward R. Roybal (D)
 * California's 26th congressional district. John H. Rousselot (R)
 * California's 27th congressional district. Bob Dornan (R)
 * California's 28th congressional district. Julian Dixon (D)
 * California's 29th congressional district. Augustus Hawkins (D)
 * California's 30th congressional district. George E. Danielson (D)
 * California's 31st congressional district. Charles H. Wilson (D)
 * California's 32nd congressional district. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
 * California's 33rd congressional district. Wayne R. Grisham (R)
 * California's 34th congressional district. Dan Lungren (R)
 * California's 35th congressional district. James F. Lloyd (D)
 * California's 36th congressional district. George Brown Jr. (D)
 * California's 37th congressional district. Jerry Lewis (R)
 * California's 38th congressional district. Jerry M. Patterson (D)
 * California's 39th congressional district. William E. Dannemeyer (R)
 * California's 40th congressional district. Robert Badham (R)
 * California's 41st congressional district. Bob Wilson (R)
 * California's 42nd congressional district. Lionel Van Deerlin (D)
 * California's 43rd congressional district. Clair Burgener (R)

Colorado
(3–2 Democratic)
 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. Pat Schroeder (D)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. Tim Wirth (D)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. Ray Kogovsek (D)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. James Paul Johnson (R)
 * Colorado's 5th congressional district. Ken Kramer (R)

Connecticut
(5–1 Democratic)
 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. William R. Cotter (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Chris Dodd (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Robert Giaimo (D)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Stewart McKinney (R)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. William R. Ratchford (D)
 * Connecticut's 6th congressional district. Toby Moffett (D)

Delaware
(1 Republican)
 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R)

Florida
(12–3 Democratic)
 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Earl Hutto (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Don Fuqua (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Charles E. Bennett (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. Bill Chappell (D)
 * Florida's 5th congressional district. Richard Kelly (R)
 * Florida's 6th congressional district. Bill Young (R)
 * Florida's 7th congressional district. Sam Gibbons (D)
 * Florida's 8th congressional district. Andy Ireland (D)
 * Florida's 9th congressional district. Bill Nelson (D)
 * Florida's 10th congressional district. Skip Bafalis (R)
 * Florida's 11th congressional district. Dan Mica (D)
 * Florida's 12th congressional district. Edward J. Stack (D)
 * Florida's 13th congressional district. William Lehman (D)
 * Florida's 14th congressional district. Claude Pepper (D)
 * Florida's 15th congressional district. Dante Fascell (D)

Georgia
(9–1 Democratic)
 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Bo Ginn (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Dawson Mathis (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Jack Brinkley (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Elliott H. Levitas (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Wyche Fowler (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Newt Gingrich (R)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. Larry McDonald (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Billy Lee Evans (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Ed Jenkins (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Doug Barnard Jr. (D)

Hawaii
(2 Democrats)
 * Hawaii's 1st congressional district. Cecil Heftel (D)
 * Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. Daniel Akaka (D)

Idaho
(2 Republicans)
 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Steve Symms (R)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. George V. Hansen (R)

Illinois
(13–11 Republican)
 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Bennett Stewart (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Morgan F. Murphy (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Marty Russo (D)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Ed Derwinski (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. John G. Fary (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Henry Hyde (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Cardiss Collins (D)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Sidney R. Yates (D)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Abner J. Mikva (D), until September 26, 1979
 * John Porter (R), from January 22, 1980
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Frank Annunzio (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Phil Crane (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Robert McClory (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. John N. Erlenborn (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Tom Corcoran (R)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. John B. Anderson (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. George M. O'Brien (R)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Robert H. Michel (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Tom Railsback (R)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. Paul Findley (R)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. Edward Rell Madigan (R)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. Dan Crane (R)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. Melvin Price (D)
 * Illinois's 24th congressional district. Paul Simon (D)

Indiana
(7–4 Democratic)
 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Adam Benjamin Jr. (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Floyd Fithian (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. John Brademas (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Dan Quayle (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Elwood Hillis (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. David W. Evans (D)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. John T. Myers (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. H. Joel Deckard (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Lee H. Hamilton (D)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Philip Sharp (D)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)

Iowa
(3–3 split)
 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Jim Leach (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Tom Tauke (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Chuck Grassley (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Neal Edward Smith (D)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Tom Harkin (D)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Berkley Bedell (D)

Kansas
(4-1 Republican)
 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Keith Sebelius (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. James Edmund Jeffries (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Larry Winn (R)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Dan Glickman (D)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. Bob Whittaker (R)

Kentucky
(4–3 Democratic)
 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Carroll Hubbard (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. William Natcher (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Romano Mazzoli (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Gene Snyder (R)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Tim Lee Carter (R)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Larry J. Hopkins (R)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana
(5–3 Democratic)
 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Bob Livingston (R)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Lindy Boggs (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Dave Treen (R), until March 10, 1980
 * Billy Tauzin (D), from May 22, 1980
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Buddy Leach (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Jerry Huckaby (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Henson Moore (R)
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. John Breaux (D)
 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district. Gillis William Long (D)

Maine
(2 Republicans)
 * Maine's 1st congressional district. David F. Emery (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Olympia Snowe (R)

Maryland
(6–2 Democratic)
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Robert Bauman (R)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Clarence Long (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Barbara Mikulski (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Marjorie Holt (R)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Gladys Spellman (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Beverly Byron (D)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Parren Mitchell (D)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Michael D. Barnes (D)

Massachusetts
(10–2 Democratic)
 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Silvio O. Conte (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Edward Boland (D)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Joseph D. Early (D)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Robert Drinan (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. James Shannon (D)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Nicholas Mavroules (D)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Ed Markey (D)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Tip O'Neill (D)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Joe Moakley (D)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Margaret Heckler (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Brian J. Donnelly (D)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. Gerry Studds (D)

Michigan
(13–6 Democratic)
 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. John Conyers (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Carl Pursell (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Howard Wolpe (D)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. David Stockman (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Harold S. Sawyer (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Milton Robert Carr (D)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Dale Kildee (D)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. J. Bob Traxler (D)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Guy Vander Jagt (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Donald J. Albosta (D)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Robert William Davis (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. David Bonior (D)
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district. Charles Diggs (D), until June 3, 1980
 * George Crockett Jr. (D), from November 4, 1980
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. Lucien Nedzi (D)
 * Michigan's 15th congressional district. William D. Ford (D)
 * Michigan's 16th congressional district. John D. Dingell Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 17th congressional district. William M. Brodhead (D)
 * Michigan's 18th congressional district. James Blanchard (D)
 * Michigan's 19th congressional district. William Broomfield (R)

Minnesota
(4–4 split)
 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Arlen Erdahl (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Tom Hagedorn (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Bill Frenzel (R)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Bruce Vento (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. Rick Nolan (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Arlan Stangeland (R)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. Jim Oberstar (DFL)

Mississippi
(3–2 Democratic)
 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. David R. Bowen (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Sonny Montgomery (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Jon Hinson (R)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Trent Lott (R)

Missouri
(8–2 Democratic)
 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Bill Clay (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Robert A. Young (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Dick Gephardt (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Ike Skelton (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. Tom Coleman (R)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Gene Taylor (R)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Harold Volkmer (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Bill Burlison (D)

Montana
(1–1 split)
 * Montana's 1st congressional district. Pat Williams (D)
 * Montana's 2nd congressional district. Ron Marlenee (R)

Nebraska
(2–1 Republican)
 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Doug Bereuter (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Virginia D. Smith (R)

Nevada
(1 Democrat)
 * Nevada's at-large congressional district. James David Santini (D)

New Hampshire
(1–1 split)
 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Norman D'Amours (D)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. James Colgate Cleveland (R)

New Jersey
(10–5 Democratic)
 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. James Florio (D)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. William J. Hughes (D)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. James J. Howard (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Frank Thompson (D), until December 29, 1980
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Millicent Fenwick (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Edwin B. Forsythe (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Andrew Maguire (D)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Robert A. Roe (D)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Harold C. Hollenbeck (R)
 * New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Peter W. Rodino (D)
 * New Jersey's 11th congressional district. Joseph Minish (D)
 * New Jersey's 12th congressional district. Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
 * New Jersey's 13th congressional district. Jim Courter (R)
 * New Jersey's 14th congressional district. Frank Joseph Guarini (D)
 * New Jersey's 15th congressional district. Edward J. Patten (D)

New Mexico
(1–1 split)
 * New Mexico's 1st congressional district. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)
 * New Mexico's 2nd congressional district. Harold L. Runnels (D), until August 5, 1980

New York
(26–13 Democratic)
 * New York's 1st congressional district. William Carney (C)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Downey (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Jerome Ambro (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Norman F. Lent (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. John W. Wydler (R)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Lester L. Wolff (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Geraldine Ferraro (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Mario Biaggi (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. James H. Scheuer (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Shirley Chisholm (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Stephen Solarz (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Fred Richmond (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Leo C. Zeferetti (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Elizabeth Holtzman (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. John M. Murphy (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Bill Green (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Charles Rangel (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Theodore S. Weiss (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Robert Garcia (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Peter A. Peyser (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Richard Ottinger (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Hamilton Fish IV (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Benjamin Gilman (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Matthew F. McHugh (D)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Gerald Solomon (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Robert C. McEwen (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Donald J. Mitchell (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. James M. Hanley (D)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Gary A. Lee (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. Frank Horton (R)
 * New York's 35th congressional district. Barber Conable (R)
 * New York's 36th congressional district. John J. LaFalce (D)
 * New York's 37th congressional district. Henry J. Nowak (D)
 * New York's 38th congressional district. Jack Kemp (R)
 * New York's 39th congressional district. Stan Lundine (D)

North Carolina
(9–2 Democratic)
 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Charles Orville Whitley (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Ike Franklin Andrews (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Stephen L. Neal (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. L. Richardson Preyer (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Charlie Rose (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Bill Hefner (D)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. James G. Martin (R)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Jim Broyhill (R)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. V. Lamar Gudger (D)

North Dakota
(1 Republican)
 * North Dakota's at-large congressional district. Mark Andrews (R)

Ohio
(13–10 Republican)
 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Bill Gradison (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Tom Luken (D)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Tony P. Hall (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Tennyson Guyer (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Del Latta (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Bill Harsha (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Bud Brown (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Tom Kindness (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Clarence E. Miller (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. J. William Stanton (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Samuel L. Devine (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Donald J. Pease (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. John F. Seiberling (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Chalmers Wylie (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Ralph Regula (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. John M. Ashbrook (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Douglas Applegate (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Lyle Williams (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Mary Rose Oakar (D)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Louis Stokes (D)
 * Ohio's 22nd congressional district. Charles Vanik (D)
 * Ohio's 23rd congressional district. Ronald M. Mottl (D)

Oklahoma
(5–1 Democratic)
 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. James R. Jones (D)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. Mike Synar (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Wes Watkins (D)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom Steed (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. Mickey Edwards (R)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. Glenn English (D)

Oregon
(4 Democrats)
 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. Les AuCoin (D)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Al Ullman (D)
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Robert B. Duncan (D)
 * Oregon's 4th congressional district. Jim Weaver (D)

Pennsylvania
(15–10 Democratic)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Michael Myers (D), until October 2, 1980
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. William H. Gray III (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Raymond Lederer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Charles F. Dougherty (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Richard T. Schulze (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Gus Yatron (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Robert W. Edgar (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Peter H. Kostmayer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Bud Shuster (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Joseph M. McDade (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Dan Flood (D), until January 31, 1980
 * Ray Musto (D), from April 9, 1980
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. John Murtha (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. William S. Moorhead (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Donald L. Ritter (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Robert Smith Walker (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Allen E. Ertel (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Doug Walgren (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. William F. Goodling (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Donald A. Bailey (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. Austin Murphy (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. William F. Clinger Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Marc L. Marks (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Eugene Atkinson (D)

Rhode Island
(2 Democrats)
 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Fernand St Germain (D)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Edward Beard (D)

South Carolina
(4–2 Democratic)
 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Mendel Jackson Davis (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Floyd Spence (R)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Butler Derrick (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Kenneth Lamar Holland (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John Jenrette (D), until December 10, 1980

South Dakota
(1–1 split)
 * South Dakota's 1st congressional district. Tom Daschle (D)
 * South Dakota's 2nd congressional district. James Abdnor (R)

Tennessee
(5–3 Democratic)
 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Jimmy Quillen (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. John Duncan Sr. (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Marilyn Lloyd (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Albert Gore Jr. (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Bill Boner (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Robin Beard (R)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Ed Jones (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Harold Ford Sr. (D)

Texas
(20–4 Democratic)
 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Sam B. Hall Jr. (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Charlie Wilson (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. James M. Collins (R)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Ray Roberts (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Jim Mattox (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Phil Gramm (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Bill Archer (R)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Robert C. Eckhardt (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Jack Brooks (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. J. J. Pickle (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. Marvin Leath (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Jim Wright (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Jack Hightower (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. Joseph P. Wyatt Jr. (D)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. Kika de la Garza (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. Richard Crawford White (D)
 * Texas's 17th congressional district. Charles Stenholm (D)
 * Texas's 18th congressional district. Mickey Leland (D)
 * Texas's 19th congressional district. Kent Hance (D)
 * Texas's 20th congressional district. Henry B. González (D)
 * Texas's 21st congressional district. Tom Loeffler (R)
 * Texas's 22nd congressional district. Ron Paul (R)
 * Texas's 23rd congressional district. Abraham Kazen (D)
 * Texas's 24th congressional district. Martin Frost (D)

Utah
(1–1 split)
 * Utah's 1st congressional district. K. Gunn McKay (D)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. David Daniel Marriott (R)

Vermont
(1 Republican)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. Jim Jeffords (R)

Virginia
(6–4 Republican)
 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Paul Trible (R)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. G. William Whitehurst (R)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. David E. Satterfield III (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Robert Daniel (R)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Dan Daniel (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. M. Caldwell Butler (R)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. J. Kenneth Robinson (R)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Herbert Harris (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. William C. Wampler (R)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Joseph L. Fisher (D)

Washington
(6–1 Democratic)
 * Washington's 1st congressional district. Joel Pritchard (R)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Al Swift (D)
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Don Bonker (D)
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. Mike McCormack (D)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Tom Foley (D)
 * Washington's 6th congressional district. Norm Dicks (D)
 * Washington's 7th congressional district. Mike Lowry (D)

West Virginia
(4 Democrats)
 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Bob Mollohan (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John M. Slack Jr. (D), until March 17, 1980
 * John G. Hutchinson (D), from June 30, 1980
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Nick Rahall (D)

Wisconsin
(6–2 Democratic)
 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Les Aspin (D)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Robert Kastenmeier (D)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Alvin Baldus (D)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Henry S. Reuss (D)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Tom Petri (R), from April 3, 1979
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Dave Obey (D)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. Toby Roth (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. Jim Sensenbrenner (R)

Wyoming
(1 Republican)
 * Wyoming's at-large congressional district. Dick Cheney (R)

Non-voting members
(4–1 Democratic)
 * District of Columbia's at-large congressional district. Walter Fauntroy (D)
 * Guam's at-large congressional district. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D)
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP)
 * United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district. Melvin H. Evans (R)

Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

 * Replacements: 4
 * Democratic: 3 seat net loss
 * Republican: 3 seat net gain
 * Deaths: 0
 * Resignations: 4
 * Vacancy: 0
 * Total seats with changes: 4


 * nowrap | Maine (Class 1)
 * nowrap | Edmund Muskie (D)
 * Resigned May 7, 1980 to become United States Secretary of State. Successor appointed to finish the term.
 * nowrap | George J. Mitchell (D)
 * May 19, 1980
 * May 19, 1980


 * nowrap | New Hampshire (Class 3)
 * nowrap | John A. Durkin (D)
 * Resigned December 29, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority. Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
 * nowrap | Warren Rudman (R)
 * December 29, 1980
 * December 29, 1980


 * nowrap | Florida (Class 3)
 * nowrap | Richard Stone (D)
 * Resigned December 30, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority. Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
 * nowrap | Paula Hawkins (R)
 * January 1, 1981
 * January 1, 1981


 * nowrap | Alabama (Class 3)
 * nowrap | Donald Stewart (D)
 * Resigned January 2, 1981 to give successor priority in seniority. Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
 * nowrap | Jeremiah Denton (R)
 * January 2, 1981
 * January 2, 1981


 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 7
 * Democratic: 0 seat net loss
 * Republican: 0 seat net gain
 * Deaths: 1
 * Resignations: 4
 * Expulsion: 1
 * Contested election:
 * Total seats with changes: 10


 * California's 11th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Leo Ryan died during previous congress
 * nowrap | William Royer (R)
 * April 3, 1979
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Rep. William A. Steiger died during previous congress
 * nowrap | Tom Petri (R)
 * April 3, 1979
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district
 * nowrap | Abner Mikva (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 26, 1979, after being appointed judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
 * nowrap | John Porter (R)
 * January 22, 1980
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
 * nowrap | Dan Flood (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 31, 1980
 * nowrap | Ray Musto (D)
 * April 9, 1980
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Dave Treen (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 10, 1980, after being elected Governor of Louisiana
 * nowrap | Billy Tauzin (D)
 * May 22, 1980
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | John M. Slack Jr. (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died March 17, 1980
 * nowrap | John G. Hutchinson (D)
 * June 30, 1980
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district
 * nowrap | Charles Diggs (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 3, 1980
 * nowrap | George Crockett Jr. (D)
 * November 4, 1980
 * New Mexico's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Harold L. Runnels (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died August 5, 1980
 * rowspan=4 |Vacant
 * rowspan=4 |Not filled this term
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Michael Myers (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Expelled October 2, 1980
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | John Jenrette (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 10, 1980
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Frank Thompson (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 29, 1980, after being censured by the House of Representatives
 * }
 * nowrap | Michael Myers (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Expelled October 2, 1980
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | John Jenrette (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 10, 1980
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Frank Thompson (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 29, 1980, after being censured by the House of Representatives
 * }
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 29, 1980, after being censured by the House of Representatives
 * }

Senate

 * Aging (Special) (Chair: Lawton Chiles)
 * Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
 * Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Donald Stewart; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
 * Rural Development (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Rudy Boschwitz)
 * Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Richard Stone; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
 * Nutrition (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
 * Environment, Soil Conservation and Forestry (Chair: John Melcher; Ranking Member: Roger W. Jepsen)
 * Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: Edward Zorinsky; Ranking Member: S.I. Hayakawa)
 * Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member: Milton Young)
 * Appropriations (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member: Milton Young)
 * Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
 * Defense (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Milton Young)
 * District of Columbia (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
 * Foreign Operations (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
 * HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
 * Interior (Chair: Robert Byrd; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
 * Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
 * Legislative (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
 * Military Construction (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member: Paul Laxalt)
 * Energy and Water Development (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
 * State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.)
 * Transportation (Chair: Birch Bayh; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
 * Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt)
 * Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: John Tower)
 * Arms Control (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
 * General Procurement (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
 * Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: Roger W. Jepsen)
 * Research and Investigations (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
 * Military Construction and Stockfiles (Chair: Gary Hart; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
 * Procurement Policy and Reprogramming (Chair: Robert Burren Morgan; Ranking Member: Gordon J. Humphrey)
 * Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
 * Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
 * Financial Institutions (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: John Tower)
 * International Finance (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
 * Rural Housing and Development (Chair: Robert Burren Morgan; Ranking Member: Nancy L. Kassebaum)
 * Economic Stabilization (Chair: Donald Riegle; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
 * Securities (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
 * Insurance (Chair: Donald Stewart; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
 * Consumer Affairs (Chair: Paul Tsongas; Ranking Member: William L. Armstrong)
 * Budget (Chair: Edmund Muskie, then Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon)
 * Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
 * Aviation (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Nancy L. Kassebaum)
 * Communications (Chair: Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
 * Consumer (Chair: Wendell Ford; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
 * Merchant Marine and Tourism (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
 * Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt)
 * Surface Transportation (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Larry Pressler)
 * Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
 * Energy R&D (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
 * Energy Regulation (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
 * Energy Conservation and Supply (Chair: John A. Durkin; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
 * Energy Resources and Materials Production (Chair: Wendell Ford; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker)
 * Parks, Recreations and Renewable Resources (Chair: Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
 * Environment and Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
 * Environmental Pollution (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
 * Water Resources (Chair: Mike Gravel; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
 * Transportation (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: Larry Pressler)
 * Regional and Community Development (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
 * Resource Protection (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.)
 * Nuclear Regulation (Chair: Gary Hart; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
 * Ethics (Select) (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III, then Howell Heflin; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt)
 * Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
 * Health (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
 * International Trade (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
 * Taxation and Debt Management Generally (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
 * Social Security (Chair: Gaylord Nelson; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
 * Energy and Foundations (Chair: Mike Gravel; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
 * Private Pension Plans and Employee Fringe Benefits (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
 * Tourism and Sugar (Chair: Spark Matsunaga; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
 * Public Assistance (Chair: Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
 * Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair: Max Baucus; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
 * Unemployment and Related Programs (Chair: David Boren; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
 * Revenue Sharing, Ingovernmental Revenue Impact and Economic Problems (Chair: Bill Bradley; Ranking Member: David Durenberger)
 * Foreign Relations (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Jacob Javits)
 * International Economic Policy (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: Jacob Javits)
 * Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
 * African Affairs (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member: S.I. Hayakawa)
 * European Affairs (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Jacob Javits)
 * East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: John Glenn; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
 * Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Richard Stone; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
 * Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Edward Zorinsky; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
 * Governmental Affairs (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
 * Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
 * Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
 * Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
 * Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
 * Civil Service and General Services (Chair: David Pryor; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
 * Oversight of Government Management (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
 * Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: John Melcher)
 * Judiciary (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
 * The Constitution (Chair: Birch Bayh; Ranking Member: Orrin Hatch)
 * Antitrust, Monopoly and Business Rights (Chair: Howard Metzenbaum; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
 * Improvements in Judicial Machinery (Chair: Dennis DeConcini; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
 * Criminal Justice (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
 * Administrative Practice and Procedure (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Paul Laxalt)
 * Limitations of Contracted and Delegated Authority (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
 * Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations (Chair: Howell Heflin; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
 * Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Birch Bayh; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
 * Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
 * Handicapped (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
 * Education, Arts and the Humanities (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
 * Health and Scientific Research (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
 * Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor (Chair: Gaylord Nelson; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
 * Aging (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: William L. Armstrong)
 * Child and Human Development (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Gordon J. Humphrey)
 * Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (Chair: Donald Riegle; Ranking Member: Orrin G. Hatch)
 * Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Rules and Administration (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chair: Gaylord Nelson)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Aging (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper)
 * Agriculture (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
 * Cotton (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
 * Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Alvin Baldus; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
 * Forests (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: James P. Johnson)
 * Livestock and Grains (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius)
 * Oilseeds and Rice (Chair: Dawson Mathis; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
 * Tobacco (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Richard Kelly)
 * Conservation and Credit (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
 * Department Investigations, Oversight and Research]] (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
 * Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition]] (Chair: Fred Richmond; Ranking Member: Steve Symms)
 * Family Farms, Rural Development and Special Studies]] (Chair: Rick Nolan; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
 * Appropriations (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
 * Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Mark Andrews)
 * Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards)
 * District of Columbia (Chair: Charlie Wilson; Ranking Member: Carl D. Pursell)
 * Energy and Water Development (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
 * Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence Long; Ranking Member: Bill Young)
 * HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
 * Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
 * Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member: Robert H. Michel)
 * Legislative (Chair: Adam Benjamin Jr.; Ranking Member: Robert H. Michel)
 * Military Construction (Chair: K. Gunn McKay; Ranking Member: Robert C. McEwen)
 * State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: K. Gunn McKay; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien)
 * Transportation (Chair: Robert B. Duncan; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
 * Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Tom Steed; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Miller)
 * Armed Services (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson)
 * Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson)
 * Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence)
 * Research and Development (Chair: Richard Howard Ichord Jr.; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
 * Military Personnel (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
 * Investigations (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Robin Beard)
 * Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
 * Military Compensation (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Donald J. Mitchell)
 * Nato Standardization, Interoperability and Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
 * Assassinations (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
 * The City (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: Richard Kelly)
 * Housing and Community Development (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
 * Economic Stabilization (Chair: William S. Moorhead; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
 * Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
 * International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Henry B. González; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
 * General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph Minish; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
 * Consumer Affairs (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Evans Jr.)
 * Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
 * Historic Preservation and Coinage (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
 * Budget (Chair: Robert Giaimo; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
 * Task Forces (Chair: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Economic Policy, Projections and Productivity (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
 * State and Local Governments (Chair: Elizabeth Holtzman; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
 * Regulations and Spending Limitations (Chair: Dave Obey; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
 * Inflation (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
 * Budget Process (Chair: Norman Mineta; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable Jr.)
 * Defense and International Affairs (Chair: Jim Mattox; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
 * Tax Expenditures and Tax Policy (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
 * Human and Community Resources (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
 * Legislative Savings (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
 * Committees (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Congressional Operations (Select) (Chair: Jack Brooks)
 * Crime (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * District of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
 * Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
 * Governmental Affairs and Budget (Chair: Walter Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Robert W. Daniel Jr.)
 * Judiciary, Manpower and Education (Chair: Romano Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Marc L. Marks)
 * Metropolitan Affairs (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
 * Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
 * Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
 * Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
 * Employment Opportunities (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
 * Postsecondary Education (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: John Buchanan)
 * Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Mickey Edwards)
 * Human Resources (Chair: Ike Franklin Andrews; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
 * Select Education (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
 * Labor Standards (Chair: Edward Beard; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
 * Ethics (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Foreign Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; 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: John Buchanan)
 * Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lester L. Wolff; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
 * Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Lester L. Wolff; Ranking Member: Tennyson Guyer)
 * International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Jonathan Brewster Bingham; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
 * Inter-American Affairs (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
 * Africa (Chair: Stephen Solarz; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
 * International Organizations (Chair: Don Bonker; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
 * Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
 * Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
 * Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
 * Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
 * Manpower and Housing (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Wayne Grisham)
 * Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: John Burton; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
 * Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: L. Richardson Preyer; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
 * Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Toby Moffett; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey)
 * House Administration (Chair: Frank Thompson, then Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
 * Accounts (Chair: John Brademas; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
 * Libraries and Memorials (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
 * Printing (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
 * Personnel and Police (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
 * Contracts (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
 * Services (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
 * Office Systems (Chair: Bob Mollohan; Ranking Member: David Stockman)
 * House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: )
 * Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
 * Energy and the Environment (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Steve Symms)
 * Water and Power Resources (Chair: Abraham Kazen; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
 * Public Lands (Chair: John F. Seiberling; Ranking Member: James P. Johnson)
 * National Parks and Insular Affairs (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius)
 * Mines and Mining (Chair: James David Santini; Ranking Member: Don Young)
 * Oversight/Special Investigations (Chair: Harold L. Runnels; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
 * Pacific Affairs (Chair: Antonio Borja Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
 * Energy and Power (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
 * Communications (Chair: Lionel Van Deerlin; Ranking Member: James M. Collins)
 * Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Robert C. Eckhardt; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
 * Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
 * Health and the Environment (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter)
 * Transportation and Commerce (Chair: James Florio; Ranking Member: Edward R. Madigan)
 * Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
 * Immigration, Citizenship and International Law (Chair: Elizabeth Holtzman; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
 * Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair: George E. Danielson; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
 * Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Railsback)
 * Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
 * Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
 * Crime (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
 * Criminal Justice (Chair: Robert Drinan; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: John M. Murphy, then Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.)
 * Merchant Marine (Chair: John M. Murphy; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
 * Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
 * Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: David C. Treen)
 * Oceangraphy (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
 * Panama Canal (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Robert E. Bauman)
 * Modernization of House Gallery Facilities (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Lester L. Wolff)
 * Outer Continental Shelf (Ad Hoc/Select) (Chair: John M. Murphy)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
 * Investigations (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
 * Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Charlie Wilson; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
 * Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
 * Civil Service (Chair: Pat Schroeder; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
 * Compensations and Employee Benefits (Chair: Gladys Spellman; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
 * Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
 * Human Resources (Chair: Herbert Harris; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
 * Public Works and Transportation (Chair: Harold T. Johnson; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha)
 * Aviation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
 * Economic Development (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
 * Oversight and Review (Chair: Norman Mineta; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: James Abdnor)
 * Surface Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
 * Water Resources (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
 * Rules (Chair: Richard Walker Bolling; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
 * The Legislative Process (Chair: Gillis William Long; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
 * Rules of the House (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: John B. Anderson)
 * Science and Technology (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
 * Space Science and Applications (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
 * Energy Research and Development (Chair: Mike McCormack; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
 * Science, Research and Technology (Chair: George Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: Harold C. Hollenbeck)
 * Energy Development and Applications (Chair: Richard Ottinger; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
 * Transportation, Aviation and Communication (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
 * Investigations and Oversight (Chair: James F. Lloyd; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
 * Natural Resources and Environment (Chair: Jerome Ambro; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
 * Small Business (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
 * SBA and SBIC Authority and General Small Business (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
 * General Oversight and Minority Enterprise (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter)
 * Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Businesses (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Dan Quayle)
 * Impact of Energy Programs, Environment, Safety Requirements and Government Research on Small Business (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
 * Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
 * Special Small Business Problems (Chair: Marty Russo; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
 * Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
 * Medical Facilities and Benefits (Chair: David E. Satterfield III; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
 * Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
 * Housing (Chair: Jack Brinkley; Ranking Member: James Abdnor)
 * Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
 * Special Investigations (Chair: Ronald M. Mottl; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
 * Ways and Means (Chair: Al Ullman; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable Jr.)
 * Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: John Duncan Sr.)
 * Social Security (Chair: J. J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
 * Health (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
 * Trade (Chair: Charles Vanik; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
 * Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair: James C. Corman; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot)
 * Oversight (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison Jr.)
 * Social Security (Chair: J. J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Economic (Chair: Sen. Lloyd Bentsen; Vice Chair: Rep. Richard Walker Bolling)
 * Taxation (Chair: Rep. Al Ullman; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)
 * The Library (Chair: Sen. Claiborne Pell; Vice Chair: Rep. Lucien N. Nedzi)
 * Printing (Chair: Rep. Frank Thompson; Vice Chair: Sen. Claiborne Pell)

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: Elmer B. Staats
 * Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice Rivlin
 * Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
 * Public Printer of the United States: John J. Boyle, until 1980

Senate

 * Chaplain: Edward L. R. Elson (Presbyterian)
 * Curator: James R. Ketchum
 * Historian: Richard A. Baker
 * Parliamentarian: Murray Zweben
 * Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
 * Librarian: Roger K. Haley
 * Sergeant at Arms: Frank "Nordy" Hoffman
 * Secretary for the Majority: Walter J. Stewart
 * Secretary for the Minority: William Hildenbrand

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: James D. Ford (Lutheran)
 * Clerk: Edmund L. Henshaw Jr.
 * Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
 * Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
 * Reading Clerks: Bob Berry (R), Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D)
 * Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
 * Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth R. Harding, until February 29, 1980
 * Benjamin J. Guthrie, from March 1, 1980