97th United States Congress

The 97th 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, 1981, to January 3, 1983, during the final weeks of Jimmy Carter's presidency and the first two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1970 United States census.

While the House of Representatives retained a Democratic majority (albeit reduced from the 96th Congress), the Republicans gained control of the Senate, marking the first time that they had control of either chamber of Congress since the 83rd Congress in 1953.

Major events

 * Early 1980s recession
 * January 20, 1981: Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan
 * January 20, 1981: Iran hostage crisis ended
 * February 18, 1981: President Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress
 * March 30, 1981: Reagan assassination attempt
 * April 12, 1981: First space shuttle launched
 * June 5, 1981: First recognized case of AIDS
 * August 5, 1981: President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers
 * September 21, 1981: Senate confirmed the first female United States Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor
 * April 21, 1982: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addressed a joint meeting of Congress.
 * November 2, 1982: United States general elections; Republicans retained Senate and Democrats increased control in House.

Major legislation

 * August 13, 1981: Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA or Kemp-Roth Tax Cut), ,
 * August 13, 1981: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, ,
 * September 3, 1982: Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, ,
 * September 8, 1982: Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), ,
 * September 13, 1982: Codification of Title 31 of the United States Code, "Money and Finance", ,
 * September 20, 1982: Bus Regulatory Reform Act, ,
 * October 13, 1982: Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, ,
 * October 15, 1982: Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act, ,
 * January 6, 1983: Surface Transportation Assistance Act, ,
 * January 7, 1983: Nuclear Waste Policy Act, ,

Special or select committees

 * Senate Select Committee on Small Business — Became a standing committee on March 25, 1981
 * United States Senate Select Committee on Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of the Justice Department — March 24, 1982 – December 15, 1982

House of Representatives
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Senate

 * President: Walter Mondale (D), until January 20, 1981
 * George H. W. Bush (R), from January 20, 1981
 * 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: Bob Packwood
 * Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower

Minority (Democratic) leadership

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

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: David F. Emery
 * 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 Friends of Ireland Caucus
 * Congressional Hispanic 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 popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1984; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1986.

Alabama

 * 2. Howell Heflin (D)
 * 3. Jeremiah Denton (R)

Alaska

 * 2. Ted Stevens (R)
 * 3. Frank Murkowski (R)

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. Chris Dodd (D)

Delaware

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

Florida

 * 1. Lawton Chiles (D)
 * 3. Paula Hawkins (R)

Georgia

 * 2. Sam Nunn (D)
 * 3. Mack Mattingly (R)

Hawaii

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

Idaho

 * 2. James A. McClure (R)
 * 3. Steve Symms (R)

Illinois

 * 2. Charles H. Percy (R)
 * 3. Alan J. Dixon (D)

Indiana

 * 1. Richard Lugar (R)
 * 3. Dan Quayle (R)

Iowa

 * 2. Roger Jepsen (R)
 * 3. Chuck Grassley (R)

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. George J. Mitchell (D)
 * 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. Warren Rudman (R)

New Jersey

 * 1. Harrison A. Williams (D), until March 11, 1982
 * Nicholas F. Brady (R), from April 27, 1982, until December 27, 1982
 * Frank Lautenberg (D), from December 27, 1982
 * 2. Bill Bradley (D)

New Mexico

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

New York

 * 1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)
 * 3. Al D'Amato (R)

North Carolina

 * 2. Jesse Helms (R)
 * 3. John Porter East (R)

North Dakota

 * 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)
 * 3. Mark Andrews (R)

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

 * 2. David Boren (D)
 * 3. Don Nickles (R)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

 * 1. John Heinz (R)
 * 3. Arlen Specter (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. James Abdnor (R)

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. Slade Gorton (R)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

 * 1. William Proxmire (D)
 * 3. Bob Kasten (R)

Wyoming

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



House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives are listed by their district numbers.

Alabama

 * 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. Albert L. Smith Jr. (R)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Richard Shelby (D)

Alaska

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

Arizona

 * 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

 * 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

 * California's 1st congressional district. Eugene A. Chappie (R)
 * 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. Tom Lantos (D)
 * 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. Bobbi Fiedler (R)
 * 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), until March 9, 1982
 * Matthew G. Martínez (D), from July 13, 1982
 * California's 31st congressional district. Mervyn Dymally (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. David Dreier (R)
 * 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. Bill Lowery (R)
 * California's 42nd congressional district. Duncan L. Hunter (R)
 * California's 43rd congressional district. Clair Burgener (R)

Colorado

 * 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. Hank Brown (R)
 * Colorado's 5th congressional district. Ken Kramer (R)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. William R. Cotter (D), until September 8, 1981
 * Barbara B. Kennelly (D), from January 12, 1982
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Sam Gejdenson (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Lawrence J. DeNardis (R)
 * 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

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

Florida

 * 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. Bill McCollum (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. Clay Shaw (R)
 * 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

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Bo Ginn (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Charles Floyd Hatcher (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

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

Idaho

 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Larry Craig (R)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. George V. Hansen (R)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Harold Washington (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Gus Savage (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. John Porter (R)
 * 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. Lynn Morley Martin (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

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Adam Benjamin Jr. (D), until September 7, 1982
 * Katie Hall (D), from November 2, 1982
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Floyd Fithian (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. John P. Hiler (R)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Dan Coats (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

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Jim Leach (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Tom Tauke (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. T. Cooper Evans (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

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Pat Roberts (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

 * 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. Hal Rogers (R)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Larry J. Hopkins (R)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Bob Livingston (R)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Lindy Boggs (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Billy Tauzin (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Buddy Roemer (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

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

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Roy Dyson (D)
 * 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), until February 24, 1981
 * Steny Hoyer (D), from May 19, 1981
 * 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

 * 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. Barney Frank (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

 * 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), until January 27, 1981
 * Mark D. Siljander (R), from April 21, 1981
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Harold S. Sawyer (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. James Whitney Dunn (R)
 * 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. George Crockett Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. Dennis Hertel (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

 * 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. Vin Weber (R)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Arlan Stangeland (R)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. Jim Oberstar (DFL)

Mississippi

 * 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), until April 13, 1981
 * Wayne Dowdy (D), from July 7, 1981
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Trent Lott (R)

Missouri

 * 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. Wendell Bailey (R)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Harold Volkmer (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Bill Emerson (R)

Montana

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

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Doug Bereuter (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Hal Daub (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Virginia D. Smith (R)

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Norman D'Amours (D)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Judd Gregg (R)

New Jersey

 * 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. Chris Smith (R)
 * 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. Marge Roukema (R)
 * 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. Bernard J. Dwyer (D)

New Mexico

 * New Mexico's 1st congressional district. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)
 * New Mexico's 2nd congressional district. Joe Skeen (R)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. William Carney (C)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Downey (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Gregory W. Carman (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Norman F. Lent (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Raymond J. McGrath (R)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. John LeBoutillier (R)
 * 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), until August 25, 1982
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Leo C. Zeferetti (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Chuck Schumer (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Guy Molinari (R)
 * 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. David O'Brien Martin (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Donald J. Mitchell (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. George C. Wortley (R)
 * 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

 * 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. Walter E. Johnston III (R)
 * 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. Bill Hendon (R)

North Dakota

 * North Dakota's at-large congressional district. Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)

Ohio

 * 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), until April 12, 1981
 * Mike Oxley (R), from June 25, 1981
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Del Latta (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Bob McEwen (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Bud Brown (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Tom Kindness (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Ed Weber (R)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Clarence E. Miller (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. J. William Stanton (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Bob Shamansky (D)
 * 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), until April 24, 1982
 * Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R), from June 29, 1982
 * 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. Dennis E. Eckart (D)
 * Ohio's 23rd congressional district. Ronald M. Mottl (D)

Oklahoma

 * 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. Dave McCurdy (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. Mickey Edwards (R)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. Glenn English (D)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. Les AuCoin (D)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Denny Smith (R)
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Ron Wyden (D)
 * Oregon's 4th congressional district. Jim Weaver (D)

Pennsylvania

 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Thomas M. Foglietta (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. William H. Gray III (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Raymond Lederer (D), until April 29, 1981
 * Joseph F. Smith (D), from July 21, 1981
 * 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. James K. Coyne III (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Bud Shuster (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Joseph M. McDade (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. James Nelligan (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. John Murtha (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. William J. Coyne (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), changed to (R) October 14, 1981

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Fernand St Germain (D)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Claudine Schneider (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Thomas F. Hartnett (R)
 * 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 Light Napier (R)

South Dakota

 * South Dakota's 1st congressional district. Tom Daschle (D)
 * South Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Clint Roberts (R)

Tennessee

 * 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

 * 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. Ralph Hall (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. Jack Fields (R)
 * 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. William Neff Patman (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

 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Jim Hansen (R)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. David Daniel Marriott (R)

Vermont

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

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Paul Trible (R)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. G. William Whitehurst (R)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R)
 * 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. Stanford Parris (R)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. William C. Wampler (R)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Frank Wolf (R)

Washington

 * 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. Sid Morrison (R)
 * 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

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Bob Mollohan (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Cleve Benedict (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Mick Staton (R)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Nick Rahall (D)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Les Aspin (D)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Robert Kastenmeier (D)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Steve Gunderson (R)
 * 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)
 * 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

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

Non-voting members

 * American Samoa's at-large congressional district. Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D)
 * District of Columbia's at-large congressional district. Walter Fauntroy (D)
 * Guam's at-large congressional district. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D)
 * United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district. Ron de Lugo (D)
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP)

Senate
There were 2 resignations.


 * nowrap | New Jersey (Class 1)
 * nowrap | Harrison A. Williams (D)
 * Incumbent resigned March 11, 1982, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation. A successor was appointed April 12, 1982, to finish the term.
 * nowrap | Nicholas F. Brady (R)
 * April 12, 1982
 * April 12, 1982


 * nowrap | New Jersey (Class 1)
 * nowrap | Nicholas F. Brady (R)
 * Incumbent resigned December 27, 1982, so his elected successor could be appointed for preferential seniority. A successor was appointed December 27, 1982, to finish the term.
 * nowrap | Frank Lautenberg (D)
 * December 27, 1982
 * December 27, 1982


 * }

House of Representatives
There were 4 deaths, 4 resignations, one declared vacancy, and one party change.


 * Michigan's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | David Stockman (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 27, 1981, after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget
 * nowrap | Mark D. Siljander (R)
 * April 21, 1981
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Gladys Spellman (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981
 * nowrap | Steny Hoyer (D)
 * May 19, 1981
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Tennyson Guyer (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died April 12, 1981
 * nowrap | Mike Oxley (R)
 * June 25, 1981
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Jon Hinson (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 13, 1981
 * nowrap | Wayne Dowdy (D)
 * July 7, 1981
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Raymond Lederer (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 29, 1981, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation
 * nowrap | Joseph F. Smith (D)
 * July 21, 1981
 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | William R. Cotter (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 8, 1981
 * nowrap | Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
 * January 12, 1982
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
 * nowrap | Eugene Atkinson (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Changed parties October 14, 1981
 * nowrap | Eugene Atkinson (R)
 * October 14, 1981
 * California's 30th congressional district
 * nowrap | George E. Danielson (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 9, 1982, after being appointed associate justice of the California Courts of Appeal
 * nowrap | Matthew G. Martínez (D)
 * July 13, 1982
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district
 * nowrap | John M. Ashbrook (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died April 24, 1982
 * nowrap | Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R)
 * June 29, 1982
 * New York's 14th congressional district
 * nowrap | Fred Richmond (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 25, 1982
 * colspan=2 | Vacant until end of Congress
 * Indiana's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Adam Benjamin Jr. (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1982
 * nowrap | Katie Hall (D)
 * November 2, 1982
 * }
 * New York's 14th congressional district
 * nowrap | Fred Richmond (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 25, 1982
 * colspan=2 | Vacant until end of Congress
 * Indiana's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Adam Benjamin Jr. (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1982
 * nowrap | Katie Hall (D)
 * November 2, 1982
 * }
 * }

Senate

 * Aging (Special) (Chair: H. John Heinz III)
 * Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
 * Soil and Water Conservation (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
 * Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
 * Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
 * Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
 * Rural Development, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
 * Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
 * Nutrition (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
 * Foreign, Water Resources and Environment (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
 * Appropriations (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
 * 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: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
 * Energy and Water Development (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
 * Foreign Operations (Chair: Bob Kasten; 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: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
 * Legislative (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
 * Military Construction (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
 * State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; 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: Gary Hart)
 * Military Construction (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
 * Tactical Warfare (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
 * Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
 * Preparedness (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
 * Sea Power and Force Projection (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd Jr.)
 * Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
 * Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams Jr.)
 * Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams Jr.)
 * Financial Institutions (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
 * International Finance and Monetary Policy (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
 * Economic Policy (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
 * Securities (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
 * Rural Housing and Development (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: Alan Dixon)
 * Consumer Affairs (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
 * Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
 * Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
 * Aviation (Chair: Nancy L. Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
 * Business, Trade and Tourism (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
 * Communications (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
 * Consumer (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
 * Merchant Marine (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
 * Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
 * Surface Transportation (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
 * Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
 * Energy Conservation and Supply (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
 * Energy Regulation (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
 * Energy Research and Development (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
 * Energy and Mineral Resources (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Spark M. Matsunaga)
 * Water and Power (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
 * Public Lands and Reserved Water (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
 * Environment and Public Works (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
 * Environmental Pollution (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
 * Nuclear Regulation (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
 * Water Resources (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
 * Transportation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
 * Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
 * Regional and Community Development (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: Quentin N. Burdick)
 * Ethics (Select) (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Vice Chairman: Howell Heflin)
 * Finance (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd Jr.)
 * Taxation and Debt Management (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
 * International Trade (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
 * Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
 * Economic Growth, Employment and Revenue Sharing (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
 * Energy and Agricultural Taxation (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
 * Estate and Gift Taxation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
 * Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
 * Foreign Relations (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
 * International Economic Policy (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
 * Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
 * Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
 * East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
 * European Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
 * International Economic Policy (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
 * African Affairs (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
 * Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
 * Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
 * Governmental Affairs (Chair: Bill Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
 * Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: William V. Roth; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
 * Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
 * 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)
 * Federal Expenditures, Research and Rules (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
 * Civil Service, Post Office and General Services (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
 * Oversight of Government Management (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
 * Congressional Operations and Oversight (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: David Pryor)
 * Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: William Cohen)
 * Judiciary (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
 * Criminal Law (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
 * Regulatory Reform (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
 * 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)
 * Agency Administration (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
 * Security and Terrorism (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
 * Juvenile Justice (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
 * Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Vice Chairman: Daniel Moynihan)
 * Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
 * Labor (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams)
 * Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair: Robert 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: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
 * Aging, Family and Human Services (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
 * Investigations and General Oversight (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
 * Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Rules and Administration (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
 * Small Business (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
 * Capital Formation and Retention (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
 * Government Regulation and Paperwork (Chair: Orrin G. Hatch; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
 * Urban and Rural Economic Development (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
 * Government Procurement (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
 * Productivity and Competition (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
 * Innovation and Technology (Chair: Warren Rudman; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
 * Export Promotion and Market Development (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
 * Advocacy and Future of Small Business (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Aging (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper)
 * Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
 * Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
 * Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn)
 * Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
 * Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
 * Conservation Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
 * Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: George E. Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
 * Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Frederick W. Richmond; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
 * Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: Jim Weaver)
 * Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
 * Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
 * Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards)
 * District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
 * Energy and Power (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
 * Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence D. Long; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
 * HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward P. Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
 * Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; 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: Clair W. Burgener)
 * Military Construction (Chair: Bo Ginn; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
 * Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien)
 * Transportation (Chair: Adam Benjamin Jr.; 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: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: Robin Beard)
 * Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Donald J. Mitchell)
 * Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Jack Brinkley; Ranking Member: Paul S. Trible)
 * Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
 * Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
 * 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: J. William Stanton)
 * General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Ron Paul)
 * Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Evans Jr.)
 * International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Jerry M. Patterson; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
 * 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: James J. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
 * Budget (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
 * District of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
 * Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
 * 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; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
 * Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
 * Employment Opportunities (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
 * Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
 * Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
 * 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: E. Thomas Coleman)
 * Select Education (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Arlen Erdahl)
 * Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
 * Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John D. Dingell; Ranking Member: Marc L. Marks)
 * Energy Conservation and Power (Chair: Richard L. Ottinger; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
 * Health and the Environment (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward R. Madigan)
 * Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Timothy E. Wirth; Ranking Member: James M. Collins)
 * Fossil and Synthetic Fuels (Chair: Philip R. Sharp; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
 * Commerce, Transportation and Tourism (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
 * 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 B. Fascell; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
 * Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
 * Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Jonathan B. Bingham; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
 * Human Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
 * Africa (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
 * Inter-American Affairs (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
 * 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: Clarence J. Brown)
 * Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Benjamin S. Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
 * Manpower and Housing (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.)
 * Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: John L. Burton; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
 * Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
 * Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Toby Moffett; Ranking Member: H. Joel Deckard)
 * House Administration (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; 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: Bob Mollohan; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
 * Personnel and Police (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Gary Lee)
 * Policy Group on Information and Computers (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: James K. Coyne)
 * 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: Don H. Clausen)
 * Public Lands and National Lands (Chair: John Seiberling; Ranking Member: Don Young)
 * Insular Affairs (Chair: Antonio B. Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
 * Mines and Mining (Chair: Jim Santini; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
 * Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Edward J. Markey; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
 * Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
 * Immigration, Refugees and International Law (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; 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 W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas 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: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
 * Criminal Justice (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
 * Merchant Marine (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.)
 * Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John B. Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
 * Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Gerry E. Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
 * Oceangraphy (Chair: Norman D'Amours; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
 * Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff (Chair: Carroll Hubbard Jr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
 * Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Leo C. Zeferetti)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
 * Investigations (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
 * Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
 * Civil Service (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
 * Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: William E. Dannemeyer)
 * Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
 * Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
 * Human Resources (Chair: Geraldine A. Ferraro; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
 * Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
 * Aviation (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
 * Economic Development (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn)
 * Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: John G. Fary; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
 * Surface Transportation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
 * Water Resources (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
 * Rules (Chair: Richard Walker Bolling; 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: Hamilton Fish IV)
 * Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: William Carney)
 * Energy Research and Production (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
 * Science, Research and Technology (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
 * Space Science and Applications (Chair: Ronnie G. Flippo; Ranking Member: Harold C. Hollenbeck)
 * Transportation, Aviation and Materials (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
 * Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
 * Small Business (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
 * SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and General Small Business Problems (Chair: Parren J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
 * General Oversight (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
 * Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Business (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
 * Energy, Environment and Safety Issues affecting Small Business (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
 * Tax, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
 * 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: Ronald M. Mottl; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
 * Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
 * Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Sam B. Hall; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
 * Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable)
 * 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: Phil Crane)
 * Select Revenue Measures (Chair: William Cotter; Ranking Member: John Duncan Sr.)
 * Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Skip Bafalis)
 * Health (Chair: Andrew Jacobs Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Gradison)
 * Whole

Joint committees

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

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, until March 3, 1981
 * Charles A. Bowsher, starting date unknown in 1981
 * Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin
 * Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
 * Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer Jr.

Senate

 * Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian), until February 9, 1981
 * Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian), from February 9, 1981
 * Curator: James R. Ketchum
 * Historian: Richard A. Baker
 * Parliamentarian: Robert Dove
 * Secretary: William Hildenbrand
 * Librarian: Roger K. Haley
 * Sergeant at Arms: Howard S. Liebengood
 * Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene Jr.
 * Secretary for the Minority: Walter J. Stewart, until September 1, 1981
 * Terrence E. Sauvain, from September 1, 1981

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: James D. Ford (Lutheran)
 * Clerk: Edmund L. Henshaw Jr.
 * Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
 * Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
 * Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
 * Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (D) and Bob Berry (R)
 * Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin J. Guthrie