United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. It was created at the beginning of the 113th Congress.

Jurisdiction

(1) Federal court jurisdiction, administration and management; (2) Rules of evidence and procedure; (3) Creation of new courts and judgeships; (4) Bankruptcy; (5) Legal reform and liability issues; (6) Local courts in territories and possessions; (7) Administrative practices and procedures including agency rulemaking and adjudication; (8) Judicial review of agency action; (9) Third party enforcement of federal rights; (10) Oversight of the Department of Justice grant programs, as well as government waste and abuse; (11) private relief bills other than immigration; and (12) Oversight of the Foreign Claims Settlement Act.

Members, 114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Ted Cruz, Texas, Chairman Chuck Grassley, Iowa Orrin Hatch, Utah Jeff Sessions, Alabama Jeff Flake, Arizona Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Mike Lee, Utah David Vitter, Louisiana	Chris Coons, Delaware, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, California Dick Durbin, Illinois Chuck Schumer, New York Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut

External links

Subcommittee on Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Activities, official site

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Defunct committees

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