United States Senate Committee on Aging (Special)

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Background
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The United States Senate Committee on Aging (Special) is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate. The committee was created as a temporary committee in 1961, and became a permanent committee on February 1, 1977.[1]

Leadership

118th Congress

The committee chairman in the 118th Congress was Bob Casey (D).

117th Congress

The committee chairman in the 117th Congress was Bob Casey (D).

116th Congress

The committee chairwoman in the 116th Congress was Susan Collins (R).

115th Congress

The committee chairwoman in the 115th Congress was Susan Collins (R).

114th Congress

The committee chairwoman in the 114th Congress was Susan Collins (R).

113th Congress

The committee chairman in the 113th Congress was Bill Nelson (D).[2]

112th Congress

The committee chairman in the 112th Congress was Herb Kohl (D).

Membership


2023-2024 (118th Congress)

Committee on Aging (Special), 2023-2024
Democratic members (7) Republican members (7)
Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments


2021-2022 (117th Congress)

Committee on Aging (Special), 2021-2022
Democratic members (7) Republican members (7)
Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments


2019-2020 (116th Congress)

Committee on Aging (Special), 2019-2020
Democratic members (6) Republican members (8)
Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

Doug Jones (D) left this committee in 2020.


2017-2018 (115th Congress)

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments


2015-2016 (114th Congress)

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

David Perdue (R) left this committee on January 03, 2021.


2013-2014 (113th Congress)

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments


2011-2012 (112th Congress)

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments



Jurisdiction

According to the official Senate website, the jurisdiction of the Aging Committee includes the following:

“
  1. conduct a continuing study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including, but not limited to, problems and opportunities of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing, and when necessary, of obtaining care or assistance.
  2. from time to time (but not less than once year), the committee will report to the Senate the results of the study conducted together with such recommendation as it considers appropriate.
  3. to make investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction.

[3]

”
—United States Senate Special Committee on Aging[4]

Contact

G41 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-5364
Fax: 202-224-8660

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, "Committee History" accessed January 2012
  2. ↑ United States Senate Democrats, "Reid Announces Updated Committee Assignments For 113th Congress," January 4, 2013
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
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