Title: United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Wikipedia
Headings: United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Contents
Jurisdictional areas
Members, 117th Congress
Subcommittees
Historical members
110th Congress
111th Congress
112th Congress
113th Congress
114th Congress
115th Congress
116th Congress
Defunct subcommittees
Chairmen
Education 1869–1870
Education and Labor, 1870 – 1947
Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977
Human Resources, 1977–1979
Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 1999–present
See also
References
External links

Content: The committee’s jurisdiction at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries focused on issues relating to federal employees’ working conditions and federal education aid. Prominent issues considered by the committee in the 1910s and 1920s included the creation of a minimum wage, the establishments of a Department of Labor, a Department of Education, and a Children’s Bureau. During the 1930s, the committee took action on the National Labor Relations Act, the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. In 1944, the jurisdiction of the Public Health Service was transferred from the Commerce Committee over to the Committee on Education and Labor, resulting in the committee taking over issues relating to public health matters. The name of the committee changed during the 80th Congress to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, which was part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 79-601). As part of this bill, the jurisdiction of the committee was expanded to include the issues of rehabilitation, health, and education of veterans. Mine safety legislation was also added to the committee’s jurisdiction in 1949. During the Johnson Administration, the committee established itself as the principal committee for the legislation pertaining to the War on Poverty, as part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-510), certain issues pertaining to veterans were transferred to the newly created Committee on Veterans Affairs. In the 95th Congress, the Senate passed S. Res.