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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

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Standing committee of the United States Senate
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Standing committee
Active
United States Senate
117th Congress
History
Formed
January 28, 1869
Leadership
Chair
Patty Murray ( D)
Since February 3, 2021
Ranking member
Richard Burr ( R)
Since February 3, 2021
Structure
Political parties
Majority (11)
Democratic (11)
Minority (11)
Republican (11)
Jurisdiction
Oversight authority
Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor
House counterpart
House Committee on Education and Labor
Meeting place
428 Senate Dirksen Office Building, Washington, D.C.
Website
help .senate .gov
Rules
Rule XXV.1. ( m), Standing Rules of the Senate
Rules of Procedure U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ( HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules. While currently known as the HELP Committee, the first iteration of this committee was founded on January 28, 1869 as the Committee on Education. The committee name was changed to the Committee on Education and Labor on February 14, 1870, when petitions relating to labor were added to their jurisdiction from the Committee on Naval Affairs . 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).