98th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1983 in the United States, 1984 in the United States, 1985 in the United States

• February 24, 1983: A special commission of the Congress released a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
• March 23, 1983: President Ronald Reagan made his Strategic Defense Initiative proposal.
• April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy bombed in Beirut, killing 63 people.
• October 23, 1983: Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroyed both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians.
• October 25, 1983: United States troops invaded Grenada
• November 6, 1984:
  • 1984 United States presidential election: Re-election of Ronald Reagan
  • 1984 United States Senate elections: Republicans retained Senate, but lost 2 seats
  • 1984 United States House of Representatives elections: Democrats retained House, but lost 16 seats

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#98th United States Congress

• April 20, 1983: Social Security Amendments of 1983,
• August 26, 1983: Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act of 1983, ,
• November 2, 1983: Martin Luther King Jr. Day law,
• March 20, 1984: Shipping Act of 1984, ,
• July 17, 1984: Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984,
• July 17, 1984: National Minimum Drinking Age Act,
• August 11, 1984: Equal Access Act
• September 24, 1984: Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, ,
• September 28, 1984: Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act,
• October 3, 1984: Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act, ,
• October 12, 1984: Comprehensive Crime Control Act, , title II
• October 12, 1984: Armed Career Criminal Act, ,
• October 12, 1984: Comprehensive Smoking Education Act, ,
• October 12, 1984: Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1984, ,
• October 19, 1984: National Archives and Records Administration Act,
• October 19, 1984: Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984,
• October 19, 1984: National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, ,
• October 30, 1984: Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984,
• October 30, 1984: Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, ,
• October 30, 1984: Trade and Tariff Act of 1984,
• November 8, 1984: National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984, ,
• November 8, 1984: Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, ,

Party summary

Senate

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House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state

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Leadership

Senate

• President: George H. W. Bush (R)
• 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: Richard Lugar
• Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Robert Byrd
• Minority Whip: Alan Cranston
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Lloyd Bentsen

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: Tom Loeffler
• 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 Hispanic Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
• Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus 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

Main article: List of United States senators in the 98th Congress

Senators are elected statewide every two years, with approximately one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1984; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1986; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1988.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Alaska|Alaska]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Arizona|Arizona]]

: 1. Dennis DeConcini (D) : 3. Barry Goldwater (R)

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: 2. David Pryor (D) : 3. Dale Bumpers (D)

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. Pete Wilson (R) : 3. Alan Cranston (D)

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]

: 2. William L. Armstrong (R) : 3. Gary Hart (D)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. Lowell Weicker (R) : 3. Chris Dodd (D)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Florida|Florida]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Hawaii|Hawaii]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Idaho|Idaho]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Iowa|Iowa]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

: 2. Nancy Kassebaum (R) : 3. Bob Dole (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. Walter Dee Huddleston (D) : 3. Wendell Ford (D)

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

: 1. George J. Mitchell (D) : 2. William Cohen (R)

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. Paul Sarbanes (D) : 3. Charles Mathias (R)

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. Ted Kennedy (D) : 2. Paul Tsongas (D), until January 2, 1985 :: John Kerry (D), from January 2, 1985

[[List of United States senators from Michigan|Michigan]]

: 1. Donald Riegle (D) : 2. Carl Levin (D)

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: 1. David Durenberger (I-R) : 2. Rudy Boschwitz (I-R)

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: 1. John C. Stennis (D) : 2. Thad Cochran (R)

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|Missouri]]

: 1. John Danforth (R) : 3. Thomas Eagleton (D)

[[List of United States senators from Montana|Montana]]

: 1. John Melcher (D) : 2. Max Baucus (D)

[[List of United States senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: 1. Edward Zorinsky (D) : 2. J. James Exon (D)

[[List of United States senators from Nevada|Nevada]]

: 1. Chic Hecht (R) : 3. Paul Laxalt (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: 2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R) : 3. Warren Rudman (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: 1. Frank Lautenberg (D) : 2. Bill Bradley (D)

[[List of United States senators from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: 1. Jeff Bingaman (D) : 2. Pete Domenici (R)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

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

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

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

[[List of United States senators from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Oregon|Oregon]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. John Heinz (R) : 3. Arlen Specter (R)

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: 1. John Chafee (R) : 2. Claiborne Pell (D)

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Strom Thurmond (R) : 3. Fritz Hollings (D)

[[List of United States senators from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: 2. Larry Pressler (R) : 3. James Abdnor (R)

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: 1. Jim Sasser (D) : 2. Howard Baker (R)

[[List of United States senators from Texas|Texas]]

: 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D) : 2. John Tower (R)

[[List of United States senators from Utah|Utah]]

: 1. Orrin Hatch (R) : 3. Jake Garn (R)

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

: 1. Robert Stafford (R) : 3. Patrick Leahy (D)

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

: 1. Paul Trible (R) : 2. John Warner (R)

[[List of United States senators from Washington|Washington]]

: 1. Henry M. Jackson (D), until September 1, 1983 :: Daniel J. Evans (R), from September 12, 1983 : 3. Slade Gorton (R)

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

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

]] Howard Baker Ted Stevens Robert Byrd Alan Cranston

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 98th Congress

[[List of United States representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

: . Jack Edwards (R) : . William Louis Dickinson (R) : . Bill Nichols (D) : . Tom Bevill (D) : . Ronnie Flippo (D) : . Ben Erdreich (D) : . Richard Shelby (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Alaska|Alaska]]

: . Don Young (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Arizona|Arizona]]

: . John McCain (R) : . Mo Udall (D) : . Bob Stump (R) : . Eldon Rudd (R) : . James F. McNulty Jr. (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: . William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D) : . Ed Bethune (R) : . John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) : . Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)

[[List of United States representatives from California|California]]

: . Douglas H. Bosco (D) : . Eugene A. Chappie (R) : . Bob Matsui (D) : . Vic Fazio (D) : . Phillip Burton (D), until April 10, 1983 :: Sala Burton (D), from June 21, 1983 : . Barbara Boxer (D) : . George Miller (D) : . Ron Dellums (D) : . Pete Stark (D) : . Don Edwards (D) : . Tom Lantos (D) : . Ed Zschau (R) : . Norman Mineta (D) : . Norman D. Shumway (R) : . Tony Coelho (D) : . Leon Panetta (D) : . Chip Pashayan (R) : . Richard H. Lehman (D) : . Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) : . Bill Thomas (R) : . Bobbi Fiedler (R) : . Carlos Moorhead (R) : . Anthony Beilenson (D) : . Henry Waxman (D) : . Edward R. Roybal (D) : . Howard Berman (D) : . Mel Levine (D) : . Julian Dixon (D) : . Augustus Hawkins (D) : . Matthew G. Martínez (D) : . Mervyn Dymally (D) : . Glenn M. Anderson (D) : . David Dreier (R) : . Esteban Edward Torres (D) : . Jerry Lewis (R) : . George Brown Jr. (D) : . Al McCandless (R) : . Jerry M. Patterson (D) : . William E. Dannemeyer (R) : . Robert Badham (R) : . Bill Lowery (R) : . Dan Lungren (R) : . Ron Packard (R) : . Jim Bates (D) : . Duncan L. Hunter (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Colorado|Colorado]]

: . Pat Schroeder (D) : . Tim Wirth (D) : . Ray Kogovsek (D) : . Hank Brown (R) : . Ken Kramer (R) : . Dan Schaefer (R), from March 29, 1983

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: . Barbara B. Kennelly (D) : . Sam Gejdenson (D) : . Bruce Morrison (D) : . Stewart McKinney (R) : . William R. Ratchford (D) : . Nancy Johnson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . Tom Carper (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Florida|Florida]]

: . Earl Hutto (D) : . Don Fuqua (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bill Chappell (D) : . Bill McCollum (R) : . Buddy MacKay (D) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . Bill Young (R) : . Michael Bilirakis (R) : . Andy Ireland (D, then R) : . Bill Nelson (D) : . Tom Lewis (R) : . Connie Mack III (R) : . Dan Mica (D) : . Clay Shaw (R) : . Lawrence J. Smith (D) : . William Lehman (D) : . Claude Pepper (D) : . Dante Fascell (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

: . Lindsay Thomas (D) : . Charles Floyd Hatcher (D) : . Richard Ray (D) : . Elliott H. Levitas (D) : . Wyche Fowler (D) : . Newt Gingrich (R) : . Larry McDonald (D), until September 1, 1983 :: George Darden (D), from November 8, 1983 : . J. Roy Rowland (D) : . Ed Jenkins (D) : . Doug Barnard Jr. (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Hawaii|Hawaii]]

: . Cecil Heftel (D) : . Daniel Akaka (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Idaho|Idaho]]

: . Larry Craig (R) : . George V. Hansen (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Illinois|Illinois]]

: . Harold Washington (D), until April 30, 1983 :: Charles Hayes (D), from August 23, 1983 : . Gus Savage (D) : . Marty Russo (D) : . George M. O'Brien (R) : . Bill Lipinski (D) : . Henry Hyde (R) : . Cardiss Collins (D) : . Dan Rostenkowski (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . John Porter (R) : . Frank Annunzio (D) : . Phil Crane (R) : . John N. Erlenborn (R) : . Tom Corcoran (R), until November 28, 1984 : . Edward Rell Madigan (R) : . Lynn Morley Martin (R) : . Lane Evans (D) : . Robert H. Michel (R) : . Dan Crane (R) : . Dick Durbin (D) : . Melvin Price (D) : . Paul Simon (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . Katie Hall (D) : . Philip Sharp (D) : . John P. Hiler (R) : . Dan Coats (R) : . Elwood Hillis (R) : . Dan Burton (R) : . John T. Myers (R) : . Frank McCloskey (D) : . Lee H. Hamilton (D) : . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Iowa|Iowa]]

: . Jim Leach (R) : . Tom Tauke (R) : . T. Cooper Evans (R) : . Neal Edward Smith (D) : . Tom Harkin (D) : . Berkley Bedell (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Kansas|Kansas]]

: . Pat Roberts (R) : . Jim Slattery (D) : . Larry Winn (R) : . Dan Glickman (D) : . Bob Whittaker (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Carroll Hubbard (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . Romano Mazzoli (D) : . Gene Snyder (R) : . Hal Rogers (R) : . Larry J. Hopkins (R) : . Carl D. Perkins (D), until August 3, 1984 :: Chris Perkins (D), from November 6, 1984

[[List of United States representatives from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: . Bob Livingston (R) : . Lindy Boggs (D) : . Billy Tauzin (D) : . Buddy Roemer (D) : . Jerry Huckaby (D) : . Henson Moore (R) : . John Breaux (D) : . Gillis William Long (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]]

: . John R. McKernan Jr. (R) : . Olympia Snowe (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

: . Roy Dyson (D) : . Clarence Long (D) : . Barbara Mikulski (D) : . Marjorie Holt (R) : . Steny Hoyer (D) : . Beverly Byron (D) : . Parren Mitchell (D) : . Michael D. Barnes (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . Silvio O. Conte (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Joseph D. Early (D) : . Barney Frank (D) : . James Shannon (D) : . Nicholas Mavroules (D) : . Ed Markey (D) : . Tip O'Neill (D) : . Joe Moakley (D) : . Gerry Studds (D) : . Brian J. Donnelly (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Michigan|Michigan]]

: . John Conyers (D) : . Carl Pursell (R) : . Howard Wolpe (D) : . Mark D. Siljander (R) : . Harold S. Sawyer (R) : . Milton Robert Carr (D) : . Dale Kildee (D) : . J. Bob Traxler (D) : . Guy Vander Jagt (R) : . Donald J. Albosta (D) : . Robert William Davis (R) : . David Bonior (D) : . George Crockett Jr. (D) : . Dennis Hertel (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . Sander Levin (D) : . William Broomfield (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: . Tim Penny (DFL) : . Vin Weber (I-R) : . Bill Frenzel (I-R) : . Bruce Vento (DFL) : . Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) : . Gerry Sikorski (DFL) : . Arlan Stangeland (I-R) : . Jim Oberstar (DFL)

[[List of United States representatives from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . Webb Franklin (R) : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . Wayne Dowdy (D) : . Trent Lott (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Missouri|Missouri]]

: . Bill Clay (D) : . Robert A. Young (D) : . Dick Gephardt (D) : . Ike Skelton (D) : . Alan Wheat (D) : . Tom Coleman (R) : . Gene Taylor (R) : . Bill Emerson (R) : . Harold Volkmer (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Montana|Montana]]

: . Pat Williams (D) : . Ron Marlenee (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: . Doug Bereuter (R) : . Hal Daub (R) : . Virginia D. Smith (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nevada|Nevada]]

: . Harry Reid (D) : . Barbara Vucanovich (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: . Norman D'Amours (D) : . Judd Gregg (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: . James Florio (D) : . William J. Hughes (D) : . James J. Howard (D) : . Chris Smith (R) : . Marge Roukema (R) : . Bernard J. Dwyer (D) : . Matthew John Rinaldo (R) : . Robert A. Roe (D) : . Robert Torricelli (D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Jim Courter (R) : . Edwin B. Forsythe (R), until March 29, 1984 :: Jim Saxton (R), from November 6, 1984 : . Frank Joseph Guarini (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: . Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) : . Joe Skeen (R) : . Bill Richardson (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

: . William Carney (C) : . Thomas Downey (D) : . Robert J. Mrazek (D) : . Norman F. Lent (R) : . Raymond J. McGrath (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D), until January 4, 1983 :: Gary Ackerman (D), from March 1, 1983 : . James H. Scheuer (D) : . Geraldine Ferraro (D) : . Chuck Schumer (D) : . Edolphus Towns (D) : . Major Owens (D) : . Stephen Solarz (D) : . Guy Molinari (R) : . Bill Green (R) : . Charles Rangel (D) : . Theodore S. Weiss (D) : . Robert Garcia (D) : . Mario Biaggi (D) : . Richard Ottinger (D) : . Hamilton Fish IV (R) : . Benjamin Gilman (R) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Gerald Solomon (R) : . Sherwood Boehlert (R) : . David O'Brien Martin (R) : . George C. Wortley (R) : . Matthew F. McHugh (D) : . Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : . Jack Kemp (R) : . John J. LaFalce (D) : . Henry J. Nowak (D) : . Stan Lundine (D)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Tim Valentine (D) : . Charles Orville Whitley (D) : . Ike Franklin Andrews (D) : . Stephen L. Neal (D) : . Charles Robin Britt (D) : . Charlie Rose (D) : . Bill Hefner (D) : . James G. Martin (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . James M. Clarke (D)

[[List of United States representatives from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

: . Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . Tom Luken (D) : . Bill Gradison (R) : . Tony P. Hall (D) : . Mike Oxley (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bob McEwen (R) : . Mike DeWine (R) : . Tom Kindness (R) : . Marcy Kaptur (D) : . Clarence E. Miller (R) : . Dennis E. Eckart (D) : . John Kasich (R) : . Donald J. Pease (D) : . John F. Seiberling (D) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Ralph Regula (R) : . Lyle Williams (R) : . Douglas Applegate (D) : . Ed Feighan (D) : . Mary Rose Oakar (D) : . Louis Stokes (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

: . James R. Jones (D) : . Mike Synar (D) : . Wes Watkins (D) : . Dave McCurdy (D) : . Mickey Edwards (R) : . Glenn English (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Oregon|Oregon]]

: . Les AuCoin (D) : . Bob Smith (R) : . Ron Wyden (D) : . Jim Weaver (D) : . Denny Smith (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: . Thomas M. Foglietta (D) : . William H. Gray III (D) : . Robert A. Borski Jr. (D) : . Joseph P. Kolter (D) : . Richard T. Schulze (R) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Robert W. Edgar (D) : . Peter H. Kostmayer (D) : . Bud Shuster (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Frank Harrison (D) : . John Murtha (D) : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William J. Coyne (D) : . Donald L. Ritter (R) : . Robert Smith Walker (R) : . George Gekas (R) : . Doug Walgren (D) : . William F. Goodling (R) : . Joseph M. Gaydos (D) : . Tom Ridge (R) : . Austin Murphy (D) : . William Clinger Jr. (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: . Fernand St Germain (D) : . Claudine Schneider (R)

[[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: . Thomas F. Hartnett (R) : . Floyd Spence (R) : . Butler Derrick (D) : . Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) : . John Spratt (D) : . Robin Tallon (D)

[[List of United States representatives from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: . Tom Daschle (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . Marilyn Lloyd (D) : . Jim Cooper (D) : . Bill Boner (D) : . Albert Gore Jr. (D) : . Don Sundquist (R) : . Ed Jones (D) : . Harold Ford Sr. (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Texas|Texas]]

: . Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) : . Charlie Wilson (D) : . Steve Bartlett (R) : . Ralph Hall (D) : . John Bryant (D) : . Phil Gramm (D), until January 5, 1983 :: Phil Gramm (R), from February 12, 1983 : . Bill Archer (R) : . Jack Fields (R) : . Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . Marvin Leath (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Jack Hightower (D) : . William Neff Patman (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : . Ron Coleman (D) : . Charles Stenholm (D) : . Mickey Leland (D) : . Kent Hance (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . Tom Loeffler (R) : . Ron Paul (R) : . Abraham Kazen (D) : . Martin Frost (D) : . Michael A. Andrews (D) : . Tom Vandergriff (D) : . Solomon P. Ortiz (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Utah|Utah]]

: . Jim Hansen (R) : . David Daniel Marriott (R) : . Howard C. Nielson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . Jim Jeffords (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . Herbert H. Bateman (R) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R) : . Norman Sisisky (D) : . Dan Daniel (D) : . Jim Olin (D) : . J. Kenneth Robinson (R) : . Stanford Parris (R) : . Rick Boucher (D) : . Frank Wolf (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Washington|Washington]]

: . Joel Pritchard (R) : . Al Swift (D) : . Don Bonker (D) : . Sid Morrison (R) : . Tom Foley (D) : . Norm Dicks (D) : . Mike Lowry (D) : . Rod Chandler (R)

[[List of United States representatives from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: . Alan Mollohan (D) : . Harley O. Staggers Jr. (D) : . Bob Wise (D) : . Nick Rahall (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: . Les Aspin (D) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Steve Gunderson (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D), until December 3, 1983 :: Jerry Kleczka (D), from April 3, 1984 : . Jim Moody (D) : . Tom Petri (R) : . Dave Obey (D) : . Toby Roth (R) : . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

: . Dick Cheney (R)

Non-voting members

: . Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D) : . Walter Fauntroy (D) : . Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) : . Baltasar Corrada del Río (PNP) : . Ron de Lugo (D) Jim Wright Tom Foley Robert H. Michel Trent Lott

Changes in membership

Senate

SORT by the date the seat became vacant

|- | Washington (1) | nowrap | Henry M. Jackson (D) | nowrap | Daniel J. Evans (R)

House of Representatives

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | New York's 7th | | Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) | | Gary Ackerman (D)

Committees

Senate

• Aging (Special) (Chair: H. John Heinz III)
• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • Soil and Water Conservation, Forestry and Environment (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
  • Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy)
  • Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
  • Rural Development, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
  • Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
  • Nutrition (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
• Appropriations (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
  • 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: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
  • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
  • Foreign Operations (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; 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: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • Legislative Branch (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
  • Military Construction (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
  • Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Chair: Paul Laxalt; 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: Henry M. Jackson)
  • Military Construction (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
  • Tactical Warfare (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
  • Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
  • Preparedness (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey); Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
  • Sea Power and Force Projection (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
• Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
  • Financial Institutions (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
  • International Finance and Monetary Policy (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
  • Securities (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • Economic Policy (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
  • Consumer Affairs (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
  • Rural Housing and Development (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
  • Insurance (Chair: Chic Hecht; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • Federal Credit Programs (Chair: Paul S. Trible Jr.; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
• Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
• Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
  • Aviation (Chair: Nancy Landon Kassebaum; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
  • Business, Trade and Tourism (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
  • Communications (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
  • Consumer (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
  • Merchant Marine (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
  • Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
  • Surface Transportation (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
  • National Ocean Policy Study (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
• Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
  • Energy Conservation and Supply (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
  • Energy and Mineral Resources (Chair: John Warner; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
  • Energy Regulation (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
  • Energy Research and Development (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
  • Public Lands and Reserved Water (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
  • Water and Power (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
• Environment and Public Works (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
  • Environmental Pollution (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
  • Nuclear Regulation (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Gary W. Hart)
  • Water Resources (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
  • Transportation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
  • Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • Regional and Community Development (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Quentin Burdick)
• Ethics (Select) (Chair: Ted Stevens; Vice Chair: Howell Heflin)
• Finance (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
  • Taxation and Debt Management (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
  • International Trade (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
  • Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: David H. Pryor)
  • Economic Growth, Employment and Revenue (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
  • Energy and Agricultural Taxation (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
  • Health (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • Social Security and Income Maintenance Programs (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
  • Estate and Gift Taxation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
  • Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
• Foreign Relations (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
  • International Economic Policy (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
  • African Affairs (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
  • East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Frank Murkowski; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
  • Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
  • Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
  • Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
  • European Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
• Governmental Affairs (Chair: William V. Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • 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)
  • Information Management and Regulatory Affairs (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
  • Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
  • Civil Service, Post Office and General Services (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Jeff Bingaman)
  • Oversight of Government Management (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
• Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Mark Andrews)
• Judiciary (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
  • Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Howard Metzenbaum)
  • Criminal Law (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
  • 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)
  • Administration Practice and Procedure (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
  • Security and Terrorism (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
  • Juvenile Justice (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
• Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
• Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
  • Labor (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
  • Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair: Robert T. 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: Spark M. Matsunaga)
  • Aging (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
  • Family and Human Services (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
• Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
• Rules and Administration (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Wendell Ford)
• Senate Committee System (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
• Small Business (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • Capital Formation and Detention (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
  • Government Regulation and Paperwork (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • Urban and Rural Economic Development (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
  • Government Procurement (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
  • Productivity and Competition (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
  • Innovation and Technology (Chair: Warren Rudman; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
  • Export Promotion and Market Development (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
  • Small Business Family Farm (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
  • Entrepreneurship and Special Problems Facing Small Business (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Aging (Select) (Chair: Edward R. Roybal)
• Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
  • Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
  • Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
  • Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
  • Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
  • Conservation Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
  • Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: George E. Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
  • Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Leon E. Panetta; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
  • Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Charles Whitley; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
• Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
  • Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien)
  • Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards)
  • District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
  • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
  • Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence D. Long; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
  • HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
  • Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joe Biden; 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: Jerry Lewis)
  • Military Construction (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
  • Transportation (Chair: William Lehman; 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: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
  • Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
  • Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
  • Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
• Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
  • 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: Stewart B. McKinney)
  • General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
  • Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Ron Paul)
  • International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Jerry M. Patterson; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
  • 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: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway)
• Budget (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
  • Capital Resources and Development (Chair: Tim Wirth; Ranking Member: Bobbi Fiedler)
  • Energy and Technology (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Tom Loeffler)
  • Budget Process (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
  • Education and Employment (Chair: Dick Gephardt; Ranking Member: Lynn Morley Martin)
  • Federalism/State-Local Relations (Chair: Bill Nelson; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
  • Economic Policy and Growth (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: Ed Bethune)
  • Tax Policy (Chair: Thomas J. Downey; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
  • Entitlements, Uncontrollables and Indexing (Chair: Brian J. Donnelly; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm)
  • International Finance and Trade (Chair: Mike Lowry; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
• Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair: George Miller)
• District of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
  • Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
  • 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, then Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
  • Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
  • Employment Opportunities (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
  • Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
  • Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
  • 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: John N. Erlenborn)
  • Select Education (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Steve Bartlett)
• Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
  • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
  • Energy Conservation and Power (Chair: Richard L. Ottinger; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
  • Health and the Environment (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
  • Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Tim Wirth; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
  • Fossil and Synthetic Fuels (Chair: Philip Sharp; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
  • Commerce, Transportation and Tourism (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
• Foreign Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki, then Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
  • International Security and Scientific Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
  • International Operations (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
  • Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
  • Human Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
  • Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
  • International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Don Bonker; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
  • Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
  • Africa (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
• Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Raymond J. McGrath)
  • Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
  • Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Ted Weiss; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
  • Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
  • Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Doug Barnard Jr.; Ranking Member: Judd Gregg)
  • Manpower and Housing (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: John R. McKernan Jr.)
• House Administration (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins, then Frank Annunzio; 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: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
  • Personnel and Police (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Rod Chandler)
• Interior and 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: Dick Cheney)
  • Public Lands and National Lands (Chair: John F. Seiberling; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • Insular Affairs (Chair: Antonio Borja Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
  • Mining, Forest Management and Bonneville Power Administration (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
  • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
• Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
  • Immigration (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Dan Lungren)
  • Courts (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
  • Monopolies (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
  • Administrative Law (Chair: Sam B. Hall Jr.; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
  • Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
  • Crime (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: Harold Sawyer)
  • Criminal Justice (Chair: John Conyers Jr.; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
  • Merchant Marine (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
  • Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John B. Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
  • Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff (Chair: Carroll Hubbard Jr.; Ranking Member: William Carney)
  • Oceangraphy (Chair: Norman D'Amours; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
• Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Charles Rangel)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
  • Investigations (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
  • Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
  • Civil Service (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
  • Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
  • Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Frank R. Wolf)
  • Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: William Dannemeyer)
  • Human Resources (Chair: Donald J. Albosta; Ranking Member: Dan Crane)
• Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
  • Aviation (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Economic Development (Chair: James L. Oberstar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.)
  • Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: Guy Molinari)
  • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Robert A. Young; Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw Jr.)
  • Surface Transportation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
  • Water Resources (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
• Rules (Chair: Claude Pepper; 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: James Sensenbrenner)
  • Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
  • Energy Research and Production (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
  • Science, Research and Technology (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Judd Gregg)
  • Transportation, Aviation and Materials (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: William Carney)
  • Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
  • Space Science and Applications (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
• Small Business (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and General Small Business Problems (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • General Oversight and the Economy (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Business (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Vin Weber)
  • Energy, Environment and Safety Issues affecting Small Business (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
  • Tax, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
  • 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: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
  • Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Bob McEwen)
  • Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Richard Shelby; Ranking Member: Chris Smith)
• Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Barber Conable Jr.)
  • 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: James G. Martin)
  • Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: John J. Duncan)
  • Health (Chair: Andrew Jacobs Jr.; Ranking Member: W. Henson Moore)
  • Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair: Harold Ford Jr.; Ranking Member: Carroll Campbell Jr.)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Economic (Chair: Sen. Roger W. Jepsen; Vice Chair: Rep. Lee H. Hamilton)
• Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen. Bob Dole)
• The Library (Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias; Vice Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins)
• Printing (Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins; Vice Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias)

Employees

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

• Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary
• Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
• Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin, until August 31, 1983
  • Rudolph G. Penner, from September 1, 1983
• Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
• Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer Jr., until 1984
  • Ralph E. Kennickell Jr., from 1984

Senate

• Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)
• Curator: James R. Ketchum
• Historian: Richard A. Baker
• Parliamentarian: Bob Dove
• Secretary: William Hildenbrand
• Librarian: Roger K. Haley
• Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene Jr.
• Secretary for the Minority: Patrick J. Griffin
• Sergeant at Arms: Howard S. Liebengood, until September 13, 1983
  • Larry E. Smith, from September 13, 1983

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James David Ford (Lutheran)
• Clerk: Benjamin J. Guthrie
• Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
• Historian: Ray Smock, from 1983
• Parliamentarian: William H. Brown
• Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (D) and Bob Berry (R)
• Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
• Sergeant at Arms: Jack Russ

Notes

References