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

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

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, 118th Congress

Majority	Minority
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, Chair Dianne Feinstein, California (until September 29, 2023) Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Cory Booker, New Jersey Alex Padilla, California Peter Welch, Vermont Laphonza Butler, California (from October 17, 2023)	John Kennedy, Louisiana, Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, Iowa Mike Lee, Utah Ted Cruz, Texas Josh Hawley, Missouri Thom Tillis, North Carolina

Historical subcommittee rosters

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, Chair Patrick Leahy, Vermont Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Cory Booker, New Jersey Alex Padilla, California Jon Ossoff, Georgia	John Kennedy, Louisiana, Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Mike Lee, Utah Ted Cruz, Texas Ben Sasse, Nebraska Thom Tillis, North Carolina

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Ben Sasse, Nebraska, Chair Chuck Grassley, Iowa Mike Crapo, Idaho John Neely Kennedy, Louisiana Joni Ernst, Iowa Thom Tillis, North Carolina	Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, Vermont Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Mazie Hirono, Hawaii

External links

• Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, official site