United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government

The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government is one of six subcommittees of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary. Until 2019 it was called the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, and between 2019 and 2023, the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

Jurisdiction

Constitutional rights, constitutional amendments, Federal civil rights, voting rights, claims against the United States, non-immigration private claims bills, ethics in government, tort liability, federal charters of incorporation, and other matters.^[1]

Members, 118th Congress

Majority	Minority
Mike Johnson, Louisiana, Chair (until October 25, 2023) Chip Roy, Texas, Chair (from October 26, 2023) Tom McClintock, California Dan Bishop, North Carolina Kevin Kiley, California Harriet Hageman, Wyoming Wesley Hunt, Texas Russell Fry, South Carolina	Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania, Ranking Member Steve Cohen, Tennessee Veronica Escobar, Texas Cori Bush, Missouri Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Hank Johnson, Georgia Becca Balint, Vermont
Ex officio
Jim Jordan, Ohio	Jerrold Nadler, New York

Historical membership rosters

115th Congress

Majority	Minority
Steve King, Iowa, Chairman Louie Gohmert, Texas Karen Handel, Georgia	Steve Cohen, Tennessee, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, Maryland Ted Deutch, Florida
Ex officio
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia	Jerrold Nadler, New York

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116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Steve Cohen, Tennessee, Chair Jamie Raskin, Maryland, Vice Chair Eric Swalwell, California Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania Sylvia Garcia, Texas Veronica Escobar, Texas Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas	Mike Johnson, Louisiana, Ranking Member Louie Gohmert, Texas Jim Jordan, Ohio Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania Ben Cline, Virginia Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota
Ex officio
Jerrold Nadler, New York	Doug Collins, Georgia (until March 12, 2020) Jim Jordan, Ohio (March 12, 2020 on)

References

^ "The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government". House Judiciary Committee Republicans. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
^ "Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-10-31.

External links

Subcommittee page

Current United States House Judiciary subcommittees

Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Constitution and Limited Government
Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)

Standing

Other

Aging (special)
International Narcotics Control (permanent caucus)
Ethics (select)
Indian Affairs (permanent select)
Intelligence (select)

House (list)

Standing	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Accountability Rules Science, Space, and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)
Other	Intelligence (permanent select) Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (select)

Joint (list)

Commission
Assignments

Joint	Capitol Historical Society (advisory group) China COVID-19 Oversight Cyberspace Solarium Security and Cooperation in Europe
House	Democracy Partnership Human Rights