United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Standing committee
Active United States Senate 119th Congress
History
Formed	October 9, 2004[1]
Succeeded	Committee on the District of Columbia (1816) Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (1816) Committee on Retrenchment (1842) Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments (1921) Committee on Government Operations (1952) Committee on Governmental Affairs (1978)[2]
Leadership
Chair	Rand Paul (R) Since January 3, 2025
Ranking member	Gary Peters (D) Since January 3, 2025
Structure
Seats	15 members
Political parties	Majority (8)   Republican (8) Minority (7)   Democratic (7)
Jurisdiction
Policy areas	Accounting standards, Census, Compliance audit, Federal civil service, Federal Protective Service, Federal statistics, Financial audit, Freedom of information, Government of the District of Columbia, Governmental accounting, Homeland security, Mail, National archives, Nuclear export policy, Organization and reorganization of the executive branch of government, Performance audit, Public procurement, Records management, United States budget process
Oversight authority	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Government Accountability Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, Office of E-Government & Information Technology, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Postal Regulatory Commission, United States Capitol Police, United States Census Bureau, United States Office of Management and Budget, United States Office of Personnel Management, United States Postal Service, United States Secret Service, Washington, D.C., White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
House counterpart	House Committee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Meeting place
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.
Website
www.hsgac.senate.gov
Rules
Rules of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the main oversight committee of the United States Senate. It focuses on issues related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns. It was called the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs before homeland security was added to its responsibilities in 2004.^[3]