CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, 1947 - 1994 Codebook Prepared by Garrison Nelson Table of Contents Variable Number Name of Variable Page 01 Office Held by Member in this Congress.............. 1 02 Region Represented by Member (ICPSR)................ 1 03 State Represented by Member (ICPSR)................ 2 04 Congressional District or Senate Class.............. 3 05 Occupancy During this Term............................ 3 06 Member's Most Recent Means of Attaining Office . . 4 07 Political Party Affiliation in this Congress....... 5 08 Member's Period of Service in the Chamber.......... 6 09 Member's ICPSR Identification Number................ 6 10 Member's Full Name..................................... 7 11 Chamber of Committee.................................. 7 12 Type of Committee in this Congress................... 7 13 Number of the Congress................................ 7 14 Master List of Modern Era Committees.............. 8 House Standing........................................ 8 House Select and Special............................. 11 Senate Standing...................................... 14 Senate Select and special........................... 16 Joint................................................. 19 Non-Committee Status................................. 21 15 Party Status of Member................................. 22 16 Rank of Member Within Party Status................... 22 17 Status as a Senior Party Member...................... 23 18 Chamber Seniority of Member in this Congress........ 25 19 Member's Period of Service on this Committee........ 25 20 Committee Seniority of Member in this Period on Committee............. 26 21 order of the Assignment in the Member's Career in this Chamber.......................................... 26 22 State Represented by Member in Alphabetical Order 27 23 Date of Committee Assignment: Month................. 27 24 Date of Committee Assignment: Day................... 27 25 Date of Committee Assignment: Year................... 27 26 Date of Committee Termination: Month................. 28 27 Date of Committee Termination: Day................... 28 28 Date of Committee Termination: Year................. 28 29 Status of Assignment at End of this Congress........ 29 30 Status of Member in the Subsequent Congress........ 30 31 Committee Continuity of the Member's Assignment in the Subsequent Congress............................... 31 Congressional Committees Codebook Table of Contents/Page 2 Variable Number Name of Variable Page 32 Alphabetical Sorting Key......................... 31 33 Committee Type Subcode........................... 31 Summary of Data Format........................... 32 CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, 1947 - 1992 Codebook Prepared by Garrison Nelson Column Number Code 01-02 Constant CC for Congressional Committees NOTE: The following columns, 03-20 are based upon the "Roster Coding Instructions" of the Congressional Roll Call Files of the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. For this project, some of the variables were amplified. 03 VAR01: OFFICE HELD BY MEMBER IN THIS CONGRESS 1 reserved 2 reserved 3 House of Representatives (Rep) 4 Senate, 1st Class (Sen] 5 Senate, 2nd Class (Sen] 6 Senate, 3rd Class (Sen) 7 Delegate (Del) 8 Resident Commissioner [Com] The Senate class numbers may be located in the Rules and Manual of the United States Senate (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing office, 1975), pp. 817-881. 04 VAR02: REGION REPRESENTED BY MEMBER (ICPSR) 0 New England [N.E.] 1 Middle Atlantic [M.At] 2 East North Central [ENC] 3 West North Central [WNC] 4 Solid South [Sou] 5 Border [Bord] 6 Mountain [Mtn] 7 Pacific [Pac] 8 External Territories [Ext] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 2 Column Number Code 04-05 VAR03: STATE REPRESENTED BY MEMBER (ICPSR) New England West North Central 01 Connecticut [CT] 31 Iowa [IA] 02 Maine [ME] 32 Kansas [KS] 03 Massachusetts [MA] 33 Minnesota [MN] 04 New Hampshire [NH] 34 Missouri [MO] 05 Rhode Island [RI] 35 Nebraska [NE] 06 Vermont [VT] 36 North Dakota [ND] 37 South Dakota [SD] Middle Atlantic Solid South 11 Delaware [DE] 12 New Jersey [NJ] 41 Alabama [AL] 13 New York [NY] 42 Arkansas [AR] 14 Pennsylvania [PA] 43 Florida [FL] 44 Georgia [GA] East North Central 45 Louisiana [FL] 46 Mississippi [MS] 21 Illinois [IL] 47 North Carolina [NC] 22 Indiana [IN] 48 South Carolina [SC] 23 Michigan [MI] 49 Texas [TX] 24 Ohio [OH] 40 Virginia [VA] 25 Wisconsin [WI] Border States Pacific States 51 Kentucky [KY] 71 California [CA] 52 Maryland [MD] 72 Oregon [OR] 53 Oklahoma [OK] 73 Washington [WA] 54 Tennessee [TN] 74 Alaska [AK] 56 West Virginia [WV] 75 Hawaii [HI] Mountain States Territories 61 Arizona [AZ] 55 District of Columbia 62 Colorado [CO] [DC] 63 Idaho [ID] 81 Guam [GU] 64 Montana [MT] 82 Puerto Rico [PR] 65 Nevada [NV] 83 Virgin Islands (VI] 66 New Mexico [NM] 84 American Samoa [AS] 67 Utah [UT] 68 Wyoming [WY] Note: The alphabetical version of the state code is VAR22. Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 3 Column Number Code 06-07 VAR04: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OR SENATE CLASS NUMBER Code appropriate number for House Members. 01-59 House Congressional District Numbers (1st through 59th) 60-78 House Districts: Undetermined (DKl through DK19) 79 Delegate to Congress [Delg] 80 Resident Commissioner [Comm] 81 U.S. Senator, 1st Class [CL1] 82 U.S. Senator, 2nd Class [CL2] 83 U.S. Senator, 3rd Class [CL3] 84 U.S. Senator, Class DK [CLU] 85 House At-large or 1st At-large Member [ALl] 86 House 2nd At-large Member [AL2] 87 House 3rd At-large Member [AL3] 88-89 House At-large Members 4th -15th. At-large Members are ranked by vote totals. 08 VAR05: OCCUPANCY DURING THIS TERM 0 Only occupant of the seat during this Congress. Coded here are members who were elected to vacancies, as would happen if the regularly-elected M.C. died before Congress convened, or if the state represented by the M.C. was admitted to the Union in the middle of the Congress. Also, members who may have died or resigned during the Congress but were not replaced, therefore, the only occupants. [0] 1 First occupant of the seat. If an M.C. dies or resigns and is replaced, he is coded 1. If he leaves Congress, and is not replaced, he is coded 0. Ill 2 Second occupant of the seat. This is a replacement for the original M.C. who died or resigned. [2] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 4 Column Number Code 08 VAR05: OCCUPANCY DURING THIS TERM (cont.) 3 Third occupant of the seat. This often occurs in the Senate when an elected replacement succeeds an appointed replacement of an original Member. [3] 4 reserved 5 reserved 6 Seated twice. This will not happen very often, but occasionally a Member would resign, then be re-elected and reseated. This code does not apply to Senators who were appointed, then elected to their seats with no gap in between. [T] 7 Not sworn in this Congress. [*] 8 Sworn in, but not seated. [N] 09 VAR06: MEMBER'S MOST RECENT MEANS OF ATTAINING OFFICE 1 Elected in a General Election. Includes all Congressmen who are first or only occupants of their seats, except for those members replacing members-elect who died before the beginning of their term. Senators elected before 1914 do not fall into this category with a few exceptions in the Mountain States. [G] 2 Elected in a Special Election. This is the case for all replacement Representa- tives, even if they replaced a Member- elect who was never sworn. It also applies to some replacement Senators. [S] 3 Elected by State Legislature. All Senators prior to 1914 (excepting some Western states for 1912) unless the Biographical Directory of the American congress specifically indicates that the Senator was appointed to the seat. [L] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 5 Column Number Code 09 VAR06: MEMBER'S MOST RECENT MEANS OF ATTAINING OFFICE (cont.) 4 reserved 5 Appointed by Governor. This will be true only of Senators. [A] 10 leave blank 11-13 VAR07: POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION IN THIS CONGRESS The most common party designations in the 1947-1994 era are: 100 Democratic [Dem] 137 Democratic-Farmer-Labor [DFL] 200 Republican [Rep] 328 Independent [Ind] 350 American Labor [AmLb] 360 Conservative [Cons] 999 Party Affiliation Unknown 14 VAR08: MEMBER'S PERIOD OF SERVICE IN CHAMBER A. House Service 1 The Member's only period of House service. [ ] 2 First period of multiple House service. [1] 3 Second period of multiple House service. [2] 4 Third period of multiple House service. [3] 5 Fourth period of multiple House service. [4] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 6 Column Number Code 14 VAR08: MEMBER'S PERIOD OF SERVICE IN CHAMBER (cont.) B. Senate Service 6 The Members only period of Senate service. [ ] 7 First period of multiple Senate service. [1] 8 Second period of multiple Senate service. [2] 9 Third period of multiple Senate service. [3] 15-19 VAR09: MEMBER'S IDENTIFICATION NUMBER The ICPSR coded Members in alphabetical order from the 1961 edition of the Biograph- ical Directory. This ran from 00001 to 10471. Members sworn after 1961 were num- bered alphabetically within each of the successive Congresses to which they were originally elected. Replacement Members are numbered in chronological order. For an alphabetical identification, see VAR32. 20 leave blank 21-45 VAR10: MEMBER'S FULL NAME These names are taken from the Biographical Directory and have been modified to the more common usage for each Member (e.g., J. William Fulbright instead of James W. Fulbright). Also diminuitives and nicknames have been used sparingly. 46 VAR11: CHAMBER OF COMMITTEE 1 House of Representatives only [HR] 2 Senate only [SN] 3 Joint: House Members [JH] 4 Joint: Senate Members [JS] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 7 Column Number Code 47 VAR12: TYPE OF COMMITTEE IN THIS CONGRESS 1 Standing [ ] 2 Select [Se] 3 Special [Sp] 4 Party (includes leadership posts) [Py] 5 Subcommittee [Su] 0 Inapplicable; Member not assigned 48-50 VAR13: NUMBER OF THE CONGRESS 80 80th (1947-1949) 81 81st (1949-1951) 82 82nd (1951-1953) 83 83rd (1953-1955) 84 84th (1955-1957) 85 85th (1957-1959) 86 86th (1959-1961) 87 87th (1961-1963) 88 88th (1963-1965) 89 89th (1965-1967) 90 90th (1967-1969) 91 91st (1969-1971) 92 92nd (1971-1973) 93 93rd (1973-1975) 94 94th (1975-1977) 95 95th (1977-1979) 96 96th (1979-1981) 97 97th (1981-1983) 98 98th (1983-1985) 99 99th (1985-1987) 100 100th (1987-1989) 101 l0lst (1989-1991) 102 102nd (1991-1993) congressional Committees Codebook/Page 8 MASTER LIST OF MODERN ERA COMMITTEES The Committees of the Modern Era Congresses (1947-1993) are identified in Columns 51-53 with Column 51 used to designate the chamber and type of committee as follows: 1 House Standing Committees arranged alphabetically 2 House Select and Special Committees arranged chronologically. Select and special committees with the same names are identified by their name of their chairmen. 3 Senate Standing Committees arranged alphabetically 4 Senate Select and Special Committees arranged chronologically 5 Joint Committees (standing as well as select and special) arranged chronologically. Note is made of the newly- created permanent and temporary select committee designations. Committees currently in operation are CAPITALIZED. Code numbers are presented in two formats. The first number is the original alphabetical code presented to the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. The second number was developed for the Congressional Staff Directory version of the data. The CSD code permits sorts by committee code within its three digits. The data for the first and last Congresses in which the committees were in operation come from my own files and have been rechecked with Walter Stubbs, comp., Congressional Committees, 1789-1982: A Checklist, (Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1985). Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 9 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE Modern House Standing Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 102 16 --- AGRICULTURE 104 38 --- APPROPRIATIONS 106 80 --- ARMED SERVICES ill 38 93 Banking and Currency (renamed 112) 112 94 94 Banking, Currency and Housing (renamed 113) 113 95 --- BANKING, FINANCE AND URBAN AFFAIRS 115 93 --- BUDGET 120 80 --- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 124 80 --- EDUCATION AND ABOR 126 80 82 Expenditures in the Executive Departments (renamed 138) 128 97 --- ENERGY AND COMMERCE 132 80 93 Foreign Affairs (renamed 150) 134 96 --- FOREIGN AFFAIRS (current) 138 83 --- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 142 80 --- HOUSE ADMINISTRATION 146 82 102 Interior and Insular Affairs (renamed 164) 148 91 93 Internal Security (abolished) 150 94 95 International Affairs (renamed 134) Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 10 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern House Standing Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 152 80 96 Interstate and Foreign Commerce (renamed 128) 156 80 --- JUDICIARY 160 80 --- MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES 164 103 --- NATURAL RESOURCES 168 80 --- POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE 170 80 81 Public Lands (renamed 146) 172 80 93 Public Works (renamed 173) 173 94 --- PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION 176 80 --- RULES 180 86 93 Science and Astronautics (renamed 181) 181 94 99 Science and Technology (renamed 182) 182 100 --- SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY 184 94 --- SMALL BUSINESS 186 90 --- STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT 188 80 90 UnAmerican Activities (renamed 148) 192 80 --- VETERANS' AFFAIRS 196 80 --- WAYS AND MEANS --------------- Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 11 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern House Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 201 77 83 Chamber Improvements 202 77 93 Small Business (became standing 184) 203 80 80 Newsprint 204 80 80 Foreign Aid 205 80 80 Investigate Transactions on Commodity Exchanges 206 80 93 Investigate Campaign Expenditures 207 80 80 Investigate the Federal communications Commission 208 81 81 Lobbying Activities 209 81 82 Investigate the Use of Chemicals, Pesticides, and Insecticides in and with Respect to Food Products 210 81 82 Investigate Abuses in Education, Training, and Loan Guaranty Programs of World War II Veterans 211 82 82 Katyn Forest Massacre 212 82 82 Investigate Tax Exempt Foundations and Other Organizations (Select) 213 82 82 Offensive and Undesirable Books, Magazines, and Comic Books Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 12 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern House Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 214 83 83 Investigate Tax Exempt Foundations and other Organizations (Special) 215 83 83 Communist Aggression 216 83 84 Certain Benefits for Surviving Dependents of Deceased Members and Former Members of the Armed Forces 217 84 84 Financial Position of the White County Bridge Commission 218 84 -- HOUSE RECORDING STUDIO 219 Astronautics and Space Exploration (became Standing 180) 220 87 87 Administration of the Export Control Act of 1949 221 88 88 Government Research 222 88 88 Study the Factors Relating to the General Welfare and Education of Congressional Pages 223 89 89 Standards and Conduct 224 90 90 Seating of Adam Clayton Powell in the 90th Congress 225 90 94 House Beauty Shop 226 91 93 Regulate Parking on the House Side of the Capitol 227 91 93 Crime Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 13 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern House Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 228 91 93 House Restaurant 229 91 91 Investigate All Aspects of United States Military Involvement in Southeast Asia 230 93 93 Committees I (Bolling) 231 94 102 Aging (Permanent) 232 94 94 Intelligence (Nedzi) 233 94 95 Intelligence (Pike) 234 94 96 Outer Continental Shelf (ad hoc) 235 94 94 Study the Problem of United States Servicemen Missing in Action in Southeast Asia 236 94 94 Professional Sports 237 94 102 Narcotics Abuse and Control 238 94 95 Assassinations 239 95 95 Ethics 240 95 95 Congressional Operations 241 95 95 Energy (ad hoc) 242 95 -- INTELLIGENCE (Permanent) 243 95 96 Population 244 96 96 Committees II (Patterson) 245 98 102 Children, Youth and Families 246 98 102 Hunger Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 14 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern House Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 247 100 100 Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran 248 Fire Safety --------------------------- Modern Senate Standing Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 302 85 95 Aeronautical and Space Sciences (became part of 321) 304 80 95 Agriculture and Forestry (renamed 305) 305 95 --- AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY 306 80 --- APPROPRIATIONS 308 80 --- ARMED SERVICES 313 80 91 Banking and Currency (renamed 314) 314 92 --- BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS 316 93 --- BUDGET 320 88 95 Commerce (renamed 321) 321 95 --- COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION 324 80 95 District-of Columbia (became part of 344) Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 15 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern Senate Standing Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 328 80 82 Expenditures in Executive Departments (renamed 342) 330 95 --- ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 332 95 --- ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS 336 80 --- FINANCE 338 80 --- FOREIGN RELATIONS 342 83 95 Government Operations, (renamed 344) 344 95 --- GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 348 95 95 Human Resources (renamed 362) 352 81 95 Interior and Insular Affairs (renamed 330) 354 80 87 Interstate and Foreign Commerce (renamed 320) 358 80 --- JUDICIARY 362 95 --- LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES 363 80 95 Labor and Public Welfare (renamed 348) 370 80 95 Post Office and civil service (became part of 344) 372 80 80 Public Lands (renamed 352) 374 80 95 Public Works (renamed 332) 380 80 --- RULES AND ADMINISTRATION Congressional committees Codebook/Page 16 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern Senate Standing Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee .384 98 --- SMALL BUSINESS 388 92 --- VETERANS' AFFAIRS -------------------- modern Senate Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 401 77 80 Investigating National Defense Program (Sp) 402 79 82 Roofs and Skylights over the Senate (Sp) 403 80 80 Study Problems of American Small Business (Sp) 404 81 97 Small Business (became Standing) 405 82 82 organized crime in Interstate Commerce (Sp) 406 83 83 Study Rates of Compensation of Certain of f icers and Employees of the Senate (Sp) 407 83 83 Study Censure Charges [against Senator McCarthy] 408 83 83 Mail Cover of Mail of Senators 409 84 85 Disarmament (Sp) 410 84 85 Senate Reception Room (Sp) Congressional Commitees Codebook/Page 17 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern Senate Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 411 84 84 Investigate an Attempt to Influence the Vote of Senator Case (R-SD) 412 84 84 Investigate Attempts to Improperly Influence Senators 413 84 85 Foreign Assistance by the United States Government (Sp) 414 85 86 Improper Activities in the Labor-Management Field 415 85 85 Astronautics and Space Exploration (Sp) 416 85 86 Preservation of the Historical 'Records of the Senate (Sp) 417 86 86 National Water Resources 418 86 86 Unemployment Problems (Sp) 419 87 --- AGING (Sp) 420 87 87 National Fuels Study (Sp) 421 89 94 Standards and Conduct 422 89 90 Organization of Congress (Sp) 423 90 90 Unmet Basic Needs Among the [U.S.] People 424 91 94 Nutrition and Human Needs 425 91 92 Equal Educational Opportunity 426 92 94. Termination of the National Emergency (Sp) Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 18 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern Senate Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 427 92 92 Study Secret and Confidential Government Documents 428 93 93 Secret and Confidential Government Documents (Special ad hoc) 429 93 93 Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate") 430 93 93 Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities 431 94 95 Study the Senate Committee System I (Stevenson) 432 94 --- INTELLIGENCE (Permanent) 433 95 95 Official Conduct (Special) 434 96 --- ETHICS (Permanent) 435 95 --- INDIAN AFFAIRS (Permanent) 436 96 96 Special Subcommittee on Activities of Individuals Representing Interests of Foreign Governments 437 97 97 Study Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of Components of the Department of Justice 438 98 98 Security and Cooperation in Europe (Sp) 439 98 98 Study the Senate Committee System II (Quayle) Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 19 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Modern Senate Select or Special Committees Code 1st Last Name of Committee 440 99 99 Impeachment of Judge Harry E. Claiborne (Sp) 441 99 99 Impeachment of Judge Alcee Hastings (Sp) 442 99 99 Impeachment of Judge Walter Nixon (Sp) 443 100 100 Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan opposition 444 102 -- POW-MIA Affairs ------------------------ Joint Committees of the Modern Congress Code 1st Last Name of Committee 500 9 --- LIBRARY 501 29 --- PRINTING 502 69 94 Internal Revenue Taxation (renamed 503) 503 94 --- TAXATION 504 77 93 Reduction of Non-Essential Federal Expenditures 505 77 91 Disposition of Executive Papers 506 79 84 Economic Report (renamed 507) 507 84 --- ECONOMIC 508 95 Atomic Energy Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 20 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Joint Committees of the Modern Congress Code 1st Last Name of Committee 509 Legislative Budget 510 80 81 Labor-Management Relations 511 80 80 Housing 512 80 81 Foreign Economic Cooperation 513 80 --- Inaugural Ceremonies 514 80 80 Trust Territories of the Pacific 515 81 92 Navaho-Hopi Indian Administration 516 81 95 Defense Production 517 82 83 Railroad Retirement Legislation 518 Postal Service 519 82 91 Immigration and Nationality Policy 520 84 89 Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian Institution 521 85 86 Washington Metropolitan Problems 522 89 89 Organization of Congress 523 91 95 Congressional Operations 524 92 93 Study Budget Control 525 94 94 Arrangements for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 21 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Joint Committees of the Modern Congress Code 1st Last Name of Committee 526 100 100 Deficit Reduction 527 102 Organization of the Congress ---------------------------------- Non-Committee Status Codes 66 Party Leadership in Columns 51-52 House (includes Columns 53-56) 661101 Speaker of the House 661102 House Majority Floor Leader 661103 House Majority Whip 661201 House Minority Floor Leader 661202 House Minority Whip Senate 662101 Senate Majority Floor Leader 662102 Senate Majority Whip 662201 Senate Minority Floor Leader 662202 Senate Minority Whip Non-Assignment Codes 770 Member elected; but not sworn in [E-Unsworn] 771 Member died before assignment [Died BA] 772 Member resigned before assignment [Resgn BA] 773 Member contested out of seat [Contest] 775 Member appointed; but not sworn in [A-Unsworn] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 22 Column Number Code 51-53 VAR14: COMMITTEE IDENTIFICATION CODE (cont.) Non-Assignment Codes 780 Member sworn in; but served onlv on a Select Committee in this Congress. This did not meet Standing Committee definition (i.e., Select Committee which later became Standing or was a Select Committee for at least three continuous Congresses). [Sel.Only] 790 Member elected and sworn in; but not assigned. [E-Unasgn] 795 Member appointed and sworn in; but not assigned. [A-Unasgn] 54 VAR15: PARTY STATUS OF MEMBER A. Status of original listing in the Journals for the First Session of each Congress. All Members listed as 1, 2, or 3 provide the full complement of places under the rules governing size. 1 Majority party member [Maj] 2 Minority party member [Min] 3 Other party member [3PI] B. Members added to the committee to fill expanded memberships are listed as 4 or 5. 4 Majority party addition [MjA] 5 Minority party addition [MnA] C. Members added to committees to replace ,departed members are listed as 6 or 7. This also includes situations of in-session committee reorganizations. Members assigned to the committee after the reorganization are coded as replacements for Members who left the committee upon its reorganization. 6 Majority party replacement [MjR] 7 Minority party replacement [MnR] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 23 Column Number Code 54 VAR15: PARTY STATUS OF MEMBER (cont.) D. Other designations 8 Third party additions or replacements [3PA] 9 Delegate or Resident Commissioner (Del] 0 Inapplicable; no committee assignment [.] 55-56 VAR16: RANK OF MEMBER WITHIN PARTY STATUS Coded on basis of the initial listing in the House and Senate Journals for the First Session of each Congress. Additions and replacements are coded within party status by date of assignment. 00 Inapplicable; no committee 57-58 VAR17: STATUS AS A SENIOR PARTY MEMBER 0 Inapplicable; Member served on no committee or never achieved senior party status in the Congress. [ ] A. Chairmen of the Committee in this Congress 11 Only ranking majority member to serve as Chairman. [Chr] 12 First ranking majority member to serve as Chairman. [Chi) 13 Second ranking majority member to serve as Chairman. [Ch2] 14 Third ranking majority member to serve as Chairman. [Ch3] 15 Fourth ranking majority member to serve as Chairman. [Ch4] 16 Acting Chair of Committee (during hearings). [ChA] 17 Only minority member to serve as Chairman. [MCh] 18 First minority member to serve as Chairman. [MCl] 19 Second minority member to serve as Chairman. [MC2] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 24 Column Number Code 57-58 VAR17: STATUS AS A SENIOR PARTY MEMBER (cont.) B. Ranking minority members on the Committee in this Congress. 21 Only minority member to serve as ranking minority member. [RM] 22 First minority member to serve as ranking minority member. [RM1] 23 Second minority member to serve as ranking minority member. [RM2] 24 Third minority member to serve as ranking minority member. [RM3] 25 Fourth minority member to serve as ranking minority member. [RM4] C. Speakers of the House in this Congress 31 Only member to serve as Speaker. [Spk] 32 First member to serve as Speaker. [Spl] 33 Second member to serve as Speaker. [Sp2] D. Majority Leadership in the Congress 41 Only member to serve as Majority Leader. [MjL] 42 First member to serve as Majority Leader. [ML1] 43 Second member to serve as Majority Leader. [ML2] 51 only member to serve as Majority Whip. [MjW] 52 First member to serve as Majority Whip. [MW1] 53 Second member to serve as Majority Whip. [MW2] E. Minority Leadership in the congress 61 only member to serve as Minority Leader. [MnL] 62 First member to serve as minority Leader. [Mnl] 63 Second member to serve as Minority Leader. [Mn2] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 25 Column Number Code 57-58 VAR17: STATUS AS A SENIOR PARTY MEMBER (cont.) E. Minority Leadership in the Congress 71 Only member to serve as Minority Whip. [MnW] 72 First member to serve as Minority Whip. [mw1] 73 Second member to serve as Minority Whip. [mw2] F. Non-standing Committee senior party status 81 Only member to serve as Vice Chairman. [VCh] 82 First member to serve as Vice Chairman. [VC1] 83 Second member to serve as Vice Chairman. [VC2] 84 Chairman, then Vice Chairman. [CVc] 85 Vice Chairman, then Chairman. [VcC] 86 Co-chairman [CoC] The chairmanship of some Joint Standing Committees will occasionally alternate during a Congress between the ranking Senator and Representative. Thus, the CVc and VcC codes will denote the intrasession alternation. 59-60 VAR18: CHAMBER SENIORITY OF MEMBER IN THIS CONGRESS For House Members, the Term served in this Congress was used. Members elected to a prior Congress but not sworn in, are counted as if their service had begun at that point. ,This variable represents the Member's total service to this point. For Senate Members, the year served in this Congress is calculated from the official beginning of the Senator's career. Senators appointed by Governors are listed from the date of the appointment. 00 Inapplicable; no committee assignment. Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 26 Column Number Code 61 VAR19: MEMBER'S PERIOD OF SERVICE ON THIS COMMITTEE 1 Temporary assignment for this Congress only. [T] 2 This is the Members only period of service on the committee. [*] 3 This is the Member's first period of multiple service on the committee. [1] 4 This is the Member's second period of multiple service on the committee. [2) 5 This is the Member's third period of multiple service on the committee. [3] 0 Inapplicable; no committee assignment. 62-63 VAR20: COMMITTEE SENIORITY OF MEMBER IN THIS PERIOD ON COMMITTEE .For House Members, the continuous term on this committee during this period of service was used. For Senate Members, the continuous year on this committee during this period of service was used. 00 Inapplicable; no committee assignment. [.] 64-65 VAR21: ORDER OF THE ASSIGNMENT IN THE MEMBER'S CAREER IN THIS CHAMBER Committees are coded in chronological order bated upon the initial date of assignment for each committee in the Member's career within each chamber. Interrupted service is assessed from the initial assignment to the committee. For this listing, the Party Leadership designation (260) is considered as having assignment status. A. Only one assignment in career. 1 Member served on only one committee congressional Committee. Codebook/Page 27 Column Number Code 64-65 VAR21: ORDER OF THE ASSIGNMENT IN THE MEMBER'S CAREER IN THIS CHAMBER (cont.) B. Non-Assignments 0 If a non-assignment classification applies to the beginning of this period of service in the Chamber. [.] 99 If a non-assignment classification applies to the end of this period of service in the Chamber. 66-67 VAR22: STATE REPRESENTED BY MEMBER - ALPHABETICAL ORDER 1 Alabama [AL] 26 Montana [MT] 2 Alaska [AK] 27 Nebraska [NE] 3 Arizona [AZ] 28 Nevada [NV] 4 Arkansas [AR] 29 New Hampshire [NH] 5 California [CA] 30 New Jersey [NJ] 6 Colorado [CO] 31 New Mexico [NM] 7 Connecticut [CT] 32 New York [NY] 8 Delaware [DE] 33 North Carolina [NC] 9 Florida [FL] 34 North Dakota [ND] 10 Georgia [GA] 35 Ohio [OH] 11 Hawaii [HI] 36 Oklahoma [OK] 12 Idaho [ID] 37 Oregon [OR] 13 Illinois [IL] 38 Pennsylvania [PA] 14 Indiana [IN] 39 Rhode Island [RI] 15 Iowa [IA] 40 South Carolina [SC] 16 Kansas [KS] 41 South Dakota [SD] 17 Kentucky [KY] 42 Tennessee [TN] 18 Louisiana [LA] 43 Texas [TX] 19 Maine [ME] 44 Utah CUT] 20 Maryland [MD] 45 Vermont [VT] 21 Massachusetts [MA] 46 Virginia [VA] 22 Michigan [MI] 47 Washington [WA] 23 Minnesota [MN] 48 West Virginia [WV] 24 Mississippi [MS] 49 Wisconsin [WI] 25 Missouri [MO] 50 Wyoming [WY] 51 Washington, D.C. [DC] 52 Puerto Rico [PR] 53 Guam [GU] 54 Virgin Islands [VI] 55 American Samoa [AS] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 28 Column Number Code 68-75 VAR23-25: DATE OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT VAR23: Columns 68-69 Month of Assignment 1 January [Jan] 7 July [Jul] 2 February [Feb] 8 August [Aug] 3 March (Mar] 9 September (Sep) 4 April (Apr) 10 October [Oct) 5 May (May] 11 November (Nov) 6 June (Jun] 12 December (Dec] VAR24: Columns 70-71 Day of Assignment VAR25: Columns 72-75 Year of Assignment Note: Members unassigned to committees in this Congress are listed by the date of their seating and/or appointment. 76-83 VAR26-28: DATE OF COMMITTEE TERMINATION The dates used for committee termination due to death or resignation from the chamber are those reported in the Biographical Directory or in the Congressional Directories for that Congress. The dates used for in-session resignations are those of the Journal in which the letter of resignation appears (not necessarily the date on the letter itself). However, if a Member specifies an effective date in the resignation letter other than that of the date in the Journal, then that is the date used. In the Senate, there often is no resignation letter so the date chosen for termination is that of the naming of a successor to the committee. If no departure occurs before the official closing date, then it is the closing date for this Congress which is used, not the adjournment date. Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 29 Column Number Code 76-83 VAR26-28: DATE OF COMMITTEE TERMINATION (cont.) VAR26: Columns 76-77 Month of Termination 1 January (Jan] 7 July (Jul] 2 February (Feb] 8 August (Aug] 3 March (Mar) 9 September (Sep] 4 April (Apr] 10 October [Oct] 5 May (May] 11 November (Nov) 6 June (Jun] 12 December [Dec) VAR27: Columns 78-79 Day of Termination VAR28: Columns 80-83 Year of Termination Note: Members unassigned to committees have termination dates set by the closing date of the Congress. By a long established practice, the congressional term is considered ended at the close of business on the second of January in odd-numbered years (since the adoption of the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified January 23, 1933). See Senate Manual, p. 803. 84 leave blank 85 VAR29: STATUS OF ASSIGNMENT AT END OF THIS CONGRESS 1 House. Remained on this committee, or its successor (See VAR27) until adjournment or the expiration of the committee. [ ] Senate. Remained on this committee, or its successor (See VAR27) until the next Senate committee assignments were announced. 2 Completed term in this Congress, left this committee for another committee before adjournment. [CA] 3 Completed term in this Congress, but left this committee for no other committee before adjournment. [CN] Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 30 Column Number Code 85 VAR29: STATUS OF ASSIGNMENT AT END OF THIS CONGRESS (cont.) 4 Did not complete term in this Congress but left this committee before departing the chamber. [LB] 5 Did not complete term in this Congress. Member died. [MD] 6 Did not complete term in this Congress. Member resigned chamber to hold another office. [RH] 7 Did not complete term in this Congress. Member resigned before adjournment to seek another office unsuccessfully. [RS] 8 Did not complete term in this Congress. Member resigned but neither held nor sought another office. [RN] 9 Did not complete term in this Congress. Member lost a special election (Senate only). [LSI 0 Inapplicable, no committee assignments. 87 VAR30: STATUS OF MEMBER IN THE SUBSEQUENT CONGRESS 1 Member continued in the next Congress. 2 Member defeated for election to the next Congress. [DE] 3 Member defeated for nomination to the next Congress. [DN] 4 Member elected to another federal post (U.S. Senate, President, Vice President). [EF] 5 Member elected to a state or local post (e.g., governor, legislator, mayor). [ES] 6 Member appointed to another federal post (e.g., cabinet, federal judgeship, or ambassador). [AF] 7 Member appointed to a state or local post (e.g., state administrators or judges). [AS] 8 Member retired from public life. [RT] 9 Unsuccessful contest for another office. [UC] 0 Inapplicable. Member died or left chamber before end of this Congress. Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 31 Column Number Code 89 VAR31: COMMITTEE CONTINUITY OF THE MEMBER'S ASSIGNMENT IN THE SUBSEQUENT CONGRESS 1 Member continues on the same committee (or its successor) in the next Congress. Note: For this variable, "successor" committees are only those in which a name change is involved. Changes in the committee's jurisdiction are not continuations. 2 Member continues in the next Congress, but not on this committee (or its successor). [N] 3 Member continues in the next Congress, but was unassigned in this Congress. [U] 4 The committee to which the member was assigned in this Congress either (a) does not continue in the next Congress, or (b) does not survive an in-session legislative reorganization. [A] 5 Committee reorganized; Member continues on successor committee. 6 Committee reorganized; Member does not continue on successor committee. 0 Inapplicable. Member died or does not serve in the next Congress. [.] 90-94 VAR32: ALPHABETICAL SORTING KEY (optional) This variable is used only for internal sorting to compensate for the differences between machine-oriented alphabetical sorting and conventional arrangements. 95 -leave blank 96 VAR33: COMMITTEE TYPE SUBCODE 1 House Standing 2 House Select and Special 3 Senate Standing 4 Senate Select and Special 5 Joint Standing, Select, and Special Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 32 SUMMARY OF DATA FORMAT For most database applications or Fortran programs, the following formatting information may be used. Input Format: (96 columns) DIMENSION M(38) 1000... FORMAT (A2, Il, Il, T4, I2, I2, I1, I1, X, I3, I1, I5, X, 1 5A5, T46, II, II, I3, I3, I1, I2, I2, I2, I1, I2, 2 I2, I2, T68, I2, I2, I4, I2, I2, I4, X, I1, X, I1, 3 X, I1, I5, X, I1) Array Location Format Columns Sort Key Item Description M 1) A2 01-02 (2) 1, 2 Constant "CC" M 2) ii 03 (1) 3, 1 Office Held M 3) ii 04 (1) 4, 1 Region M 4) T4,I2 04-05 (2) 4, 2 State-ICPSR M 5) I2 06-07 (2) 6, 2 District/Class M 6) ii 08 (1) 8, 1 Occupancy M 7) ii 09 (1) 9, 1 Means x 10 (1) --- reserved M 8) I3 11-13 (3) 11, 3 Pol. Party Recode M 9) ii 14 (1) 14, 1 Period in Chamber M (10) I5 15-19 (5) 15, 5 ICPSR Number --- x 20 (1) --- reserved M (11-15) 5A5 21-45 (25) 21,25 Members Full Name M (16) ii 46 (1) 46, 1 Chamber M (17) ii 47 (1) 47, 1 Type of Committee M (18) I3 48-50 (3) 48, 3 Congress Number M (19) I3 51-53 (3) 51, 3 Committee Code M (20) ii 54 (1) 54, 1 Party Status M (21) I2 55-56 (2) 55, 2 Party Ranking M (22) I2 57-58 (2) 57, 2 Senior Status M (23) I2 59-60 (2) 59, 2 Chamber Seniority M (24) ii 61 (1) 61, 1 Committee Period M (25) I2 62-63 (2) 62, 2 Committee Seniority M (26) I2 64-65 (2) 64, 2 Committee Order M (27) I2 66-67 (2) 66, 2 State-Alphabetical M (28) I2 68-69 (2) 68, 2 Assigned-Month M (29) I2 70-71 (2) 70, 2 Assigned-Day M (30) I4 72-75 (4) 72, 4 Assigned-Year M (31) I2 76-77 (2) 76, 2 Terminated-Month M (32) I2 78-79 (2) 78, 2 Terminated-Day M (33) I4 80-83 (2) 80, 4 Terminated-Year --- x 84 (1) --- reserved M (34) ii 85 (1) 85, 1 Assignment Status at End of Congress --- x 86 (1) reserved M (35) ii 87 (1) 87, 1 Members Status in the Next Congress Congressional Committees Codebook/Page 33 SUMMARY OF DATA FORMAT (cont.) Array Location Format Columns Sort Key Item Description --- x 88 (1) --- reserved M (36) ii 89 (1) 89, 1 Assignment Status in Next Congress M (37) I5 90 (5) 90,5 Temporary Member Alphabetical Code --- x 95 (1) --- reserved M (38) ii 96 (1) 96,1 Committee Category ----------------------------