Data map for hst38779.mit Housing standing committees, 38th - 79th Congress Date: Feb. 14, 1998 (Data last corrected Feb. 14, 1998) Var. Description Column(s) CONG Congress 1-2 SESSION Session 3 For this data set the "session" variable is a place holder, to allow for compatability between data sets COMM Committee 4-6 Note: See below for committee code ID ICPSR identification number 7-11 NAME Name 12-36 PTYSTAT Party status 37 This variable distinguishes between original appointees to committees and those appointed during a Congress or session to fill a vacancy. Within each of these categories, we distinguish between majority and minority party appointees. The codes are as follows: Original appointees: 1: Majority party 2: Minority party 3: Other party Additions (expanded committee roster): 4: Majority party 5: Minority party Replacements: 6: Majority party 7: Minority Other designations: 8: Third party additions or replacements 9: Territorial delegates RANK Rank of member within party status 38-39 For this data set, this is the order on the committee list specified in the appointment resolution. MOA Month appointed 40-41 DAA Day appointed 42-43 YEA Year appointed 44-47 Note: The three preceding variables together record the date on which the member was appointed to the committee. MOT Month terminated 48-49 DAT Day terminated 50-51 YET Year terminated 52-55 Note: The three preceding variables together record the dat on which the member was termined from the committee. This is usually the end of the session, unless the member vacated the committee assignment before then. PARTY Party 56-59 Political party, from Kenneth Martis, _Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789--1989_. COMMITTEE CODES: Code First Cong. Last Cong. Committee 1 38 79 Accounts 2 38 79 Agriculture 3 46 69 Alcoholic Liquor Traffic 4 39 79 Appropriations 11 39 79 Banking and Currency 21 45 79 Census 22 39 79 Civil Service 23 38 79 Claims 24 38 79 Coinage, Weights, and Measures 25 38 51 Commerce 31 38 79 District of Columbia 32 76 79 33 51 75 Disposition of Executive Papers 41 48 79 Education 42 40 47 Education and Labor 44 45 79 Election of President and Vice President... 45 38 53 Elections 46 54 79 Elections # 1 47 54 79 Elections # 2 48 54 79 Elections # 3 50 38 79 Enrolled Bills 51 51 69 Expends., Agriculture 52 63 69 Expends., Commerce 53 59 62 Expends., Commerce and Labor 54 38 69 Expends., Interior 55 43 69 Expends., Justice 56 63 69 Expends., Labor 57 38 69 Expends., Navy 58 38 69 Expends., Post Office 59 38 69 Expends., State 60 38 69 Expends., Treasury 61 38 69 Expends., War 62 70 79 Expends., Executive Departments 63 38 69 Expends., Public Buildings 71 64 79 Flood Control 72 38 79 Foreign Affairs 74 40 43 Freddman's Bureau 101 51 79 Immigration and Naturalization 102 38 79 Indian Affairs 103 57 69 Industrial Arts and Expositions 104 56 79 Insular Affairs 109 52 79 Interstate and Foreign Commerce 111 38 79 Invalid Pensions 112 69 79 Irrigation and Reclamation 113 51 68 Irrigation of Arid Lands (renamed #112) 121 38 79 Judiciary 131 48 79 Labor 132 46 61 Levees and Improvements of the Miss. River 133 38 79 Library 141 38 61 Manufactures 142 70 79 Memorials 143 50 79 Merchant Marine and Fisheries 144 38 69 Mileage 145 38 79 Military Affairs 147 38 61 Militia 148 39 79 Mines and Mining 149 42 45 Mississippi Levees (renamed # 132) 151 38 79 Naval Affairs 161 38 61 Pacific Railroads 162 38 79 Patents 163 46 79 Pensions 166 38 79 Post Office and Post Roads 167 38 79 Printing 168 38 61 Private Land Claims 169 38 79 Public Buildings and Grounds 170 38 47 Public Expenditures 171 38 79 Public Lands 181 41 69 Railways and Canals 182 41 68 Reform in the Civil Service 183 38 40 Revisal & Unfinished Business (renamed # 184) 184 40 79 Revisal of the Laws 185 38 42 Revolutionary Claims 186 38 46 Revolutionary Pensions 187 48 79 Rivers and Harbors 188 63 79 Roads 189 38 41 Roads and Canals 190 38 79 Rules 211 38 79 Territories 220 45 45 ?? 221 79 79 Un-American Activities 231 47 61 Ventilation and Acoustics 241 43 79 War Claims 242 38 79 Ways and Means