Data map for sst4979.dat Senate standing committees, 48th - 79th Congress Date: Feb. 14, 1998 (Data last corrected Nov. 24, 1997) 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 2 61 66 ?? 5 49 79 Agriculture and Forestry 7 49 79 Appropriations 9 49 79 Audit and Control of the Contingent Expenses of the Senate 13 63 79 Banking and Currency 21 58 66 Canadian Relations 22 50 66 Census 23 67 79 Civil Service 24 49 66 Civil Service and Retrenchment (renamed # 23) 25 49 79 Claims 26 56 66 Coast and Insular Survey 27 49 66 Coast Defenses 28 49 79 Commerce 31 61 66 Conservation of National Resources 34 54 66 Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia 35 58 66 Cuban Relations 41 61 66 Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments 42 49 79 District of Columbia 48 49 79 Education and Labor 51 49 66 Engrossed Bills 52 49 79 Enrolled Bills 55 49 54 Epidemic Diseases 56 54 57 Establish the University of the United States (renamed # 211) 57 49 66 Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service 58 67 79 Expends., Executive Departments 59 61 66 Expends., Agriculture 60 64 66 Expends., Commerce 61 62 63 Expends., Commerce and Labor 62 61 66 Expends., Justice 63 63 66 Expends., Labor 64 61 66 Expends., Navy 65 61 66 Expends., Interior 66 61 66 Expends., Treasury 67 60 66 Expends., State 68 61 66 Expends., War 69 61 66 Expends., Post Office Department 70 49 50 Expenditures of Public Money 73 49 79 Finance 74 49 66 Fisheries 76 61 66 Five Civilized Tribes of Indians 78 49 79 Foreign Relations 79 54 66 Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game 80 56 66 Geological Survey 91 51 79 Immigration 92 49 57 Improvement ofthe Mississippi River and Its Tributaries 93 49 79 Indian Affairs 94 53 66 Indian Depredations 95 61 66 ?? 97 56 79 Interoceanic Canal 98 50 79 Interstate Commerce 101 61 66 Indian Lands 103 58 59 ?? 104 67 79 Irrigation and Reclamation 105 52 66 Irrigation and Reclamation 111 49 79 Judiciary 122 49 79 Library 131 49 79 Manufactures 132 49 79 Military Affairs 135 49 79 Mines and Mining 136 58 66 Mississippi River Improvements 141 62 66 ?? 142 49 79 Naval Affairs 154 51 60 Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of the Executive Departments 161 56 66 Pacific Islands and Porto Rico 162 53 66 Pacific Railroads 163 49 79 Patents 165 49 79 Pensions 166 56 66 Phillippines 168 49 79 Post Office and Post Roads 169 49 79 Printing 170 49 66 Private Land Claims 171 49 79 Privileges and Elections 173 49 79 Public Buildings and Grounds 174 61 61 Public Expenditures 175 55 66 Public Health and National Quarantine 176 49 66 Public Lands (renamed # 177) 177 67 79 Public Lands and Surveys 181 49 66 Railroads 182 53 57 Relations with Canada 183 56 57 Relations with Cuba 185 66 67 Revision of the Laws 186 49 60 Revision of the Laws 187 49 66 Revolutionary Claims 189 49 79 Rules 193 61 66 Standards, Weights, and Measures 201 49 66 Territories 202 67 79 Territories and Insular Possessions 203 61 66 Transportation and Sale of Meat Products 204 49 66 Transportation Routes to the Seaboard 211 58 66 University of the United States 231 61 66 Women's Suffrage