About the Committee

Homeland Security Committee Overview

The Committee on Homeland Security was created by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. The Committee was first formed as a Select, non-permanent Committee, to provide Congressional oversight over the development of the Department of Homeland Security. The Committee was made permanent when it was designated as a Standing Committee of the House on January 4, 2005, the first day of the 109th Congress.

The Committee will be made up of 21 Democratic Members of Congress (there are currently two vacancies), led by Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), and 13 Republican Members of Congress, led by Ranking Member Peter T. King (R-NY).


An updated version of the Rules of the Committee on Homeland Security for the 111th Congress is available here.


To see the all the Majority and Minority members of the Committee, click here (updated June 17 2010).
To review the new Subcommittee membership, click here (This is current as of June 2010).

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
(D-MS)

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