Committees & Caucuses

COMMITTEES

Rep. Maffei currently serves on the House Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Rep. Maffei is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Committee on Science Space and Technology and a member of the Subcommittee on Space.

He is also a member of the Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, and Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.

The House Committee on Armed Services retains jurisdiction of all subjects listed in clause 1(c) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives and retains exclusive jurisdiction for: defense policy generally, ongoing military operations, the organization and reform of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and industrial base policy, technology transfer and export controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation programs, and detainee affairs and policy.

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has jurisdiction over much of the non-defense Federal research and development (R&D) portfolio. The Committee has exclusive jurisdiction over the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The Committee also has authority over R&D activities at the Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

CAUCUSES  & COALITIONS

• New Democratic Coaltion
• No Labels "Problem Solvers" Coaltion 
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
• Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
• House Manufacturing Caucus
• Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
• Congressional Native American Caucus
• Congressional Automotive Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues
• Veterans Job Caucus
• Adult Literacy Caucus
• Arts Caucus
• Diabetes Caucus
• Friends of Ireland Caucus
• Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus
• Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Congressional STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) Caucus
• General Aviation Caucus
• Small Brewers Caucus
• Joint Strike Fighter Caucus