Committee Assignments
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
A senior member of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Sessions served as its Ranking Member in the 111th Congress and now serves as the Chairman of the Committee's Immigration and the National Interest Subcommittee. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary was first authorized on December 10, 1816. The Committee has one of the broadest jurisdictions in the Senate, ranging from criminal justice to antitrust and intellectual property law.
Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest
Immigration, citizenship and refugee laws are all studied in the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest. This committee also has oversight of the Department of Homeland Security. Members also oversee refugee laws and all other aspects of federal immigration policy.
Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
This subcommittee oversees court administration and management, judicial rules and procedures and legal reform and liability issues. The subcommittee also has oversight of the Department of Justice grant programs, as well as government waste and fraud and the oversight of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
The Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism oversees many branches of the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, the Secret Service, and the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The subcommittee is particularly concerned with anti-terrorism enforcement and policy and the laws governing information. Additionally, this committee deals with youth violence, national drug control.
Senate Committee on Armed Services
The Senate Committee on Armed Services has jurisdiction over the Department of Defense, military development, national security and all other matters generally necessary for the common defense.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Senator Sessions serves as the Chairman of the important Strategic Forces Subcommittee. Responsibility for nuclear and strategic forces, intelligence programs, space programs, and ballistic missile defense all fall under this subcommittee.
Subcommittee on Airland
The Subcommittee on Airland is responsible for Army and Air Force programs and the Navy and Marine Corps' technical aviation programs. It also oversees the National Guard and Reserve equipment.
Subcommittee on Seapower
As a part of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Subcommittee on Seapower oversees all maritime issues and Navy and Marine Corps programs.Senate Committee on the Budget
Senator Sessions is a senior member of the Senate Budget Committee, having served as the Ranking Member of the Committee in the 112th and 113th Congresses. The Senate Committee on the Budget is one of the youngest committees, established in 1974 to help guide and formulate the nation's fiscal policy. The committee exists to create, enforce and manage the annual Federal budget, including facilitating an understanding of that budget.
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
The roots of this Committee go back to 1837 when the Senate created the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. In 1977 the name was change to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works because of the vast amount of issues it covers. The EPW Committee has jurisdiction over the following:
Air pollution, highways, environment aspects of the Outer Continental Shelf lands, environmental effects of toxic substances, environmental policy, environmental research and development, fisheries and wildlife, flood control, improvements of rivers and harbors, noise pollution, nuclear energy, ocean dumping, public buildings, public works, bridges and dams, regional economic development, solid waste disposal and recycling, water pollution, and water resources.
Senator Sessions serves on the following subcommittees:
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
