United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space and Science explained

The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space and Science is a subcommittee within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. It was renamed from the Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences at the start of the 111th Congress.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight of NASA, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. For the 111th Congress, the Subcommittee gained additional jurisdiction on science matters from the former United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.^[1]

Members, 118th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona, Chair^[2] Ed Markey, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico Raphael Warnock, Georgia	valign=top	Eric Schmitt, Missouri, Ranking Member Deb Fischer, Nebraska Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
Ex officio
valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington	valign=top	Ted Cruz, Texas

Historical subcommittee rosters

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	John Hickenlooper, Colorado, Chair Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Ed Markey, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico Raphael Warnock, Georgia	valign=top	Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming, Ranking Member Ted Cruz, Texas Deb Fischer, Nebraska Jerry Moran, Kansas Todd Young, Indiana Mike Lee, Utah Rick Scott, Florida
Ex officio
valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington	valign=top	Roger Wicker, Mississippi

115th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	Ted Cruz, Texas, Chairman Jerry Moran, Kansas Dan Sullivan, Alaska Mike Lee, Utah Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Cory Gardner, Colorado	valign=top	Ed Markey, Massachusetts, Ranking Member Brian Schatz, Hawaii Tom Udall, New Mexico Gary Peters, Michigan Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire
Ex officio
valign=top	John Thune, South Dakota	valign=top	Bill Nelson, Florida

See also

• United States House Science Subcommittee on Space

References

1. http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ScienceandSpace Science and Space, United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space
2. Sen. Sinema is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats.

External links

• Which former U.S. presidential candidate is the chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness?
• Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation website, Subcommittee page