119th United States Congress
| 119th United States Congress | |
|---|---|
118th ← → 120th | |
United States Capitol (2023) | |
January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027 | |
| Members | 100 senators 435 representatives 6 non-voting delegates |
| Senate majority | Republican |
| Senate President | Kamala Harris[a] (D) (until January 20, 2025) JD Vance (R) (from January 20, 2025) |
| House majority | TBD |
| House Speaker | TBD |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 3, 2025 – TBD | |
The 119th United States Congress will be the next meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027, beginning its term during the final weeks of Joe Biden's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's second presidency. The elections of November 2024 will decide control of both houses.
Major events
[edit]- January 3, 2025: 12 p.m. EST, Congress scheduled to convene and vote for a speaker.
- January 6, 2025: Joint session to count electoral votes and certify the 2024 United States presidential election.
- January 20, 2025: Second inauguration of Donald Trump.
Leadership
[edit]Note: Democrats refer to themselves as a "caucus"; Republicans refer to themselves as a "conference".
Senate
[edit]Senate President
Kamala Harris (D),
until January 20, 2025
until January 20, 2025
JD Vance (R),
from January 20, 2025
from January 20, 2025
Presiding
[edit]- President:
- Kamala Harris (until January 20, 2025)
- JD Vance (from January 20, 2025)
- President pro tempore: TBD
House of Representatives
[edit]Presiding
[edit]- Speaker: TBD
Members
[edit]Senate
[edit]The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 1 seats will be contested in the November 2024 elections. In this Congress, class 1 means their term commenced in the current Congress, requiring re-election in 2030; class 2 means their term ends with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2026; and class 3 means their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2028.
House of Representatives
[edit]All 435 seats will be filled by election in November 2024.
Changes in membership
[edit]Senate
[edit]| State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[d] |
|---|
House of Representatives
[edit]| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[d] |
|---|
Committees
[edit]Senate
[edit]| Committee | Chair | Ranking Member |
|---|---|---|
| Aging (Special) | TBD | TBD |
| Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry | TBD | TBD |
| Appropriations | TBD | TBD |
| Armed Services | TBD | TBD |
| Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs | TBD | TBD |
| Budget | TBD | TBD |
| Commerce, Science and Transportation | TBD | TBD |
| Energy and Natural Resources | TBD | TBD |
| Environment and Public Works | TBD | TBD |
| Ethics (Select) | TBD | TBD |
| Finance | TBD | TBD |
| Foreign Relations | TBD | TBD |
| Health, Education, Labor and Pensions | TBD | TBD |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | TBD | TBD |
| Indian Affairs (Permanent Select) | TBD | TBD |
| Intelligence (Select) | TBD | TBD |
| International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus) | TBD | TBD |
| Judiciary | TBD | TBD |
| Rules and Administration | TBD | TBD |
| Small Business and Entrepreneurship | TBD | TBD |
| Veterans' Affairs | TBD | TBD |
House of Representatives
[edit]| Committee | Chair | Ranking Member |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | TBD | TBD |
| Appropriations | TBD | TBD |
| Armed Services | TBD | TBD |
| Budget | TBD | TBD |
| Climate Crisis (Select) | TBD | TBD |
| Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth (Select) | TBD | TBD |
| Education and the Workforce | TBD | TBD |
| Energy and Commerce | TBD | TBD |
| Ethics | TBD | TBD |
| Financial Services | TBD | TBD |
| Foreign Affairs | TBD | TBD |
| Homeland Security | TBD | TBD |
| House Administration | TBD | TBD |
| Intelligence (Permanent Select) | TBD | TBD |
| Judiciary | TBD | TBD |
| Modernization of Congress (Select) | TBD | TBD |
| Natural Resources | TBD | TBD |
| Oversight and Reform | TBD | TBD |
| Rules | TBD | TBD |
| Science, Space and Technology | TBD | TBD |
| Small Business | TBD | TBD |
| Transportation and Infrastructure | TBD | TBD |
| Veterans' Affairs | TBD | TBD |
| Ways and Means | TBD | TBD |
Joint
[edit]| Committee | Chair | Vice Chair | Ranking Member | Vice Ranking Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Library | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Printing | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Taxation[e] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Officers and officials
[edit]Congress
[edit]Senate
[edit]- Chaplain: Barry Black
- Curator: Melinda Smith
- Historian: Betty Koed
- Librarian: Leona I. Faust
- Parliamentarian: TBD
- Secretary: TBD
- Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: TBD
House of Representatives
[edit]- Chaplain: Margaret G. Kibben
- Chief Administrative Officer: TBD
- Clerk: TBD
- Historian: Matthew Wasniewski
- Parliamentarian: Jason Smith
- Reading Clerks: Tylease Alli (D) and Susan Cole (R)
- Sergeant at Arms: TBD
Elections
[edit]- 2024 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 2026 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Vice President Kamala Harris's term as President of the Senate will end at noon January 20, 2025, when JD Vance's term is scheduled to begin.
- ^ a b c d e f The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party and its members are counted as Democrats.
- ^ Puerto Rico's non-voting member, the Resident Commissioner is elected every four years, the only member of the House to serve four-year terms. Outgoing Jenniffer González-Colón was last elected in 2020.
- ^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
- ^ The Joint Taxation Committee leadership rotate the chair and vice chair and the ranking members between the House and Senate at the start of each session in the middle of the congressional term. The first session leadership is shown here.