WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today formally established the Subcommittees of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the 117th Congress, including the assignment of Chairs, Ranking Members, and members to these Subcommittees. U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reconstituted the Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee, the first standing body of the Senate dedicated to human rights, which he had previously chaired. Durbin also reestablished the Privacy and Technology Subcommittee to focus on timely legal issues in the Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction.
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress are as follows:
Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chair
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Ranking Member
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chair
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Ranking Member
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Subcommittee on the Constitution
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chair
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ranking Member
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE)
Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chair
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ranking Member
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ranking Member
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chair
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), Ranking Member
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE)
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chair
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ranking Member
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE)
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Chair
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), Ranking Member
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
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