U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce

The Committee on Education and the Workforce is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. This standing committee has jurisdiction over education and labor issues.

History of the Committee

Attempts were made to create a congressional committee on education and labor since the early congresses but issues over congresses constitutional ability to oversee such issues delayed the committees formation. Finally, on March 21, 1867 the Committee on Education and Labor was founded following the end of the Civil War and during the rapid industrialization of America. On December 19, 1883 the committee was divided into two, one overseeing Education and the other Labor. The committees again merged on January 2, 1947 after the passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act, becoming the Committee on Education and Labor. On January 4, 1995 , the Committee was renamed once again the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities and finally renamed the Committee on Education and the Workforce on January 7, 1997 .

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1867 - Civil War - 1883 - 1947 - 1995 - 1997

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