U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects:

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Standing committee - United States Senate

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• Coast Guard
• Coastal zone management
• Communications
• Highway safety
• Inland waterways, except construction
• Interstate commerce
• Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation
• Marine fisheries
• Merchant marine and navigation
• Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences
• Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities
• Panama Canal and other interoceanic canals
• Regulation of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing
• Regulation of interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation
• Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy
• Sports
• Standards and measurement
• Transportation
• Transportation and commerce aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands

It also studies and reviews matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and reports on those findings.

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The current chairman is Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, and the ranking Democrat is Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.

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Ted Stevens - Republican - Alaska - Democrat - Daniel Inouye - Hawaii

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U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation: Current membership ►