99th United States Congress
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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 99th United States Congress was a 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 met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1985, to January 3, 1987, during the fifth and sixth years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1980 United States census.
The Republicans maintained control of the Senate, while the Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives – albeit with both majorities slightly reduced from the 98th Congress.
This is the most recent Congress to feature a Republican senator from Maryland, Charles Mathias, who retired at the end of the Congress.
This is also the most recent Congress in which no Democratic women Senators served and the most recent Congress in which more Republican women Senators served than Democratic women Senators.
This was the most recent session of Congress prior to the 116th to feature a Republican Senate/Democratic House split and had a third-party House member.
Major events
- January 20, 1985: Ronald Reagan was privately sworn in for a second term as president (publicly sworn in, January 21).
- January 28, 1986: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster: Destruction of the shuttle and death of the crew shortly after lift-off.
- April 15, 1986: Operation El Dorado Canyon: At least 15 people die after United States planes bomb targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region.
- June 2, 1986: First regular television broadcast of Senate proceedings on C-SPAN2.
- October 21, 1986: The Marshall Islands achieved independence from U.S.-administered UN Trusteeship and became an associated state under the Compact of Free Association.
- November 3, 1986: The Federated States of Micronesia achieved independence from U.S.-administered UN Trusteeship and became an associated state under the Compact of Free Association.
- November 3, 1986: Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reported that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret to secure the release of American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
- November 4, 1986: 1986 United States elections; Congressional Democrats regained (+8) their Senate majority (55-45), and slightly increased (+5) their House majority (258-177).
Major legislation
- December 12, 1985: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act) Template:USPL (title II)
- December 17, 1985: Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985, Template:USPL
- April 7, 1986: Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) Template:USPL (including Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act)
- May 19, 1986: Firearm Owners Protection Act, Template:USPL
- August 28, 1986: Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 1, 1986: Goldwater–Nichols Act (Defense Reorganization), Template:USPL
- October 2, 1986: Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act, Template:USPL
- October 17, 1986: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Template:USPL (title III)
- October 21, 1986: Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Template:USPL
- October 21, 1986: Stored Communications Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 22, 1986: Tax Reform Act of 1986, Template:USPL
- October 27, 1986: Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, Template:USPL
- October 27, 1986: Money Laundering Control Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 31, 1986: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1986, Template:USPL
- November 6, 1986: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Simpson-Mazzoli Act), Template:USPL, Template:USBill
- November 10, 1986: Emergency Wetlands Resources Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- November 14, 1986: National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, Template:USPL
- November 17, 1986: Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Template:USPL
Party summary
Senate
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House of Representatives
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Leadership
Senate
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Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Bob Dole
- Majority Whip: Alan Simpson
- Republican Conference Chairman: John Chafee
- Republican Conference Secretary: Thad Cochran
- National Senatorial Committee Chair: John Heinz
- Policy Committee Chairman: William L. Armstrong
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Robert Byrd
- Minority Whip: Alan Cranston
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: George J. Mitchell
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Jim Wright
- Majority Whip: Tom Foley
- Chief Deputy Majority Whip: William Vollie Alexander Jr.
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dick Gephardt
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Mary Rose Oakar
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tony Coelho
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
- Minority Whip: Trent Lott
- Chief Deputy Whip: Tom Loeffler
- Republican Conference Chairman: Jack Kemp
- Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Lynn Morley Martin
- Republican Conference Secretary: Robert J. Lagomarsino
- Policy Committee Chairman: Dick Cheney
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt
Caucuses
- Congressional Arts Caucus
- Congressional Automotive Caucus
- Congressional Black Caucus
- Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
- Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
- Congresswomen's Caucus
- House Democratic Caucus
- Senate Democratic Caucus
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
Senate
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- Template:Party stripe1. David Durenberger (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripe2. Rudy Boschwitz (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripe2. Jesse Helms (R)
- Template:Party stripe3. John Porter East (R), until June 29, 1986
- Template:Party stripeJim Broyhill (R), from July 14 to November 4, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTerry Sanford (D), from November 5, 1986
- Template:Party stripe1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripe3. Mark Andrews (R)
- Template:Party stripe1. Jim Sasser (D)
- Template:Party stripe2. Al Gore (D)
- Template:Party stripe1. Robert Byrd (D)
- Template:Party stripe2. Jay Rockefeller (D), from January 15, 1985
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House of Representatives
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- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sonny Callahan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Louis Dickinson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Nichols (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Bevill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ronnie Flippo (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ben Erdreich (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Shelby (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John McCain (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mo Udall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Stump (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Eldon Rudd (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Kolbe (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tommy F. Robinson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Douglas H. Bosco (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Eugene A. Chappie (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Matsui (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Vic Fazio (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sala Burton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barbara Boxer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Miller (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ron Dellums (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pete Stark (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Don Edwards (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Lantos (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Zschau (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norman Mineta (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norman D. Shumway (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tony Coelho (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leon Panetta (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chip Pashayan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard H. Lehman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Thomas (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bobbi Fiedler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carlos Moorhead (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Anthony Beilenson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Waxman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward R. Roybal (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Howard Berman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mel Levine (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Julian Dixon (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus Hawkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthew G. Martínez (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mervyn Dymally (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Dreier (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Esteban Edward Torres (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jerry Lewis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Brown Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Al McCandless (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Dornan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William E. Dannemeyer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Badham (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Lowery (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Lungren (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ron Packard (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Bates (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Duncan L. Hunter (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pat Schroeder (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tim Wirth (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Michael L. Strang (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hank Brown (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ken Kramer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Schaefer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sam Gejdenson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bruce Morrison (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stewart McKinney (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Rowland (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nancy Johnson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Earl Hutto (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Don Fuqua (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles E. Bennett (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Chappell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill McCollum (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Buddy MacKay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sam Gibbons (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Young (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Michael Bilirakis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andy Ireland (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Nelson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Lewis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Connie Mack III (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Mica (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clay Shaw (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lawrence J. Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Lehman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Claude Pepper (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dante Fascell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lindsay Thomas (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Floyd Hatcher (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Ray (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pat Swindall (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Wyche Fowler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Newt Gingrich (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Darden (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Roy Rowland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Jenkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Doug Barnard Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cecil Heftel (D), until July 11, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Neil Abercrombie (D), from September 20, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Akaka (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Larry Craig (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard H. Stallings (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Hayes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gus Savage (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marty Russo (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George M. O'Brien (R), until July 17, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Lipinski (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Hyde (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cardiss Collins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sidney R. Yates (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Porter (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Annunzio (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Phil Crane (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harris Fawell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John E. Grotberg (R), until November 15, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Rell Madigan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lynn Morley Martin (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lane Evans (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert H. Michel (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Terry L. Bruce (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dick Durbin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Melvin Price (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Kenneth J. Gray (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pete Visclosky (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip Sharp (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John P. Hiler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Coats (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elwood Hillis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Burton (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. Myers (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank McCloskey (D), from May 1, 1985
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lee H. Hamilton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Leach (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Tauke (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. T. Cooper Evans (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Neal Edward Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Berkley Bedell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pat Roberts (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Slattery (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jan Meyers (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Glickman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Whittaker (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carroll Hubbard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Natcher (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Romano Mazzoli (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gene Snyder (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hal Rogers (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Larry J. Hopkins (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chris Perkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Livingston (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lindy Boggs (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Billy Tauzin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Buddy Roemer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jerry Huckaby (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henson Moore (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Breaux (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gillis William Long (D), until January 20, 1985
- Template:Party stripeCatherine Small Long (D), from March 30, 1985
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John R. McKernan Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Olympia Snowe (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Roy Dyson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Helen Delich Bentley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barbara Mikulski (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marjorie Holt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Steny Hoyer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Beverly Byron (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Parren Mitchell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Michael D. Barnes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Silvio O. Conte (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Boland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph D. Early (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barney Frank (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chester G. Atkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nicholas Mavroules (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Markey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tip O'Neill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joe Moakley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gerry Studds (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Brian J. Donnelly (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Conyers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carl Pursell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Howard Wolpe (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark D. Siljander (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul B. Henry (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Milton Robert Carr (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dale Kildee (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Bob Traxler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Guy Vander Jagt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Schuette (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert William Davis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Bonior (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Crockett Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dennis Hertel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William D. Ford (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Dingell Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sander Levin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Broomfield (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tim Penny (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Vin Weber (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Frenzel (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bruce Vento (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gerry Sikorski (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Arlan Stangeland (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Oberstar (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jamie Whitten (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Webb Franklin (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sonny Montgomery (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Wayne Dowdy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Trent Lott (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Clay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert A. Young (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dick Gephardt (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ike Skelton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alan Wheat (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Coleman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gene Taylor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Emerson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harold Volkmer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pat Williams (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ron Marlenee (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Doug Bereuter (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hal Daub (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Virginia D. Smith (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harry Reid (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barbara Vucanovich (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Smith (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Judd Gregg (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Florio (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William J. Hughes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James J. Howard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chris Smith (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marge Roukema (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bernard J. Dwyer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert A. Roe (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Torricelli (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter W. Rodino (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dean Gallo (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Courter (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Saxton (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Joseph Guarini (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joe Skeen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Richardson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Carney (C; changed to R on October 7, 1985)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Downey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert J. Mrazek (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norman F. Lent (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Raymond J. McGrath (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph P. Addabbo (D), until April 10, 1986
- Template:Party stripeAlton Waldon (D), from June 10, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gary Ackerman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Scheuer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Manton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chuck Schumer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edolphus Towns (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Major Owens (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen Solarz (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Guy Molinari (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Green (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Rangel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ted Weiss (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Garcia (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mario Biaggi (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joe DioGuardi (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hamilton Fish IV (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Gilman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gerald Solomon (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sherwood Boehlert (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David O'Brien Martin (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George C. Wortley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthew F. McHugh (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Horton (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Fred J. Eckert (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jack Kemp (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John LaFalce (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry J. Nowak (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stan Lundine (D), until December 31, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tim Valentine (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Orville Whitley (D), until December 31, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Cobey (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen L. Neal (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Howard Coble (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charlie Rose (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Hefner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alex McMillan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Broyhill (R), until July 14, 1986
- Template:Party stripeCass Ballenger (R), from November 4, 1986
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Hendon (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Luken (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Gradison (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tony P. Hall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mike Oxley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Del Latta (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob McEwen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mike DeWine (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Kindness (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marcy Kaptur (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clarence E. Miller (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dennis E. Eckart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Kasich (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Don Pease (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. Seiberling (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chalmers Wylie (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ralph Regula (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Traficant (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Douglas Applegate (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Feighan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mary Rose Oakar (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis Stokes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James R. Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mike Synar (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Wes Watkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dave McCurdy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mickey Edwards (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Glenn English (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Les AuCoin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Smith (R)
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Changes in membership
Senate
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| West Virginia
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| Vacant
| Senator-elect chose to wait until finishing term as Governor of West Virginia.
| nowrap Template:Party shading/Democratic | Jay Rockefeller (D)
| January 15, 1985
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| North Carolina
(3)
| nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | John Porter East (R)
| Died June 29, 1986.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Jim Broyhill (R)
| July 14, 1986
|-
| North Carolina
(3)
| nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Jim Broyhill (R)
| Interim appointee lost special election.
Successor elected to finish the term.
| nowrap Template:Party shading/Democratic | Terry Sanford (D)
| November 5, 1986
|}
House of Representatives
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|- | Indiana's 8th | Disputed | House declared McCloskey the winner after auditors from the US General Accounting Office conducted a recount and Republican floor votes were rejected. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Frank McCloskey (D) | May 1, 1985
|- | Louisiana's 8th | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Gillis William Long (D) | Died January 20, 1985. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Catherine Small Long (D) | March 30, 1985
|- | Texas's 1st | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) | Resigned May 27, 1985, to become judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Jim Chapman (D) | August 3, 1985
|- | New York's 1st | Template:Party shading/Conservative (New York) | William Carney (C) | Changed parties October 7, 1985. | Template:Party shading/Republican | William Carney (R) | October 7, 1985
|- | New York's 6th | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Joseph P. Addabbo (D) | Died April 10, 1986. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Alton Waldon (D) | June 10, 1986
|- | Hawaii's 1st | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Cecil Heftel (D) | Resigned July 11, 1986. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (D) | September 20, 1986
|- | North Carolina's 10th | Template:Party shading/Republican | Jim Broyhill (R) | Resigned July 14, 1986, to become U.S. Senator. | Template:Party shading/Republican | Cass Ballenger (R) | November 4, 1986
|- | Illinois's 4th | Template:Party shading/Republican | George M. O'Brien (R) | Died July 17, 1986. | rowspan=4 |Vacant | rowspan=4 |Not filled this term
|- | Illinois's 14th | Template:Party shading/Republican | John E. Grotberg (R) | Died November 15, 1986.
|- | New York's 34th | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Stan Lundine (D) | Resigned December 31, 1986.
|- | North Carolina's 3rd | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Charles Orville Whitley (D) | Resigned December 31, 1986. |}
Committees
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Senate
- Aging (Special) (Chair: H. John Heinz III)
- Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
- Appropriations (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
- Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Quentin N. Burdick)
- Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
- Defense (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
- District of Columbia (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Frank Lautenberg)
- Energy and Water Development (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
- Foreign Operations (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
- HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy)
- Interior (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd)
- Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
- Legislative Branch (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
- Military Construction (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
- Transportation (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
- Armed Services (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
- Military Construction (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Jeff Bingaman)
- Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
- Preparedness (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
- Sea Power and Force Projection (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
- Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Pete Wilson; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
- Defense Acquisition Policy (Chair: Dan Quayle; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
- Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
- Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Chic Hecht; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
- International Finance and Monetary Policy (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
- Financial Institutions and Consumer Affairs (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
- Securities (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
- Economic Policy (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
- Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
- Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: John Danforth; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
- Aviation (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
- Business, Trade and Tourism (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Al Gore)
- Communications (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
- Consumer (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Wendell Ford)
- Merchant Marine (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
- Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.)
- Surface Transportation (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
- National Ocean Policy Study (Chair: John Danforth; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
- Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
- Energy Regulation and Conservation (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
- Natural Resources Development and Production (Chair: John Warner; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
- Energy Research and Development (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
- Water and Power (Chair: Frank Murkowski; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
- Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
- Environment and Public Works (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
- Environmental Pollution (Chair: John Chafee; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
- Nuclear Regulation (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
- Water Resources (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
- Transportation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Quentin N. Burdick)
- Regional and Community Development (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Frank R. Lautenberg)
- Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
- Ethics (Select) (Chair: Warren Rudman; Vice Chair: Howell Heflin)
- Finance (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
- Taxation and Debt Management (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
- International Trade (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
- Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
- Energy and Agricultural Taxation (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
- Health (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
- Social Security and Income Maintenance Programs (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Daniel Moynihan)
- Estate and Gift Taxation (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
- Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: David Pryor)
- Foreign Relations (Chair: Richard Lugar; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
- Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
- International Economic Policy, Oceans and Environment (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
- African Affairs (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: John Kerry)
- Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
- European Affairs (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
- East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Frank Murkowski; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
- Governmental Affairs (Chair: Bill Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
- Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: Bill Roth; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
- Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
- Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
- Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
- Civil Service, Post Office and General Services (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Al Gore)
- Oversight of Government Management (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
- Impeachment of Harry E. Claiborne (Select) (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: )
- Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Mark Andrews)
- Judiciary (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
- Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy)
- Criminal Law (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
- Constitution (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
- Immigration and Refugee Policy (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
- Courts (Chair: John P. East; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
- Administration Practice and Procedure (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
- Security and Terrorism (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy)
- Juvenile Justice (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Paul Simon)
- Intelligence (Select) (Chair: David Durenberger; Vice Chairman: Patrick Leahy)
- Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
- Labor (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
- Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
- Employment and Productivity (Chair: Dan Quayle; Ranking Member: Paul Simon)
- Handicapped (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: John Kerry)
- Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
- Aging (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
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- Rules and Administration (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
- Security and Cooperation in Europe (Special) (Chair: Template:Data missing)
- Small Business (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
- Urban and Rural Economic Development (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
- Government Procurement (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
- Productivity and Competition (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
- Innovation and Technology (Chair: Warren Rudman; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
- Export Promotion and Market Development (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
- Small Business Family Farm (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
- Entrepreneurship and Special Problems Facing Small Business (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
- Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Frank Murkowski; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Aging (Select) (Chair: Edward Roybal)
- Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
- Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
- Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Tony Coelho; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
- Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
- Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
- Conservation Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
- Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
- Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
- Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Charles Whitley)
- Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
- Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien)
- District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- Energy and Water Development (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
- Foreign Operations (Chair: David Obey; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
- HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward P. Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
- Interior (Chair: Sidney Yates; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
- Labor-Health and Human Services (Chair: William H. Natcher; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- Legislative (Chair: Victor Fazio; Ranking Member: Jerry Lewis)
- Military Construction (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Mickey Edwards)
- Transportation (Chair: William Lehman; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
- Armed Services (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
- Research and Development (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles Edward Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
- Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
- Investigations (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
- Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
- Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Panel (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
- Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
- Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
- Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
- Housing and Community Development (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
- Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
- Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Bill McCollum)
- International Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
- General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
- Economic Stabilization (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway)
- International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Stan Lundine; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
- Budget (Chair: William H. Gray; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
- Defense and International Affairs (Chair: Thomas J. Downey; Ranking Member: Bobbi Fiedler)
- Economic Policy (Chair: Mike Lowry; Ranking Member: Jack Kemp)
- Budget Process (Chair: Butler Derrick; Ranking Member: Lynn Morley Martin)
- State and Local Government (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: Connie Mack III)
- Human Resources (Chair: Pat Williams; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
- Community and Natural Resources (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Tom Loeffler)
- Health (Chair: Martin Frost; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison Jr.)
- Income Security (Chair: Victor H. Fazio; Ranking Member: W. Henson Moore)
- Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair: George Miller)
- District of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
- Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Stewart McKinney)
- Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
- Judiciary and Education (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.)
- Education and Labor (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
- Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
- Postsecondary Education (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
- Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Rod Chandler)
- Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
- Labor Standards (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
- Human Resources (Chair: Dale E. Kildee; Ranking Member: Tom Tauke)
- Select Education (Chair: Pat Williams; Ranking Member: Steve Bartlett)
- Employment Opportunities (Chair: Matthew G. Martinez; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
- Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
- Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
- Health and the Environment (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
- Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Timothy Wirth; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
- Fossil and Synthetic Fuels (Chair: Phil Sharp; Ranking Member: William E. Dannemeyer)
- Commerce, Transportation and Tourism (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
- Energy Conservation and Power (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
- Foreign Affairs (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- Arms Control, International Security and Science (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
- Human Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
- International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
- Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Don Bonker; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
- International Operations (Chair: Dan Mica; Ranking Member: Olympia Snowe)
- Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
- Africa (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Mark Siljander)
- Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
- Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
- Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Al McCandless)
- Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
- Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Ted Weiss; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
- Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.)
- Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Doug Barnard; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
- Employment and Housing (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: Howard C. Nielson)
- House Administration (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
- Accounts (Chair: Joseph Gaydos; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham)
- Services (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- Office Systems (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
- Personnel and Police (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
- Elections (Chair: Al Swift; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
- Procurement and Printing (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
- Hunger (Select) (Chair: Mickey Leland)
- Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Don Young)
- Energy and the Environment (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
- Public Lands (Chair: John F. Seiberling; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
- General Oversight, Northwest Power and Forest Management (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
- Water and Power Resources (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: Dick Cheney)
- Mining and Natural Resources (Chair: Nick Rahall; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
- National Parks and Recreation (Chair: Bruce Vento; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
- Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
- Immigration, Refugees and International Law (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Dan Lungren)
- Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair: Sam B. Hall Jr.; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
- Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
- Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: Jim Sensenbrenner)
- Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
- Crime (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: Bill McCollum)
- Criminal Justice (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
- Merchant Marine (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
- Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John Breaux; Ranking Member: Don Young)
- Oceangraphy (Chair: Barbara Mikulski; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway)
- Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff (Chair: Mike Lowry; Ranking Member: Jack Fields)
- Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Robert W. Davis)
- Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: William Carney)
- Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Charles B. Rangel)
- Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
- Civil Service (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
- Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: James V. Hansen)
- Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
- Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
- Human Resources (Chair: Gary Ackerman; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
- Investigations (Chair: Gerry Sikorski; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
- Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
- Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
- Aviation (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- Economic Development (Chair: Henry J. Nowak; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.)
- Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Robert A. Young; Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw Jr.)
- Surface Transportation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
- Water Resources (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
- Rules (Chair: Claude Pepper; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
- The Legislative Process (Chair: Butler Derrick; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
- Rules of the House (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
- Science and Technology (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
- Energy Development and Applications (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Jim Sensenbrenner)
- Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Claudine Schneider)
- Energy Research and Production (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
- Science, Research and Technology (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Sherwood Boehlert)
- Transportation, Aviation and Materials (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Tom Lewis)
- Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Ron Packard)
- Space Science and Applications (Chair: Bill Nelson; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
- Small Business (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and General Small Business Problems (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- General Oversight and the Economy (Chair: Nicholas Mavroules; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Business (Chair: Charles Floyd Hatcher; Ranking Member: Vin Weber)
- Energy, Environment and Safety Issues affecting Small Business (Chair: Charles W. Stenholm; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- Tax, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
- Export Opportunities and Special Small Business Problems (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: Andy Ireland)
- Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
- Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
- Hospitals and Health Care (Chair: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Tom Daschle; Ranking Member: Bob McEwen)
- Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
- Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Richard Shelby; Ranking Member: Chris Smith)
- Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: John J. Duncan)
- Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
- Oversight (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze)
- Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
- Health (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Bill Gradison)
- Social Security (Chair: James Robert Jones; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
- Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair: Harold Ford Sr.; Ranking Member: Carroll A. Campbell Jr.)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Economic (Chair: Rep. David Obey; Vice Chair: Sen. James Abdnor)
- Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen. Bob Packwood)
- The Library (Chair: Rep. Frank Annunzio; Vice Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias)
- Printing (Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias; Vice Chair: Rep. Frank Annunzio)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White
- Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary, until 1986
- William Narva, from 1986
- Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
- Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Rudolph G. Penner
- Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
- Public Printer of the United States: Ralph E. Kennickell Jr.
Senate
- Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)
- Curator: James R. Ketchum
- Historian: Richard A. Baker
- Parliamentarian: Bob Dove
- Secretary: Jo-Anne L. Coe
- Librarian: Roger K. Haley
- Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene Jr.
- Secretary for the Minority: David Pratt
- Sergeant at Arms: Larry E. Smith, until June 3, 1985
- Ernest E. Garcia, from June 3, 1985
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: James David Ford (Lutheran)
- Clerk: Benjamin J. Guthrie
- Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
- Historian: Ray Smock
- Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (D) and Bob Berry (R)
- Parliamentarian: William H. Brown
- Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
- Sergeant at Arms: Jack Russ
See also
- List of new members of the 99th United States Congress
- 1984 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1986 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- Related articles on a diagram