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Legislative Committees

National Senate Committee

Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

428 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510-6300

Phone: 202-224-5375

Fax: 202-228-5045

Web Address: http://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSHR.htm




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Jurisdiction

Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:
1.
Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare.
2.
Aging.
3.
Agricultural colleges.
4.
Arts and humanities.
5.
Biomedical research and development.
6.
Child labor.
7.
Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce.
8.
Domestic activities of the American National Red Cross.
9.
Equal employment opportunity.
10.
Gallaudet University, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeth hospital.
11.
Individuals with disabilities.
12.
Labor standards and labor statistics.
13.
Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
14.
Occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners.
15.
Private pension plans.
16.
Public health.
17.
Railway labor and retirement.
18.
Regulation of foreign laborers.
19.
Student loans.
20.
Wages and hours of labor.

Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education and training, and public welfare, and report thereon from time to time.

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