The Federal Government
Below is a list of useful links to information about Congress, Members of the Tennessee delegation, select congressional committees that play important roles in the issues that are important to the Vanderbilt University community, agencies of the Executive Branch and links to the Judicial Branch.
Legislative Branch
- House of Representatives: information about floor activity, including schedules, webcasts, and votes
- Senate: information about floor activity, including schedules, webcasts, and votes
- Library of Congress: official website of U.S. federal legislative information
Select Congressional Committees and Offices
Senate:
- Senate Appropriations: jurisdiction over funding for all federal agencies
- Senate Armed Services: legislation and oversight of the Department of Defense
- Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation: legislation and oversight of several federal science agencies, including the National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources: legislation and oversight of several federal agencies, including the Department of Energy
- Senate Finance: legislation concerning tax matters
- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions: legislation and oversight of several federal agencies, including the Department of Education, HHS, Labor, NEH, and parts of NSF
- Senate Judiciary: legislation and oversight concerning immigration matters
House:
- House Appropriations: jurisdiction over funding for all federal agencies
- House Armed Services: legislation and oversight of the Department of Defense
- House Education and Labor: legislation and oversight of several funding agencies, including the Department of Education
- House Energy and Commerce: legislation and oversight of several federal agencies, including Department of Energy and NIH
- House Judiciary: legislation and oversight concerning immigration matters
- House Science, Space, and Technology: legislation and oversight of several federal science agencies, including the National Science Foundation and NASA
- House Ways and Means: legislation concerning tax matters
Executive Branch
Key Federal Agencies and Departments
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Homeland Security
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Management and Budget
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
- The White House
- Federal Regulations: find, read, and comment on regulatory issues.
- USA.gov: find more information about the federal government
- USAspending.gov