United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Activities
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The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights is one of seven subcommittees within the
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations ...
. It was created at the beginning of the 113th Congress. It was previously known as the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts


Jurisdiction

''(1) Federal court jurisdiction, administration and management; (2) Rules of evidence and procedure; (3) Creation of new courts and judgeships; (4) Bankruptcy; (5) Legal reform and liability issues; (6) Local courts in territories and possessions; (7) Administrative practices and procedures including agency rulemaking and adjudication; (8) Judicial review of agency action; (9) Third party enforcement of federal rights; (10) Oversight of the
Department of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
grant programs, as well as government waste and abuse; (11) private relief bills other than immigration; and (12) Oversight of the Foreign Claims Settlement Act.''


Members, 118th Congress


Historical subcommittee rosters


117th Congress


116th Congress


External links


Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, official site
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