The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to: banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development and mass transit, and government contracts.

Members, 110th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut), and the Ranking Minority member is Richard Shelby (R-Alabama).

Majority Member State Christopher Dodd, Chairman Connecticut Tim Johnson South Dakota Jack Reed Rhode Island Chuck Schumer New York Evan Bayh Indiana Tom Carper Delaware Robert Menendez New Jersey Daniel Akaka Hawaii Sherrod Brown Ohio Robert P. Casey, Jr. Pennsylvania Jon Tester Montana

Minority Member State Richard Shelby, Ranking Member Alabama Bob Bennett Utah Wayne Allard Colorado Michael Enzi Wyoming Chuck Hagel Nebraska Jim Bunning Kentucky Mike Crapo Idaho Elizabeth Dole North Carolina Mel Martinez Florida Bob Corker Tennessee

Subcommittees

Subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking minority member
Securities, Insurance, and Investment	Jack Reed (D-RI)	Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Financial Institutions	Tim Johnson (D-SD)	Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development	Chuck Schumer (D-NY)	Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Economic Policy	Tom Carper (D-DE)	Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Security and International Trade and Finance	Evan Bayh (D-IN)	Mel Martinez (R-FL)

Chairmen

Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913-1970

• Robert L. Owen (D-Oklahoma) 1913-1919
• George P. McLean (R-Connecticut) 1919-1927
• Peter Norbeck (R-South Dakota) 1927-1933
• Duncan U. Fletcher (D-Florida) 1933-1936
• Robert F. Wagner (D-New York) 1936-1947
• Charles W. Tobey (R-New Hampshire) 1947-1949
• Burnet R. Maybank (D-South Carolina) 1949-1953
• Homer Capehart (R-Indiana) 1953-1955
• J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) 1955-1959
• A. Willis Robertson (D-Virginia) 1959-1966
• John J. Sparkman (D-Alabama) 1966-1970

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

• John J. Sparkman (D-Alabama) 1970-1975
• William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) 1975-1981
• Jake Garn (R-Utah) 1981-1987
• William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) 1987-1989
• Donald Riegle (D-Michigan) 1989-1995
• Alfonse D'Amato (R-New York) 1995-1999
• Phil Gramm (R-Texas) 1999-2001
• Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) 2001
• Phil Gramm (R-Texas) 2001
• Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) 2001-2003
• Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) 2003-2007
• Christopher J. Dodd (D-Connecticut) 2007-

External links

• U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

See also

• United States House Committee on Financial Services
• Pecora Commission, the commission established to investigate the causes of the Wall Street Crash of 1929