House Committee on the Judiciary

Committee jurisdiction under House Rule X:

• The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and criminal
• Administrative practice and procedure
• Apportionment of Representatives
• Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting
• Civil liberties
• Constitutional amendments
• Criminal law enforcement and criminalization
• Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the Territories and possessions
• Immigration policy and non border enforcement
• Interstate compacts generally
• Claims against the United States
• Meetings of Congress; attendance of Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner; and their acceptance of incompatible offices
• National penitentiaries.
• Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office, copyrights, and trademarks
• Presidential succession
• Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies
• Revision and codification of the Statutes of the United States
• State and territorial boundary lines
• Subversive activities affecting the internal security of the United States