Legislative Committees

Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development

National House Committee


2176 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
phone202-225-4527
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Parent Committee: Education & Labor Committee

The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training has jurisdiction over education and training beyond the high school level including, but not limited to, higher education generally, postsecondary student assistance and employment services, and the Higher Education Act; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; all domestic volunteer programs; all programs related to the arts and humanities, museum and library services, and arts and artifacts indemnity; postsecondary career and technical education, apprenticeship programs, and job training including the Workforce Investment Act, vocational rehabilitation, and training programs from immigration funding; science and technology programs; adult basic education (family literacy); all welfare reform programs including work incentive programs and welfare-to-work requirements; poverty programs including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); the Native American Programs Act; the Institute of Peace; and all matters dealing with programs and services for the elderly including nutrition programs and the Older Americans Act.
Rep. Burgess Owens
(Republican-UT 4) Chair
Rep. Michael Baumgartner
(Republican-WA 5) Vice Chair
Rep. Alma Adams
(Democratic-NC 12) Ranking Member
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
(Democratic-OR 1) Member
Rep. Joe Courtney
(Democratic-CT 2) Member
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
(Democratic-CA 10) Member
Rep. Virginia Foxx
(Republican-NC 5) Member
Rep. Glenn Grothman
(Republican-WI 6) Member
Rep. Mark Harris
(Republican-NC 8) Member
Rep. Erin Houchin
(Republican-IN 9) Member
Rep. Kevin Kiley
(Independent-CA 3) Member
Rep. Lucy McBath
(Democratic-GA 6) Member
Rep. Lisa McClain
(Republican-MI 9) Member
Rep. Donald Norcross
(Democratic-NJ 1) Member
Rep. Ilhan Omar
(Democratic/Farmer/Labor-MN 5) Member
Rep. Bob Onder
(Republican-MO 3) Member
Rep. Mark Takano
(Democratic-CA 39) Member
Rep. GT Thompson, Jr.
(Republican-PA 15) Member
Rep. Frederica Wilson
(Democratic-FL 24) Member
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