Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee oversees NASA, the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Of the panel’s seven subcommittees, the Space and Science Subcommittee and the Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing Subcommittee are the ones principally focused on science policy issues.