List of United States House of Representatives committees

The committees and party conferences may have rules determining term limits for leadership and membership, though waivers can be issued.

The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.

[5] Each party determines their committees leads, who serve as chair in the majority and ranking member in the minority.

The table below lists the tenure of when each member was selected for their current term as committee lead.

The Republican party rules stipulate that their leads of standing committees may serve no more than three congressional terms (two years each) as chair or ranking member unless the full party conference grants them a waiver to do so.