What is House Committee on the Judiciary working on?

Recent hearings

• ‘“Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’: Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment, Part II”

  Sep 2, 2026

  Hearing

• “Renewal of USPTO Fee Setting Authority: Giving Full Effect to the America Invents Act”

  Sep 2, 2026

  Hearing

• “Sanctuary Policies, Tragic Consequences”

  Sep 1, 2026

  Hearing

• “False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center”

  Jul 22, 2026

  Hearing

• “A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”

  Jun 30, 2026

  Hearing

As of Aug 31, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• HR 625: LACA of 2026

  Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) · Jan 22, 2025

  On calendar
• HR 7730: Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act

  Ben Cline (R-VA-6) · Feb 26, 2026

  On calendar
• HR 1869: Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2026

  Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2) · Mar 5, 2025

  On calendar
• HR 8476: No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026

  Randy Fine (R-FL-6) · Apr 23, 2026

  On calendar
• HR 7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026

  Robert Onder (R-MO-3) · Feb 23, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 7834: Safe Cloud Storage Act

  Laurel Lee (R-FL-15) · Mar 5, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 3100: To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.

  Russell Fry (R-SC-7) · Apr 30, 2025

  Voted out of committee
• HJRES 1: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

  Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5) · Jan 3, 2025

  Under review

Status reflects the bill’s latest action on Congress.gov, which may be past this committee (e.g. a bill “Passed House, in Senate” has cleared this committee and chamber).

Jurisdiction

The House Committee on the Judiciary has jurisdiction over matters relating to the administration of justice in federal courts, administrative bodies, and law enforcement agencies. Its jurisdiction includes: 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; 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; Members 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.