Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology

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The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science and Technology is a subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee. Established in 2007, it combines the jurisdictions of several older subcommittees, and considers Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats; agroterrorism; cybersecurity; other emerging threats; science and technology at DHS; Domestic Nuclear Detection Office; Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency; and cross-cutting science and technology initiatives at DHS.[1]

See also the Senate Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee.

Membership

The subcommittee is chaired by Yvette D. Clarke (New York).

Majority

  • Loretta Sanchez, California
  • Mary Jo Kilroy, Ohio
  • William L. Owens, New York
  • Vacancy
  • Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi (Ex Officio)


Minority

  • Daniel E. Lungren, California (Ranking Member)
  • Paul C. Broun, Georgia
  • Steve Austria, Ohio
  • Peter T. King, New York (Ex Officio)

External Links

Subcommittee website (including membership and hearings schedule): http://homeland.house.gov/about/subcommittees.asp?subcommittee=12

References

  1. Committees and Their Jurisdiction, OpenCongress.Org, accessed September 5, 2010.