Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Type
- Body with AI jurisdiction and named seats
- Place
- United States
- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
- Next check due
- 2026-12-21
Named seats
- Harold Rogers — chair, R, KY
- Grace Meng — ranking, D, NY
Official, up-to-date list of members Verified
Ways to reach them
- Public submission route
Its AI responsibilities
THE House subcommittee that funds NIST and the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), plus NSF, NASA, NOAA, DOJ and the FTC. Every argument about whether the US government can evaluate frontier AI models, and whether the FTC can police AI, reduces to a line in this subcommittee's bill.
Current business
VERIFIED: FY2027 outside witness written testimony accepted with a deadline of 8 May 2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET. FY27 Community Project Funding guidance published for this subcommittee. See CRS report R48929 for the FY2027 CJS picture including NIST and NSF. Rep. Dale Strong (R-AL) is vice chair.
Public route
VERIFIED: subcommittee inquiries 202-225-3351. Testimony intake email CJ.Approp@mail.house.gov. Full-committee contact https://appropriations.house.gov/contact.
Research note
Leadership verified 2026-09-22 from the House Clerk's MemberData.xml (subcommittee code AP19). This is the answer to the brief's question about 'the subcommittee funding NIST/CAISI' on the House side, and it is the most concrete, verifiable public-submission route in this entire dataset.