Science Fair Project Encyclopedia U.S. House Committee on
Science The Committee on Science is a standing committee of the
United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over
non-defense federal scientific research and development.
Specifically, the committee has partial or complete jurisdiction
over the following federal agencies: NASA, the Department of
Energy, EPA, NSF, FAA, NOAA, NIST, FEMA, the U.S. Fire
Administration , and USGS. History of the House Science
Committee The House Science Committee was created in response to
the Soviet Sputnik program in the late 1950's. The committee
began on January 3, 1959 as the House Committee on Science and
Astronautics. Its name was changed in 1974 to the House
Committee on Science and Technology. The name of the committee
was changed again in 1987 to the House Committee on Science,
Space and Technology. After the Republican Party took over
Congress in 1994, the name of the committee was changed again to
its current name, the House Committee on Science.