Committees

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Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs

 

Agencies that fall under this Committee

• Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs           
• Office of the People’s Counsel
• Public Access Corporation
• Office of the Tenant Advocate
• Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking
• Professional Licensing Boards not specifically assigned to other committees

Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary

Phil Mendelson, Chairperson
Members: Muriel Bowser, Jack Evans, Mary Cheh, Yvette Alexander

The Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary is responsible for matters affecting the judiciary and judicial procedure which are within the authority of the Council; matters affecting decedents' estates and fiduciary affairs;matters affecting administrative law and procedure;matters affecting criminal law and procedure;matters arising from or pertaining to the police and fire regulations of the District of Columbia; and other matters related to police protection, correctional institutions (including youth corrections), fire prevention, and civil defense.

The following agencies come within the purview of the committee:

• Advisory Commission on Sentencing
• Board of Appeals and Review
• Child Support Guidelines Commission
• Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure
• Corrections Information Council
• Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
• Department of Corrections
• Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
• District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency
• District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
• Fire Department
• Forensic Health and Science Laboratories
• Metropolitan Police Department
• National Guard
• Office of Administrative Hearings
• Office of Unified Communications
• Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
• Police Complaints Board
• Public Defender Service

Committee on Public Works and Transportation

Jim Graham, Chairperson
Members: Muriel Bowser, Kwame R. Brown, Phil Mendelson, Tommy Wells

The Committee on Public Works and the Environment has oversight over many of our government’s core functions – parking and traffic control; road/alley/bridge construction; public space; environment; air and water quality; regional transportation planning and policy; waste management/recycling; waste water treatment and alcohol regulation, just to name a few.
These are the key agencies under the committee:

• Department of Public Works
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Motor Vehicles
• Department of the Environment
• Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Taxicab Commission
• Water and Sewer Authority
• Bicycle Advisory Council
• Soil and Water Conservation District
• Washington Aqueduct
• Environmental Planning Commission
• Washington Aqueduct
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Water and Sewer Authority

Committee on Economic Development

Kwame R. Brown , Chairperson
Members: Muriel Bowser, Jack Evans, Marion Barry, Yvette Alexander 

 

 

 

 

 

Agencies that fall under this Committee

• Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
• Department of Small and Local Business Development
• D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission
• Washington Convention Center Authority
• DC Boxing and Wrestling Commission
• Washington Convention and Tourism Corporation
• Commission of Arts and Humanities
• Office of Motion Picture and Television Development

Committee on Human Services

Tommy Wells, Chairperson
Members: Muriel Bowser, Phil Mendelson, Marion Barry, Michael A. Brown 

The Committee on Human Services is responsible for matters concerning welfare, social services, youth affairs (other than juvenile court proceedings), and disability services. The Committee has oversight of the following agencies, boards and commissions:

• Board of Social Work
• Child and Family Services Agency
• Children and Youth Investment Trust
• Commission on Poverty
• Department of Disability Services
• Department of Human Services
• Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services