    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 109th Congress]
    [109th Congress]
    [House Document 108-241]
    [Joint and Select Committees]
    [Pages 961-963]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                           JOINT AND SELECT COMMITTEES

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                                Joint Committees

    Sec. 1108. Joint Economic Committee.

      The Joint  Economic
    Committee is composed of 10 Members of the Senate and 10 Members of the
    House, who are appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker,
    respectively. Each appoints six Members from the majority and four from
    the minority (15 U.S.C. 1024(a)). The committee conducts a continuing
    study of matters relating to the Economic Report made by the President
    and studies means of promoting the national policy on employment as
    outlined in the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021). The committee
    is required to file, not later than March 1 of each year, a report with
    the Senate and the House containing its findings and recommendations on
    each of the main recommendations made by the President in the Economic
    Report. It is authorized to hold hearings and make other reports to the
    Congress and to issue a monthly publication on economic conditions (15
    U.S.C. 1024, 1025). The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978
    (sec. 302, P.L. 95-523) requires the joint committee to review and
    analyze the short-term and medium-term goals set forth in the Economic
    Report and to hold hearings on the Report to hear testimony from Members
    of Congress and other groups. Within 30 days after receipt of the Report
    by the Congress, standing committees with legislative jurisdiction and
    joint committees may submit reports to the joint committee with views
    and recommendations on matters within their jurisdiction. On or before
    each March 15, a majority of the members of the joint committee are
    required to submit a report to the Senate and House Budget Committees,
    including findings, recommendations, and appropriate analyses with
    respect to each of the short-term and medium-term goals set forth in the
    Economic Report.

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    reports to the Committee on Ways and Means, and, in its discretion,
    directly to the House (26 U.S.C. 8001-8023).

    Sec. 1109. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue
    Taxation.

      The Joint  Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation is composed of five
    Members of the Senate and five Members of the House. The House Members,
    three from the majority and two from the minority, are chosen by the
    Committee on Ways and Means from the membership of that committee. The
    joint committee investigates the operation and effects of the Federal
    system of internal revenue taxation. It is authorized to hold hearings
    at times and places it deems advisable, has subpoena powers, and

    Sec. 1110. Joint Committee of Congress on the
    Library.

      The Joint  Committee of Congress on the Library is composed of five
    Members of the Senate (the chairman and four members of the Committee on
    Rules and Administration) and six Members of the House. House membership
    consists of the chairman and four members of the Committee on House
    Administration (2 U.S.C. 132b).

    Sec. 1111. Joint Committee on Printing.

      The Joint  Committee
    on Printing is composed of five Members of the Senate (the chairman and
    four members of the Committee on Rules and Administration) and five
    Members of the House (the chairman and four members of the Committee on
    House Administration) (44 U.S.C. 101). The committee adopts and employs
    measures necessary to remedy inefficiencies or waste in the public
    printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications. It has
    control of the arrangement and style of the Congressional Record (44
    U.S.C. 901-910). The joint committee is directed to provide for printing
    in the Record the legislative program for the day, together with a list
    of congressional committee meetings and hearings and the place of
    meeting and subject matter; and to cause a brief resume of congressional
    activities for the previous day to be incorporated in the Record,
    together with an index of its contents. Such data is prepared under the
    supervision of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of
    Representatives, respectively.

    Sec. 1112. Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural
    Ceremonies.

      The  Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is
    established by concurrent resolution in the second session of the
    Congress occurring before a Presidential inauguration and reestablished
    at the beginning of the next Congress. It is composed of three Members
    of both the Senate and the House. The three House Members are appointed
    by the Speaker and are traditionally the Speaker, the Majority Leader,
    and the Minority Leader. The committee is authorized to make the
    necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and
    Vice President-elect. (see, e.g., S. Con. Res. 47, 104th Cong., Aug. 2,
    1996, p. 21405; S. Con. Res. 2, 105th Cong., Jan. 7, 1997, p. 143; S.
    Con. Res. 89, 106th Cong., Mar. 14, 2000, p. 2720; S. Con. Res. 2, 107th
    Cong., Jan. 3, 2001, p. 7; S. Con. Res. 94, 108th Cong., Mar. 16, 2004,
    p. ----; S. Con. Res. 2, 109th Cong., Jan. 4, 2005, p. ----).

                                Select Committees

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    Sec. 1112a. Intelligence.

      The  The Permanent Select Committee
    on Intelligence is reestablished by the adoption of clause 11 of rule X
    each Congress.

    Sec. 1112b. Hurricane Katrina.

      In the  109th Congress the
    House established the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the
    Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The resolution
    instructed the select committee to report its findings to the House not
    later than February 15, 2006, and instructed its chairman to consult
    with the chairman of a Senate committee conducting a parallel
    investigation (H. Res. 437, Sept. 15, 2005, p. ----).

      For a history of select committees in the House, see House Practice,
    ch. 11, Sec. Sec. 12, 13. For a discussion of the former Select
    Committees on Ethics, see Sec. 738, supra; and for a discussion of the
    former Select Committees on Homeland Security, see Sec. 723b, supra.