[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 114th Congress]
[114th Congress]
[House Document 113-181]
[Joint and Select Committees]
[Pages 1021-1023]
[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. 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 Committees on the Budget, 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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Sec. 1109. Joint Committee on Taxation.

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





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 chair and four members of the Committee on 
Rules and Administration) and five Members of the House. House 
membership consists of the chair and four members of the Committee on 
House Administration (2 U.S.C. 132b). The chair of the Subcommittee on 
the Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
also serves as a member (sec. 1(a)(4), P.L. 106-554).





Sec. 1111. Joint Committee on Printing.

  The Joint  Committee 
on Printing is composed of five Members of the Senate (the chair and 
four members of the Committee on Rules and Administration) and five 
Members of the House (the chair 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 and binding and the 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.




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 preceding a Presidential inauguration and is reestablished at 
the beginning of the next Congress. It is composed of three Members of 
the House and three Senators. 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. 35, 112th Cong., Mar. 5, 2012, 
p. _; S. Con. Res. 2, 113th Cong., Jan. 3, 2013, p. _).





Sec. 1112a. Former joint committees.

  For  a history of joint 
committees with the Senate, see House Practice, ch. 11, Sec. 14.



                            Select Committees



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Sec. 1112b. Intelligence.

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





Sec. 1112c. Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 
2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi.

  In  the 113th and 114th Congresses the 
House established the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 
2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi. The select committee had no 
legislative jurisdiction and was authorized to report its findings to 
the House (H. Res. 567, May 8, 2014, p. _; sec. 4(a), H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 
2015, p. _).






Sec. 1112d. Former select committees.

  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 two former 
Select Committees on Homeland Security, see Sec. 723b, supra.