    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 117th Congress]
    [117th Congress]
    [House Document 116-177]
    [Joint and Select Committees]
    [Pages 1059-1061]
    [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. 38, 116th Cong., June 26,
    2020, p. _; S. Con. Res. 2, 117th Cong., Jan. 3, 2021, 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. 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.