List of United States congressional joint committees explained

This is a list of active joint United States congressional committees.

Committee leadership

For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted. Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).

Standing committees

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair	Ranking Member	Vice Ranking Member
Economic		Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)		Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)		Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)		Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
Library		Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)		Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI)		Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY)		Sen. Deb Fischer (D-NE)
Printing		Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI)		Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)		Sen. Deb Fischer (D-NE)		Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY)
Taxation		Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)		Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO)		Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)		Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)

Non-standing committees

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair	Ranking Member	Vice Ranking Member
China (Congressional-Executive Commission)		Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)		Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)		Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)		Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)		Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)		Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)		Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)		Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)

Party leadership

Each party determines their committees leads, who serve as chair in the majority and ranking member in the minority. The joint committees alternate between the chambers, with the majority lead in one serving as chair and the other as vice chair (and their respective minority opposites in the other chamber as ranking member and vice ranking member). The table below lists the tenure of when each member was selected for their current term as committee lead. The Republican party rules stipulate that their leads of standing committees may serve no more than three congressional terms (two years each) as chair or ranking member, unless the full party conference grants them a waiver to do so. This applies to the joint committees on Printing and on the Library (whose leads are from the Senate Rules and Administration and House Administration committees) and on Taxation (whose leads are from the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees). The current majority party of their respective chamber is listed first for each committee.

Senate leads

Committee	Party Lead	State	Start	Party
China (Congressional-Executive Commission)		OR			Democratic
		FL			Republican
Economic		NM			Democratic
		UT			Republican
Library		MN			Democratic
		NE			Republican
Printing		MN			Democratic
		NE			Republican
Security and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission)		MD			Democratic
		MS			Republican
Taxation		OR			Democratic
		ID			Republican

House leads

Committee	Party Lead	Start	State	Party
China (Congressional-Executive Commission)		NJ			Republican
		MA			Democratic
Economic		AZ			Republican
		VA			Democratic
Library		WI			Republican
		NY			Democratic
Printing		WI			Republican
		NY			Democratic
Security and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission)		SC			Republican
		TN			Democratic
Taxation		MO			Republican
		MA			Democratic

See also

• United States Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
• List of United States Senate committees
• List of United States House of Representatives committees
• List of defunct United States congressional committees

Sources and external links

• Web site: OFFICIAL ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS . August 3, 2011 . August 20, 2011 . Clerk of the House of Representatives .