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 CommitteeChairVice ChairRanking MemberVice Ranking MemberEconomicRep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)LibraryRep. Bryan Steil (R-WI)Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY)PrintingSen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI)Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY)Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)TaxationSen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO)Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Non-standing committees CommitteeChairVice ChairRanking MemberVice Ranking MemberChina (Congressional-Executive Commission)Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK)Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R-RI)
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 CommitteeParty LeadStateStartPartyChina (Congressional-Executive Commission)ORDemocraticAKRepublicanEconomicNHDemocraticMORepublicanLibraryCADemocraticKYRepublicanPrintingCADemocraticKYRepublicanSecurity and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission)RIDemocraticMSRepublicanTaxationORDemocraticIDRepublican
House leads CommitteeParty LeadStartStatePartyChina (Congressional-Executive Commission)NJRepublicanMADemocraticEconomicAZRepublicanVADemocraticLibraryWIRepublicanNYDemocraticPrintingWIRepublicanNYDemocraticSecurity and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission)SCRepublicanTNDemocraticTaxationMORepublicanMADemocratic
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
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