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List of United States congressional joint committees

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

Committee leadership

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Committee Party Lead State Start Party
China (Congressional-Executive Commission) Jeff Merkley OR January 3, 2021 Democratic
Marco Rubio FL January 3, 2015 Republican
Economic Martin Heinrich NM January 3, 2017 Democratic
Mike Lee UT January 3, 2017 Republican
Library Amy Klobuchar MN January 3, 2017 Democratic
Deb Fischer NE January 3, 2023 Republican
Printing Amy Klobuchar MN January 3, 2017 Democratic
Deb Fischer NE January 3, 2023 Republican
Security and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission) Ben Cardin MD January 3, 2007 Democratic
Roger Wicker MS January 3, 2011 Republican
Taxation Ron Wyden OR February 12, 2014 Democratic
Mike Crapo ID January 3, 2021 Republican

House leads

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Committee Party Lead Start State Party
China (Congressional-Executive Commission) Chris Smith NJ January 3, 2007 Republican
Jim McGovern MA January 3, 2019 Democratic
Economic David Schweikert AZ January 3, 2019 Republican
Don Beyer VA January 16, 2020 Democratic
Library Bryan Steil WI January 3, 2023 Republican
Joe Morelle NY January 3, 2023 Democratic
Printing Bryan Steil WI January 3, 2023 Republican
Joe Morelle NY January 3, 2023 Democratic
Security and Cooperation (Helsinki Commission) Joe Wilson SC January 3, 2019 Republican
Steve Cohen TN April 6, 2021 Democratic
Taxation Jason Smith MO January 3, 2023 Republican
Richard Neal MA January 3, 2017 Democratic

See also

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