List of United States congressional joint committees

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

House leads

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

Sources and external links

"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.