Joint Committee on Printing

Joint Committee on Printing

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Mission:  
The Joint Committee on Printing is a joint committee of the United States Congress devoted to overseeing the functions of the Government Publishing Office and general printing procedures of the federal government of the United States.

Democratic House Members (Majority):
Derek Kilmer, Washington

Democratic Senate Members (Majority):
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Vice Chair
Jeff Merkley, Oregon
Alex Padilla, California

Republican House Members (Minority):
Bryan Steil, Wisconsin, Chair
Mark Amodei, Nevada
Morgan Griffith, Virginia
Greg Murphy, North Carolina

Republican Senate Members (Minority):
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Bill Hagerty, Tennessee

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Committee Press Releases and News

Majority Press Releases and news can be found here at the committee website.

Minority Press Releases and news can be found here at the committee website.

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Statement On Confirmation Of Hugh Halpern As Director Of Government Publishing Office
Press Release – December 4, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Chairperson of the Committee on House Administration and the Joint Committee on Printing Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) issued a statement today following the confirmation of Hugh Halpern as Director of the Government Publishing Office (GPO):

“We congratulate Mr. Halpern on his Senate confirmation as Director of the Government Publishing Office. Mr. Halpern brings a wealth of knowledge and legislative branch experience to the GPO, having spent more than thirty years on Capitol Hill in a variety of roles, including ten years in senior leadership staff in the House. His track record of modernizing and encouraging the use of technology throughout the legislative processes will be a tremendous asset to Congress, Federal agencies, and the American public as he assumes his new role.”

About

Source: Committee Webpage

The Joint Committee on Printing, created by the act of August 3, 1846 (9 Stat. 114; 44 U.S.C. 101), is one of the oldest joint committees of the Congress. Composed of five Representatives and five Senators, the panel oversees the operations of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), whose support is essential to the legislative process of the Congress. The GPO also serves by law as the principal printing organization for Federal agencies, and so the Joint Committee generally oversees compliance by Federal agencies with laws, rules and regulations designed to minimize printing costs to the American people.

Joint Committee on Printing Rules for 116th Congress

Rule 1.–Committee Rules

a. The rules of the Senate and House insofar as they are applicable, shall govern the Committee.

b. The Committee’s rules shall be published in the Congressional Record as soon as possible following the Committee’s organizational meeting in each odd-numbered year.

c. Where these rules require a vote of the members of the Committee, polling of members either in writing or by telephone shall not be permitted to substitute for a vote taken at a Committee meeting, unless the Ranking Minority Member assents to waiver of this requirement.

d. Proposals for amending Committee rules shall be sent to all members at least one week before final action is taken thereon, unless the amendment is made by unanimous consent.

Rule 2.–Regular Committee Meetings

a. The regular meeting date of the Committee shall be the second Wednesday of every month when the House and Senate are in session. A regularly scheduled meeting need not be held if there is no business to be considered and after appropriate notification is made to the Ranking Minority Member. Additional meetings may be called by the Chair, as he may deem necessary or at the request of the majority of the members of the Committee.

b. If the Chair of the Committee is not present at any meeting of the Committee, the Vice-Chair or Ranking Member of the majority party on the Committee who is present shall preside at the meeting.

Rule 3.–Quorum

a. Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, which is required for the purpose of closing meetings, promulgating Committee orders or changing the rules of the Committee.

b. Three members shall constitute a quorum for purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence.

Rule 4.–Proxies

a. Written or telegraphic proxies of Committee members will be received and recorded on any vote taken by the Committee, except for the purpose of creating a quorum.

b. Proxies will be allowed on any such votes for the purpose of recording a member’s position on a question only when the absentee Committee member has been informed of the question and has affirmatively requested that he be recorded.

Rule 5.–Open and Closed Meetings

a. Each meeting for the transaction of business of the Committee shall be open to the public except when the Committee, in open session and with a quorum present, determines by roll call vote that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public. No such vote shall be required to close a meeting that relates solely to internal budget or personnel matters.

b. No person other than members of the Committee, and such congressional staff and other representatives as they may authorize, shall be present in any business session that has been closed to the public.

Rule 6.–Alternating Chairship and Vice-Chairship by Congresses

a. The Chairship and Vice Chairship of the Committee shall alternate between the House and the Senate by Congresses: The senior member of the minority party in the House of Congress opposite of that of the Chair shall be the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.

b. In the event the House and Senate are under different party control, the Chair and Vice Chair shall represent the majority party in their respective Houses. When the Chair and Vice-Chair represent different parties, the Vice-Chair shall also fulfill the responsibilities of the Ranking Minority Member as prescribed by these rules.

Rule 7.–Parliamentary Questions

Questions as to the order of business and the procedures of Committee shall in the first instance be decided by the Chair; subject always to an appeal to the Committee.

Rule 8.–Hearings: Public Announcements and Witnesses

a. The Chair, in the case of hearings to be conducted by the Committee, shall make public announcement of the date, place and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted on any measure or matter at least one week before the commencement of that hearing unless the Committee determines that there is good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date. In the latter event, the Chair shall make such public announcement at the earliest possible date. The staff director of the Committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest of the Congressional Record as soon as possible after such public announcement is made.

b. So far as practicable, all witnesses appearing before the Committee shall file advance written statements of their proposed testimony at least 48 hours in advance of their appearance and their oral testimony shall be limited to brief summaries. Limited insertions or additional germane material will be received for the record, subject to the approval of the Chair.

Rule 9.–Official Hearing Record

a. An accurate stenographic record shall be kept of all Committee proceedings and actions. Brief supplemental materials when required to clarify the transcript may be inserted in the record subject to the approval of the Chair.

b. Each member of the Committee shall be provided with a copy of the hearing transcript for the purpose of correcting errors of transcription and grammar, and clarifying questions or remarks. If any other person is authorized by a Committee Member to make his corrections, the staff director shall be so notified.

c. Members who have received unanimous consent to submit written questions to witnesses shall be allowed two days within which to submit these to the staff director for transmission to the witnesses. The record may be held open for a period not to exceed two weeks awaiting the responses by witnesses.

d. A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony given at a public session or, if given at an executive session, when authorized by the Committee. Testimony received in closed hearings shall not be released or included in any report without the approval of the Committee.

Rule 10.–Witnesses for Committee Hearings

a. Selection of witnesses for Committee hearings shall be made by the Committee staff under the direction of the Chair. A list of proposed witnesses shall be submitted to the members of the Committee for review sufficiently in advance of the hearings to permit suggestions by the Committee members to receive appropriate consideration.

b. The Chair shall provide adequate time for questioning of witnesses by all members, including minority Members and the rule of germaneness shall be enforced in all hearings notified.

c. Whenever a hearing is conducted by the Committee upon any measure or matter, the minority on the Committee shall be entitled, upon unanimous request to the Chair before the completion of such hearings, to call witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect to the measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.

Rule 11.–Confidential Information Furnished to the Committee

The information contained in any books, papers or documents furnished to the Committee by any individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity shall, upon the request of the individual, partnership, corporation or entity furnishing the same, be maintained in strict confidence by the members and staff of the Committee, except that any such information may be released outside of executive session of the Committee if the release thereof is effected in a manner which will not reveal the identity of such individual, partnership, corporation or entity in connection with any pending hearing or as a part of a duly authorized report of the Committee if such release is deemed essential to the performance of the functions of the Committee and is in the public interest.

Rule 12.–Broadcasting of Committee Hearings

The rule for broadcasting of Committee hearings shall be the same as Rule XI, clause 4, of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

Rule 13.–Committee Reports

a. No Committee report shall be made public or transmitted to the Congress without the approval of a majority of the Committee except when Congress has adjourned: provided that any member of the Committee may make a report supplementary to or dissenting from the majority report. Such supplementary or dissenting reports should be as brief as possible.

b. Factual reports by the Committee staff may be printed for distribution to Committee members and the public only upon authorization of the Chair either with the approval of a majority of the Committee or with the consent of the Ranking Minority Member.

Rule 14.–Confidentiality of Committee Reports

No summary of a Committee report, prediction of the contents of a report, or statement of conclusions concerning any investigation shall be made by a member of the Committee or by any staff member of the Committee prior to the issuance of a report of the Committee.

Rule 15.–Committee Staff

a. The Committee shall have a staff director, selected by the Chair. The staff director shall be an employee of the House of Representatives or of the Senate.

b. The Ranking Minority Member may designate an employee of the House of Representatives or of the Senate as the minority staff director.

c. The staff director, under the general supervision of the Chair, is authorized to deal directly with agencies of the Government and with nonGovernment groups and individuals on behalf of the Committee.

d. The Chair or staff director shall timely notify the Ranking Minority Member or the minority staff director of decisions made on behalf of the Committee.

Rule 16.–Committee Chair

The Chair of the Committee may establish such other procedures and take such actions as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the effective operation of the Committee. Specifically, the Chair is authorized, during the interim periods between meetings of the Committee, to act on all requests submitted by any executive department, independent agency, temporary or permanent commissions and committees of the Federal Government, the Government Publishing Office and any other Federal entity, pursuant to the requirements of applicable Federal law and regulations.

Source: Committee Webpage

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Wikipedia

The Joint Committee on Printing is a joint committee of the United States Congress devoted to overseeing the functions of the Government Publishing Office and general printing procedures of the federal government of the United States. The authority vested in the Committee is derived from 44 U.S.C. § 101 and the Committee is thereby responsible for ensuring compliance by federal entities to these laws and the Government Printing and Binding Regulations.[1] The current joint committee was created by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and combined the functions of the United States House Committee on Printing and the United States Senate Committee on Printing.

The Committee traces its lineage back to a similar one created by an act of August 3, 1846 (9 Stat. 114, §2) consisting of three members each from the two houses. By virtue of this it is the oldest joint committee of the Congress, although not continuously organized as such.

Leaders of the committee typically serve as the tellers during the joint session of Congress when the electoral voters are counted in accordance with the Electoral Count Act.

Composition

There are five members of each house on the committee, which has no subcommittees. The committee consists of the chair and four members of the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the United States House Committee on House Administration in the House of Representatives. Every two years the chair and vice chair rotate between the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.[2]

Committee leadership

A list of former chairs/vice chairs and ranking members/vice ranking members since 1947 are below.[3]

Chairs

Name Party State Start End Chamber
William Jenner Republican IN 1947 1949 Senate
Carl Hayden Democratic AZ 1949 1953 Senate
William Jenner Republican IN 1943 1955 Senate
Carl Hayden Democratic AZ 1955 1969 Senate
Everett Jordan Democratic NC 1969 1970 Senate
Samuel Friedel Democratic MD 1970 1971 House
Everett Jordan Democratic NC 1971 1972 Senate
Wayne Hays Democratic OH 1972 1973 House
Howard Cannon Democratic NV 1973 1974 Senate
Wayne Hays Democratic OH 1974 1975 House
Howard Cannon Democratic NV 1975 1976 Senate
Wayne Hays Democratic OH 1976 House
Frank Thompson Democratic NJ 1976 1977 House
Howard Cannon Democratic NV 1977 1978 Senate
Clay Pell Democratic RI 1978 1979 Senate
Frank Thompson Democratic NJ 1979 1980 House
Augustus Hawkins
Acting 		Democratic CA 1980 1981 House
Mac Mathias Republican MD 1981 1983 Senate
Augustus Hawkins Democratic CA 1983 1984 House
Frank Annunzio Democratic IL 1984 1985 House
Mac Mathias Republican MD 1985 1987 Senate
Frank Annunzio Democratic IL 1987 1989 House
Wendell Ford Democratic KY 1989 1991 Senate
Charlie Rose Democratic NC 1991 1993 House
Wendell Ford Democratic KY 1993 1995 Senate
Bill Thomas Republican CA 1995 1997 House
John Warner Republican VA 1997 1999 Senate
Bill Thomas Republican CA 1999 2001 House
??? Republican 2001 Senate
Mark Dayton Democratic MN 2001 2003 Senate
Bob Ney Republican OH 2003 2005 House
Trent Lott Republican MS 2005 2007 Senate
Juanita Millender-McDonald Democratic CA 2007 House
Bob Brady Democratic PA 2007 2009 House
??? Democratic 2009 2011 Senate
Gregg Harper Republican MS 2011 2013 House
Chuck Schumer Democratic NY 2013 2015 Senate
Gregg Harper Republican MS 2015 2017 House
Dick Shelby Republican AL 2017 2018 Senate
Roy Blunt Republican MO 2018 2019 Senate
Zoe Lofgren Democratic CA 2019 2021 House
Amy Klobuchar Democratic MN 2021 2023 Senate
Bryan Steil Republican WI 2023 2025 House
Mitch McConnell Republican KY 2025 present Senate

Vice chairs

Name Party State Start End Chamber
Karl LeCompte Republican IL 1947 1949 House
Mary Norton Democratic NJ 1949 1951 House
Thomas Stanley Democratic VA 1951 1953 House
Karl LeCompte Republican IL 1953 1955 House
Omar Burleson Democratic TX 1955 1968 House
Samuel Friedel Democratic MD 1968 1970 House
Everett Jordan Democratic NC 1970 1971 Senate
Wayne Hays Democratic OH 1971 1972 House
Everett Jordan Democratic NC 1972 1973 Senate
Wayne Hays Democratic OH 1973 1974 House
Howard Cannon Democratic NV 1974 1975 Senate
Wayne Hays Democratic OH 1975 1976 House
Howard Cannon Democratic NV 1976 1977 Senate
Frank Thompson Democratic NJ 1977 1979 House
Clay Pell Democratic RI 1979 1981 Senate
Augustus Hawkins Democratic CA 1981 1983 House
Mac Mathias Republican MD 1983 1985 Senate
Frank Annunzio Democratic IL 1985 1987 House
Wendell Ford Democratic KY 1987 1989 Senate
Frank Annunzio Democratic IL 1989 1991 House
Wendell Ford Democratic KY 1991 1993 Senate
Charlie Rose Democratic NC 1993 1995 House
Ted Stevens Republican AK 1995 1997 Senate
Bill Thomas Republican CA 1997 1999 House
Mitch McConnell Republican KY 1999 2001 Senate
Bob Ney Republican OH 2001 2003 House
Saxby Chambliss Republican GA 2003 2005 Senate
Bob Ney Republican OH 2005 2007 House
Dianne Feinstein Democratic CA 2007 2009 Senate
Bob Brady Democratic PA 2009 2011 House
Chuck Schumer Democratic NY 2011 2013 Senate
Gregg Harper Republican MS 2013 2015 House
Roy Blunt Republican MO 2015 2017 Senate
Gregg Harper Republican MS 2017 2019 House
Roy Blunt Republican MO 2019 2021 Senate
Zoe Lofgren Democratic CA 2021 2023 House
Amy Klobuchar Democratic MN 2023 2025 Senate
Bryan Steil Republican WI 2025 present House

Ranking members

Name Party State Start End Chamber
Tom Pickett Democratic TX 1947 House
Omar Burleson Democratic TX 1947 1949 House
Karl LeCompte Republican IL 1949 1953 House
James Trimble Democratic AR 1953 1955 House
Karl LeCompte Republican IL 1955 1959 House
Paul Schenck Republican OH 1959 1965 House
Glenard Lipscomb Republican CA 1965 1970 House
Hugh Scott Republican PA 1970 1971 Senate
Samuel Devine Republican OH 1971 1972 House
Robert Griffin Republican MI 1972 1973 Senate
William Dickinson Republican AL 1973 1974 House
Hugh Scott Republican PA 1974 1975 Senate
William Dickinson Republican AL 1975 1976 House
Hugh Scott Republican PA 1976 1977 Senate
William Dickinson Republican AL 1977 1979 House
Mark Hatfield Republican OR 1979 1981 Senate
Newt Gingrich Republican GA 1981 1983 House
Wendell Ford Democratic KY 1983 1985 Senate
Robert Badham Republican CA 1985 1987 House
Ted Stevens Republican AK 1987 1989 Senate
Pat Roberts Republican KS 1989 1991 House
Ted Stevens Republican AK 1991 1993 Senate
??? Republican 1993 1995 House
??? Democratic 1995 1997 Senate
??? Democratic 1997 1999 House
??? Democratic 1999 2001 Senate
??? Democratic 2001 2003 House
Mark Dayton Democratic MN 2003 2005 Senate
??? Democratic 2005 2007 House
??? Republican 2007 2009 Senate
Dan Lungren Republican CA 2009 2011 House
??? Republican 2011 2013 Senate
Bob Brady Democratic PA 2013 2015 House
Chuck Schumer Democratic NY 2015 2017 Senate
Bob Brady Democratic PA 2017 2019 House
Amy Klobuchar Democratic MN 2019 2021 Senate
Rodney Davis Republican IL 2021 2023 House
Deb Fischer Republican NE 2023 2025 Senate
Joe Morelle Democratic NY 2025 present House

Vice ranking members

Name Party State Start End Chamber
Carl Hayden Democratic AZ 1947 1949 Senate
William Jenner Republican IN 1949 1953 Senate
Carl Hayden Democratic AZ 1953 1955 Senate
William Jenner Republican IN 1955 1957 Senate
Jacob Javits Republican NY 1957 1959 Senate
Thruston Morton Republican KY 1959 1960 Senate
Norman Brunsdale Republican ND 1960 Senate
Thomas Martin Republican IA 1960 1961 Senate
Jack Miller Republican IA 1961 1962 Senate
Carl Curtis Republican NE 1962 1963 Senate
Hugh Scott Republican PA 1963 1970 Senate
Glenard Lipscomb Republican CA 1970 House
Samuel Devine Republican OH 1970 1971 House
Robert Griffin Republican MI 1971 1972 Senate
Samuel Devine Republican OH 1972 1973 House
Hugh Scott Republican PA 1973 1974 Senate
William Dickinson Republican AL 1974 1975 House
Hugh Scott Republican PA 1975 1976 Senate
William Dickinson Republican AL 1976 1977 House
Mark Hatfield Republican OR 1977 1979 Senate
William Dickinson Republican AL 1979 1981 House
Howard Cannon Democratic NV 1981 1983 Senate
Lynn Martin Republican IL 1983 House
Pat Roberts Republican KS 1983 1985 House
Wendell Ford Democratic KY 1985 1987 Senate
Robert Badham Republican CA 1987 1989 House
Ted Stevens Republican AK 1989 1991 Senate
Pat Roberts Republican KS 1991 1993 House
??? Republican 1993 1995 Senate
??? Democratic 1995 1997 House
??? Democratic 1997 1999 Senate
??? Democratic 1999 2001 House
??? Democratic 2001 Senate
??? Republican 2001 2003 Senate
John Larson Democratic CT 2003 2005 House
??? Democratic 2005 2007 Senate
??? Republican 2007 2009 House
??? Republican 2009 2011 Senate
??? Democratic 2011 2013 House
Pat Roberts Republican KS 2013 2015 Senate
Bob Brady Democratic PA 2015 2017 House
Amy Klobuchar Democratic MN 2017 2019 Senate
Rodney Davis Republican IL 2019 2021 House
Roy Blunt Republican MO 2021 2023 Senate
Joe Morelle Democratic NY 2023 2025 House
Alex Padilla Democratic CA 2025 present Senate

Members

118th Congress

Majority Minority
Senate
members[4]
House
members[5]

117th Congress

Majority Minority
Senate
members[6]
House
members[7]

116th Congress

Majority Minority
Senate
members[8]
House
members[9]

115th Congress

Majority Minority
Senate
members [10]
House
members [11]

114th Congress

Majority Minority
Senate
members [12]
House
members [13]

113th Congress

Majority Minority
Senate
members [14]
House
members [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ “Joint Committees | Committee on House Administration”. cha.house.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ^ “Joint Committee on Printing | Committee on House Administration”. cha.house.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Nelson, Garrison; Mitchell, Mary; Bensen, Clark (1993). Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947–1992. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly. pp. 881–892.
  4. ^ “118th Congress – S.Res. 93 – A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library”. Congress.gov. March 2, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  5. ^ “118th Congress – H.Res. 194 – Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing”. Congress.gov. March 7, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  6. ^ “117th Congress – S.Res. 244 – A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library”. Congress.gov. May 26, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  7. ^ “117th Congress – H.Res. 321 – Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing”. Congress.gov. April 16, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  8. ^ “116th Congress – S.Res. 86 – A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library”. Congress.gov. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  9. ^ “116th Congress – H.Res. 226 – Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing”. Congress.gov. April 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  10. ^ “115th Congress – S.Res. 101 – A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library”. Congress.gov.
  11. ^ “115th Congress – H.Res. 82 – Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing”. Congress.gov.
  12. ^ “114th Congress – S.Res. 126 – A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library”. Congress.gov.
  13. ^ “114th Congress – H.Res. 171 – Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing”. Congress.gov.
  14. ^ “113th Congress – S.Res. 88 – A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library”. Congress.gov.
  15. ^ “113th Congress – H.Res. 142 – Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing”. Congress.gov.


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