# United States Congressional Joint Committee on Printing

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. 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 chairman 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 chairmanship and vice-chairmanship rotate between the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

## Members, 118th Congress

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Vice Chair Jeff Merkley, Oregon Alex Padilla, California | Deb Fischer, Nebraska Bill Hagerty, Tennessee |
| House members | Derek Kilmer, Washington | Bryan Steil, Wisconsin, Chair Mark Amodei, Nevada Morgan Griffith, Virginia Greg Murphy, North Carolina |

## Members, 117th Congress

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Chair Angus King, Maine Alex Padilla, California | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Vice Ranking Member Roger Wicker, Mississippi |
| House members | Zoe Lofgren, California, Vice Chair Jamie Raskin, Maryland Teresa Leger Fernandez, New Mexico | Rodney Davis, Illinois, Ranking Member Barry Loudermilk, Georgia |

## Members, 116th Congress

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Vice Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Roger Wicker, Mississippi | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Ranking Member Tom Udall, New Mexico |
| House members | Zoe Lofgren, California, Chair Jamie Raskin, Maryland Susan Davis, California | Rodney Davis, Illinois, Vice Ranking Member Barry Loudermilk, Georgia |

## Members, 115th Congress

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Richard Shelby, Alabama, Chairman Pat Roberts, Kansas Roger Wicker, Mississippi | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Tom Udall, New Mexico |
| House members | Rodney Davis, Illinois, Vice Chair Gregg Harper, Mississippi Mark Walker, North Carolina | Robert Brady, Pennsylvania, Jamie Raskin, Maryland |

## Members, 114th Congress

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Vice Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas John Boozman, Arkansas | Chuck Schumer, New York, Tom Udall, New Mexico |
| House members | Gregg Harper, Mississippi, Chair Candice Miller, Michigan Rodney Davis, Illinois | Bob Brady, Pennsylvania Juan Vargas, California |

## Members, 113th Congress

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Chuck Schumer, New York, Chair Tom Udall, New Mexico Mark Warner, Virginia | Pat Roberts, Kansas Saxby Chambliss, Georgia |
| House members | Gregg Harper, Mississippi, Vice Chair Candice Miller, Michigan Rich Nugent, Florida | Bob Brady, Pennsylvania Juan Vargas, California |