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 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 (, §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.

Committee leadership

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

Chairs NamePartyStateStartEndChamberRepublicanIN19471949SenateDemocraticAZ19491953SenateRepublicanIN19431955SenateDemocraticAZ19551969SenateDemocraticNC19691970SenateDemocraticMD19701971HouseDemocraticNC19711972SenateDemocraticOH19721973HouseDemocraticNV19731974SenateDemocraticOH19741975HouseDemocraticNV19751976SenateDemocraticOH1976HouseDemocraticNJ19761977HouseDemocraticNV19771978SenateDemocraticRI19781979SenateDemocraticNJ19791980HouseActingDemocraticCA19801981HouseRepublicanMD19811983SenateDemocraticCA19831984HouseDemocraticIL19841985HouseRepublicanMD19851987SenateDemocraticIL19871989HouseDemocraticKY19891991SenateDemocraticNC19911993HouseDemocraticKY19931995SenateRepublicanCA19951997HouseRepublicanVA19971999SenateRepublicanCA19992001House???Republican2001SenateDemocraticMN20012003SenateRepublicanOH20032005HouseRepublicanMS20052007SenateDemocraticCA2007HouseDemocraticPA20072009House???Democratic20092011SenateRepublicanMS20112013HouseDemocraticNY20132015SenateRepublicanMS20152017HouseRepublicanAL20172018SenateRepublicanMO20182019SenateDemocraticCA20192021HouseDemocraticMN20212023SenateRepublicanWI20232025HouseRepublicanKY2025presentSenate

Vice chairs NamePartyStateStartEndChamberRepublicanIL19471949HouseDemocraticNJ19491951HouseDemocraticVA19511953HouseRepublicanIL19531955HouseDemocraticTX19551968HouseDemocraticMD19681970HouseDemocraticNC19701971SenateDemocraticOH19711972HouseDemocraticNC19721973SenateDemocraticOH19731974HouseDemocraticNV19741975SenateDemocraticOH19751976HouseDemocraticNV19761977SenateDemocraticNJ19771979HouseDemocraticRI19791981SenateDemocraticCA19811983HouseRepublicanMD19831985SenateDemocraticIL19851987HouseDemocraticKY19871989SenateDemocraticIL19891991HouseDemocraticKY19911993SenateDemocraticNC19931995HouseRepublicanAK19951997SenateRepublicanCA19971999HouseRepublicanKY19992001SenateRepublicanOH20012003HouseRepublicanGA20032005SenateRepublicanOH20052007HouseDemocraticCA20072009SenateDemocraticPA20092011HouseDemocraticNY20112013SenateRepublicanMS20132015HouseRepublicanMO20152017SenateRepublicanMS20172019HouseRepublicanMO20192021SenateDemocraticCA20212023HouseDemocraticMN20232025SenateRepublicanWI2025presentHouse

Ranking members NamePartyStateStartEndChamberDemocraticTX1947HouseDemocraticTX19471949HouseRepublicanIL19491953HouseDemocraticAR19531955HouseRepublicanIL19551959HouseRepublicanOH19591965HouseRepublicanCA19651970HouseRepublicanPA19701971SenateRepublicanOH19711972HouseRepublicanMI19721973SenateRepublicanAL19731974HouseRepublicanPA19741975SenateRepublicanAL19751976HouseRepublicanPA19761977SenateRepublicanAL19771979HouseRepublicanOR19791981SenateRepublicanGA19811983HouseDemocraticKY19831985SenateRepublicanCA19851987HouseRepublicanAK19871989SenateRepublicanKS19891991HouseRepublicanAK19911993Senate???Republican19931995House???Democratic19951997Senate???Democratic19971999House???Democratic19992001Senate???Democratic20012003HouseDemocraticMN20032005Senate???Democratic20052007House???Republican20072009SenateRepublicanCA20092011House???Republican20112013SenateDemocraticPA20132015HouseDemocraticNY20152017SenateDemocraticPA20172019HouseDemocraticMN20192021SenateRepublicanIL20212023HouseRepublicanNE20232025SenateDemocraticNY2025presentHouse

Vice ranking members NamePartyStateStartEndChamberDemocraticAZ19471949SenateRepublicanIN19491953SenateDemocraticAZ19531955SenateRepublicanIN19551957SenateRepublicanNY19571959SenateRepublicanKY19591960SenateRepublicanND1960SenateRepublicanIA19601961SenateRepublicanIA19611962SenateRepublicanNE19621963SenateRepublicanPA19631970SenateRepublicanCA1970HouseRepublicanOH19701971HouseRepublicanMI19711972SenateRepublicanOH19721973HouseRepublicanPA19731974SenateRepublicanAL19741975HouseRepublicanPA19751976SenateRepublicanAL19761977HouseRepublicanOR19771979SenateRepublicanAL19791981HouseDemocraticNV19811983SenateRepublicanIL1983HouseRepublicanKS19831985HouseDemocraticKY19851987SenateRepublicanCA19871989HouseRepublicanAK19891991SenateRepublicanKS19911993House???Republican19931995Senate???Democratic19951997House???Democratic19971999Senate???Democratic19992001House???Democratic2001Senate???Republican20012003SenateDemocraticCT20032005House???Democratic20052007Senate???Republican20072009House???Republican20092011Senate???Democratic20112013HouseRepublicanKS20132015SenateDemocraticPA20152017HouseDemocraticMN20172019SenateRepublicanIL20192021HouseRepublicanMO20212023SenateDemocraticNY20232025HouseDemocraticCA2025presentSenate

Members 118th Congress MajorityMinoritySenatemembersAmy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Vice Chair Jeff Merkley, Oregon Alex Padilla, CaliforniaDeb Fischer, Nebraska Bill Hagerty, TennesseeHousemembersBryan Steil, Wisconsin, Chair Mark Amodei, Nevada Morgan Griffith, Virginia Greg Murphy, North CarolinaDerek Kilmer, Washington

117th Congress MajorityMinoritySenatemembersAmy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Chair Angus King, Maine Alex Padilla, CaliforniaRoy Blunt, Missouri, Vice Ranking Member Roger Wicker, MississippiHousemembersZoe Lofgren, California, Vice Chair Jamie Raskin, Maryland Teresa Leger Fernandez, New MexicoRodney Davis, Illinois, Ranking Member Barry Loudermilk, Georgia

116th Congress MajorityMinoritySenatemembersRoy Blunt, Missouri, Vice Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Roger Wicker, MississippiAmy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Ranking Member Tom Udall, New MexicoHousemembersZoe Lofgren, California, Chair Jamie Raskin, Maryland Susan Davis, CaliforniaRodney Davis, Illinois, Vice Ranking Member Barry Loudermilk, Georgia

115th Congress MajorityMinoritySenatemembers Richard Shelby, Alabama, Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Roger Wicker, MississippiAmy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Tom Udall, New MexicoHousemembers Rodney Davis, Illinois, Vice Chair Gregg Harper, Mississippi Mark Walker, North CarolinaRobert Brady, Pennsylvania, Jamie Raskin, Maryland

114th Congress MajorityMinoritySenatemembers Roy Blunt, Missouri, Vice Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas John Boozman, ArkansasChuck Schumer, New York, Tom Udall, New MexicoHousemembers Gregg Harper, Mississippi, Chair Candice Miller, Michigan Rodney Davis, IllinoisBob Brady, Pennsylvania Juan Vargas, California

113th Congress MajorityMinoritySenatemembers Chuck Schumer, New York, Chair Tom Udall, New Mexico Mark Warner, VirginiaPat Roberts, Kansas Saxby Chambliss, GeorgiaHousemembers Gregg Harper, Mississippi, Vice Chair Candice Miller, Michigan Rich Nugent, FloridaBob Brady, Pennsylvania Juan Vargas, California

See also List of United States House of Representatives committees List of United States Senate committees

References

External links Official website of the committee U.S. Government Publishing Office website JCP publications page on GPO website U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Printing Organization Authority Record