The Joint Committee on Printing is a joint committee of the

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devoted to overseeing the functions of the

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and general printing procedures of the

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. 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

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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 of juring the

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when the electoral voters are counted in accordance with the

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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

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and the

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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, 117th Congress

Members, 116th Congress

Members, 115th Congress

Members, 114th Congress

Members, 113th Congress

References

External links

Official website of the committeeU.S. Government Publishing Office website

JCP publications page on GPO websiteU.S. Congress Joint Committee on Printing Organization Authority Record
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Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

1946 establishments in Washington, D.C.