United States Congressional Joint Committee on the Library

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Template:Short description The Joint Committee on the Library is a Joint Committee of the United States Congress devoted to the affairs and administration of the Library of Congress, which is the library of the federal legislature. There are five members of each house on the committee. It has no subcommittees.

The committee was originally established in 1806 (House Journal. 1806. 9th Cong., 1st sess., 27 February.) to support the expansion of a congressional library. In 1811, the committee was officially made permanent. It is Congress's oldest continuing joint committee.[1]

The Committee currently has oversight of the operations of the Library of Congress, as well as management of the congressional art collection, the National Statuary Hall Collection, and the United States Botanic Garden, but does not have legislative authority.

The committee is authorized to accept any work of the fine arts on behalf of Congress and designate a location in the United States Capitol for the work of art (pursuant to the Revised Statutes). This authority was expanded in 1875 to require that artwork that was not the property of the United States could not be displayed in the Capitol and that rooms in the Capitol cannot be used as private studios for works of art without written permission of the Committee. The Architect of the Capitol has the authority to enforce this provision.

On February 24, 1933, with the passage of House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, the Architect of the Capitol was authorized and directed to relocate within the Capitol any of the statues already received and placed in Statuary Hall, upon the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, and to provide for the reception and location of statues received from the states. This provision was permanently enacted into law in 2000 in the legislative branch appropriations.

Membership consists of the chair and four Members of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, chair and three Members of the Committee on House Administration and chair (or his designee) of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch. The chair of the Committee alternates between the House and Senate every two years, at the start of a new Congress.[2]

Committee leadership

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

Chairs

Name Party State Start End Chamber
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic NC 1964 1965 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic TX 1967 1968 House
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic NC 1972 1973 Senate
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic MI 1973 1974 House
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic RI 1979 1981 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic RI 1987 1989 Senate
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Vice Chairs

Name Party State Start End Chamber
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic TX 1964 1965 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic NC 1965 1966 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic NC 1969 1970 Senate
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic MD 1970 1971 House
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Ranking Members

Name Party State Start End Chamber
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican KY 1960 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican IL 1962 1963 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican KY 1965 1966 Senate
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican CA 1966 1967 House
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic RI 1981 1983 Senate
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican GA 1983 1985 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic HI 1985 1987 Senate
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Vice Ranking Members

Name Party State Start End Chamber
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic TX 1953 1955 House
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican WY 1956 1957 Senate
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican IL 1957 1958 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican NE 1958 1959 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican OH 1960 1964 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican KY 1964 1965 Senate
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican CA 1965 1966 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican KY 1966 1967 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican IA 1969 1970 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican KY 1970 1971 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican MI 1973 House
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican KY 1974 Senate
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican OH 1977 1979 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican TN 1979 1981 Senate
Script error: No such module "Sort". Republican GA 1981 1983 House
Script error: No such module "Sort". Democratic HI 1983 1985 Senate
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118th Congress

The following members currently serve on the Joint Committee on the Library for the 118th United States Congress.

Members

Members, 118th Congress[2][4]
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117th Congress

The 117th United States Congress served from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2023.

Members

Members, 117th Congress[2][4]
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116th Congress

The 116th United States Congress served from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2021.

Members

The following members served on the Joint Committee on the Library for the 116th United States Congress.[5]

Members, 116th Congress[2][4]
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115th Congress

The 115th United States Congress served from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019.

Members

The following members served on the Joint Committee on the Library for the 115th United States Congress.

Members, 115th Congress[2][6][7]
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Fine arts introduced

The following resolutions were introduced for displaying fine arts in the United States Capitol during the 115th United States Congress.

114th Congress

The 114th United States Congress served from January 3, 2015, to January 3, 2017.

Members

The following members served on the Joint Committee on the Library for the 114th United States Congress.

Members, 114th Congress[12][13][14]
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Fine arts introduced

The following resolutions were introduced for displaying fine arts in the United States Capitol during the 114th United States Congress.

113th Congress

The 113th United States Congress served from January 3, 2013, to January 3, 2015.

Members

The following members served on the Joint Committee on the Library for the 113th United States Congress.

Members, 113th Congress[19][20][21]
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Fine arts introduced

The following resolutions were introduced for displaying fine arts in the United States Capitol during the 113th United States Congress.

References

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