Standing
Permanent committees with legislative jurisdiction. They hold hearings, conduct oversight, and consider bills within their assigned subject areas.
Committees
Browse standing, select/special, and joint committees of the 119th Congress.
Committees: 58Subcommittees: 187House: 26 + 113 subsJoint: 9 + 0 subsSenate: 23 + 74 subs
Types of Committees
Committees generally fall into three categories. Use the tabs above to browse each group.
Select / Special
Often created to study issues, run investigations, or handle work that doesn’t fit neatly within standing committee jurisdiction. Some are temporary; some are long-running.
Joint
Composed of Members from both chambers. Joint committees typically focus on studies or administrative/oversight functions rather than moving legislation directly.
Note: Conference committees exist to reconcile House/Senate versions of legislation, but they’re not a standing directory category.
Joint
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- JointCommission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission)
- JointCongressional Oversight Commission
- JointCongressional-Executive Commission on China
- JointU.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
- JointJoint Committee on Printing
- JointJoint Committee on Taxation
- JointJoint Committee on the Library
- JointJoint Economic Committee
- JointJoint Economic Committee