15 U.S.C. § 1024 : US Code - Section 1024: Joint Economic Committee

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1024 : US Code - Section 1024: Joint Economic Committee

(a) Composition
There is established a Joint Economic Committee, to be composed
of ten Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of
the Senate, and ten Members of the House of Representatives, to be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In each
case, the majority party shall be represented by six Members and
the minority party shall be represented by four Members.
(b) Functions
It shall be the function of the joint committee -
(1) to make a continuing study of matters relating to the
Economic Report;
(2) to study means of coordinating programs in order to further
the policy of this chapter; and
(3) as a guide to the several committees of the Congress
dealing with legislation relating to the Economic Report, not
later than March 1 of each year (beginning with the year 1947) to
file a report with the Senate and the House of Representatives
containing its findings and recommendations with respect to each
of the main recommendations made by the President in the Economic
Report, and from time to time to make such other reports and
recommendations to the Senate and House of Representatives as it
deems advisable.
(c) Vacancies; selection of chairman and vice chairman
Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not
affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions
of the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as
in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall
select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.
(d) Hearings; employment and compensation of personnel; cost of
stenographic services; utilization of Government services and
private research agencies
The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof,
is authorized to hold such hearings as it deems advisable, and,
within the limitations of its appropriations, the joint committee
is empowered to appoint and fix the compensation of such experts,
consultants, technicians, and clerical and stenographic assistants,
to procure such printing and binding, and to make such
expenditures, as it deems necessary and advisable. The cost of
stenographic services to report hearings of the joint committee, or
any subcommittee thereof, shall not exceed 25 cents per hundred
words. The joint committee is authorized to utilize the services,
information, and facilities of the departments and establishments
of the Government, and also of private research agencies.
(e) Appropriations
To enable the joint committee to exercise its powers, functions,
and duties under this chapter, there are authorized to be
appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, to
be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate on vouchers signed by
the chairman or vice chairman, except that vouchers shall not be
required for the disbursement of salaries of employees paid at an
annual rate.
(f) Service as attorney or expert for committee
Service of one individual, until the completion of the
investigation authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 26, Eighty-
first Congress, as an attorney or expert for the joint committee,
in any business or professional field, on a part-time basis, with
or without compensation, shall not be considered as service or
employment bringing such individual within the provisions of
section 281, 283, or 284 of title 18,(!1) or of any other Federal
law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in relation
to the employment of persons, the performance of services, or the
payment or receipt of compensation in connection with any claim,
proceeding, or matter involving the United States.