United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing

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The United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing is a joint committee of the U.S. Congress. It was created on August 3, 1846.

Leadership

119th Congress

The committee chairman in the 119th Congress is Mitch McConnell (R).

118th Congress

The committee chairwoman in the 118th Congress was Amy Klobuchar (D).

117th Congress

The committee chairwoman in the 117th Congress was Amy Klobuchar (D).

116th Congress

The committee chairwoman in the 116th Congress was Zoe Lofgren (D).

115th Congress

The committee chairman in the 115th Congress was Richard Shelby (R).

114th Congress

The committee chairman in the 114th Congress was Gregg Harper (R).

113th Congress

The committee vice chairman in the 113th Congress was Charles Schumer (D).

112th Congress

The committee chair in the 112th Congress was Gregg Harper (R).

Membership

2025-2026 (119th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (3)
Alex Padilla Jeff Merkley	Mitch McConnell Chairman Deb Fischer Bill Hagerty

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

2023-2024 (118th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2023-2024
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (5)
Amy Klobuchar Vice Chair Derek Kilmer Alex Padilla Jeff Merkley	Bryan Steil Chair H. Morgan Griffith Gregory Murphy Deb Fischer Bill Hagerty

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

2021-2022 (117th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2021-2022
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (4)
Amy Klobuchar Chair Zoe Lofgren Vice Chair Jamie Raskin Teresa Leger Fernandez Alex Padilla Angus King	Rodney Davis Barry Loudermilk Roy Blunt Roger Wicker

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

2019-2020 (116th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2019-2020
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (4)
Zoe Lofgren Chair Amy Klobuchar Jamie Raskin Susan Davis	Roy Blunt Vice Chairman Roger Wicker Rodney Davis Barry Loudermilk

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2020.

Pat Roberts (R) left this committee in 2020.

2017-2018 (115th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2017-2018
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (5)
Robert Brady Jamie Raskin Amy Klobuchar	Richard Shelby Chairman Rodney Davis Vice Chairman Gregg Harper Mark Walker Roger Wicker

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

Pat Roberts (R) left this committee in 2018.

Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2018.

2015-2016 (114th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2015-2016
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (5)
Robert Brady Juan Vargas Chuck Schumer	Roy Blunt Vice Chairman Gregg Harper Chairman Candice Miller Rodney Davis John Boozman

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

Pat Roberts (R) left this committee in 2016.

Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2016.

2013-2014 (113th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2013-2014
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (1)
Chuck Schumer Chairman Mark Warner	Saxby Chambliss

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

Pat Roberts (R) left this committee in 2014.

Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2014.

2011-2012 (112th Congress)

Joint Committee on Printing, 2011-2012
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (4)
Chuck Schumer Vice chair Patty Murray Robert Brady Charles A. Gonzalez	Gregg Harper Chairman Dan Lungren Aaron Schock Saxby Chambliss

Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2012.

Lamar Alexander (R) left this committee in 2012.

Jurisdiction

According to the official House website, the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on Printing includes the following:

1. Oversees the operation of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), whose support is essential to the legislative process of the Congress.
2. Serves by law as the principal printing organization for Federal agencies, and so the Joint Committee generally oversees compliance by Federal agencies with laws, rules and regulations designed to minimize printing costs to the American people.

Contact

Committee on House Administration
1309 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Telephone: (202) 225-8281
Fax: (202) 225-9957

See also

• U.S. Congress
• List of committees in the United States Congress

External links

Suggest a link

• Official Committee Page
• Committee profile on Congress Merge
• Committee profile on Govtrack
• Committee profile on Legistorm