Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing.
This House resolution (H. Res. 190) formally elects specific Members of the House to two Joint Committees that operate with Senate participation: the Joint Committee on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing. For the Library, the elected Members are Carey, Morelle, and Johnson of Texas, to serve alongside the chair of the House Administration Committee and the chair of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Appropriations Committee. For Printing, the elected Members are Morelle, Murphy, Sewell, and Miller of Illinois, to serve alongside the chair of the House Administration Committee. The action is a procedural appointment needed to establish the House’s representation on these joint committees, which oversee the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office (GPO), respectively.
Key Points
- 1This is a House resolution that fills the House’s membership on two joint committees: the Joint Committee on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing.
- 2Library members elected: Carey, Morelle, and Johnson of Texas; they join with the chair of the House Administration Committee and the chair of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch (Appropriations) on this joint panel.
- 3Printing members elected: Morelle, Murphy, Sewell, and Miller of Illinois; they join with the chair of the House Administration Committee on that joint panel.
- 4The Joint Committees are bicameral bodies (involving both House and Senate) that oversee their respective entities (Library of Congress and Government Printing Office) and related legislative-branch matters.
- 5Status and formality: The document is Engrossed in the House (a formal, final version within the House) and includes the Attest line from the Clerk, indicating it is an official action.