§ 1024. — Joint Economic Committee.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1024]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 21--NATIONAL POLICY ON EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
Sec. 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.
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(Feb. 20, 1946, ch. 33, Sec. 11, formerly Sec. 5, 60 Stat. 25; Aug. 2,
1946, ch. 753, title II, Sec. 225, 60 Stat. 838; Feb. 2, 1948, ch. 42,
62 Stat. 16; Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 627, Secs. 1, 2, 63 Stat. 721; June 18,
1956, ch. 399, Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 290; Pub. L. 86-1, Feb. 17, 1959, 73
Stat. 3; Pub. L. 88-661, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 90-2,
Jan. 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Dec. 27,
1974, 88 Stat. 1776; renumbered Sec. 11, Pub. L. 95-523, Sec. 104, Oct.
27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1893.)
References in Text
Sections 281 and 283 of title 18, referred to in subsec. (f), were
repealed by Pub. L. 87-849, Sec. 2, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1126, except
as they may apply to retired officers of the armed forces of the United
States, and were supplanted by sections 203 and 205 of Title 18, Crimes
and Criminal Procedure.
Section 284 of title 18, referred to in subsec. (f), was repealed by
Pub. L. 87-849, Sec. 2, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1126, and was supplanted
by section 207 of title 18.
Amendments
1974--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93-554 inserted exception relating to
requirement of vouchers for the disbursement of salaries of employees
paid at an annual rate.
1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-2 substituted ``ten'', ``six'', and
``four'' for ``eight'', ``five'', and ``three'', respectively.
1964--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 88-661 authorized appropriations for such
sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year and eliminated provisions
which limited the authorization to a maximum of $125,000 yearly.
1959--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-1 added one additional Senator and one
Representative to the Committee, and substituted provisions requiring
the majority party to be represented by five Members and the minority
party to be represented by three Members for provisions which required
representation to reflect as nearly as may be feasible the relative
membership of the majority and minority parties.
1956--Subsec. (a). Act June 19, 1956, substituted ``Joint Economic
Committee'' for ``Joint Committee on the Economic Report''.
1949--Subsec. (e). Act Oct. 6, 1949, Sec. 1, substituted
``$125,000'' for ``$50,000''.
Subsec. (f). Act Oct. 6, 1949, Sec. 2, added subsec. (f).
1948--Subsec. (b)(3). Act Feb. 2, 1948, substituted ``March 1'' for
``February 1''.
1946--Subsec. (b)(3). Act Aug. 2, 1946, substituted ``February 1''
for ``May 1''.
Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Pub. L. 93-554 provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 93-554 is
effective Jan. 1, 1975.
Effective Date of 1946 Amendment
Amendment by act Aug. 2, 1946, effective Aug. 2, 1946, see section
245 of that act, set out as a note under section 72a of Title 2, The
Congress.
Senate Members of Joint Economic Committee for 107th Congress
Pub. L. 107-20, title II, Sec. 2806, July 24, 2001, 115 Stat. 185,
provided: ``That notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
specifically section 5(a) of the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1024(a)), the Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of
the Senate shall for the duration of the One Hundred Seventh Congress,
be represented by six Members of the majority party and five Members of
the minority party.''
Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 107-3, Mar. 13, 2001,
115 Stat. 5.
Agency Contributions for Employees of Joint Economic Committee
Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title I, Sec. 7], Dec. 21, 2000, 114
Stat. 2763, 2763A-98, provided that:
``(a) Agency contributions for employees whose salaries are
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations account
`Joint Economic Committee' under the heading `JOINT ITEMS' shall be paid
from the Senate appropriations account for `Salaries, Officers and
Employees'.
``(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after
October 1, 2000.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1022 of this title.
