26 U.S.C. § 8002 — Membership
submitted 72 years ago by ch. 736 to r/title-26-INTERNAL-REVENUE-CODE · 421 words · no verdicts yet
The Joint Committee on Taxation has 10 members: 5 from the Senate Finance Committee and 5 from the House Ways and Means Committee, with majority and minority representation. This section sets service, vacancy, and expense rules.
(a) Number and selection. The Joint Committee has 10 members: (1) 5 Senate Finance Committee members, chosen by that committee, including 3 from the majority party and 2 from the minority party; and (2) 5 House Ways and Means Committee members, chosen by that committee, including 3 from the majority party and 2 from the minority party. (b) Tenure. (1) A member may not continue after leaving the committee that chose the member. (2) A Ways and Means member reelected to the House may continue despite the end of the Congress. (c) Vacancies. (1) A vacancy does not stop the remaining members from performing the Joint Committee's functions. (2) The vacancy is filled like the original selection, except: (A) during a congressional adjournment or recess longer than 2 weeks, members of the committee entitled to fill it may designate a committee member to serve until a successor is chosen; and (B) after Congress ends, a Ways and Means vacancy may be filled temporarily by a person who was on that committee immediately before it ended and was reelected to the House, designated by Ways and Means members still serving on the Joint Committee. (d) Allowances. Members receive no extra compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel, living, and other necessary expenses incurred in Joint Committee duties. They may not be reimbursed for meetings in the District of Columbia while Congress is in session.
The Joint Committee shall be composed of 10 members as follows:
Five members who are members of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, three from the majority and two from the minority party, to be chosen by such Committee; and
Five members who are members of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, three from the majority and two from the minority party, to be chosen by such Committee.
No person shall continue to serve as a member of the Joint Committee after he has ceased to be a member of the Committee by which he was chosen, except that—
The members chosen by the Committee on Ways and Means who have been reelected to the House of Representatives may continue to serve as members of the Joint Committee notwithstanding the expiration of the Congress.
A vacancy in 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 the original selection, except that—
In case of a vacancy during an adjournment or recess of Congress for a period of more than 2 weeks, the members of the Joint Committee who are members of the Committee entitled to fill such vacancy may designate a member of such Committee to serve until his successor is chosen by such Committee; and
In the case of a vacancy after the expiration of a Congress which would be filled by the Committee on Ways and Means, the members of such Committee who are continuing to serve as members of the Joint Committee may designate a person who, immediately prior to such expiration, was a member of such Committee and who is re-elected to the House of Representatives, to serve until his successor is chosen by such Committee.
The members shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Joint Committee, other than expenses in connection with meetings of the Joint Committee held in the District of Columbia during such times as the Congress is in session.
Source credit: (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 925.)
- 1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 736 on 1954-08-16.
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