United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library

The Joint Committee on the Library is a joint committee of the U.S. Congress, which deals with administration and supervision of the Library of Congress. The Committee are five members from the Senate and the House of Representatives.

House and Senate directed a joint committee in 1802 to support the expansion of the Library of Congress. He oversees the work of the library, as well as the management of the art collection of the Congress and the United States Botanic Garden, but has no legislative functions.

The Joint Committee takes for Congress against any artwork and selects a place in the Capitol this out. Since 1875, only works of art may be located in the Capitol, which are the property of the United States; to rooms in the Capitol to use for artistic purposes, it requires the approval of the Joint Committee. The " Architect of the Capitol " ( a service name, not the actual architect) enforces these rules.

The membership of the Committee shall be determined ex officio. It is composed of a chairman and four members of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and the chairman and three members of the Committee on House Administration and the Chairman (or a envoy of this deputy ) of the House Committee on Appropriations. The Chair of the Joint Committee changes after each choice between a Member of the House of Representatives and one Senator. The Ranking Minority Member is always the member of the opposition party that achieves the longest tenure in both houses of Congress.

The current chairman is Representative Bob Brady of Pennsylvania.

• Charles Schumer (D -NY), Vice Chairman
• Christopher Dodd (D - CT)
• Richard Durbin (D -IL)

• Bob Bennett ( R -UT )
• Thad Cochran (R- MS)

• Bob Brady ( D -PA), Chairman
• Zoe Lofgren (D -CA)

• Gregg Harper (R- MI)
• Dan Lungren (R -CA)