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This template is the standard infobox to be used on pages for United States congressional committees, past and present, in both the Senate and House, along with joint committees, intended to contain information about a committee's history, current leadership and structure by party, jurisdiction and oversight authority, subcommittees, meeting place, and links to official external resources.
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For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules. [3] [4] The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee. The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This bill ...
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