2013 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle G - The Joint Committee on Taxation (§§ 8001 - 8023)
Chapter 91 - ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE (§§ 8001 - 8005)
Section 8002 - Membership
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle G - The Joint Committee on Taxation CHAPTER 91 - ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE Sec. 8002 - Membership |
| Contains | section 8002 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 925. |
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The Joint Committee shall be composed of 10 members as follows:
(1) From Committee on FinanceFive 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
(2) From Committee on Ways and MeansFive 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.
(b) Tenure of office (1) General limitationNo 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—
(2) ExceptionThe 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.
(c) VacanciesA vacancy in the Joint Committee—
(1) EffectShall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the Joint Committee; and
(2) Manner of fillingShall be filled in the same manner as the original selection, except that—
(A) Adjournment or recess of CongressIn 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
(B) Expiration of CongressIn 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.
(d) AllowancesThe 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.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 925.)
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