Defunct Joint Committees
| Committee | Esbablished | Terminated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol in the Arts (Select) | June 3, 1896 | December 17, 1897 | |
| Amending the Constitution on Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections | January 30, 1854 | August 7, 1854 | |
| American Shipbuilding (Select) | August 7, 1882 | December 15, 1882 | |
| Armor Plant Costs (Special) | June 30, 1914 | February 24, 1915 | |
| Atomic Energy | August 1, 1946 | September 30, 1977 | Preceded by the Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy. |
| United States Congress Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Bicentennial | September 5, 1975 | October 1, 1976 | |
| Aviation Policy Board | July 30, 1947 | December 31, 1948 | |
| Banking and Currency | March 4, 1923 | March 3, 1925 | |
| Budget Control | December 7, 1880 | August 8, 1882 | |
| Centennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone, Celebrate the | August 17, 1893 | August 28, 1894 | |
| Centennial of the Telegraph, Commemorate the | 1943 | 1945 | 78th Congress. |
| Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Investigate | June 11, 1896 | March 28, 1898 | |
| United States Congress Joint Committee on Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Dedication of | February 9, 1895 | March 26, 1896 | |
| Chinese Immigration, Investigate | July 17, 1876 | February 27, 1877 | |
| Civil Service Retirement Act | 1925 | 1927 | 69th Congress. |
| Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Inquire into the | April 10, 1871 | February 19, 1872 | Investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| Condition of the States which Formed the So-Called Confederate States, Inquire into the | December 13, 1865 | June 8, 1866 | American Civil War. |
| Conditions in Alaska, Investigation of | March 4, 1911 | April 4, 1911 | |
| Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) | March 3, 1865 | January 28, 1967 | |
| Conduct of the War | December 10, 1861 | June 20, 1865 | American Civil War. |
| Congressional Operations | October 26, 1970 | February 11, 1977 | Functions transferred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration |
| Congressional Salaries, Investigate | March 4, 1923 | May 1, 1924 | |
| Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian | June 28, 1955 | September 15, 1965 | |
| Control of Aircraft for Seacoast Defense, Investigate | March 4, 1929 | March 3, 1931 | |
| Defense Production | September 8, 1950 | February 11, 1977 | |
| Deficit Reduction (Select) | August 2, 2011 | November 21, 2011 | |
| Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners | March 2, 1923 | December 3, 1923 | |
| Dirigible Disasters, Investigate | April 20, 1933 | June 14, 1933 | |
| Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers | February 16, 1889 | July 7, 1943 | Renamed the Joint Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers. |
| Joint Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers | July 7, 1943 | June 23, 1970 | |
| District of Columbia, to Inquire into the Affairs of the | February 5, 1874 | June 16, 1874 | |
| District of Columbia Public Parks | June 30, 1906 | January 15, 1907 | |
| Economic Report | February 20, 1946 | June 18, 1956 | Renamed the Joint Economic Committee. |
| Enrolled Bills | July 27, 1789 | August 14, 1876 | Divided into the House Committee on Enrolled Bills and the Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills. |
| Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly | August 19, 1940 | October 27, 1941 | |
| Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia and the United States (1915) | March 3, 1915 | January 6, 1916 | |
| Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia and the United States (1922) | June 29, 1922 | February 24, 1923 | |
| Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads | August 24, 1912 | November 25, 1914 | |
| Federal Reserve System | March 4, 1923 | March 3, 1925 | |
| Ford's Theater Disaster | August 18, 1894 | February 25, 1897 | Preceded by the Senate Select Committee on the Ford Theater Disaster. |
| Foreign Economic Cooperation] | April 3, 1948 | March 3, 1950 | |
| Forestry | June 14, 1938 | March 23, 1941 | |
| General Parcel Post, to Investigate | August 24, 1912 | February 12, 1915 | |
| Government for the District of Columbia, to Frame a Form of | August 14, 1876 | January 11, 1877 | |
| Government Organization | February 3, 1937 | August 21, 1937 | |
| Harriman Geographic Code System | March 4, 1927 | February 7, 1929 | |
| Hawaii | August 21, 1937 | February 15, 1938 | |
| Housing | July 25, 1947 | March 15, 1948 | |
| High Cost of Living | 1919 | 1921 | 66th Congress. |
| Immigration and Nationality Policy | June 27, 1952 | October 26, 1970 | |
| Inaugurating Washington's Statue, Making Arrangement for | February 16, 1860 | February 25, 1860 | |
| Inaugural Ceremonies | see note | Convened every four years after the quadrennial presidential election. | |
| Interior Department and Forestry Service, to Investigate the | January 19, 1910 | March 4, 1911 | |
| Internal Revenue Taxation | February 26, 1926 | October 4, 1976 | Renamed the Joint Committee on Taxation |
| Interstate Commerce | July 20, 1916 | March 3, 1919 | |
| Interstate and Foreign Commerce | July 20, 1916 | March 3, 1919 | |
| Labor Management Relations | June 23, 1947 | April 11, 1949 | |
| Code of Laws for the District of Columbia (1832) | May 22, 1832 | February 14, 1833 | Preceded by the Joint Committee to Prepare a Code of Laws for the District of Columbia (1828) |
| Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, to Prepare a (1828) | February 5, 1828 | February 12, 1828 | |
| Legislative Budget | January 2, 1947 | January 3, 1971 | |
| Muscle Shoals | March 13, 1926 | June 21, 1926 | |
| Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration | April 19, 1950 | January 6, 1973 | |
| Naval Affairs | January 12, 1894 | August 28, 1894 | |
| Naval Personnel | January 12, 1894 | March 3, 1895 | |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants, Investigation of | June 5, 1924 | April 19, 1929 | |
| Ordnance (Select) | March 30, 1867 | February 25, 1869 | |
| Organization of Congress (1946) | December 15, 1944 | May 31, 1946 | Adoption of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 |
| Organization of Congress (1965) | March 9, 1965 | June 28, 1966 | Adoption of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 |
| Organization of Congress (1991) | August 6, 1992 | November 23, 1993 | |
| Pacific Coast Naval Bases | June 4, 1920 | December 31, 1920 | |
| Pacific Islands, to Study | June 18, 1948 | December 31, 1948 | |
| Pearl Harbor Attack, Investigation of the | September 11, 1945 | July 16, 1946 | |
| Phosphate Resource of the United States, to Investigate | June 16, 1938 | January 16, 1941 | |
| Police and Preservation of the Capital | December 12, 1825 | December 23, 1825 | |
| Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail | August 24, 1912 | March 3, 1915 | |
| Postal Salaries | February 28, 1919 | March 3, 1921 | |
| Postal Service | April 24, 1920 | February 8, 1924 | |
| Railroad Retirement Legislation | October 18, 1951 | January 9, 1953 | |
| Safety of Roofs over Senate and House Wings of the Capitol, Investigate | January 13, 1821 | February 6, 1821 | |
| Readjustment of Service Pay (Special) | February 16, 1922 | March 22, 1922 | |
| Reclassification of Salaries | March 1, 1919 | March 12, 1920 | |
| Reconstruction | December 12, 1865 | March 3, 1867 | Succeeded by the House Select Committee on Reconstruction |
| Revision of the Laws | March 2, 1907 | March 15, 1910 | Separate from House and Senate committees of the same name |
| Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures | September 20, 1941 | July 12, 1974 | |
| Reorganization | December 29, 1920 | June 3, 1924 | |
| Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government | December 29, 1920 | June 3, 1924 | |
| Reorganization of the Army | June 18, 1878 | December 12, 1878 | |
| Reorganize the Civil Service in the Departments | February 1, 1869 | March 3, 1869 | |
| Repairs and Furnishings of the Executive Mansion, to Examine the Accounts for | March 11, 1867 | November 10, 1868 | |
| Retrenchment | July 19, 1866 | March 3, 1871 | |
| Revise and Equalize the Pay of the Employees of Each House | March 6, 1867 | March 3, 1869 | |
| Rural Credits | March 4, 1915 | January 4, 1916 | 64th Congress. |
| Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate and the House, to Investigate the | February 28, 1929 | June 14, 1929 | |
| San Francisco Disaster | January 16, 1854 | February 16, 1854 | |
| Scientific Bureaus | July 7, 1884 | June 8, 1886 | |
| Second Class Mail Matter | June 26, 1906 | January 28, 1907 | |
| Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service | August 24, 1912 | December 8, 1914 | |
| Selective Service Deferments | April 8, 1943 | March 31, 1947 | |
| Senate Chamber and Hall of the House of Representatives | May 10, 1864 | February 20, 1865 | |
| Smithsonian Bequest | February 19, 1844 | August 10, 1846 | |
| State, War and Navy Department Building | August 5, 1882 | March 3, 1883 | |
| System of Shortime Rural Credits, to Investigate | May 31, 1920 | June 30, 1922 | |
| Tax Evasion and Avoidance | June 11, 1937 | August 5, 1937 | 75th Congress. |
| Temporary National Economics | June 16, 1938 | March 31, 1941 | |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | April 5, 1938 | April 1, 1939 | |
| Transfer of the Indian Bureau | June 18, 1878 | January 31, 1879 | |
| Veterans' Affairs | June 30, 1932 | May 26, 1933 | Restored as House Committee on Veterans' Affairs in 1947 and Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs in 1970. |
| Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems | August 29, 1957 | August 23, 1960 | |
| Washington Aqueduct Tunnel, to Investigate Work on the | October 9, 1888 | February 26, 1889 | |
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