establishment of joint committee on congressional operations

establishment of joint committee on congressional operations Sec. 401. (a) There is hereby created a Joint Committee on Congressional Operations (hereafter in this Part referred to as the “Joint Committee”). (b) The Joint Committee shall lie composed of ten members as follows: (1) five Members of the Senate, appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, three from the majority party and two from the minority party; and (2) five Members of the. House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three from the majority party and two from the minority party. (c) Vacancies in the membership of 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 in the case of the original appointment. (d) The Joint Committee shall select, a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members at the beginning of each Congress. The vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of the chairman in the absence of the chairman. The chairmanship and the vice chairmanship shall alternate between the Senate and the House of Representatives with each Congress. The chairman during each even-numbered Congress shall be selected by the Members of the House of Representatives on the Joint Committee from among their number and the chairman during each odd-numbered Congress shall be selected by the Members of the Senate on the Joint Committee from among their number. The vice chairman during each Congress shall be chosen in the same manner from that House of Congress other than the House of Congress of which the chairman is a Member.