73. No committee shall be permitted to employ a clerk at the public expense, without first obtaining leave of the House for that purpose.
74. Thirty-one standing committees shall be appointed at the commencement of each Congress, viz.:
TO CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS EACH.
- A Committee of Elections.—Nov. 13, 1789.
- A Committee of Ways and Means.—Jan. 1802.
- A Committee on Appropriations.—March 2, 1865.
- A Committee on Banking and Currency.—March 2, 1865.
- A Committee on the Pacific Railroad.—March 2, 1865.
- A Committee on Claims.—Nov. 13, 1794.
- A Committee on Commerce.—Dec. 14, 1795.
- A Committee on Public Lands.—Dec. 17, 1805.
- A Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.—Nov. 9, 1806.
- A Committee for the District of Columbia.—Jan. 27, 1808.
- A Committee on the Judiciary.—June 3, 1813.
- A Committee on Revolutionary Claims.—Dec. 22, 1813.
- A Committee on Public Expenditures.—Feb. 26, 1814.
- A Committee on Private Land Claims.—April 29, 1816.
- A Committee on Manufactures.—Dec. 8, 1819.
- A Committee on Agriculture.—May 3, 1820.
- A Committee on Indian Affairs.—Dec. 18, 1821.
- A Committee on Military Affairs.—March 13, 1822.
- A Committee on Militia.—Dec. 10, 1835.
- A Committee on Naval Affairs.—March 13, 1822.
- A Committee on Foreign Affairs.—March 13, 1822.
- A Committee on the Territories.—Dec. 13, 1825.
- A Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.—Dec. 9, 1825.
- A Committee on Invalid Pensions.—Jan. 10, 1831.
- A Committee on Railways and Canals.—Dec. 15, 1831; April 9, 1869.
- A Committee on Mines and Mining.—Dec. 19, 1865.
- A Committee on Freedmen’s Affairs.—Dec. 4, 1866.
- A Committee on Education and Labor.—March 21, 1867.
TO CONSIST OF FIVE MEMBERS EACH.
- A Committee on Patents.—Sept. 15, 1837.
- A Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.—Sept. 15, 1837.
- A Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business.—Dec. 14, 1795.
- A Committee on Accounts.—Nov. 7, 1804.
- A Committee on Mileage.—Sept. 15, 1837.
TO CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS.
- A Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures.—Jan. 21, 1864: March 2, 1867.
75. It shall be the duty of the Committee of Elections to examine and report upon the certificates of election, or other credentials, of the members returned to serve in this House, and to take into their consideration all such petitions and other matters touching elections and returns as shall or may be presented or come into question, and be referred to them by the House.
76. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Appropriations to take into consideration all Executive communications and such other propositions in regard to carrying on the several departments of the government as may be presented and referred to them by the House.