Joint Economic Committee of Congress

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United States congressional committee joint committee of the United States Congress

The Joint Economic Committee of Congress is a bipartisan, bicameral congressional committee that analyzes economic conditions and advises Congress on economic policy.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Joint Economic Committee	4
Joint Committee on the Economic Report	1
Joint Economic Committee of the Congress of the United States	1
Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional committee ⓘ joint committee of the United States Congress ⓘ
canHold	closed hearings ⓘ public hearings ⓘ
canIssue	joint economic reports ⓘ
compositionRule	membership divided equally between Senate and House ⓘ party ratios reflect party representation in each chamber ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
establishedBy	Employment Act of 1946 ⓘ
formerName	Joint Economic Committee of Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Joint Committee on the Economic Report
hasAbbreviation	JEC ⓘ
hasChairTitle	Chair ⓘ
hasHouseMembers	10 ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	20 ⓘ
hasSenateMembers	10 ⓘ
hasViceChairTitle	Vice Chair ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.jec.senate.gov ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
isBicameral	true ⓘ
isBipartisan	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Congress ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Public Law 79-304 ⓘ
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandate	make a continuing study of matters relating to the Economic Report of the President ⓘ study means of coordinating programs in order to further the policy of the Employment Act of 1946 ⓘ
meetsAt	United States Capitol ⓘ
oversightOf	Council of Economic Advisers ⓘ surface form: Council of Economic Advisers (through hearings and reports)
partOf	legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
primaryFunction	advise Congress on economic policy ⓘ analyze economic conditions ⓘ review economic policy and performance ⓘ
produces	economic reports ⓘ hearings and studies ⓘ policy recommendations ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Congress ⓘ
subjectArea	economic growth ⓘ employment and labor markets ⓘ fiscal policy ⓘ income and wealth distribution ⓘ macroeconomic policy ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Employment Act of 1946 → createdBody → Joint Economic Committee of Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress

Public Law 79-304 → createdInstitution → Joint Economic Committee of Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Economic Committee

Public Law 79-304 → established → Joint Economic Committee of Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Economic Committee

Public Law 79-304 → established → Joint Economic Committee of Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Economic Committee of the Congress of the United States

Joint Economic Committee of Congress → formerName → Joint Economic Committee of Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Committee on the Economic Report

JEC → hasFullName → Joint Economic Committee of Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Economic Committee

Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → Joint Economic Committee of Congress ⓘ

Public Law 79-304 → relatedTo → Joint Economic Committee of Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Economic Committee