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The Joint Committee on the Library is a joint committee of the U.S. Congress devoted to the affairs and administration of the U.S. Library of Congress, which is both the private library of the federal legislature and America's national library. There are five members of each house on the committee, which has no subcomittees.

The current chairman of the committee is Ted Stevens (R-AK), and the ranking minority member is Christopher Dodd (D-CT).

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Members of the committee (http://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_JSLC.htm)

Joint committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (124 words)
	A Joint Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a Select Committee consisting of members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
	A joint committee of the United States Congress is a Congressional committee consisting of Members of both Houses and having jurisdiction over matters of joint interest.
	Most joint committees are standing committees - (i.e., the Joint Committee on the Library) - but special joint committees have been created to address specific issues (i.e., the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War).

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