Congressional Documents: Rules&Procedures

House Rules & Procedures, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

House Rules and Manual (Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives)
104th Congress to Present
"Contains the fundamental source material for parliamentary procedure used in the House of Representatives." Rule X in the section on House Rules pertains to the organization of committees, including their jurisdictions and history. To find this publication for other congresses since 1909, search Compass as follows, substituting the spelled-out ordinal congress number desired:
"Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules" AND "eighty-fifth"

Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives
Hinds, Cannon, and Deschler

House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House
104th, 108th, 112th, 115th Congresses

Senate Rules and Procedure, U.S. Senate

Senate Manual
104th Congress to present

• Rule XXV pertains to standing committees and their jurisdictions.
• Rule XXXI pertains to executive session - proceedings on nominations. Other rules also apply; search on both confirmation and nomination to find those.

Riddick's Senate Procedure
101st Congress

Washington Information Directory (print, online)
1983/84-
Main Libr F192.3 .W33
Includes information on committee jurisdiction and committee and subcommittee membership.

Congressional yellow book
Main Ref, Main Libr JK1012 .C652
Previously: Congressional staff directory
Main Libr JK1012 .C65
Includes information on committee jurisdiction.

House Rules and Manual  (Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives)
104th Congress to Present
"Contains the fundamental source material for parliamentary procedure used in the House of Representatives." Rule X in the section on House Rules pertains to the organization of committees, including their jurisdictions. To find this publication for other congresses since 1909, search Compass as follows, substituting the spelled-out ordinal congress number desired:
"Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules" AND "eighty-fifth"

Senate Manual
104th, 106th, 107th, 110th, 112th, 113th Congresses
Rule XXV pertains to standing committees and their jurisdictions. To find the Senate Manual for other congresses, search Compass as follows, substituting the ordinal congress number desired: "senate manual" AND 92nd

Selected Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress and Its Procedures, Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. Many of the reports listed there are also available from ProQuest Congressional.

Congressional procedure: a practical guide to the legislative process in the U.S. Congress, Richard A. Arenberg, 2018. (Bowdoin Main Libr KF4937 .A974 2018 (print))

Congressional procedures and the policy process, Walter J. Oleszek

Unorthodox lawmaking : new legislative processes in the U.S. Congress, Barbara Sinclair

Congressional practice and procedure : a reference, research, and legislative guide, Charles Tiefer, 1989. Available via CBBrequest.