and the ranking minority party member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Chairman and the ranking minority party member of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives. The majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate. The majority leader and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The Chairman of the commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Senate and the Chairman of the Commission of the House of Representatives Bicentenary, to be succeeded upon expiration of such commissions, by a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, appointed by the Senate or House of Representatives co-chairman of the commission, respectively. One Senator appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and one Senator appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. One Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. In addition to the members listed above, the Architect of the Capitol participates in the activities of the commission, ex officio, and without the right to vote. As of February 2006, the members of the Capitol Preservation Commission in the 109th Congress are: Co-chairmen: Senate President Pro Tempore Ted Stevens (Alaska); Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (Illinois). United States Senate: Bill Frist (R-TN), Majority Leader; Harry Reid (D-NV), Democratic Leader; Wayne Allard (R-CO), Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Legislative Branch; Trent Lott (R-MS), Chairman, Senate Rules Committee; Bob Bennett (R-UT); Christopher Dodd (D-CT); Thad Cochran (R-MS); Richard Durbin (D-IL). United States House of Representatives: John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader; Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Democratic Leader; Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Chairman, Committee on Appropriations; Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Chairman, Committee on House Administration; Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Ranking Member, Committee on House Administration; Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman, House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management; Marcy Kaptur (D-OH); John Mica (R-FL). Ex Officio Member: Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol Sources GAO Audit Report, Note 1 to financial statements Architect of the Capitol Site Capitol Preservation Commission