United States House Committee on Armed Services

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The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is responsible for funding and oversight of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the United States armed forces, as well as substantial portions of the Department of Energy.

1 History
2 Subcommittees
3 Members, 110th Congress
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The Armed Services Committee was created by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, which consolidated the functions of two predecessor committees: the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Naval Affairs, which were established as standing committees in 1822. Another predecessor, the Committee on the Militia, was created in 1835 and existed until 1911 when it was abolished and its jurisdiction transferred to the Committee on Military Affairs.^[1]

[edit] Subcommittees

The committee's work is handled through seven subcommittees, as established by committee rules.^[2]

[edit] Members, 110th Congress

Democrats	Republicans
Ike Skelton, Chairman, Missouri John M. Spratt, Jr., South Carolina Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas Gene Taylor, Mississippi Neil Abercrombie, Hawai'i Marty Meehan, Massachusetts Silvestre Reyes, Texas Vic Snyder, Arkansas Adam Smith, Washington Loretta Sanchez, California Mike McIntyre, North Carolina Ellen O. Tauscher, California Robert A. Brady, Pennsylvania Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey Susan A. Davis, California James R. Langevin, Rhode Island Rick Larsen, Washington Jim Cooper, Tennessee Jim Marshall, Georgia Madeleine Bordallo, Guam Mark Udall, Colorado Dan Boren, Oklahoma Brad Ellsworth, Indiana Nancy Boyda, Kansas Patrick Murphy, Pennsylvania Hank Johnson, Georgia Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire Joe Courtney, Connecticut David Loebsack, Iowa Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Elijah Cummings, Maryland Kathy Castor, Florida	Duncan Hunter, Ranking Member, California Jim Saxton, New Jersey John M. McHugh, New York Terry Everett, Alabama Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland Buck McKeon, California Mac Thornberry, Texas Walter B. Jones, North Carolina Robin Hayes, North Carolina Ken Calvert, California Jo Ann Davis, Virginia W. Todd Akin, Missouri J. Randy Forbes, Virginia Jeff Miller, Florida Joe Wilson, South Carolina Frank A. LoBiondo, New Jersey Tom Cole, Oklahoma Rob Bishop, Utah Michael R. Turner, Ohio John Kline, Minnesota Candice S. Miller, Michigan Phil Gingrey, Georgia Mike Rogers, Alabama Trent Franks, Arizona Thelma D. Drake, Virginia Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington K. Michael Conaway, Texas Geoff Davis, Kentucky

[edit] References

^ Chapter 4. Records of the Armed Services Committee and Its Predecessors Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989 (Record Group 233)
^ RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 110TH CONGRESS

[edit] External links

House Armed Services Committee home page

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