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.

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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]
==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 ★ 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 ★ 1 Vacancy

★ 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

Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Readiness	Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)	Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)
Seapower and Expeditionary Forces	Gene Taylor (D-MS)	Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Air and Land Forces	Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)	Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
Oversight and Investigations	Vacant	Todd Akin (R-MO)
Military Personnel	Vic Snyder (D-AR)	John McHugh (R-NY)
Terrorism and Unconventional Threats	Adam Smith (D-WA)	Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Strategic Forces	Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)	Terry Everett (R-AL)

References

1. 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)''

External links

★ House Armed Services Committee home page