House Armed Services Committee

Standing committee
Active United States House of Representatives 119th Congress
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History
Formed	August 2, 1946
Preceded	Committee on Military Affairs, Committee on Naval Affairs
Formerly known as	Committee on National Security
Leadership
Chair	Mike Rogers (R) Since January 3, 2023
Ranking member	Adam Smith (D) Since January 3, 2023
Structure
Seats	59
Political parties	Majority (31)  Republican (31) Minority (28)  Democratic (28)
Jurisdiction
Policy areas	Defense policy, military operations
Oversight authority	Department of Defense,Armed Forces,Department of Energy (partly)
Senate counterpart	Senate Armed Services Committee
Subcommittees
Intelligence and Special Operations Military Personnel Readiness Seapower and Projection Forces Strategic Forces Tactical Air and Land Forces Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems
Website
armedservices.house.gov (Republican) democrats-armedservices.house.gov (Democratic)

TheU.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as theHouse Armed Services Committee orHASC, is astanding committee of theUnited States House of Representatives. It is responsible for funding andoversight of theDepartment of Defense (DoD) and theUnited States Armed Forces, as well as substantial portions of theDepartment of Energy. Its regular legislative product is theNational Defense Authorization Act, which has been passed by Congress and signed into law each year since 1962.^[1]

The Armed Services Committee has jurisdiction over defense policy generally, ongoing military operations, the organization and reform of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and industrial base policy, technology transfer and export controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation programs, and detainee affairs and policy.^[2]

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The Armed Services Committee was created by theLegislative Reorganization Act of 1946, which consolidated the functions of two predecessor committees: theCommittee on Military Affairs and theCommittee on Naval Affairs, which were established as standing committees in 1822. Another predecessor, theCommittee 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.^[3] When Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 1994, the committee was renamed the Committee on National Security. It was later renamed the Committee on Armed Services.

Resolutions electing members:H.Res. 13 (Chair),H.Res. 14 (Ranking Member),H.Res. 31 (R),H.Res. 40 (D)

Resolutions electing members:H.Res. 24 (Chair),H.Res. 25 (Ranking Member),H.Res. 42 (D),H.Res. 68 (R),H.Res. 712 (D)

Resolutions electing members:H.Res. 9 (Chair),H.Res. 10 (Ranking Member),H.Res. 62 (D),H.Res. 63 (R),H.Res. 384 (D),H.Res. 1347 (D)

Subcommittees

Resolutions electing members:H.Res. 14 (Chair),H.Res. 15 (Ranking Member),H.Res. 79 (D),H.Res. 80 (R),H.Res. 164 (D),H.Res. 205 (D),H.Res. 913 (R)

Subcommittees

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