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The Committee on Armed Services (sometimes abbreviated SASC for ''Senate Armed Services Committee'') is a
committee of the United States Senate This is a complete list of U.S. congressional committees ( standing committees and select or special committees) that are operating in the United States Senate. Senators can be a member of more than one committee. Standing committees , there a ...
empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the
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, military
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,
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(as pertaining to
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), benefits for members of the military, the
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and other matters related to defense policy. The Armed Services Committee was created as a result of the
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following U.S. victory in the
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. The bill merged the responsibilities of the Committee on Naval Affairs (established in 1816) and the Committee on Military Affairs (also established in 1816). Considered one of the most powerful Senate committees, its broad mandate allowed it to report some of the most extensive and revolutionary legislation during the
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years, including the
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. The committee tends to take a more bipartisan approach than other committees, as many of its members formerly served in the military or have major defense interests located in the states they come from. The committee's regular legislative product is the
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(NDAA), which has been passed by Congress and signed into law each year since 1962. The current chair is Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island, and the Ranking Member is Republican Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma.


Jurisdiction

According to the
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, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Armed Services Committee: # Aeronautical and space activities pertaining to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. # Common defense. # Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the
Department of the Navy Navy Department or Department of the Navy may refer to: * United States Department of the Navy, * Navy Department (Ministry of Defence), in the United Kingdom, 1964-1997 * Confederate States Department of the Navy, 1861-1865 * Department of the ...
, and the
Department of the Air Force The United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Air Force was formed on September 18, 1947, per the National Sec ...
, generally. # Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone. # Military research and development. # National security aspects of nuclear energy. # Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska. # Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents. # Selective service system. # Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.


Members, 117th Congress


Subcommittees


Chairs


Committee on Military Affairs, 1816–1947


Committee on Naval Affairs, 1816–1947


Committee on Armed Services, 1947–present


Historical committee rosters


111th Congress

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112th Congress

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113th Congress

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114th Congress


115th Congress


116th Congress

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See also

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United States House Committee on Armed Services The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee or HASC, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is responsible for funding and oversight of the Department of Defe ...
*
List of current United States Senate committees This is a complete list of U.S. congressional committees (standing committees and select or special committees) that are operating in the United States Senate. Senators can be a member of more than one committee. Standing committees , there are ...


Footnotes


External links

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archive

Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Torture
released November 20, 2008. * Historic archives at
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