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
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. It is responsible for funding and
oversight of the
Department of Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to:
Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
* Department of Defence (Ireland)
* Department of National Defense (Philipp ...
(DoD) and the
United States Armed Forces
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, as well as substantial portions of the
Department of Energy. Its regular legislative product is the
National Defense Authorization Act, which has been passed by Congress and signed into law each year since 1962.
Jurisdiction
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.
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.
Chapter 4. Records of the Armed Services Committee and Its Predecessors
''Guide to the Record of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989 (Record Group 233)'' 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.
Members, 117th Congress
Resolutions electing members: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (D), (R), (D), (D)
Subcommittees
Historical membership rosters
114th Congress
115th Congress
116th Congress
Resolutions electing members: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (D), (R), (D)
Chairmen since 1947
References
External links
House Armed Services Committee
home page
House Armed Services Committee
Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
including lists of past memberships
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1822 establishments in the United States
Civil–military relations
Armed Services
Organizations established in 1822