The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee or HASC, is a

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of the

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. It is responsible for funding and oversight of the

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(DoD) and the

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, as well as substantial portions of the Department of Energy. Its regular legislative product is the

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, 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

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, 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 {{Authority control 1822 establishments in the United States Civil–military relations

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Organizations established in 1822