United States House Committee on Armed Services

House Armed Services Committee

Standing committee
Active United States House of Representatives 116th Congress
History
Formed	August 2, 1946
Preceded	Committee on Military Affairs, Committee on Naval Affairs
Formerly known as	Committee on National Security
Leadership
Chair	Adam Smith (D) Since January 3, 2019
Ranking member	Mac Thornberry (R) Since January 3, 2019
Vice chair	Anthony G. Brown (D) Since January 3, 2017
Structure
Seats	57
Political parties	Majority (31)      Democratic (31) Minority (26)      Republican (26)
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, Emerging Threats and Capabilities Military Personnel Readiness Seapower and Projection Forces Strategic Forces Tactical Air and Land Forces
Website
armedservices.house.gov

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.

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.

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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. 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, 116th Congress

Majority

Minority

Adam Smith, Washington, Chair Susan Davis, California Jim Langevin, Rhode Island Rick Larsen, Washington Jim Cooper, Tennessee Joe Courtney, Connecticut John Garamendi, California Jackie Speier, California Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Donald Norcross, New Jersey Ruben Gallego, Arizona Seth Moulton, Massachusetts Salud Carbajal, California Anthony G. Brown, Maryland, Vice Chair Ro Khanna, California Bill Keating, Massachusetts Filemon Vela, Jr., Texas Andy Kim, New Jersey Kendra Horn, Oklahoma Gil Cisneros, California Chrissy Houlahan, Pennsylvania Jason Crow, Colorado Xochitl Torres Small, New Mexico Elissa Slotkin, Michigan Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey Katie Hill, California Veronica Escobar, Texas Deb Haaland, New Mexico Jared Golden, Maine Lori Trahan, Massachusetts Elaine Luria, Virginia Anthony Brindisi, New York (since November 19, 2019)

Mac Thornberry, Texas, Ranking Member Joe Wilson, South Carolina Rob Bishop, Utah Mike Turner, Ohio Mike Rogers, Alabama Michael Conaway, Texas Doug Lamborn, Colorado Rob Wittman, Virginia Vicky Hartzler, Missouri Austin Scott, Georgia Mo Brooks, Alabama Paul Cook, California Bradley Byrne, Alabama Sam Graves, Missouri Elise Stefanik, New York Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee Ralph Abraham, Louisiana Trent Kelly, Mississippi Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin Matt Gaetz, Florida Don Bacon, Nebraska Jim Banks, Indiana Liz Cheney, Wyoming Paul Mitchell, Michigan Jack Bergman, Michigan Michael Waltz, Florida

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

Historical membership rosters

115th Congress

Majority

Minority

Mac Thornberry, Texas, Chair Walter B. Jones, North Carolina Joe Wilson, South Carolina Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey Rob Bishop, Utah Mike Turner, Ohio Mike Rogers, Alabama Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania Mike Conaway, Texas Doug Lamborn, Colorado Rob Wittman, Virginia Duncan D. Hunter, California Mike Coffman, Colorado Vicky Hartzler, Missouri Austin Scott, Georgia Mo Brooks, Alabama Paul Cook, California Bradley Byrne, Alabama Sam Graves, Missouri Elise Stefanik, New York Martha McSally, Arizona Steve Knight, California Steve Russell, Oklahoma Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee Ralph Abraham, Louisiana Trent Kelly, Mississippi Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin Matt Gaetz, Florida Don Bacon, Nebraska Jim Banks, Indiana Liz Cheney, Wyoming Jody Hice, Georgia Paul Mitchell, Michigan Vacancy

Adam Smith, Washington, Ranking Member Bob Brady, Pennsylvania Susan A. Davis, California James R. Langevin, Rhode Island Rick Larsen, Washington Jim Cooper, Tennessee Madeleine Bordallo, Guam Joe Courtney, Connecticut Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts John Garamendi, California Jackie Speier, California Marc Veasey, Texas Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Beto O'Rourke, Texas, Vice Ranking Member Donald Norcross, New Jersey Ruben Gallego, Arizona Seth Moulton, Massachusetts Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire Jacky Rosen, Nevada Donald McEachin, Virginia Salud Carbajal, California Anthony G. Brown, Maryland Stephanie Murphy, Florida Ro Khanna, California Tom O'Halleran, Arizona Thomas Suozzi, New York Jimmy Panetta, California

Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities	Jim Langevin (D-RI)	Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Military Personnel	Jackie Speier (D-CA)	Trent Kelly (R-MS)
Readiness	John Garamendi (D-CA)	Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
Seapower and Projection Forces	Joe Courtney (D-CT)	Rob Wittman (R-VA)
Strategic Forces	Jim Cooper (D-TN)	Mike Turner (R-OH)
Tactical Air and Land Forces	Donald Norcross (D-NJ)	Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)

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Chairmen since 1947

Chairman	Party	State	Years
Walter G. Andrews	Republican	New York	1947–1949
Carl Vinson	Democratic	Georgia	1949–1953
Dewey J. Short	Republican	Missouri	1953–1955
Carl Vinson	Democratic	Georgia	1955–1965
L. Mendel Rivers	Democratic	South Carolina	1965–1970
Philip J. Philbin	Democratic	Massachusetts	1970–1971
F. Edward Hébert	Democratic	Louisiana	1971–1975
Melvin Price	Democratic	Illinois	1975–1985
Les Aspin	Democratic	Wisconsin	1985–1993
Ron Dellums	Democratic	California	1993–1995
Floyd Spence	Republican	South Carolina	1995–2001
Bob Stump	Republican	Arizona	2001–2003
Duncan Hunter	Republican	California	2003–2007
Ike Skelton	Democratic	Missouri	2007–2011
Buck McKeon	Republican	California	2011–2015
Mac Thornberry	Republican	Texas	2015–2019
Adam Smith	Democratic	Washington	2019–present

External links

• House Armed Services Committee home page
• House Armed Services Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
• Congressional Directory including lists of past memberships