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Armed Services Committee

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Committee on Armed Services

Showing the 109th Congress (2005–2006). Back to the 119th Congress

383 bills referred in the 109th Congress

6,163 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 703. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 109th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 109th Congress 63

Everyone who held a seat in the 109th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Chair
D-MO	Ike Skelton	Ranking Member
D-WA	Adam Smith
R-PA	Bill Shuster
R-CA	Brian P. BilbrayJoined Jun 29, 2006
R-MI	Candice S. Miller
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers
R-PA	Curt Weldon
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney
D-OK	Dan Boren
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield
D-MS	Gene Taylor
R-KY	Geoff Davis
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeonLeft Jun 29, 2006
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes
D-RI	James R. Langevin
R-NH	Jeb Bradley
R-FL	Jeff Miller
D-TN	Jim Cooper
R-NV	Jim Gibbons
D-GA	Jim Marshall
R-KS	Jim Ryun
R-NJ	Jim Saxton
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis
R-SC	Joe Wilson
R-CO	Joel Hefley
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz
R-MN	John Kline
R-NY	John M. McHugh
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.
R-IN	John N. Hostettler
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway
R-CA	Ken Calvert
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek
D-IL	Lane Evans
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez
R-TX	Mac Thornberry
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo
D-CO	Mark Udall
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan
R-OH	Michael R. Turner
D-NC	Mike McIntyre
R-AL	Mike Rogers
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie
D-WA	Rick Larsen
R-CT	Rob Simmons
D-PA	Robert A. Brady
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews
R-NC	Robin Hayes
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz
D-NY	Steve Israel
D-CA	Susan A. Davis
R-AL	Terry Everett
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake
D-OH	Tim Ryan
R-AZ	Trent Franks
D-AR	Vic Snyder
R-MO	W. Todd Akin
R-NC	Walter B. Jones

Subcommittees, 109th Congress 6

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Military Personnel 16
Projection Forces 16
Readiness 29
Strategic Forces 13
Tactical Air and Land Forces 30
Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities 22

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 109th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 109th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 666	Servicemembers' Family Protection Act of 2005	Referred To	Feb 24, 2005
HR 664	Military Sexual Assault Crimes Revision Act of 2005	Referred To	Feb 24, 2005
HR 605	To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Garlin Murl Conner for acts of valor during World War II.	Referred To	Feb 24, 2005
HR 304	To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the naval forces of the Navy to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers.	Referred To	Feb 22, 2005
HR 493	Ruben Estrella-Soto Act of 2005	Referred To	Feb 18, 2005
HR 463	To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the use of education benefits under the Reserve Montgomery GI Bill for licensing or certification tests.	Referred To	Feb 18, 2005
HR 416	To prohibit the use of Department of Defense funds for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines.	Referred To	Feb 18, 2005
HR 303	Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005	Referred To	Feb 18, 2005

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 109th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
H.A.S.C. No. 109-97	U.S. Military Transition Teams in Iraq75 pagesOn H.R. 4 3 witnesses Flynn, Maj. Gen. George J., Commanding General, Training and Education Command, U.S. Marine Corps Ham, Maj. Gen. Carter F., Commander, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, U.S. Army Lovelace, Lt. Gen. James J., Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, G3, U.S. Army	Dec 7, 2006
H.A.S.C. No. 109-85	The Irregular Warfare Roadmap57 pages 3 witnesses Mancuso, Mario, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Mannon, Brig. Gen. Otis G., Deputy Director, Special Operations, J-3, Joint Staff, U.S. Air Force Olson, Vice Adm. Eric T., Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Navy	Sep 27, 2006
H.A.S.C. No. 109-127	Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency Programs of the Department of Defense175 pages 7 witnesses Aimone, Michael A., Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, U.S. Air Force Bartis, James T., Senior Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation Connelly, Richard, Director, Defense Energy Support Center, Defense Logistics Agency Grone, Philip W., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Office of the Secretary of Defense Sklar, Scott, President, the Stella Group, Ltd Wagner, Mark, Member, Federal Performance Contracting Coalition, Business Council for Sustainable Energy Young, Hon. John J., Jr., Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Office of the Secretary of Defense	Sep 26, 2006
H.A.S.C. No. 109-126	Combat Vehicle Active Protection Systems79 pages 3 witnesses Buhrkuhl, Dr. Robert L., Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) Feldman, Lloyd, Assistant Director, Office of Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense Sorenson, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) for Acquisition and Systems Management	Sep 21, 2006
H.A.S.C. No. 109-120	Standards of Military Commissions and Tribunals92 pages 6 witnesses Black, Maj. Gen. Scott C., Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army Bradbury, Steven G., Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice Dunlap, Maj. Gen. Charles J., Jr., Deputy Judge Advocate General, U.S. Air Force MacDonald, Rear Adm. Bruce E., Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy Reed, Col. Ronald M., Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Air Force Walker, Brig. Gen. James C., Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandment, U.S. Marine Corps	Sep 7, 2006
H.A.S.C. No. 109-119	U.S. Southern Border Securitynational Security Implications and Issues for the Armed Services78 pagesOn H.R. 4437 5 witnesses Blum, Lt. Gen. H. Steven, Chief, National Guard Bureau, U.S. Army Calhoon, Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey A., Yuma Sector Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security Hancock, Col. Ben D., Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, U.S. Marine Corps Juan-Saunders, Hon. Vivian, Chairwoman, Tohono O'odham Nation Pineda, Maj. Gen. Antonio J., National Commander, Civil Air Patrol	Aug 2, 2006
H.A.S.C. No. 109-130	Plutonium Disposition and the U.S. Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility120 pagesOn H.R. 5122 4 witnesses Anderson, Charles E., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy Brooks, Ambassador Linton F., Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy Bunn, Matthew, Senior Research Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Guhin, Ambassador Michael, U.S. Fissile Materials Negotiator, U.S. Department of State	Jul 26, 2006
H.A.S.C. No. 109-117	Standards of Military Commissions and Tribunals137 pages 4 witnesses Elsea, Jennifer, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service Gahima, Judge Gerald, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace, Former Judge, War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia Herzegovina, and Former Deputy Chief Justice and Attorney General of Rwanda Scharf, Michael P., Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Wald, Hon. Patricia M., Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, (Ret.), and Former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia	Jul 26, 2006

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 109th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 109-731	REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES for the ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS	Dec 15, 2006
H. Rept. 109-664,Part 1	Amending Title 10, United States Code, to Authorize Trial by Military Commission for Violations of the Law of War, and for Other PurposesOn H.R. 6054	Sep 15, 2006
H. Rept. 109-452	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007On H.R. 5122	May 5, 2006
H. Rept. 109-397	Requesting the President and Directing the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense Provide to the House of Representatives Certain Documents in Their Possession Relating to Any Entity with Which the United States Has Contracted for Public Relations Purposes Concerning IraqOn H.Res. 685	Mar 16, 2006
H. Rept. 109-384	Requesting the President and Directing the Secretary of Defense to Transmit to the House of Representatives All Information in the Possession of the President or the Secretary of Defense Relating to the Collection of Intelligence Information Pertaining to Persons Inside the United States Without Obtaining Court-Ordered Warrants Authorizing the Collection of Such Information and Relating to the Policy of the United States with Respect to the Gathering of Counterterrorism Intelligence Within the United StatesOn H.Res. 645	Mar 7, 2006
H. Rept. 109-243	Disapproving the Recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment CommissionOn H.J.Res. 65	Sep 29, 2005
H. Rept. 109-234	Directing the Secretary of Defense to Transmit to the House of Representatives Not Later Than 14 Days After the Date of the Adoption of This Resolution Documents in the Possession of the Secretary of Defense Relating to the Disclosure of the Identity and Employment of MS. Valerie PlameOn H.Res. 417	Sep 22, 2005
H. Rept. 109-89	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006On H.R. 1815	May 20, 2005

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	58	703	3	5	3	28	21	188	4
118th2023–2024	62	623	3	1	4	34	77	184	3
117th2021–2022	61	649	3	2	4	34	97	279	2
116th2019–2020	58	545	2	5	3	34	93	380	2
115th2017–2018	68	396	3	9	4	43	119	388	1
114th2015–2016	64	361	2	9	3	33	144	391	3
113th2013–2014	65	392	4	4	6	28	131	—	4
112th2011–2012	65	383	3	8	7	0	159	—	7
111th2009–2010	71	497	9	6	9	—	187	—	4
110th2007–2008	67	537	6	6	7	—	175	—	1
109th2005–2006	63	383	7	10	8	—	40	—	0
108th2003–2004	64	383	9	10	10	—	0	—	0
107th2001–2002	64	311	5	9	6	—	1	—	0

Membership changes 2

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 109th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jun 29, 2006	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H4893
Jun 29, 2006	Brian P. Bilbray R-CA	Joined	H.Res. 902

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