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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

115 bills referred in the 109th Congress

1,933 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 237. 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 24

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-VA	John Warner	Chair
D-MI	Carl Levin	Ranking Member
D-NE	Ben Nelson
D-FL	Bill Nelson
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy
R-NC	Elizabeth Dole
D-IN	Evan Bayh
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton
D-RI	Jack Reed
R-OK	James M. Inhofe
R-AL	Jeff Sessions
R-MO	Jim Talent
R-TX	John Cornyn
R-NV	John Ensign
R-AZ	John McCain
R-SD	John Thune
D-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman
R-SC	Lindsey Graham
D-MN	Mark Dayton
R-KS	Pat Roberts
D-WV	Robert C. Byrd
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss
R-ME	Susan M. Collins

Subcommittees, 109th Congress 6

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

Record

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

Newest activity first. In the 109th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 4103	Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 7, 2006
HCONRES 419	Recognizing and supporting the efforts of the State of New York to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, New York, and for other purposes.	Discharged From	Dec 7, 2006
S 3759	A bill to name the Armed Forces Readiness Center in Great Falls, Montana, in honor of Captain William Wylie Galt, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.	Discharged From	Nov 17, 2006
S 4060	Effective Terrorists Prosecution Act of 2006	Referred To	Nov 16, 2006
HR 6166	Military Commissions Act of 2006	Referred To	Nov 13, 2006
S 3921	A bill to modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in the Consumer Price Index.	Referred To	Sep 21, 2006
S 3901	Military Commissions Act of 2006	Reported Original Measure	Sep 14, 2006
HCONRES 444	Extending the appreciation of Congress and the Nation to the Department of Defense organizations, military departments, and personnel engaged in the mission to achieve the fullest possible accounting for all Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Nation's wars, to the POW/MIA families and veterans who support the mission, and to foreign nations that assist in the mission.	Referred To	Sep 14, 2006

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

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 109-920	The Report of the Iraq Study Group122 pages	Dec 7, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-915	Department of Defense Business Systems Modernization and Financial Management Accountability Efforts74 pagesOn S. 2766	Nov 16, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-883	Military Voting and the Federal Voting Assistance Program66 pages	Sep 28, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-784	U.S. Policy and Practice with Respect to the Use of Riot Control Agents by the U.S. Armed Forces16 pages	Sep 27, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-885	Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on TerrorismHeld Aug 3, 2006 to Nov 15, 2006 · 205 pages	Aug 3, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-918	The Boeing Company Global Settlement Agreement68 pages	Aug 1, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-881	Military Commissions in Light of the Supreme Court Decision in Hamdan V. RumsfeldHeld Jul 13, 2006 to Aug 2, 2006 · 379 pagesOn H.R. 2498, S. 3614	Jul 13, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-884	Contributions of Immigrants to the United States Armed Forces84 pagesOn S. 1545, S. 2611	Jul 10, 2006

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

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 109-367	REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE 105TH CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS	Dec 8, 2006
S. Rept. 109-265	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007On S. 3237	Jun 21, 2006
S. Rept. 109-254	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007On S. 2766	May 9, 2006
S. Rept. 109-173	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006On S. 1803	Oct 27, 2005
S. Rept. 109-69	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006On S. 1042	May 17, 2005

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 109th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN2200	Michael J. Burns, of New Mexico, to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, vice Dale Klein, resigned.Department of Defense	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Dec 6, 2006
PN2191	Robert M. Gates, of Texas, to be Secretary of Defense, vice Donald Henry Rumsfeld, resigned.Department of Defense	Confirmed Dec 6, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 2. Record Vote Number: 272.	Dec 4, 2006
PN2190	NominationNavy · 54 nominees	Confirmed Dec 9, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 15, 2006
PN2189	NominationArmy · 4 nominees	Confirmed Dec 9, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 15, 2006
PN2188	NominationArmy	Confirmed Dec 9, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 15, 2006
PN2187	NominationAir Force · 2 nominees	Confirmed Dec 9, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 15, 2006
PN2186	NominationAir Force · 10 nominees	Confirmed Dec 9, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 15, 2006
PN2184	Scott Wallace Stucky, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the date prescribed by law, vice Susan J. Crawford, term expired.The Judiciary	Confirmed Dec 9, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 15, 2006

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 109th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-8181	A communication from the Principal Deputy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to how information is provided to potential recruits and to new entrants into the Armed Forces on "Stop Loss" authorities and initial period of military service obligation; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006
EC-8180	A communication from the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Contract Administration Functions" (DFARS Case 2003-D051) received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006
EC-8179	A communication from the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Contract Reporting" (DFARS Case 2005-D004) received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006
EC-8178	A communication from the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Threshold for Small Business Specialist Review" (DFARS Case 2003-D060) received on September 5, 2006; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006
EC-8177	A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the plan for accession of persons with specialized skills and the civilian skills corps feasibility study; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006
EC-8176	A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the amount of purchases from foreign entities made by the Department in fiscal year 2005; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006
EC-8175	A communication from the Principal Deputy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the authorization of 4 officers to wear the authorized insignia of the next higher grade; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006
EC-8174	A communication from the Under Secretary (Comptroller) and the Under Secretary (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the feasibility and desirability of using a capital budgeting system for the financing of major defense acquisition programs; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2006

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 109th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 109-78	Legislative Calendar	PDF · Text

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	Nominations	Communications	Prints	Treaties
119th2025–2026, sitting	28	237	3	3	1	80	33	1,436	113	0	0
118th2023–2024	25	228	4	0	2	55	44	1,538	240	0	0
117th2021–2022	26	170	4	0	2	84	70	1,552	259	0	0
116th2019–2020	27	166	4	2	2	46	35	1,523	428	0	0
115th2017–2018	30	135	4	1	3	—	63	1,495	376	0	0
114th2015–2016	26	108	4	2	3	—	74	1,316	396	0	0
113th2013–2014	26	109	4	1	5	—	32	1,160	460	1	0
112th2011–2012	26	119	7	3	4	—	39	1,260	531	1	0
111th2009–2010	35	124	10	3	4	—	50	1,280	301	1	1
110th2007–2008	27	177	12	2	4	—	47	1,267	395	2	0
109th2005–2006	24	115	12	2	5	—	39	1,201	700	1	0
108th2003–2004	25	121	12	3	5	—	39	1,081	544	1	0
107th2001–2002	25	124	12	2	5	—	45	936	474	1	1

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