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Armed Services Committee

Chairman Roger F. Wicker R-MS Ranking Member Jack Reed D-RI armed-services.senate.gov

Committee on Armed Services

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Showing the 119th Congress (2025–2026). Back to the 119th Congress

237 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

1,933 across the 13 Congresses on file, more in this Congress than in any other. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members
27

Seated in the 119th Congress

Subcommittees
7

Each with its own members and record

Meetings
80

Hearings and business meetings in the 119th Congress

Members 27

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

Subcommittees 7

Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 119th Congress.

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 119th Congress.

NumberCommunicationReferred
EC-4311A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense, transmitting the report of 16 officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communicationAug 5, 2026
POM-60A resolution adopted by the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urging the United States Congress to recommend awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to Major Richard D. Winters of Easy Company, 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Company; to the Committee on Armed Services.Petition or memorialJul 23, 2026
EC-4063A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, proposed legislation to amend 10 U.S.C Section 6273 to increase the Department of Energy's notification threshold before starting a minor construction project from $5 million to 50 percent of the minor construction threshold; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communicationJul 15, 2026
EC-4052A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, proposed legislation to modify the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's deadline to submit to Congress its annual Selected Acquisition Reports on each new nuclear weapon system program, to include those undergoing life extension or major alteration; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communicationJul 15, 2026
EC-3908A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, proposed legislation to amend the Atomic Energy Defense Act to increase the threshold for the Department of Energy's requirement to receive specific authorization for construction design funds to the congressional defense committees from $5 million to $10 million; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communicationJun 17, 2026
EC-3907A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, proposed legislation to amend the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to facilitate the goal to eliminate all cesium-137-based blood irradiators in the United States by December 31, 2027; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communicationJun 17, 2026
EC-3906A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, proposed legislation to amend the Atomic Energy Defense Act to extend the authority to accept, retain, and use external and international contributions to the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communicationJun 17, 2026
EC-3813A communication from the Assistant Secretary of Defense, transmitting legislative proposals that the Department of Defense requests be enacted during the second session of the 119th Congress; to the Committee on Armed Services.Executive communicationJun 15, 2026

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.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawReportsMeetingsPrinted hearingsNominationsCommunicationsPrintsTreaties
119th2025–2026, sitting2823733180331,43611300
118th2023–20242522840255441,53624000
117th2021–20222617040284701,54525900
116th2019–20202716642246351,52142800
115th2017–201830135413—631,47537600
114th2015–201626108423—741,31639600
113th2013–201426109415—321,15546010
112th2011–201226119734—391,24753110
111th2009–2010351241034—501,27930111
110th2007–2008271771224—471,26739520
109th2005–2006241151225—391,20170010
108th2003–2004251211235—391,07954410
107th2001–2002251241225—4593647411

Membership changes 2

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 119th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

DateMemberChangeRecord
Mar 27, 2026Ashley Moody R-FLJoinedS.Res. 664
Mar 23, 2026Markwayne Mullin R-OKLeft CongressLast recorded vote

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