House Report 117–666 — Report on the Activities of the Committee on Armed Services (December 27, 2022)
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House Report 117–666, Union Calendar No. 485, is the Report on the Activities of the Committee on Armed Services for the 117th Congress, dated December 27, 2022, with a letter of transmittal from Chairman Adam Smith. The contents list powers and duties, committee rules, composition of the committee, committee staff, committee meetings and hearings, legislative activities, oversight activities and publications. The powers and duties section states that the committee was established on January 2, 1947, as part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. The committee rules section states that the committee's organizational meeting took place on February 3, 2021.
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Union Calendar No. 485
117th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Report 117–666
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
FOR THE
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
DECEMBER 27, 2022.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
ADAM SMITH, Washington, Chairman
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island MIKE ROGERS, Alabama
RICK LARSEN, Washington JOE WILSON, South Carolina
JIM COOPER, Tennessee MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
JOHN GARAMENDI, California ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
JACKIE SPEIER, California VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia
RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona MO BROOKS, Alabama
SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts SAM GRAVES, Missouri
SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York
ANTHONY G. BROWN, Maryland, SCOTT DES JARLAIS, Tennessee
RO KHANNA, California TRENT KELLY, Mississippi
WILLIAM R. KEATING, Massachusetts MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin
ANDY KIM, New Jersey MATT GAETZ, Florida
CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania DON BACON, Nebraska
JASON CROW, Colorado JIM BANKS, Indiana
ELISSA SLOTKIN, Michigan LIZ CHENEY, Wyoming
MIKIE SHERRILL, New Jersey JACK BERGMAN, Michigan
VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas MICHAEL WALTZ, Florida
JARED F. GOLDEN, Maine MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana
ELAINE G. LURIA, Virginia, Vice Chair MARK E. GREEN, Tennessee
SARA JACOBS, California STEPHANIE I. BICE, Oklahoma
KAIALI’I KAHELE, Hawaii C. SCOTT FRANKLIN, Florida
MARILYN STRICKLAND, Washington LISA C. MCCLAIN, Michigan
PATRICK RYAN, New York RONNY JACKSON, Texas
MARC A. VEASEY, Texas JERRY L. CARL, Alabama
JIMMY PANETTA, California BLAKE D. MOORE, Utah
STEPHANIE N. MURPHY, Florida PAT FALLON, Texas
STEVEN HORSFORD, Nevada
SYLVIA R. GARCIA, Texas
BRIAN GARRETT, Staff Director
ZACH STEACY, Director, Legislative Operations
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES,
Washington, DC, December 27, 2022.
Hon. CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
DEAR MS. JOHNSON: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives, I present herewith the re-
port on the activities of the Committee on Armed Services for the
117th Congress.
Sincerely,
ADAM SMITH,
Chairman.
(III)
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CONTENTS
Page
Powers and Duties ................................................................................................... 1
Committee Rules ...................................................................................................... 4
Composition of the Committee on Armed Services ............................................... 17
Committee Staff ....................................................................................................... 23
Committee Meetings and Hearings ........................................................................ 25
Legislative Activities ............................................................................................... 25
Oversight Activities ................................................................................................. 31
Publications .............................................................................................................. 87
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Union Calendar No. 485
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
2d Session 117–666
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON
ARMED SERVICES FOR THE 117TH CONGRESS
DECEMBER 27, 2022.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Washington, from the Committee on Armed Services,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
POWERS AND DUTIES
Background
The House Committee on Armed Services, a standing committee
of Congress, was established on January 2, 1947, as a part of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 812), by merging
the Committees on Military Affairs and Naval Affairs. The Com-
mittees on Military Affairs and Naval Affairs were established in
1882. In 1885, jurisdiction over military and naval appropriations
was taken from the Committee on Appropriations and given to the
Committees on Military Affairs and Naval Affairs, respectively.
This practice continued until July 1, 1920, when jurisdiction over
all appropriations was again placed in the Committee on Appro-
priations.
In the 93rd Congress, following a study by the House Select
Committee on Committees, the House passed H. Res. 988, the
Committee Reform Amendments of 1974, to be effective January 3,
1975. As a result of those amendments, the jurisdictional areas of
the Committee on Armed Services remained essentially unchanged.
However, oversight functions were amended to require each stand-
ing committee to review and study on a continuing basis all mat-
ters and jurisdiction of the committee. Also, the Committee on
Armed Services was to review and study on a continuing basis all
laws, programs, and Government activities dealing with or involv-
ing international arms control and disarmament and the education
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of military dependents in school.
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The rules changes adopted by the House (H. Res. 5) on January
4, 1977, placed new responsibilities in the field of atomic energy in
the Committee on Armed Services. Those responsibilities involved
the national security aspects of atomic energy previously within the
jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Public Law
95–110, effective September 20, 1977, abolished the Joint Com-
mittee on Atomic Energy.
With the adoption of H. Res. 658 on July 14, 1977, which estab-
lished the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed Service over intelligence
matters was changed. That resolution gave the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence oversight responsibilities for intelligence
and intelligence-related activities and programs of the U.S. Govern-
ment. Specifically, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
has exclusive legislative jurisdiction regarding the Central Intel-
ligence Agency and the director of Central Intelligence, including
authorizations. Also, legislative jurisdiction over all intelligence
and intelligence-related activities and programs was vested in the
permanent select committee except that other committees with a
jurisdictional interest may request consideration of any such mat-
ters. Accordingly, as a matter of practice, the Committee on Armed
Services shared jurisdiction over the authorization process involv-
ing intelligence-related activities.
The committee continues to have shared jurisdiction over mili-
tary intelligence activities as set forth in rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives.
With the adoption of House rules (H. Res. 5) on January 4, 1995,
the Committee on National Security was established as the suc-
cessor committee to the Committee on Armed Services, and was
granted additional legislative and oversight authority over mer-
chant marine academies, national security aspects of merchant ma-
rine policy and programs, and interoceanic canals. Rules for the
104th Congress also codified the existing jurisdiction of the com-
mittee over tactical intelligence matters and the intelligence re-
lated activities of the Department of Defense.
On January 6, 1999, the House adopted H. Res. 5, rules for the
106th Congress, in which the Committee on National Security was
redesignated as the Committee on Armed Services.
On January 5, 2012, the House adopted H. Res. 5, rules for the
112th Congress, which clarified the Committee on Armed Services
jurisdiction over Department of Defense administered cemeteries.
On January 4, 2021, the House adopted H. Res. 8, rules for the
117th Congress, in which the Marine Corps and the Space Force
were added to the list of U.S. military service branches covered
under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed Services. Nei-
ther addition substantively altered the committee’s jurisdiction,
and both were clarifying and technical in nature.
Constitutional Powers and Duties
The powers and duties of Congress in relation to national defense
matters stem from Article I, section 8 of the United States Con-
stitution, which provides, among other things that Congress shall
have power:
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To raise and support Armies;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
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To make rules for the Government and Regulation of the land
and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia,
and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the
Service of the United States;
To exercise exclusive Legislation . . . over all Places purchased
. . . for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards,
and other needful Buildings; and
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for car-
rying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
House Rules on Jurisdiction
Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives established
the jurisdiction and related functions for each standing committee.
Under the rule, all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to
subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing committee shall be
referred to such committee. The jurisdiction of the House Com-
mittee on Armed Services, pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule X is as
follows:
(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; and Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Air Force, and Space Force reservations and establishments.
(2) Common defense generally.
(3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and
oil shale reserves.
(4) The Department of Defense generally, including the Depart-
ments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, generally.
(5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures relating to
the maintenance, operation, and administration of interoceanic ca-
nals.
(6) Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies.
(7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
(8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
Department of Defense.
(9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including fi-
nancial assistance for the construction and operation of vessels,
maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industrial
base, cabotage, cargo preference, and merchant marine officers and
seafarers as these matters relate to the national security.
(10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privi-
leges of members of the armed forces.
(11) Scientific research and development in support of the armed
services.
(12) Selective service.
(13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air
Force, and Space Force.
(14) Soldiers’ and sailors’ homes.
(15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common
defense.
(16) Cemeteries administered by the Department of Defense.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction and general oversight
function, the Committee on Armed Services has special oversight
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functions with respect to international arms control and disar-
mament and the education of military dependents in schools.
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Investigative Authority and Legislative Oversight
H. Res. 988 of the 93rd Congress, the Committee Reform Amend-
ments of 1974, amended clause 1(b) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, to provide general authority for each
committee to investigate matters within its jurisdiction. That
amendment established a permanent investigative authority and
relieved the committee of the former requirement of obtaining a re-
newal of the investigative authority by a House resolution at the
beginning of each Congress. H. Res. 988 also amended rule X of the
Rules of the House of Representatives by requiring, as previously
indicated, that standing committees are to conduct legislative over-
sight in the area of their respective jurisdiction, and by estab-
lishing specific oversight functions for the Committee on Armed
Services.
The committee derives its authority to conduct oversight from,
among other things, clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives (relating to general oversight responsibil-
ities), clause 3(b) of rule X (relating to special oversight functions),
and clause 1(b) of rule XI (relating to investigations and studies).
COMMITTEE RULES
The committee held its organizational meeting on February 3,
2021, and adopted the following rules governing rules and proce-
dure for oversight hearings conducted by the full committee and its
subcommittees.
(H.A.S.C. 117–1; Committee Print No. 1)
RULE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) The Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of the
Committee on Armed Services (hereinafter referred to in these
rules as the ‘‘Committee’’) and its subcommittees so far as applica-
ble.
(b) Pursuant to clause 2(a)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Committee’s rules shall be publicly avail-
able in electronic form and published in the Congressional Record
not later than 60 days after the chair of the committee is elected
in each odd-numbered year.
RULE 2. FULL COMMITTEE MEETING DATE
(a) The Committee shall meet every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.,
when the House of Representatives is in session, and at such other
times as may be fixed by the Chair of the Committee (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘Chair’’), or by written request of members of the
Committee pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives.
(b) A Wednesday meeting of the Committee may be dispensed
with by the Chair, but such action may be reversed by a written
request of a majority of the members of the Committee.
RULE 3. SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DATES
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Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive
evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters referred to
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it. Insofar as possible, meetings of the Committee and its sub-
committees shall not conflict. A subcommittee Chair shall set meet-
ing dates after consultation with the Chair, other subcommittee
chairs, and the ranking minority member of the subcommittee with
a view toward avoiding, whenever possible, simultaneous sched-
uling of Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings.
RULE 4. JURISDICTION AND MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE
AND SUBCOMMITTEES
(a) Jurisdiction
(1) The Committee retains jurisdiction of all subjects listed in
clause 1(c) and clause 3(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and retains exclusive jurisdiction for: defense pol-
icy generally, ongoing military operations, the organization and re-
form of the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy,
counter-drug programs, security cooperation and humanitarian as-
sistance activities (except special operations-related activities) of
the Department of Defense, acquisition and industrial base policy,
technology transfer and export controls, joint interoperability, de-
tainee affairs and policy, force protection policy, and inter-agency
reform as it pertains to the Department of Defense and the nuclear
weapons programs of the Department of Energy. While subcommit-
tees are provided jurisdictional responsibilities in subparagraph
(a)(2) and are required to conduct oversight in their respective ju-
risdictions, pursuant to clause 2(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee retains the right to exer-
cise oversight and legislative jurisdiction over all subjects within
its purview under rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives.
(2) The Committee shall be organized to consist of seven standing
subcommittees with the following jurisdictions:
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces: Army programs
and accounts related to aircraft, ground equipment, missiles, am-
munition, and other procurement; Marine Corps programs and ac-
counts related to ground and amphibious equipment, fighter air-
craft, helicopters, air-launched weapons, and ammunition; Air
Force programs and accounts related to fighter, training, reconnais-
sance and surveillance, and electronic warfare aircraft, helicopters,
air-launched weapons, ground equipment, and ammunition; Navy
programs and accounts related to fighter, training, and electronic
warfare aircraft, helicopters, and air-launched weapons; tactical air
and missile defense programs and accounts; chemical agent and
munition destruction programs and accounts; and National Guard
and Reserve equipment programs and accounts.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel: Department of Defense pol-
icy and programs and accounts related to military personnel and
their families, Reserve Component integration and employment,
military health care, military education, dependent schools, POW/
MIA issues, Morale, Welfare and Recreation, commissaries, ceme-
teries under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice, and military retirement issues.
Subcommittee on Readiness: Department of Defense policy and
programs and accounts related to military readiness, training, lo-
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base, the civilian and contract workforce, environment, military in-
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stallations and real property management, family housing, base re-
alignments and closures, and energy.
Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces: Navy and Ma-
rine Corps acquisition programs and accounts related to ship-
building and conversion, reconnaissance and surveillance, tanker,
and airlift aircraft, ship and submarine-launched weapons, ammu-
nition, and other procurements; Air Force programs and accounts
related to bomber, tanker, and airlift aircraft; Army programs and
accounts related to waterborne vessels; and Maritime policy and
programs and accounts under the jurisdiction of the Committee as
delineated in paragraphs 5 and 9 of clause 1(c) of rule X of the
Rules of the House of Representatives.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Department of Defense and
Department of Energy policy related to strategic deterrence, stra-
tegic stability, nuclear weapons, strategic and nuclear arms control,
non-proliferation, nuclear safety, missile defense, and space; De-
partment of Defense programs and accounts related to nuclear
weapons, strategic missiles, nuclear command and control systems,
Department of Defense intelligence space, space systems and serv-
ices of the military departments, and intermediate and long-range
missile defense systems; and Department of Energy national secu-
rity programs and accounts.
Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations: Depart-
ment of Defense policy and programs and accounts related to mili-
tary intelligence, national intelligence, countering weapons of mass
destruction, counter-proliferation, counter-terrorism, other sensitive
military operations, and special operations forces.
Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Informa-
tion Systems: Department of Defense policy related to the acquisi-
tion of computer software, the electromagnetic spectrum, and elec-
tromagnetic warfare; and Department of Defense policy and pro-
grams and accounts related to artificial intelligence, cyber security,
cyber operations, cyber forces, information technology, information
operations, and science and technology (including defense-wide pro-
grams and accounts related to research, development, testing, and
evaluation, except for those defense-wide programs and accounts
related to research, development, testing, and evaluation of missile
defense systems).
(3) Definitions—For the purposes of subparagraph (a)(2):
(A) The phrase ‘‘programs and accounts’’ means acquisition
and modernization programs, sustainment planning during
program development, and related funding lines for procure-
ment, advanced development, advanced component develop-
ment and prototypes, systems development, sustainment plan-
ning, and demonstration.
(B) The term ‘‘policy’’ means statutes, regulations, directives,
and other institutional guidance.
(C) The phrase ‘‘science and technology’’ means science and
technology programs and related funding lines for basic re-
search, applied research, and non-acquisition program ad-
vanced development.
(b) Membership of the Subcommittees
(1) Subcommittee memberships shall be filled in accordance with
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the rules of the majority party’s caucus and the minority party’s
conference, respectively.
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(2) The Chair of the Committee and the Ranking Minority Mem-
ber thereof (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Ranking Minority Mem-
ber’’) may sit as ex officio members of all subcommittees. Ex officio
members shall not vote in subcommittee hearings or meetings or
be taken into consideration for the purpose of determining the ratio
of the subcommittees or establishing a quorum at subcommittee
hearings or meetings.
(3) A member of the Committee who is not a member of a par-
ticular subcommittee may sit with the subcommittee and partici-
pate during any of its hearings but shall not have authority to vote,
cannot be counted for the purpose of achieving a quorum, and can-
not raise a point of order at the hearing.
RULE 5. COMMITTEE PANELS AND TASK FORCES
(a) Committee Panels
(1) The Chair may designate a panel of the Committee consisting
of members of the Committee to inquire into and take testimony
on a matter or matters that fall within the jurisdiction of more
than one subcommittee and to report to the Committee.
(2) No panel appointed by the Chair shall continue in existence
for more than six months after the appointment. A panel so ap-
pointed may, upon the expiration of six months, be reappointed by
the Chair for a period of time which is not to exceed six months.
(3) Consistent with the party ratios established by the majority
party, all majority members of the panels shall be appointed by the
Chair, and all minority members shall be appointed by the Rank-
ing Minority Member. The Chair shall choose one of the majority
members so appointed who does not currently chair another sub-
committee of the Committee to serve as Chair of the panel. The
Ranking Minority Member shall similarly choose the ranking mi-
nority member of the panel.
(4) No panel shall have legislative jurisdiction.
(b) Committee and Subcommittee Task Forces
(1) The Chair, or the Chair of a subcommittee with the concur-
rence of the Chair, may designate a task force to inquire into and
take testimony on a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of the
Committee or subcommittee, respectively. The Chair and the Rank-
ing Minority Member or the Chair and the ranking minority mem-
ber of a subcommittee shall each appoint an equal number of mem-
bers to the task force. The Chair or the Chair of a subcommittee
shall choose one of the members so appointed, who does not cur-
rently chair another subcommittee of the Committee, to serve as
Chair of the task force. The Ranking Minority Member or the rank-
ing minority member of a subcommittee shall similarly appoint the
ranking minority member of the task force.
(2) No task force appointed by the Chair or the Chair of a sub-
committee shall continue in existence for more than three months.
A task force may only be reappointed for an additional three
months with the written concurrence of the Chair and the Ranking
Minority Member or the concurrence of the Chair and the ranking
minority member of the subcommittee whose Chair appointed the
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task force.
(3) No task force shall have legislative jurisdiction.
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RULE 6. REFERENCE AND CONSIDERATION OF
LEGISLATION
(a) The Chair shall refer legislation and other matters to the ap-
propriate subcommittee or to the full Committee.
(b) Legislation shall be taken up for a hearing or markup only
when called by the Chair or the Chair of a subcommittee, as appro-
priate, or by a majority of the Committee or subcommittee, as ap-
propriate.
(c) The Chair, with approval of a majority vote of a quorum of
the Committee, shall have authority to discharge a subcommittee
from consideration of any measure or matter referred thereto and
have such measure or matter considered by the Committee.
(d) Reports and recommendations of a subcommittee may not be
considered by the Committee until after the intervention of three
calendar days from the time the report is approved by the sub-
committee and available to the members of the Committee, except
that this rule may be waived by a majority vote of a quorum of the
Committee.
(e) The Chair, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Mem-
ber, shall establish criteria for recommending legislation and other
matters to be considered by the House of Representatives, pursuant
to clause 1 of rule XV of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
Such criteria shall not conflict with the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and other applicable rules.
RULE 7. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARINGS AND
MEETINGS
(a) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Chair, or the Chair of any subcommittee,
panel, or task force, shall make a public announcement of the date,
place, and subject matter of any hearing or meeting for the trans-
action of business before that body at least one week before the
commencement of a hearing and at least three calendar days (ex-
cluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the
House is in session on such a day) before the commencement of a
meeting. However, if the Chair, with the concurrence of the Rank-
ing Minority Member, or the Chair of any subcommittee, panel, or
task force, with the concurrence of the respective ranking minority
member, determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing
or meeting sooner, or if the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or
task force so determines by majority vote, a quorum being present
for the transaction of business, such Chair shall make the an-
nouncement at the earliest possible date. Any announcement made
under this rule shall be promptly published in the Daily Digest,
and promptly made publicly available in electronic form.
(b) At least 24 hours prior to the commencement of a meeting for
the markup of legislation, or at the time of an announcement under
paragraph (a) made within 24 hours before such meeting, the
Chair, or the Chair of any subcommittee, panel, or task force shall
cause the text of such measure or matter to be made publicly avail-
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able in electronic form as provided in clause 2(g)(4) of rule XI of
the Rules of the House of Representatives.
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RULE 8. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND
MEETINGS
(a) Pursuant to clause 2(e)(5) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Committee shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, provide audio and video coverage of each hearing or
meeting for the transaction of business in a manner that allows the
public to easily listen to and view the proceedings. The Committee
shall maintain the recordings of such coverage in a manner that is
easily accessible to the public.
(b) Clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives shall apply to the Committee.
RULE 9. MEETINGS AND HEARINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(a) Each hearing and meeting for the transaction of business, in-
cluding the markup of legislation, conducted by the Committee, or
any subcommittee, panel, or task force, to the extent that the re-
spective body is authorized to conduct markups, shall be open to
the public except when the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or
task force in open session and with a majority being present, deter-
mines by record vote that all or part of the remainder of that hear-
ing or meeting on that day shall be in executive session because
disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other matters to be considered
would endanger the national security, would compromise sensitive
law enforcement information, or would violate any law or rule of
the House of Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of
the preceding sentence, a majority of those present, there being in
attendance no fewer than two members of the Committee, sub-
committee, panel, or task force may vote to close a hearing or meet-
ing for the sole purpose of discussing whether testimony or evi-
dence to be received would endanger the national security, would
compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or would vio-
late any law or rule of the House of Representatives. If the decision
is to proceed in executive session, the vote must be by record vote
and in open session, a majority of the Committee, subcommittee,
panel, or task force being present.
(b) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the Committee, sub-
committee, panel, or task force that the evidence or testimony at
a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person,
or it is asserted by a witness that the evidence or testimony that
the witness would give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade,
or incriminate the witness, notwithstanding the requirements of
paragraph (a) and the provisions of clause 2(g)(2)(A) of rule XI of
the Rules of the House of Representatives and in accordance with
the provisions of clause 2(g)(2)(B) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, such evidence or testimony shall be pre-
sented in executive session, if by a majority vote of those present,
there being in attendance no fewer than two members of the Com-
mittee, subcommittee, panel, or task force, the Committee, sub-
committee, panel, or task force determines that such evidence may
tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person. A majority of
those present, there being in attendance no fewer than two mem-
bers of the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task force may also
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to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person. The Committee,
subcommittee, panel, or task force shall proceed to receive such tes-
timony in open session only if the Committee, subcommittee, panel,
or task force, a majority being present, determines that such evi-
dence or testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate
any person.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and with the approval of the
Chair, each member of the Committee may designate by letter to
the Chair, one member of that member’s personal staff, and an al-
ternate, which may include fellows, with Top Secret security clear-
ance to attend hearings of the Committee, or that member’s sub-
committee(s), panel(s), or task force(s) (excluding briefings or meet-
ings held under the provisions of committee rule 9(a)), which have
been closed under the provisions of rule 9(a) above for national se-
curity purposes for the taking of testimony. The attendance of such
a staff member or fellow at such hearings is subject to the approval
of the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task force as dictated by
national security requirements at that time. The attainment of any
required security clearances is the responsibility of individual
members of the Committee.
(d) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, no Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may be excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at any
hearing of the Committee or a subcommittee, unless the House of
Representatives shall by majority vote authorize the Committee or
subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of hearings on a
particular article of legislation or on a particular subject of inves-
tigation, to close its hearings to Members, Delegates, and the Resi-
dent Commissioner by the same procedures designated in this rule
for closing hearings to the public.
(e) The Committee or the subcommittee may vote, by the same
procedure, to meet in executive session for up to five additional
consecutive days of hearings.
RULE 10. QUORUM
(a) For purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence, two
members shall constitute a quorum.
(b) One-third of the members of the Committee or subcommittee
shall constitute a quorum for taking any action, with the following
exceptions, in which case a majority of the Committee or sub-
committee shall constitute a quorum:
(1) Reporting a measure or recommendation;
(2) Closing Committee or subcommittee meetings and hear-
ings to the public;
(3) Authorizing the issuance of subpoenas;
(4) Authorizing the use of executive session material; and
(5) Voting to proceed in open session after voting to close to
discuss whether evidence or testimony to be received would
tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person.
(c) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the
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tually present.
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RULE 11. THE FIVE MINUTE RULE
(a) Subject to rule 15, the time any one member may address the
Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task force on any measure or
matter under consideration shall not exceed five minutes and then
only when the member has been recognized by the Chair or sub-
committee Chair, as appropriate, except that this time limit may
be exceeded by unanimous consent. Any member, upon request,
shall be recognized for not more than five minutes to address the
Committee or subcommittee on behalf of an amendment which the
member has offered to any pending bill or resolution. The five-
minute limitation shall not apply to the Chair and the Ranking Mi-
nority Member or the Chair and the ranking minority member of
a subcommittee, panel, or task force.
(b)(1) Members who are present at a hearing of the Committee,
subcommittee, panel, or task force when a hearing is originally con-
vened shall be recognized by the Chair or subcommittee, panel, or
task force Chair, as appropriate, in order of seniority. Those mem-
bers arriving subsequently shall be recognized in order of their ar-
rival. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chair and the Ranking
Minority Member or the Chair and the ranking minority member
of a subcommittee, panel, or task force, as appropriate, will take
precedence upon their arrival. In recognizing members to question
witnesses in this fashion, the Chair shall take into consideration
the ratio of the majority to minority members present and shall es-
tablish the order of recognition for questioning in such a manner
as not to disadvantage the members of either party.
(2) Pursuant to rule 4 and subject to rule 15, a member of
the Committee who is not a member of a subcommittee, panel,
or task force may be recognized by a subcommittee, panel, or
task force Chair in order of their arrival and after all present
subcommittee, panel, or task force members have been recog-
nized.
(3) The Chair of the Committee or the Chair of a sub-
committee, panel, or task force, with the concurrence of the re-
spective ranking minority member, may depart with the reg-
ular order for questioning which is specified in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this rule provided that such a decision is announced
prior to the hearing or prior to the opening statements of the
witnesses and that any such departure applies equally to the
majority and the minority.
(c) No person other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner of Congress and committee staff may be seated in or be-
hind the dais area during Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task
force hearings and meetings.
RULE 12. POWER TO SIT AND ACT; SUBPOENA POWER
(a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and duties
under rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives,
the Committee and any subcommittee is authorized (subject to sub-
paragraph (b)(1) of this paragraph):
(1) to sit and act at such times and places within the United
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adjourned, and to hold hearings, and
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(2) to require by subpoena, or otherwise, the attendance and
testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books,
records, correspondence, memorandums, papers and docu-
ments, including, but not limited to, those in electronic form,
as it considers necessary.
(b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the Com-
mittee, or any subcommittee with the concurrence of the Chair and
after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, under sub-
paragraph (a)(2) in the conduct of any investigation, or series of in-
vestigations or activities, only when authorized by a majority of the
members voting, a majority of the Committee or subcommittee
being present. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed only by the
Chair, or by any member designated by the Committee.
(2) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, compliance with any subpoena issued by the
Committee or any subcommittee under subparagraph (a)(2) may be
enforced only as authorized or directed by the House of Representa-
tives.
RULE 13. WITNESS STATEMENTS
(a) Any prepared statement to be presented by a witness to the
Committee or a subcommittee, panel, or task force shall be sub-
mitted to the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task force at
least 48 hours in advance of presentation and shall be distributed
to all members of the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task
force as soon as practicable but not less than 24 hours in advance
of presentation. A copy of any such prepared statement shall also
be submitted to the Committee in electronic form. If a prepared
statement contains national security information bearing a classi-
fication of Confidential or higher, the statement shall be made
available in the Committee rooms to all members of the Com-
mittee, subcommittee, panel, or task force as soon as practicable
but not less than 24 hours in advance of presentation; however, no
such statement shall be removed from the Committee offices. The
requirement of this rule may be waived by a majority vote of the
Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task force, a quorum being
present. In cases where a witness does not submit a statement by
the time required under this rule, the Chair, with the concurrence
of the Ranking Minority Member, or the Chair of a subcommittee,
panel, or task force, as appropriate, with the concurrence of the re-
spective ranking minority member, may elect to exclude the wit-
ness from the hearing.
(b) The Committee and each subcommittee, panel, or task force
shall require each witness who is to appear before it to file with
the Committee in advance of his or her appearance a written state-
ment of the proposed testimony and to limit the oral presentation
at such appearance to a brief summary of the submitted written
statement.
(c) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(5) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, written witness statements, with appropriate
redactions to protect the privacy of the witness, shall be made pub-
licly available in electronic form 24 hours before the witness ap-
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RULE 14. ADMINISTERING OATHS TO WITNESSES
(a) The Chair, or any member designated by the Chair, may ad-
minister oaths to any witness.
(b) Witnesses, when sworn, shall subscribe to the following oath:
‘‘Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that the testimony
you will give before this Committee (or subcommittee,
panel, or task force) in the matters now under consider-
ation will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, so help you God?’’
RULE 15. QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES
(a) When a witness is before the Committee or a subcommittee,
panel, or task force, members of the Committee, subcommittee,
panel, or task force may put questions to the witness only when
recognized by the Chair, subcommittee, panel, or task force Chair,
as appropriate, for that purpose according to rule 11 of the Com-
mittee.
(b) Members of the Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task
force who so desire shall have not more than five minutes to ques-
tion each witness or panel of witnesses, the responses of the wit-
ness or witnesses being included in the five-minute period, until
such time as each member has had an opportunity to question each
witness or panel of witnesses. Thereafter, additional rounds for
questioning witnesses by members are within the discretion of the
Chair or the subcommittee, panel, or task force Chair, as appro-
priate.
(c) Questions put to witnesses before the Committee, sub-
committee, panel, or task force shall be pertinent to the measure
or matter that may be before the Committee, subcommittee, panel,
or task force for consideration.
RULE 16. PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND
MARKUPS
The transcripts of those hearings conducted by the Committee,
subcommittee, panel, or task force will be published officially in
substantially verbatim form, with the material requested for the
record inserted at that place requested, or at the end of the record,
as appropriate. The transcripts of markups conducted by the Com-
mittee or any subcommittee may be published officially in verbatim
form. Any requests to correct any errors, other than those in tran-
scription, will be appended to the record, and the appropriate place
where the change is requested will be footnoted. Any transcript
published under this rule shall include the results of record votes
conducted in the session covered by the transcript and shall also
include materials that have been submitted for the record and are
covered under rule 19. The handling and safekeeping of these ma-
terials shall fully satisfy the requirements of rule 20. No transcript
of an executive session conducted under rule 9 shall be published
under this rule.
RULE 17. VOTING AND ROLLCALLS
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(b) A record vote shall be ordered upon the request of one-fifth
of those members present.
(c) No vote by any member of the Committee or a subcommittee
with respect to any measure or matter shall be cast by proxy.
(d) In the event of a vote or votes, when a member is in attend-
ance at any other committee, subcommittee, or conference com-
mittee meeting during that time, the necessary absence of that
member shall be so noted in the record vote record, upon timely no-
tification to the Chair by that member.
(e) The Chair, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority
Member, or the Chair of a subcommittee, as appropriate, with the
concurrence of the respective ranking minority member or the most
senior minority member who is present at the time, may elect to
postpone requested record votes until such time or point at a mark-
up as is mutually decided. When proceedings resume on a post-
poned question, notwithstanding any intervening order for the pre-
vious question, the underlying proposition shall remain subject to
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the ques-
tion was postponed.
RULE 18. COMMITTEE REPORTS
(a) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by the
Committee, any member of the Committee gives timely notice of in-
tention to file supplemental, minority, additional or dissenting
views, all members shall be entitled to not less than two calendar
days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except
when the House is in session on such days) in which to file such
written and signed views (including in electronic form) with the
Staff Director of the Committee, or the Staff Director’s designee.
All such views so filed by one or more members of the Committee
shall be included within, and shall be a part of, the report filed by
the Committee with respect to that measure or matter.
(b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report any
measure or matter, and on any amendment offered to the measure
or matter, the total number of votes cast for and against, the
names of those voting for and against, and a brief description of the
question, shall be included in the Committee report on the measure
or matter.
(c) Not later than 24 hours after the adoption of any amendment
or 48 hours after the disposition or withdrawal of any other amend-
ment to a measure or matter considered by the Committee, the
Chair shall cause the text of each such amendment to be made
publicly available in electronic form as provided in clause 2(e)(6) of
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
RULE 19. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF COMMITTEE ROLLCALLS
The result of each record vote in any meeting of the Committee
shall be made publicly available in electronic form within 48 hours
of such record vote pursuant to clause 2(e)(1)(B)(i) of rule XI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives. Information so available
shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or
other proposition and the name of each member voting for and each
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RULE 20. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND
OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Except as provided in clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, all national security information
bearing a classification of Confidential or higher which has been re-
ceived by the Committee or a subcommittee shall be deemed to
have been received in executive session and shall be given appro-
priate safekeeping.
(b) The Chair shall, with the approval of a majority of the Com-
mittee, establish such procedures as in his judgment may be nec-
essary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of any national secu-
rity information that is received which is classified as Confidential
or higher. Such procedures shall, however, ensure access to this in-
formation by any member of the Committee or any other Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the House of Representa-
tives, staff of the Committee, or staff designated under rule 9(c)
who have the appropriate security clearances and the need to
know, who has requested the opportunity to review such material.
(c) The Chair shall, in consultation with the Ranking Minority
Member, establish such procedures as in his judgment may be nec-
essary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of any proprietary in-
formation that is received by the Committee, subcommittee, panel,
or task force. Such procedures shall be consistent with the Rules
of the House of Representatives and applicable law.
RULE 21. COMMITTEE STAFFING
The staffing of the Committee, the standing subcommittees, and
any panel or task force designated by the Chair or the chairs of the
subcommittees shall be subject to the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
RULE 22. COMMITTEE RECORDS
The records of the Committee at the National Archives and
Records Administration shall be made available for public use in
accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives. The Chair shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any
decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of rule VII, to
withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be pre-
sented to the Committee for a determination on the written request
of any member of the Committee.
RULE 23. HEARING PROCEDURES
Clause 2(k) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives shall apply to the Committee.
RULE 24. COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS
Not later than January 2nd of each odd-numbered year the Com-
mittee shall submit to the House a report on its activities, pursu-
ant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Represent-
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COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED
SERVICES
FULL COMMITTEE
Pursuant to H. Res. H. Res. 9, H. Res. 10, H. Res. 62, H. Res.
63, H. Res. 384, H. Res. 1103, and H. Res. 1347, the following
Members have served on the Committee on Armed Services in the
117th Congress:
ADAM SMITH, Washington, Chairman
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island MIKE ROGERS, Alabama
RICK LARSEN, Washington JOE WILSON, South Carolina
JIM COOPER, Tennessee MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
JOHN GARAMENDI, California ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
JACKIE SPEIER, California VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia
RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona MO BROOKS, Alabama
SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts SAM GRAVES, Missouri
SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York
ANTHONY G. BROWN, Maryland SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee
RO KHANNA, California TRENT KELLY, Mississippi
WILLIAM R. KEATING, Massachusetts MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin
FILEMON VELA, Texas2 MATT GAETZ, Florida
ANDY KIM, New Jersey DON BACON, Nebraska
CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania JIM BANKS, Indiana
JASON CROW, Colorado LIZ CHENEY, Wyoming
ELISSA SLOTKIN, Michigan JACK BERGMAN, Michigan
MIKIE SHERRILL, New Jersey MICHAEL WALTZ, Florida
VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana
JARED GOLDEN, Maine MARK GREEN, Tennessee
ELAINE G. LURIA, Virginia, Vice Chair STEPHANIE BICE, Oklahoma
JOSEPH MORELLE, New York 4 C. SCOTT FRANKLIN, Florida
SARA JACOBS, California LISA MCLAIN, Michigan
KAIALI’I KAHELE, Hawaii RONNY JACKSON, Texas
MARILYN STRICKLAND, Washington JERRY CARL, Alabama
PATRICK RYAN, New York 5 BLAKE MOORE, Utah
MARC VEASEY, Texas PAT FALLON, Texas
JIMMY PANETTA, California
STEPHANIE MURPHY, Florida
STEVEN HORSFORD, Nevada1
SYLVIA R. GARCIA, Texas3
1Mr. Horsford was elected to the committee on May 12, 2021.
2Mr. Vela resigned from the committee on Mar. 31, 2022.
3Ms. Garcia was elected to the committee on May 11, 2022.
4Mr. Morelle resigned from the committee on Sept. 14, 2022.
5Mr. Ryan was elected to the committee on Sept. 14, 2022.
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SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED
SERVICES
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4—Army programs and
accounts related to aircraft, ground equipment, missiles, ammuni-
tion, and other procurement; Marine Corps programs and accounts
related to ground and amphibious equipment, fighter aircraft, heli-
copters, air-launched weapons, and ammunition; Air Force pro-
grams and accounts related to fighter, training, reconnaissance and
surveillance, and electronic warfare aircraft, helicopters, air-
launched weapons, ground equipment, and ammunition; Navy pro-
grams and accounts related to fighter, training, and electronic war-
fare aircraft, helicopters, and air-launched weapons; tactical air
and missile defense programs and accounts; chemical agent and
munition destruction programs and accounts; and National Guard
and Reserve equipment programs and accounts.
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey, Chairman
RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri
SALUD CARBAJAL, California MIKE TURNER, Ohio
ANTHONY BROWN, Maryland ROB WITTMAN, Virginia
MIKIE SHERRILL, New Jersey, Vice Chair SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee
KAIALI’I KAHELE, Hawaii MATT GAETZ, Florida
MARC VEASEY, Texas DON BACON, Nebraska
STEPHANIE MURPHY, Florida MARK GREEN, Tennessee
STEVEN HORSFORD, Texas 1 RONNY JACKSON, Texas
1 Mr. Horsford was assigned to the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces on May
12, 2021.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4— Department of De-
fense policy and programs and accounts related to military per-
sonnel and their families, Reserve Component integration and em-
ployment, military health care, military education, dependent
schools, POW/MIA issues, Morale, Welfare and Recreation, com-
missaries, cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Defense, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and military retire-
ment issues.
JACKIE SPEIER, California, Chairman
ANDY KIM, New Jersey MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin 2
CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania JIM BANKS, Indiana 1
VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas, Vice Chair STEPHANIE BICE, Oklahoma
SARA JACOBS, California LISA MCCLAIN, Michigan
MARILYN STRICKLAND, Washington RONNY JACKSON, Texas
MARC VEASEY, Texas JERRY CARL, Alabama
PAT FALLON, Texas
1 Mr. Banks went from the Subcommittee on Military Personnel to the Subcommittee on
Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems on May 17, 2021.
2 Mr. Gallagher was named to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and named ranking
member on May 17, 2021.
Subcommittee on Readiness
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4—Department of De-
fense policy and programs and accounts related to military readi-
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ganic industrial base, the civilian and contract workforce, environ-
ment, military installations and real property management, family
housing, base realignments and closures, and energy.
JOHN GARAMENDI, California, Chairman
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut MICHAEL WALTZ, Florida 2
JACKIE SPEIER, California DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado 1
JASON CROW, Colorado JOE WILSON, South Carolina
ELISSA SLOTKIN, Michigan, Vice Chair AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia
JARED GOLDEN, Maine JACK BERGMAN, Michigan
ELAINE G. LURIA, Virginia MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana
KAIALI’l KAHELE, Hawaii MARK GREEN, Tennessee
MARILYN STRICKLAND, Washington LISA MCCLAIN, Michigan
BLAKE MOORE, Utah
1 Mr. Lamborn went from the Subcommittee on Readiness to the Subcommittee on Intel-
ligence and Special Operations on Jan. 10, 2022.
2 Mr. Waltz was named to the Subcommittee on Readiness and named ranking member
on Jan. 10, 2022.
Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4— Navy and Marine
Corps acquisition programs and accounts related to shipbuilding
and conversion, reconnaissance and surveillance, tanker, and airlift
aircraft, ship and submarine-launched weapons, ammunition, and
other procurements; Air Force programs and accounts related to
bomber, tanker, and airlift aircraft; Army programs and accounts
related to waterborne vessels; and Maritime policy and programs
and accounts under the jurisdiction of the Committee as delineated
in paragraphs 5 and 9 of clause 1(c) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives.
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut, Chairman
JIM LANGEVIN, Rhode Island ROB WITTMAN, Virginia
JIM COOPER, Tennessee VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey SAM GRAVES, Missouri
ANTHONY BROWN, Maryland TRENT KELLY, Mississippi
FILEMON VELA, Texas 1 MICHAEL GALLAGHER, Wisconsin
JARED GOLDEN, Maine, Vice Chair JIM BANKS, Indiana
ELAINE LURIA, Virginia JACK BERGMAN, Michigan
SARA JACOBS, California JERRY CARL, Alabama
SYLVIA GARICA, Texas 2
1 Mr. Vela resigned from the committee on Mar. 31, 2022.
2 Ms. Garcia was assigned to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces on May
11, 2022.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4—Department of De-
fense and Department of Energy policy related to strategic deter-
rence, strategic stability, nuclear weapons, strategic and nuclear
arms control, non-proliferation, nuclear safety, missile defense, and
space; Department of Defense programs and accounts related to
nuclear weapons, strategic missiles, nuclear command and control
systems, Department of Defense intelligence space, space systems
and services of the military departments, and intermediate and
long-range missile defense systems; and Department of Energy na-
tional security programs and accounts.
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JIM COOPER, Tennessee, Chairman
JIM LANGEVIN, Rhode Island DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado 2
JOHN GARAMENDI, California MIKE TURNER, Ohio
SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts JOE WILSON, South Carolina
SALUD CARBAJAL, California, Vice Chair MO BROOKS, Alabama
RO KHANNA, California ELISE STEFANIK, New York
PATRICK RYAN, California 4 SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee
JOE MORELLE, New York 3 LIZ CHENEY, Wyoming
JIMMY PANETTA, California MICHAEL WALTZ, Florida
STEVEN HORSFORD, Nevada 1
1 Mr.
Horsford was assigned to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on May 12, 2021.
2 Mr.
Lamborn was named ranking member of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on
Jan. 10, 2022.
3 Mr. Morelle resigned from the committee on Sept. 14, 2022.
4 Mr. Ryan was assigned to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on Sept. 14, 2022.
Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4— Department of De-
fense policy and programs and accounts related to military intel-
ligence, national intelligence, countering weapons of mass destruc-
tion, counter-proliferation, counter-terrorism, other sensitive mili-
tary operations, and special operations forces.
RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona, Chairman
RICK LARSEN, Washington TRENT KELLY, Mississippi,
JIM COOPER, Tennessee DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado 2
WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia
FILEMON VELA, Texas 3 SAM GRAVES, Missouri
MIKIE SHERRILL, New Jersey DON BACON, Nebraska
JIMMY PANETTA, California LIZ CHENEY, Wyoming
STEPHANIE MURPHY, Florida, Vice Chair MICHAEL WALTZ, Florida 1
SYLVIA R. GARCIA, Texas 4 C. SCOTT FRANKLIN, Florida
1 Mr. Waltz went from the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations to the
Subcommittee on Readiness on Jan. 10, 2022.
2 Mr. Lamborn was named to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
on Jan. 10, 2022.
3 Mr. Vela resigned from the committee on Mar. 31, 2022.
4 Ms. Garcia was assigned to the subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations on
May 11, 2022.
Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information
Systems
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4—Department of De-
fense policy related to the acquisition of computer software, the
electromagnetic spectrum, and electromagnetic warfare; and De-
partment of Defense policy and programs and accounts related to
artificial intelligence, cyber security, cyber operations, cyber forces,
information technology, information operations, and science and
technology (including defense-wide programs and accounts related
to research, development, testing, and evaluation, except for those
defense-wide programs and accounts related to research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation of missile defense systems).
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JAMES LANGEVIN, Rhode Island, Chairman
RICK LARSEN, Washington JIM BANKS, Indiana 2
SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York
RO KHANNA, California MO BROOKS, Alabama
WILLIAM R. KEATING, Massachusetts MATT GAETZ, Florida
ANDY KIM, New Jersey MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin 1
CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania, Vice MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana
Chair STEPHANIE BICE, Oklahoma
JASON CROW, Colorado C. SCOTT FRANKLIN, Florida
ELISSA SLOTKIN, Michigan BLAKE MOORE, Utah
VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas PAT FALLON, Texas
JOSEPH MORELLE, New York 3
PATRICK RYAN, New York 4
1 Mr. Gallagher went from the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Informa-
tion Systems to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel on May 17, 2021.
2 Mr. Banks was named to the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Informa-
tion Systems and named ranking member on May 17, 2021.
3 Mr. Morelle resigned from the committee on Sept. 14, 2022
4 Mr. Ryan was assigned to the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Infor-
mation Systems on Sept. 14, 2022.
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COMMITTEE STAFF
By committee resolution adopted at the organizational meeting
on February 3, 2021, or by authority of the chairman, the following
persons have been appointed to the staff of the committee during
the 117th Congress:
Paul Arcangeli, Staff Director (Resigned June 1, 2022)
Brian Garrett, Staff Director
Christopher Vieson, Minority Staff Director
Douglas Bush, Deputy Staff Director (Resigned March 5, 2021)
Katy Quinn, Deputy Staff Director
Betty B. Gray, Executive Assistant
Jesse D. Tolleson, Jr., Professional Staff Member (Resigned March 5, 2021)
Rebecca A. Ross, Professional Staff Member
Heath R. Bope, Professional Staff Member
David Sienicki, Professional Staff Member
Zach Steacy, Director, Legislative Operations
Everett Coleman, Professional Staff Member
Craig Greene, Professional Staff Member
Phil MacNaughton, Professional Staff Member
William S. Johnson, General Counsel
Leonor Tomero, Counsel (Resigned January 19, 2021)
Katie Thompson, Security Manager
David Giachetti, Professional Staff Member
Mark Morehouse, Professional Staff Member (Resigned February 1, 2021, Appointed May 3,
2021)
Barron YoungSmith, Counsel/Communications Director
Jason Schmid, Professional Staff Member (Resigned January 28, 2021)
Danielle Steitz, Clerk (Resigned August 28, 2021)
Shenita White, Office Manager
Glen Diehl, Professional Staff Member
Maria Vastola, Professional Staff Member
Kim Lehn, Professional Staff Member, (Resigned April 5, 2021)
Jamie Jackson, Deputy General Counsel (Resigned February 19, 2021)
Eric Snelgrove, Professional Staff Member (Resigned February 1, 2021)
Caroline Kehrli, Clerk (Resigned October 3, 2021)
Zachary Taylor, Clerk (Resigned March 17, 2022)
William Sutey, Professional Staff Member
Elizabeth Griffin, Professional Staff Member
Mike Hermann, Budget Director
Carla Zeppieri, Professional Staff Member
Sapna Sharma, Director of Member Services and Senior Advisor to the Chairman
Kelly Goggin, Professional Staff Member
Melanie Harris, Professional Staff Member (Resigned November 1, 2022)
William T. Johnson, Professional Staff Member
Chidi Blyden, Professional Staff Member (Resigned May 1, 2021)
Grant Schneider, Professional Staff Member (Resigned December 17, 2021)
Joshua Stiefel, Professional Staff Member
Jonathan Lord, Professional Staff Member (Resigned July 8, 2022)
Jeanine Womble, Professional Staff Member
Jessica Carroll, Professional Staff Member (Resigned December 31, 2021)
Matt Rhoades, Professional Staff Member (Resigned March 10, 2021)
Bess Dopkeen, Professional Staff Member (Resigned November 26, 2021)
Sean Falvey, Clerk (Resigned September 30, 2021)
Laura Rauch, Professional Staff Member
Monica Matoush, Communications Director (Resigned January 23, 2022)
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Shannon Green, Professional Staff Member
Caleb Randall-Bodman, Deputy Communications Director (Resigned October 1, 2022)
Alonzo Webb, Staff Assistant
Alexis Hasty, Clerk (Resigned March 19, 2021)
Emma Morrison, Clerk (Resigned September 30, 2021)
Troy Nienberg, Professional Staff Member (Resigned June 12, 2022)
Sidney Faix, Clerk (Resigned September 23, 2022)
Natalie De Benedetti, Clerk (Resigned July 20, 2022)
James Vallario, Professional Staff Member
Naajidah Khan, Clerk
Hannah Kaufman, Professional Staff Member
Karen Thornton, Professional Staff Member
Jeff Bozman, Professional Staff Member (Resigned November 25, 2022)
Geoff, Gosselin, Professional Staff Member
Michael Kirlin, Professional Staff Member
Sarah Moxley, Professional Staff Member
Kyle Noyes, Professional Staff Member
Whitney Verett, Professional Staff Member
Forrest McConnell, Minority General Counsel
Michaela Sundermann, Press Secretary (Appointed January 6, 2021, Resigned April 16, 2021)
Ian Bennitt, Professional Staff Member, (Appointed February 1, 2021)
Patrick Nevins, Professional Staff Member (Appointed February 8, 2021)
Ilka Regino, Professional Staff Member (Appointed February 16, 2021)
Ryan Tully, Professional Staff Member (Appointed April 19, 2021)
Wendell Frank White, Jr, Professional Staff Member (Appointed April 19, 2021)
Robert Ikoku, Professional Staff Member (Appointed April 22, 2021)
William Metzger, Budget Director (Appointed April 26, 2021)
Chris Estep, Digital Director (Appointed May 10, 2021, Resigned October 14,2022)
Justine Sanders, Minority Communications Director (Appointed May 10, 2021)
Kelly Repair, Professional Staff Member (Appointed July 2, 2021, Resigned August 14, 2022)
David Tucker, Deputy General Counsel (Appointed July 31, 2022)
William Braden, Clerk (Appointed August 23, 2021)
Payson Ruhl, Clerk (Appointed August 23, 2021)
Kathy Loden, Minority Research Assistant (Appointed October 12, 2021, Resigned April 30,
2022)
Brooke Alred, Clerk (Appointed December 6, 2021)
Owen McGeary, Clerk (Appointed December 6, 2021)
Dana Gallagher, Press and Digital Assistant (Appointed March 1, 2022)
Hayden Ehlich, Clerk (Appointed May 23, 2022)
Zachary Calderon, Clerk (Appointed May 23, 2022)
Everett Winnick, Professional Staff Member (September 6, 2022)
Jaelin O’Hallaron, (Appointed November 1, 2022)
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS
A total of 231 meetings and hearings have been held by the Com-
mittee on Armed Services and its subcommittees during the 117th
Congress. A breakdown of the meetings and hearings follows:
FULL COMMITTEE ................................................................................................ 17
SUBCOMMITTEES:
Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Sys-
tems ................................................................................................................ 86
Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations ................................. 84
Subcommittee on Military Personnel .............................................................. 76
Subcommittee on Readiness ............................................................................ 79
Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces ........................................ 81
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces .................................................................. 82
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces ............................................ 75
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC LAWS
Public Law 117–1 (H.R. 335)—To provide for an exception to a limi-
tation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense
within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular com-
missioned officer of the Armed Forces
On January 15, 2021, Chairman Adam Smith introduced H.R.
335, a bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against ap-
pointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of
relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the
Armed Forces. The bill was referred to the House Committee on
Armed Services.
On January 21, 2021, Representative James P. McGovern asked
for unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider
H.R. 335 in the House if called up by the chair of the Committee
on Armed Services or his designee. The request was agreed to with-
out objection. On January 21, 2021, H.R. 335 passed the House by
the yeas and nays, 326–78 (Roll no. 18).
On January 21, 2021, H.R. 335 was received in the Senate, read
twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amend-
ment by a yea-nay vote, 69–27 (Record Vote Number: 4). On Janu-
ary 21 2021, H.R. 335 was presented to the President and signed
into law as Public Law 117–1 on January 22, 2021.
Public Law 117–81 (S. 1605)—National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2022
On May 13, 2021, Senator Rick Scott introduced, S. 1605, a bill
to designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South
Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, and for other purposes. On
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June 9, 2021, S. 1605 passed the Senate without amendment by
unanimous consent and was held at the desk in the House.
As noted under ‘‘H.R. 4350—National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2022’’, the Senate was unable to complete Floor con-
sideration of its version of the NDAA and therefore was unable to
initiate a formal conference with the House.
In order to ensure the enactment of an annual defense bill by the
end of the calendar year, the Chairman and Ranking Member of
the House Committee on Armed Services and the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services
agreed to reconcile the provisions of H.R. 4350 and Senate Amend-
ment 3867. In lieu of a formal conference report for the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the legislative ve-
hicle used for the agreed upon legislative text between the House
and the Senate was an amendment to S. 1605. On December 7,
2021, the negotiated agreement was brought to the House Floor in
the form of an amendment to S. 1605. The House agreed to the
amendment to S. 1605 by a vote of 363–70 (Roll no. 405). On De-
cember 15, 2021, the Senate agreed to the House amendment to S.
1605 by a vote of 88–11 (Record Vote Number: 499). The President
signed the legislation on December 27, 2021, and it became Public
Law 117–81.
Because the agreed-upon language was brought to the House in
the form of an amendment to S. 1605, there is no conference report
and no formal ‘‘joint explanatory statement of the conference com-
mittee’’ for S. 1605. Instead, Chairman Adam Smith submitted a
‘‘Joint Explanatory Statement to Accompany S. 1605, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022’’ in the Congres-
sional Record on December 7, 2021 (pages H7265–H7464). The text
of the enrolled bill text and the joint explanatory statement can
also be found in HASC Committee Print No. 2.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
does the following: (1) authorizes appropriations for fiscal year
2022 for procurement and for research, development, test, and eval-
uation (RDT&E); (2) authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for operation and maintenance (O&M) and for working capital
funds; (3) authorizes for fiscal year 2022 the personnel strength for
each Active Duty component of the military departments, and the
personnel strength for the Selected Reserve for each Reserve Com-
ponent of the Armed Forces; (4) modifies various elements of com-
pensation for military personnel and imposed certain requirements
and limitations on personnel actions in the defense establishment;
(5) authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military con-
struction and family housing; (6) authorizes appropriations for fis-
cal year 2022 for the Department of Energy national security pro-
grams; and (7) authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for the
Maritime Administration.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 is
a key mechanism through which Congress fulfills one of its pri-
mary responsibilities as mandated in Article I, Section 8, of the
Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress the
power to provide for the common defense, to raise and support an
Army, to provide and maintain a Navy, and to make rules for the
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the House of Representatives provides the Committee on Armed
Services with jurisdiction over the Department of Defense generally
and over the military application of nuclear energy. The bill in-
cludes the large majority of the findings and recommendations re-
sulting from its oversight activities, conducted through hearings,
briefings, and roundtable discussions with Department of Defense
and Department of Energy civilian and military officials, intel-
ligence analysts, outside experts, and industry representatives, and
informed by the experience gained over the previous decades of the
committee’s existence.
LEGISLATION PASSED BY CONGRESS
H.R. 7776—James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023
On May 16, 2022, Representative Peter A. DeFazio introduced
H.R. 7776, the Water Resources Development Act of 2022. On May
18, 2022, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
order the bill reported by voice vote, as amended. On June 8, 2022,
the House passed the bill, as amended, by the yeas and nays, 384–
37 (Roll no. 253). On July 28, the Senate passed H.R. 7776, with
an amendment by a yea-nay vote, 93–1. On July 28, 2022, the Sen-
ate amendment to H.R. 7776 was received in the House and held
at the desk.
As noted under ‘‘H.R. 7900—National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023’’, the Senate was unable to complete Floor con-
sideration of its version of the NDAA and therefore was unable to
initiate a formal conference with the House.
In order to ensure the enactment of an annual defense bill by the
end of the calendar year, the Chairman and Ranking Member of
the House Committee on Armed Services and the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services
agreed to reconcile the provisions of H.R. 7900 and Senate amend-
ment 5499, as modified. In lieu of a formal conference report for
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, the
legislative vehicle used for the agreed upon legislative text between
the House and the Senate was a House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 7776. On December 8, 2022, pursuant to the
provisions of H. Res. 1512, the House agreed to the negotiated
agreement in the form of a House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 7776, by the yeas and nays, 350–80 (Roll no.
516). On December 15, 2022, the Senate agreed to the House
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 7776 by a vote of
83–11.
Because the agreed-upon language was brought to the House in
the form of a House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.
7776, there is no conference report and no formal ‘‘joint explanatory
statement of the conference committee’’ for H.R. 7776. Instead,
Chairman Adam Smith submitted a ‘‘Joint Explanatory Statement
to Accompany H.R. 7776, the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023’’ in the Congressional
Record on December 8, 2022 (pages H9425–H9648).
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
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fiscal year 2023 for procurement and for research, development,
test, and evaluation (RDT&E); (2) authorizes appropriations for fis-
cal year 2023 for operation and maintenance (O&M) and for work-
ing capital funds; (3) authorizes for fiscal year 2022 the personnel
strength for each Active Duty component of the military depart-
ments, and the personnel strength for the Selected Reserve for
each Reserve Component of the Armed Forces; (4) modifies various
elements of compensation for military personnel and imposed cer-
tain requirements and limitations on personnel actions in the de-
fense establishment; (5) authorizes appropriations for fiscal year
2023 for military construction and family housing; (6) authorizes
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Energy
national security programs; and (7) authorize appropriations for fis-
cal year 2023 for the Maritime Administration.
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 is a key mechanism through which Congress fulfills
one of its primary responsibilities as mandated in Article I, Section
8, of the Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress
the power to provide for the common defense, to raise and support
an Army, to provide and maintain a Navy, and to make rules for
the Government and regulation of the land and naval forces. Rule
X of the House of Representatives provides the Committee on
Armed Services with jurisdiction over the Department of Defense
generally and over the military application of nuclear energy. The
bill includes the large majority of the findings and recommenda-
tions resulting from its oversight activities, conducted through
hearings, briefings, and roundtable discussions with Department of
Defense and Department of Energy civilian and military officials,
intelligence analysts, outside experts, and industry representatives,
and informed by the experience gained over the previous decades
of the committee’s existence.
LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
H.R. 4350—National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022
On July 2, 2021, H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022, was introduced by Chairman Adam Smith
and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. On September
1, 2021, the Committee on Armed Services held a markup session
to consider H.R. 4350. The committee ordered the bill H.R. 4350,
as amended, favorably reported to the House of Representatives by
a recorded vote of 57–2, a quorum being present. The bill passed
the House, as amended, on September 23, 2021, by the yeas and
nays, 316–113 (Roll no. 293). On October 18, 2021, the bill was re-
ceived in the Senate, read twice, and placed on Senate Legislative
Calendar under General Orders Calendar No. 144.
On November 15, 2021, the Senate began consideration of H.R.
4350. On November 19, 2021, Senator Jack Reed proposed Senate
amendment 3867 to H.R. 4350. Senate amendment 3867 was in the
form of an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 4350
and consisted of the text of S. 2792, the National Defense Author-
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mittee on Armed Services on September 22, 2021, as well as a
number of amendments submitted during the Senate’s consider-
ation of its bill that were cleared by both sides. The Senate began
consideration of Senate amendment 3867 on November 29, 2021,
but did not complete consideration and therefore was unable to ini-
tiate a formal conference with the House.
For further action on the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022, see Public Law 117–81 (S. 1605).
H.R. 7900—National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023
On May 27, 2022, H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023, was introduced by Chairman Adam Smith
and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. On June 23,
2022, the Committee on Armed Services held a markup session to
consider H.R. 7900. The committee ordered the bill H.R. 7900, as
amended, favorably reported to the House of Representatives by a
recorded vote of 57–1, a quorum being present. The bill passed the
House, as amended, on July 14, 2022, by the yeas and nays, 329–
101 (Roll no. 350). On July 28, 2022, the bill was received in the
Senate, and on August 3rd, it was read twice, and placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders Calendar No. 467.
On October 11, 2022, H.R. 7900 was laid before the Senate by
unanimous consent. Senator Jack Reed proposed Senate amend-
ment 5499, as modified, to H.R. 7900. Senate amendment 5499, as
modified, was in the form of an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute to H.R. 7900 and consisted of the text of S. 4543, the James
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
as reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on July
18, 2022, as well as a number of amendments that were submitted
and intended to be proposed for consideration during the Senate’s
consideration of its bill that were cleared by both sides. The Senate
began consideration of Senate amendment 5499, as modified, on
October 11, 2022, but did not complete consideration and therefore
was unable to initiate a formal conference with the House.
For further action on the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023, see H.R. 7776.
LEGISLATION REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED
SERVICES
H. Res. 1475—Of inquiry requesting the President and directing
the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of Representa-
tives any record created on or after January 21, 2021, under the
control of the President or the Secretary, respectively, that refers
to the Department of Defense and includes certain terms and
phrases relating to gender
On November 16, 2022, Representative Andrew S. Clyde intro-
duced H. Res. 1475, a resolution of inquiry requesting the Presi-
dent and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the
House of Representatives any record created on or after January
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spectively, that refers to the Department of Defense and includes
certain terms and phrases relating to gender.
Clause 7 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives
provides for a committee to report on a qualifying resolution of in-
quiry, such as H. Res. 1475, within 14 legislative days or a privi-
leged motion to discharge the committee is in order. H. Res. 1475
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services on November 16,
2022.
On December 13, 2022, the committee met in open session and
ordered the resolution, H. Res. 1475, unfavorably reported to the
House with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, by a roll
call vote of 30 to 26, a quorum being present. On December 16,
2022, H. Res. 1475 was placed on the House Calendar, Calendar
No. 167. No further action has been taken.
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OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
OVERVIEW
Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, described below are actions taken and rec-
ommendations made with respect to specific areas and subjects
that were identified in the oversight plan for special attention dur-
ing the 117th Congress, as well as additional oversight activities
not explicitly enumerated by the oversight plan.
POLICY ISSUES
National Defense Strategy, National Military Strategy, and Related
Defense Policy Issues
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued to focus on
the readiness, capability, and capacity of the U.S. Armed Forces,
support for military operations, and the Department of Defense.
The committee fulfilled its constitutional responsibilities primarily
by legislating the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) and the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
The committee oversaw Department of Defense efforts to imple-
ment the National Defense Strategy and the National Military
Strategy during the 117th Congress. In doing so, the committee ex-
amined aspects of the strategic framework, including: strategic ob-
jectives; relevant departmental policies, initiatives, and doctrines;
force structures; joint operational concepts; various organizational
matters; roles and missions; training and exercises; education; in-
vestments; the research and development of new technologies; mod-
ernization efforts; logistics; facilities and supporting infrastructure;
and industrial base matters; and the committee provided the re-
sources necessary to support strategic requirements.
The committee also continued to oversee: military operations; de-
terrence activities; and Department of Defense investments in ca-
pabilities, and infrastructure to address extant and emergent chal-
lenges. The committee informed its legislative efforts and con-
ducted oversight through: hearings and briefings; engagements
with defense leaders and military commanders; and congressional
delegation visits.
Deterrence
During the 117th Congress, the committee conducted oversight of
U.S. efforts to structure defense posture and policy to effectively
deter actors posing strategic challenges to the United States, its al-
lies, and partners, including efforts to assist Ukraine in defending
itself against Russia’s unprovoked aggression. These efforts in-
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cluded the ability of the United States, in concert with allies and
partners, to deter adversaries militarily and strengthen capabilities
to defend against potential aggression, as well as to counter efforts
to weaken our shared values, undermine our systems of govern-
ment, threaten international norms, and disrupt the cohesion of
our alliances and partnerships. To that end, the committee con-
ducted oversight, gathered information, and legislated on issues
critical to deterrence such as U.S. defense capabilities, resources,
and posture; implementation of the National Defense Strategy;
competition for influence and hybrid warfare; security cooperation
and assistance to partners and allies; revitalization and replenish-
ment of defense articles and munitions; and adaptation in an ex-
tremely dynamic national security environment.
In particular, the committee’s activities in the 117th Congress
recognized the essential role that U.S. alliances and partnerships
play in maintaining global security and advancing U.S. national se-
curity objectives. For that reason, in the course of its legislative
and oversight activities, the committee pursued efforts to strength-
en U.S. alliances and partnerships in order to respond to substan-
tial challenges against collective and global security, aiming to
build on major policy developments among U.S. allies and partners
to further enhance deterrence and maintain unity against adver-
sarial challenges.
Russia
Russia’s unprovoked further invasion of Ukraine poses a pro-
foundly destabilizing challenge to global security and the rules-
based international order, representing the largest military conflict
on the European continent since World War II. Assisting Ukraine
in defending itself against Russian aggression, enhancing European
unity and strengthening the ability of NATO to deter against ag-
gression on allied territory, responding to the changed security en-
vironment and the implications for the security of non-NATO U.S.
partners, calibrating policy responses to Russia’s invasion in order
to maintain allied unity and enhance deterrence, overseeing efforts
regarding global responses to the further invasion, and revitalizing
and replenishing U.S., ally, and partner stocks of equipment fol-
lowing ongoing assistance to Ukraine were major areas of concern
for the committee in the 117th Congress. In addition, the com-
mittee continued to oversee policies regarding Russia’s aggressive
global influence campaign, evident in Europe, the Middle East, and
Central Asia, but with far-reaching impacts worldwide, along with
Russian military activity and its employment of unconventional
and conventional tactics, including efforts to disrupt the NATO, in-
creased naval activity, nuclear threats, and malign efforts in loca-
tions as disparate as Africa, Central America, and the Arctic. The
committee’s oversight has concentrated on the U.S. military capa-
bilities, capacity, posture, and readiness needed to effectively main-
tain U.S. alliances and to counter and deter Russia.
The committee maintained oversight of Department resources
and tools allocated to ensure that U.S. force posture in Europe is
appropriately adapting to the changing security environment, and
oversaw the substantial increase in security assistance to Ukraine
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Russian aggression. The European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), and
the resources associated with it, was also a significant area of over-
sight for the committee. The committee sought to ensure that the
initiative was appropriately resourced and implemented given the
changed security environment and the transfer of EDI from Over-
seas Contingency Operations (OCO) to the base budget while over-
seeing the implementation of substantial steps to strengthen trans-
parency, planning, and congressional oversight of the initiative.
During the 117th Congress, the committee conducted frequent in-
telligence and policy briefings overseeing U.S. policy related to Rus-
sia’s invasion of Ukraine, its military programs and activities, its
naval activity, its engagement in locations such as Africa, Central
America, and the Arctic, and its global influence operations, includ-
ing those aimed at disrupting elections, democratic institutions,
and military partnerships and alliances. On April 15, 2021, the
committee conducted a hearing titled ‘‘National Security Chal-
lenges and U.S. Military Activities in Europe’’ to inform the com-
mittee regarding the fiscal year 2022 budget request as it relates
to the European theater. On October 20, 2021, the committee
hosted a briefing titled ‘‘Roundtable: Discussion with the U.K.
House of Commons Defence Committee.’’ On January 19, 2022, the
committee received a briefing titled ‘‘Classified Briefing on Ukraine
and Russia.’’ On February 15, 2022, the committee received a brief-
ing on ‘‘Deterrence in Europe and the Ukraine Crisis.’’ On March
2, 2022, the committee received a briefing titled ‘‘Defense Depart-
ment Briefing on Ukraine and Russia.’’ On March 17, 2022, the
committee received a briefing titled ‘‘Defense Department Briefing
on Ukraine and Russia.’’ On March 30, 2022, the committee con-
ducted a hearing titled ‘‘National Security Challenges and U.S.
Military Activities in Europe’’ to inform the committee regarding
the fiscal year 2023 budget request as it relates to the European
theater. On April 25, 2022 the committee hosted a briefing for
member office staff titled ‘‘HASC MLA Briefing: Defense Depart-
ment Briefing on Ukraine and Russia.’’ On May 18, 2022, the com-
mittee received a briefing titled ‘‘Defense Department Briefing on
Ukraine and Russia.’’ On July 28, the committee received a briefing
titled ‘‘Defense Department Briefing on Ukraine and Russia.’’ On
September 15, the committee received a briefing titled ‘‘Defense
Department Briefing on Ukraine and Russia.’’ On September 22,
the committee conducted a virtual briefing titled ‘‘Conversation
With the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and the Ukrainian Office
of the President.’’ On September 29, 2022, the committee received
a briefing on ‘‘Department of Defense Role in Election Security’’ in-
cluding Russian influence efforts related to U.S. elections. On No-
vember 30, 2022, the committee received a briefing titled ‘‘Defense
Department Briefing on Ukraine and Russia.’’ Members of the com-
mittee received extensive additional updates and conducted addi-
tional oversight in various formats. Members and staff also con-
ducted extensive oversight of the U.S. response to the invasion
within the Department of Defense and traveled to the U.S. Euro-
pean Command area of operations on multiple occasions to review
and assess operations and activities, including those related to Rus-
sia. These congressional and staff delegations were preceded by
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staff by senior officials from the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of State, and the intelligence community.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) contained several provisions to bolster the de-
terrence and defense capabilities of the United States and strength-
en collective deterrence with allies and partners in Europe, to in-
clude fully funding the EDI request at $3.43 billion and authorizing
an additional $569.8 million in funds for activities and capabilities
supporting European deterrence, as well as $300.0 million for secu-
rity assistance, equipment, and training to Ukrainian forces under
the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). Further, Public
Law 117–81 expressed the sense of Congress in strong support of
U.S. commitment to the NATO alliance and European partners and
strong opposition to Russian aggression against the independence
and territorial integrity of sovereign countries, along with contin-
ued commitment to and robust oversight of investments in Europe.
Public Law 117–81 also limited military cooperation between the
United States and Russia, prohibited funds for activities recog-
nizing the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, ex-
tended other security cooperation authorities, and required biennial
reporting on Russian influence operations and campaigns targeting
U.S. military alliances and partnerships.
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) contained several provisions to
strengthen deterrence measures, defense capabilities, and enhance
collective deterrence with U.S. partners and allies in Europe, in-
cluding fully funding the EDI request at $3.9 billion and author-
izing $2.1 billion in additional funds for activities and capabilities
supporting European deterrence. It authorized $800.0 million for
security assistance, equipment, and training to Ukrainian forces
under USAI; harmonized USAI statutory authorities with changes
made in the Ukraine Supplemental appropriations acts; allowed for
replenishment of stocks of comparable ally and partner equipment
provided to Ukraine; and established a roadmap to build on com-
prehensive Ukraine accountability and end-use monitoring strate-
gies unveiled by the executive branch and required a comprehen-
sive assessment of the oversight framework for U.S. assistance to
Ukraine. Further, the FY23 NDAA expressed the sense of Congress
in strong support of NATO; supported ratification of Sweden’s and
Finland’s accession to NATO by all remaining NATO members; and
required strategies to adapt DOD posture to the new security envi-
ronment following the further invasion of Ukraine. The FY23
NDAA also limited military cooperation between the United States
and Russia for five years; expanded the prohibition on funds for ac-
tivities recognizing the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over
Crimea to include all territories internationally recognized as sov-
ereign territory of Ukraine; required installation energy plans for
all main operating bases in the U.S. European Command area of
responsibility; required quarterly briefings on efforts to replenish
and revitalize U.S., ally, and partner equipment stocks; and in-
cluded measures to halt the trade in Russian gold, isolate Russian
government officials in international economic forums, condemn
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doms of speech, assembly, and belief, and deter and punish war
crimes in Ukraine.
The People’s Republic of China
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues its efforts to as-
sert influence, modernize its military, and take steps that erode se-
curity norms, increasing the risk of conflict, particularly in the
South and East China Seas. The committee continued to conduct
oversight of the Department’s response to China’s efforts to extend
its military reach and invest in its military forces. At the same
time, the committee also continued to conduct oversight of the De-
partment’s military posture, force structure, and force readiness ef-
forts, and its plans to enhance capabilities, forward presence, pos-
ture, and training and exercises to deter and counter acts of ag-
gression and protect vital U.S. and ally and partner interests.
During the 117th Congress, the committee held hearings and re-
ceived briefings on China’s military strategy and capabilities, as
well as U.S. military posture, readiness, and partnership initiatives
to deter PRC aggression. On February 25, 2021, the committee re-
ceived a briefing from the Office of Net Assessment titled ‘‘Future
of Warfare.’’ On March 10, 2021, the committee held a hearing en-
titled ‘‘National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in
the Indo-Pacific.’’ On May 18, 2021, the committee received a clas-
sified briefing on the ‘‘Futures Game 2022’’ wargame conducted by
the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, which focused on a future
conflict in the Indo-Pacific region. On February 3, 2022, the com-
mittee received a classified Taiwan update briefing from the De-
partment of Defense. On March 2, 2022, the committee received a
classified briefing from the Secretary of the Air Force to provide
the secretary’s assessment of the threat posed by China. On March
9, 2022, the committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘National Security
Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-Pacific Region.’’
Members and staff traveled to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area
of operations on multiple occasions to review and assess operations
and activities, including those related to China. These congres-
sional and staff delegations were preceded by operational and intel-
ligence oversight briefings to members and staff by senior officials
from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the
intelligence community.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) contained several provisions to bolster the ca-
pacity and defense capabilities of the United States and partners
and allies in the Indo-Pacific. Public Law 117–81 contained mul-
tiple provisions to address the strategic challenges posed by the
government of the PRC, such as a statement of congressional sup-
port for the defense of Taiwan including the development of capa-
ble, ready, and modern defense forces necessary for Taiwan to
maintain a sufficient self-defense capability, and a requirement for
the Department of Defense to provide an annual report to Congress
on military and security developments involving the PRC, includ-
ing the PRC’s influence operations and campaigns targeting U.S.
military alliances and partnerships. Further, Public Law 117–81
authorized robust funding for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative
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prudent adjustments to funding levels on programs that were being
poorly executed.
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) contained several provisions to
strengthen deterrence measures, defense capabilities, and enhance
collective deterrence with U.S. partners and allies in the Indo-Pa-
cific. The FY23 NDAA authorized $11.5 billion for the Pacific De-
terrence Initiative to enhance the U.S. deterrence and defense pos-
ture in the Indo-Pacific region, assure allies and partners of an en-
during U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific, and improve
Congress’s ability to conduct oversight on U.S. military activities in
the region. The PDI included additional funding to support the
commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s ‘‘Seize the Initia-
tive’’ concept. Further, the FY23 NDAA improved congressional
oversight of funding for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command by requiring a
report describing the support and sustainment for critical capabili-
ties necessary to meet operational requirements in a conflict. Addi-
tionally, the FY23 NDAA required the Department of Defense to
establish a joint force headquarters in the Indo-Pacific area of oper-
ations. The FY23 NDAA also expressed continued congressional
support for the U.S. defense relationship with Taiwan, required ad-
ditional measures to improve readiness related to Taiwan, and sup-
ports the use of joint military exercises with Taiwan.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continues to pose a
threat to the Korean Peninsula, the United States, and U.S. forces,
allies, and partners in East Asia. While North Korea has not con-
ducted a nuclear test since 2017, North Korea advanced its ballistic
missile program by conducting multiple tests in 2019, 2020, 2021,
and 2022. The committee continued to oversee the Department of
Defense’s efforts to implement a range of posture, force structure,
and force readiness initiatives; infrastructure and force realign-
ments, including U.S.-Republic of Korea Special Measures Agree-
ments consultations; and bilateral and multilateral training and
exercises.
During the 117th Congress, the committee received briefings on
the security threats posed by North Korea, as well as U.S. military
posture, readiness, and partnership initiatives to deter such activi-
ties. On March 9, 2022, the committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Na-
tional Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-
Pacific Region’’ that encompassed North Korea. Members and staff
traveled to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of operations on
multiple occasions to review and assess operations and activities,
including those related to North Korea. These congressional and
staff delegations were preceded by operational and intelligence
oversight briefings to members and staff by senior officials from the
Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the intel-
ligence community.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) contained several provisions to strengthen de-
terrence measures, partnerships and collective deterrence in the
Indo-Pacific region, including against threats posed by North
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Secretary of Defense should reinforce the U.S. alliance with South
Korea and maintain the presence of approximately 28,500 U.S.
service members deployed to the country.
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) contained several provisions to
strengthen deterrence measures and enhance collective deterrence
with U.S. partners and allies in East Asia. Further, the FY23
NDAA also expressed support in maintaining the number of active
duty U.S. forces in South Korea at approximately 28,500.
Iran
Iran continued to project malign influence throughout the Middle
East region by threatening freedom of navigation in critical water-
ways, supporting terrorist organizations and proxy militias, con-
ducting illicit cyber operations, developing and proliferating bal-
listic missiles, and threatening to resume development of nuclear
weapons following the United States’s withdrawal from the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Iran also began closer co-
ordination and collaboration with Russia to support Russia’s fur-
ther invasion of Ukraine, including by providing weapons and
training to the Russian armed forces.
During the 117th Congress, the committee received briefings on
Iran’s military capabilities and malign activities throughout the re-
gion. The committee conducted oversight of the Department’s ef-
forts to deter Iran’s destabilizing activities throughout the U.S.
Central Command area of responsibility. Additionally, the com-
mittee conducted oversight of U.S. Central Command’s force pos-
ture, readiness, and activities with respect to Iran and other re-
gional threats. On April 20, 2021, the committee held a hearing
and classified briefing entitled ‘‘National Security Challenges and
U.S. Military Activities in the Greater Middle East and Africa.’’ On
March 17, 2022, the committee held a hearing and classified brief-
ing on the same subject entitled ‘‘National Security Challenges and
U.S. Military Activities in the Greater Middle East and Africa,’’
both of which included testimony and information relating to Iran’s
malign activities in the region. On March 29, 2022, the committee
received a classified briefing on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA) discussions, which was followed up with a second
briefing on the same subject on September 14, 2022. Members and
staff traveled to the Central Command area of responsibility and
discussed countering malign Iranian activities in travel around the
globe. These congressional and staff delegations were preceded by
operational and intelligence oversight briefings to members and
staff by senior officials from the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of State, and the intelligence community. Finally, the
committee received numerous staff-level briefings on Department of
Defense programs and activities related to Iran.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20202
(Public Law 117–81) contained provisions that required a report on
the military capabilities of Iran and related activities and a re-
quirement for a strategy for Syria that included Iranian-aligned
militias operating in Syria. The William James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) con-
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Spartan Shield, a U.S. Central Command operation that includes
some Iran deterrence activities. The FY23 NDAA also extended and
modified a requirement to report on the military capabilities of
Iran and mandated a public report on the military capabilities of
China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. In the conference report ac-
companying the FY23 NDAA, the conferees required reports exam-
ining the assessed defensive capability and capacity in the Persian
Gulf against Iranian and non-state actor air and missile threats,
the status of efforts to improve air defense capabilities, and rec-
ommendations on necessary improvements of air defense capabili-
ties to counter this threat and nuclear and missile programs of
Iran and North Korea. The conferees also required a briefing on op-
portunities to collaborate with allies and partners on air and mis-
sile defense in the Persian Gulf region.
Alliances and Partnerships
Alliances and partnerships are essential to advance U.S. national
security objectives, promote global security, preserve regional sta-
bility, deter adversaries, uphold and strengthen shared values, and
address common security challenges. The committee conducted
oversight of Department of Defense activities related to enduring
alliances, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and
other ongoing partnerships to ensure that they are supported and
utilized in a manner that enhances these goals. The committee also
continued to oversee and, where appropriate, encourage the De-
partment of Defense’s efforts to strengthen its partnerships and co-
operative efforts to ensure global stability and security. The com-
mittee conducted numerous events and oversight activities to these
ends. On March 1, 2022, the committee held a hearing entitled
‘‘Engagement with Allies and Partners’’’ to examine Department of
Defense and Department of State activities to engage with allies
and partners in pursuit of U.S. national security objectives.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) contained multiple provisions to improve the
implementation and congressional oversight of Department of De-
fense security cooperation, including requirements for the Sec-
retary of Defense to produce a security cooperation strategy for
each of the geographic combatant commands and to conduct a
study on lessons learned from the war in Afghanistan that can be
applied to other security cooperation programs, and for the Comp-
troller General of the United States to provide a report on the ef-
fectiveness of human rights training in security cooperation pro-
grams. Public Law 117–81 also authorized an increase in funding
above the budget request for certain security cooperation programs.
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) also included measures to continue to en-
hance the implementation and oversight of Department of Defense
security cooperation programs. The FY23 NDAA authorized an in-
crease in funding above the budget request for certain security co-
operation programs, streamlined congressional reporting require-
ments regarding security cooperation, and established a pilot pro-
gram to improve the operational resilience of foreign military part-
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Strategic Deterrence
Regarding strategic deterrence, the committee conducted over-
sight of nuclear deterrence policy and posture by hearing testimony
in several strategic posture hearings, and hearings on atomic en-
ergy defense activities being conducted by Department of Energy
and Department of Defense officials. This oversight included exam-
ining adversaries nuclear developments; the role of nuclear weap-
ons and purpose of nuclear deterrence; options, such as arms con-
trol, to reduce the risk of miscalculation that could lead to nuclear
war in a crisis and reduce the risk of a nuclear arms race or a low-
ered threshold to nuclear weapons use; options to maintain credible
nuclear extended deterrence; and the impact of proposed new nu-
clear weapons capabilities and policies on regional and strategic
stability and on deterring adversaries. To better understand capa-
bilities of near-peer adversaries with regards to strategic deter-
rence, the committee held a hearing on near-peer advancements in
space and nuclear weapons on February 23, 2021.
The committee also conducted oversight on issues within the
space, conventional prompt strike, and missile defense portfolios
that contribute to strategic deterrence, particularly regarding of
roles and responsibilities within the military services, Missile De-
fense Agency, and Space Development Agency.
Irregular Warfare, Emerging Threats, and Countering Violent
Extremist Organizations
During the 117th Congress, the committee conducted oversight to
ensure that the posture and policies of the Department are prop-
erly structured, resourced, and aligned to effectively counter our
strategic competitors and adversaries, as well as deter acts of ter-
ror and counter violent extremist organizations that threaten the
United States, its allies, and partners. This included monthly
counterterrorism updates at the staff level and quarterly updates
for members of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Oper-
ations. The joint explanatory material accompanying the James M.
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 di-
rects the Department to update policies and procedures for the use
of the 127e authority and provide a briefing to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Additionally, the committee conducted extensive oversight of au-
thorities provided to the Department to support foreign forces, ir-
regular forces, groups, or individuals engaged in supporting or fa-
cilitating ongoing irregular warfare operations by U.S. Special Op-
erations Forces known as the 1202 authority. The oversight in-
cluded dozens of classified briefings and congressional delegation
oversight trips to visit programs first hand.
Given the increase in efforts to counter malign activities of our
adversaries in the information environment, the committee in-
creased oversight of military information support operations,
through quarterly Information Operations updates and staff visits
to operational platforms. This oversight culminated in robust re-
porting requirements for the Department of Defense in section
1052 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
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sional defense committees not later than 48 hours after approving
or changing the scope of a military information support operation
plan.
Organization and Management of the Department of Defense
During the 117th Congress, the committee oversaw the organiza-
tion and management of the Department of Defense, and it legis-
lated organizational changes through the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) and the
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023. Organizational changes included: certain organizational
developments involving the United States Space Force; a designa-
tion requirement for a senior DOD official to implement the electro-
magnetic spectrum superiority strategy; a requirement for an As-
sistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy; and increases to the
authorized numbers of Assistant and Deputy Assistant Secretaries
of Defense.
Financial Management
The committee has continued its oversight of military effective-
ness and fiscal responsibility in a dynamic budgeting environment.
The Comptroller General of the United States has consistently
identified the Department of Defense’s financial management as a
high-risk area since 1995. The Department of Defense has made
some progress in modernizing its financial management capabili-
ties, but disparate and obsolete financial management systems and
processes are incapable of properly accounting for Department as-
sets. The financial management systems, organizations, and proc-
esses involved in addressing this challenge has required significant
and sustained congressional oversight.
The committee has reviewed Department efforts to implement
the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) plan, as
mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84). The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Defense conducted the first agency-wide financial audit
of the Department in fiscal year 2018, and has continued to con-
duct such audits annually. The Department has shown steady
progress in identifying and addressing challenges to its goal of an
unmodified audit opinion, but remediation and corrective actions
continue to require a high level of senior leadership attention and
oversight, both from Congress and the Department. The committee
conducted rigorous oversight of the Department’s efforts to achieve
an unmodified audit opinion, including corrective actions and proc-
ess improvements.
The committee has monitored and studied interdependencies be-
tween the FIAR plan and investments in business and financial
systems modernization programs as the Department works to cor-
rect the weaknesses in its financial statements. Both the Depart-
ment and Congress depend on the objective tools provided by prop-
er financial management processes and statements in order to
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Homeland Defense
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued its over-
sight of the missions and capabilities of U.S. Northern Command
and the Department of Defense’s Homeland Defense and Global Se-
curity directorate. This section covers integration of response plan-
ning and exercises, as well as requests for support from other de-
partments and agencies, Defense Support of Civil Authorities, as
well as the Department of Defense’s integration and support to do-
mestic disaster response. Elsewhere, the activities report covers
other aspects of homeland defense such as cyber operations, Coop-
erative Threat Reduction, nuclear issues, and intermediate and
long-range missile defense systems.
During the 117th Congress, the committee conducted oversight
and received hearings and briefings on a range of topics focused on
homeland defense issues, particularly on the Department of De-
fense’s support to the Department of Homeland Security at the
southern land border of the United States, COVID–19 pandemic
support, and support to civilian law enforcement to help secure the
U.S. Capitol after the civil disturbance on January 6, 2021.
Support to the Southern Border
During both sessions of the 117th Congress, the committee re-
ceived briefings on the mission, scope, authorities, duration, effi-
cacy, and cost of U.S. border support operations from Department
of Defense officials. On April 9, 2021, and March 8, 2022, the com-
mittee held hearings titled ‘‘National Security Challenges and U.S.
Military Activity in North and South America’’ to inform the com-
mittee regarding the fiscal year budget request as it relates to
Northern Command and to the Department of Defense’s support to
the Department of Homeland Security at the southern border. Staff
also traveled to the southern border of the United States to review
and assess Department of Defense operations and activities.
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) contains a provision that would modify
and expand section 1014 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) to provide more detailed
information on military support to Department of Homeland Secu-
rity (DHS) along the southern border. The modification would re-
quire the Department of Defense to include reporting elements on
the methodology the Department of Defense uses when deter-
mining cost estimates and the impact on active-duty and National
Guard readiness when supporting DHS missions at the border.
COVID–19 PANDEMIC
During the 117th Congress, the committee received regular brief-
ings on how the Department of Defense is providing force protec-
tion during the COVID–19 pandemic. The committee received up-
dates on COVID–19 testing, research, augmentation to civilian
health centers, and vaccination support by the Department of De-
fense with National Guard and active-duty personnel. On February
17, 2021, the committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Update on the De-
partment of Defense’s Evolving Roles and Mission in Response to
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mittee to better understand the evolving nature of the pandemic
response and how the Department of Defense role changed to meet
the needs of the national and local response.
Support to Operation Allies Welcome
During the second session of the 117th Congress, the committee
received briefings and conducted oversight on the Department of
Defense’s support to the Department of Homeland Security for Op-
eration Allies Welcome (OAW). The Department of Defense’s major
role in OAW was the provision of safe temporary housing,
sustainment, and life support for the Afghan evacuees. The Depart-
ment of Defense identified and established eight ‘‘safe havens’’’
within the United States at military installations to support this
mission. Members or staff traveled to all safe haven locations to re-
view and assess Department of Defense operations and activities.
Support to U.S. Capitol Police—Securing the Capitol
During the first session of the 117th Congress, the committee re-
ceived briefings and conducted oversight on the Department of De-
fense’s support to the U.S. Capitol Police for security at the U.S.
Capitol. During the deployment of multiple National Guard units
in a 6-month period in 2021, the committee conducted oversight on
the evolving mission of the National Guard, their security plans,
and personnel support operations including food, housing, and med-
ical support. Staff and members met with key National Guard lead-
ers and routinely toured the security posture of the National Guard
personnel securing the Capitol in support of the U.S. Capitol Po-
lice.
Acquisition and Regulatory Reform
Acquisition Reform Overview
In the 117th Congress, the committee continued its ongoing ef-
fort to improve the efficiency, flexibility, and streamlining of the
Department of Defense acquisition system to support a more re-
sponsive and resilient approach to national security. In under-
taking this effort, the committee welcomed diverse input from the
Department and other outside experts. Through its oversight func-
tion, the committee monitored the efforts of the Department to im-
plement statutory changes and recommendations of commissioned
reports and continued to ensure equity, integrity, transparency,
and accountability in the acquisition process.
Industrial base resiliency and supply chain security are critical
to the Department’s ability to accomplish its mission. Accordingly,
the committee established a Supply Chain Task Force to examine
processes through which the Department analyzes supply chain
vulnerabilities and develops mitigation strategies; the Depart-
ment’s actions to prioritize and mitigate those identified
vulnerabilities; and steps Congress and others can take to help
build resilience against future shocks to the supply chain. The Task
Force held nine roundtables with a variety of experts from the De-
partment, academia, industry associations, former government offi-
cials, think tanks, and newer emerging players in the defense in-
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vealed insufficient visibility on supply chains and the need to build
resilience and mitigate risk, better understand surge capacity for
future crises, and partner with industry to achieve better supply
chain transparency and make strategic assessments. Each of these
themes resulted in legislative provisions in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81), in-
cluding an enhanced Department of Defense supply chain risk as-
sessment framework, assurance that the Department of Energy ac-
counts for Department of Defense priorities in critical mining, de-
tailed planning to reduce reliance on services and supplies from
China and Russia, and a study on the Manufacturing Engineering
Education program to improve collaboration among institutions of
higher education, labor organizations, and organizations rep-
resenting defense contractors to focus on career pathways in manu-
facturing.
The committee held a classified briefing on the Defense Innova-
tion Unit (DIU) to receive testimony on the authorities and flexi-
bility necessary to accelerate the adoption of leading commercial
technology across the Department of Defense and grow the Na-
tional Security Innovation Base, and to better understand and am-
plify the secondary impact on the military personnel and civilians
who have rotated through DIU and returned to share knowledge of
how to engage and attract outside technology. The committee also
held a virtual briefing to receive expert testimony on the Depart-
ment of Defense’s decision support systems, which include the re-
quirements, budgeting, and acquisition processes, as well as the
Department of Defense’s ongoing efforts to implement flexibilities
authorized by past National Defense Authorization Acts and to
adapt its buying practices to work with nontraditional firms to
achieve rapid fielding of emerging military capabilities. In addition,
the committee continued its oversight of proper, effective, and effi-
cient use of these contracting flexibilities, as well as unique au-
thorities provided in the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act and
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, with monthly
briefings from senior acquisition leaders from the Department of
Defense and services.
Acquisition Policy and Issues
Consistent with its oversight plan for the 117th Congress, the
committee expanded its efforts to lower barriers and to enhance the
Department of Defense’s ability to take advantage of innovative
technologies, leverage efficiency through data analytics, meet de-
mands by scaling to need, and partner with a wide range of busi-
nesses, including small, medium, and small disadvantaged firms.
Small businesses spur innovation, yet the number of small busi-
nesses in the Defense Industrial Base has shrunk by over 40 per-
cent in the past decade, creating a risk that threatens key domestic
capabilities. The committee supported the Department’s efforts to
increase small business participation and ensure supply chain re-
silience. Congress’s extension of the Small Business Innovation Re-
search and Small Business Technology Transfer program authority
enabled small businesses to explore their technological potential
and profit from commercialization, thus stimulating innovation.
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Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) would ensure the Department has a rea-
sonable implementation period to meet Small Business Innovation
Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Extension Act of
2022 (Public Law 117–183) due diligence requirements and can
continue to fund critical priorities and accelerate capabilities to the
warfighter.
Over the past 2 years, the committee has emphasized the impor-
tance of attracting, inspiring, and retaining a highly-skilled acqui-
sition workforce, including professionals with the experience and
ability to recognize the benefit of new technology capabilities.
Today, the Department must recruit and retain leaders who can
meet the challenges of managing strategic investment in the indus-
trial base and increase innovation within the defense ecosystem.
The committee took action to ensure the Department provides edu-
cation and professional development opportunities to build a
digitally literate acquisition workforce capable of collaborating
across disciplines and with the private sector on emerging tech-
nology initiatives.
The committee also took action to enable the Department to le-
verage its buying power to advance national security sustainably.
Public Law 117–81 directed the Secretary of Defense to engage
with a federally funded research and development center to con-
duct a study to identify the knowledge and tools, including sce-
nario-based strategic sourcing tools, needed for the acquisition
workforce to engage in acquisition planning and source selection
practices that promote the acquisition of resilient and resource-effi-
cient goods and services. The FY23 NDAA would also establish a
pilot program to expand other transaction authority for use on mili-
tary installations to experiment with architecture and design meth-
ods to improve facility resilience.
The committee incorporated several provisions in National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81)
and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) to improve efficiency and effective-
ness in the acquisition process. Provisions of note include the fol-
lowing:
(1) Investing in the Workforce: The committee maintained its
commitment to getting the acquisition workforce the education and
support it needs to attract and retain top talent. Public Law 117–
81 required the Defense Acquisition University leadership to create
strategic partnerships to expand their offerings and ensure con-
tracting professionals engage in experiential learning to better
align acquisition workforce training to support innovative capabili-
ties. The FY23 NDAA would ensure the Defense Civilian Training
Corps leverages the interdisciplinary community of university fac-
ulty within the Acquisition Innovation Research Center to attract
and educate acquisition workforce of the future, and establish
award programs to celebrate acquisition professionals who use
independent judgment, critical thinking, and demonstrate innova-
tion.
(2) Streamlining Acquisition Processes: Public Law 117–81 re-
lieved procedural delays that hinder innovative advances in weap-
on system programs by repealing the statutory preference for fixed-
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890’’ pilot program to streamline contracting actions and ensure
government access to crucial cost and pricing data.
(3) Increasing Transparency and Integrity: The committee con-
tinues to emphasize the importance of accountability and integrity
in the contracting process, particularly with regard to contracting
for commercial goods and services. Public Law 117–81 required the
Department to improve public accessibility of data related to the
exercise of other transaction authority, and revived the key over-
sight requirement for the Department to report information about
a weapon system’s total program cost, development, and production
schedule, performance and cost breaches, and ensure the Depart-
ment has plans for improved data gathering and sharing. The
FY23 NDAA would provide authority to assist the Department in
determining fair and reasonable pricing for commercial products.
The FY23 NDAA would also clarify and create consistency between
defense and civilian contracting policy on whistleblower protec-
tions.
(4) Ensuring the Security of the Defense Industrial Base: The
committee remains focused on ensuring the integrity of the defense
industrial supply base and improving risk mitigation, including the
processes and procedures for assessing and mitigating risks related
to foreign ownership, control or influence. Public Law 117–81 im-
proved the legal framework to mitigate risk in critical defense sup-
ply chains and across the broader acquisition process, using lead-
ing-edge digital tools, technology, and approaches to enhance sup-
ply chain transparency, as well as required the Department to ad-
dress risks posed by cyberattacks and climate change in its annual
assessment of industrial capabilities. To reduce supply chain risk
in critical defense systems, the committee directed restrictions to
be tightened on acquisitions of certain printed circuit boards for
which supply chains may be susceptible to interference by the Chi-
nese government. It further required the Department to improve
its supply chain risk assessment framework leveraging modern
supply chain illumination tools. The FY23 NDAA would improve
oversight of the Department’s pharmaceutical supply chains and
require the Department to develop options for mitigating produc-
tion shortfalls for materials like insulin used to treat chronic
health conditions. It would also authorize actions to combat capital
investments by strategic competitors in critical industrial sectors.
(5) Invigorating Small Businesses: The committee remains cog-
nizant of the fragility of the industrial base and the importance of
retaining and attracting agile small businesses creating emerging
technologies. Public Law 117–81 directed the Secretary of Defense
to report to Congress on the effects of the Cybersecurity Maturity
Model Certification framework on small business concerns includ-
ing costs of complying, the change in number of small businesses
in the Defense Industrial Base resulting from the implementation
and use of the framework, and efforts the Department is under-
taking to mitigate negative effects on and provide support to small
businesses. The FY23 NDAA would codify the Department of De-
fense Mentor Protégé Program, which provides developmental as-
sistance to help small business build the technical capabilities
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while establishing successful relationships for large, prime contrac-
tors.
(6) Accelerating the Acquisition Process in Support of Ukraine:
The FY23 NDAA would expedite critical munitions to Ukraine and
replenishment of associated United States stocks by streamlining
acquisition requirements and authorizing economically efficient ad-
vance and multi-year procurements, while also expanding the au-
thority of the National Defense Stockpile manager to address short-
falls and authorizing more than $1 billion for the National Defense
Stockpile Transaction Fund acquisitions of strategic and critical
materials.
Intelligence
During the 117th Congress, the United States faced a rapidly
evolving threat environment. Russia’s unprovoked attack on
Ukraine heightened the committee’s already focused efforts on clos-
er intelligence cooperation with allies and partners. The committee
pressed the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE) on its ability to
support the enduring requirement from combatant commands for
the Intelligence Community to intensify support to counter adver-
sary coercion and subversion. The committee held hearings with
the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats,
and examined how the DIE is countering disinformation and false
narratives from our adversaries and competitors. The committee
assessed the extent to which the DIE has adopted policies and pro-
cedures to assemble and release focused intelligence to expose ma-
lign behaviors, particularly as unclassified data is injected into the
public domain more rapidly.
With the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, the
committee also focused on collection efforts in and around Afghani-
stan to ensure the U.S. retains the ability to understand the threat
environment and ensure Afghanistan does not again become a safe
haven for terrorists who seek to attack the U.S. homeland. Intel-
ligence oversight focused on how the DIE is shifting collection to
support the priorities of the March 2021 Interim National Security
Strategic Guidance, and the October 2022 National Defense Strat-
egy. The committee focused on ensuring the DIE is postured to col-
lect intelligence in all domains, analyze vast amounts of raw data,
and provide finished intelligence to support the warfighter, plan-
ners, and policy makers. The committee prioritized establishing
closer intelligence sharing relationships with allies and partners
across all geographic combatant commands.
The committee scrutinized current and planned modernization
activities, including developments in machine learning and artifi-
cial intelligence across the DIE as a means to create current, in-
formed foundational intelligence to support the warfighter, includ-
ing an examination of the strategy and plan for Project Maven as
it transitions to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and
the continued development of the Defense Intelligence Agency’s
machine-assisted analytic rapid repository system (MARS). The
committee received numerous briefings to examine the DIA’s cover
modernization initiative and the impact of ubiquitous technical sur-
veillance. As the DIE increasingly relies on commercially available
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sition, storage, or use of U.S. sourced data does not infringe on
Fourth Amendment rights of U.S. persons.
Additionally, the committee maintained rigorous oversight on the
roles and responsibilities of the counterintelligence and security
arms of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intel-
ligence and Security, including an examination of the Defense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s priority missions: coun-
terintelligence; protecting critical technology; personnel vetting;
and insider threat management.
Finally, the committee maintained oversight of title 10, U.S.
Code, and Department of Defense title 50, U.S. Code, activities in
accordance with the committee’s jurisdiction. The committee con-
tinued to coordinate, as appropriate, with the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence on matters related to Department
of Defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities in the
course of oversight and the authorization of appropriations for in-
telligence activities shared by the two committees.
Afghanistan
The committee continued its oversight of the U.S. military oper-
ations starting with the ongoing Intra-Afghan Negotiations as part
of the ‘‘Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan’’ signed by the
United States and the Taliban on February 29, 2020. The com-
mittee then expanded its oversight to include the Administration’s
decision to withdraw U.S. military forces while increasing diplo-
matic efforts and continuing military aid support, thus ending the
U.S. military mission in Afghanistan. Oversight then shifted to the
redeployment of U.S. personnel and equipment, the delivery and
implementation of military economic aid, the deteriorating security
situation, the collapse of the Afghan Government, the eventual
evacuation of U.S. personnel and at-risk Afghans from Hamid
Karzai International Airport, and the ever-evolving security situa-
tion in Afghanistan.
During both sessions of the 117th Congress, the committee held
numerous events related to the U.S. military mission in Afghani-
stan. There were classified briefings, formal unclassified briefings,
conference calls, and several hearings with Department of Defense
officials. At both budgetary hearings for U.S. Central Command
(USCENTCOM), the Commander of USCENTCOM, General
McKenzie, testified about Afghanistan on April 20, 2021, and again
on March 17, 2022. While the committee received multiple classi-
fied briefings on Afghanistan, two highlights were on August 25,
2021, about the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan and support
to Department of State operations and on October 22, 2021, pro-
viding an update on over the horizon counterterrorism capabilities
for Afghanistan. The committee conducted two full committee hear-
ings in the 117th Congress on Afghanistan. The first hearing on
May 10, 2021, when Mr. David Helvey, Acting Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Indo-Pacific Affairs, and Brigadier General
Trollinger, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs, testified on
the future of military assistance to the Afghan National Defense
and Security Forces, U.S. military operations, and the security sit-
uation in Afghanistan at a hearing entitled ‘‘An Update on Afghan-
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Honorable Lloyd J. Austin, Secretary of Defense; General Mark
Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and General Kenneth
McKenzie, Commander, U.S. Central Command, testified on the
issues surrounding the end of the U.S. military mission in Afghani-
stan at a hearing entitled ‘‘Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Af-
ghanistan’’.
In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81), Congress authorized multiple provisions re-
garding oversight of Department of Defense activities regarding Af-
ghanistan. Some key provisions were Section 1069—Reports on
Oversight of Afghanistan, Section 1092—Quarterly Security Brief-
ings on Afghanistan, and Section 1217—Report and Briefing on
United States Equipment, Property, and Classified Material that
was Destroyed or Abandoned in the Withdrawal from Afghanistan.
These reports and briefings provided Congress key insights into the
evolving security situation, counterterrorism policies and plans,
and an accounting of what might have been left behind in Afghani-
stan and any potential impacts. Public Law 117–81 also estab-
lished the Afghanistan War Commission, a multi-year independent
commission to examine the war in Afghanistan, beginning just
prior to the U.S. led invasion and covering the entire 20 years of
the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization involve-
ment in Afghanistan. The commission will review key strategic,
diplomatic, and operational decisions across the entirety of the U.S.
Government and develop a series of reports with recommendations
and lessons learned regarding the U.S. involvement in Afghani-
stan.
In the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA), Congress would continue oversight
in Afghanistan with provisions like Section 1222—Additional Mat-
ters for Inclusion in Reports on Oversight in Afghanistan. The sec-
tion would add additional reporting requirements to the section
1069 report of Public Law 117–81. These additional reporting re-
quirements would provide Congress increased oversight on intel-
ligence assets dedicated to Afghanistan, the ability for the United
States to detect emerging threats from Afghanistan, and an update
on Department of Defense policy guidance for counterterrorism op-
erations in Afghanistan.
READINESS
Maintenance and Training
The military services have continued to develop new strategies
for investing in modernization and replacing legacy weapon sys-
tems with next generation capabilities. To that end, the committee
conducted oversight of budget requests related to the sustainment
of legacy platforms through their retirement as well as changing
training requirements to support new capabilities entering the
force, and how the sustainment infrastructure and the organic in-
dustrial base will be postured to support next generation weapon
systems and capabilities. Where appropriate, the committee rec-
ommended resource adjustments in the National Defense Author-
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James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023.
The committee took particular interest in the timeliness of Navy
shipyard maintenance availabilities and ensuring that they are
performed on budget; Army force generation and large-scale train-
ing exercises; Marine Corps amphibious training; and aircraft
sustainment and training across the military services. The com-
mittee also focused on sustainment and oversight of the military
departments depots. Relatedly, the committee expressed concerns
in the joint explanatory statements accompanying the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Committee Print No.
2) and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023. Sections 352, 356, 358, and 358 of the FY23
NDAA would address ships maintenance and shipyard optimization
and sections 371, 372, 373, 374 and 377 would address matters re-
lated to depots.
Finally, the committee examined ways that commercial best
practices, new technology, and data analytics can help the military
services more efficiently maintain weapon systems and effectively
train personnel. This includes the collection of real-time data and
analysis of historical maintenance records to develop a more effi-
cient, predictive, and effective maintenance strategy as well as the
use of augmented and virtual reality training and simulators to im-
prove training. The committee conducted oversight of these initia-
tives through reporting requirements included in the committee re-
ports accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (H. Rept. 117–118) and the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H. Rept. 117–397).
Logistics
Ensuring a functional logistics enterprise in a contested environ-
ment is a critical enabler of U.S. military readiness. The committee
conducted oversight of the Department of Defense’s efforts to pro-
tect and sustain its prepositioned stocks, communications net-
works, and tanker, strategic airlift, and military sealift fleets. The
committee also focused on oversight of the Defense Logistics Agen-
cy (DLA), the Department of Defense entity responsible for man-
aging the global supply chain and providing goods and services in
support of the total force. DLA’s role in supporting the require-
ments of geographic and functional combatant commands was also
of importance to the committee. The committee put particular focus
on the issue of contested fuel logistics.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) included sections 341 which required the De-
partment of Defense to develop ways to mitigate contested logistics
challenges through addressing operational energy demand and 342
which required the Department of Defense to designate a Combat-
ant Command to be responsible for global bulk fuel management
and delivery. Section 353 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 would focus on the fuel lo-
gistics in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Combatant Command area of re-
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Life-Cycle Sustainment
The committee continued its focus on the Department’s initia-
tives to reduce the total-ownership costs of weapons systems and
equipment while ensuring the Department is appropriately consid-
ering life-cycle support and sustainment requirements when it de-
velops acquisition strategies for each program. The committee was
particularly focused on conducting oversight of the F–35 program
ensuring the Department was accountable for improving its esti-
mates of total weapon system life-cycle costs and its efforts to effec-
tively sustain this weapons system over the course of its life-cycle.
Section 357 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) required the Comptroller General
of the United States to conduct annual reviews of F–35
sustainment. The committee reports accompanying the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (H. Rept. 117–118)
and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(H. Rept. 117–397) noted concerns about the Department’s ability
to conduct effective life-cycle sustainment of its systems.
Organic Industrial Base
Our country’s organic industrial base is vital to achieving and
maintaining warfighting readiness across all domains. The military
services’ arsenals, depots, air logistics complexes, and shipyards
provide long-term sustainment through programmed maintenance
and conduct repair and modernization upgrades. These facilities
and their skilled workforces provide a national-level insurance pol-
icy against unforeseen strategic contingencies. The committee con-
ducted oversight of the focused on the current state and future
health of the organic industrial base with a particular focus on
maintenance and sustainment requirements, loss of skilled work-
force, and an emphasis on modernization initiatives at the expense
of investments in maintaining legacy weapon systems.
Sections 371, 372, 373, and 374 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 would address mat-
ters related to depots including a requirement for the military de-
partments to develop 5-year sustainment plans for their depots,
and an increase in the minimum capital investment required for
depot infrastructure.
The committee will continue its work to oversee funded but un-
finished maintenance work (carryover) in order to improve work-
load planning and incentivize sound depot management. Section
377 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 would clarify the method in which the Army
would calculate carryover for its depots.
Civilian Personnel
The Federal civilian workforce of the Department of Defense
plays a critical role in advancing national security, contributes
unique skillsets to the Department’s mission, and serves as a force
multiplier for the uniformed military force. The Department em-
ploys more Federal civilians than any other Federal agency and
these personnel perform disparate and essential missions across
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the proper tools to invest in and support a strong civilian workforce
that contributes effectively to the success of the Department’s mis-
sion.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) included several provisions to support the ci-
vilian workforce. In furthering efforts to provide benefits to com-
pete with private sector talent, Public Law 117–81 provided federal
employees with two weeks of paid parental bereavement leave. In
addition, Public Law 117–81 strengthened the prohibition on nu-
merical caps that determined the number of civilian personnel
needed to provide Department of Defense mission requirements, re-
stored the 1-year probationary period for new civilian employees to
ensure their probationary period was commensurate to other fed-
eral employees, and included a requirement in the Department of
Defense’s readiness reports to include information on military man-
power. The bill provided extensions to the authority that permits
certain allowances, benefits, and gratuities for civilian personnel on
official duty in combat zones and to the authority that waives limi-
tations on premium pay for civilians serving overseas. Public Law
117–81 also required the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to
collect and report on metric related to diversity and inclusion in
the civilian workforce.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(FY23 NDAA) would include several authorities to allow the De-
partment of Defense to quickly hire civilian personnel for areas
such as science and engineering positions and Department of De-
fense laboratories. The bill also would extend a noncompetitive ap-
pointment authority to certain spouses of military personnel and
disabled veterans. The bill would also include an authorization for
current and former Department of Defense civilian employees who
were in term-limited appointments to compete for permanent ap-
pointments. In addition, the bill would include a requirement for
the Department of Defense to develop standardized credentials for
law enforcement officers. The FY23 NDAA would extend for 1 year
the authority that permits certain allowances, benefits, and gratu-
ities for civilian personnel on official duty in combat zones and the
authority that waives limitations on premium pay for civilians
serving overseas. The FY23 NDAA would also extend the max-
imum authorized period of protection for former Department of De-
fense officials from 2 years to 3 years. The joint explanatory mate-
rial to accompany the FY23 NDAA would require the Comptroller
General to review the Administration’s implementation of the paid
parental leave benefit for federal civilians. In addition, the joint ex-
planatory material to accompany the FY23 NDAA would require
the Comptroller General to review the parity between the Federal
Wage System and the prevailing wage rate for wage grade workers
who maintain or repair, or help support those who maintain or re-
pair U.S. Navy ships or submarines.
Energy and Environment
Energy is a key readiness enabler for the Department of Defense.
Energy resilient installations and increased efficiency provide cost
savings and guard against mission failure. A robust operational en-
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and improves our national security posture through the mitigation
logistics challenges in contested environments. A major focus of the
committee’s oversight has been on the Department and military
services’ efforts to address resiliency gaps and improve energy effi-
ciency on military installations and to reduce demand and mini-
mize logistics challenges for military operations. To this end, sec-
tion 312 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2022 (Public Law 117–81) required the Department of Defense to
set water and energy usage goals for Department operated data
centers. Section 324 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) would establish
a pilot program for the use of sustainable aviation fuel. Section 322
of the FY23 NDAA would establish a program for prototype and
demonstration of energy resilience projects through the creating of
energy resilience testbeds at certain military installations, and sec-
tion 317 would require all non-tactical vehicles purchased or leased
by the Department to be electric or other zero emission vehicles
after 2035.
In addition, the committee conducted oversight of the Depart-
ment and military services’ environmental management. The com-
mittee focused its oversight on the Department’s policies and proce-
dures related to contamination in defense communities linked to
the Department of Defense. The committee continued its oversight
of the Department’s efforts with respect to emerging contaminants
including adherence to Federal, state, and local compliance require-
ments and the phase-out of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compound-con-
taining fire-fighting agents. Section 343 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 placed a moratorium on the
incineration of materials containing perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances including aqueous film forming foam.
Section 345 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 would restrict the purchase of fire fighter
turnout gear containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances. Section 343 of the FY23 NDAA would expand an existing
prize program to spur innovation in the creation of this turnout
gear.
Military Construction, Facilities Sustainment, and Real Property
Management
The committee continued its oversight of the Department of De-
fense’s military construction and real property program to manage
the overall capacity of the Department’s infrastructure and to en-
sure prudent long-term military construction investments that are
resilient to natural and man-made threats. The committee focused
on the Department’s investments in facility sustainment, restora-
tion, and modernization, particularly in the area of quality of life
infrastructure such as unaccompanied housing and barracks and
child development centers. Section 2814 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) set a
minimum required facility sustainment investment for unaccom-
panied housing. Sections 2816 of Public Law 117–81, and section
2871 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023 would provide direction to military depart-
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improvement of the material condition of child development center
facilities.
The committee continued to conduct oversight on the material
condition of research, development, test and evaluation infrastruc-
ture as these facilities are an essential readiness enabler and driv-
er of innovation. Sections 2801 and 2803 of the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 would
strengthen existing authorities for the modernization of lab infra-
structure and section 2805 would establish a novel authority for
the modernization of innovation infrastructure.
Housing for Military Families and Unaccompanied Service
Members
The committee continued to provide increased oversight over
military housing, including the Military Housing Privatization Ini-
tiative (MHPI) program. The committee monitored investments re-
lated to maintenance and sustainment of housing developments,
the financial health of individual projects, communication with ten-
ants, and ensured that best practices were being uniformly adopted
to ensure that housing was free of environmental hazards.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) included provisions that ensured necessary in-
vestments in military unaccompanied housing in section 2814, and
safety inspections for child development centers and the expansion
of child care option for military families in section 2816. It also re-
quired, in section 2812, a plan for the implementation of the fall
protection devices in military family housing and clarified the ap-
plicability of disability laws for military housing units in section
2813.
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 would include a notice requirement and briefing be-
fore the extension of any MHPI ground leases in section 2822,
would mandate mold inspections of vacant housing units by the
services in section 2824, would require annual briefings on the sta-
tus and financial health of the MHPI enterprise in section 2823,
and would require the implementation of recommendations from
audit of medical conditions of residents in privatized military hous-
ing in section 2825.
Furthermore, the committee continued to provide oversight over
the execution and implementation of required reforms to the MHPI
program that were in the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) and the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116–283).
MILITARY PERSONNEL AND HEALTH CARE ISSUES
Military Manpower and Force Structure
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued to assess
the military’s manpower requirements to meet its current and fu-
ture global military commitments. Specifically, the committee con-
tinued to provide aggressive oversight of military manpower levels,
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tional Defense Strategy. During the first session of the 117th Con-
gress, the end strength and recruiting were continued concerns
even though they generally rose for the services during this period.
On February 18, 2021, the Subcommittee on Military Personnel re-
ceived a briefing from the service recruiting chiefs concerning re-
cruiting during the COVID–19 pandemic. The subcommittee, on
March 25, 2021, received a briefing on recruiting and personnel
policy updates from the Military Service Academy’s superintend-
ents.
During the second session and ending fiscal year 2022, end
strength decreased for each military service aside from the Space
Force and recruiting shortfalls were of most concern. The com-
mittee was concerned with the ability of the services to meet their
minimum manning levels and the demands and necessary growth
in specialized fields such as cyber, intelligence, pilots, and main-
tainers. As part of this oversight effort, the staff traveled to discuss
marketing and advertising efforts of the Army and the Navy to as-
sess the effort of the services in targeting potential recruits and
their influencers.
Military Benefits and Compensation
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued to scruti-
nize proposals from the Department of Defense and other organiza-
tions calling for changes to military compensation and other benefit
programs. The committee continues to be concerned about the over-
all adequacy of service members basic pay and compensation pack-
ages.
The Subcommittee on Military Personnel oversight of pay and al-
lowance issues led the committee, as part of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81), to rec-
ommend no change to current law, thereby enabling the by-law 2.7
percent raise in basic pay during calendar year 2022 based on sec-
tion 1009 of title 37, United States Code. It is the intent of the un-
derlying law to ensure military pay raises match the rate of com-
pensation increases in the private sector as measured by the Em-
ployment Cost Index. As part of the James M. Inhofe National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA), the
committee again recommended no change to the current law which
would result in a basic pay increase of 4.6 percent for 2023. Addi-
tionally, Public Law 117–81 included legislation that would in-
crease certain hazardous duty incentive pay for members of the
uniformed services.
Public Law 117–81 and the FY23 NDAA also extend the authori-
ties to pay bonuses and special pays during fiscal year 2022 and
fiscal year 2023, and the subcommittee monitored the value of
those bonuses and special pays to ensure they were sufficient to
achieve the recruiting and retention objectives for which they were
developed. Public Law 117–81 and the FY23 NDAA both include
legislation that would increase the bonus authority for various mili-
tary professional skill sets to help to address the Department of
Defense’s overall shortage in these critical areas.
Public Law 117–81 also established a Basic Needs Allowance for
servicemembers to address any food insecurity in the ranks. This
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below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. The FY23 NDAA in-
creases this threshold to 150 percent. Due to the dramatic increase
in inflation during calendar year 2022, the FY23 NDAA also au-
thorizes an increase to commissary appropriations to help defer the
inflationary increases in process. Additionally, the FY23 NDAA re-
quires the Secretary of Defense to closely review the current mili-
tary pay tables for adequacy.
Military Health System
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued its over-
sight of military health policies of the Department of Defense. The
Department is charged with both supporting the readiness require-
ments of the warfighter and delivering a robust military health
benefit.
The committee closely monitored: military medical manning re-
quirements; TRICARE benefit delivery; increasing behavioral
health needs; and implementation of ongoing reform efforts that
are transitioning Military Health System from the military service
departments to the Defense Heath Agency through a series of quar-
terly briefings from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs, the Director of the Defense Health Agency and the Services
Surgeons General.
In addition, the committee continued to monitor the impacts of
rollouts of the MHS Genesis Electronic Health Record, as well as
other health-related collaborations between the Department of De-
fense and Department of Veterans Affairs. This oversight included
visits to Military Treatment Facilities and the Capt. James Lovell
Federal Health Center in North Chicago.
The committee’s oversight efforts included briefings and hearings
on quality-of-care issues in the Military Health System during the
first and second sessions of the 117th Congress. The implementa-
tion of the Stayskal Act, which was included in the National De-
fense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–192),
was also a matter of significant interest during calendar year 2022
as that is when the final rule on the process was published.
Troubling trends in suicide were also a matter of significant in-
terest for the committee to include suicide clusters in Alaska and
Virginia.
Military Personnel Policy
During the 117th Congress, the personnel policies of the Depart-
ment of Defense remained under considerable scrutiny as the mili-
tary services compete to recruit, manage, and retain the best and
brightest men and women. The committee continued to give close
examination to proposals from the Department of Defense and
other organizations calling for major changes to personnel policies
including recruiting, promotions, career paths, or changes to mili-
tary retention and other policy programs in order to assess the im-
pact of any proposed changes on the viability of the All-Volunteer
Force. The committee provided oversight of the implementation of
the Diversity and Inclusion policy requirements from the William
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
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tinued to monitor how the Department of Defense’s policies are
structured to prepare service-members and veterans for the possi-
bility of being targeted by extremist organizations during their
service and after they leave military service to include the preva-
lence of these cases across the military.
In a continuation of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel pol-
icy oversight responsibilities, on December 7, 2021, the sub-
committee met to receive a briefing on professional military edu-
cation development. In the second session on May 18, 2022, the
subcommittee met to receive testimony on professional military
education (PME) in the Department of Defense and its alignment
with the National Defense Strategy. The results of these and other
oversight of PME led to the inclusion in the James M. Inhofe Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 a require-
ment of the Secretary of Defense to study and review the cur-
riculum and method of delivery of PME educational institutions
and report back to the committee on the results.
Since the establishment of the U.S. Space Force as a separate
service in Public Law 116–92, the committee continued to work
with the Department to oversee, establish, and legislate the appro-
priate personnel policies for the new service. To that end, the sub-
committee participated in quarterly briefings by the Space Force
leadership on the way forward for manning the Space Force, gen-
eral personnel policies, and specific general officer manning num-
bers and associated personnel policy.
Uniform Code of Military Justice
The committee continued its record of providing effective over-
sight of military justice, which included implementation of the com-
prehensive overhaul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice man-
dated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2022 (Public Law 117–81). The committee also continued its robust
oversight of the Department of Defense’s sexual assault prevention
and response programs with a focus on removing interpersonal and
violent crimes outside of the chain of command, the Reform of Mili-
tary Criminal Investigative Organizations, sentencing reform, a re-
view of standardized judicial processes across the Services.
In exercising its oversight of sexual assault prevention and re-
sponse, the committee coordinated several congressional delega-
tions (CODEL) and staff delegations site visits focused on the exe-
cution of programs at the installation level. The oversight trips,
coupled with hearings focused on Fort Hood and the Independent
Review Commission of Sexual Assault in the Military Report,
helped the committee shape and pass legislation to better protect
and provide care for victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment,
and other violent crimes.
The committee continued to focus significant attention on Fort
Hood, Texas, and the deaths of several soldiers, to include Spe-
cialist (SPC) Vanessa Guillen. The committee sponsored a second
CODEL to Fort Hood to receive an update on the various changes
and improvements the command made to leadership programs, sex-
ual assault and harassment prevention training, and missing sol-
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The Independent Review Commission of Sexual Assault in the
Military, and the widely publicized sexual harassment and death
of SPC Guillen, required the committee to address the persistent
problem of sexual harassment and assault within the military serv-
ices. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117–81) created the most sweeping reforms of the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice since its inception, removing the
prosecution of most serious crimes outside of the chain of com-
mand. Crimes such as murder, rape, and sexual assault were
placed under the jurisdiction of an independent prosecutor in the
newly created Office of Special Trial Counsel in the Military De-
partments and Coast Guard and criminalized sexual harassment
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
In the second session of the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee
on Military Personnel focused on the Department of Defense’s im-
plementation of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual As-
sault in the Military’s accepted recommendations with several
briefings and a hearing on the topic. Many of the recommenda-
tions—an independent prosecutor for sexual assault, Military
Criminal Investigative reform, sentencing reform, among others—
complimented the military justice reforms in Public Law 117–81.
Additionally, the subcommittee ensured the Military Departments
continued to establish their respective Offices of Special Trail
Counsel and properly resource and staff them. Additionally, the
subcommittee focused on the oversight of the National Guard Bu-
reau’s response to sexual harassment and sexual assault by holding
a hearing on the topic.
Finally, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA) continued to improve upon the
military justice reforms included in Public Law 117–81. Improving
and expanding on last year’s reforms, the FY23 NDAA included
provisions that placed criminal sexual harassment under the juris-
diction of the special trial counsel, mandated independent trained
investigators for sexual harassment complaints, required random-
ized panel selection, and ensured the National Guard Bureau had
the authority to inspect policy and procedure compliance of the Na-
tional Guard.
Military Family Readiness
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued to focus on
the support provided to families of service members, particularly
during deployments. The committee assessed the methods used by
the military services to identify the needs of military families and
to identify the programs and policies that can be implemented or
modified to improve their quality of life.
The committee continued to examine the Department of Defense
and military service family support programs to ensure the pro-
grams are adequately resourced to support an increase in family
members. In addition, the committee continued its oversight on the
quality and availability of services at Department of Defense child
development centers and the implementation of new requirements
to bring uniformity to the Exceptional Family Member Program
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In addition, the Subcommittee on Military Personnel continued
close oversight on the quality and availability of services at Depart-
ment of Defense child development centers. This resulted in the in-
clusion of several provisions in the James M. Inhofe National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 relating to a critical
component of family readiness and childcare. The provisions in-
cluded a pilot program to reimburse members of the Armed Forces
for certain childcare costs incident to a permanent change of sta-
tion and the extension of parent fee discount to childcare employees
and reimbursement of childcare costs incident to a permanent
change of station. Additionally, further improvements to childcare
availability were addressed, including continued scrutiny of
childcare provider pay.
Spouse employment and education issues were also of continued
importance in the 117th Congress. Provisions were included that
would address the extension of authority to reimburse
servicemembers for spouse relicensing costs pursuant to a perma-
nent change of station.
Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs and Military Resale
Programs
The committee notes the cost-efficient sustainment of Morale,
Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) and military resale programs (com-
missaries and exchanges) is required to protect quality of life in
military communities. The Subcommittee on Military Personnel
provided oversight efforts directed toward that end in conjunction
with continuing major resale reforms, begun in the 116th Congress,
to ensure the continued viability of these programs.
Additionally, MWR and military resale programs must remain
competitive with private sector entities to ensure that service mem-
bers and their families benefit fully from these programs. During
the 117th Congress, the subcommittee monitored current practices
and policies to ensure that MWR and military resale programs em-
ployed the full range of strategies available to private sector com-
petitors to inform authorized patrons about the benefits associated
with these programs and encourage their participation.
The subcommittee continued to monitor and oversee the changes
being made by the commissary with an emphasis on reducing proc-
ess and maintaining this valuable benefit without interruption. To
that end, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023 contained additional funds for the commissary
system to maintain the required or better savings for service mem-
bers. During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Military
Personnel continued its oversight of the defense retail system by
receiving a quarterly briefing from the Department of Defense on
the savings targets and the ongoing resale reform plans. Addition-
ally, subcommittee staff met with the Department of Defense to
discuss whether the commissary should be administered as a ben-
efit or business activity.
Prisoner of War and Missing in Action
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tivities. Specifically, the committee focused on the operations of the
Defense Personnel Accounting Agency (DPAA) to ensure they are
meeting the requirement that the accounting effort achieve at least
200 identifications annually.
DPAA continued to work to regain access to recover missing serv-
ice members in spite of COVID restrictions/requirements con-
tinuing to impact country access for field work. As a result, DPAA
pursued innovation to leverage third-party partners in their recov-
ery efforts to such a ‘‘Hub & Spoke’’ Research Program anchored
with Ohio State, Wisconsin-Madison, and Florida State with sub-
awards to 9 other institutions.
DPAA laboratories continued forensic identification work in Ha-
waii and at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, yielding 142 identi-
fications in Fiscal Year 2021 (during COVID) and 166 identifica-
tions in fiscal year 2022.
Arlington National Cemetery
The committee continued its oversight from the 116th Congress
of Arlington National Cemetery. The John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232)
directed the Secretary of the Army to establish revised eligibility
criteria for interment at Arlington National Cemetery to ensure
that the cemetery remains an active burial ground well into the fu-
ture.
The Department of the Army published the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking in the Federal Register on September 15, 2020. This
proposed rule closed for public comment on November 16, 2020,
and received almost 2000 public responses.
In exercising oversight over the new eligibility process, the com-
mittee received a brief on the status of the updated ground burial
criteria and as of December 2022 the final revised eligibility rule
remains with the Department of Defense pending release to the Of-
fice of Management and Budget for interagency clearance in ac-
cordance with federal rule making procedures.
MODERNIZATION AND INVESTMENT ISSUES
Overview
During the 117th Congress, the committee conducted oversight of
military equipment modernization strategies and programs and as-
sessed the effectiveness of those strategies to deter adversaries,
support allies and partner nations, and mitigate threats today and
into the future from peer and near-peer competitors. The commit-
tee’s efforts focused on full-spectrum, multi-domain, combat-effec-
tive lethality, survivability, and connectivity through near-term
modernization efforts that utilize recent acquisition reform authori-
ties to better streamline and speed the development, production,
and fielding of solutions to the force. The committee devoted par-
ticular attention to the military services’ implementation and utili-
zation of new, innovative agile acquisition reform authorities to re-
capitalize, upgrade, or enhance the performance of current and fu-
ture combat systems. At the same time, the committee conducted
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velopment and procurement costs, implement reasonable, execut-
able, and accountable sustainment strategies that preserve system
affordability, as well as manage strategic risk in critical areas of
the U.S. defense industrial base.
The committee conducted oversight and produced legislation that
would establish policies that manage strategic risk with military
forces capabilities and capacities. The committee gave particular
attention to the oversight and authorization of resources to help
mitigate the impact on U.S. forces and the defense industrial base
associated with the urgent transfer of weapons and munitions to
support Ukraine. The committee also conducted oversight and pro-
duced legislation that would authorize additional resources to deal
with the higher-than-expected inflation costs and schedule delays
impacting modernization programs and the defense industrial base.
The committee continued its assessment and need for legislation on
several enduring concerns including:
(1) unjustified, late, or unstable programmatic requirements;
(2) insufficient analyses of alternatives;
(3) concurrency in test and evaluation master plans;
(4) military services proceeding prematurely with develop-
ment of immature technology;
(5) poor cost estimating;
(6) inadequate funding profiles;
(7) over-estimation of potential production rates;
(8) program instability; and,
(9) improper use of new and agile acquisition reform authori-
ties.
Armored Vehicle Modernization
The committee conducted oversight of the Army and Marine
Corps’ increasingly stable plans to extend the operating lives and
improve the capability of its current heavy and medium-weight ar-
mored combat vehicles, as well as lay the foundation for successful
development, testing, production, and timely fielding of its next
generations of these systems. The committee gave particular atten-
tion to the management and performance of the following pro-
grams:
(1) research and development of the Optionally Manned
Fighting Vehicle;
(2) M1 Abrams tank;
(3) M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles;
(4) family of Stryker Combat Vehicles;
(5) family of Amphibious Combat Vehicles;
(6) Extended Range Cannon Artillery;
(7) M109A7 Paladin Integrated Management;
(8) Armored Multipurpose Vehicle;
(9) Army’s mobile protected firepower; and,
(10) Active Protection Systems for combat vehicles.
Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
The committee conducted oversight of the Army and Marine
Corps’ sustainment and modernization of their current and future
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light, medium, and heavy TWVs, as well as other engineer and
bridging vehicles. The committee continued oversight of the De-
partment of Defense’s identification and management of risk in the
TWV industrial base. Accordingly, the committee gave focused at-
tention to management of these programs: Family of Medium Tac-
tical Vehicles, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, Joint
Light Tactical Vehicle, Infantry Squad Vehicle, Palletized Load
System, Heavy Equipment Transporters, Line Haul Tractor Trail-
ers, and 20-ton Dump Truck. The committee also authorized addi-
tional resources for the acceleration of safety upgrades for the De-
partment’s High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleets. The
committee has started watching the Department’s interest and ini-
tial efforts related to the challenges and potential for the oper-
ational feasibility and suitability of all-electric or hybrid-electric of
tactical vehicles.
Rotorcraft Programs
The committee focused oversight efforts on rotorcraft moderniza-
tion, force structure, and readiness, with an emphasis on how the
military services are managing plans to accelerate development of
next-generation rotorcraft platforms while satisfying requirements
to upgrade current rotorcraft platforms. The committee held a
hearing on June 30, 2021, with the Departments of the Army,
Navy, and Air Force to examine military rotorcraft programs, in-
cluding:
(1) UH–60 Black Hawk utility rotorcraft;
(2) AH–64 Apache Attack rotorcraft;
(3) CH–47 Chinook heavy-lift rotorcraft;
(4) UH–1 Huey utility helicopters;
(5) AH–1 attack rotorcraft;
(6) the CH–53K heavy-lift rotorcraft program;
(7) the VH–92A presidential helicopter program;
(8) the MH–60 Seahawk rotorcraft program;
(9) the MH–139 utility helicopter;
(10) the HH–60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter
(11) the TH–73A trainer helicopter replacement program;
and,
(12) the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) development program.
As part of the oversight of the budget request for fiscal year
2023, the committee held modernization hearings with Navy and
Marine Corps officials on May 13, 2022, and with Army officials on
May 17, 2022, to again appraise progress on the services’ current
and future rotary wing aviation programs. The committee also con-
ducted a congressional delegation visit to Redstone Arsenal to dis-
cuss Army aviation development, acquisition, and sustainment
with senior Army officials. In addition, the committee monitored
progress on the Improved Turbine Engine program designed to im-
prove lift capability on the AH–64, UH–60, and future rotary wing
platforms.
The committee continued specific oversight of the FVL program,
the Army’s largest aviation acquisition program in 40 years. The
committee received a briefing on April 7, 2022, from Department
of the Army officials on the threat analysis and modeling underpin-
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in the 2030s and beyond, and complementary development efforts
such as Air Launched Effects and the Modular Open Systems Ap-
proach. The committee focused on the affordability of procuring two
major aviation platforms, the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft
and the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, in parallel and in
the context of flat Department of the Army investment spending.
The committee also continued to review the need for advanced
aircraft survivability equipment upgrades to provide warning and
protection against evolving threats. Committee oversight encom-
passed the Common Infrared Countermeasure, the Limited Interim
Missile Warning System, the Distributed Aperture Infrared Coun-
termeasure System, and the Department of the Navy Large Infra-
red Countermeasure System.
Communications and Network Programs
The committee conducted oversight of the research, development,
and procurement of tactical battlefield communications networks.
Specifically, the committee conducted oversight of the Army’s plans
for future battlefield network research and development programs,
the Army’s Tactical Network Modernization roadmap, and efforts
on the incremental development and fielding of the Integrated Tac-
tical Network and other tactical radio programs.
Fixed-Wing Training and Tactical Aircraft and Related Munitions
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued efforts over-
seeing the size, composition, capability, and capacity of the Depart-
ment of Defense’s tactical and training aircraft force structure and
acquisition programs. The committee continued engagement with
the Department to understand its aircraft force-mix strategy and
composition regarding procurement of significantly advanced 4th,
5th and 6th generation tactical aircraft replacing existing tactical
aircraft ensuring that mission areas related to air superiority,
interdiction, and kinetic support to ground forces maintain combat
effectiveness and lethality requirements. The committee engaged
with the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps to understand the
strategies to mitigate tactical aircraft inventory shortfalls impact-
ing the Department’s ability to meet the tenets and implementa-
tion of the National Defense Strategy. The committee monitored
the Department’s efforts to improve capabilities and reliability
among the existing fleets of aircraft to maintain, and where nec-
essary, gain sufficient force-structure capacity and lethality that
complements next-generation aircraft. The committee also mon-
itored the impact on aviation readiness related to procurement of
initial spare or repaired parts, depot-standup activities and sup-
plies and critical information necessary to meet warfighter require-
ments. In addition, the committee engaged with the Air Force to
understand its newly implemented Digital Century Series acquisi-
tion strategy for aircraft and munitions. The committee continued
monitoring Air Force and Navy execution of efforts for mitigating
physiological episodes that were experienced by pilots operating
various tactical and training aircraft.
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued oversight of
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and concerns related to program life-cycle cost, production and
fielding schedules, aircraft and support system performance, and
sustainment strategy planning and execution. The committee fo-
cused efforts on the F–35’s performance during the Initial Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation phase, Technical Refresh 3 hardware
and Block 4 software development, and the follow-on modernization
program known as Continuous Capability Development and Deliv-
ery. The committee’s area of focus on the F–35 included, but was
not limited to:
(1) production efficiency;
(2) software development and testing related to the oper-
ational flight program and mission data files;
(3) addressing F135 engine problems and repair capacity;
(4) the Autonomic Logistics Information System development
and transition to the Operational Data Integrated Network
(ODIN);
(5) fielding and integration of ODIN into operational F–35
units;
(6) depot stand-up and supply chain management required to
support concurrent production and operational maintenance
and sustainment requirements.
During the 117th Congress, the committee engaged the Depart-
ment of Defense to understand testing and war-reserve material re-
quirements and subsequent production strategies to support and
maintain sufficient inventories of air-launched preferred and preci-
sion-guided conventional missiles and munitions at an acceptable
operational risk level. The committee also focused its attention on
the Department’s identification, assessment, and strategies for ef-
fective management of risk in the associated defense industrial
base and issues related to diminishing manufacturing sources, ob-
solescence issues, sole-source supply of components and major sub-
systems, and production capabilities needed to support both annual
production and contingency surge requirements for preferred and
precision-guided conventional missiles and munitions.
Individual Soldier and Marine Equipment
The committee continued to conduct oversight of the research,
development, and procurement of soldier and marine individual
equipment, in addition to other complementary personal protective
equipment programs. Focus areas included, but were not limited to:
(1) advances in weight reduction (‘‘lightening the load’’) in in-
dividual equipment;
(2) development and procurement of the Enhanced Night Vi-
sion Goggle-Binocular;
(3) small arms and small caliber ammunition modernization
with particular emphasis on the Army’s next generation squad
weapon system;
(4) procurement and fielding of enhanced performance small
caliber rounds;
(5) improved combat helmets to help mitigate traumatic
brain injury;
(6) development of female-sized personal protective equip-
ment; and, (7) development and fielding of the Integrated Vis-
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Long Range Munitions, Ammunition, and Ammunition Industrial
Base
The committee continued to conduct oversight on the Army and
Marine Corps Long Range Precision Fires and munitions mod-
ernization efforts, as well as other ammunition and ammunition in-
dustrial base concerns. Specifically, programs of interest to the
committee included development, production and divestiture of
‘‘smart’’ munitions; ‘‘critical munitions’’; and ‘‘conventional’’ ammu-
nition programs. The committee continued to examine the manage-
ment of the ammunition industrial base, specifically issues involv-
ing safety practices and production standards, supply chain con-
cerns, and development of alternative ammunition production ma-
terials and sources.
Air Force and Army Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
Programs
During the 117th Congress, the committee oversaw activities on
cost, schedule, and performance of tactical manned and unmanned
aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems.
The committee examined the ISR enterprise for sufficient capacity,
satisfaction of military collection requirements, timeliness and re-
dundancy of dissemination architecture, and modernization of anal-
ysis and exploitation capabilities for video and imagery. The com-
mittee also scrutinized the Department of Defense’s ISR policy de-
velopment and implementation.
In particular, the committee evaluated the Army and Air Force
long-term ISR architecture modernization and next-generation ac-
quisition strategies, the supporting analyses behind programmatic
decisions, and the management of risk across ISR collection capa-
bilities and capacities, as well as the corresponding resources to
process, exploit, and disseminate raw data and finished analysis.
The committee monitored improvements made to ISR transmission
and down-link architecture that provide rapid delivery of collected
information supporting timely and effective defense operations. On
April 19, 2021, the committee conducted a briefing with the Air
Force to review the entire airborne ISR portfolio, with a specific
emphasis on near- to mid-term plans to retire current high altitude
and ground moving target indicator (GMTI) ISR capability. The
committee held a subsequent briefing with Army officials on July
22, 2021, to assess Army plans for ISR modernization and to deter-
mine whether Air Force plans for GMTI collection would satisfy
Army ground forces’ requirements.
The committee continued to examine the Air Force’s effort to con-
nect platforms, sensors, and weapons through the Advanced Battle
Management System (ABMS). On November 3, 2021, the com-
mittee received a briefing from Air Force officials on the status of
ABMS, the plan for program capability releases, and Air Force con-
tributions to the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2)
concept. As part of the committee report accompanying the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (H. Rept.
117–118), the committee directed a Comptroller General of the
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structure development, and its role in the overarching JADC2 envi-
ronment.
Electronic Warfare Equipment and Modernization
The committee oversaw efforts on the Department of Defense’s
developing Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) strategy
and associated electronic warfare (EW) systems. The committee ex-
amined how the Department is identifying requirements, devel-
oping policies, and establishing the necessary governance struc-
tures to manage the EMSO enterprise. The committee also evalu-
ated the Department’s ability to address emerging EMSO and EW
threats and the military services’ progress in developing and field-
ing next-generation capabilities to counter these threats. The com-
mittee assessed airborne EW systems, including the EC–130H
Compass Call aircraft, the EC–37B Compass Call re-host aircraft,
the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer airborne electronic attack ca-
pability, and the Army’s Multi-Function EW Air, as well as ground-
based EW capabilities including the Terrestrial Layer System.
Bomber Force Structure
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued oversight
efforts on the size, composition, capability and capacity of the De-
partment of Defense’s bomber aircraft force structure. The com-
mittee held numerous briefings on the B–21 Raider long-range
strike bomber reviewing the investments made in engineering,
manufacturing and development of the aircraft. Section 133 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public
Law 117–81) also provided guidance for maintaining B–1 bomber
force structure.
The committee is reviewing the development of a legacy bomber
modernization program that is commensurate with the intended
service life and fielding of advanced weapons.
The committee conducted oversight of the budget request in sup-
port of the B–52 Stratofortress Commercial Engine Replacement
Program and recommended resource adjustments in Section 4201
of Public Law 117–81 and recommended resource adjustments in
section 4201 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act Fiscal Year 2023.
As U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command’s bomber road map
continues to solidify, the committee will monitor how the Air Force
chooses to invest and modernize its current fleet of bombers to en-
sure they can continue to effectively respond to current and future
threats.
Aerial Refueling Aircraft
During the 117th Congress, the committee received several brief-
ings, conducted visits and reviewed the Air Force aerial refueling
aircraft modernization, recapitalization and retirement plans for
the Air Force’s KC–10A, KC–46A and KC–135R/T and the Navy
MQ–25.
Currently, the Air Force requires 479 air refueling aircraft to
meet the National Military Strategy. The committee is conducting
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ment of the KC–10A fleet and some KC–135R aircraft. Section 122
of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal
Year 2023 recommends changes to the tanker force structure. The
mitigation of KC–46A Category I deficiencies continues to delay
KC–46A test and initial operation capability.
The committee continues to monitor the KC–135R/T moderniza-
tion plan to conduct aerial refueling operations in a future con-
tested airspace.
The committee visited and received briefings to review the MQ–
25 program as the Navy seeks to develop an unmanned aerial vehi-
cle that provides aerial refueling to the carrier wing.
Airlift Programs
During the 117th Congress, the committee continued oversight
efforts on the size, composition, capability, and capacity of the De-
partment of Defense’s strategic and tactical aircraft force structure.
The committee engaged the Department through hearings and
briefings to understand tactical airlift modernization and recapital-
ization strategy. The committee received numerous briefings from
the Air Force to understand the modernization of the C–130H Her-
cules aircraft propellers and engines. The committee continued to
assess the risk in the Air Force’s current plan to maintain an
intratheater airlift aircraft inventory to support the National De-
fense Strategy. Aircraft inventory was set by section 138 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law
117–81), and recommended section 126 of the James M. Inhofe Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
The committee continued to provide oversight of the C–5M Super
Galaxy and C–17A Globemaster III modernization programs per
section 4101 of Public Law 117–81.
Surface Warfare Programs
The Department of the Navy must expand the core capabilities
of U.S. seapower to achieve a blend of peacetime engagement and
major combat operations capabilities as part of the Navy’s 355-ship
requirement. During the 117th Congress, the committee provided
oversight of the composition, capacity, and capabilities of the sur-
face fleet. The committee also assessed the large and small surface
combatant requirements to ensure oversight of the force structure
and the associated weapons and sensors employed on the surface
force with a specific emphasis on Frigate capabilities. Further over-
sight of the amphibious forces included setting a statutory floor of
31-L-class amphibious ships; and transitioning responsibility for
defining amphibious force structure requirements from the Chief of
Naval Operations to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The
committee continues to monitor the requirements generation proc-
ess for the Light Amphibious Warship. The committee continued its
oversight of the DDG–51 Arleigh Burke class Destroyer program
and followed the transition to the Flight III variant that incor-
porates the new air and missile defense radar. The committee also
monitored the requirements and acquisition strategy associated
with the new large surface combatant, the DDG(X), and enacted
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maximum collaboration between Navy and industry. In addition to
the manned platforms, the committee will review options for the
Navy to augment the surface force structure with both unmanned
and optionally manned platforms and will ensure these programs
are sufficiently mature before the start of construction. Finally, the
committee reviewed the combat logistics forces and the Maritime
Security Program, authorized the procurement of four used sealift
vessels, and enacted legislation that authorizes the Maritime Ad-
ministration to carry out a new construction sealift vessel program;
all with an eye toward ensuring sufficient sealift capacity is avail-
able to support national security objectives.
As part of this oversight, the committee continued to place a sig-
nificant emphasis on improving affordability in shipbuilding pro-
grams through ensuring stable requirements; using acquisition best
practices; ensuring stability within the overall program; increasing
reliance on common systems and open architecture; and improving
industrial base capacity, process, and facilities at shipyards.
Undersea Warfare Programs
The ability to operate freely at sea is one of the most important
enablers of joint and interagency operations, and sea control re-
quires capabilities in all aspects of the maritime domain. There are
many challenges to our ability to exercise sea control, perhaps none
as significant as the growing number of countries operating sub-
marines, both advanced diesel-electric and nuclear powered. Exer-
cising sea control in the undersea domain is essential to maintain-
ing freedom of navigation in support of U.S. maritime interests.
The committee continued to review the undersea domain to ensure
warfare dominance. Specifically, the committee reviewed short- and
long-term options to reverse the decline in the attack submarine
force structure, including leveraging and supporting the private
submarine repair industry to lessen the burden on the public re-
pair facilities and to decrease repair times across the fleet. The
committee ensured that the Virginia-class and Columbia-class sub-
marine programs were fully funded in the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81), and pro-
posed in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023; including by resourcing industrial base facili-
ties and workforce development efforts. Additionally, the committee
monitored requirements development for the follow-on attack sub-
marine to the Virginia class. Finally, the committee assessed the
weapons and sensors employed in the undersea domain to retain
maritime dominance, including the capacity and capabilities of un-
manned undersea vehicles.
As part of this oversight, the committee placed specific emphasis
on the efficacy of multi-year procurement, rigorous assessment of
requirements, and management of an expanding undersea indus-
trial base capacity.
Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance Programs
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partment of Defense’s maritime intelligence, surveillance, and re-
connaissance aircraft force structure. The committee continues to
monitor the recapitalization of the remaining P–3C Orion maritime
patrol aircraft with the P–8 Poseidon aircraft. The committee con-
tinues to assess the risk in the Navy’s current plan to maintain
and procure the MQ–4 Triton.
The committee will monitor the E–2D Advanced Hawkeye Air-
borne Early Warning Command and Control aircraft as it gains
inflight air refueling capability and continues to replace the E–2C
Hawkeye.
During the 117th Congress, the committee received multiple
briefings on the unmanned capabilities provided by the MQ–8B/C
Firescout and new Marine Air/Ground Task Force Unmanned Aer-
ial System Expeditionary aircraft (MUX) Medium Altitude Long
Endurance System (MALE) for the Marine Corps.
Strategic Nuclear and Conventional Forces
The committee conducted oversight of the United States nuclear
policy, posture, and programs; extended deterrence policy; arms
control activities; and improved nuclear force structure require-
ments. In addition, the committee continued to oversee nuclear
command, control and communications and strategic conventional
strike programs. Across all activities, the committee paid particular
attention to conducting oversight of nuclear enterprise personnel
issues, including prioritizing a world class, diverse workforce.
The committee oversaw the atomic energy defense activities of
the Department of Energy and nuclear policies and programs of the
Department of Defense to conserve the safety, security, reliability,
and credibility of the United States nuclear deterrent. The com-
mittee helped to ensure that the United States maintains a safe,
secure, reliable, and affordable nuclear arsenal to address current
and future threats. The committee conducted oversight of the De-
partment of Energy and the Department of Defense’s nuclear mod-
ernization and sustainment plans with a hearing on April 21, 2021,
and a hearing on updates to the strategic posture and atomic de-
fense activities on May 17, 2021.
In particular, the committee continued to manage funding levels
and requirements for the nuclear deterrence mission and nuclear
enterprise, including relevant nuclear delivery platforms and their
associated warheads to ensure resources were provided and allo-
cated effectively and efficiently across Department of Energy and
Department of Defense. Regarding the Department of Defense, the
committee emphasized oversight of major acquisition programs to
recapitalize United States nuclear forces and the supporting com-
plex for decades into the future, including but not limited to the
Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system, the Long-Range
Standoff (LRSO) cruise missile, and the Trident D5 submarine-
launched ballistic missile. To conduct proper oversight on these
programs, the committee met on March 18, 2021, to receive a clas-
sified briefing on the Sentinel, LRSO, and related warhead life ex-
tension programs.
The committee also placed emphasis on investments in nuclear
enterprise programs that fall under the purview of the Department
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warhead life extension programs, production of plutonium pits,
stockpile stewardship programs, stockpile management programs,
cost savings and efficiency initiatives, safety and security, and nu-
clear clean-up activities. The committee held two hearings on this
topic. On June 10, 2021, the committee met to receive priorities for
nuclear forces and atomic energy defense activities for funding in
2022. On May 17, 2022, a hearing reviewed the 2023 funding re-
quest. In addition, the committee continued crucial oversight of the
nuclear command and control programs that underpin a reliable
nuclear deterrent and maintained oversight of strategic conven-
tional systems, such as the Common Hypersonic Glide Body pro-
gram.
The committee also monitored the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration’s Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation activities. The
threat of nuclear weapons-grade material, technology, and know-
how remains a threat to the United States, particularly considering
new technological developments that may complicate the cost and
the ability to detect such activity. The committee focused on United
States capabilities related to detection of proliferation and inter-
national cooperation on safeguarding and reducing the use of nu-
clear-weapons grade materials. The spread of nuclear weapons and
nuclear weapons-usable materials remains a grave threat to the
United States, and as such, the committee is committed to ensur-
ing oversight over these critical activities and leveraging new tech-
nologies and opportunities as they continue to rise.
Missile Defense
The committee oversaw the Department of Defense’s efforts to
develop, test, and field layered missile defense capabilities to pro-
tect the United States, its deployed forces, and allies and partners
against missile threats, including a briefing on the capabilities of
North Korea missile testing on June 15, 2021.
The committee placed emphasis on cost-effective and reliable
missile defenses that contribute to strategic stability by high-
lighting updates on the next generation interceptor contract award
on May 19th, 2021. The committee continued to oversee U.S. home-
land missile defense development, developmental and operational
testing, cyber security to protect ballistic missile defense system
data, force structure and inventory requirements, as well as contin-
ued integration of ‘‘left-of-launch’’ capabilities, and science and
technology investments (in areas such as boost-phase intercept,
space sensor layer, and continuous improvements to discrimina-
tion). The committee ensured oversight of major acquisition pro-
grams that seek to recapitalize U.S. missile defenses, including but
not limited to Ground-based Midcourse Defense, the Next Genera-
tion Interceptor program, the Glide Phase Interceptor program,
and the Defense of Guam architecture. The committee monitored
the progress of the Department of Defense Conventional Prompt
Strike program as a potential ‘‘left-of-launch’’ capability and related
policies that seek to minimize the risk of ambiguity and miscalcula-
tion.
The committee conducted oversight of the implementation of the
2019 and 2022 Missile Defense Reviews by the Department of De-
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cooperation with allies and partners to defend against ballistic and
cruise missiles, focusing on these during the budget request hear-
ings for missile programs for fiscal year 2022 on June 15, 2021,
and for fiscal year 2023 on May 11, 2022.
The committee ensured oversight of the roles, responsibilities,
and acquisition policies of the Missile Defense Agency and military
services as they relate to integrated air and missile defense. To
achieve this goal, the committee met in a closed session on Feb-
ruary 9th, to hear updates on the United States missile defense
programs.
The committee also continued overseeing the Army’s Lower Tier
Air and Missile Defense System modernization efforts, including
the Patriot weapon system, the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense
Sensor (as that program transitions to a rapid prototyping effort),
and efforts to improve interoperability of Army and Ballistic Mis-
sile Defense System capabilities. The committee held extensive
hearings and briefings concerning Long Range Hypersonic Weapon
(LRHW), including a brief on May 18, 2022, and a brief on Conven-
tional Prompt Strike (CPS)/LRHW flight test failures on July 20,
2022.
National Security Space
The committee oversaw the national security space policies and
programs of the Department of Defense, including combat support
agencies and elements of the Department of Defense that are also
part of the intelligence community. The committee placed unique
attention on current and projected foreign space threats and devel-
opment of effective deterrence policies for space. The committee
held briefings on near peer space weapons, including on a Russian
anti-satellite weapons test, as well as a joint hearing with House
Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding the creation of a frame-
work for a rules-based order in space.
The committee continued efforts to assess the Department’s
space security and defense programs, including a continued push to
lesser-classify U.S. space strategy and policy and advancements
being made by near-peer adversaries in the domain. This included
oversight on space situational awareness, space protection, space
control, resilience, operationally responsive space activities includ-
ing capabilities for rapid constellation reconstitution and replenish-
ment and use of commercial capabilities and international coopera-
tion. Hearings with the Government Accountability Office on space
acquisition updates alongside the fiscal year 2022 and 2023 na-
tional security space budget requests, provided ample opportunity
to gain insight and improve space policy and acquisition programs.
The committee also focused on improving the organization and
management of the Space Force, and related policies that support
maintaining and improving the nation’s space advantage, address-
ing new threats in space, elevating the focus within the Depart-
ment on space as a warfighting domain, and creating a culture that
recognizes the importance of space for national security. This was
spearheaded with a briefing update on the standup of Space Sys-
tems Command, to hear about the reorganization and priorities of
the command, as well as a briefing on the Strategic Space Review,
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The committee continued oversight of national security space ac-
tivities in support of warfighter operations and plans; improvement
of space acquisition strategies that provide necessary warfighter ca-
pability while reducing cost and technical risk and supporting the
industrial base; maintaining cost-effective and competitive assured
access to space; efforts to address gaps in space capabilities for key
warfighter needs; investments in science and technology to improve
the capabilities of space systems; efforts to appropriately leverage
commercial space capabilities; and, improvements of the synchroni-
zation between satellite, ground, and terminal acquisition pro-
grams.
Military Operations in Cyberspace Activities and Information
Technology
The committee recognizes the ever-increasing cyber threats fac-
ing the country and the criticality of ensuring that the U.S. Armed
Forces are postured to succeed in cyberspace. Over the 117th Con-
gress, the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovation Technologies, and
Information Systems set and pursued an aggressive oversight and
legislative agenda for cyber-related matters, building on the sub-
stantive work of previous congresses. The subcommittee’s activity
necessitated examination of the Department of Defense’s operations
and capabilities and ensuring that the Department was not com-
partmentalizing its cyber forces and instead creating the necessary
linkages between its cyber operations and operations in the other
warfighting domains.
The Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovation Technologies, and Infor-
mation Systems conducted more than nine hearings and briefings
on cyberspace matters alone and gathered important information
that led towards nearly 90 separate legislative provisions in the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public
Law 117–81) and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23 NDAA). In Public Law 117–
81, the subcommittee legislated on matters as wide-ranging as cy-
bersecurity for the defense industrial base and readiness of the
Cyber Mission Force. Most notably, the subcommittee advanced
provisions that mandated a comprehensive review of cyber govern-
ance across the entirety of the Department of Defense, improved
the authorities of the Department of Defense Chief Information Of-
ficer and the Principal Cyber Advisor, and directed improvements
to advanced targeting processes and procedures in cyberspace.
Through the FY23 NDAA, the subcommittee developed legisla-
tion that would continue to drive progress on a multitude of topics
and issues related to cyberspace matters and information tech-
nology. The subcommittee took proactive measures on cybersecurity
of weapon systems and readiness of the nation’s cyber forces. The
subcommittee legislated on the establishment of an occupational
specialty for Navy officers and enlisted in cyberspace operations, as
well as establishing an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber
Policy.
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Science and Technology
During the 117th Congress, the committee oversaw efforts for the
Department of Defense to foster a robust science and technology
(S&T) ecosystem to deliver the best capabilities to the warfighter
in the near-, mid-, and long-term. Specifically, to maintain the De-
partment’s technological superiority the committee focused on the
Department’s progress in adopting new technologies, investing in
S&T workforce and infrastructure, and fostering innovation in re-
search.
The committee continued to encourage the Department to experi-
ment with and adopt new technology. Specifically, the committee
developed legislation that would authorize additional investment
for the defense test and evaluation enterprise, enhancing the De-
partment’s ability to transition increasingly complex capabilities
such as electronic warfare, hypersonics, and artificial intelligence
rapidly from the laboratory into the hands of the warfighter. The
committee also encouraged the Department to accelerate the use of
5G technology by producing legislation that would authorize pilot
programs and task the Department to create deployment plans.
The committee believes 5G is critical to the Department’s vision of
connected, data-centric warfighting. The committee also produced
legislation that would authorize the development of quantum tech-
nologies and require the Department to map out its research in
quantum computing, which has the potential to radically advance
encryption and artificial intelligence.
For the Department to succeed in its research and development
efforts, the committee recognizes that it must have the necessary
workforce and infrastructure. To this end, the committee developed
legislation that would codify hiring authorities for the Department
to attract top S&T talent. In addition, the committee produced leg-
islation that would fortify the pipeline to attract talent specializing
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This
includes increasing the Department’s outreach to historically Black
colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions
(HBCUs and MSIs), both through funding increases specific to
HBCUs and MSIs and the creation of new programs. Specifically,
the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 includes provisions that would increase diversity and
representation within the Department in STEM-related fields and
implement the recommendations of the National Academy of
Science, Engineering and Medicine report entitled ‘‘Defense Re-
search Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Other Minority Institutions: Transitioning from Good Intentions to
Measurable Outcomes.’’ This work, in concert with other efforts un-
dertaken during the 117th Congress, significantly advances efforts
to ensure that the Department has the innovation base and tech-
nical workforce needed to maintain and strengthen the country’s
technological advantage. The committee also continued efforts to
authorize funding and modernize policies in order to improve S&T
infrastructure. Providing and maintaining infrastructure, both dig-
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Finally, the committee continued to examine ways to foster inno-
vation in the Department’s S&T portfolio. The committee conducted
oversight of the Department’s S&T activities to ensure planning
and execution of investments were aligned with national strategies
to maintain technological superiority. This included examining the
DOD’s S&T proposed budget to ensure investments were of a level
appropriate to the Department’s research priorities and needs. The
committee also developed legislation that authorizes more funding
for research and development than was proposed in the budget re-
quest for fiscal year 2023. Significantly, much of the increase would
authorize basic research needed to find the breakthrough tech-
nologies of tomorrow. This increase would also authorize additional
funding for key technologies such as biomanufacturing, microelec-
tronics, artificial intelligence, and 5G. The committee also oversaw
performance of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Defense Innovation Unit, and Strategic Capabilities Office to en-
sure coordination, synchronization, transition of technology, and
prudent use of fiscal resources.
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE FULL
COMMITTEE
Full Committee Hearings and Briefings
During the 117th Congress, the committee held a series of budg-
et posture hearings and briefings in preparation for the budget re-
quests for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The hearings and briefings,
combined with the committee’s responsibility for assembling the
annual defense authorization bill, are a central element in the dis-
charge of the committee’s oversight responsibilities. In upholding
its responsibilities to mitigate waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanage-
ment of Federal Government programs, and pursuant to House
rule XI, clause 2(n), (o), and (p), the committee met several times
to conduct oversight of Department of Defense activities, as noted
elsewhere in this report.
On February 17, 2021, the full committee met to receive testi-
mony on an update on the Department of Defense’s evolving roles
and mission in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. On March 11,
2021, the full committee met to receive a classified briefing on an
update on the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan and the status
of the U.S. agreement to bring peace to Afghanistan. The com-
mittee convened a hearing on June 23rd, 2021, to receive testimony
from the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff on the budget request for fiscal year 2022. To further inform
its consideration of the budget request, the committee held hear-
ings on June 15, 2021, June 16, 2021 and June 23, 2021 with the
military services to inform members of the details of their respec-
tive budget requests.
To inform the committee of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by
Russia, the committee met on January 19, 2022, to receive a classi-
fied briefing from the Department of Defense and the intelligence
community. The committee consistently received similar briefings
over the course of 2022.
To inform its consideration of the budget request for fiscal year
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fense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 5,
2022. Receiving testimony from the Secretaries of the military de-
partments during three hearings on April 27, 2022, May 11, 2022,
and May 12, 2022, further updated the committee about and de-
tailed the budget request for fiscal year 2023.
The committee sought to continually update members on U.S. re-
lations and policy around the world to tailor the committee’s over-
sight and agenda. Topics included overviews of national security
challenges in the Greater Middle East, Africa, Europe, the Indo-Pa-
cific Region, and South America. In keeping with the committee’s
goal and record to be proactive in addressing threats and strategy,
the committee convened a series of hearings and briefings through-
out the 117th Congress to examine approaches to counterterrorism,
nuclear deterrence policy and posture, the role of allies and part-
ners in U.S. military strategy and operations, and the U.S. military
mission in Afghanistan and the implication of the Peace Process on
U.S. involvement. Competition was specifically addressed in hear-
ings on the Department of Defense’s roles in competing with China
and long-term major state competition. Hearings focused on other
policies ranged from the Department of Defense’s support to the
Southern Border to authorities and roles related to civilian law en-
forcement.
To better understand strategic reassurance and deterrence activi-
ties across the globe, the committee also held frequent briefings to
receive intelligence and operational updates on threat develop-
ments. These briefings informed the committee of policies toward
Iran and security updates on the Korean Peninsula, Africa, coali-
tion service members in Afghanistan and Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. They also informed the committee’s
legislative initiatives in readiness, capabilities, infrastructure, and
technology oversight to ensure that the U.S. Armed Forces remain
capable of addressing current and emerging conventional and un-
conventional threats.
Budget Oversight
Budgetary oversight during the 117th Congress by the House
Committee on Armed Services has helped ensure that the Depart-
ment of Defense is using its funding in a responsible and effective
manner. The committee has the authority to review and approve
authorizations of appropriations for the defense budget, which in-
cludes funding for military operations, weapons systems, and other
defense-related programs.
By carefully reviewing the budget, the committee has worked to
identify potential waste or mismanagement of funds, and make rec-
ommendations for responsible and targeted increases to effective
defense activities that are aligned with the National Defense Strat-
egy. That committee has helped to ensure that the Department of
Defense is using its resources wisely and effectively, in support of
the country’s national security objectives.
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ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEES
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
The Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces provided
oversight of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,
and the Office of the Secretary of Defense acquisition programs
providing tactical aircraft and missiles; armored combat and
ground tactical vehicles; munitions; rotorcraft; tactical communica-
tions networks; individual equipment including weapons, night vi-
sion goggles, radios and communications equipment, and personal
protective equipment; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
platforms including crewed and unmanned aerial systems; and as-
sociated support equipment, including National Guard and Reserve
equipment programs. The Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces also provided oversight on policy, such as management of
risk associated with force structure capability and capacity require-
ments, as appropriate within the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. This
management of risk included current or future acquisition pro-
grams that relate to gaps in the capabilities and capacities re-
quired to execute current national military strategies, as well as
the allocation of acquisition resources. This also included military
service-specific distribution of acquisition responsibilities and au-
thorities directly relating to the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. The
subcommittee also participated in oversight of and authorization of
additional resources for the management of risk associated with in-
dustrial base capability and capacity, especially with respect to con-
ventional ammunition and tactical missile munitions.
The subcommittee conducted three oversight hearings during its
consideration of the fiscal year 2022 budget request: June 7, 2021:
‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Army and Marine Corps Ground Modernization
Programs’’; June 30, 2021: ‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Rotary Wing Aviation
Budget Request’’; July 13, 2021: ‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request
of the Department of Defense for Fixed-Wing Tactical and Training
Aircraft Programs.’’
The subcommittee conducted three oversight hearings during its
consideration of the fiscal year 2023 budget request: April 27, 2022:
‘‘Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request of the Department of Defense for
Fixed-Wing Tactical and Training Aircraft Programs’’; May 13,
2022: ‘‘Fiscal Year 2023 Marine Corps Modernization Programs’’;
May 17, 2022: ‘‘Fiscal Year 2023 Army Modernization Programs.’’
In addition to oversight hearings, the subcommittee held various
briefings and events, including classified briefings. A list of sub-
committee events is provided below:
On February 11, 2021, the subcommittee met to organize for the
117th Congress.
On February 19, 2021, the subcommittee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on Army network modernization.
On March 15, 2021, the subcommittee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on Army Program Executive Office Soldier equip-
ment program updates.
On March 17, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Air Force and Navy Next Generation Air Dominance
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On March 23, 2021, the subcommittee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on Army Long Range Precision Fires programs.
On April 19, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
programs and modernization plans.
On April 22, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the sub-
committee on Readiness to receive testimony on F–35 program ac-
complishments, issues, and risk.
On May 10, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a briefing on
the modernization of the ammunition industrial base.
On May 27, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
Army tactical wheeled vehicle programs and electrification initia-
tives.
On July 22, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Army intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance pro-
grams.
On July 29, 2021, the subcommittee met to markup H.R. 4350,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
On November 3, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classi-
fied briefing on the Advanced Battle Management System.
On November 18, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classi-
fied briefing on counter-unmanned aircraft systems threats and so-
lutions.
On March 31, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on updates on the modernization of conventional ammunition pro-
duction.
On April 7, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Future Vertical Lift.
On June 9, 2022, the subcommittee met to markup H.R. 7900,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
The subcommittee considered and reported legislation that was
ultimately included in the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81). The legislation covered a
range of issues, including authorization of appropriations for pro-
curement programs and research, development, test, and evalua-
tion programs for the Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
and the Reserve Components.
The subcommittee considered and reported legislation that was
ultimately included in James M. Inhofe National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The legislation covered a range of
issues, including authorization of appropriations for procurement
programs and research, development, test, and evaluation pro-
grams for the Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the
Reserve Components.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel
The Subcommittee on Military Personnel continued oversight of
military personnel, military personnel policy, the Military Health
System, family programs, as well as military pay and compensa-
tion. The hearings and briefings held by the subcommittee directly
informed its oversight, legislative provisions, and authorization of
appropriations included in the National Defense Authorization Act
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. A list of
formal subcommittee events is provided below:
On February 18, 2021, the subcommittee received a briefing on
recruiting during a pandemic.
On March 2, 2021, the subcommittee staff received an update on
the Military Health System Reform and other health care related
issues.
On March 10, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the Sub-
committee on Readiness to receive testimony on privatized military
family housing and updates on the implementation of housing re-
forms.
On March 16, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on the military criminal investigative organization reform rec-
ommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee.
On March 23, 2021, the subcommittee staff received a brief on
the feasibility and challenges for implementation of a potential
Pilot Program on Cryopreservation and Storage by the Defense
Health Agency. The brief was in response to a requirement in the
Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act Conference
Report.
On March 25, 2021, the subcommittee received an update from
the Military Service Academy’s superintendents.
On April 7, 2021, the subcommittee staff received an update on
the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Gender Integration.
On April 13, 2021, the subcommittee staff received an update on
the Military Health System Reform and other health care related
issues.
On April 14, 2021, the subcommittee staff received a brief on the
Longitudinal Medical Study on Blast Pressure Exposure. This brief
was in response to a requirement in the Fiscal Year 2018 National
Defense Authorization Act, Section 734, Longitudinal Medical
Study on Blast Pressure Exposure of Members of the Armed
Forces.
On April 15, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
from the Department of Defense Inspector General and the Serv-
ices Inspector General’s roles, responsibilities, and opportunities for
improvement.
On April 29, 2021, the subcommittee received a briefing on De-
partment of Defense Suicide Programs.
On May 4–6, Chair Speier and Ranking Member Banks, along
with several other Members, visited Fort Hood, Texas, to get an
update on the implementation of the recommendations made by the
Fort Hood Independent Review Commission.
On May 18, 2021, the subcommittee staff received an update on
the Military Health System Reform and other health care related
issues.
On May 25, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the military’s prevention and response to domestic violence for
keeping our service members and their families safe and ready.
On June 7–8, 2021, the subcommittee staff conducted a famil-
iarization visit to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in
Glynco, Georgia, to learn more about entry-level training for Naval
Criminal Investigative Service and Air Force Office of Special In-
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On June 15, 2021, the subcommittee staff received an update on
the Military Health System Reform and other health care related
issues.
On June 24–25, 2021, the subcommittee staff conducted a famil-
iarization visit to Fort Leonard Wood, MO, to learn more about
entry-level training for Army’s Criminal Investigation Division
agents and the Army’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
School.
On July 14, 2021, the subcommittee received a brief by the Sen-
ior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman on the Preservation of the
Force and Family Program.
On July 16, 2021, the subcommittee received a briefing on the
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military
recommendations and the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s im-
plementation plan.
On July 20, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the findings and recommendations of the Independent Review Com-
mission on Sexual Assault in the military.
On July 28, 2021, the subcommittee met to mark-up H.R. 4350,
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes.
On October 12–14, 2021, the subcommittee staff conducted an
oversight visit to San Diego. Engagements included a brief by the
new San Diego Health Care Market leadership, visits to Naval
Medical Center San Diego, Naval Health Research Center and
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
On October 20, 2021, the subcommittee staff received an update
on the Military Health System Reform and other health care re-
lated issues.
On December 7, 2021, the subcommittee received a briefing on
professional military education development.
On January 19, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on the jurisdiction, investigation, and prosecution of sexual assault
and harassment in the National Guard.
On February 8, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on military personnel talent management modernization and the
effects of legacy policies.
On March 2, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
assessing the effectiveness of suicide prevention programs.
On March 30, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on patient safety and quality of care in the Military Health System.
On April 19–23 subcommittee staff with Chairwoman Speier and
Senator Sullivan (R–AK) conducted oversight visits at Joint Base
Elmendorf Richardson and Fort Wainwright.
On May 5, 2022, subcommittee staff conducted an oversight visit
to the USS George Washington following a series of suicides while
the ship was in Refueling Complex Overhaul in Norfolk, Virginia.
On May 18, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
professional military education and its alignment with the National
Defense Strategy.
On June 22, 2022, the subcommittee met to markup H.R. 7900,
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ties of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes.
On July 29, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
service members reproductive health and readiness.
On August 15–19, 2022, the subcommittee staff conducted an
oversight visit to Chicago and Nashville to visit a Military En-
trance Processing Station, Navy Recruit Command and receive
briefings on Army and Navy Recruit Marketing efforts.
On September 21, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testi-
mony on the implementations of the recommendations of the Inde-
pendent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, and
on the establishment of the Office of Special Trial Counsel.
On October 5, 2022, the subcommittee staff received a briefing on
the personnel account shortfalls in the Air Force.
On October 11, 2022, the subcommittee hosted a briefing on the
line of duty investigation in the death of Seaman (SN) Kyle Mullen.
On October 18, 2022, the subcommittee hosted a House Armed
Services Committee Military Legislative Assistants briefing on the
line of duty death of SN Kyle Mullen.
On October 27, 2022, the subcommittee staff received a briefing
on the Department of Defense’s policy issued on October 20, 2022,
on Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care.
On October 31, 2022, the subcommittee staff received a briefing
on the Department of Defense Annual Suicide Report.
On November 3, 2022, the subcommittee staff received a briefing
on the medical malpractice implementation rule provision.
On November 16, 2022, the subcommittee staff received a brief-
ing regarding commissary surcharges.
Subcommittee on Readiness
The Subcommittee on Readiness continued oversight of military
readiness, training, logistics, and maintenance issues; military con-
struction, installations, shipyard repair facilities, and family hous-
ing issues; energy and environmental policy and programs of the
Department of Defense; and civilian personnel and service con-
tracting issues. The hearings and briefings held by the sub-
committee directly informed subcommittee oversight, legislative
provisions, and authorization of appropriations included in the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law
117–81) and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act of Fiscal Year 2023. A list of formal subcommittee events is
provided below:
On February 16, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a brief-
ing on the impacts of the COVID–19 virus on military readiness.
On March 10, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the sub-
committee on Military Personnel to receive testimony on military
privatized housing conditions and what steps are being taken to
remedy the issue.
On March 19, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on investments in the Organic Industrial Base to support mod-
ernization efforts.
On March 23, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
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On March 26, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on installation resiliency in the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri.
On April 22, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the sub-
committee on Tactical Air and Land Forces to receive testimony on
an update to the F–35 program.
On May 3, 2021, the subcommittee met in open session to receive
testimony on the June 20th Amphibious Assault Vehicle Mishap
Investigation.
On May 6, 2021, the subcommittee met in an open session to re-
ceive testimony on ship and submarine maintenance depots.
On May 18, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the sub-
committee on Seapower and Projection Forces to receive testimony
on the current state of the mobility enterprise.
On June 9, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the military departments’ Fiscal Year 2022 budget request for mili-
tary readiness.
On June 30, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the Sub-
committee on Seapower and Projection Forces to receive a classified
briefing on the mobility capability and requirement study.
On July 14, 2021, the subcommittee met in open session to re-
ceive testimony on the military departments’ Fiscal Year 2022
budget request for energy, installations, and environment.
On July 29, 2021, the subcommittee met in an open session to
markup H.R. 4350—Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act.
On October 28th, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testi-
mony on the requirements, plans and resources needed to mod-
ernize and optimize military depots from the Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, the Army, Navy, and Air
Force.
On November 17th, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a
classified briefing from the services on their current Force Genera-
tion models.
On January 11, 2022, the subcommittee met in open session to
receive testimony from the Department of the Navy on the fuel
leak incident at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility in Hawaii.
On March 3, 2022, the subcommittee met in open session jointly
with the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces to re-
ceive testimony on the state of the surface Navy.
On March 16, 2022, the subcommittee met in open session to re-
ceive testimony on installation management and resiliency.
On March 30, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on the strategic importance of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Fa-
cility.
On April 28th, 2022, the subcommittee met in open session to re-
ceive testimony on sustainment concerns related to the F–35 Pro-
gram.
On June 9, 2022, the subcommittee met in open session to mark-
up H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for
military activities of the Department of Defense and for military
construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fis-
cal year, and for other purposes.
On July 19, 2022, the subcommittee met in open session to re-
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On September 29, 2022, the subcommittee met in a classified
session to receive an update on logistics posture in the Pacific.
Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
The Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces provided
oversight of the Department of the Navy, the Department of the
Air Force and the Department of the Army. The subcommittee held
multiple hearings and briefings with officials from each of the mili-
tary services. The subcommittee oversaw Navy shipbuilding pro-
grams which included new acquisition vessels as well as the mod-
ernization of existing fleet vessels. Oversight of Navy non-tactical
aviation was also provided. In its oversight of the Air Force, the
subcommittee oversaw the acquisition and modernization of all aer-
ial refueling aircraft, bomber aircraft and tactical and strategic air-
craft. Finally the subcommittee provided oversight of the Army’s
watercraft fleet. A list of formal subcommittee events is provided
below:
On February 17, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a brief-
ing on Department of the Navy programs under the subcommittee’s
jurisdiction.
On February 24, 2021, the subcommittee met in a closed, unclas-
sified session to receive a briefing on Air Force programs under the
subcommittee’s jurisdiction.
On March 18, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on unmanned systems of the Department of the Navy.
On April 20, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on the Future Naval Force Study.
On April 29, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the sub-
committee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation
of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to receive testimony on
maritime security in the Indo-Pacific and the ratification of the UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea.
On May 7, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a briefing on
the Marine Corps Commandant’s Planning Guidance.
On May 18, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the Readi-
ness Subcommittee to receive testimony on the current state of the
mobility enterprise.
On June 8, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the Department of the Air Force’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget request
for aviation programs.
On June 17, 2021, the subcommittee met in an open session to
receive testimony on the Department of the Navy’s Fiscal Year
2022 budget request.
On June 30, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the Readi-
ness Subcommittee to receive a classified briefing on the mobility
capability and requirement study.
On July 28, 2021, the subcommittee met in an open session to
markup H.R. 4350—Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act.
On November 4, 2021, the subcommittee met in joint session
with the Subcommittee on Readiness for a briefing to receive up-
dates on the USS Bonhomme Richard Fire Investigation, and to
ask USS Bonhomme Richard leadership questions about the loss of
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On February 3, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a classi-
fied briefing on the USS Connecticut and Submarine Operations in
the Atlantic.
On March 31, 2022, the subcommittee met jointly with the Sub-
committee on Readiness to receive testimony on the posture and
readiness of the surface mobility enterprise.
On May 18, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Budget Re-
quest from the U.S. Navy for Seapower and Projection Forces.
On May 19, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Budget Re-
quest from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force for Projection Forces
Aviation Programs and Capabilities.
On June 8, 2022, the subcommittee met to markup H.R. 7900,
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
The Subcommittee on Strategic Forces continued oversight of De-
partment of Defense and Department of Energy policy related to
strategic deterrence, strategic stability, nuclear weapons, strategic
and nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, nuclear safety, missile
defense, and space; Department of Defense programs and accounts
related to nuclear weapons, strategic missiles, nuclear command
and control systems, Department of Defense intelligence space,
space systems and services of the military departments, and inter-
mediate and long-range missile defense systems; and Department
of Energy national security programs and accounts. In total, the
Subcommittee held a total of 27 formal hearings and briefings dur-
ing the 117th Congress. The hearings and briefings held by the
subcommittee directly informed subcommittee oversight, legislative
provisions, and authorization of appropriations included in the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law
117–81) and proposed in the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2023. A list of formal sub-
committee events is provided below:
On February 23, 2021, the subcommittee met to hear testimony
on ‘‘Near-Peer Advancements in Space and Nuclear Weapons’’.
On March 18th, 2021, the subcommittee met for an update on,
‘‘Programmatic Update on Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
(GBSD), Long-Range Stand Off Weapon (LRSO) and Related War-
head Life Extension Programs.’’
On March 22nd, 2021, the subcommittee met in a briefing titled,
‘‘Discussion with Government Accountability Office on Space Acqui-
sition and Program Updates.’’
On April 21st, 2021, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on,
‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing.’’
On May 5th, 2021, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on,
‘‘Joint House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee &
House Foreign Affairs International Development, International
Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee
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On May 12, 2021, the subcommittee met for a classified briefing
with General John Hyten of the joint chiefs of staff.
On May 17, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Budget Re-
quest for U.S. nuclear weapon and warhead modernization and
sustainment plans.
On May 19, 2021, the subcommittee met in a briefing titled,
‘‘Next Generation Interceptor Contract Award Update.’’
On May 24, 2021, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on,
‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Priorities for National Security Space Programs.’’
On June 10, 2021, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on,
‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic
Energy Defense Activities.’’
On June 15, 2021, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on,
‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for Missile Defense and Missile
Defeat Programs.’’
On July 1, 2021, the subcommittee met in a classified briefing,
‘‘Classified Briefing on Fiscal Year 2022 National Security Space
Programs.’’
On July 22, 2021, the subcommittee met in a classified briefing,
‘‘Follow-Up Classified Briefing on Fiscal Year 2022 National Secu-
rity Space Programs.’’
On July 28, 2021, the subcommittee met to markup HR 4350, the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
On October 21, 2021, the subcommittee met in a classified brief-
ing on, ‘‘North Korean Missile Testing Update and United State
Missile Defense Capabilities.’’
On December 1, 2021, the subcommittee met in a classified brief-
ing titled, ‘‘Update on the Recent Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon
Test.’’
On February 2, 2022, the subcommittee met in an unclassified
briefing to receive an update on the stand-up, reorganization, prior-
ities, and goals of Space Systems Command.
On February 9, 2022, the subcommittee met in a classified brief-
ing to update members on missile defense programs.
On March 1, 2022, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on,
‘‘Fiscal Year 2023 Strategic Forces Posture’’ with a classified brief-
ing following.
On March 18, 2022, the subcommittee held a joint briefing with
the Cyber, Innovative Technology and Information Systems sub-
committee in closed session for a briefing of Department of Defense
hypersonic efforts.
On April 6, 2022, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on,
‘‘National Security Space Programs’’ with a classified briefing fol-
lowing on national security space activities.
On May 11, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on,
‘‘Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for Missile Defense and Missile
Defeat Programs’’ with a classified briefing following.
On May 17, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on,
‘‘Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy
Defense Activities’’ with a classified briefing following the hearing.
On June 8, 2022, the subcommittee met to consider the Fiscal
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On July 20, 2022, the subcommittee met in a classified briefing
to receive an update on the recent failure experienced during the
last Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS)/Long Range Hypersonic
Weapon (LRHW) flight test.
On September 15, 2022, the subcommittee met in a classified
briefing to receive an update from Department officials on the X–
37B program.
On November 15, 2022, the subcommittee met in a classified
briefing to receive a briefing on the Strategic Space Review.
Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
The Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations con-
ducted oversight over Department of Defense policy and programs
and accounts related to military intelligence, national intelligence,
countering weapons of mass destruction, counter-proliferation,
counter-terrorism, other sensitive military operations, and special
operations forces. Oversight in the 117th Congress was especially
focused on Department of Defense efforts to counter foreign malign
activities in the gray zone and related intelligence and special oper-
ations activities. To further this effort, in the conference report ac-
companying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2022 (Public Law 117–81), the conferees directed the Government
Accountability Office to submit a study on the capabilities of the
United States to conduct and respond to gray zone campaigns.
In total, the subcommittee held a total of 24 formal hearings and
briefings during the 117th Congress. The hearings and briefings
held by the subcommittee directly informed subcommittee over-
sight, legislative provisions, and authorization of appropriations in-
cluded in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2022 (Public Law 117–81) and proposed in the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2023.
A list of formal subcommittee events is provided below:
On February 19, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a brief-
ing on Chinese threat dynamics.
On February 24, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a top se-
cret briefing on counterintelligence and foreign intelligence threats
targeting the United States military.
On March 16, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on disinformation in the gray zone: opportunities, limitations, and
challenges.
On March 26, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
on special operations forces culture and climate.
On April 16, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on a counterterrorism quarterly update.
On May 4, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
reviewing department of defense strategy, policy, and programs for
countering weapons of mass destruction for fiscal year 2022.
On May 12, 2021, the subcommittee met for a briefing with the
European Centre of Excellence on countering hybrid threats.
On May 18, 2021, the subcommittee met for a classified discus-
sion on cover modernization and ubiquitous technical surveillance.
On June 11, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
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On June 17, 2021, the subcommittee met for a classified briefing
update from the unidentified aerial phenomena task force.
On July 21, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the fiscal year 2022 budget request for United States special oper-
ations forces and command.
On July 29, 2021, the subcommittee met to markup H.R. 4350,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
On November 2, 2021, the subcommittee met for a classified
briefing update on project maven.
On November 5, 2021, the subcommittee met for a counterter-
rorism quarterly update.
On January 20, 2022, the subcommittee met for a briefing on key
challenges within the CWMD (Countering Weapons of Mass De-
struction) enterprise.
On March 2, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive classified
briefing on the current and projected state of global counterter-
rorism and irregular threats facing the United States.
On March 17, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
in an open hearing with a closed session following about the de-
fense intelligence priorities and reforms to better support the
warfighter and policy makers.
On April 1, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
examining the roles, responsibilities, and authorities governing the
Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Programs;
and how the Department is postured and resourced to address the
most pressing of these threats.
On April 28, 2022, the subcommittee met to hear testimony on
the fiscal year 2023 budget request for United States Special Oper-
ations Forces and United States Special Operations Command.
On June 9, 2022, the subcommittee met to markup H.R. 7900,
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense.
On September 20, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a brief-
ing on the circumstances surrounding the death of SEAL (Sea, Air,
and Land) Candidate Kyle Mullen during Basic Underwater Demo-
lition/SEAL training on February 4, 2022.
On September 21, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a quar-
terly classified briefing on the current and projected state of global
counterterrorism threats facing the United States and activities
conducted by the Department of Defense to counter those threats.
On October 13, 2022, the subcommittee met for an unclassified
briefing to receive updates on the circumstances surrounding the
death of SEAL Candidate Kyle Mullen during Basic Underwater
Demolition/SEAL training on February 4, 2022.
On October 14, 2022, the subcommittee met for a duplicate un-
classified briefing (same brief as 10/13) to receive updates on the
circumstances surrounding the death of SEAL Candidate Kyle
Mullen during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training on
February 4th, 2022.
On December 7, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a quar-
terly classified briefing on the current and projected state of global
counterterrorism threats facing the United States and activities
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Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information
Systems
The Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Infor-
mation Systems conducted oversight of Department of Defense pol-
icy related to science and technology, cybersecurity and cyber and
operations, information technology, artificial intelligence, informa-
tion operations, spectrum, and electromagnetic spectrum oper-
ations.
The hearings and briefings held by the subcommittee directly in-
formed subcommittee oversight, legislative provisions, and author-
ization of appropriations included in the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) and consid-
ered in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023.
A list of formal subcommittee events is provided below:
On February 16, 2021, the subcommittee met to organize for the
117th Congress.
On February 23, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testi-
mony from outside experts on innovation opportunities and vision
for the Department of Defense science and technology enterprise.
On March 12, 2021, the subcommittee met jointly with the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform subcommittee on National Secu-
rity to receive testimony on the final recommendations of the Na-
tional Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
On March 19, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
from outside experts on Department of Defense electromagnetic
spectrum operations.
On March 22, 2021, the subcommittee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on Department of Defense operations in cyber-
space, authorities, and policy issues.
On April 14, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Department of Defense military operations in cyber-
space.
On April 30, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony
from outside experts on technology and information warfare.
On May 6, 2021, the subcommittee met for a roundtable discus-
sion on issues relating to spectrum management and divestiture.
On May 14, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
operations in cyberspace and building cyber capabilities across the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022.
On May 20, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the Department of Defense’s science and technology strategy, pol-
icy, and programs for fiscal year 2022.
On June 8, 2021, the subcommittee met for a closed roundtable
briefing with telecommunication providers for a discussion on
issues related to spectrum.
On June 29, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
the Department of Defense’s information technology, cybersecurity,
and information assurance for fiscal year 2022.
On July 22, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Department of Defense military operations in cyber-
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On July 28, 2021, the subcommittee met to mark up H.R. 4350,
a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, set U.S. national security
priorities for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
On October 27, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classi-
fied briefing on Department of Defense military operations in
cyberspace.
On December 2, 2021, the subcommittee met to receive a classi-
fied briefing on microelectronics.
On January 19, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a classi-
fied briefing on Department of Defense military operations in
cyberspace.
On March 8, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Assault Breaker II.
On March 18, 2022, the subcommittee met jointly with the Sub-
committee on Strategic Forces to receive a classified briefing on
hypersonic efforts.
On March 29, 2022, the subcommittee met jointly with the Sub-
committee on Intelligence and Special Operations to receive a clas-
sified briefing on information operations.
On April 5, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
operations in cyberspace and building cyber capabilities across the
Department of Defense.
On May 12, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
Department of Defense science and technology strategy, policy, and
programs for Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization
Budget Request.
On May 18, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive testimony on
Department of Defense information technology, digital develop-
ments, and artificial intelligence for Fiscal Year 2023 National De-
fense Authorization Budget Request.
On June 8, 2022, the subcommittee met to mark up H.R. 7900,
a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, set U.S. national security
priorities for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
On July 27, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a classified
briefing on Department of Defense military operations in cyber-
space.
On September 20, 2022, the subcommittee met to receive a clas-
sified briefing on Department of Defense military operations in
cyberspace.
The subcommittee also planned but was unable to proceed with
the following events: a briefing on Department of Defense activities
related to microelectronics and a hearing on current Department of
Defense information operations.
PUBLICATIONS
HOUSE REPORTS
Report Number Date Filed Bill Number Title
H. Rept. 117–118 .. September 10, 2021 .... H.R. 4350 ........ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
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Report Number Date Filed Bill Number Title
H. Rept. 117–397 .. July 1 2022 .................. H.R. 7900 ........ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
H. Rept. 117–397, July 7, 2022 ................. H.R. 7900 ........ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Part 2.
H. Rept. 117–647 .. December 16, 2022 ..... H. Res. 1475 ... Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the
Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of Rep-
resentatives any record created on or after January
21, 2021, under the control of the President or the
Secretary, respectively, that refers to the Department
of Defense and includes certain terms and phrases
relating to gender
COMMITTEE PRINTS
Committee Print No. 1—Rules of the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, House of Representatives of the United States, 117th Con-
gress 2021–2022, adopted February 3, 2021.
Committee Print No. 2—National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022. Legislative Text and Joint Explanatory State-
ment to accompany S. 1605 (Public Law 117–81). December 2021.
PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS
H.A.S.C. No. 117–1—Full Committee Organizational Meeting for
the 117th Congress (02/03/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–2—Full Committee Hearing: An Update on the
Department of Defense’s Evolving Roles and Mission in Response
to the COVID–19 Pandemic (02/17/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–3—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Innovation Opportuni-
ties and Vision for the Science and Technology Enterprise (02/23/
2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–4—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hearing:
Near-Peer Advancements in Space and Nuclear Weapons (02/23/
2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–5—Full Committee Hearing: National Security
Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-Pacific (03/10/
2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–6—Joint Subcommittees on Readiness and
Military Personnel Hearing: Privatized Military Family Housing:
Update on Implementation of Housing Reforms (03/10/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–7—Joint Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative
Technologies, and Information Systems and Committee on Over-
sight and Reform Hearing: Final Recommendations of the National
Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (03/12/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–8—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: Disinformation in the Gray Zone: Opportuni-
ties, Limitations, and Challenges (03/16/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–9—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Military Criminal Investigative Organization Reform Rec-
ommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee
(03/16/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–10—Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection
Forces Hearing: Unmanned Systems of the Department of the
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H.A.S.C. No. 117–11—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: In-
vesting in an Organic Industrial Base to Support Service Mod-
ernization Plans (03/19/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–12—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Department of Defense
Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations: Challenges and Opportuni-
ties in the Invisible Battlespace (03/19/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–13—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing:
Learning From and Preventing Future Training Mishaps (03/23/
2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–14—Full Committee Hearing: Extremism in
the Armed Forces (03/24/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–15—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: SOF Culture and Climate: The Future of the
Force (03/26/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–16—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: In-
stallation Resiliency: Lessons Learned from Winter Storm Uri and
Beyond (03/26/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–17—Full Committee Hearing: National Secu-
rity Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South
America (04/14/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–18—Full Committee Hearing: National Secu-
rity Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in Europe (04/15/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–19—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Department of Defense Inspector General and the Services In-
spector Generals: Roles, Responsibilities and Opportunities for Im-
provement (04/15/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–20—Full Committee Hearing: National Secu-
rity Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in the Greater Middle
East and Africa (04/20/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–21—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Strategic Forces Posture Hearing (04/21/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–22—Joint Subcommittees on Tactical Air and
Land Forces and Readiness Hearing: Update on F–35 Program Ac-
complishments, Issues, and Risks (04/22/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–23—Full Committee Hearing: The Department
of Defense’s Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan: Fis-
cal Year 2020 Audit Results and the Path Forward (04/28/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–24—Joint Subcommittee on Seapower and Pro-
jection Forces and Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia,
and Nonproliferation Hearing: Maritime Security in the Indo-Pa-
cific and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (04/29/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–25—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Technology and Infor-
mation Warfare: The Competition for Influence and the Depart-
ment of Defense (04/30/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–26—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: The
AAV Mishap Investigation: How to Build a Culture of Safety to
Avoid Preventable Training Accidents (05/03/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–27—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: Reviewing Department of Defense Strategy,
Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
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H.A.S.C. No. 117–28—Full Committee Hearing: Member Day (05/
05/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–29—Joint Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
and House Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing: Creating a
Framework for Rules Based Order in Space (05/05/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–30—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: Ship
and Submarine Maintenance: Sustainment Considerations for a
Changing Fleet (05/06/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–31—Full Committee Hearing: An Update on
Afghanistan (05/12/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–32—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Operations in Cyber-
space and Building Cyber Capabilities Across the Department of
Defense (05/14/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–33—Joint Subcommittees on Readiness and
Seapower and Projection Forces Hearing: Posture and Readiness of
the Mobility Enterprise (05/18/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–34—Full Committee Hearing: Recommenda-
tions of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public
Service (05/19/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–35—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Reviewing Department
of Defense Science and Technology Strategy, Policy, and Programs
for Fiscal Year 2022: Fostering a Robust Ecosystem for Our Tech-
nological Edge (05/20/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–36—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Fiscal Year 2022 Priorities for National Security Space Pro-
grams (05/24/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–37—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Keeping Our Service Members and Their Families Safe and
Ready: The Military’s Prevention and Response to Domestic Vio-
lence (05/25/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–38—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces Hearing: Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Program Update
and Review of Electrification (05/27/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–39—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces Hearing: Fiscal Year 2022 Army and Marine Corps Ground
Systems Modernization Programs (06/07/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–40—Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection
Forces Hearing: Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and
Capabilities Related to 2022 President’s Budget Request (06/08/
2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–41—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: Fis-
cal Year 2022 Budget Request for Military Readiness (06/09/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–42—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and
Atomic Energy Defense Activities (06/10/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–43—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Intelligence Enter-
prise Posture Hearing (06/11/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–44—Full Committee Hearing: Department of
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H.A.S.C. No. 117–45—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Fiscal Year 2022 Priorities for Missile Defense and Missile De-
feat Programs (06/15/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–46—Full Committee Hearing: Department of
the Air Force Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request (06/16/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–47—Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection
Forces Hearing: Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2022 Budget
Request for Seapower and Projection Forces (06/17/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–48—Full Committee Hearing: The Fiscal Year
2022 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the De-
partment of Defense (06/23/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–49—Full Committee Hearing: The Fiscal Year
2022 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the De-
partment of the Army (06/29/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–50—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Department of Defense
Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Information Assurance
for Fiscal Year 2022 (06/29/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–51—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces Hearing: Fiscal Year 2022 Rotary Wing Aviation Budget Re-
quest (06/30/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–52—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces Hearing: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request of the Depart-
ment of Defense for Fixed-Wing Tactical and Training Aircraft Pro-
grams (07/13/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–53—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: Fis-
cal Year 2022 Budget Request for Military Construction, Energy,
and Environmental Programs (07/14/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–54—Full Committee Hearing: Non-Govern-
mental Views on the Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense
Budget (07/20/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–55—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: The Findings and Recommendations of the Independent Re-
view Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military (07/20/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–56—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for U.S. Spe-
cial Operations Forces and Command (07/21/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–57—Full Committee Hearing: Ending the U.S.
Military Mission in Afghanistan (09/29/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–58—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing:
Depot Modernization and Optimization (10/28/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–59—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing:
Minding the Gap: How Operational Energy Can Help Us Address
Logistics Challenges (12/02/2021)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–60—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: Red
Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: The Current Crisis, the Response,
and the Way Forward (01/11/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–61—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Jurisdiction, Investigation, and Prosecution of Sexual Assault
and Harassment in the National Guard (01/19/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–62—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Military Personnel Talent Management Modernization and the
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H.A.S.C. No. 117–63—Full Committee Hearing: Engagement
with Allies and Partners (03/01/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–64—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Fiscal Year 2023 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing (03/01/
2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–65—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Assessing the Effectiveness of Suicide Prevention Programs
(03/02/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–66—Joint Subcommittees on Seapower and
Projection Forces and Readiness Hearing: State of the Surface
Navy (03/03/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–67—Full Committee Hearing: National Secu-
rity Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South
America (03/08/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–68—Full Committee Hearing: National Secu-
rity Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-Pacific Re-
gion (03/09/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–69—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: En-
ergy, Installations and Environment Program Update (03/16/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–70—Full Committee Hearing: National Secu-
rity Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in the Greater Middle
East and Africa (03/17/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–71—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: Defense Intelligence Posture to Support the
Warfighter and Policy Makers (03/17/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–72—Full Committee Hearing: National Secu-
rity Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in Europe (03/30/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–73—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Patient Safety and Quality of Care in the Military Health Sys-
tem (03/30/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–74—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces Hearing: Updates on Modernization of Conventional Ammu-
nition Production (03/31/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–75—Joint Subcommittees on Seapower and
Projection Forces and Readiness Hearing: Posture and Readiness of
the Mobility Enterprise (03/31/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–76—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: Fiscal Year 2023 Hearing to Review Depart-
ment of Defense Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering
Weapons of Mass Destruction (04/01/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–77—Full Committee Hearing: Fiscal Year 2023
Defense Budget Request (04/05/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–78—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Operations in Cyber-
space and Building Cyber Capabilities Across the Department of
Defense (04/05/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–79—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Fiscal Year 2023 Strategic Forces National Security Space Pro-
grams (04/06/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–80—Full Committee Hearing: Department of
the Air Force Fiscal Year 2023 Budget (04/27/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–81—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
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ment of Defense for Fixed-Wing Tactical and Training Aircraft Pro-
grams (04/27/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–82—Full Committee Hearing: Member Day (04/
28/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–83—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: F 35
Sustainment (04/28/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–84—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special
Operations Hearing: Fiscal Year 2023 Hearing to Review the Budg-
et Request for U.S. Special Operations Forces and Command (04/
28/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–85—Full Committee Hearing: Fiscal Year 2023
Defense Budget Request from the Department of the Navy (05/11/
2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–86—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Fiscal Year 2023 Strategic Forces Missile Defense and Missile
Defeat Programs (05/11/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–87—Full Committee Hearing: Department of
the Army Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request (05/12/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–88—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Reviewing Department
of Defense Science and Technology Strategy, Policy, and Programs
for Fiscal Year 2023: Accelerating the Pace of Innovation (05/12/
2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–89—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces Hearing: Fiscal Year 2023 Marine Corps Modernization Pro-
grams (05/13/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–90—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces Hearing: Fiscal Year 2023 Army Modernization Programs
(05/17/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–91—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hear-
ing: Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic En-
ergy Defense Activities (05/17/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–92—Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection
Forces Hearing: Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Request for Seapower and Projection Forces (05/18/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–93—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech-
nologies, and Information Systems Hearing: Department of Defense
Information Technology, Digital Developments, and Artificial Intel-
ligence for Fiscal Year 2023 (05/18/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–94—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Professional Military Education and the National Defense
Strategy (05/18/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–95—Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection
Forces Hearing: Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and
Capabilities related to the FY2023 President’s Budget Request (05/
19/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–96—Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: Fis-
cal Year 2023 Readiness Program Update (07/19/2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–97—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Service Members’ Reproductive Health and Readiness (07/29/
2022)
H.A.S.C. No. 117–98—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hear-
ing: Update on the Implementation of Recommendations of the
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and the Establishment of the Office of Special Trial Counsel (09/
21/2022)
PRESS RELEASES
First Session
JANUARY 2021
1/1/2021—Smith Statement on Final FY21 NDAA Veto Override
Vote
1/6/2021—Smith Statement on Capitol Campus Insurrection
1/7/2021—Five House Committees Seek Urgent Briefing on FBI’s
Plans to Bring to Justice Those Involved in Incitement and Assault
on U.S. Capitol
1/8/2021—Smith Reiterates Support for Nomination of Secretary-
designate Austin
1/11/2021—Smith Criticizes State Department Decision to Des-
ignate Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organization
1/12/2021—Chairs Issue Statement After FBI Briefing on Inves-
tigation of ‘Siege of the U.S. Capitol’ and Preparations for Inau-
guration
1/15/2021—Smith Introduces Legislation to Provide Exception for
Secretary of Defense Designate
1/16/2021—Smith Denounces Trump Administration’s Reckless
Yemen Policy
1/21/2021—Smith Statement on Member Roundtable with Sec-
retary of Defense Designate Austin
1/25/2021-Smith Applauds Biden Administration’s Reversal of
the Unconstitutional Trans Ban
1/26/2021—Smith, Cooper Praise Biden Administration’s Work to
Extend New START Treaty
1/26/2021—HASC Schedule: February 1–5
1/28/2021—Smith Announces Democratic HASC Members for
117th Congress
FEBRUARY 2021
2/3/2021—Smith, Rogers Announce HASC Subcommittee Assign-
ments, Chairs, and Ranking Members
2/3/2021—Smith, Langevin Announce New Subcommittee for the
117th Congress
2/3/2021—Smith, Gallego Announce New Subcommittee for the
117th Congress
2/3/2021—Smith Congratulates Representative Luria on Election
as Vice Chair of the Armed Services Committee
2/10/2021—HASC Schedule: February 15–19
2/12/2021—Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces
Selections for Commission on Removing Confederate Symbols and
Names from U.S. Military Assets
2/16/2021—HASC Schedule: February 22–262/26/2021—Smith
Statement on Defensive Strike Against Iran-Backed Militia
MARCH 2021
3/3/2021—HASC Schedule: March 8–12
3/3/2021—Smith Comments on Biden’s Declassification of Intel
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3/4/2021—House Armed Services Committee Stands Up Acquisi-
tion Task Force
3/8/2021—Smith Announces Additional Selection for Commission
on Removing Confederate Symbols and Names from U.S. Military
Assets
3/9/2021—HASC Schedule: March 15–19
3/9/2021—Smith, Biden Agree: Time to Repeal 2002 AUMF is
Now
3/11/2021—Smith, Rogers Call for a Measured Drawdown of Na-
tional Guard Deployment to the Capitol
3/12/2021—UPDATED HASC Schedule: March 15–19
3/17/2021—HASC Schedule: March 22–26
3/19/2021—UPDATED HASC Schedule: March 22–26
3/19/2021—House Committee Chairs Send Letters Seeking Docu-
ments About January 6 Attack on U.S. Capitol
3/31/2021—Smith Commends Biden Administration’s Support for
Transgender Service Members
APRIL 2021
4/7/2021—HASC Schedule: April 12–16
4/12/2021—House Armed Services and Science Committee Chairs
Look to Collaborate with President Biden to Address Risks to US
Research Enterprise
4/12/2021—Smith Statement on Wormuth’s Historic Nomination
4/14/2021—HASC Schedule: April 19–23
4/14/2021—Smith Statement on Updated Afghanistan Troop
Withdrawal Date
4/15/2021—Chairman Smith, Senator Warren Introduce ‘‘No
First Use’’ Bill for Nuclear Weapons
4/15/2021—Smith Commends President Biden for Holding Russia
Accountable
4/22/2021—HASC Schedule: April 26–30
4/26/2021—HASC Schedule: May 3–7
4/27/2021—Smith Praises Biden Administration’s Nominees to
Lead the United States Air Force
4/28/2021—Updated HASC Schedule: May 3–7
4/30/2021—Smith Applauds President Biden For Prioritizing
Service Members
MAY 2021
5/5/2021—HASC Schedule: May 10–14
5/11/2021—HASC Schedule: May 17–21
5/12/2021—Smith Statement on the Violence in Israel
5/17/2021—Smith Renews Call for Ceasefire between Hamas and
Israel
5/17/2021—HASC Schedule: May 24–28
5/21/2021—Smith Statement on Ceasefire between Israel and
Hamas
5/28/2021—Smith Statement on the Fiscal Year 2022 Defense
Department Budget Request
5/28/2021—Updated HASC Schedule: June 7–11
JUNE 2021
6/1/2021—HASC Schedule: June 14–18
6/11/2021—Smith Applauds Del Toro’s Nomination to Lead the
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6/11/2021—Smith Commends Biden-Harris Administration for
Redirecting Border Wall Funds and Reprioritizing Military Con-
struction
6/15/2021—Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers An-
nounce Markup Schedule for Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense
Authorization Act
6/16/2021—HASC Schedule: June 21–25
6/17/2021—Smith Statement on Bipartisan Vote to Repeal the
2002 AUMF
6/22/2021—HASC Schedule: June 28–July 2
6/23/2021—Smith on Sexual Assault in the Military: Serious Ac-
tion is Overdue, Time to Act is Now
6/29/2021—Chairs Smith, Maloney, Lynch, Garamendi, and
McCollum Lead Colleagues in Demanding Navy Suspend Cuts to
Naval Audit Service
JULY 2021
7/2/2021—Smith, Rogers Introduce ‘‘By Request’’ Bill and Begin
FY22 National Defense Authorization Act Process
7/2/2021—Smith Welcomes Recommendations of the Independent
Review Commission on Sexual Assault
7/6/2021—HASC Schedule: July 12–16
7/8/2021—Chairman Smith to Speak at Naval Postgraduate
School on Advancing Defense Technological Leadership
7/8/2021—Smith Reiterates Support for President Biden’s Deci-
sion to end the Country’s Longest War
7/14/2021—HASC Schedule: July 19–23
7/21/2021—TOMORROW: Defense Critical Supply Chain Task
Force to Unveil Final Report at the Center for a New American Se-
curity
7/22/2021—Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force Releases
Final Report
7/22/2021—Smith Praises Passage of H.R. 3985 the Averting
Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs (ALLIES) Act
7/23/2021—ADVISORY: HASC Subcommittee Markup Press
Background Briefings
7/27/2021—Military Personnel Mark Summary for H.R. 4350 Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
7/27/2021—Seapower and Projection Forces Mark Summary for
H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
7/27/2021—Strategic Forces Mark Summary for H.R. 4350 Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
7/27/2021—Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Sys-
tems Mark Summary for H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022
7/27/2021—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Mark
Summary for H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022
7/28/2021—Subcommittee on Readiness Mark Summary for H.R.
4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
7/28/2021—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
Mark Summary for H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2022
7/30/2021—Smith Statement on the Passing of Senator Levin
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8/9/2021—Smith Urges Biden-Harris Administration to Prioritize
Deterrence over Domination in Nuclear Posture Review
8/9/2021—Smith Commends Mandatory Vaccination for Service
Members
8/12/2021—Smith Statement on the Reduction of United States
Embassy in Kabul Staff
8/20/2021—Smith Statement on the Ongoing Situation in Af-
ghanistan
8/23/2020—Smith Reiterates Support for Mandatory Vaccination
for Service Members
8/23/2021—HASC to Distribute NDAA Amendments
8/25/2021—H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 Full Committee Markup Press Background Brief-
ing
8/25/2021—HASC Subcommittee Marks as Reported for H.R.
4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
8/30/2021—Chairman Smith Releases H.R. 4350 National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
28/31/20211—Smith Statement on the End of the Afghanistan
War
SEPTEMBER 2021
9/2/2021—Chairman Smith on the Committee’s Passage of the
FY22 NDAA
9/11/2021—Smith Statement on the Anniversary of September 11
9/20/2021—Smith Statement on the Biden-Harris Administra-
tion’s Efforts to Stop Violence in Northern Ethiopia
9/20/2021—Smith Statement on a Decade Since the End of ‘Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell’
9/21/2021—Annual Defense Bill Comes to the House Floor
9/22/2021—HASC Schedule: September 27–October 1
9/23/2021—Democratic-Led House Passes Annual Defense Bill
for the 61st Consecutive Year
OCTOBER 2021
10/5/2021—Smith Commends Mandatory Vaccination for Civilian
Personnel at the Department of Defense
10/18/2021—Smith Statement on the Passing of Colin Powell
10/21/2021—HASC Schedule: October 25–29
NOVEMBER 2021
11/16/2021—The Facts: Investing in the Right Tools for Strategic
Competition
11/16/2021—Smith Statement on the Retirement of Congress-
woman Jackie Speier
11/16/2021—Smith Statement on Russian Anti-Satellite Test
11/24/2021—HASC Schedule: November 29–December 3
DECEMBER 2021
12/6/2021—***POSTPONED*** Bipartisan, Bicameral FY22
NDAA Background Briefing
12/7/2021—HASC, SASC Release Text of FY22 NDAA Agreement
12/7/2021—Democratic-Led House Passes Bipartisan, Bicameral
NDAA Agreement
12/10/2021—Smith Statement on the FY22 NDAA’s Trans-
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12/10/2021—What They Are Saying: FY22 NDAA Uniform Code
of Military Justice (UCMJ) Reforms Receive High Praise from Ad-
vocates
12/13/2021—The Facts: Delivering Real Reforms to Address the
Military Sexual Assault Crisis
12/17/2021—The Facts: How the FY22 NDAA Invests in Amer-
ica’s Diverse Talent Pool
2/27/20211—Smith Statement as the FY22 NDAA Is Signed Into
Law Second Session
JANUARY 2022
1/4/2022—Updated HASC Schedule: January 10–14
1/12/2022—HASC Schedule: January 17–21
1/18/2022—Smith Statement on the Retirement of Congressman
Jim Langevin
1/21/2022—Smith, Speier, Takano Call on Secretary Austin and
Secretary Cisneros to Launch Historical Review and Survey on
LGBTQ+ Military Inclusion
1/21/2022—Smith Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the
End of Unconstitutional Ban on Transgender Military Service
1/25/2022—Smith Statement on the Retirement of Congressman
Jim Cooper
FEBRUARY 2022
2/1/2022—Services Committees Leadership Announces Selections
for Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execu-
tion Reform
2/1/2022—HASC Schedule: February 7–11
2/3/2022—Smith Statement on ISIS Leader Special Operation
2/21/2022—Smith Condemns Russian Actions
2/23/2022—HASC Schedule: February 28–March 4
2/24/2022—Smith Strongly Condemns Putin for Further Russian
Invasion of Ukraine
2/25/2022—MARCH 3: Rep. Adam Smith to Speak on America’s
National Security Priorities
2/26/2022—Smith Reiterates Support for Aid to Ukraine, Ac-
countability for Putin
2/28/2022—Smith Announces HASC Senior Staff Transitions
MARCH 2022
3/2/2022—HASC Schedule: March 7–11
3/8/2022—Updated HASC Schedule: March 14–18
3/8/2022—Smith Praises Biden Administration Decision to Ban
Russian Oil Imports
3/16/2022—Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces
Selections for Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United
States
3/16/2022—Smith Reacts to President Zelenskyy’s Virtual Ad-
dress to Congress
3/17/2022—Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces
Selections for National Security Commission on Emerging Bio-
technology
3/17/2022—Smith Praises House Passage of Legislation to Hold
Russia Accountable and Support Ukraine
3/18/2022—Smith, Rogers Urge Defense Department to Replen-
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3/23/2022—Smith Statement on Passing of Former Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright
3/23/2022—[Updated] HASC Schedule: March 28–April 1
3/29/2022—Smith Statement on the Fiscal Year 2023 Defense
Budget Request
3/30/2022—HASC Schedule: April 4–8
3/30/2022—Chairman Smith and Scott Lead Letter to Offer Rec-
ommendations for Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S. Military
APRIL 2022
4/1/20221—Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces
Selections for Afghanistan War Commission
4/2/2022—Smith Statement on Yemen Truce
4/6/2022—Smith Supports New Consequences for Putin’s War
4/19/2022—Smith Concludes Congressional Delegation to Aus-
tralia, India
4/21/2022—[UPDATED] HASC Schedule: April 25–29
4/28/2022—Smith Statement on President Biden’s Supplemental
Request for Ukraine Assistance
MAY 2022
5/4/2022—[UPDATED] HASC Schedule: May 9–13
5/10/2022—Smith Praises House Passage of Supplemental Aid
Package for Ukraine
5/10/2022—Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers An-
nounce Markup Schedule for FY23 NDAA
5/10/2022—[UPDATED] HASC Schedule: May 16–20
5/18/2022—A Services, Oversight, and Intelligence Committee
Chairs on Report Finding Retaliation Against Lieutenant Colonel
Yevgeny Vindman
5/21/2022—Smith Statement as President Biden Signs Supple-
mental Aid Package for Ukraine
5/24/2022—Smith Welcomes Results from Commission on Remov-
ing Confederate Symbols and Names from Military Assets
5/25/2022—Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers An-
nounce Updated Markup Schedule for FY23 NDAA
5/27/2022—Smith Introduces ‘‘By Request’’ Bill for FY23 NDAA
5/30/2022—Smith Statement on Memorial Day
JUNE 2022
6/1/2022—HASC Subcommittee Markup Press Background Brief-
ings
6/2/2022—Smith Welcomes Extension of Yemen Truce
6/6/2022—Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers An-
nounce Updated Markup Schedule for FY23 NDAA
6/6/2022—Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and
Information Systems Mark for H.R. 7900 National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
6/7/2022—Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Mark for H.R. 7900
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
6/7/2022—Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
Mark for H.R. 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023
6/7/2022—FY 2020 Chairman Smith, Senior House National Se-
curity Leaders Outline Priorities for Recalibrating U.S.-Saudi Rela-
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6/7/20221—Subcommittee on Military Personnel Mark for H.R.
7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
6/8/2022—Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
Mark for H.R. 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023
6/8/2022—Subcommittee on Readiness Mark for H.R. 7900 Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
6/8/2022—Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Mark
for H.R. 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2023
6/13/2022—HASC to Distribute FY23 NDAA Amendments
6/13/2022—Chairman Smith Statement on the Importance of
Passing the FY20 NDAA Without Offsets
6/14/2022—H.R. 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 Full Committee Markup Press Background Brief-
ing
6/15/2022—Smith Statement on New PFAS Health Advisories
6/20/2022—Chairman Smith Releases Mark for FY23 NDAA
6/22/2022—Smith Statement on Proposal to Increase Discre-
tionary Topline for Defense
6/23/2022—Chairman Smith on the Armed Services Committee’s
Passage of the FY23 NDAA
JULY 2022
7/12/2022—HASC Schedule: July 18–22
7/13/2022—Smith Statement As Annual Defense Bill Comes to
the House Floor
7/14/2022—Smith Statement on the House Passage of FY23
NDAA
7/22/2022—HASC Schedule: July 25–July 29
7/23/2022—Smith Condemns Russian Strikes on Odesa
7/23/2022—Smith, Congressional Delegation Statement Fol-
lowing Meeting with President Zelenskyy in Ukraine
AUGUST 2022
8/1/2022—Smith Statement on Successful al-Qaida Leader Strike
8/3/2022—Smith Statement on Two Month Extension of Yemen
Truce
8/16/2022—Smith Discusses One-Year Anniversary of Afghani-
stan Withdrawal on MSNBC
8/19/2022—The Facts: Afghanistan, One Year Later
8/24/2022—Smith Statement on Six-Month Anniversary of Rus-
sia’s Further Invasion of Ukraine
8/24/2022—Smith Statement on U.S. Strikes in Syria
8/30/2022—Smith Marks One-Year Anniversary of U.S. Military
Withdrawal from Afghanistan
SEPTEMBER 2022
9/6/2022—Smith Concludes Congressional Delegation to Japan,
Indonesia
9/14/2022—HASC Schedule: September 19–23
9/19/2022—Smith Welcomes Final Report from Commission on
Removing Confederate Symbols and Names from Military Assets
9/30/2022—Smith Condemns Lawless Russian Attempts to Annex
Sovereign Ukrainian Territory
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10/6/2022—Smith Praises U.S. Support for Ukraine, Highlights
Ukraine’s Battlefield Success
10/10/2022—Smith Concludes Congressional Delegation to Spain,
Greece, Croatia, and Portugal
10/12/2022—Smith Welcomes Biden Administration’s National
Security Strategy
10/20/2022—Smith Statement on the DoD’s Latest Reproductive
Care Memo
10/25/2022—Smith Statement on the Passing of Ash Carter
10/27/2022—Smith Praises the Defense Department’s 2022 Stra-
tegic Reviews
DECEMBER 2022
12/6/2022—HASC and SASC Release Text of FY23 NDAA Agree-
ment
12/8/2022—Democratic-Led House Passes Bipartisan, Bicameral
NDAA Agreement
12/12/2022—House Armed Services Committee Markup of H.
Res. 1475
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