[House Report 107-791]
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Union Calendar No. 492
107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 107-791
REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES
of the
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
for the
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS
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December 18, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
One Hundred Seventh Congress
BOB STUMP, Arizona, Chairman
FLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina, IKE SKELTON, Missouri, Ranking
Chairman Emeritus\1\ Member
DUNCAN HUNTER, California, Vice NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia\3\
Chairman\2\ JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina
JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania LANE EVANS, Illinois
JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York MARTY MEEHAN, Massachusetts
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois
HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON, SILVESTRE REYES, Texas
California THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
MAC THORNBERRY, Texas JIM TURNER, Texas
JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana ADAM SMITH, Washington
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida\4\ MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas
LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY, Georgia
JIM RYUN, Kansas ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
BOB RILEY, Alabama ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania
JIM GIBBONS, Nevada ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina BARON P. HILL, Indiana
DONALD SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania\5\ MIKE THOMPSON, California
HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut
KEN CALVERT, California SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida RICK LARSEN, Washington\6\
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia
ED SCHROCK, Virginia
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia\7\
JEFF MILLER, Florida\8\
JOE WILSON, South Carolina\9\
Robert S. Rangel, Staff Director
Alexis R. Lasselle, Legislative Operations Clerk
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\1\ Mr. Spence was named Chairman Emeritus on February 7, 2001. Mr.
Spence died August 16, 2001.
\2\ Mr. Hunter was named Vice Chairman of the Committee on September
24, 2001.
\3\ Mr. Sisisky died March 29, 2001.
\4\ Mr. Scarborough resigned from the House of Representatives on
September 5, 2001.
\5\ Mr. Sherwood resigned from the Committee on March 7, 2001.
\6\ Mr. Larsen (WA) was assigned to the Committee on July 25, 2001.
\7\ Mr. Forbes was assigned to the Committee on June 28, 2001.
\8\ Mr. Miller was assigned to the Committee on November 8, 2001.
\9\ Mr. Wilson was assigned to the Committee on January 25, 2002.
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Services,
Washington, DC, December 18, 2002.
Hon. Jeff Trandahl,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Trandahl: Pursuant to House Rule XI 1.(d), there
is transmitted herewith the report of activities of the
Committee on Armed Services for the 107th Congress.
Sincerely,
Bob Stump, Chairman.
C O N T E N T S
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Powers and Duties, Committee on Armed Services--107th Congress... 1
Background................................................... 1
Constitutional Powers and Duties............................. 2
House Rules on Jurisdiction.................................. 3
Investigative Authority and Legislative Oversight............ 3
Committee Rules.................................................. 4
Rules Governing Procedure.................................... 4
Composition of the Committee on Armed Services--107th Congress... 13
Subcommittees of the Committee on Armed Services--107th Congress. 14
Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee........... 14
Military Personnel Subcommittee.............................. 15
Military Procurement Subcommittee............................ 16
Military Readiness Subcommittee.............................. 17
Military Research and Development Subcommittee............... 18
Full Committee Panels............................................ 19
Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation.... 19
Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine............... 19
Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy
Reorganization............................................. 20
Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism......................... 20
Committee Staff.................................................. 21
Committee Meetings............................................... 23
Legislative Actions.............................................. 23
Legislation Enacted Into Law................................. 23
Public Law 107-56 (H.R. 3162)............................ 23
Public Law 107-103 (H.R. 1291)........................... 23
Public Law 107-107 (S. 1438)............................. 24
Public Law 107-152 (S.J. Res. 32)........................ 26
Public Law 107-296 (H.R. 5005)........................... 27
Public Law 107-314 (H.R. 4546)........................... 27
Legislation Reported but Not Enacted......................... 30
H.R. 2581................................................ 30
H.R. 4547................................................ 30
H.R. 5132................................................ 31
Oversight Activities............................................. 33
Summary of Oversight Plan.................................... 33
Actions and Recommendations.................................. 33
Additional Oversight Activities.............................. 38
Other Activities of the Full Committee........................... 45
Budget Activity.............................................. 45
Full Committee Hearings...................................... 46
Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation.... 53
Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine............... 54
Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy
Reorganization............................................. 54
Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism......................... 55
Other Activities of Subcommittees................................ 57
Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee........... 57
Military Personnel Subcommittee.............................. 58
Military Procurement Subcommittee............................ 58
Military Readiness Subcommittee.............................. 59
Military Research and Development Subcommittee............... 59
Publications..................................................... 61
Committee Prints of Laws Relating to National Defense........ 61
Committee Prints............................................. 61
Published Proceedings........................................ 61
House Reports................................................ 65
Public Laws.................................................. 66
Press Releases................................................... 67
Union Calendar No. 492
107th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 107-791
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REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES FOR THE
107TH CONGRESS
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December 18, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Stump, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
ON
POWERS AND DUTIES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED
SERVICES--107TH CONGRESS
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 Committees 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 Appropriations.
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 standing committee to review and study on a continuing
basis all laws, programs, and government activities dealing
with or involving international arms control and disarmament
and the education of military dependents in school.
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 Committee on Atomic
Energy.
With the adoption of H. Res. 658 on July 14, 1977, which
established the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, the jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed
Service over intelligence matters was diminished.
That resolution gave the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence oversight responsibilities for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities and programs of the U.S.
Government. Specifically, the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence has exclusive legislative jurisdiction regarding
the Central Intelligence 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 matters.
Accordingly, as a matter of practice, the Committee on Armed
Services shared jurisdiction over the authorization process
involving intelligence-related activities.
The committee continues to have shared jurisdiction over
military 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
successor committee to the Committee on Armed Services, and was
granted additional legislative and oversight authority over
merchant marine academies, national security aspects of
merchant marine policy and programs, and interoceanic canals.
Rules for the 104th Congress also codified the existing
jurisdiction of the committee over tactical intelligence
matters and the intelligence related 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.
Constitutional Powers and Duties
The powers and duties of Congress in relation to national
defense matters stem from Article I, section 8, of the
Constitution, which provides, among other things, that the
Congress shall have power to:
Raise and support armies;
Provide and maintain a navy;
Make rules for the government and regulation of the
land and naval forces;
Provide for calling forth the militia;
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;
Exercise exclusive legislation * * * over all places
purchased * * * for the erection of forts, magazines,
arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings; and
Make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for
carrying 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 that rule, all bills, resolutions,
and other matters relating to subjects within the jurisdiction
of any standing shall be referred to such committee. The
jurisdiction of the House Committee on Armed Services, pursuant
to clause 1(c) of rule X is as follows:
(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army, Navy,
and Air 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 Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
generally.
(5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures
relating to the maintenance, operation, and
administration of interoceanic canals.
(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 the Defense.
(9) National security aspects of merchant marine,
including financial 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
seamen as these matters relate to the national
security.
(10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits
and privileges 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, and Air Force.
(14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
(15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for
the common defense.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction and general
oversight function, the Committee on Armed Services has special
oversight functions with respect to international arms control
and disarmament and military dependents' education.
Investigative Authority and Legislative Oversight
H. Res. 988 of the 93rd Congress, the Committee Reform
Amendments 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 renewal 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 oversight
in the area of their respective jurisdiction, and by
establishing specific oversight functions for the Committee on
Armed Services.
H. Res. 84, approved by the House on March 27, 2001,
provided funds for oversight responsibilities to be conducted
in the 107th Congress, pursuant to clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of
the Rules of the House of Representatives (relating to general
oversight responsibilities), clause 3(g) 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
7, 2001, and adopted the following rules governing procedure
and rules for investigative hearings conducted by
subcommittees.
(H.A.S.C. No. 107-1)
Rules Governing Procedure
RULE 1. APPLICATION OF HOUSE RULES
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 applicable.
RULE 2. FULL COMMITTEE MEETING DATE
(a) The Committee shall meet every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.,
and at such other times as may be fixed by the chairman of the
Committee (hereinafter referred to in these rules as the
``Chairman''), 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 Chairman, but such action may be reversed by a
written request of a majority of the members of the Committee.
RULE 3. SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DATES
Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings,
receive evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters
referred to it. Insofar as possible, meetings of the Committee
and its subcommittees shall not conflict. A subcommittee
chairman shall set meeting dates afterconsultation with the
Chairman, the other subcommittee chairmen, and the ranking minority
member of the subcommittee with a view toward avoiding simultaneous
scheduling of committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings wherever
possible.
RULE 4. SUBCOMMITTEES
The Committee shall be organized to consist of five
standing subcommittees with the following jurisdictions:
Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities:
military construction; real estate acquisitions and disposals;
military family housing and support; base closure and
realignment; and related legislative oversight.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel: military forces and
authorized strengths; integration of active and reserve
components; military personnel policy; compensation and other
benefits; and related legislative oversight.
Subcommittee on Military Procurement: the annual
authorization for procurement of military weapon systems and
components thereof, including full scale development and
systems transition; military application of nuclear energy; and
related legislative oversight.
Subcommittee on Military Readiness: the annual
authorization for operation and maintenance; the readiness and
preparedness requirements of the defense establishment; and
related legislative oversight.
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development: the
annual authorization for military research and development and
related legislative oversight.
RULE 5. COMMITTEE PANELS
(a) The Chairman 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.
(b) No panel so appointed shall continue in existence for
more than six months. A panel so appointed may, upon the
expiration of six months, be reappointed by the Chairman.
(c) No panel so appointed shall have legislative
jurisdiction.
RULE 6. REFERENCE AND CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
(a) The Chairman shall refer legislation and other matters
to the appropriate subcommittee or to the full Committee.
(b) Legislation shall be taken up for hearing only when
called by the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, as
appropriate, or by a majority of those present and voting.
(c) The Chairman, 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
subcommittee 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.
RULE 7. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARINGS AND MEETINGS
Pursuant to clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee or of
any subcommittee or panel shall make public announcement of the
date, place, and subject matter of any committee or
subcommittee hearing at least one week before the commencement
of the hearing. However, if the Chairman of the Committee or of
any subcommittee or panel, with the concurrence of the ranking
minority member of the Committee or of any subcommittee or
panel, determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing
sooner, or if the Committee, subcommittee or panel so
determines by majority vote, a quorum being present for the
transaction of business, such chairman shall make the
announcement at the earliest possible date. Any announcement
made under this rule shall be promptly published in the Daily
Digest, promptly entered into the committee scheduling service
of the House Information Resources, and promptly posted to the
internet web page maintained by the Committee.
RULE 8. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MEETINGS
Clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives shall apply to the Committee.
RULE 9. MEETINGS AND HEARINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(a) Each hearing and meeting for the transaction of
business, including the markup of legislation, conducted by the
Committee or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except
when the Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a
majority being present, determines by record vote that all or
part of the remainder of that hearing 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 less than two members of the Committee or
subcommittee, may vote to close a hearing or meeting for the
sole purpose of discussing whether testimony or evidence to be
received would endanger the national security, would compromise
sensitive law enforcement information, or would violate 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 or
subcommittee being present.
(b) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the committee
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 (a) and the
provisions of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, such evidence or testimony shall be
presented in executive session, if by a majority vote of those
present, there being in attendance no less than two members of
the Committee or subcommittee, the Committee or subcommittee
determines that such evidence may tend to defame, degrade or
incriminate any person. A majority of those present, there
being in attendance no less than two members of the Committee
or subcommittee, may also vote to close the hearing or meeting
for the sole purpose of discussing whether evidence or
testimony to be received would tend to defame, degrade or
incriminate any person. The Committee or subcommittee shall
proceed to receive such testimony in open session only if the
Committee or subcommittee, a majority being present, determines
that such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame,
degrade or incriminate any person.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and with the approval of
the Chairman, each member of the Committee may designate by
letter to the Chairman, a member of that member's personal
staff with Top Secret security clearance to attend hearings of
the Committee, or that member's subcommittee(s) (excluding
briefings or meetings held under the provisions of committee
rule 9(a)), which have been closed under the provisions of rule
9(a) above for national security purposes for the taking of
testimony. The attendance of such a staff member at such
hearings is subject to the approval of the Committee or
subcommittee 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
Commissioner 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 investigation, to close its hearings to
Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same
procedures designated in this rule for closing hearings to the
public. 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 subcommittee shall constitute a quorum:
(1) Reporting a measure or recommendation;
(2) Closing committee or subcommittee meetings and
hearings to the public;
(3) Authorizing the issuance of subpoenas; and
(4) Authorizing the use of executive session
material.
(c) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the
House of Representatives unless a majority of the Committee is
actually present.
RULE 11. THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE
(a) The time any one member may address the Committee or
subcommittee on any measure or matter under consideration shall
not exceed five minutes and then only when the member has been
recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as
appropriate, except that this time limit may be exceeded by
unanimous consent. Any member, upon request, shall be
recognized for not to exceed 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 Chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee or subcommittee.
(b) Members present at a hearing of the Committee or
subcommittee when a hearing is originally convened shall be
recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as
appropriate, in order of seniority. Those members arriving
subsequently shall be recognized in order of their arrival.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chairman and the ranking
minority member will take precedence upon their arrival. In
recognizing members to question witnesses in this fashion, the
Chairman shall take into consideration the ratio of the
majority to minority members present and shall establish the
order of recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to
disadvantage the members of the majority.
(c) No person other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner of Congress and committee staff may be seated in
or behind the dais area during Committee, subcommittee, or
panel 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 subparagraph (b)(1) of this paragraph):
(1) to sit and act at such times and places within
the United States, whether the House is in session, has
recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold hearings, and
(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 documents, including, but not
limited to, those in electronic form, as it considers
necessary.
(b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the
Committee, or any subcommittee with the concurrence of the full
Committee Chairman, under subparagraph (a)(2) in the conduct of
any investigation, or series of investigations 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 Chairman, 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.
RULE 13. WITNESS STATEMENTS
(a) Any prepared statement to be presented by a witness to
the Committee or a subcommittee shall be submitted to the
Committee or subcommittee at least 48 hours in advance of
presentation and shall be distributed to all members of the
Committee or subcommittee at least 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
classification of secret or higher, the statement shall be made
available in the Committee rooms to all members of the
Committee or subcommittee at least 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 or subcommittee, a
quorum being present.
(b) The Committee and each subcommittee shall require each
witness who is to appear before it to file with the Committee
in advance of his or her appearance a written statement of the
proposed testimony and to limit the oral presentation at such
appearance to a brief summary of his or her argument.
RULE 14. ADMINISTERING OATHS TO WITNESSES
(a) The Chairman, or any member designated by the Chairman,
may administer 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)
in the matters now under consideration 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, members of the Committee or subcommittee may put
questions to the witness only when recognized by the Chairman
or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate, for that purpose.
(b) Members of the Committee or subcommittee who so desire
shall have not to exceed five minutes to interrogate each
witness until such time as each member has had an opportunity
to interrogate such witness; thereafter, additional rounds for
questioning witnesses by members are discretionary with the
Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate.
(c) Questions put to witnesses before the Committee or
subcommittee shall be pertinent to the measure or matter that
may be before the Committee or subcommittee for consideration.
RULE 16. PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MARKUPS
The transcripts of those hearings and mark-ups conducted by
the Committee or a subcommittee that are decided by the
Chairman to be officially published will be published in
verbatim form, with the material requested for the record
inserted at that place requested, or at the end of the record,
as appropriate. Any requests to correct any errors, other than
those in transcription, or disputed errors in transcription,
will be appended to the record, and the appropriate place where
the change is requested will be footnoted.
RULE 17. VOTING AND ROLLCALLS
(a) Voting on a measure or matter may be by record vote,
division vote, voice vote, or unanimous consent.
(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
attendance at any other committee, subcommittee, or conference
committee meeting during that time, the necessary absence of
that member shall be so noted in the record vote record, upon
timely notification to the Chairman by that member.
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 intention to file supplemental, minority, additional or
dissenting views, that member 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 views, in writing and signed by that member,
with the staff director of the Committee. 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.
RULE 19. POINTS OF ORDER
No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure
reported by the Committee or any subcommittee on the ground
that hearings on such measure were not conducted in accordance
with the provisions of the rules of the Committee; except that
a point of order on that ground may be made by any member of
the Committee or subcommittee which reported the measure if, in
the Committee or subcommittee, such point of order was (a)
timely made and (b) improperly overruled or not properly
considered.
RULE 20. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF COMMITTEE ROLLCALLS
The result of each record vote in any meeting of the
Committee shall be made available by the Committee for
inspection by the public at reasonable times in the offices of
the Committee. Information so available for public inspection
shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or
other proposition and the name of each member voting for and
each member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or
proposition and the names of those members present but not
voting.
RULE 21. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY 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 secret or higher which
has been received by the Committee or a subcommittee shall be
deemed to have been received in executive session and shall be
given appropriate safekeeping.
(b) The Chairman of the Committee shall, with the approval
of a majority of the Committee, establish such procedures as in
his judgment may be necessary to prevent the unauthorized
disclosure of any national security information received
classified as secret or higher. Such procedures shall, however,
ensure access to this information by any member of the
Committee or any other Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner of the House of Representatives who has requested
the opportunity to review such material.
RULE 22. COMMITTEE STAFFING
The staffing of the Committee, the standing subcommittees,
and any panel designated by the Chairman shall be subject to
the rules of the House of Representatives.
RULE 23. 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
Representatives. The Chairman 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 presented to the Committee for a
determination on the written request of any member of the
Committee.
RULE 24. HEARING PROCEDURES
Clause 2(k) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives shall apply to the Committee.
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES--107TH CONGRESS
Pursuant to H. Res. 19, election of majority members,
(adopted January 6, 2001), and H. Res. 25, election of minority
members (adopted January 31, 2001), the following members
served on the Committee on Armed Services in the 107th
Congress:
BOB STUMP, Arizona, Chairman
IKE SKELTON, Missouri, Ranking MemberFLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina,
NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia \3\ Chairman Emeritus \1\
JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina DUNCAN HUNTER, California, Vice
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas Chairman \2\
LANE EVANS, Illinois JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado
MARTY MEEHAN, Massachusetts JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam JOHN M. McHUGH, New York
ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois TERRY EVERETT, Alabama
SILVESTRE REYES, Texas ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland
THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON,
VIC SNYDER, Arkansas California
JIM TURNER, Texas J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma
ADAM SMITH, Washington MAC THORNBERRY, Texas
LORETTA SANCHEZ, California JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana
JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia
MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee
CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida \4\
CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY, Georgia WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina
ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania JIM RYUN, Kansas
ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey BOB RILEY, Alabama
BARON P. HILL, Indiana JIM GIBBONS, Nevada
MIKE THOMPSON, California ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut DONALD SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania \5\
SUSAN A. DAVIS, California HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island KEN CALVERT, California
RICK LARSEN, Washington \6\ ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia
ED SCHROCK, Virginia
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia \7\
JEFF MILLER, Florida \8\
JOE WILSON, South Carolina \9\
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\1\ Mr. Spence was named Chairman Emeritus on February 7, 2001. Mr.
Spence died August 16, 2001.
\2\ Mr. Hunter was named Chairman of the Committee on September 24,
2001.
\3\ Mr. Sisisky died March 29, 2001.
\4\ Mr. Scarborough resigned from the House of Representatives on
September 5, 2001.
\5\ Mr. Sherwood resigned from the Committee on March 7, 2001.
\6\ Mr. Larsen (WA) was assigned to the Committee on July 25, 2001.
\7\ Mr. Forbes was assigned to the Committee on June 28, 2001.
\8\ Mr. Miller was assigned to the Committee on November 8, 2001.
\9\ Mr. Wilson was assigned to the Committee on January 25, 2002.
SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 107TH CONGRESS
The following subcommittees were established at the
committee's organizational meeting on February 7, 2001.
Military Installations and Facilities
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Military
construction; real estate acquisitions and disposals; housing
and support; base closure; and related legislative oversight.
Mr. SAXTON, Chairman
Mr. TAYLOR, Ranking Member \1\ Mr. HOSTETTLER
Mr. ORTIZ Mr. SCARBOROUGH \2\
Mr. ABERCROMBIE \3\ Mr. HAYES, Vice Chairman
Mr. UNDERWOOD Mr. CALVERT
Mr. REYES Mr. CRENSHAW
Dr. SNYDER Mr. SCHROCK
Mr. RODRIGUEZ Mr. HEFLEY \4\
Mr. THOMPSON Mr. McHUGH
Mr. EVERETT
Mr. BARTLETT \5\
Mr. McKEON \6\
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\1\ Mr. Taylor began the 107th Congress as Ranking Minority Member of
the Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee.
\2\ Mr. Scarborough resigned from the House of Representatives on
September 5, 2001.
\3\ Mr. Abercrombie became Ranking Minority Member of the Military
Installations and Facilities Subcommittee on February 8, 2002.
\4\ Mr. Hefley resigned from the Military Installations and Facilities
Subcommittee on February 8, 2002.
\5\ Mr. Bartlett was assigned to the Military Installations and
Facilities Subcommittee on February 8, 2002.
\6\ Mr. McKeon was assigned to the Military Installations and
Facilities Subcommittee on February 8, 2002.
Military Personnel
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Military forces
and authorized strengths; integration of active and reserve
components; military personnel policy; compensation and other
benefits; and related legislative oversight.
Mr. McHUGH, Chairman
Mr. MEEHAN, Ranking Member \1\ Mr. THORNBERRY
Dr. SNYDER \2\ Mr. GRAHAM
Ms. SANCHEZ Mr. RYUN, Vice Chairman
Ms. McKINNEY Mrs. WILSON \3\
Ms. TAUSCHER Mr. SIMMONS \4\
Mr. ANDREWS Mr. KIRK \5\
Mr. HILL Mrs. DAVIS (VA)
Mrs. DAVIS (CA) Mr. SCHROCK
Mr. LANGEVIN Mr. AKIN
Mr. FORBES \6\
Mr. MILLER \7\
Mr. WILSON \8\
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\1\ Mr. Meehan began the 107th Congress as Ranking Minority Member of
the Military Personnel Subcommittee.
\2\ Dr. Snyder was assigned to the Military Personnel Subcommittee and
became Ranking Minority Member on May 2, 2001.
\3\ Mrs. Wilson resigned from the Military Personnel Subcommittee on
July 13, 2001.
\4\ Mr. Simmons resigned from the Military Personnel Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
\5\ Mr. Kirk resigned from the Military Personnel Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
\6\ Mr. Forbes was assigned to the Military Personnel Subcommittee on
July 13, 2001.
\7\ Mr. Miller was assigned to the Military Personnel Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
\8\ Mr. Wilson was assigned to the Military Personnel Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
Military Procurement
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Annual
authorization for procurement of military weapon systems and
components thereof, including full-scale development and
systems transition; military application of nuclear energy; and
related legislative oversight.
Mr. SPENCE, Chairman \1\
Mr. SISISKY, Ranking Member \3\ Mr. WELDON \2\
Mr. TAYLOR \4\ Mr. HANSEN
Mr. SKELTON Mr. HEFLEY
Mr. SPRATT Mr. EVERETT
Mr. EVANS Mr. McKEON
Mr. BLAGOJEVICH Mr. WATTS
Mr. ALLEN Mr. THORNBERRY
Mr. TURNER Mr. GRAHAM, Vice Chairman
Mr. SMITH Mr. RYUN
Mr. MALONEY Mr. GIBBONS
Mr. McINTYRE Mr. SHERWOOD \5\
Ms. McKINNEY Mrs. WILSON
Ms. TAUSCHER Mr. SIMMONS
Mr. BRADY Mr. KIRK
Mrs. DAVIS (VA)
Mr. SCHROCK \6\
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\1\ Mr. Spence died August 16, 2001.
\2\ Mr. Weldon was assigned to the Military Procurement Subcommittee
and became Chairman on September 24, 2001.
\3\ Mr. Sisisky died March 29, 2001.
\4\ Mr. Taylor was assigned to the Military Procurement Subcommittee
and became Ranking Minority Member on May 2, 2001.
\5\ Mr. Sherwood resigned from the Committee on March 7, 2001.
\6\ Mr. Schrock was assigned to the Military Procurement Subcommittee
on July 13, 2001.
Military Readiness
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Annual
authorization for operation and maintenance; the readiness and
preparedness requirements of the defense establishment; and
related legislative oversight.
Mr. WELDON, Chairman \1\
Mr. ORTIZ, Ranking Member Mr. HEFLEY \2\
Mr. SISISKY \4\ Mr. BARTLETT \3\
Mr. EVANS Mr. CHAMBLISS
Mr. UNDERWOOD Mr. JONES
Mr. MALONEY Mr. RILEY, Vice Chairman
Mr. McINTYRE Mr. HUNTER
Mr. RODRIGUEZ Mr. HANSEN
Mr. BRADY Mr. McKEON \5\
Mr. HILL Mr. WATTS
Mrs. DAVIS (CA) Mr. HILLEARY
Mr. LARSEN (WA) \6\ Mr. GIBBONS
Mr. SHERWOOD \7\
Mrs. WILSON \8\
Mr. SIMMONS \9\
Mr. KIRK \10\
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\1\ Mr. Weldon began the 107th Congress as the Chairman of the Military
Readiness Subcommittee.
\2\ Mr. Hefley was assigned to the Military Readiness Subcommittee and
became Chairman on September 24, 2001.
\3\ Mr. Bartlett resigned from the Military Readiness Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
\4\ Mr. Sisisky died March 29, 2001.
\5\ Mr. McKeon resigned from the Military Readiness Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
\6\ Mr. Larsen (WA) was assigned to the Military Readiness Subcommittee
on July 25, 2001.
\7\ Mr. Sherwood resigned from the Committee on March 7, 2001.
\8\ Mrs. Wilson was assigned to the Military Readiness Subcommittee on
July 13, 2001.
\9\ Mr. Simmons was assigned to the Military Readiness Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
\10\ Mr. Kirk was assigned to the Military Readiness Subcommittee on
February 8, 2002.
Military Research and Development
Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Annual
authorization for military research and development and related
legislative oversight.
Mr. HUNTER, Chairman
Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ranking Member \1\ Mr. HILLEARY, Vice Chairman
Mr. SPRATT Mr. AKIN
Mr. TAYLOR \3\ Mr. WELDON \2\
Mr. MEEHAN \4\ Mr. SAXTON
Mr. BLAGOJEVICH \5\ Mr. BARTLETT
Mr. REYES Mr. HOSTETTLER
Mr. ALLEN Mr. CHAMBLISS
Dr. SNYDER \7\ Mr. SCARBOROUGH \6\
Mr. TURNER Mr. JONES
Mr. SMITH Mr. RILEY
Ms. SANCHEZ Mr. HAYES
Mr. ANDREWS Mr. CALVERT
Mr. THOMPSON \8\ Mr. CRENSHAW
Mr. LARSON (CT) Mr. SCHROCK \9\
Mr. LANGEVIN Mr. FORBES \10\
Mr. MILLER \11\
Mr. WILSON \12\
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\1\ Mr. Abercrombie began the 107th Congress as Ranking Minority Member
of the Military Research and Development Subcommittee.
\2\ Mr. Weldon resigned from the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on September 24, 2001.
\3\ Mr. Taylor resigned from the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on May 2, 2001.
\4\ Mr. Meehan became Ranking Minority Member of the Military Research
and Development Subcommittee on May 2, 2001.
\5\ Mr. Blagojevich was assigned to the Military Research and
Development Subcommittee on May 24, 2001.
\6\ Mr. Scarborough resigned from the House of Representatives on
September 5, 2001.
\7\ Dr. Snyder resigned from the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on May 2, 2001.
\8\ Mr. Thompson was assigned to the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on May 24, 2001.
\9\ Mr. Schrock resigned from the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on July 13, 2001.
\10\ Mr. Forbes was assigned to the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on July 13, 2001.
\11\ Mr. Miller was assigned to the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on February 8, 2002.
\12\ Mr. Wilson was assigned to the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee on February 8, 2002.
FULL COMMITTEE PANELS
The following full committee panels were appointed March 1,
2001.
Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation
Purpose--Oversight responsibility for all aspects of
nonappropriated fund activities, including appropriated funding
in support of those activities, within the Department of
Defense, including commissaries, exchanges, clubs and related
activities.
Mr. BARTLETT, Chairman
Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ranking Member Mr. McHUGH
Mr. SISISKY \1\ Mr. CHAMBLISS, Vice Chairman
Mr. ORTIZ Mr. SCARBOROUGH \2\
Mr. ABERCROMBIE Mr. JONES
Mr. MEEHAN Mr. RILEY
Mr. REYES Mr. HAYES
Mr. ANDREWS Mr. CRENSHAW
Mrs. DAVIS (CA) Mr. KIRK
Mr. LARSEN (WA) \3\ Mr. SCHROCK
Mr. FORBES \4\
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\1\ Mr. Sisisky died March 29, 2001.
\2\ Mr. Scarborough resigned from the House of Representatives on
September 5, 2001.
\3\ Mr. Larsen (WA) was assigned to the Special Oversight Panel on
Morale, Welfare and Recreation on July 25, 2001.
\4\ Mr. Forbes was assigned to the Special Oversight Panel on Morale,
Welfare and Recreation on March 7, 2002.
Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine
Purpose--Oversight responsibility for all issues, including
funding, related to the national security aspects of the
Merchant Marine.
Mr. HUNTER, Chairman
Mr. ALLEN, Ranking Member Mr. WELDON
Mr. TAYLOR Mr. SAXTON
Mr. SMITH Mr. JONES, Vice Chairman
Mr. MALONEY Mr. CRENSHAW
Mrs. DAVIS (VA)
Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization
Purpose--Oversight responsibility for the establishment and
organization of the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) pursuant to the provision contained in title 32 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000,
(Public Law 106-65).
Mr. THORNBERRY, Chairman
Ms. TAUSCHER, Ranking Member Mr. HUNTER
Mr. SISISKY \1\ Mr. GRAHAM
Mr. SPRATT Mr. RYUN
Mr. TAYLOR \2\ Mr. GIBBONS
Ms. McKINNEY Mrs. WILSON
Mr. LARSON (CT) Mr. CALVERT, Vice Chairman
Mr. LANGEVIN Mr. WILSON \3\
----------
\1\ Mr. Sisisky died March 29, 2001.
\2\ Mr. Taylor was assigned to the Special Oversight Panel on
Department of Energy Reorganization on May 2, 2001.
\3\ Mr. Wilson was assigned to the Special Oversight Panel on
Department of Energy Reorganization on February 11, 2002.
Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
Purpose--Oversight responsibility for assessing the nature
of the terrorist threat facing U.S. armed forces and national
security interests, including the threat of terrorism involving
weapons of mass destruction.
Mr. SAXTON, Chairman
Dr. SNYDER, Ranking Member \1\ Mr. HUNTER
Mr. REYES Mr. HANSEN
Mr. TURNER \2\ Mr. WELDON
Ms. SANCHEZ Mr. EVERETT
Mr. MALONEY Mr. BARTLETT
Mr. McINTYRE Mr. WATTS
Mr. RODRIGUEZ Mr. HOSTETTLER, Vice Chairman
Ms. McKINNEY Mr. GIBBONS
Mr. HILL Mr. HAYES
Mr. LANGEVIN Mr. CALVERT
Mr. SIMMONS
----------
\1\ Dr. Snyder began the 107th Congress as Ranking Minority Member on
the Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism.
\2\ Mr. Turner became the Ranking Minority Member on the Special
Oversight Panel on Terrorism on June 28, 2001.
COMMITTEE STAFF
By committee resolution adopted at the organizational
meeting on February 7, 2001, or by authority of the Chairman,
the following persons were appointed to the staff of the
committee during the 107th Congress:
Robert S. Rangel, Staff Director
Carl D. Commenator, Deputy Staff
Director/Counsel
Hugh N. Johnston, Jr., General
Counsel (appointed June 25, 2001)
Philip W. Grone, Assistant Deputy
Staff Director (resigned September
26, 2001)
Rita D. Thompson, Professional
Staff Member
Brenda J. Wright, Professional
Staff Member
Kathleen A. Lipovac, Professional
Staff Member (resigned October 9,
2002)
Frank A. Barnes, Staff Assistant
Betty B. Gray, Staff Assistant
Peggy Cosseboom, Staff Assistant
(resigned March 30, 2001)
Peter M. Steffes, Professional
Staff Member (resigned December
31, 2002)
Ernest B. Warrington, Jr., Staff
Assistant
Diane W. Bowman, Staff Assistant
Steven A. Thompson, Professional
Staff Member (resigned September
16, 2001)
Michael R. Higgins, Professional
Staff Member
Jean D. Reed, Professional Staff
Member
George O. Withers, Professional
Staff Member
Dudley L. Tademy, Professional
Staff Member
John D. Chapla, Professional Staff
Member
Stephen P. Ansley, Professional
Staff Member
Dionel M. Aviles, Professional
Staff Member (resigned July 16,
2001)
Peter V. Pry, Professional Staff
Member (resigned August 31, 2001)
David J. Trachtenberg,
Professional Staff Member
(resigned October 3, 2001)
Rebecca J. Anfinson, Staff
Assistant (resigned July 2, 2001)
Roger M. Smith, Professional Staff
Member
B. Ryan Vaart, Press Secretary
Peter J. Berry, Professional Staff
Member (resigned August 26, 2001)
Robert W. Lautrup, Professional
Staff Member
Joseph F. Boessen, Professional
Staff Member (resigned May 31,
2001)
Christian P. Zur, Professional
Staff Member (resigned June 7,
2002)
John F. Sullivan, Professional
Staff Member
Nancy M. Warner, Professional
Staff Member
Brian R. Green, Professional Staff
Member (resigned May 13, 2001)
Noah L. Simon, Research Assistant
(resigned August 17, 2001)
Thomas E. Hawley, Professional
Staff Member
William H. Natter, Professional
Staff Member
Ashley D. Godwin, Professional
Staff Member (resigned November 9,
2002)
Elizabeth A. Sharp, Staff
Assistant (resigned March 9, 2001)
John J. Pollard III, Counsel
James M. Lariviere, Professional
Staff Member
Jesse D. Tolleson, Jr., Research
Assistant
Mary Ellen Fraser, Counsel
Edward P. Wyatt, Professional
Staff Member (resigned February 3,
2001)
Debra S. Wada, Professional Staff
Member
Henry J. Schweiter, Counsel
J. J. Gertler, Professional Staff
Member
Daniel T. Hilton, Staff Assistant
Laura R. Haas, Executive Assistant
Laura C. Truesdell, Staff
Assistant (resigned June 27, 2001)
Christopher A. Kim, Staff
Assistant
Katherine K. Gordon, Staff
Assistant
Laura K. Hancock, Staff Assistant
(resigned December 31, 2001)
Jarrod C. Tisdell, Research
Assistant (appointed May 1, 2001;
resigned May 12, 2002)
Harry E. Cartland, Professional
Staff Member (appointed May 29,
2001)
Erin C. Conaton, Professional
Staff Member (appointed June 4,
2001)
Meghan L. Wedd, Deputy Press
Secretary (appointed June 4, 2001)
Wesley M. Denton, Staff Assistant
(appointed June 18, 2001; resigned
January 6, 2002)
Douglas C. Roach, Professional
Staff Member (appointed September
4, 2001)
Virginia H. Johnson, Counsel
(appointed September 24, 2001)
Alexis R. Lasselle, Legislative
Operations Clerk (appointed
October 15, 2001)
Danleigh S. Halfast, Staff
Assistant (appointed November 5,
2001)
Girard A. Galvin, Staff Assistant
(appointed November 29, 2001;
resigned July 31, 2002)
Sarah E. Kittel, Staff Assistant
(appointed January 7, 2002;
resigned August 16, 2002)
Angela M. Sowa, Staff Assistant
(appointed February 7, 2002)
Mark T. Esper, Professional Staff
Assistant (appointed March 20,
2002; resigned November 11, 2002)
Whitney H. Neal, Intern (appointed
June 3, 2002; resigned August 9,
2002)
Emily C. Olson, Intern (appointed
June 3, 2002; resigned August 9,
2002)
Justin P. Bernier, Research
Assistant (appointed June 14,
2002)
Richard I. Stark, Jr.,
Professional Staff Member
(appointed June 25, 2002)
David B. Heaton, Staff Assistant
(appointed August 1, 2002)
Lori Shaffer, Staff Assistant
(appointed August 19, 2002)
Linda M. Burnette, Printing Clerk
(appointed November 4, 2002)
Curtis B. Flood, Staff Assistant
(appointed November 4, 2002)
Mary E. Petrella, Research
Assistant (appointed December 1,
2002)
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
A total of 122 meetings were held by the Committee on Armed
Services, its subcommittees, and panels during the 107th
Congress. The committee held four joint meetings. A breakdown
of the meetings follows:
Full Committee.................................................... 33
Subcommittees:
Military Installations and Facilities......................... 9
Military Personnel............................................ 10
Military Procurement.......................................... 16
Military Readiness............................................ 14
Military Research and Development............................. 14
Full Committee Panels:
Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation..... 5
Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine................ 8
Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization 4
Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism.......................... 9
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Legislation Enacted Into Law
PUBLIC LAW 107-56 (H.R. 3162)
To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the
world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other
purposes
H.R. 3162, the USA Patriot Act of 2001, uses the tracking
and interception of communications to better enable federal
officials to enforce the law and gather foreign intelligence,
provides the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to combat
the corruption of U.S. financial institutions for foreign money
laundering purposes, and attempts to make U.S. borders less
penetrable to foreign terrorists and to detain and remove those
already inside the country. H.R. 3162 was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services, as well as the Committees on
Intelligence (Permanent Select), Judiciary, Financial Services,
International Relations, Energy and Commerce, Education and the
Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure. This measure
passed the House on October 24, 2001 under suspension of the
rules and was agreed to without amendment in the Senate on
October 25, 2001. H.R. 3162 was signed by the President and
became law on October 26, 2001.
PUBLIC LAW 107-103 (H.R. 1291)
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and improve
authorities relating to education benefits, burial benefits, and
vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans, to modify certain
authorities relating to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims, and for other purposes
H.R. 1291, the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion
Act of 2001, amends federal provisions concerning the
Montgomery GI Bill to provide a graduated increase in the rates
of basic educational assistance, increases the burial and
funeral expense benefit for veterans who die of service-
connected disabilities, adjusts certain compensation and
pension matters for disabled veterans, and increases the number
of judges authorized to serve on the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims.
The measure was referred to the Committees on Armed
Services and Veterans' Affairs on March 29, 2001, and passed by
the House under suspension of the rules on June 19, 2001. H.R.
1291 was amended in the Senate and passed by unanimous consent
on December 8, 2001. The House agreed to the Senate amendments
with an amendment on December 11, 2001, and by unanimous
consent on December 13, 2001, the Senate agreed to the House
amendment to the Senate amendments. The measure was signed by
the President and became law on December 27, 2001.
PUBLIC LAW 107-107 (S. 1438)
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes
Public Law 107-107 authorizes funds totaling
$342,628,957,000 for national defense functions for fiscal year
2002 and provides a budget authority level of $343,283,957,000.
Division A
Division A of Public Law 107-107 authorizes funds for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense.
Subtitle A of Title I authorizes $62,477,661,000 for
procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat
vehicles, ammunition, and other procurement for the armed
forces, defense agencies, and reserve components of the armed
forces.
Subtitles B through D of Title I establish additional
program requirements, restrictions, and limitations, authorize
transfer of, or earmark funds for, specified programs for the
armed forces, including the Army interim armored vehicles, the
Navy V-22 Osprey aircraft program, and the Air Force C-17
aircraft.
Subtitle A of Title II authorizes $46,526,075,000 for
research, development, test and evaluation for the armed forces
and the defense agencies, including amounts for basic research
and development-related matters.
Subtitle B of Title II establishes certain program
requirements, restrictions, and limitations on six separate
research and development-related matters.
Subtitles C through E of Title II address ballistic missile
defense programs, Air Force science and technology development
planning, and miscellaneous other matters.
Subtitle A of Title III authorizes $123,259,927,000 for
operation and maintenance (O&M) and $2,064,104,000 for working
capital funds for the armed forces and defense agencies.
Subtitles B through F of Title III address environmental
provisions, commissaries and nonappropriated fund
instrumentalities, workforce and depot issues, defense
dependents education, as well as other miscellaneous matters.
Title IV provides military personnel authorizations for the
active and reserve forces for fiscal year 2002 and authorizes
appropriations of $82,307,281,000 for military personnel for
fiscal year 2002. The end strengths for active duty personnel
for fiscal year 2002 are as follows:
Army, 480,000
Navy, 376,000
Marine Corps, 172,600
Air Force, 358,800
The Selected Reserve end strengths for fiscal year 2002 are
as follows:
Army National Guard, 350,000
Army Reserve, 205,000
Naval Reserve, 87,000
Marine Corps Reserve, 39,558
Air National Guard, 108,400
Air Force Reserve, 74,700
Coast Guard Reserve, 8,000
The end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of
the reserve components for fiscal year 2002 are as follows:
Army National Guard, 23,698
Army Reserve, 13,406
Naval Reserve, 14,811
Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261
Air National Guard, 11,591
Air Force Reserve, 1,437
Title V sets military personnel policy, including
provisions that address officer personnel policy; the reserve
components; joint specialty officers and joint professional
military education; education and training; recruiting and
accession matters; decorations, awards, and posthumous
commissions; funeral honors duty; military spouses and family
members; military justice and legal assistance matters; and
other matters such as the congressional review period for
change in ground combat exclusion policy.
Title VI addresses compensation and other personnel
benefits, including pay and allowances; bonuses and special and
incentive pays; travel and transportation allowances; retiree
and survivor benefits; and related matters.
Title VII contains military health care provisions,
including TRICARE program improvements; senior health care;
studies and reports relating to health care; and other matters.
Title VIII addresses acquisition policy, acquisition
management and related matters, including procurement
management and administration; use of preferred sources;
amendments to general contracting authorities, procedures, and
limitations; and other matters such as multi-year procurement
authority for dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-
related products as well as environmental services.
Title IX contains Department of Defense organization and
management provisions, including duties and functions of
officers; space activities; reports on DOD organization and
management; and other related matters.
Title X addresses general provisions relating to financial
matters; naval vessels and shipyards; counter-drug activities;
strategic forces; miscellaneous recommendations and report
requirements; and other matters.
Title XI addresses Department of Defense civilian
personnel, including their management and retirement.
Title XII concerns matters relating to other nations
including matters relating to arms control and monitoring;
matters relating to allies and friendly foreign nations; and
related reports.
Title XIII addresses Cooperative Threat Reduction with
states of the Former Soviet Union.
Title XIV addresses the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Title XV addresses activities relating to combating
terrorism, including increased funding and policy matters.
Title XVI addresses uniformed services voting.
Division B
Division B of Public Law 107-107 authorizes appropriations
in the amount of $10,500,000 for military construction and
military family housing in support of the active forces, the
reserve components, and the NATO security investment program
for fiscal year 2002. In addition, Division B contains military
construction program and military family housing changes; real
property and facilities administration; implementation of prior
base closure and realignment rounds; and miscellaneous land
conveyances. Division B also addresses the Fort Irwin military
land withdrawal as well as realignment and closure of military
installations and preparation of infrastructure for the nuclear
weapons complex.
Division C
Division C of Public Law 107-107 authorizes appropriations
in the amount of $14,095,209,000 for Department of Energy
national security programs for fiscal year 2002. Division C
also includes authorization for the Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board; National Defense Stockpile; Naval Petroleum
Reserves; and Maritime Administration.
The Senate Committee on Armed Services reported S. 1416 to
the Senate on September 12, 2001; H.R. 2586 was reported, as
amended, by the House Committee on Armed Services on September
4, 2001. A later, similar version of the Senate bill, S. 1438,
passed the Senate with amendments on October 2, 2002. The House
passed S. 1438, as amended, on September 25, 2001, subsequent
to striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu
thereof the provisions of a similar measure, H.R. 2586.
Conferees filed a conference report on December 12, 2001, which
was agreed to both in the Senate and the House on December 13,
2001. S. 1438 was signed by the President and became law on
December 28, 2001.
(S. Rept. 107-62; H. Rept. 107-194; H. Rept. 107-333;
H.A.S.C. 107-2; H.A.S.C. 107-3; H.A.S.C. 107-4; H.A.S.C. 107-5;
H.A.S.C. 107-6; H.A.S.C. 107-7; H.A.S.C. 107-8; H.A.S.C. 107-9;
H.A.S.C. 107-10)
PUBLIC LAW 107-152 (S.J. RES. 32)
Congratulating the United States Military Academy at West Point on its
bicentennial anniversary, and commending its outstanding contributions
to the Nation
S.J. Res. 32 congratulates the United States Military
Academy on its bicentennial anniversary, recognizes it as an
outstanding leadership development institution that upholds and
promotes the highest virtues of American society, and commends
all those who have led and taught at the academy for
inculcating its 58,000 graduates with moral, ethical, and
intellectual values and skills. After passing the Senate by
unanimous consent on February 25, 2002, S.J. Res. 32 was
referred to the House Committee on Armed Services on February
26, 2002, and was considered and passed under suspension of the
rules on March 6, 2002. The joint resolution was signed by the
President and became law on March 14, 2002.
PUBLIC LAW 107-296 (H.R. 5005)
To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other
purposes
H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, proposes a
sweeping consolidation of more than 100 separate homeland
security-related government agencies into a new Department of
Homeland Security in an attempt to bring focus to the federal
government's efforts to protect the American homeland. The new
Department's primary responsibilities include information
analysis and infrastructure protection; chemical, biological,
radiological, nuclear, and related countermeasures; border and
transportation security; emergency preparedness and response;
and coordination with other parts of the federal government,
state and local governments, and the private sector.
H.R. 5005 was referred to the Committee on Armed Services,
as well as the Committees on Agriculture, Appropriations,
Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Government Reform,
Intelligence (Permanent Select), International Relations, the
Judiciary, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways
and Means. On July 10, 2002, the Committee on Armed Services
held a markup session to consider H.R. 5005, which was ordered
to be reported, as amended, by voice vote to the Select
Committee on Homeland Security. This select committee reported,
as amended, H.R. 5005 to the House on July 24, 2002. The
measure passed the House, as amended, on July 26, 2002, and
passed the Senate, with amendment, on November 19, 2002. The
House concurred in the Senate amendment and passed the bill on
November 22, 2002. H.R. 5005 was signed by the President and
became law on November 25, 2002.
PUBLIC LAW 107-314 (H.R. 4546)
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for
other purposes
Public Law 107-314, the Bob Stump National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, authorizes funds
totaling $391,354,735,000 for national defense functions for
fiscal year 2003 and provides a budget authority level of
$392,874,252,000.
Division A
Division A of Public Law 107-314 authorizes funds for
fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense.
Subtitle A of Title I authorizes $73,969,336,000 for
procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat
vehicles, ammunition, and other procurement for the armed
forces, defense agencies and reserve components of the armed
forces.
Subtitles B through E of Title I establish additional
program requirements, restrictions, and limitations, and
authorize transfer of or earmark funds for specified programs
for the armed forces including the Navy Arleigh Burke-class
destroyers and the Air Force C-130J aircraft program.
Subtitle A of Title II authorizes $56,777,365,000 for
research, development, test and evaluation for the armed forces
and the defense agencies, including amounts for basic and
applied research.
Subtitle B of Title II establishes certain program
requirements, restrictions, and limitations on eight separate
research and development-related matters.
Subtitles C through E of Title II address ballistic missile
defense, improved management of test and evaluation facilities,
and other matters such as the Technology Transition Initiative.
Subtitle A of Title III authorizes $129,143,395,000 for
operation and maintenance (O&M) and $2,618,485,000 for working
capital funds for the armed forces and defense agencies.
Subtitles B through G of Title III address environmental
provisions; commissaries and nonappropriated fund
instrumentalities; workplace and depot issues; defense
dependents education; information technology; as well as other
miscellaneous matters.
Title IV provides military personnel authorizations for the
active and reserve forces for fiscal year 2003 and authorizes
appropriations of $93,829,525,000 for military personnel for
fiscal year 2003. The end strengths for active duty personnel
for fiscal year 2001 are as follows:
Army, 480,000
Navy, 375,700
Marine Corps, 175,000
Air Force, 359,000
The Selected Reserve end strengths for fiscal year 2003 are
as follows:
Army National Guard, 350,000
Army Reserve, 205,000
Naval Reserve, 87,800
Marine Corps Reserve, 39,558
Air National Guard, 106,600
Air Force Reserve, 75,600
Coast Guard Reserve, 9,000
The end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of
the reserve components for fiscal year 2003 are as follows:
Army National Guard, 24,562
Army Reserve, 14,070
Naval Reserve, 14,572
Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261
Air National Guard, 11,727
Air Force Reserve, 1,498
Title V sets military personnel policy, including
provisions that address officer personnel policy; reserve
component management; reserve component officer personnel
policy; decorations, awards and commendations; administrative
matters; matters relating to minorities and women in the armed
forces; benefits; and various reports.
Title VI addresses compensation and other personnel
benefits, including pay and allowances; bonuses and special and
incentive pays; travel and transportation allowances; retired
pay and survivor benefits; the Montgomery GI Bill; and other
related matters.
Title VII contains military health care provisions,
including health care program improvements; health care
reports; and Department of Defense-Department of Veterans
Affairs health resources sharing.
Title VIII addresses acquisition policy, acquisition
management and related matters, including amendments to general
contracting authorities, procedures, and limitations;
acquisition-related reports; and other matters.
Title IX contains Department of Defense organization and
management provisions, including duties and functions of
Department of Defense officers; space activities; reports; and
other matters.
Title X addresses general provisions relating to financial
matters; naval vessels and shipyards; strategic matters;
miscellaneous report requirements and repeals; extension of
expiring authorities; and other matters such as rewards for
assistance in combating terrorism.
Title XI addresses Department of Defense civilian
personnel.
Title XII concerns matters relating to other nations
including matters relating to arms control and monitoring;
matters relating to allies and friendly foreign nations; and
related reports.
Title XIII concerns Cooperative Threat Reduction with
states of the Former Soviet Union.
Title XIV addresses matters relating to homeland security.
Title XV concerns the authorization of appropriations for
the war on terrorism.
Division B
Division B of Public Law 107-314 authorizes appropriations
in the amount of $10,423,629,000 for military construction and
military family housing in support of the active forces, the
reserve components, and the NATO security investment program.
In addition, Division B contains miscellaneous and general
provisions that concern military construction program and
military family housing changes; real property and facilities
administration; land conveyances; and other matters such as a
new requirement for adding military installations to the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment list.
Division C
Division C of Public Law 107-314 authorizes appropriations
in the amount of $15,595,000,000 for Department of Energy
national security programs for fiscal year 2003. Division C
also includes authorization for the Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board; National Defense Stockpile; Naval Petroleum
Reserves; Maritime Administration; and the permanent
codification of general administrative and financial provisions
affecting the Department of Energy.
The Committee on Armed Services reported H.R. 4546, as
amended, to the House on May 3, 2002. The measure passed the
House, as amended, on May 10, 2002 and passed the Senate in
lieu of S. 2514, as amended, on June 27, 2002. On November 12,
2002, a conference report was filed and agreed to in the House
by a voice vote under suspension of the rules. The conference
report was considered in the Senate by unanimous consent and
agreed to by voice vote on November 13, 2002. H.R. 4546 was
signed by the President and became law on December 2, 2002.
(H. Rept. 107-436; H. Rept. 107-436 Part II; S. Rept. 107-
151; H. Rept. 107-772; H.A.S.C. 107-20; H.A.S.C. 107-28;
H.A.S.C. 107-29; H.A.S.C. 107-30; H.A.S.C. 107-31; H.A.S.C.
107-32; H.A.S.C. 107-33; H.A.S.C. 107-34; H.A.S.C. 107-35)
LEGISLATION REPORTED BUT NOT ENACTED
H.R. 2581
To provide authority to control exports, and for other purposes
As amended by the House Armed Services Committee, H.R.
2581, the Export Administration Act of 2001, would have
restored and strengthened the role of the Secretary of Defense
in the export control process and imposed additional
protections against the export of sensitive goods and
technologies with both civilian and military applications that
could be detrimental to U.S. national security.
On November 16, 2001, after being amended and reported by
the Committee on International Relations, H.R. 2581 was
referred sequentially to the Committees on Armed Services,
Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent
Select), Judiciary, and Ways and Means. On March 8, 2001, the
Committee on Armed Services reported the measure, as amended,
to the House. No further action was taken.
(H. Rept. 107-297, Parts I-II; H.A.S.C. 107-11)
H.R. 4547
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003
H.R. 4547, the Cost of War Against Terrorism Authorization
Act of 2002, would have addressed the $10 billion special
reserve fund included in the President's fiscal year 2003
budget request to finance the costs of the war on terrorism.
The Committee on Armed Services considered H.R. 4547 separately
from H.R. 4546, essentially separating the deliberations of
this $10 billion reserve fund from the rest of the defense
authorization legislation for fiscal year 2003. After
preliminary consideration by the committee of H.R. 4547, the
President transmitted a budget amendment requesting that
Congress authorize and appropriate $10 billion for fiscal year
2003 in a Defense Emergency Response Fund and grant the
Department of Defense significant latitude in executing this
fund. Subsequently, the committee met and amended H.R. 4547 to
cover the totality of the remaining $10 billion of the
President's budget request. The committee amendment declined to
establish the Defense Emergency Response Fund, as it found this
fiscal device to significantly reduce the ability of Congress
to track and conduct oversight over the execution of Department
of Defense funds.
H.R. 4547 was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
on April 23, 2002, and reported, as amended, to the House on
July 18, 2002. The measure was passed under suspension of the
rules on July 24, 2002. However, the text of H.R. 4547, as
passed by the House, was incorporated into H.R. 4546, the Bob
Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003,
on July 25, 2002.
(H. Rept. 107-603)
H.R. 5132
To express the sense of Congress concerning the fiscal year 2003 end
strengths needed for the Armed Forces to fight the War on Terrorism
H.R. 5132 expresses the sense of Congress that, in light of
the war against terrorism, the increases in military personnel
end strengths recommended by the Senate and House in their
respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2003 are appropriate and justified.
Furthermore, the measure stresses that the President and
Secretary of Defense should support such increased end
strengths and should not reduce the number of members of the
armed forces.
H.R. 5132 was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
on July 16, 2002. On July 18, 2002, the committee held a markup
session to consider H.R. 5132. The committee ordered the bill
to be reported, as amended, by a voice vote. On November 4,
2002, H.R. 5132 was reported, as amended, to the House. No
further action was taken.
(H. Rept. 107-771)
OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
The oversight responsibilities of the Committee on Armed
Services were conducted primarily within the context of the
committee's consideration of annual defense authorization
bills, which cover the breadth of the operations of the
Department of Defense as well as two-thirds of the annual
budget of the Department of Energy. The National Defense budget
of nearly $364 billion involves millions of military and
civilian personnel, thousands of facilities, and hundreds of
agencies, departments, and commands located around the world.
SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT PLAN
In response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on
the United States, the committee intensified its oversight and
assessment of threats to U.S. national security and the
preparedness of America's armed forces to address them. The
committee received briefings on international and terrorist
threats throughout the 107th Congress, and conducted a series
of briefings and hearings on the threat posed by the Saddam
Hussein regime in Iraq. In addition, prior to consideration of
the fiscal year 2002 and 2003 defense budgets, the committee
conducted oversight hearings with the Secretary of Defense,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, military service
Secretaries and Chiefs of Staff, regional commanders, and
officials of the Department of Defense, military departments,
Central Intelligence Agency, defense-related intelligence
agencies, and Department of Energy. The committee also received
testimony from outside experts in academia, industry, and
associations on numerous national security matters.
While the majority of the committee's oversight was planned
to support the annual defense authorization bill, the committee
also conducted oversight activities as demanded by critical
current events.
ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The following specific areas and subjects were designated
for special attention during the 107th Congress:
DEFENSE BUDGET
After 13 consecutive years of cuts, in constant dollars, to
DOD budgets, the committee dedicated annual budget oversight to
ensuring continued increases in budget authorizations for
national security programs. As a result, the 107th Congress
adopted:
(1) The fourth and fifth consecutive years of real
increases to DOD spending levels;
(2) The largest national defense budget in inflation
adjusted terms (fiscal year 2003) since fiscal year
1990;
(3) An increase from the fiscal year 2001 national
defense budget ($329 billion) of more than $60 billion
over two years; and
(4) The largest one-year increase to national defense
spending since the early 1980s (from fiscal year 2002
to fiscal year 2003).
These increases to defense spending reflected a renewed
commitment to revitalizing the United States military,
improving homeland security, and keeping the nation's promise
to its service members, veterans, and retirees.
DEFENDING THE AMERICAN HOMELAND
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the
committee focused legislative and oversight efforts on programs
to defend the American homeland against terrorists and
ballistic missiles. In addition to multiple committee hearings,
the committee's special oversight panels took active roles in
reviewing the Department's ability to defend the nation and
U.S. military installations against terrorist attacks. As a
result of these oversight efforts during the 107th Congress,
the committee authorized approximately $15 billion for programs
to combat terrorism and more than $16 billion for programs to
defeat ballistic missile attacks.
Specifically, the committee continued to work to ensure
that the U.S. ballistic missile defense programs were well-
funded and managed, and directed toward the ultimate goal of
protecting the American people and U.S. troops abroad from
ballistic missile attacks. Throughout the 107th Congress, the
committee conducted oversight of missile defense research and
development efforts, plans for deployment of missile defenses,
and the rapid evolution of theater and long-range ballistic
missile threats.
In addition, in order to enhance the Department's ability
to assess and manage terrorist threats and defend the homeland,
the committee included a provision in the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-
314) to establish an Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
and an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense. The
committee also reviewed and provided recommendations to H.R.
5005, a bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security.
QUALITY OF LIFE
The committee continued to address critical issues and
programs affecting the quality of life for military personnel
and their families. In particular, the committee investigated
conditions of facilities where service personnel and their
families live and work, including the Department's investment
strategy for maintaining facilities; cost, accessibility, and
quality of peacetime military health care; policies, procedures
and systems of the Department of Defense and the military
departments related to domestic violence; family support
programs, including child care, and dependent education;
quality and adequacy of the military family housing supply;
quality and adequacy of barracks, bachelor enlisted quarters,
and dormitories; implementation of the Military Housing
Privatization Initiative; and backlogs in the repair and
maintenance of military housing.
The committee also focused on military construction
programs during the 107th Congress. Reflecting concerns about
the eroding condition of U.S. military facilities around the
world, the committee authorized nearly $21 billion for military
construction projects in the National Defense Authorization
Acts of Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 (Public Laws 107-107 and
107-314, respectively), reflecting an increase to
Administration requests for construction programs of more than
$1 billion.
The committee also gave special attention to the oversight
of Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs including the
operation of military exchanges and commissaries and the
welfare of nonappropriated fund construction programs and other
nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
READINESS
The committee continued its assessment of the readiness of
U.S. armed forces and placed priority on revitalizing the
readiness of U.S. military forces. During the 107th Congress,
the committee received the views of operational unit commanders
and senior non-commissioned officers on military readiness.
Their testimony confirmed concerns about the readiness of U.S.
military forces, and provided the committee with vital
information about how best to repair military readiness. In
addition, the Subcommittee on Military Readiness conducted a
four-day fact-finding trip in August 2001 to 22 military
installations to review military readiness in the field. As a
result of testimony received and the committee's investigative
efforts, the committee supported significant annual increases
to critical budgets for training, recruiting, base operations,
spare parts, and real property maintenance in the National
Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
(Public Laws 107-107 and 107-314, respectively).
The committee also assessed the amount of training required
to maintain a high state of readiness and whether training
requirements are being properly funded; the impact of the high
pace of deployments on service personnel and their families;
current policies supporting officer and enlisted recruiting,
accessions, training, promotions, separations, and retirements;
the value of pay, compensation, and other benefits of military
service; military recruitment and retention programs; and the
condition of wartime medical readiness.
In addition, the committee conducted a series of hearings
on encroachment issues at military facilities. During the first
session of the 107th Congress, the committee evaluated the
value of the U.S. military training facility at Vieques, Puerto
Rico in response to plans to cease training at the facility. As
a result of numerous hearings and briefings, the committee
included legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) to ensure that the
Department would develop equivalent or superior training
methods before it stopped using the training facilities at
Vieques. Also during the 107th Congress, the committee reviewed
the effects of environmental regulations, civilian
construction, and related encroachments on military
installations, training, and operations. As a result of these
hearings, the committee included legislation in the Bob Stump
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public
Law 107-314) to restore balance between military readiness,
environmental, and civilian needs.
MILITARY MODERNIZATION
During the 107th Congress, the committee received
compelling testimony that the U.S. military had not
sufficiently adapted to meet the challenges of the post-Cold
War environment. The military's efforts to transform, in light
of emerging threats, while receiving broad discussion within
the military services, had failed to result in the development
and deployment of major new capabilities to address the now
highly varied threat spectrum. As such, the committee concluded
that transformation efforts must be implemented on at least two
fronts--maintaining an effective current force while developing
revolutionary technologies through an aggressive research and
development program. Unfortunately, several witnesses before
the committee during the 107th Congress testified that the
President's budget requests continued to fall short of meeting
these needs. Indeed, according to some expert witnesses, the
Department needs to increase its annual procurement budgets by
$20 billion to $30 billion.
As a result of these oversight efforts, the committee
authorized more than $135 billion during the 107th Congress to
procure weapons, equipment, and ammunition, an increase of
nearly $6 billion to the President's budget requests. In
addition, the committee authorized more than $104 billion
during the 107th Congress for research and development efforts,
an increase of more than $3 billion to the President's budget
requests.
Also during the 107th Congress, the committee included a
provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) to enhance the military's
ability to develop and deploy new technologies. This
legislation, which established the Technology Transition
Initiative and the Defense Acquisition Challenge program,
represents a significant step in the effort to ensure that new
technologies are rapidly incorporated into America's defense
programs.
Finally, the committee continued its assessment of the
Department of Defense's modernization requirements through
several broad-based hearings on procurement and research and
development programs, as well as a number of more focused
hearings in the following areas: the adequacy of the services'
modernization plans; the status of missile defense programs;
critical infrastructure protection/information assurance;
shipbuilding requirements; and assessing the threat posed by
the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons to U.S.
forces.
NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY AND FORCE STRUCTURE
During the 107th Congress, the committee conducted close
oversight on the strategic and tactical assumptions supporting
the national military strategy of the United States; the force
structure necessary to execute the national military strategy;
the technological, doctrinal, and other factors affecting the
long-term transformation of the conduct of military operations;
initiatives to enhance national guard and reserve forces and
the integration of active and reserve components; the military
requirements of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
military combatant commands; and the roles and missions of the
armed services and their implications on modernization
requirements and the development of major weapons systems.
Over the past five years, the committee has expressed
concerns that active component manning levels are too low.
Indeed, the war against terrorism only increased the
committee's concerns about military manpower levels. These
concerns, buttressed by testimony presented to the committee by
senior military officers and others, led to two specific
legislative actions. First, the Bob Stump National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314)
eliminated the Secretary of Defense's authority to reduce
active duty end strengths and provided significant flexibility
for the service secretaries and the Secretary of Defense to
increase end strength levels. Second, the committee reported
H.R. 5132, a bill that expressed concerns about reports of
possible reductions in military manpower by the Secretary of
Defense, restated its rationale for growth in active component
end strength, and expressed the sense of Congress that active
strength should not be reduced and that the President should
support increases in that strength.
In addition to several hearings during the 107th Congress
on the nation's conventional military programs, the committee
also conducted significant oversight on the nation's strategic
defenses. In particular, the committee closely examined the
President's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) through hearings and
briefings on the need to ensure effective nuclear stockpile
stewardship to maintain a viable nuclear deterrent. As a result
of these efforts, the committee endorsed the NPR in the Bob
Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003
(Public Law 107-314).
U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ
Following heightened concerns about the threat posed by
Iraq, and widespread speculation that the President would take
military action against Saddam Hussein, the committee conducted
nine hearings and briefings on Iraq. Specifically, the
committee received testimony on U.S. policy toward Iraq, the
threat posed by Iraq, lessons learned by United Nations weapons
inspectors during previous efforts to uncover Iraq's weapons of
mass destruction programs, and strategies for dealing with the
Iraqi threat. In addition, the committee hosted a series of
closed briefings on current intelligence assessments regarding
Iraq for all Members of Congress. At the close of the 107th
Congress, United Nations weapons inspectors had reentered Iraq
to begin inspections. This effort, and future U.S. actions with
regards to Iraq, will be subject to continued committee
oversight during the 108th Congress.
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
During the 107th Congress, the committee continued to
address organizational and management reforms in the Department
of Defense, with a focus on eliminating waste and inefficiency.
Specifically, the committee pursued efforts to decrease the
costs associated with the defense service support
infrastructure and to encourage the Department of Defense to
comply with established downsizing and streamlining goals. The
committee also continued to monitor the implementation of the
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, the Federal
Acquisition Reform Act of 1996, and other recent reforms of the
federal acquisition system. In addition, the committee
evaluated and implemented proposals to further reform the
military procurement process to achieve greater efficiencies
and economies. Finally, in response to reports that DOD
employees had been misusing government purchase cards, the
committee conducted oversight on DOD's purchase card programs
and included necessary reforms in the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-
314).
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS AND EXPORT CONTROLS
The committee continued its examination of the current U.S.
export control regime and its effectiveness in preventing the
transfer of sensitive military-related technologies to
potential adversaries, including Iraq. In particular, the
committee focused on the impact of current and past export
control regulations on U.S. national security and the effects
of proposed legislation to reauthorize the Export
Administration Act.
MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
The committee conducted oversight in relation to the
following: the safety, security, and effectiveness of the
nuclear weapons stockpile; the continued ability of the nuclear
weapons complex to sustain the nuclear weapons stockpile;
tritium requirements and production technology; the ability to
sustain a skilled nuclear weapons workforce; future
requirements for plutonium pit production; and the use of
Department of Energy skills and assets to reinforce ballistic
missile defense efforts. The committee also sought to ensure
that the operations and practices of the Department of Energy
are compliant with title 32 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65),
which established the new, semi-autonomous organization to
manage the nuclear weapons complex.
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
MILITARY COMPENSATION
The committee examined a wide range of compensation issues
during the 107th Congress. During hearings with military
personnel, family members, association representatives, and
defense officials, the committee pursued concerns about
military pay levels, the role of special and incentive pays,
adequacy of pay during deployments, and retirement pay
policies. This review resulted in legislation in the National
Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
(Public Laws 107-107 and 107-314, respectively) to provide
significant increases to basic, special and incentive pays,
reform pay tables, and reduce out-of-pocket housing costs for
military personnel.
Specifically, the committee supported across-the-board pay
raises for the uniformed services that exceed the rate of pay
increases in the private sector by at least one-half of one
percent, as required by law adopted during the 106th Congress.
In addition, the committee restructured the military pay tables
during fiscal years 2002 and 2003 to provide for increased pay
for mid-grade and senior enlisted members and mid-grade
officers. The committee also continued to monitor initiatives
to enhance the basic allowance for housing and reform the basic
allowance for subsistence.
Finally, the committee examined deployed pay and tax
programs to ensure that service members are compensated in a
fair and equitable manner. The committee provided retroactive
authorization for imminent danger pay in the combat zone and
authorized payment of special and incentive pays at unreduced
rates during the war. The committee remained committed to
adequate compensation for deployed personnel and will continue
to review the need to increase special and incentive pays and
other benefits of importance to members participating in
wartime missions.
RETIREMENT BENEFITS
During the 107th Congress, the committee remained dedicated
to demonstrating a commitment to military retirees. As such,
the committee continued oversight of the TRICARE for Life
program and established a significant ``beachhead'' in the
effort to amend concurrent receipt law.
Specifically, the committee improved the compensation paid
to disabled military retirees whose retired pay is offset by
the amount of disability compensation received from the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). During the first session,
the committee included a permanent authority in the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-
107) to eliminate the prohibition on concurrent receipt which,
due to funding concerns, was made contingent upon the President
submitting the necessary funding offsets in a budget request
and the Congress enacting those offsets. In the event that
offsetting funding could not be found, the committee enacted
improvements to the special compensation for the severely
disabled program.
During the second session, the committee established a
compensation program in the Bob Stump National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314) to
make payments to military retirees with combat-related
disabilities to restore reduced retired pay. This program will
target eligibility for enhanced payments to military retirees
who have disabilities rated 10 percent or higher directly as a
result of injuries or wounds for which the Purple Heart was
awarded, or who have a 60 percent or higher disability directly
as the result of combat-related activities. The committee will
closely monitor implementation of this program during the 108th
Congress.
RECRUITING AND RETENTION
The committee responded to recruiting shortfalls
experienced during the 105th and 106th Congresses by supporting
increased funding for recruiting operations, advertising, and
incentives. During fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, funding
for recruiting increased to $3.3 billion, $3.5 billion, and
$3.6 billion, respectively. In addition, the committee improved
recruiting practices by facilitating recruiter access to
secondary schools and authorizing the contracting of recruiter
functions. As a result, the services enjoyed highly successful
recruiting during fiscal years 2001 and 2002. Also during the
107th Congress, the committee authorized a 15-month national
service enlistment program designed to attract college age
recruits with strong education incentives in the Bob Stump
National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 107-314). This
program will require close oversight by the committee in the
108th Congress.
Recognizing that maintaining a strong military force also
requires substantial efforts to retain quality personnel, the
committee focused on improving existing retention bonuses and
other incentives in the 107th Congress. The committee increased
bonus levels for health care providers and provided DOD
managers with increased flexibility and expanded eligibility
criteria on several retention programs, to include sea pay and
the critical skill retention bonus. In addition, the committee
authorized two programs designed to respond to the need for
educational assistance to families of service members including
an Education Savings Plan and a program to transfer a portion
of service members' Montgomery G.I. Bill benefits to spouses or
children.
HEALTH CARE
Health care benefits have long been a top quality of life
issue for military personnel. During several hearings,
beneficiary groups, service members, and Department of Defense
officials testified to the existence of obstacles that
jeopardize the delivery of the TRICARE health care benefit to
military personnel, retirees, and their families. Accordingly,
the committee took a number of actions to improve
administration of the military health care system and to ensure
that military beneficiaries have access to quality health care.
In addition, the committee investigated the potential for
improvements to military health care by encouraging the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to
share its facilities.
As a result of these efforts, the committee included
provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) to mandate a uniform skilled
nursing facility benefit to be provided as long as medically
necessary and appropriate; provide flexibility in TRICARE
contracting; clarify and improve the procedures and
administration of the DOD Medicare-eligible retiree health care
fund; direct the study of health care coverage for members of
the reserve components of the armed forces; eliminate many of
the previously widely required non-availability statements; and
provide transitional health care for members separated from
active duty. Furthermore, the committee included provisions in
the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314) to eliminate the requirement for
TRICARE preauthorization for inpatient mental health for
Medicare-eligible beneficiaries; expand eligibility for TRICARE
Prime Remote; approve Medicare providers as TRICARE providers;
require the Department of Defense to disclose medically-
relevant information on Project 112, which conducted chemical
and biological tests involving military personnel in the 1960s;
provide transitional health care for dependents of members
separated from active duty; and study trends in TRICARE
provider network turbulence and claims processing procedures
that may contribute to provider-access barriers.
RESERVE COMPONENTS
The increased role of the reserve components in the defense
of the nation warrants close attention to ensure that
reservists are treated equitably in comparison to active duty
service members. As such, during the 107th Congress, the
committee reviewed the need to change policies and improve
compensation for reservists and acted to improve reserve
retention and recruiting bonuses, reform deployment management,
balance promotion opportunities, and authorize equitable pay,
transportation, disability, and health care benefits.
Additionally, the committee authorized the United States
General Accounting Office to conduct a review of reserve
compensation programs, to include retirement benefits. The
committee will consider the results of this study in the 108th
Congress.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSES
Americans at home and abroad are within striking range of
thousands of ballistic missile warheads. The risk of an
accidental or unauthorized launch of a ballistic missile
remains real, while the proliferation of missile technologies
has allowed nations such as North Korea to develop and test
long-range ballistic missiles. In response to these threats,
the President made development and deployment of effective
ballistic missile defenses (BMD) a top national defense
priority in 2002 and 2003. The committee endorsed this
priority, and placed significant emphasis on oversight of BMD
programs. As a result, the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) supported the
President's request to increase spending for BMD programs from
fiscal year 2001 to fiscal year 2002 by approximately
$3billion. Furthermore, the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314) maintained a heightened
level of spending for BMD programs in fiscal year 2003. These increases
allowed the committee to establish a robust and realistic BMD test
program, take steps toward development and deployment of a layered
defense system, and create an agency to coordinate and oversee the
nation's BMD programs (the Missile Defense Agency).
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: NATIONAL GUARD STRENGTH ACCOUNTING
Immediately following media reports in January 2002 about
serious misconduct and mismanagement among the highest ranks in
the national guard, the committee initiated an investigation.
Following this investigation, the Subcommittee on Military
Personnel released a report containing the preliminary findings
of the subcommittee staff regarding a number of issues about
Army National Guard strength accounting, senior national guard
leadership selection and oversight, and whistleblower
protections.
Based upon the committee's preliminary investigation of
allegations related to strength accounting procedures in
national guard units and the accountability of senior national
guard officers, the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314) directed both the
Comptroller General and the Secretary of Defense to undertake
systemic reviews of a range of issues, including the
effectiveness of the Department's actions to improve national
guard strength management, the effectiveness of the federal
recognition process for senior national guard officers, the
nature and extent of administrative and judicial actions taken
in cases of substantiated misconduct by senior national guard
officers, and the effectiveness of federal protections for
whistleblowers in the national guard. The Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-
314) also changed federal law governing courts-martial for the
national guard when not in federal service, and required the
Secretary of Defense to develop both a model Uniform Code of
Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial. Such models
will serve as an important step to promote the modernization
and administration of military justice in the national guard
while in a state status.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: MILITARY VOTING
In the wake of allegations raised after the November 2000
election that both the Department of Defense and state election
boards mishandled the ballots of overseas military personnel,
the committee reviewed the absentee balloting process, the
Federal Voter Assistance Program, and the Department of Defense
mail system. The committee also called on the United States
General Accounting Office to examine overseas absentee ballots
that had been rejected by county election officials and to
assess the Federal Voter Assistance Program administered by the
Department of Defense to better understand the problems and the
solutions that may be available to Congress. The committee
investigated complaints that groups of service members serving
at sea or assigned to remote locations had been denied their
voting rights due to problems with the voting process or mail
systems. Furthermore, the committee contacted service members
whose overseas absentee ballots had been rejected by election
officials in Florida to determine where the overseas voting
process could be improved. Following these efforts, the
committee conducted a hearing on May 9, 2001 to further assess
the Department's efforts to ensure that U.S. service members
have an opportunity to participate in the democratic process.
As a result, the committee enacted a series of reforms
during the 107th Congress to assist military voters.
Specifically, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) added new structure and emphasis
to the Department's voting assistance program and mail delivery
system used to support absentee voting. This law also provided
new guarantees of state residency, simplified registration and
ballot application procedures, new requirements for state
governors to cooperate with military voting programs, and
additional clarification of the policy for use of military
facilities for voting. Finally, the legislation established a
demonstration project to test the use of electronic absentee
voting by military personnel. Finally, the committee
participated in development of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (Public Law 107-252) that made additional improvements to
the Department of Defense voting assistance program.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
In June and July of 2002, a series of murders and suicides
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina raised significant concerns about
domestic violence in the United States military. The committee
conducted oversight on the Department's efforts to deal with
domestic violence issues through a number of field meetings
with military and civilian community officials, victims of
domestic violence, and advocacy groups. At the close of the
107th Congress, the committee had received the Department's
initial assessment of the incidents at Fort Bragg, and was
closely monitoring the Department's implementation of
recommendations made to deal with domestic violence incidents
in the military. The committee will continue oversight of this
matter during the 108th Congress.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE U.S.S. COLE
On October 12, 2000, a small boat exploded along the port
side of the USS Cole (DDG-67) during a brief refueling stop in
the port of Aden, Yemen. The blast resulted in a 40- by 45-foot
hole in the side of the ship, killing 17 sailors and wounding
some 3 dozen more. In the aftermath of the attack, the
committee initiated oversight of the incident and immediately
received a classified briefing from Department of Defense
officials on the initial reports surrounding the attack. During
the 107th Congress, the committee conducted a hearing to
receive testimony on the attack and lessons learned from the
incident. As a result of its investigation, the committee
released a report, ``The Investigation into the Attack on the
USS Cole,'' in May 2001.
BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT (BRAC)
The committee continued to review the costs and savings
associated with base realignment and closure actions taken in
1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995; the impact of base realignment and
closure actions on affected local communities and military
readiness; and the management of the base realignment and
closure process by the military services.
INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL BASE
During the 107th Congress, the committee conducted hearings
to assess current budget and policy priorities on the
maintenance of the defense industrial and technology base; the
ramifications of mergers and acquisitions in the defense
industry on the development of future weapons systems; dual-use
technology programs; the current defense laboratory system; and
the role of defense funding for university research in the
maintenance of the technology base.
MERCHANT MARINE
The committee conducted oversight on programs to maintain
the U.S. flag merchant fleet and its role in strategic and
sustainment sealift; the condition of the National Defense
Reserve Fleet (NDRF) and its capability to meet surge
requirements; the operation and ownership of vessels operating
under flags of convenience and the national security concerns
related to entrance of these vessels into U.S. ports; and the
scrapping of obsolete vessels under the control of the Maritime
Administration. These oversight efforts were reflected by
committee support for increased funding for the Title XI
shipbuilding loan program; establishment of an innovative
program to provide financial assistance to states to assist in
the sinking of obsolete vessels to create artificial reefs; and
creation of a pilot program to scrap a limited number of these
vessels overseas in an environmentally sound way.
OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE FULL COMMITTEE
Budget Activity
On March 12, 2001, the committee forwarded its views and
estimates regarding the budget for National Defense (function
050) for fiscal year 2002 to the Committee on the Budget. The
committee noted, because of the Secretary of Defense's ongoing
and comprehensive review of defense missions and functions,
that the President's fiscal year 2002 budget should not be
considered the Administration's final position on defense
spending for that year. However, as initially presented, the
committee further noted that the budget request for the
national defense function was estimated to only marginally
exceed the expected rate of inflation and, in fact that between
fiscal years 1993 and 2001, appropriations had actually fallen
over $200.0 billion short of keeping pace with inflation. The
committee also noted that the President had proposed a
contingency fund of approximately $60.0 billion in fiscal year
2002, which was not included in the discretionary spending
totals of the initial budget request. As a result of the
pendency of the Secretary of Defense's review noted above and
the likely submission of a budget amendment, the committee did
not recommend specific National Defense (function 050)
authorization levels for budget authority and outlays, but
instead sought sufficient discretionary and mandatory resources
to address critical readiness and training needs. The committee
also sought additional entitlement authority to address the
issue of concurrent receipt. The committee further expressed
concern with regard to the potential for a difference between
the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional
Budget Office in the estimation of defense outlays in the
President's budget and the consequent potential reduction in
defense budget authority.
On February 25, 2000, the committee forwarded its views and
estimates regarding the budget for National Defense (function
050) for fiscal year 2003 to the Committee on the Budget. The
committee noted that the proposed budget would increase defense
expenditures by $48.1 billion over the previous fiscal year.
While the President's defense budget request was substantial,
the committee expressed concern that the proposed increase
still left unfulfilled a number of pressing requirements facing
the military and that over 58% of the growth will go to ``must-
pay'' bills, including increased health care costs and pay
raises. The committee also noted that the proposed procurement
budget of $71.9 billion still fell short of the $103.0 billion
recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as needed annually to
properly modernize and transform the military services. The
committee recommended that the Concurrent Resolution of the
Budget provide, at an absolute minimum, the full $396.1 billion
in budget authority that the Administration had requested for
the national defense function (050) for fiscal year 2003. The
committee further requested that the budget resolution provide
additional mandatory and discretionary budget authority to the
national defense function to permit implementation of the
previous year's concurrent receipt initiative.
Full Committee Hearings
During the 107th Congress, the Committee on Armed Services
held numerous hearings in accordance with its legislative and
oversight roles. An examination of the new security
environment, prompted by the September 11th terrorist attacks
and the United States' response, provided the thematic overlay
for the committee's consideration of the fiscal years 2002 and
2003 defense budget requests. Consideration of U.S. policy
toward Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction programs
resulted in a series of five open hearings. Other full
committee hearings focused on committee organization; U.S.
national security strategy; the two major theater war force
sizing and shaping construct; U.S. national security strategy
and the Quadrennial Defense Review; the implications of closing
the Vieques training facility; missile defense programs and
policy; the President's proposal to create a new Department of
Homeland Security and its impact on the Department of Defense
(DOD) and the defense-related aspects of the Department of
Energy (DOE); and the Export Administration Act of 2001.
(H.A.S.C. 107-1; H.A.S.C. 107-2; H.A.S.C. 107-11; H.A.S.C.
107-13; H.A.S.C. 107-22; H.A.S.C. 107-23; H.A.S.C. 107-24;
H.A.S.C. 107-26; H.A.S.C. 107-28; H.A.S.C. 107-38; H.A.S.C.
107-46)
POSTURE HEARINGS
In exercising its oversight obligations, the committee
sought and received testimony in each session of the 107th
Congress from U.S. officials with respect to the President's
overall national security policy, plans, programs, and the
budget proposals requested to implement them. As part of its
review of these issues, the committee requested and received
statements from the Secretary of Defense, the service
Secretaries, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the
uniformed service chiefs.
In the first session, during deliberations on the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-
107), the committee received testimony from Secretary of
Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff General Henry H. Shelton on June 28, 2001. Subsequently,
the committee received testimony from the service secretaries
and the uniformed service chiefs. The committee heard from Hon.
James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force, and Gen. Michael E.
Ryan, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, on July 11, 2001; Hon.
Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Vernon Clark,
Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. James L. Jones, Commandant
of the Marine Corps, on July 12, 2001; and Hon. Thomas E.
White, Secretary of the Army, and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Chief
of Staff of the Army, on July 18, 2001. In addition, the
committee heard from regional commanders-in-chief. On March 28,
2001, the committee met to receive testimony from Gen. Tommy R.
Franks, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command
(CENTCOM); on March 29, 2001, the committee received testimony
from Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Commander in Chief, U.S.
European Command (EUCOM); and on April 4, 2001, the committee
received testimony from Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Commander in
Chief, U.S. Southern Command (SOCOM).
During the second session, the committee began its
deliberations on the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314) with a hearing on
February 6, 2002, receiving testimony from Secretary of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Richard B. Myers, USAF, and Undersecretary of Defense
(Comptroller) Dov S. Zakheim. This was followed with testimony
from the service secretaries and the uniformed service chiefs.
On February 13, 2002, the committee received testimony from
Hon. Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Vernon
Clark, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. James L. Jones,
Commandant of the Marine Corps; on February 28,2002, the
committee received testimony from Hon. Thomas E. White, Secretary of
the Army, and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the Army; and on
March 6, 2002, the committee received testimony from Hon. James G.
Roche, Secretary of the Air Force, and Gen. John P. Jumper, Chief of
Staff of the Air Force. The committee also met to receive testimony
from the regional commanders-in-chief. On February 27, 2002, the
committee heard from Gen. Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander in Chief,
CENTCOM, and Hon. Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs; on March 14, 2002, the committee heard
from Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, Commander in Chief, U.S. Space
Command, and Gen. William F. Kernan, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S.
Joint Forces Command; on March 20, 2002, the committee heard from Gen.
Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Commander in Chief, EUCOM, and Adm. Dennis C.
Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command.
(H.A.S.C. 107-2; H.A.S.C. 107-28)
THREATS TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
During the 107th Congress, the committee's review of the
President's defense budget proposals was framed by assessments
and evaluations of the threats to U.S. national security. On
February 14, 2001, the committee received testimony in closed
session from the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency, John McLaughlin and the Director
of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Vice Admiral Thomas R.
Wilson, on global threats to U.S. national security. On March
7, 2001, the committee met to receive classified testimony on
current military operations and intelligence from Joint Staff
representatives Rear Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, Director of the
Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate; Lt. Gen. Gregory S.
Newbold, USMC, Director of the Joint Staff Operations
Directorate; and Lt. Gen. John P. Abizaid, USA, Director of the
Joint Staff Plans & Policy Directorate. In each case, the
information received provided important context for the
committee's consideration of the President's fiscal year 2002
defense budget request. This approach was repeated during the
committee's consideration of the fiscal year 2003 budget
request. On July 24, 2002, the committee received a closed
briefing on the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction
from Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy J.D.
Crouch, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard
B. Myers, USAF.
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
The committee continued its examination of U.S. national
security strategy and the national military strategy during the
107th Congress with a view toward judging the appropriateness
of U.S. strategy and the adequacy of defense resources being
applied to execute it.
With the President's strategic review of U.S. defense
policies and programs providing a backdrop, the committee held
three hearings on the United States' national security
strategy. On March 21, 2001, the committee took testimony from
members of the United States Commission on National Security/
21st Century, established by Congress to provide an independent
assessment of the national security challenges facing the
United States in the next quarter century, and leaders from
think-tanks dealing with U.S. national security strategy. The
committee received testimony from Hon. Newt Gingrich, Member of
the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century; Hon.
Gary Hart, Co-Chairman of the U.S. Commission on National
Security/21st Century; Hon. John J. Hamre, President & Chief
Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic & International
Studies; and Mr. William Kristol, Chairman of the Project for
the New American Century on March 21, 2001. On May 23, 2001,
the committee received a briefing regarding options for
revising the national military strategy delivered by Secretary
of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul
D. Wolfowitz, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General
Henry H. Shelton. To better understand the results of the
studies conducted as part of the Department of Defense's
strategy review, the committee received a briefing from Gen.
Peter Franklin, Deputy Director of the Ballistic Missile
Defense Organization, on the results of the Missile Defense
study on June 6, 2001; from Gen. James P. McCarthy, USAF
(Ret.), on the results of the Transformation study on June 7,
2001; and from Admiral David Jeremiah, USN (Ret.), on the
results of the Morale and Quality of Life study on June 13,
2001. The committee then received testimony on U.S. national
military strategy options from Ms. Michelle Flournoy, Senior
Advisor of the International Security Program at the Center for
Strategic & International Studies; Dr. Donald Kagan, Professor
at Yale University; Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Executive Director
of the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments; and Dr.
Michael O' Hanlon, Senior Fellow of Foreign Policy Studies at
The Brookings Institution, on June 20, 2001. The committee met
the next day, on June 21, 2001, to consider the Quadrennial
Defense Review, a study mandated by Congress to provide the
Department of Defense with a blueprint for executing the
nation's defense strategy, receiving testimony from Secretary
of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff General Henry H. Shelton. Finally, on October 3, 2001,
the committee received a classified briefing on the Quadrennial
Defense Review by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D.
Wolfowitz, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) Stephen
Cambone, and Lt. Gen. Bruce Carlson, Joint Staff Force
Structure, Resources and Assessment Directorate.
(H.A.S.C. 107-13; H.A.S.C. 107-22; H.A.S.C. 107-24)
EP-3 INCIDENT
On April 3, 2001, the committee received a closed briefing
on the U.S. EP-3 incident with China by a briefing team
comprised of representatives from the Department of the Navy,
the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the State Department. Shortly
thereafter, on April 25, 2002, the committee received another
closed briefing regarding the U.S. EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft
and China. On this occasion, the committee heard from Mr. Chris
Williams, Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Policy); Mr. Peter
Verga, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy Support);
Capt. Guy Holliday, USN, Deputy Director for Crisis Management,
Directorate for Intelligence, Joint Staff; Lt. Col. Joseph
Simiscalchi, USAF, Chief, Reconnaissance Operations Division,
Directorate of Operations, Joint Staff; and Capt. Scott Witt,
USN, National Security Group, National Security Agency.
VIEQUES TRAINING FACILITY
In an effort to ensure that U.S. forces are effectively
trained, and to address the issue of continuing live fire
training on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, the committee
met to discuss the President's plan for this Naval training
facility. The issue of live fire training on the range at
Vieques is of great concern to the people of Vieques, the
Department of the Navy, theDepartment of Defense, and Congress.
The position of the uniformed leadership of both the Navy and the
Marine Corps has been clear: The range at Vieques was critical to the
training of U.S. sailors and Marines. On June 27, 2001, the committee
received testimony on the implications of closing the Vieques training
facility from Hon. Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Hon.
Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy; Admiral Vernon Clark, Chief
of Naval Operations; and Gen. Michael J. Williams, Assistant Commandant
of the Marine Corps.
(H.A.S.C. 107-23)
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
The committee continued its oversight of U.S. national
missile defense (NMD) policy and programs during the 107th
Congress. The committee's continued interest in the President's
NMD plans and architecture were fueled by the recognition of
the seriousness of the ballistic missile threat to the United
States and its forces overseas. The committee began its
deliberation of NMD in the first session with a closed briefing
by Hon. Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Hon.
Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State, on consultation
with allies on the subject of missile defenses. The President's
fiscal year 2002 budget request represented a significant
increase in funding for ballistic missile defense programs in
order to develop a layered defense against ballistic missiles
in various stages of their trajectory. The committee welcomed
this spending increase, and met with officials from the
Department of Defense and the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization to evaluate and consider the President's missile
defense programs and policy. On July 19, 2001, the committee
received testimony from Dr. Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of
Defense, and Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish, USAF, Director, Ballistic
Missile Defense Organization.
(H.A.S.C. 107-26)
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
In order to fulfill its oversight responsibilities in the
wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks and the subsequent
war in Afghanistan, the committee received a series of
classified briefings from civilian and uniformed officials. On
October 3, 2001, the committee heard from Hon. J.D. Crouch,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Policy, and representatives from the Joint Staff Intelligence
and Operations Directorates; on October 18, 2001, the committee
heard classified testimony on current military operations; on
November 29, 2001, the committee received a classified briefing
on Operation Enduring Freedom from Hon. Doug Feith, Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy; Maj. Gen. Henry P. Osman,
USMC, Director for Operational Plans and Joint Force
Development; and Col. Jeffrey Burton, USA, Assistant Director
for Intelligence. Beginning early in the second session, the
committee continued to meet to receive updates on the war in
Afghanistan. On January 23, 2002, the committee received a
briefing on Operation Enduring Freedom and related anti-
terrorism efforts from Hon. Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of
Defense; Rear Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Director,
Intelligence, Joint Staff; and Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, USMC,
Director, Operations, Joint Staff. Finally, on November 12,
2002, the committee received an informal briefing on current
operations and intelligence from Hon. Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy
Secretary of Defense; Rear Adm. Robert Murrett, Vice Director,
Directorate for Intelligence, Joint Staff; and Maj. Gen.
Stanley McChrystal, Vice Director, Operations, Joint Staff.
EXPORT CONTROLS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
During the 107th Congress, the committee continued its
oversight of the Administration's policy regarding the export
of sophisticated dual-use technologies. Controls on the export
of these technologies to countries of proliferation concern had
been progressively loosened in recent years as rapid
technological advances increased the ability of other states to
acquire militarily useful, or so-called dual-use, technologies
through commercial means. The committee sought a better
understanding of the Administration's rationale for further
loosening controls over the export of sophisticated U.S.
technologies in light of concerns that certain technologies had
been diverted to inappropriate end-users or end-uses, including
Iraq and its nuclear weapons programs. In particular, the
committee assessed the Administration's support for S. 149, the
Export Administration Act of 2001, as passed by the Senate,
which would have further loosened U.S. controls on sensitive
dual-use items and technologies that could be employed by
countries of proliferation concern to develop weapons of mass
destruction. On February 28, 2002, the committee held a hearing
with government officials, the U.S. General Accounting Office,
and outside experts on U.S. policy regarding export controls to
consider the President's position on the Export Administration
Act of 2001. The committee heard testimony from Hon. J.D.
Crouch, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Policy; Hon. James J. Jochum, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Export Administration; Hon. Vann Van Diepen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (Nonproliferation);
Mr. Joseph Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade
Team, U.S. General Accounting Office; Mr. Edmund Rice,
President, Coalition for Employment Through Exports; and Dr.
Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms
Control.
(H.A.S.C. 107-11)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR SECURITY
On March 13, 2002, the committee met to receive testimony
from Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham on the Department of
Energy's fiscal year 2003 budget request for Atomic Energy
Defense Activities. Secretary Abraham was accompanied by Dr.
Everet Beckner, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs at
the National Nuclear Security Administration, and Ambassador
Linton Brooks, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation Programs at the National Nuclear Security
Administration. The hearing took place shortly after the
completion of the Department of Defense's Nuclear Posture
Review, a congressionally-directed study that laid out the
direction of U.S. nuclear forces over the next five to ten
years. The results of that review were briefed to the committee
in closed session on February 14, 2002 by Hon. J.D. Crouch,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Policy; Rear Adm. Barry Costello, Deputy Director, Strategy and
Policy, Joint Staff; and Dr. Everet Beckner, Deputy
Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security
Administration, Department of Energy.
(H.A.S.C. 107-28)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
In response to the September 11 attacks on America, and in
an effort to prevent future terrorist strikes, the committee
asserted its oversight role of homeland defense-related
activities. The committee met to consider the President's
proposal to create a new Department of Homeland Security and
its impact on the Department of Defense and the defense-related
aspects of the Department of Energy as soon as was possible. On
April 24, 2002, the committee held an informal briefing by Hon.
Stephen Cambone, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy, and a Joint Chiefs of Staff representative
regarding the President's announced changes to the Unified
Command Plan and the creation of the new Northern Command. On
June 25, H.R. 5005, the introduced version of the President's
legislative proposal, was referred to the committee and 11
other House committees for consideration and recommendations.
On June 26, 2002, Hon. Stephen Cambone, Principal Deputy
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, and General John Gordon,
USAF (Ret.), Administrator of the National Nuclear Security
Administration at the Department of Energy, testified before
the committee on the roles, missions, and activities of those
organizations the President had proposed to transfer from DOD
and DOE to the Department of Homeland Security. On July 10,
2002, the committee marked up H.R. 5005, a bill to establish
the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5005 subsequently passed both Houses of Congress and was
signed into law by the President on November 25, 2002 (Public
Law 107-296).
(H.A.S.C. 107-38)
U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ
During the second half of the 107th Congress, the committee
began a systematic, in-depth examination of U.S. policy toward
Iraq amidst specific consideration of a congressional
resolution that would authorize the President's use of force
against Iraq. In an effort to educate and inform the committee
and the American people on the various issues surrounding
Iraq's continued violation of numerous United Nation's
resolutions, its illicit development of weapons of mass
destruction, and the threat that Saddam Hussein poses to the
United States, the Middle East, and the international
community, the committee held a number of hearings and
briefings.
On September 10, 2002, the committee received a classified
briefing from the intelligence community on Iraqi threats. The
briefers included Mr. John E. McLaughlin, Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence, and Rear Adm. Robert Murrett, Vice
Director, Joint Staff Intelligence. Immediately following the
intelligence briefing, the committee began a series of five
open hearings by holding a hearing on the state of the Iraqi
weapons of mass destruction program and the history of the
United Nations inspection efforts in Iraq, with an emphasis on
the experiences of the United Nations Special Commission on
Iraq from 1991 through 1998. The committee heard from Dr. David
A. Kay, Former United Nations Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector
in Iraq, United Nations Special Commission on Iraq and
International Atomic Energy Association, and Dr. Richard O.
Spertzel, Former Head of Biology Section, United Nations
Special Commission on Iraq. Having considered the United
States' past experience with inspections in Iraq, the committee
welcomed the President's first cabinet-level official to appear
on Capitol Hill regarding U.S. policy toward Iraq. On September
18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF,
delivered testimony to the committee on the President's plans
to address the threat posed to the U.S. by Iraq. On September
19, 2002, the committee continued its review of the Iraqi
threat and United States policy toward Iraq, with a specific
focus on how the U.S. and the international community should
act in concert to restrain Saddam's weapons of mass destruction
programs. To this end, the committee received testimony on
Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program and Technology
Exports from Mr. Gary Milhollin, Director of the Wisconsin
Project on Nuclear Arms Control, and Dr. Khidir Hamza, a former
Iraqi Nuclear Engineer and Director of the Council on Middle
Eastern Affairs. The committee then turned to outside experts
to give their views on U.S. policy toward Iraq. Hon. Richard N.
Perle, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research, and Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.),
Managing Director of Merchant Banking at the Stephens Group,
Inc. testified to the committee on September 26, 2002; Dr.
Eliot Cohen, Professor and Director of Strategic Studies at The
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins
University; and Dr. Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow at the
Brookings Institution, testified on October 2, 2002. In
addition, on September 25, 2002, the Committee met for a
closed, informal meeting with senior, retired United States
military officers to discuss United States policy toward Iraq,
with a particular emphasis on military options to achieve U.S.
policy objectives. The former officers included Gen. Wayne A.
Downing, USA (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, Special
Operations Command; Gen. William M. Keys, USMC (Ret.), former
Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic; and Gen. Charles
G. Boyd, USAF (Ret.), former Deputy Commander-in-Chief,
European Command.
In the 107th congress, the committee continued its efforts
to inform and educate the U.S. House of Representatives on key
issues of national security. Toward the purpose of giving every
Member of the House of Representatives an opportunity to
receive detailed information from the intelligence community on
the important issue of Iraq, the committee held classified
briefings by the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense
Intelligence Agency on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
programs and military capabilities. The committee held such
all-Member briefings on September 18, 2002 and September 25,
2002.
(H.A.S.C. 107-46)
Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation
The Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and
Recreation was appointed for the 107th Congress on March 1,
2001.
The panel conducted three hearings under its jurisdiction
during the 107th Congress. Reviews of the fiscal year 2002
budget request for morale, welfare and recreation (MWR)
programs were conducted on March 29, 2001, and April 4, 2001,
while the review of the fiscal year 2003 budget request was
conducted on March 12, 2002. The panel continued its oversight
of the military services' MWR programs and operations of the
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) and the military exchanges.
Issues examined included the adequacy of appropriated fund
support to MWR programs; the importance of the military resale
system as a non pay benefit; and efforts to improve the
efficiency of the operation of the commissaries, exchanges, and
MWR activities.
This active oversight resulted in a number of initiatives
contained in National Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal
Years 2002 and 2003 (Public Laws 107-107 and 107-314,
respectively). These included providing commissary benefits to
members of the reserve components immediately upon their
enlistment; providing commissary benefits to members of the
national guard called to state service during a national
emergency; directing the Comptroller General to review the
adequacy of DeCA funding and staffing; encouraging service
secretaries to provide appropriate MWR support for privatized
military housing areas; recommending that the Secretary of
Defense provide appropriated fund support to MWR activities
adversely affected by the tighter security required at military
installations in the aftermath of the events of September 11,
2001; and allowing the Department of Defense to combine
appropriated and nonapproprated funds at the installation level
for greater management flexibility.
The panel also continued its annual review of the
commissary surcharge and nonappropriated fund construction
program.
(H.A.S.C. 107-8; H.A.S.C. 107-34)
Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine
The Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine was
appointed for the 107th Congress on March 1, 2001.
On July 13, 2001 the Panel held a hearing to receive
testimony on the budget request for the Maritime Administration
for fiscal year 2002 and related legislative proposals. The
panel's recommendations were adopted on August 1, 2001 by voice
vote, and were subsequently included in title XXXV of Division
C of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2002 (107-107).
On March 14, 2002 the panel held a hearing to receive
testimony on the budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the
Maritime Administration and legislative proposals to facilitate
its national defense mission. On April 24, 2002, the panel's
recommendations on authorization levels and legislative
provisions affecting the Maritime Administration were adopted
by voice vote, and were subsequently included as title XXXV of
Division C of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314). On June 13, 2002,
the panel also conducted a hearing on the operation and
ownership of vessels operating under flags of convenience and
the national security concerns raised with respect to these
vessels entering U.S. ports. Additionally, the panel held a
series of hearings on July 16, 2002, July 23, 2002, and October
8, 2002 relating to the reauthorization of the maritime
security program, which is due to expire at the end of fiscal
year 2005.
(H.A.S.C. 107-9; H.A.S.C. 107-35; H.A.S.C. 107-42; H.A.S.C.
107-47)
Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization
The Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy
Reorganization was appointed for the 107th Congress on March 1,
2001 to oversee the implementation of the National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA) Act (Public Law 106-65). Public
Law 106-65 established a semi-autonomous agency within the
Department of Energy to manage the Department's nuclear
weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, and naval reactor
activities.
The panel's mandate is to assess the progress being made by
NNSA in implementing the provisions of law creating the NNSA
and whether additional legislative changes are warranted. On
April 4, 2001 the panel held a hearing with testimony from the
administrator of the NNSA, General John Gordon, USAF (Ret.),
and the General Accounting Office. Their testimony addressed
recently announced plans for realigning NNSA's organizational
structure and the progress being made by NNSA in effecting
management changes. On June 26, 2001, the panel took testimony
from Dr. John S. Foster, in his capacity as Chairman of the
Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety and Security of the
United States Nuclear Stockpile. Dr. Foster's testimony
addressed three areas: restoring the production complex,
reorienting headquarters management and oversight, and
maintaining a strong weapons complex workforce. On February 26,
2002 the panel again received testimony from the Administrator
of the NNSA, General John Gordon, USAF (Ret.), and the General
Accounting Office. Their testimony concentrated on NNSA's
efforts to enhance its management of the nation's nuclear
stockpile by restructuring its headquarters and field units and
the progress being made in establishing an effective planning,
programming, and budgeting process. Dr. Foster testified again
before the panel on March 21, 2002. On this occasion, Dr.
Foster recommended that the NNSA complete its reorganization,
resolve organizational relationships with DOE headquarters, and
develop a plan for reducing unnecessary administrative burden;
clarify program management roles, responsibilities, and
authorities; and create a future years program plan and budget
that would define deliverables and priorities. In addition to
formal hearings, the panel conducted a number of briefings
involving representatives from the national weapons
laboratories and the nuclear weapons production plants and
sites.
(H.A.S.C. 107-14; H.A.S.C. 107-21; H.A.S.C. 107-40)
Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
The Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism was appointed for
the 107th Congress on March 1, 2001. The panel conducted
numerous exploratory hearings and briefings on the nature of
the terrorist threat facing U.S. national security interests
and the armed forces. Specifically, the panel focused its
activities on gaining a greater understanding of the regional
underpinnings of terrorism, the threats posed to U.S. interests
in various regions of the world, and unconventional terrorist
threats, including weapons of mass destruction.
The panel held 9 hearings during the 107th Congress: May
22, 2001, Patterns of Global Terrorism and Threats to the
United States; June 14, 2001, Department of Defense's Role in
Combating Terrorism and Force Protection Lessons Learned Since
the Attack on the U.S.S. Cole; June 28, 2001, Security Against
Terrorism on U.S. Military Bases; May 23, 2002, Assessing
Support for Terrorism in the Middle East; June 6, 2002, Are
Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority Credible Partners
for Peace?; June 28, 2002, and July 11, 2002, How the Services
Are Transforming to Better Prepare Themselves for Counter-
terrorism (Navy, Marine Corps and Army, Air Force,
respectively); September 5, 2002, The House Intelligence
Committee Report on Counter-terrorism Intelligence Capabilities
and Performance Prior to 9/11; and October 10, 2002, The Role
of the Department of Defense in the Security of U.S. Embassies
Abroad.
(H.A.S.C. 107-16; H.A.S.C. 107-18; H.A.S.C. 107-19;
H.A.S.C. 107-25; H.A.S.C. 107-27; H.A.S.C. 107-43; H.A.S.C.
107-44; H.A.S.C. 107-45)
OTHER ACTIVITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES
Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee
The Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities
held several hearings in support of its consideration of the
fiscal year 2002 and 2003 budget requests for the military
construction, military family housing, and other related
programs of the Department of Defense and the military
services. In addition to its consideration of the annual budget
request, the subcommittee considered and reported legislation
in each session of the 107th Congress, which was included in
Division B of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) and Division B of the Bob Stump
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public
Law 107-314). In both instances, the legislation included
alterations to the management of the military construction
program and the military family housing program, modifications
of the defense base closure and realignment process, and
provisions affecting the conveyance, exchange, transfer of
jurisdiction, or modification to existing statutory authority
of the disposition of real property. Other legislation provided
the Secretary of Defense with the authority to conduct a base
realignment and closure round in 2005; provided the service
secretaries with authorities to partner with private entities
to acquire land establishing buffer zones around military
installations; and substantially increased the size of the
National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.
Taking testimony from senior officials and military
officers of the Department of Defense and the military
services, the subcommittee met on July 11, 2001, to review the
budget request for fiscal year 2002, and on March 7 and March
20, 2002, to review the budget request for fiscal year 2003.
The subcommittee also conducted several oversight hearings
during the 107th Congress, taking testimony from senior
Department of Defense officials, military officers, and senior
noncommissioned officers. The subcommittee met on April 26,
2001, to review the conditions of military facilities and their
effect on military readiness and quality of life; on May 3,
2001, to conduct an oversight hearing on the implementation of
the military housing privatization initiative; and on May 9,
2001, to receive testimony from senior enlisted personnel
concerning their perspective of military facility conditions.
The committee also conducted an oversight hearing on April 10,
2002, on the force protection aspects of military construction
and Department of Defense and military services long term
planning for military infrastructure requirements.
(H.A.S.C. 107-7; H.A.S.C. 107-33)
Military Personnel Subcommittee
The Military Personnel Subcommittee held a series of
hearings to review the manpower portion of the fiscal years
2002 and 2003 defense budget requests and to conduct oversight:
March 14, 2001, implementation of TRICARE benefits for
Medicare-eligible military retirees; May 9, 2001, Department of
Defense voting assistance and military absentee ballot issues;
May 17, 2001, lessons learned from the current version of the
TRICARE managed care support contracts and recommendations for
the design of the next round of contracts; June 21, 2001,
current status of cooperation between the Department of Defense
and the Department of Veterans Affairs in sharing medical
resources; July 18, 2001, overview of military personnel,
health care, and the reserve component issues in the fiscal
year 2002 national defense authorization budget request; March
7, 2002, healthcare sharing by the Department of Defense and
the Department of Veterans Affairs; March 13, 2002, fiscal year
2003 national defense authorization budget request; April 10,
2002, fiscal year 2003 defense health program budget request.
Additionally, the subcommittee received briefings from the
chiefs of the reserve components and the service deputy chiefs
of staff for personnel on April 3, 2001 and May 2, 2001,
respectively.
(H.A.S.C. 107-6; H.A.S.C. 107-12; H.A.S.C. 107-15; H.A.S.C.
107-17; H.A.S.C. 107-39; H.A.S.C. 107-32)
Military Procurement Subcommittee
The Subcommittee on Military Procurement addressed the
Department of Defense's (DOD) modernization programs and
Department of Energy's (DOE) programs, management and security
problems by conducting numerous oversight hearings during its
consideration of the fiscal year 2002 and fiscal year 2003
budget requests, including: March 28, 2001, transformation
impact on equipment modernization; May 1, 2001, V-22 Osprey
program; June 27, 2001, DOE's budget request for defense
related programs; July 12, 2001 (joint hearing with the
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development), DOD's
procurement and research and development budget requests;
February 27, 2002 (joint hearing with the Subcommittee on
Military Research and Development), ballistic missile defense
programs; March 5, 2002, crisis response capabilities to
domestic acts of terrorism related to weapons of mass
destruction; March 6, 2002 (joint hearing with the Subcommittee
on Military Research and Development), DOD acquisition
programs; March 19, 2002, United States defense industrial
base; March 20, 2002, Navy shipbuilding programs; April 11,
2002 (joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Military Research
and Development), ground forces modernization programs; June
12, 2002, safety, security, reliability, and performance of the
United States nuclear stockpile; June 27, 2002 (joint hearing
with the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development),
ballistic missile defense programs; November 14, 2002, crisis
response requirements for homeland security.
(H.A.S.C. 107-3, H.A.S.C. 107-10, H.A.S.C. 107-20, H.A.S.C.
107-29, H.A.S.C. 107-36, H.A.S.C. 107-37, H.A.S.C. 107-48)
Military Readiness Subcommittee
In addition to its review of the operations and maintenance
portion of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 Department of Defense
authorization requests, the subcommittee held a series of
hearings within its jurisdiction. Major areas of the
subcommittee's examinations included military readiness trends
and perspectives, defense reform initiatives, depot-level
maintenance issues, Department of Defense acquisition
workforce, operation and maintenance financial management
issues, mission capability rates, improving readiness
capabilities, military trainingissues, information assurance
and information technology, and issues concerning the Naval Petroleum
Reserves and the National Defense Stockpile of strategic and critical
materials.
The subcommittee also conducted a series of hearings on
encroachment issues at military facilities and reviewed the
effects of environmental regulations, civilian construction,
and related encroachments on military installations, training,
and operations. As a result of these hearings, the committee
included legislation in the Bob Stump National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314) to
restore balance between military readiness, environmental, and
civilian needs by establishing ``buffer zones'' around military
installations and relieving the Department of limitations
imposed by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
During the 107th Congress the subcommittee conducted field
hearings at Corpus Christi, Texas, concerning depot maintenance
repair capabilities; at Fort Carson, Colorado, concerning the
adequacy of military combat training ranges and facilities; and
at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania,
concerning the readiness capabilities of the V-22 tilt rotor
aircraft. In addition, the subcommittee conducted a four-day
fact-finding trip to 22 military installations within the
United States to review military readiness in the field. As a
result of testimony received and the subcommittee's
investigative efforts, the committee supported significant
annual increases to critical budgets for training, recruiting,
base operations, spare parts, and real property maintenance in
the National Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 2002
and 2003 (P.L. 107-107 and P.L. 107-314, respectively).
The subcommittee undertook a detailed and extensive
examination of issues concerning the outsourcing of Department
of Defense activities to the private sector, which culminated
in a major legislative initiative in this area.
(H.A.S.C. 107-5; H.A.S.C. 107-31; H.A.S.C. 107-41)
Military Research and Development Subcommittee
The Subcommittee on Military Research and Development (R&D)
conducted numerous oversight hearings to review programs
included in the Department of Defense research and development
budget requests for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 during the 107th
Congress. In addition to traditional budget oversight reviews,
the subcommittee held a number of hearings, several conducted
jointly with the Subcommittee on Military Procurement, to
address specific areas of concern.
The subcommittee held the following hearings: March 22,
2001, Innovative Research Companies; June 14, 2001, Ballistic
Missile Defense Testing; June 20, 2001, Space Now and in the
Future; July 12, 2001, Fiscal Year 2002 National Defense
Authorization Act--Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2002
Procurement and Research and Development Budget Requests (joint
hearing with the Subcommittee on Military Procurement); June
26, 2001, Defense Science and Technology Program; February 20,
2002, Navy Transformation--From the Present to the Future
(field hearing); February 21, 2002, Research and Development in
Support of the War on Terrorism (field hearing); February 27,
2002, Missile Defense Agency (joint hearing with the
Subcommittee on Military Procurement); March 6, 2002, DOD
Procurement and Research and Development Budget Requests for
Fiscal Year 2003 (joint hearing with the Subcommittee on
Military Procurement); March 12, 2002, Innovative Technologies
in Support of Homeland Defense and Counter-Terrorism; April 11,
2002, Ground Forces Modernization and Transformation
Requirements for the Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Request and the
Future Years Defense Program (joint hearing with the
Subcommittee on Military Procurement); and June 27, 2002,
Ballistic Missile Defense (joint hearing with the Subcommittee
on Military Procurement).
The R&D subcommittee also conducted hearings and briefings
during the 107th Congress to address concerns over the
military's preparedness in a post-September 11th environment,
homeland defense, and transformation activities. The
subcommittee received testimony on the Administration's program
for critical infrastructure protection, information superiority
for the 21st century battlefield, and the status of the defense
science and technology base. The committee continues to be
concerned by the serious decline in research and development
funding, specifically science and technology accounts, which
are critical to maintaining U.S. military superiority.
Accordingly, the committee allocated an increase in funding for
research, development, test, and evaluation, rather than the
decrease reflected in the budget request.
(H.A.S.C. No. 107-3; H.A.S.C. No. 107-4; H.A.S.C. No. 107-
11; H.A.S.C. No. 107-29; H.A.S.C. No. 107-30)
PUBLICATIONS
Committee Prints of Laws Relating to National Defense
To assist individuals in referencing statutes that are
frequently under consideration by the Committee on Armed
Services and the Department of Defense and others in looking
for statutory guidance, the committee printed three volumes
pertaining to current law in the 107th Congress:
Title 10, United States Code--Armed Forces (as
amended through December 31, 2000).
Compilation of Defense-Related Federal Laws (other
than title 10, United States Code) (as amended through
December 31, 2000).
Laws Relating to Federal Procurement (as amended
through December 31, 2000).
(Committee Prints 2, 3 and 4)
Committee Prints
1. Committee rules, adopted February 7, 2001.
2. Title 10, United States Code--Armed Forces (as amended
through December 31, 2000). March 2001.
3. Compilation of Defense-Related Federal Laws (other than
title 10, United States Code) (as amended through December 31,
2000). April 2001.
4. Laws Relating to Federal Procurement (as amended through
December 31, 2000). May 2001.
5. A Ceremony Unveiling the Portrait of The Honorable Bob
Stump. October 9, 2002.
Published Proceedings
H.A.S.C. 107-1--Full committee hearing on committee
organization. February 7, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-2--Full Committee hearings on National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002--H.R. 2586 and Oversight
of Previously Authorized Programs. March 28, 29, April 4, June
28, July 11, 12, and 18, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-3--Military Procurement Subcommittee hearings
on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002--
H.R. 2586 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs,
Title I--Procurement. March 28, May 1, and July 12, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-4--Military Research and Development
Subcommittee hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2002--H.R. 2586 and Oversight of Previously
Authorized Programs, Title II--Research and Development, Test,
and Evaluation. March 22, June 14, 20, and 26, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-5--Military Readiness Subcommittee hearings on
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002--H.R.
2586 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, Title
III--Operation and Maintenance. March 23, May 17, 21, and 22,
June 26, and July 11, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-6--Military Personnel Subcommittee hearings on
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002--H.R.
2586 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, Title
IV--Personnel Authorizations, Title V--Military Personnel
Policy, Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits,
and Title VII--Health Care Provisions. June 21, and July 18,
2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-7--Military Installations and Facilities
Subcommittee hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2002--H.R. 2586 and Oversight of Previously
Authorized Programs, Division B--Military Construction
Authorization. April 26, May 3, 9, and July 11, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-8--Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare,
and Recreation hearings on National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2002--H.R. 2586 and Oversight of Previously
Authorized Programs. March 29 and April 4, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-9--Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant
Marine hearing on the Fiscal Year 2002 Maritime Administration
Authorization Request and Related Matters. July 13, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-10--Military Procurement Subcommittee hearing
on Department of Energy Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2002.
June 27, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-11--Full Committee hearing on Export
Administration Act of 2001. February 28, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-12--Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on
Implementation of TRICARE Benefits for Medicare-Eligible
Military Beneficiaries. March 14, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-13--Full Committee hearing on U.S. National
Security Strategy. March 21, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-14--Special Oversight Panel on Department of
Energy Reorganization hearing on Management of the National
Nuclear Security Administration. June 26, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-15--Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on
Department of Defense Voting Assistance and Military Absentee
Ballot Issues. May 9, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-16--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing on Patterns of Global Terrorism and Threats to the
United States. May 22, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-17--Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on
TRICARE Managed Care Support Contracts: Lessons Learned and
Future Contracts. May 17, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-18--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing on Assessing Support for Terrorism in the Middle East.
May 23, 2002
H.A.S.C. 107-19--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing on the Department of Defense's Role in Combating
Terrorism and Force Protection Lessons Learned Since the Attack
on the USS Cole. June 14, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-20--Military Procurement Subcommittee hearings
on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003--
H.R. 4546 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs,
Title I--Procurement. March 20 and June 12, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-21--Special Oversight Panel on Department of
Energy Reorganization hearing on Reorganization Plan of the
National Nuclear Security Administration. April 4, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-22--Full Committee hearing on U.S. National
Security Strategy and the Quadrennial Defense Review. June 21,
2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-23--Full Committee hearing on Military
Training on the Island of Vieques. June 27, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-24--Full Committee hearing on U.S. National
Military Strategy Options. June 20, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-25--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing on Security Against Terrorism on U.S. Military Bases.
June 28, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-26--Full Committee hearing on Missile Defense
Programs and Policy. July 19, 2001.
H.A.S.C. 107-27--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing ``Are Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority
Credible Partners for Peace?'' June 6, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-28--Full Committee hearings on National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003--H.R. 4546 and
Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs. February 6, 13,
27, 28, March 6, 13, 14, and 20, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-29--Military Research and Development
Subcommittee meeting jointly with the Procurement Subcommittee
hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2003--H.R. 4546 and Oversight of Previously Authorized
Programs, Title I--Procurement, Title II--Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation. February 27, March 6, April
11, and June 27, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-30--Military Research and Development
Subcommittee hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2003--H.R. 4546 and Oversight of Previously
Authorized Programs, Title II--Research and Development, Test,
and Evaluation. February 20, 21, March 12, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-31--Military Readiness Subcommittee hearings
on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003--
H.R. 4546 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs,
Title III--Operation and Maintenance. March 7, 8 (2 hearings),
13, and 14, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-32--Military Personnel Subcommittee hearings
on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003--
H.R. 4546 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs,
Title IV--Personnel Authorizations, Title V--Military Personnel
Policy, Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits,
and Title VII--Health Care Provisions. March 13, April 10,
2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-33--Military Installations and Facilities
Subcommittee hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2003--H.R. 4546 and Oversight of Previously
Authorized Programs, Division B--Military Construction
Authorization. March 7, 20, and April 10, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-34--Special Oversight Panel on Morale,
Welfare, and Recreation hearing on National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003--H.R. 4546 and Oversight
of Previously Authorized Programs. March 12, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-35--Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant
Marine hearing on Fiscal Year 2003 Maritime Administration
Authorization Budget Request. March 14, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-36--Military Procurement Subcommittee hearing
on Crisis Response Capabilities to Domestic Acts of Terrorism
Related to Weapons of Mass Destruction. March 5, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-37--Military Procurement Subcommittee hearing
on United States Defense Industrial Base. March 19, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-38--Full Committee hearing on H.R. 5005,
Homeland Security Act of 2002. June 26 and July 10, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-39--Military Personnel Subcommittee and Health
Subcommittee of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs joint
hearing on Health Care Sharing by the Department of Defense and
the Department of Veterans Affairs. March 7, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-40--Special Oversight Panel on Department of
Energy Reorganization hearing on the Findings and
Recommendations of the Report of the Panel to Access the
Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear
Stockpile. February 26, and March 21, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-41--Military Readiness Subcommittee hearing on
Outsourcing Review of the Commercial Activities Panel Report.
June 26, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-42--Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant
Marine hearing on Vessel Operations Under Flags of Convenience
and Their Implications on National Security. June 13, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-43--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing on the House Intelligence Committee Report on Counter
Terrorism Intelligence Capabilities and Performance Prior to 9/
11. September 5, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-44--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing on the Role of the Department of Defense and the
Security of U.S. Embassies Abroad. October 10, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-45--Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism
hearing on How the Services Are Transforming Themselves to
Better Conduct Anti- and Counter-Terrorism Operations. June 28
and July 11, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-46--Full Committee hearings on U.S. Policy
Towards Iraq. September 10, 18, 19, 26, and October 2, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-47--Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant
Marine hearings on Reauthorization of the Maritime Security
Program. July 16, 23, and October 8, 2002.
H.A.S.C. 107-48--Procurement Subcommittee hearing on Crisis
Response Requirements for Homeland Security. November 14, 2002.
HOUSE REPORTS
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Report Number Date filed Bill Number Title
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107-194...................... Sept. 4, 2001................ H.R. 2586................... To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2002
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2002, and for other
purposes.
107-297, part 2.............. Mar. 8, 2002................. H.R. 2581................... To provide authority
to control exports,
and for other
purposes.
107-333...................... Dec. 12, 2001................ S. 1438 Conf. Rept.......... To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2002
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2002, and for other
purposes.
107-436...................... May 3, 2002.................. H.R. 4546................... To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2003
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, and for
military
construction, to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2003, and for other
purposes.
107-436, part 2.............. May 6, 2002.................. H.R. 4546................... To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2003
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, and for
military
construction, to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2003, and for other
purposes.
107-603...................... July 23, 2002................ H.R. 4547................... To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2003
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, and to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2003.
107-771...................... Nov. 4, 2002................. H.R. 5132................... To express the sense
of Congress
concerning the
fiscal year 2003
end strengths
needed for the
Armed Forces to
fight the War on
Terrorism.
107-772...................... Nov. 12, 2002................ H.R. 4546 Conf. Rept........ To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2003
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, and for
military
construction, to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2003, and for other
purposes.
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Public Laws
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Law Number Date approved Bill Number Title
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107-56....................... Oct. 26, 2001................ H.R. 3162................... To deter and punish
terrorist acts in
the United States
and around the
world, to enhance
law enforcement
investigatory
tools, and for
other purposes.
107-103...................... Dec. 27, 2001................ H.R. 1291 (S. 1088)......... To amend title 38,
United States Code,
to modify and
improve authorities
relating to
education benefits,
burial benefits,
and vocational
rehabilitation
benefits for
veterans, to modify
certain authorities
relating to the
United States Court
of Appeals for
Veterans Claims,
and for other
purposes.
107-107...................... Dec. 28, 2001................ H.R. 2586 (S. 1438)......... To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2002
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2002, and for other
purposes.
107-152...................... Mar. 14, 2002................ S.J. Res. 32................ Congratulating the
United States
Military Academy at
West Point on its
bicentennial
anniversary, and
commending its
outstanding
contributions to
the Nation.
107-314...................... Dec. 2, 2002................. H.R. 4546................... To authorize
appropriations for
fiscal year 2003
for military
activities of the
Department of
Defense, and for
military
construction, to
prescribe military
personnel strengths
for fiscal year
2003, and for other
purposes.
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PRESS RELEASES
First Session
February 1, 2001--Chairman Stump Announces Leadership of
House Armed Services Committee.
February 7, 2001--Statement by Chairman Stump on the
Defense Budget.
February 12, 2001--Stump, Skelton Announce Subcommittee
Assignments.
February 28, 2001--Chairman Stump Statement on Bush Defense
Budget.
March 1, 2001--Special Oversight Panels Appointed for the
107th Congress.
March 14, 2001--Opening Statement of Chairman McHugh at
Personnel Subcommittee Hearing on Implementation of TRICARE
Benefits for Medicare-Eligible Military Beneficiaries.
March 15, 2001--Press Advisory--House Armed Services
Subcommittee to conduct field hearing at Corpus Christi Army
Depot, Texas.
March 21, 2001--Opening Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee Hearing on U.S. National Security Strategy.
March 28, 2001--Opening Statement of Chairman Stump at
Hearing with U.S. Central Command.
March 29, 2001--Opening Statement of Chairman Stump at
Hearing with U.S. European Command.
March 29, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump on the Death of
Representative Norman Sisisky.
April 4, 2001--Opening Statement of Chairman Stump at
Hearing with U.S. Southern Command.
April 4, 2001--Chairman Stump Announces HASC Vice-Chairs.
May 1, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump on Presidential
Speech on Missile Defense Systems.
May 30, 2001--Stump, Skelton Release Report on
Congressional Investigation into Terrorist Attack on the USS
Cole.
June 15, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump on the Vieques
Training Facility Decision.
June 20, 2001--Chairman Stump Announces Hearing on the
Vieques Training Facility.
June 27, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee Hearing on the Vieques Training Facilities.
June 27, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump on Amended
Fiscal Year 2002 Defense Budget.
June 27, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump Following HASC
Hearing on Vieques Training Facility.
June 28, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2002 National Defense
Authorization Budget Request.
July 11, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2002 Air Force Budget
Request.
July 12, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2002 Department of the
Navy Budget Request.
July 15, 2001--Chairman Stump on Missile Defense Test.
July 18, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee hearing on Fiscal Year 2002 Department of the Army
Budget Request.
July 19, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee hearing on Missile Defense.
August 1, 2001--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee Markup of H.R. 2586.
August 1, 2001--H.R. 2586: The National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002--Summary of Committee
Markup.
August 17, 2001--Chairman Stump on the Death of Floyd
Spence.
September 12, 2001--Chairman Stump on Terrorist Attacks
Against the United States.
September 20, 2001--Chairman Stump's Statement at General
Debate of H.R. 2586, National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2002.
September 25, 2001--Chairman Stump's Statement at Final
Passage of H.R. 2586, National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2002.
December 12, 2001--S. 1438: The National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002--Summary of Conference
Report.
December 13, 2001--Chairman Stump's Statement at Floor
Consideration of S. 1438, The National Defense Authorization
Conference Report.
December 13, 2001--Chairman Stump's Statement on
Presidential Decision to Withdraw from ABM Treaty.
Second Session
January 29, 2002--Chairman Stump Reacts to 2002 State of
the Union Address.
February 4, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump on Fiscal
Year 2003 Defense Budget.
February 6, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump on Posture
Hearing on Fiscal Year 2003 Defense Budget.
February 12, 2002--Stump Announces New Committee
Assignments.
February 15, 2002--Press Advisory--Research and Development
Subcommittee to Conduct Field Hearings in San Diego.
February 27, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump on Posture
Hearing on U.S. Central Command.
February 28, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump on Posture
Hearing on Fiscal Year 2003 Army Budget.
February 28, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump on Hearing
on the Export Administration Act of 2001.
February 28, 2002--Press Advisory--Readiness Subcommittee
to Conduct Field Hearing at Fort Carson, Colorado.
March 6, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump on Mark-up of
Export Administration Act of 2001.
March 6, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump on Hearing on
Fiscal Year 2003 Air Force Budget Request.
March 6, 2002--Press Advisory--Joint Hearing to Examine
Health Sharing Between the Department of Veterans Affairs and
the Department of Defense.
March 7, 2002--House Armed Services Committee Reports
Export Administration Act.
March 13, 2002--Chairman Stump's Statement at Hearing on
Fiscal Year 2003 DOE National Security Budget.
March 14, 2002--Chairman Stump's Statement on Posture
Hearing on U.S. Space Command and Joint Forces Command.
March 20, 2002--Chairman Stump and Ranking Member Skelton
on DOD Plans for Military Tribunals.
April 11, 2002--Chairman Stump's Statement on the
International Criminal Court (ICC).
April 18, 2002--Personnel Subcommittee Chairman John McHugh
and Ranking Member Vic Snyder Issue Report on National Guard
Misconduct & Strength Accounting.
May 1, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full Committee
Mark-up of H.R. 4546.
May 1, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full Committee
Mark-up of H.R. 4547.
May 1, 2002--The National Defense Authorization Legislation
for Fiscal Year 2003--Summary of Committee Mark-up.
May 9, 2002--Chairman Stump's Statement at General Debate
of H.R. 4546, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2003.
May 9, 2002--Chairman Stump's Statement at Passage of H.R.
4546, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
June 26, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump at Full
Committee Hearing on Homeland Security Department.
July 10, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump at Mark-up of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
July 10, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump at Passage of
H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
July 18, 2002--Statement of Chairman Stump at Mark-up of
H.R. 4547, The Cost of War Against Terrorism.
September 10, 2002--Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter at
Full Committee Hearing on the State of the Iraqi Weapons of
Mass Destruction Program and the History of the U.N. Inspection
Efforts in Iraq.
September 10, 2002--Press Advisory--Secretary Rumsfeld to
Testify Before Armed Services Committee on U.S. Policy Toward
Iraq.
September 10, 2002--Press Advisory--Armed Services
Committee to receive testimony on how Iraq acquires technology
necessary to build weapons of mass destruction.
September 18, 2002--Statement of Chairman Hunter at Full
Committee Hearing on U.S. Policy Towards Iraq.
September 19, 2002--Statement of Chairman Hunter at Full
Committee Hearing on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
and Technology Exports.
September 23, 2002--Press Advisory--Armed Services
Subcommittee to conduct meetings in Fayetteville and Fort
Bragg, North Carolina to examine issues associated with
domestic violence in the military.
September 26, 2002--Statement of Chairman Hunter at Full
Committee Hearing on U.S. Policy Towards Iraq.
October 2, 2002--Statement of Chairman Weldon at Full
Committee Hearing on U.S. Policy Towards Iraq.