[House Report 108-807]
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 492

108th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 108-
807

                        REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                                for the

                      ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS






January 3, 2005.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed


                   HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
                      One Hundred Eighth Congress

                  DUNCAN HUNTER, California, Chairman
CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania            IKE SKELTON, Missouri
JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado                JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey               SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York             LANE EVANS, Illinois
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland         NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON,           MARTY MEEHAN, Massachusetts
    California                       SILVESTRE REYES, Texas
MAC THORNBERRY, Texas                VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana          JIM TURNER, Texas
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina      ADAM SMITH, Washington
JIM RYUN, Kansas                     LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
JIM GIBBONS, Nevada                  MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina          CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas
HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico           ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
KEN CALVERT, California              ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania
ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut             BARON P. HILL, Indiana
JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia               JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut
ED SCHROCK, Virginia                 SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri               JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia            STEVE ISRAEL, New York
JEFF MILLER, Florida                 RICK LARSEN, Washington
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           JIM COOPER, Tennessee
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey        JIM MARSHALL, Georgia
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida
JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire           MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana\1\
MICHAEL TURNER, Ohio                 TIM RYAN, Ohio
JOHN KLINE, Minnesota                CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas \2\
CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan
PHIL GINGREY, Georgia
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama
TRENT FRANKS, Arizona
                    Robert S. Rangel, Staff Director
            Alexis R. Lasselle, Legislative Operations Clerk

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\1\ Mr. Alexander left the committee on August 9, 2004.
\2\ Mr. Stenholm was assigned to the committee on Sept. 8, 2004.
  
                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                               Committee on Armed Services,
                                   Washington, DC, January 3, 2005.
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 108th Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                           Duncan Hunter, Chairman.

                                     








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Powers and Duties, Committee on Armed Services--108th 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--108th Congress...    13
Subcommittees of the Committee on Armed Services--108th Congress.    14
    Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee....................    14
    Readiness Subcommittee.......................................    15
    Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities 
      Subcommittee...............................................    16
    Total Force Subcommittee.....................................    17
    Strategic Forces Subcommittee................................    17
    Projection Forces Subcommittee...............................    18
Committee Staff..................................................    19
Committee Meetings...............................................    21
Legislative Actions..............................................    21
    Legislation Enacted Into Law.................................    21
        Public Law 108-13 (H.R. 672).............................    21
        Public Law 108-121 (H.R. 3365)...........................    21
        Public Law 108-136 (H.R. 1588)...........................    22
        Public Law 108-220 (S. 2057).............................    24
        Public Law 108-234 (H.R. 3104)...........................    25
        Public Law 108-236 (S.J. Res. 28)........................    25
        Public Law 108-268 (H.R. 4322)...........................    25
        Public Law 108-375 (H.R. 4200)...........................    26
        Public Law 108-458 (S. 2845).............................    29
    Legislation Reported but Not Enacted.........................    30
        H.R. 1950................................................    30
        H. Res. 364..............................................    30
        H. Con. Res. 374.........................................    31
        H.R. 3966................................................    31
        H.R. 4323................................................    31
        H. Res. 499..............................................    32
        H. Res. 640..............................................    32
        H. Res. 689..............................................    33
Oversight Activities.............................................    35
    Summary of Oversight Plan....................................    35
    Actions and Recommendations..................................    35
    Additional Oversight Activities..............................    46
Other Activities of the Full Committee...........................    49
    Budget Activity..............................................    49
    Full Committee Hearings......................................    50
Other Activities of Subcommittees................................    61
    Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee....................    61
    Readiness Subcommittee.......................................    61
    Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities 
      Subcommittee...............................................    63
    Total Force Subcommittee.....................................    64
    Strategic Forces Subcommittee................................    64
    Projection Forces Subcommittee...............................    65
Publications.....................................................    67
    Committee Prints of Laws Relating to National Defense........    67
    Committee Prints.............................................    67
    Published Proceedings........................................    67
    House Reports................................................    71
    Public Laws..................................................    74
Press Releases...................................................    77








                                                 Union Calendar No. 492
108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-807

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  REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES FOR THE 
                             108TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

January 3, 2005.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

    Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                                   ON

                 POWERS AND DUTIES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED


                        SERVICES--108TH 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 
Services 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 committee 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. 148, approved by the House on May 8, 2003, provided 
funds for, among other things, committee oversight 
responsibilities to be conducted in the 108th 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 
5, 2003, and adopted the following rules governing procedure 
and rules for investigative hearings conducted by 
subcommittees.
    (H.A.S.C. No. 108-1)

                       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 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 after consultation 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

    Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 3(b), relating 
to Separate Orders, of H. Res. 5 as adopted by the House of 
Representatives on January 7, 2003, the Committee shall be 
organized to consist of six standing subcommittees with the 
following jurisdictions:
    Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces: All Army and 
Air Force acquisition programs (except strategic weapons and 
lift programs, special operations and information technology 
accounts). In addition, the subcommittee will be responsible 
for all Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs, National Guard 
and Army and Air Force reserve modernization, and ammunition 
programs.
    Subcommittee on Readiness: Military readiness, training, 
logistics and maintenance issues and programs. In addition, the 
subcommittee will be responsible for all military construction, 
installations and family housing issues, including the base 
closure process.
    Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities: Department of Defense counter proliferation and 
counter terrorism programs and initiatives. In addition, the 
subcommittee will be responsible for Special Operations Forces, 
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, information 
technology and programs, force protection policy and oversight, 
and related intelligence support.
    Subcommittee on Total Force: Military personnel policy, 
reserve component integration and employment issues, military 
health care, military education and POW/MIA issues. In 
addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for Morale, 
Welfare and Recreation issues and programs.
    Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Strategic Forces (except 
deep strike systems), space programs, ballistic missile defense 
and Department of Energy national security programs (except 
non-proliferation programs).
    Subcommittee on Projection Forces: Navy and Marine Corps 
programs (except strategic weapons, space, special operations 
and information technology programs), deep strike bombers and 
related systems, and strategic lift programs.

                        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 a hearing or markup 
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 
respective ranking minority member of the Committee, 
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 fewer 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.
    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 fewer 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 fewer 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.
    (e) The Committee or the subcommittee may vote, by the same 
procedure, to meet in executive session for up to five 
additional consecutive days of hearings.

                            RULE 10. QUORUM

    (a) For purposes of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, two members shall constitute a quorum.
    (b) One-third of the members of the Committee or 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action, 
with the following exceptions, in which case a majority of the 
Committee or 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;
          (4) Authorizing the use of executive session 
        material; and
          (5) Voting to proceed in open session after voting to 
        close to discuss whether evidence or testimony to be 
        received would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
        any person.
    (c) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the 
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 either party.
    (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 are 
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 Chairman.
    (2) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, compliance with any subpoena issued 
by the Committee or any subcommittee under subparagraph (a)(2) 
may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the House of 
Representatives.

                      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 or panel of witnesses until such time as each member 
has had an opportunity to interrogate each witness or panel of 
witnesses; 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--

                             108TH CONGRESS

    Pursuant to H. Res. 24, election of the Chairman (adopted 
January 8, 2003), H. Res. 33, election of majority members 
(adopted January 28, 2003), and election of minority members H. 
Res. 22 election of the Ranking Member (adopted January 8, 
2003), H. Res. 35 (adopted January 38, 2003), and H. Res. 52 
(adopted February 5, 2003), the following members served on the 
Committee on Armed Services in the 108th Congress.

    DUNCAN HUNTER, California, 
             Chairman

IKE SKELTON, Missouri, Ranking MemberCURT WELDON, Pennsylvania, Vice 
JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina          Chairman
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas              JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado
LANE EVANS, Illinois                 JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi             JOHN M. McHUGH, New York
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii             TERRY EVERETT, Alabama
MARTY MEEHAN, Massachusetts          ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland
SILVESTRE REYES, Texas               HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON, 
VIC SNYDER, Arkansas                 California
JIM TURNER, Texas                    MAC THORNBERRY, Texas
ADAM SMITH, Washington               JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana
LORETTA SANCHEZ, California          WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina
MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina        JIM RYUN, Kansas
CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas             JIM GIBBONS, Nevada
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California        ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania        HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico
BARON P. HILL, Indiana               KEN CALVERT, California
JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut          ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut
SUSAN A. DAVIS, California           JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island      ED SCHROCK, Virginia
STEVE ISRAEL, New York               W. TODD AKIN, Missouri
RICK LARSEN, Washington              J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia
JIM COOPER, Tennessee                JEFF MILLER, Florida
JIM MARSHALL, Georgia                JOE WILSON, South Carolina
KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida            FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam          TOM COLE, Oklahoma
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana \1\      JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire
TIM RYAN, Ohio                       ROB BISHOP, Utah
CHARLES W. STENHOLM,\2\ Texas        MICHAEL TURNER, Ohio
                                     JOHN KLINE, Minnesota
                                     CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan
                                     PHIL GINGREY, Georgia
                                     MIKE ROGERS, Alabama
                                     TRENT FRANKS, Arizona

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\1\ Mr. Alexander left the committee on August 9, 2004.
\2\ Mr. Stenholm was assigned to the Tactical Air and Land Forces 
Subcommittee on September 15, 2004.
    SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 108TH CONGRESS

    The following subcommittees were established at the 
committee's organizational meeting on February 5, 2003.

                      Tactical Air and Land Forces

    Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--All Army and Air 
Force acquisition programs (except strategic weapons and lift 
programs, special operations and information and technology 
accounts). In addition, the subcommittee will be responsible 
for all Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs, National Guard 
and Army and Air Force reserve modernization, and ammunition 
programs.

       Mr. WELDON, Chairman

Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ranking Member      Mr. GIBBONS
Mr. SKELTON                          Mr. AKIN
Mr. SPRATT                           Mr. BRADLEY
Mr. ORTIZ                            Mr. TURNER (OH)
Mr. EVANS                            Dr. GINGREY, Vice Chairman
Mr. TURNER (TX)                      Mr. EVERETT
Mr. SMITH                            Mr. McKEON
Mr. McINTYRE                         Mr. JONES
Mr. BRADY                            Mr. RYUN (KS)
Mr. LARSON (CT)                      Mr. SIMMONS
Mr. ISRAEL                           Mr. SCHROCK
Mr. COOPER                           Mr. FORBES
Mr. MEEK                             Mr. HEFLEY
Mr. ALEXANDER \1\                    Mr. WILSON (SC)
Mr. STENHOLM \2\                     Mr. LoBIONDO

----------
\1\ Mr. Alexander left the committee on August 9, 2004.
\2\ Mr. Stenholm was assigned to the Tactical Air and Land Forces 
Subcomittee on September 15, 2004.
                               Readiness

    Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Military 
readiness, training, logistics and maintenance issues and 
programs. In addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for 
all military construction, installations and family housing 
issues, including the base closure process.

       Mr. HEFLEY, Chairman

Mr. ORTIZ, Ranking Member            Mr. McKEON
Mr. EVANS                            Mr. HOSTETTLER
Mr. TAYLOR                           Mr. JONES
Mr. ABERCROMBIE                      Mr. RYUN (KS)
Mr. REYES                            Mr. HAYES
Dr. SNYDER                           Mrs. WILSON (NM)
Mr. RODRIGUEZ                        Mr. CALVERT
Mr. BRADY                            Mr. FORBES
Mr. HILL                             Mr. MILLER (FL)
Mr. LARSON (CT)                      Mr. COLE
Ms. S. DAVIS (CA)                    Mr. BISHOP
Mr. LARSEN (WA)                      Mrs. MILLER (MI)
Mr. MARSHALL                         Mr. ROGERS, Vice Chairman
Ms. BORDALLO                         Mr. FRANKS
                                     Mr. McHUGH
           Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities

    Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Department of 
Defense counter proliferation and counter terrorism programs 
and initiatives. In addition, the subcommittee will be 
responsible for Special Operations Forces, the Defense Advanced 
Research Projects Agency, information technology and programs, 
force protection policy and oversight and related intelligence 
support.

       Mr. SAXTON, Chairman

Mr. MEEHAN, Ranking Member           Mr. WILSON (SC)
Mr. TURNER (TX)                      Mr. LoBIONDO
Mr. SMITH                            Mr. KLINE
Mr. McINTYRE                         Mr. MILLER (FL)
Mr. RODRIGUEZ                        Mr. BARTLETT
Mr. HILL                             Mr. THORNBERRY
Ms. S. DAVIS (CA)                    Mr. GIBBONS
Mr. LANGEVIN                         Mr. HAYES, Vice Chairman
Mr. LARSEN (WA)                      Mrs. J. DAVIS (VA)
Mr. COOPER                           Mr. AKIN
                                     Mr. HEFLEY
                              Total Force

    Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Military 
personnel policy, reserve component integration and employment 
issues, military health care, military education and POW/MIA 
issues. In addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for 
Morale, Welfare and Recreation issues and programs.

       Mr. McHUGH, Chairman

Dr. SNYDER, Ranking Member           Mr. COLE, Vice Chairman
Mr. MEEHAN                           Mrs. MILLER (MI)
Ms. SANCHEZ                          Dr. GINGREY
Ms. TAUSCHER                         Mr. SAXTON
Mr. COOPER                           Mr. RYUN (KS)
Ms. BORDALLO                         Mr. SCHROCK
                                     Mr. HAYES

                            Strategic Forces

    Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Strategic Forces 
(except deep strike systems), space programs, ballistic missile 
defense and Department of Energy national security programs 
(except non-proliferation programs).

       Mr. EVERETT, Chairman

Mr. REYES, Ranking Member            Mr. THORNBERRY
Mr. SPRATT                           Mr. WELDON
Ms. SANCHEZ                          Mrs. WILSON (NM), Vice Chairman
Ms. TAUSCHER                         Mr. BISHOP
Mr. MEEK                             Mr. TURNER (OH)
Mr. RYAN (OH)                        Mr. ROGERS
                                     Mr. FRANKS
                           Projection Forces

    Jurisdiction pursuant to Committee Rule 4--Navy and Marine 
Corps programs (except strategic weapons, space, special 
operations and information technology programs), deep strike 
bombers and related systems and strategic lift programs.

      Mr. BARTLETT, Chairman

Mr. TAYLOR Ranking Member            Mr. SIMMONS, Vice Chairman
Mr. ABERCROMBIE                      Mrs. J. DAVIS (VA)
Ms. TAUSCHER                         Mr. SCHROCK
Mr. LANGEVIN                         Mr. SAXTON
Mr. ISRAEL                           Mr. HOSTETTLER
Mr. MARSHALL                         Mr. CALVERT
Mr. ALEXANDER \1\                    Mr. BRADLEY
Mr. STENHOLM \2\                     Mr. KLINE

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\1\ Mr. Alexander left the committee on August 9, 2004.
\2\ Mr. Stenholm was assigned to the Projection Forces Subcommittee on 
September 15, 2004.
                            COMMITTEE STAFF

    By committee resolution adopted at the organizational 
meeting on February 5, 2003, or by authority of the Chairman, 
the following persons were appointed to the staff of the 
committee during the 108th Congress:

 Robert S. Rangel, Staff Director
 Carl D. Commenator, Deputy Staff 
Director/Counsel (resigned May 4, 
               2003)
  Hugh N. Johnston, Jr., Deputy 
          Staff Director
  Rita D. Thompson, Professional 
           Staff Member
  Brenda J. Wright, Professional 
           Staff Member
 Frank A. Barnes, Staff Assistant
  Betty B. Gray, Staff Assistant
 Ernest B. Warrington, Jr., Staff 
             Assistant
 Diane W. Bowman, Staff Assistant
 Michael R. Higgins, Professional 
           Staff Member
 Jean D. Reed, Professional Staff 
              Member
  Dudley L. Tademy, Professional 
 Staff Member (resigned February 
             29, 2004)
John D. Chapla, Professional Staff 
              Member
 Stephen P. Ansley, Professional 
 Staff Member (resigned March 2, 
               2003)
Roger M. Smith, Professional Staff 
  Member (resigned June 28, 2003)
B. Ryan Vaart, Professional Staff 
              Member
 Robert W. Lautrup, Professional 
           Staff Member
  John F. Sullivan, Professional 
           Staff Member
  Nancy M. Warner, Professional 
           Staff Member
  Thomas E. Hawley, Professional 
           Staff Member
 William H. Natter, Professional 
           Staff Member
   John J. Pollard III, Counsel 
    (resigned August 30, 2003)
 James M. Lariviere, Professional 
 Staff Member (resigned November 
             14, 2003)
 Jesse D. Tolleson, Jr., Research 
             Assistant
    Mary Ellen Fraser, Counsel
Debra S. Wada, Professional Staff 
              Member
    Henry J. Schweiter, Counsel
J. J. Gertler, Professional Staff 
Member (resigned December 5, 2004)
Daniel T. Hilton, Staff Assistant 
   (resigned February 17, 2004)
Laura R. Haas, Executive Assistant 
   (resigned November 24, 2003)
    Christopher A. Kim, Staff 
  Assistant (resigned March 20, 
               2003)
    Katherine K. Gordon, Staff 
 Assistant (resigned February 20, 
               2004)
 Harry E. Cartland, Professional 
 Staff Member (resigned June 30, 
               2004)
  Erin C. Conaton, Professional 
           Staff Member
   Meghan L. Wedd, Deputy Press 
Secretary (resigned June 13, 2003)
  Douglas C. Roach, Professional 
           Staff Member
   Virginia H. Johnson, Counsel 
    (resigned October 24, 2004)
    Alexis R. Lasselle, Analyst
    Danleigh S. Kaplan, Staff 
             Assistant
 Angela M. Sowa, Staff Assistant 
      (resigned May 19, 2004)
   Justin P. Bernier, Research 
             Assistant
      Richard I. Stark, Jr., 
    Professional Staff Member 
     (resigned April 2, 2004)
 David B. Heaton, Staff Assistant 
     (resigned June 13, 2003)
  Lori Shaffer, Staff Assistant 
    (resigned January 16, 2004)
 Linda M. Burnette, Printing Clerk
 Curtis B. Flood, Staff Assistant
 Mary E. Petrella, Communications 
Coordinator (resigned December 5, 
               2004)
Hugh P. Brady, Professional Staff 
              Member
Harald O. Stavenas, Communications 
             Director
 Joseph V. Fengler, Professional 
 Staff Member (appointed February 
             24, 2003)
      William R. Marck, Jr., 
    Professional Staff Member 
   (appointed February 26, 2003)
Kenneth A. Steadman, Professional 
 Staff Member (appointed March 3, 
2003; resigned September 30, 2003)
Eric J. Massa, Professional Staff 
 Member (appointed March 5, 2003; 
    resigned November 1, 2003)
    Preston J. Johnson, Staff 
  Assistant (appointed March 17, 
   2003; resigned July 2, 2004)
 Uyen T. Dinh, Counsel (appointed 
          March 24, 2003)
  Eric R. Sterner, Professional 
 Staff Member (appointed April 7, 
               2003)
   Elizabeth L. McAlpine, Staff 
  Assistant (appointed April 14, 
  2003; resigned August 25, 2004)
 Lynn W. Henselman, Professional 
Staff Member (appointed April 21, 
   2003; resigned June 4, 2004)
 Robert L. Simmons, Professional 
 Staff Member (appointed May 19, 
               2003)
W. Holly Neal, Executive Assistant 
     (appointed June 2, 2003)
 Ronald S. Phillips, Professional 
 Staff Member (appointed July 1, 
 2003; resigned December 22, 2004)
  William C. Ostendorff, Counsel 
    (appointed August 25, 2003)
 Claire E. Dunne, Staff Assistant 
   (appointed October 14, 2003)
    James William Godwin, Jr., 
    Professional Staff Member 
   (appointed October 27, 2003)
Lindsay D. Young, Staff Assistant 
   (appointed December 8, 2003)
    Jennifer E. Giglio, Staff 
 Assistant (appointed January 14, 
               2004)
Mark R. Lewis, Professional Staff 
  Member (appointed February 9, 
               2004)
    Katherine A. Croft, Staff 
  Assistant (appointed March 1, 
               2004)
E. Hayes Arendall, Staff Assistant 
     (appointed March 1, 2004)
  Loren L. Dealy, Communications 
  Assistant (appointed March 29, 
               2004)
 Joshua T. Hartman, Professional 
 Staff Member (appointed April 5, 
               2004)
    Heather L. Messera, Staff 
Assistant (appointed July 6, 2004)
Paul Arcangeli, Professional Staff 
 Member (appointed August 1, 2004)
 Carrie M. Sloan, Press Secretary 
    (appointed August 9, 2004)
    Jeffery A. Green, Counsel 
   (appointed September 1, 2004)
 Jeanette S. James, Professional 
Staff Member (appointed September 
             7, 2004)
   Chandler T. Lockhart, Staff 
Assistant (appointed September 24, 
               2004)
                           COMMITTEE MEETINGS

    A total of 219 meetings were held by the Committee on Armed 
Services and its subcommittees during the 108th Congress. The 
committee held one joint hearing. A breakdown of the meetings 
follows:

Full Committee....................................................   115
Subcommittees:
    Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee.....................    13
    Readiness Subcommittee........................................    18
    Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities 
      Subcommittee................................................    30
    Total Force Subcommittee......................................    18
    Strategic Forces Subcommittee.................................    15
    Projection Forces Subcommittee................................    10

                          Legislative actions


                      Legislation Enacted Into Law


                      PUBLIC LAW 108-13 (H.R. 672)

To rename the Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Department of 
Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in 
honor of Navy Commander William ``Willie'' McCool, who was the pilot of 
 the Space Shuttle Columbia when it was tragically lost on February 1, 
                                  2003
    Public Law 108-13 designates the Guam South Elementary/
Middle School of the Department of Defense Domestic Dependents 
Elementary and Secondary Schools System in Apra Heights, Guam, 
as the ``Commander William C. McCool Elementary/Middle 
School.'' This designation is made in honor of William C. 
McCool, who was a commander in the U.S. Navy and pilot of the 
Space Shuttle Columbia when it was tragically lost on February 
1, 2003. H.R. 672 was introduced and referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services on February 11, 2003. On February 26, 2003, 
the bill passed the House under suspension of the rules. The 
measure was passed in the Senate without amendment by unanimous 
consent on April 7, 2003. The measure was signed by the 
President and became law on April 22, 2003.

                     PUBLIC LAW 108-121 (H.R. 3365)

To amend title 10, United States Code, and the Internal Revenue Code of 
 1986 to increase the death gratuity payable with respect to deceased 
  members of the Armed Forces and to exclude such gratuity from gross 
   income, to provide additional tax relief for members of the Armed 
           Forces and their families, and for other purposes
    Public Law 108-121, the Military Family Tax Relief Act of 
2003, provides various types of tax relief to members of the 
Armed Forces. Additionally, the Act suspends the tax-exempt 
status of organizations involved in terrorist activities, 
offers tax relief to astronauts who die in the line of duty, 
and extends the authorization for certain customs user fees. On 
October 21, 2003, H.R. 3365 was introduced and referred to the 
Committees on Ways and Means and Armed Services. The measure 
was considered under suspension of the rules and passed the 
House on October 29, 2003. On November 3, 2003, the Senate 
passed the measure with amendment, and it was signed by the 
President and became law on November 11, 2003.

                     PUBLIC LAW 108-136 (H.R. 1588)

     To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 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 108-136, the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004, authorizes funds totaling 
$397,499,259,000 for national defense functions for fiscal year 
2004 and provides a budget authority level of $401,297,477,000.

Division A

    Division A of Public Law 108-136 authorizes funds for 
fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense.
    Subtitle A of title I authorizes $74,203,511,000 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, limitations, transfers of, 
or funds for specified programs for the armed forces, 
including: the restrictions on the Stryker combat vehicle 
program; multiyear procurement authority for the F/A 18 
aircraft, the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile, the Virginia-
class submarine, the E-2C aircraft, and the Phalanx Close-in 
Weapons System; and limitations on funds for the F/A 22 
aircraft.
    Subtitle A of title II authorizes $63,384,721,000 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, including the Army's 
Future Combat Systems, the Navy's Fleet Platform Architectures, 
and limitations on the development of the Joint Tactical Radio 
System.
    Subtitles C and D of title II address ballistic missile 
defense programs and miscellaneous other matters, including the 
Department of Defense program to expand bandwidth capabilities 
for network-centric operations.
    Subtitle A of title III authorizes $114,353,337,000 for 
operation and maintenance, $17,911,590,000 for other programs, 
and $2,849,548,000 for working capital funds for the armed 
forces and defense agencies.
    Subtitle B through D of title III addresses environmental 
provisions, workplace and depot issues, as well as other 
miscellaneous matters.
    Title IV provides military personnel authorizations for the 
active and reserve forces for fiscal year 2004 and authorizes 
appropriations of $98,908,400,000 for military personnel for 
fiscal year 2004. The end strengths for active duty personnel 
for fiscal year 2004 are as follows:
          Army, 482,400
          Navy, 373,800
          Marine Corps, 175,000
          Air Force, 359,300
    The Selected Reserve end strengths for fiscal year 2004 are 
as follows:
          Army National Guard, 350,000
          Army Reserve, 205,000
          Naval Reserve, 85,900
          Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600
          Air National Guard, 107,030
          Air Force Reserve, 75,800
          Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000
    The end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of 
the reserve components for fiscal year 2004 are as follows:
          Army National Guard, 25,599
          Army Reserve, 14,374
          Naval Reserve, 14,384
          Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261
          Air National Guard, 12,191
          Air Force Reserve, 1,660
    Title V sets military personnel policy, including 
provisions that address officer personnel policy; the reserve 
components; ROTC and military service academies; education and 
training; administrative matters; military justice matters; 
benefits; domestic violence; and other matters.
    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; commissary and nonappropriated fund 
instrumentality benefits; and other matters.
    Title VII contains military health care provisions, such as 
enhanced benefits for reservists including TRICARE program 
improvements.
    Title VIII addresses acquisition policy, acquisition 
management and related matters, including United States defense 
industrial base matters, and defense acquisition workforce 
matters.
    Title IX contains Department of Defense organization and 
management provisions, including duties and functions of 
officers; space activities; reports; and other related matters.
    Title X addresses general provisions relating to financial 
matters; naval vessels and shipyards; counter-drug activities; 
reports; extension of expiring authorities; and other matters.
    Title XI addresses Department of Defense civilian personnel 
matters, including the National Security Personnel System, and 
other federal government civilian personnel matters.
    Title XII concerns matters relating to other nations, 
including matters relating to Iraq; matters relating to export 
protections; administrative requirements and authorities; and 
related reports.
    Title XIII addresses Cooperative Threat Reduction with 
states of the Former Soviet Union.
    Title XIV, also referred to as the ``Services Acquisition 
Reform Act,'' addresses federal government contracting for 
services.
    Title XV establishes the Veterans' Disability Benefits 
Commission.
    Title XVI addresses defense biomedical countermeasures.

Division B

    Division B of Public Law 108-136 authorizes appropriations 
in the amount of $9,685,700,000 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 2004. In addition, Division B contains military 
construction and family housing program changes; increased 
authority for emergency construction and one-year authority for 
the use of operations and maintenance funds for contingency 
construction; expanded leasing authorities for facilities in 
Korea; and land conveyance authorizations.

Division C

    Division C of Public Law 108-136 authorizes appropriations 
in the amount of $16,698,752,000 for Department of Energy 
national security programs for fiscal year 2004. Division C 
also includes authorization for and/or addresses the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; National Defense Stockpile; 
Naval Petroleum Reserves; the Maritime Administration; and the 
Nuclear Security Initiative.
    The Committee on Armed Services reported H.R. 1588, as 
amended, to the House on May 16, 2003. The measure passed the 
House, as amended, on May 22, 2003. The Senate passed by voice 
vote H.R. 1588, as amended, on June 4, 2003, subsequent to 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the provisions of a similar measure, S. 1050. The 
conference report was agreed to in the House on November 7, 
2003, and in the Senate on November 12, 2003. H.R. 1588 was 
signed by the President and became law on November 24, 2003.
    (H. Rept. 108-106; H. Rept. 108-106, Part II; S. Rept. 108-
46; H. Rept. 108-354; 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)

                      PUBLIC LAW 108-220 (S. 2057)

To require the Secretary of Defense to reimburse members of the United 
States Armed Forces for certain transportation expenses incurred by the 
  members in connection with leave under the Central Command Rest and 
 Recuperation Leave Program before the program was expanded to include 
                            domestic travel
    Public Law 108-220 directs the Secretary of Defense to 
reimburse a member of the armed forces for transportation 
expenses incurred in connection with the Rest and Recuperation 
Leave Program. It provides retroactive payments to service 
members for the period beginning on September 25, 2003, and 
ending on December 18, 2003. S. 2057 was introduced and 
referred to the Senate Committee on Armed Services on February 
9, 2004. On March 3, 2004, the bill was discharged by the 
Senate Committee on Armed Services, passed by the Senate 
without amendment by unanimous consent, and referred to the 
House Committee on Armed Services. On March 17, 2004, the 
committee held a markup session to consider S. 2057. The 
committee ordered the bill to be reported by a voice vote. The 
measure was considered under suspension of the rules and passed 
by the House on March 30, 2004. The President signed the bill 
into law on April 22, 2004.

                     PUBLIC LAW 108-234 (H.R. 3104)

  To provide for the establishment of separate campaign medals to be 
    awarded to members of the uniformed services who participate in 
Operation Enduring Freedom and to members of the uniformed services who 
                 participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom

    Public Law 108-234 establishes two distinct campaign medals 
to recognize specifically service by members of the armed 
forces in the two separate campaigns of the global war on 
terrorism: Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom. H.R. 3104 was introduced and referred to the House 
Committee on Armed Services on September 16, 2003. After being 
ordered reported by the committee by a voice vote, the measure 
was considered and passed under suspension of the rules on 
March 30, 2004. On May 18, 2004, the Senate passed the measure 
without amendment. It was signed by the President and became 
public law on May 20, 2004.

                   PUBLIC LAW 108-236 (S.J. RES. 28)

  Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Allied landing at Normandy 
                          during World War II
    Public Law 108-220 recognizes the 60th anniversary of the 
Allied landing at Normandy, and requests the President to issue 
a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to 
observe the anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and 
programs to honor the sacrifices of their fellow countrymen who 
liberated Europe. The measure commends the American, British, 
and Canadian troops who conducted the most extensive amphibious 
military operation ever to occur, an act which helped to end 
Nazi tyranny in Europe and restore freedom and human dignity to 
millions of people. After passing the Senate by unanimous 
consent on April 1, 2004, S.J. Res. 28 was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services on April 2, 2004. The joint 
resolution was considered under suspension of the rules on June 
1, 2004, and passed the House on June 2, 2004. On June 15, 
2004, the President signed S.J. Res. 28 into law.

                     PUBLIC LAW 108-268 (H.R. 4322)

To provide for the transfer of the Nebraska Avenue Naval Complex in the 
      District of Columbia to facilitate the establishment of the 
 headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security, to provide for 
 the acquisition by the Department of the Navy of suitable replacement 
                   facilities, and for other purposes
    Public Law 108-268 requires the Secretary of the Navy to 
transfer the majority of the Nebraska Avenue Complex to the 
Administrator of General Services, in order to accommodate the 
headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security. The bill 
requires the Department of Homeland Security to be responsible 
for the initial costs of relocation of Navy functions located 
at the complex, and expresses the Sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of the Navy should receive funds from other federal 
agencies to meet long-term relocation costs. Finally, the bill 
includes authority for the Secretary of the Navy to reclaim and 
then sell the complex should costs incurred by the Navy to 
relocate from the complex exceed amounts received from the 
Department of Homeland Security and other agencies.
    H.R. 4322 was introduced and referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services on May 11, 2004, where it was considered and 
ordered reported by voice vote on May 13, 2004. The measure was 
considered and passed under suspension of the rules on May 14, 
2004. On June 21, 2004, the Senate passed the measure without 
amendment by unanimous consent, and the President signed it 
into law on July 2, 2004.

                     PUBLIC LAW 108-375 (H.R. 4200)

     To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 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 108-375 authorizes funds totaling 
$418,841,315,000 for national defense functions for fiscal year 
2005 and provides a budget authority level of $420,610,620,000.

Division A

    Division A of Public Law 108-375 authorizes funds for 
fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Defense.
    Subtitle A of title I authorizes $74,182,957,000 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, limitations, transfers of, 
or funds for specified programs for the armed forces, 
including: multiyear procurement authority for the Army and 
Marine Corps lightweight 155-millimeter howitzer program; 
acceleration of the Navy DDG-51 modernization program; the 
development of deployable systems to include consideration of 
force protection operating in asymmetric threat environments, 
and the requirement that those operational units that are 
deployed to, or preparing to deploy to, Operation Iraqi Freedom 
or Operation Enduring Freedom, regardless of the status of 
those units as active, guard, or reserve component units, will 
receive priority for equipment allocation.
    Subtitle A of title II authorizes $66,497,758,000 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 seven separate 
research and development-related matters, such as restrictions 
on the Army's Future Combat Systems program strategy.
    Subtitles C and D of title II address ballistic missile 
defense programs and miscellaneous other matters.
    Subtitle A of title III authorizes $121,520,189,000 for 
operation and maintenance, $20,086,885,000 for other programs, 
and $2,896,138,000 for working capital funds for the armed 
forces and defense agencies.
    Subtitle B through F of title III address environmental 
provisions, workplace and depot issues, information technology, 
as well as other miscellaneous matters.
    Title IV provides military personnel authorizations for the 
active and reserve forces for fiscal year 2005 and authorizes 
appropriations of $106,542,982,000 for military personnel for 
fiscal year 2005. The end strengths for active duty personnel 
for fiscal year 2005 are as follows:
          Army, 502,400
          Navy, 365,900
          Marine Corps, 178,000
          Air Force, 359,700
    The Selected Reserve end strengths for fiscal year 2005 are 
as follows:
          Army National Guard, 350,000
          Army Reserve, 205,000
          Naval Reserve, 83,400
          Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600
          Air National Guard, 106,800
          Air Force Reserve, 76,100
          Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000
    The end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of 
the reserve components for fiscal year 2005 are as follows:
          Army National Guard, 26,602
          Army Reserve, 14,970
          Naval Reserve, 14,152
          Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261
          Air National Guard, 12,263
          Air Force Reserve, 1,900
    Title V sets military personnel policy, including 
provisions that address officer personnel policy; the reserve 
components; joint officer management and joint professional 
military education; military services academies; education and 
training; defense dependents education; medals, decorations, 
and special promotions and appointments; military voting; 
military justice matters; sexual assault in the armed forces; 
management and administrative matters; and other matters.
    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, commissary and nonappropriated fund 
instrumentality benefits, and other related matters.
    Title VII contains military health care provisions, 
including enhanced benefits for reserves; other health care 
program improvements; health care planning, programming, and 
management; and Medical Readiness Tracking and Health 
Surveillance.
    Title VIII addressed acquisition policy, acquisition 
management and related matters, including United States defense 
industrial base matters.
    Title IX contains Department of Defense organization and 
management provisions, including duties and functions of 
Department of Defense; space activities; intelligence-related 
matters; and other related matters.
    Title X addresses general provisions relating to financial 
matters; naval vessels and shipyards; counterdrug matters; 
matters relating to museums and commemorations; miscellaneous 
report requirements; defense against terrorism and other 
domestic security matters; personnel security matters; 
transportation-related matters; and other matters such as 
energy savings performance contracts and actions to prevent the 
abuse of detainees.
    Title XI addressed Department of Defense civilian personnel 
matters.
    Title XII concerns matters relating to other nations 
including matters relating to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the global 
war on terrorism; counterproliferation matters; and other 
matters.
    Title XIII addresses Cooperative Threat Reduction with 
states of the Former Soviet Union.
    Title XIV addresses sunken military craft.
    Title XV authorizes $25,000,000,000 for increased costs due 
to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, to 
include such things as vehicle and body armor; munitions; and 
improvised explosive device countermeasures equipment.

Division B

    Division B of Public Law 108-375 authorizes appropriations 
in the amount of $9,930,100,000 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 2005. In addition, Division B contains military 
construction and family housing program changes; increased 
oversight requirements for operations, maintenance, and repair 
of general and flag officer quarters; new requirements to 
ensure regular assessments of the vulnerability of military 
installations to terrorist attacks; repeal of statutory 
limitations on the Military Housing Privatization Initiative; 
continuation of the temporary authority for the use of 
operation and maintenance funds for contingency construction; 
several modifications to base realignment and closure 
authorities; and land conveyance authorizations.

Division C

    Division C of Public Law 108-375 authorizes appropriations 
in the amount of $16,816,911,000 for Department of Energy 
national security programs for fiscal year 2005. Title XXXI 
pertaining to Department of Energy national security programs 
also includes program restrictions and limitations; 
proliferation matters; the Energy Employee Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program; and other matters. Division C also 
includes authorization for and/or addresses the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board; National Defense Stockpile; Naval 
Petroleum Reserves; the Maritime Administration; and assistance 
to firefighters.
    The Committee on Armed Services reported H.R. 4200, as 
amended, to the House on May 14, 2004. The measure passed the 
House, as amended, on May 20, 2004. The Senate passed H.R. 
4200, as amended, on June 23, 2004, subsequent to striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the 
provisions of a similar measure, S. 2400. On October 9, 2004, 
the conference report was agreed to in both the House and the 
Senate, the latter by unanimous consent. H.R. 4200 was signed 
by the President and became law on October 28, 2004.
    (H. Rept. 108-491; H. Rept. 108-491, Part II; S. Rept. 108-
260; H. Rept. 108-767; H.A.S.C. 108-21; H.A.S.C. 108-22; 
H.A.S.C. 108-23; H.A.S.C. 108-24; H.A.S.C. 108-25; H.A.S.C. 
108-26; H.A.S.C. 108-27)

                      PUBLIC LAW 108-458 (S. 2845)

     To reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and 
 intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and 
                           for other purposes
    Public Law 108-458, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004, creates a Director of National 
Intelligence to lead the intelligence community, serve as the 
principal intelligence adviser to the President, and oversee 
and direct the implementation of the National Intelligence 
Program; establishes a National Counterterrorism Center to 
coordinate across departmental lines and serve as the primary 
executive branch organization for counterterrorism intelligence 
and strategic operational planning; addresses specific efforts 
designed to tighten border control and increase transportation 
security against terrorist activities.
    After being introduced in the Senate on September 23, 2004, 
and laid before the Senate by unanimous consent on September 
27, 2004, S. 2845 passed the Senate with amendments on October 
6, 2004. A House bill pertaining to the same subject matter, 
H.R. 10, was introduced in the House and referred to the 
Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), as well as the 
Committees on Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, 
Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Government Reform, 
International Relations, the Judiciary, Rules, Science, 
Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Homeland 
Security (Select) on September 24, 2004. On September 29, 2004, 
the Committee on Armed Services met to consider H.R. 10 and 
ordered the bill reported to the House with amendments. The 
measure passed the House on October 8, 2004. The House passed 
S. 2845, as amended, on October 16, 2004, subsequent to 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the provisions of the similar measure, H.R. 10. 
Conferees filed a conference report on December 7, 2004, which 
was agreed to in the House and the Senate on December 7, 2004, 
and December 8, 2004, respectively. S. 2845 was presented to 
the President on December 15, 2004, and was signed into law on 
December 17, 2004.
    (H. Rept. 108-724, Part II; H. Rept. 108-796; H.A.S.C. 108-
36)

                  LEGISLATION REPORTED BUT NOT ENACTED


                               H.R. 1950

  To establish the Millennium Challenge Account to provide increased 
support for certain developing countries; to authorize the expansion of 
  the Peace Corps; to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
 State for fiscal years 2004 and 2005; and to authorize appropriations 
  under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 
      1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 2004 and 2005
    H.R. 1950, the Department of State Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005, would have authorized activities of 
the Department of State in pursuit of U.S. foreign policy and 
national interests in fiscal years 2004 and 2005. As amended by 
the House Armed Services Committee, the bill would have 
preserved existing national security controls on communication 
satellite exports, and provided for limited transfer of the 
financial costs of the Department of State airlift requirements 
to the Department of Defense. H.R. 1950 was introduced and 
referred to the Committee on International Relations on May 5, 
2003. On May 16, 2003, after being amended and reported by the 
Committee on International Relations, H.R. 1950 was referred 
jointly and sequentially to the Committees on Armed Services, 
Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary. On June 26, 2003, the 
Committee on Armed Services ordered reported the measure, as 
amended, to the House. The measure passed the House on July 16, 
2003. No further action was taken.
    (H. Rept. 108-105, Part III)

                              H. RES. 364

Resolution of inquiry requesting the President to transmit to the House 
of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of 
   this resolution the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
  entitled ``Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned'' and 
documents in his possession on the reconstruction and security of post-
                                war Iraq
    H. Res. 364 is a resolution of inquiry designed to request 
specific factual information from the President of the United 
States or the head of one of the executive departments. The 
Rules of the House of Representatives provide for a committee 
to report on a qualifying resolution of inquiry, such as H. 
Res. 364, within 14 legislative days or a privileged motion to 
discharge the committee is in order. H. Res. 364 would have 
requested the President to transmit to the House of 
Representatives the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff entitled, ``Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons 
Learned,'' and any other documents in his possession on the 
reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq. H. Res. 364 was 
referred to the Committees onArmed Services and International 
Relations on September 9, 2003. On September 30, 2003, the Committee on 
Armed Services ordered the resolution of inquiry to be reported 
adversely. No further action was taken.
    (H. Rept. 108-289, Part II)

                            H. CON. RES. 374

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, Federal 
  banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration, and the 
    Federal Trade Commission should work to mitigate the financial 
 hardships experienced by members of the reserve component as a result 
                     of being called to active duty
    H. Con. Res. 374 would have expressed the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of Defense, the Federal banking agencies, 
the National Credit Union Administration, and the Federal Trade 
Commission should work to mitigate the financial hardships 
experienced by mobilized reserve members. This would have 
included issuing guidance to allow deferral of home loans by 
financial institutions. H. Con. Res. 374 was referred to the 
Committees on Armed Services and Financial Services on February 
26, 2004. On March 17, 2004, the committee held a markup 
session to consider the measure. The committee ordered the bill 
to be reported, as amended, by a voice vote. No further action 
was taken.

                               H.R. 3966

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the ability of the 
Department of Defense to establish and maintain Senior Reserve Officer 
 Training Corps units at institutions of higher education, to improve 
the ability of students to participate in Senior ROTC programs, and to 
     ensure that institutions of higher education provide military 
 recruiters entry to campuses and access to students that is at least 
   equal in quality and scope to that provided to any other employer
    H.R. 3966, the ROTC and Military Recruiter Equal Access to 
Campus Act of 2004, would have improved the ability of the 
Department of Defense to establish and maintain Senior Reserve 
Officer Training Corps (ROTC) units at institutions of higher 
education, improved the ability of students to participate in 
Senior ROTC programs, and ensured that institutions of higher 
education provide military recruiters entry to campuses and 
access to students that is at least equal in quality and scope 
to that provided to any other employer. H.R. 3966 was referred 
to the Committees on Armed Services and Education and Workforce 
on March 12, 2004. The Committee on Armed Services ordered the 
bill to be reported, as amended, on March 17, 2004. The measure 
passed the House on March 30, 2004. The text of H.R. 3966, as 
modified, was incorporated into H.R. 4200, the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005.
    H.R. Rept. 108-443)

                               H.R. 4323

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide rapid acquisition 
 authority to the Secretary of Defense to respond to combat emergencies
    H.R. 4323 would have authorized the Secretary of Defense to 
rapidly acquire equipment needed by a combatant commander to 
eliminate a combat capability deficiency that has resulted in 
combat fatalities. Additionally, the measure would have 
required the Secretary to develop a process for such rapid 
acquisition authority and submit to Congress a detailed 
explanation of the process, including procedures to be followed 
in carrying out the process. H.R. 4323 was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services on May 11, 2004. On May 12, 2004, 
the committee held a markup session to consider H.R. 4323 and 
ordered the bill reported by a voice vote. The bill passed the 
House under suspension of the rules on June 14, 2004. The text 
of H.R. 4323 was incorporated into H.R. 4200, the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005.

                              H. RES. 499

   Resolution of inquiry requesting the President and directing the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General 
  to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days 
  after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the 
    possession of the President and those officials relating to the 
     disclosure of the identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame
    H. Res. 499 is a resolution of inquiry designed to request 
specific factual information from the President of the United 
States or the head of one of the executive departments. The 
Rules of the House of Representatives provide for a committee 
to report on a qualifying resolution of inquiry within 14 
legislative days or a privileged motion to discharge the 
committee is in order. H. Res. 499 would have requested the 
President and directed the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the Attorney General to transmit to the House of 
Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of the resolution all documents including telephone 
and electronic mail records, logs and calendars, personnel 
records, and records of internal discussions in the possession 
of the President and those officials relating to the disclosure 
of the identity of Ms. Valerie Plame as an employee of the 
Central Intelligence Agency during the period beginning on May 
6, 2003, and ending on July 31, 2003.
    H. Res. 499 was introduced and referred to Committee on 
Intelligence (Permanent Select), as well as the Committees on 
Armed Services, International Relations, and the Judiciary on 
January 21, 2004. On February 25, 2004, the Committee on Armed 
Services ordered the resolution of inquiry to be reported 
adversely. No further action was taken.
    (H. Rept. 108-413, Part IV)

                              H. RES. 640

Resolution of inquiry requesting that the Secretary of Defense transmit 
  to the House of Representatives before the expiration of the 14-day 
  period beginning on the date of the adoption of this resolution any 
   picture, photograph, video, communication, or report produced in 
  conjunction with any completed Department of Defense investigation 
conducted by Major General Antonio M. Taguba relating to allegations of 
torture or allegations of violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 
  at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq or any completed Department of Defense 
 investigation relating to the abuse or alleged abuse of a prisoner of 
   war or detainee by any civilian contractor working in Iraq who is 
            employed on behalf of the Department of Defense
    H. Res. 640 is a resolution of inquiry designed to request 
specific factual information from the President of the United 
States or the head of one of the executive departments. The 
Rules of the House of Representatives provide for a committee 
to report on a qualifying resolution of inquiry within 14 
legislative days or a privileged motion to discharge the 
committee is in order. H. Res. 640 would have requested the 
Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of 
Representatives within 14 days any picture, photograph, video, 
communication, or report produced in conjunction with the 
investigation conducted by Major General Antonio Taguba 
relating to allegations of violations of the Geneva Conventions 
at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq or any completed investigation 
relating to the abuse of detainees by civilian contractors 
working in Iraq on behalf of the Department of Defense. H. Res. 
640 was referred to the Committee on Armed Services on May 12, 
2004. On June 14, 2004, the Committee on Armed Services ordered 
the resolution of inquiry to be reported adversely. No further 
action was taken.
    (H. Rept. 108-547)

                              H. RES. 689

 Resolution of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain 
other Federal officials to transmit to the House of Representatives not 
 later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution 
   documents in the possession of the President and those officials 
     relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, 
                    Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay.
    H. Res. 689 is a resolution of inquiry designed to request 
specific factual information from the President of the United 
States or the head of one of the executive departments. The 
Rules of the House of Representatives provide for a committee 
to report on a qualifying resolution of inquiry within 14 
legislative days or a privileged motion to discharge the 
committee is in order. H. Res. 689 would have called for the 
transmission of documents in the possession of the President, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the 
Attorney General, which relate to the treatment of prisoners 
and detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. The 
resolution also would have directed these cabinet members to 
provide documentation of work completed and planned in over 20 
comprehensive categories. These categories encompass a broad 
range of information including reports, memorandums, 
complaints, chain-of-command charts, contracting receipts, 
interrogation doctrine, and translation data produced by 
sources such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, 
local sub-contractors, and individual military units.
    H. Res. 689 was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
on June 23, 2004. On July 15, 2004, the committee held a markup 
session to consider this resolution of inquiry. The committee 
ordered the resolution to be reported adversely to the House. 
No further action was taken.
    (H. Rept. 108-632)
                          OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

    The oversight responsibilities of the Committee on Armed 
Services were conducted primarily within the context of the 
committee's consideration of the annual defense authorization 
bills, which cover the breadth of the operations of the 
Department of Defense as well as a significant portion of the 
annual operating budget of the Department of Energy. The annual 
national defense budget of approximately $411.0 billion 
involves millions of military and civilian personnel, thousands 
of facilities, and hundreds of agencies, departments, and 
commands located throughout the world.

                       SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT PLAN

    In response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on 
the United States and U.S. military operations in Iraq and 
Afghanistan, the committee conducted extensive oversight 
activities during the 108th Congress, paying particular 
attention to intelligence, the conduct of the war on terrorism, 
force protection of military personnel, equipment and 
installations. The committee regularly received briefings on 
national security threats, and conducted a series of hearings 
and briefings on the status of U.S Forces in Iraq. In addition, 
prior to consideration of the fiscal year 2004 and 2005 defense 
budgets, the committee conducted oversight hearings with the 
Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, the individual service secretaries and chiefs of staff, 
combatant commanders, other officials of the Department of 
Defense and the military departments, officials of the Central 
Intelligence Agency and other defense-related intelligence 
agencies, and the Secretary of Energy, the Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security and other officials of the Department of 
Energy. The committee also received testimony from outside 
experts in academia, industry, associations, and those in 
private life on these 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 108th Congress:

                             DEFENSE BUDGET

    The committee dedicated annual budget oversight to ensure 
continued increases in budget authorization for national 
security programs for a nation at war. The committee focused on 
the troops that are defending our freedom. More than 200,000 
soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have served in the global 
war on terrorism. The committee worked to ensure that our 
troops on the battlefield were protected while supporting their 
needs at home. As a result, the 108th Congress adopted:
          (1) Funding for an additional $1.5 billion for 
        critical procurement and research, development, test 
        and evaluation programs over the President's last two 
        budget requests.
          (2) An additional $25.0 billion of emergency 
        authorizations for the ongoing operations in Iraq and 
        Afghanistan in the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005.
          (3) Full concurrent receipt of benefits for military 
        retirees for the most severely disabled veterans.
          (4) Pay raises for military personnel and their 
        families to include special pay and bonuses for active 
        duty personnel, increases in the family separation 
        allowance for service members with dependents, and 
        increases in the rate of special pay for those subject 
        to hostile fire and imminent danger.
          (5) Civilian personnel system reforms that allow the 
        Department of Defense to develop a merit-based system 
        of management for civilian employees that will support 
        emerging national security objectives.
          (6) Increased end strengths for the Army and Marine 
        Corps to provide the needed flexibility to execute the 
        global war on terrorism.
          (7) Enhancements to TRICARE benefits for reservists 
        and family members to include providing health care 
        benefits up to 90 days before the date on which the 
        member's period of active duty begins, waiving 
        deductible payments required by the TRICARE program for 
        dependents of reservists who are called to active duty 
        for more than 30 days, and providing transitional 
        medical assistance program benefits to service members 
        and their dependents for up to 180 days following 
        separation from active duty.
          (8) Changes in survivor benefits plan annuities that 
        eliminate social security offsets to protect the 
        financial security of the survivors of military 
        retirees.
          (9) Increases in authority for the military housing 
        privatization initiative for continued improvement and 
        revitalization of military housing on domestic military 
        bases.
          (10) Rapid acquisition authorities and force 
        protection initiatives to protect our military 
        personnel in combat.
          (11) Improvements to tuition assistance for reserve 
        officers on active duty by waiving the two-year active 
        duty service obligation required as a condition for 
        receiving tuition assistance.
          (12) The repeal of the requirement for wounded 
        service personnel to pay subsistence charges while they 
        recuperate in military hospitals.

                                  IRAQ

    In March 2003, the United States led a coalition of nations 
in a series of military operations to: (1) depose the regime of 
Saddam Hussein, a recognized state sponsor of international 
terrorism and source of instability in the international 
security environment; (2) bring Iraq into compliance with a 
series of United Nations Security Council Resolutions; and, (3) 
establish a representative government in Iraq.
    By May 1, 2003, major combat operations were concluded and 
the United States--together with its allies--assumed 
provisional control of the country. Most reviews of military 
operations in Iraq concluded that it was an extraordinary 
military campaign, in which a limited number of U.S. military 
forces soundly defeated a numerically superior adversary. From 
that standpoint, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was a major test 
of past efforts to transform the military for its 21st century 
missions. Operation Iraqi Freedom demonstrated successful 
implementation of and pointed the way towards future 
operational concepts and capabilities designed to maximize the 
utility of new technologies for the United States military. 
Early lessons, including the importance of force protection and 
command and control systems, such as Blue Force Tracker, which 
improved the situational awareness of U.S. commanders, were 
incorporated into the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136).
    Additionally, in order to review long-term lessons, the 
committee conducted a series of briefings and hearings with 
representatives from the Department of Defense and analytical 
community to review the conduct of military operations and 
their implications for the future force. On July 10, 2003, the 
Combatant Commander for U.S. Central Command, General Tommy 
Franks, USA, testified before the committee on both Operations 
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. 
General Franks stressed the value of speed and surprise in 
achieving U.S. military objectives, noting that even though 
U.S. forces had been deploying to his command's area of 
operations for several months, they were still able to achieve 
operational surprise by initiating combat operations before 
completing the deployment of all military forces. In General 
Franks' view, that surprise reduced coalition casualties and 
enabled them to secure Iraqi infrastructure intact for use in 
rebuilding the country.
    On October 2, 2003, the committee conducted an open hearing 
and a classified briefing with a special team created by the 
Department of Defense specifically to review and identify 
lessons learned from OIF. The study, led by Admiral E.P. 
Giambastiani, USN, Commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command, 
confirmed the importance of speed and surprise in the Defense 
Department's estimation of its successes in OIF. Following this 
hearing, on October 21, 2003, the committee invited several 
outside experts to offer their thoughts on lessons learned. 
Major General Robert Scales, USA (ret.), former commandant of 
the Army War College, Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Executive 
Director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments 
and author of ``The Army in Vietnam,'' and Dr. Stephen Biddle, 
Associate Research Professor at the Army War College, reviewed 
the analytical community's general thoughts, the Department's 
assessments, and their own interpretations of OIF. The outside 
experts had a variety of explanations for the speed with which 
the United States achieved its military goals in Iraq. Dr. 
Biddle, for example, led an Army War College team that 
concluded speed and flexibility were less important factors 
than professionalism and the overmatching capabilities of U.S. 
forces. According to Dr. Biddle, OIF was successful due to a 
unique combination of U.S. capabilities, which lined up in 
synchronicity with specific Iraqi weaknesses. General Scales 
took a slightly different--but not incompatible--perspective, 
noting that advanced technology, the speed of its advance, and 
the professionalism of its troops gave the United States 
military a significant advantage. However, General Scales also 
argued for improved intelligence and awareness of foreign 
political and cultural issues, noting that U.S. technical 
advantages could be offset by an inadequate understanding of 
its enemies. In particular, General Scales recommended 
additional training in foreign languages and cultures at more 
junior levels. Dr. Krepinevich stressed the value of speed, 
precision, improved command, control, intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance in achieving the coalition 
victory, but also highlighted the need to recognize that the 
United States military was now in the ``regime change 
business'' and would have to incorporate that mission into its 
force structure and procurement programs.
    As decisive as the major combat operations were in deposing 
the Hussein regime, Iraq's transition to a secure and sovereign 
country with a representative government was quickly 
complicated by the rise of an ad hoc insurgency, which grew 
more organized and lethal over time. As a result, U.S. military 
forces need to remain in the country at numbers higher than 
initially expected. The extended deployments place 
unanticipated pressure on the military, particularly the Army 
and Marine Corps, to rotate units through Iraq in order to 
continue fighting the insurgency. Normally, roughly one-third 
of the existing military is available for deployment at any 
given time. Units not deployed are either preparing to deploy 
or conducting reconstitution and training activities. Thus, the 
need to maintain large formations in Iraq increases the stress 
on the total size of the force. At the same time, U.S. military 
forces took on a large share of initial reconstruction 
activities, a mission for which they often had little 
experience or formal training, and became increasingly involved 
in the process of preparing Iraqi society for the return of its 
sovereignty. To review these issues, the committee conducted 
regular briefings with representatives from the Departments of 
Defense and State, as well as outside experts. Additionally, it 
held ten formal hearings, including five on reconstruction and 
stability operations, four on the plans for, and implications 
of, returning sovereignty to Iraq, and one focusing on the 
long-term impact of higher operational tempos on military force 
structure. The last hearing specifically addressed a topic that 
figured prominently in authorization and posture hearings 
throughout 2004, as well as hearings regarding Army 
transformation.
    The committee came to several conclusions from these 
activities. First, it determined that the overall size of the 
military was insufficient for the tasks put before it. As a 
result, the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375) authorized an 
additional 30,000 active personnel for the Army and 9,000 
personnel for the Marine Corps over five years. Second, the 
committee determined that existing laws regarding 
reconstruction and stability operations were inadequate. 
However, the committee was also concerned that neither the 
Department of Defense nor Congress possessed enough information 
about the long term impact of reconstruction and stability 
operations on the military to consider long-term changes to 
existing law. Therefore, the committee recommended provisions 
in its fiscal year 2005 defense bill that would temporarily 
address the issue while collecting additional information. For 
instance, the enacted law (Public Law 108-375) authorizes the 
use of appropriated funds for the Commander's Emergency 
Response Program, under which local commanders have access to 
funds for use in local rehabilitation projects intended to 
improve their relationships with local Iraqis. Additionally, 
the law permits the Department of Defense to use funds--with 
certain restrictions--to train and equip Iraqi and Afghan 
security forces and to assist Special Operations Forces in 
their work with indigenous forces in the global war on 
terrorism. Because these authorities are limited, the law 
further directs the Secretary of Defense to survey existing 
legal authorities and make recommendations for improvements. 
Finally, the committee determined that reconstruction and 
stability operations would require an integrated strategy and 
increased guidance on the role of contractors in a combat zone. 
Therefore, it recommended provisions adopted in the fiscal year 
2005 defense bill that directed the President to develop a 
strategy, and report on its implementation, for the 
stabilization of Iraq. Additional provisions in the law require 
the Secretary of Defense to issue guidance on the use and roles 
of contractors in support of deployed combat forces.

                            DETAINEE POLICY

    In January of 2004, spokesmen for U.S. Central Command 
announced that the Commander of Combined Joint Task Force 7 
(CJTF-7), Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, USA, had 
orderedan investigation into allegations that U.S. military personnel 
had abused Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad. In 
April of that year, media coverage of the issue included the release of 
pictures of the alleged abuse. Because the detainee treatment issue 
crossed into sensitive matters associated with criminal investigations 
and prosecutions and into classified matters associated with 
intelligence collection techniques, much of the committee's oversight 
of detainee matters was conducted in classified forums. Thus, in 
addition to the three public hearings specifically on detainee 
treatment and three hearings on operations in Iraq, during which 
detainee issues were discussed at length, the committee conducted four 
member briefings, fourteen staff briefings, and hosted several 
opportunities for members to review photographic evidence and specific 
reports by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Additionally, 
several members and staff made separate trips to review detainee 
operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The committee also sought and 
received over 15,000 pages of classified internal documents from the 
Department of Defense, provided every member of the committee with an 
opportunity to review the classified material, and reported out two 
bills concerning detainee matters.
    As a result of these oversight activities, the committee 
recommended the statutory adoption of several provisions 
designed to ensure that detainees are treated humanely and in 
accordance with the Constitution, laws, international 
obligations, and policies of the United States; and that 
individuals who fail to comply with these requirements are held 
accountable for their actions. These provisions, contained in 
the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375), require the Secretary of 
Defense to issue new guidance, rules, regulations, and orders 
concerning detainee treatment. The actions further require 
improvements in training and detention practices and contain 
extensive reporting requirements so that Congress can ensure 
its direction is being carried out. Finally, the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
clarified the applicability of the Military Extraterritorial 
Jurisdiction Act (Public Law 106-523) to contractors supporting 
military forces in regard to the treatment of detainees.

                            FORCE PROTECTION

    Ensuring that our men and women in uniform have the 
necessary systems and equipment to be successful in 
accomplishing their mission in the global war on terrorism has 
been a primary focus for the committee during the 108th 
Congress. The difficult environments in Iraq and Afghanistan 
and an enemy that employs rapidly changing asymmetric tactics 
require that our military personnel are provided in an 
expeditious manner with essential force protection equipment to 
meet the changes in tactics.
    Committee delegations visited the theater of operations to 
assess the state of force protection of our military forces. 
Further, the committee conducted oversight of the industrial 
base and military depots responsible for providing force 
protection equipment and systems to the warfighter.
    In addition, the committee conducted a hearing and received 
compelling testimony that the current defense acquisition 
system is not responding in a timely manner to the battlefield 
commanders' needs.
    As a result of these oversight efforts, section 806 of the 
Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2003 (Public Law 107-314) was amended to require the Secretary 
of Defense to use a streamlined acquisition process when combat 
casualties have occurred, the combatant commander has an urgent 
need of equipment, and delay would cause a continuation of 
combat fatalities. The committee also added in the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
(Public Law 108-375) more than $2.0 billion for force 
protection measures, including vehicle and body armor, 
munitions, communications and surveillance equipment, and 
improvised explosive device (IED) countermeasures equipment.
    The committee also took an active role in mobilizing the 
industrial base, solving production capacity constraints, and 
increasing funding levels to more rapidly provide vehicle armor 
and IED countermeasures equipment. Improving force protection 
will be subject to continued committee oversight during the 
109th Congress.

                          INTELLIGENCE REFORM

    Following the release of the report of the National 
Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on July 
22, 2004, the committee held four hearings on August 10 and 11, 
2004, to review commission recommendations that affected the 
Department of Defense (DOD) elements of the intelligence 
community. The hearings focused on the relationship between 
military intelligence and national intelligence and whether DOD 
intelligence agencies had a role in the intelligence failures 
leading to the events of September 11, 2001. Testimony by the 
chairman and vice chairman of the commission confirmed that the 
commission found no link between the intelligence operation and 
structure of DOD and the events of September 11. Additionally, 
testimony demonstrated that the relationship between national 
intelligence and military intelligence had been built to 
support both national and military intelligence missions and 
had provided an unprecedented level of support to recent 
military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
    On September 24, 2004, the Speaker introduced H.R. 10, the 
9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act, which was referred to 
the committee and 12 other House committees. On September 29, 
the committee marked up H.R. 10, which subsequently passed the 
House. The differences between H.R. 10 and S. 2845, the 
Senate's version of this legislation, were resolved in a 
conference committee and resulted in the enactment of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108-458). The committee's participation in 
developing this legislation focused on maintaining the 
Secretary of Defense's authority to direct the national 
intelligence agencies of DOD to support combatant commanders, 
defining the respective budget authorities of the Secretary and 
the newly created Director of National Intelligence; and 
maintaining the classification of the overall intelligence 
budget. The committee will monitor and provide oversight during 
the 109th Congress as this legislation is implemented.

                     ADEQUACY OF MILITARY MANPOWER

    The committee has been concerned for a number of years that 
the active components of the military services are inadequately 
sized to sustain the range of missions required by the national 
military strategy. Reflecting that concern, the committee in 
the second session of the 107th Congress, in the fiscal year 
2003 defense bill, authorized an increase of 12,652 in active 
end strength over the fiscal year 2002 levels. While that 
increase was not sustained in the enacted version of the bill, 
increases in active component end strength were enacted in both 
sessions of the 108th: 2,400 for the Army and 300 for the Air 
Force in fiscal year 2004; and 20,000 for the Army, 3,000 for 
the Marine Corps, and 400 for the Air Force in fiscal year 
2005. In addition, the committee authorized future growth of 
10,000 for the Army and 6,000 for the Marine Corps in the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375).

                        RECRUITING AND RETENTION

    Continuing its oversight of the all-volunteer military, the 
committee moved in the 108th Congress to address the numerous 
recruiting and retention challenges facing both the active and 
reserve components of the military services. Those challenges, 
reasonably difficult to achieve in peacetime, were complicated 
by the simultaneous challenges of fighting the global war on 
terrorism and transforming of the military personnel systems in 
each of the services. Such transformation included the 
conversion of military positions to civilian positions. To 
assist that transformation the committee authorized a new skill 
conversion incentive bonus of up to $4,000 for enlisted members 
who agree to serve in a critically short occupational 
specialty. The committee monitored recruiting and retention 
trends closely throughout the 108th Congress and noted the 
increasing threats to recruiting and retention of a reemerging 
private sector job market, increasing college attendance by 
America's youth, and the growing awareness of the hardships and 
risks of war. The committee recognized the growing stress on 
recruiting and retention in the reserve components and moved 
aggressively to anticipate recruiting and retention challenges 
faced by the National Guard and the other reserve components. 
To that end, the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375) 
included measures that substantially increased the amounts of 
bonuses payable to reserve component members upon enlistment or 
reenlistment, and broadened the flexibility of the secretaries 
of the military services in the payment of those bonuses. These 
reforms reflect the committee's belief that sustaining future 
reserve component manpower, especially in light of the demands 
placed on the reserve components by the global war on 
terrorism, will require close attention in the 109th Congress.
    For the last several years, a growing number of colleges 
and universities have treated military recruiters in ways 
significantly different from the recruiters of other employers. 
As a result, military recruiters and the persons they seek to 
interview have been subjected to various degrees of harassment 
or ill treatment designed to make military recruiting 
difficult, or to frustrate its objectives. To remedy this 
situation, the committee, as part of the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 108-375), required colleges and universities to give 
military recruiters access to campuses and students that is at 
least equal in quality and scope as that provided to any other 
employer.

                           RESERVE COMPONENTS

    The committee devoted substantial attention during the 
108th Congress to assessing and resolving issues arising from 
the increasingly heavy reliance that is being placed on the 
reserve components as a result of the global war on terrorism. 
As a result, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) and the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 108-375) included a number of substantial reforms. For 
example, to reduce the need for some involuntary mobilizations 
by permitting volunteers to provide support during normal 
peacetime operations, as well as during times of national 
emergency, the committee eliminated the 180-day end strength 
accounting standard that required reservists on active duty 
beyond that limit to countagainst active component end 
strengths. In its place, the committee authorized up to 37,000 
reservists to serve voluntarily on active duty for up to three years, 
or a cumulative three years over a four-year period, before counting 
against active end strengths.
    Legislative initiatives in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) and 
the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375) also supported 
substantial reforms in reserve component health care. 
Specifically, the committee provided permanent eligibility for 
reservists and their dependents to obtain TRICARE health care 
benefits up to 90 days before the date on which the member's 
period of active duty is to begin. To mitigate financial 
hardships on activated reservists, the committee authorized 
waiving deductible payments required by TRICARE programs for 
dependents of reservists who are called to active duty for more 
than 30 days, and shielded dependents of reservists who are 
ordered to active duty for more than 30 days from paying a 
health care provider any amount above the TRICARE maximum 
allowable cost. Furthermore, the committee made permanent the 
authority to provide Transitional Assistance Medical Program 
benefits to service members and their dependents for up to 180 
days following separation from active duty and directed the 
Secretary of Defense to provide physical examinations to all 
active duty service members prior to separation. In addition, 
the committee authorized federal employees, who serve in the 
military reserves and are ordered into active duty and placed 
on leave without pay, to continue to receive coverage under the 
Federal Employee Health Benefit Program for two years, and to 
authorize both the employee's and agency's share of the 
premiums to be covered for up to two years.
    Finally, the committee authorized certain reservists when 
not on active duty and their families to obtain health care 
through TRICARE Standard if those reservists commit to 
continued service in the Selected Reserve.

             WARTIME NEEDS OF SERVICE MEMBERS AND FAMILIES

    During the 108th Congress, the committee recognized that 
wartime conditions had created new requirements that had not 
been anticipated and revealed inadequacies within some existing 
programs. The committee responded to these emerging issues with 
legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) and the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 108-375). The committee improved the Survivor Benefit 
Program (SBP) by ensuring that equitable benefits are provided 
to the survivors of active duty deaths regardless of the 
circumstances of the death, and to extend SBP benefits to the 
surviving spouses of reservists not eligible for retirement, 
who die from an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the 
line of duty during inactive duty training. The committee 
recognized that service members subjected to the high 
operations tempo of war are not afforded the opportunity to 
take leave. Accordingly the committee acted to increase the 
number of days leave that a member may accumulate after serving 
in an imminent danger area from 90 to 120. Recognizing the 
importance of non-citizen service members and the many 
sacrifices and contributions they have made to our military, 
the committee included several provisions to ease and expedite 
the naturalization process for members and their families.
    When the authority used for family members to visit 
seriously injured service members proved inadequate, the 
committee acted to expand the number of family members that 
were authorized to travel and increased the compensation those 
families were entitled to receive. Similarly, the committee 
included legislation that clarified that family members were 
authorized to travel at government expense to the burial site 
of a member who dies while on duty and that the member's 
parents are always eligible to travel at government expense to 
attend the burial ceremony. In a further effort to assist 
surviving family members after the death of a service member, 
the committee authorized annual increases in the amount of the 
death gratuity payable to survivors of deceased service 
members. The increase in the gratuity will be the same as the 
average percentage of the increase in rates of basic pay taking 
effect each year.
    The committee also took action to expand to all 
hospitalized service members an exemption from paying for their 
meals while they recuperate in military hospitals that had 
previously been limited to service members injured on the 
battlefield. When the committee observed situations where 
seriously wounded and ill military personnel involved in 
Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom have been 
medically evacuated from the battlefield without civilian 
clothes, the committee acted to remedy this situation by 
authorizing the purchase of civilian clothing, at a cost not to 
exceed $250.
    In an effort to help reunite deployed military members and 
their families in times of need, the conferees authorized 
giving the Secretary of Defense the authority to accept the 
donation of frequent flyer miles, credits and tickets and 
distribute those benefits to service members and their 
families.
    When the committee observed that service members would not 
be awarded separate medals for service in Operation Enduring 
Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) for separate 
periods of service in Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively, the 
committee created separate campaign medals for OEF and OIF 
service. Those medals were authorized in a bill adopted in 
Public Law 108-234, outside the defense authorization act 
process.

                          RETIREMENT BENEFITS

    During the 108th Congress, the committee continued reforms 
related to the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and 
disability payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
addressed new issues related to survivors' benefits.
    Specifically with regard to concurrent receipt, the 
committee, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136), made all 20-year 
military retirees with a Purple Heart or combat-related 
disability, including national guardsmen and reservists, 
eligible for concurrent receipt, effective January 1, 2004; and 
also authorized full concurrent receipt, to be phased in over 
10 years, for the remaining military retirees who are the most 
severely disabled (50% disabled and above). As part of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375), the committee removed 100 
percent disabled retirees from the 10-year phase-in period by 
making them eligible for full concurrent receipt effective 
January 2005.
    With the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375), the committee 
eliminated the Social Security offset under the Survivor 
Benefit Plan by increasing the annuities paid to survivors of 
military retirees who are 62 or older from 35 percent of 
retired pay to 55 percent of retired pay. The phased increase 
in annuities will be completed in March 2008.

                         MILITARY COMPENSATION

    The committee examined a wide range of compensation issues 
during the 108th Congress. As a result of hearings with 
military personnel, association representatives and defense 
officials, as well as from meetings with military personnel 
deployed overseas and here at home in order to ascertain their 
``lessons learned,'' the committee pursued concerns about 
military pay levels, the role of special and incentive pays, 
and the adequacy of pay during deployments. These reviews 
resulted in legislation in the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) and the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
(Public Law 108-375) that, in fiscal year 2004, provided an 
increase in basic pay for members of the armed forces averaging 
4.1 percent, as well as targeted increases for mid-grade and 
senior noncommissioned officers and select warrant officers; 
and, in fiscal year 2005, provided a 3.5 percent across-the-
board pay raise for our men and women in uniform. These raises 
continued the committee's commitment to reduce the gap between 
average military and private sector pay and represented the 
fifth and sixth consecutive years the committee has recommended 
a pay raise larger than the level of private sector pay raises. 
With the 3.5 percent pay raise expected in fiscal year 2005, 
the average military pay raises over the last six years have 
totaled 33 percent. The gap between military and private sector 
pay increases has been reduced from 13.5 percent during fiscal 
year 1999 to an anticipated 5.1 percent in fiscal year 2005. 
During the same period the targeting of pay increases to mid-
grade and senior noncommissioned officers resulted in increases 
in basic pay exceeding 40 percent in some grades.
    In addition, the committee eliminated the average out of 
pocket housing expenses by increasing the basic allowance for 
housing, supplemented the allowance for subsistence expenses of 
service members based at high-cost or unique duty locations, 
and made permanent the increased rates for imminent danger pay 
from $150 per month to $225 per month and family separation 
allowance from $100 per month to $250 per month.

                              HEALTH CARE

    In the first session of the 108th Congress, the committee 
focused attention on the specific problems experienced by 
Department of Defense beneficiaries in using the TRICARE 
Standard fee-for-service option of the Defense Health Program. 
As a result, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) directed the Secretary of 
Defense to develop a plan and implementation schedule for an 
information outreach program designed to assist beneficiaries 
and their families understand their health care coverage, 
obtain health care provider information, and gain assistance 
resolving any difficulties with the program that they may 
encounter.
    In both sessions of the 108th Congress the committee 
devoted special oversight attention to the transition of the 
TRICARE system to new contracting requirements and regional 
structure. The new contracts consolidated the TRICARE regions 
12 to three and sought to improve portability of benefits and 
reduce the administrative costs of negotiating change orders 
and providing government oversight. The initial implementation 
of the new contracts was completed in the second session of the 
108th Congress without major disruption of services to 
beneficiaries. The committee will continue close oversight of 
the TRICARE program in the 109th Congress.
    In an effort to preclude problems with the continuity of 
health care that were experienced by beneficiaries following 
previous rounds of base closure, the committee, in National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-
136), required the establishment of a working group to advise 
the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Base Realignment 
andClosure (BRAC) Commission on the impact of base closures on health 
care delivery. The working group was directed to provide a plan for 
continuing health care for individuals relying on health care 
facilities affected by the planned 2005 BRAC round.

                    ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES


                           DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

    During the 108th Congress the committee conducted a special 
investigation into domestic violence among military families 
and oversaw the Department of Defense's implementation of 
recommendations for corrective action. The committee continued 
that oversight during the 108th Congress. In the first session, 
following a three-year effort, the Defense Task Force on 
Domestic Violence, which had been established by committee 
action, made significant recommendations, including proposed 
changes to law, to improve Department efforts to prevent and 
respond to domestic violence in the military. In support of 
these proposals, the committee included the following 
authorities in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136): travel and 
transportation allowances for dependents who are victims of 
domestic violence for the purpose of relocating for personal 
safety; transitional compensation to victims for no less than 
12 months and no more than 36 months, to begin upon the 
sentencing of a domestic violence offender. In addition, the 
committee directed the Secretary of Defense to conduct 
multidisciplinary fatality reviews for each domestic violence 
or child abuse fatality.

                        MILITARY ABSENTEE VOTING

    The committee remained vigilant on military absentee voter 
issues during the 108th Congress. When the committee noted that 
operational requirements and the mobility of military personnel 
were preventing military voters from receiving state-provided 
absentee ballots by mail in time for an election, the committee 
included a provision in the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (P.L. 108-375) that 
would remedy these problems and ensure that military voters are 
able to participate in the electoral process. The committee 
authorized military voters and their dependents, who are 
stationed in the U.S., but absent from their home states, to 
use federal write-in absentee ballots.
    In an effort to monitor the absentee voting of military 
members during election 2004 and ensure that military voters 
were not disenfranchised, the fiscal year 2005 act also 
included a provision that required the Secretary of Defense to 
submit reports to Congress on:
          (1) The actions that the Secretary has taken to 
        ensure that the Federal Voting Assistance Program 
        functions effectively to support absentee voting.
          (2) The actions that the Secretary has taken to 
        ensure that the military postal system functions 
        effectively to support the morale of military members 
        and their ability to vote by absentee ballot.
          (3) The actions taken to implement the 
        recommendations of the Military Postal Service Agency 
        Task Force of August 28, 2000.

                  MILITARY EXCHANGES AND COMMISSARIES

    The committee acted throughout the 108th Congress to 
improve the effectiveness and quality of military exchanges and 
commissaries and to protect these critical programs for future 
generations of service members.
    The committee included provisions in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) 
that would:
          (1) Clarify that exchanges and commissaries must be 
        operated as separate systems.
          (2) Limit the contracting of commissary functions.
          (3) Mandate the use of appropriated funding to 
        support commissary operations.
          (4) Expand the eligibility for reserve members and 
        their families to access exchanges and commissaries on 
        an unlimited basis.
          (5) Authorize exchanges and commissaries to recoup 
        the value of investments in facilities at military 
        installations that were closed or realigned.
    The committee included provisions in the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 108-375) that would:
          (1) Define commissary and exchange systems and 
        clarify that the systems' purposes are to enhance the 
        quality of life of the military, military retirees and 
        their dependents and to support military readiness, 
        recruitment and retention.
          (2) Require the designation of a senior official to 
        oversee both systems and an executive governing body, 
        including military members, to ensure complimentary 
        operations of both systems.
          (3) Authorize the Secretary of Defense to consider 
        the quality of life of reservists whenever assessing 
        whether to close a commissary store.
          (4) Require the Secretary of Defense to submit to 
        Congress written notice of the reasons supporting the 
        closure of a commissary and wait 90 days before 
        undertaking a closure.
          (5) Authorize the Secretary of Defense to conduct a 
        test program on the sale of telephone cards, film and 
        one-time use cameras.
          (6) Require the Government Accountability Office to 
        evaluate the impact of the expansion of categories of 
        merchandise sold in commissary stores and its impact on 
        the exchange dividend.
          (7) Require the Secretary of Defense to maintain the 
        decor, format and product selection in military 
        commissaries consistent with modern grocery store 
        norms.

 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: SUBSTANDARD TREATMENT OF PERSONNEL IN MEDICAL 
                         HOLDOVER (MHO) STATUS

    During the 108th Congress the committee spent considerable 
time examining reports of substandard treatment of military 
personnel in Army and Navy medical holdover detachments. 
Committee staff visited six Army installations serving as power 
projection platforms or power support platforms for 
mobilization and demobilization of Army personnel. The 
committee also requested that the Navy examine the 
effectiveness of its two MHO operations. The committee's 
objective was to review the extent of and reasons for MHO 
backlogs, substandard living conditions, and whether any 
disparities existed with regard to access to medical existed 
between RC and active component soldiers. The investigation led 
to a Force Subcommittee hearing in January 2004, a request for 
the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review the adequacy of 
MHO resources and procedures and medical readiness issues for 
all the military services, and legislative initiatives in the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375) to improve reserve component 
medical and dental screening and care.
                 OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE FULL COMMITTEE

                            BUDGET ACTIVITY

    On February 28, 2003, the committee forwarded its views and 
estimates regarding the budget for National Defense (function 
050) for fiscal year 2004 to the Committee on the Budget. The 
committee noted that the United States finds itself not only in 
a global war on terrorism, but also conducting a military 
buildup in the Persian Gulf in preparation for a possible 
conflict in Iraq. The committee recognized the President's 
commitment to reverse the decade-long decline in defense 
spending from the previous Administration. The committee 
observed that the increase for fiscal year 2003 over fiscal 
year 2002 was 13 percent. However, despite this recent 
increase, the proposed defense spending budget still amounts to 
a far lower percentage of the nation's gross domestic product 
than it did twenty years ago--a projected 3.4 percent in 2004 
compared to 6 percent in 1983. Specifically, the committee 
noted that the budget request of $72.7 billion for procurement 
of military equipment falls significantly short of what has 
been broadly identified as the level of investment necessary to 
merely sustain the current force. Accordingly, the committee 
requested an additional $31.3 billion over the President's 
budget request of $399.7 billion for National Defense. This 
level of funding would ensure that we continue to make the 
necessary progress in addressing the military's pressing 
modernization, force structure, infrastructure and operational 
and quality of life requirements. Beyond the discretionary 
funding level request, the committee also sought additional 
entitlement authority to expand the concurrent receipt offset 
on military retirement for the most deserving military 
retirees. Section 636 of the Bob Stump National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2003 eliminated the 
concurrent receipt offset for those military retirees that 
received a military disability rating due to combat injuries 
that resulted in the award of the Purple Heart medal or those 
that received a disability rating of 60 percent or higher due 
to injuries received as a direct result of combat, training for 
combat, hazardous service, or an instrumentality of war. The 
committee noted that while this represents a good initial start 
on this issue, it does not provide the necessary total solution 
to the inequities that result from the existing concurrent 
receipt policy. Therefore, the committee requested additional 
mandatory budget authority to the national defense budget to 
build on the policy established in the Bob Stump National 
Defense Authorization Act in order to eliminate the concurrent 
receipt offset.
    On February 26, 2004, the committee forwarded its views and 
estimates regarding the budget for National Defense (function 
050) for fiscal year 2005 to the Committee on the Budget. The 
committee noted that the military is dramatically smaller than 
it was a decade ago despite the fact that we are a nation at 
war. The committee was troubled that our military forces are 
meeting the challenge by sustaining a rate of deployment and 
operations not experienced in over three decades with aging 
equipment. The committee observed that against this backdrop, 
the President submitted a defense budget that requested an 
increase of $19.6 billion over the amount appropriated for 
fiscal year 2004. The committee was concerned that even with 
the proposed increase, defense spending would amount to a far 
lower percentage of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) 
than it did twenty years ago--a projected 3.6 percent increase 
in 2004 compared to 5.9 percent in 1985. The committee also 
noted that in addition to fighting the global war on terror, 
the Army was undertaking the most fundamental reform of its 
organization since World War II. While the Department estimated 
that this effort required an additional 30,000 troops, the 
President did not include the costs of this effort in the 
budget request. Consequently, the committee sought additional 
resources for both the additional end strength and the 
requirements associated with the equipment modernization 
funding. Beyond the discretionary funding level request, the 
committee also sought additional entitlement authority to 
address the two critical issues for our men and women who have 
served and those that continue to serve. The committee noted 
that under the current survivor benefit program, a survivor's 
annuity is decreased from 55 percent to 35 percent upon 
reaching the age of 62 as a result of social security payments. 
This social security offset penalizes the families who have 
made the greatest sacrifice to our nation. In addition, the 
committee recognized that the Department would exhaust 
statutory budget authority limitation on military housing 
privatization initiative projects during the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2005. This program leverages private sector 
expertise to construct, improve and maintain housing that may 
be rented by military families at little or no cost to the 
government. For that reason, the committee requested additional 
entitlement budget authority to eliminate the social security 
offset to the survivor benefit program over a 10-year phased 
implementation period as well as provide the required funding 
to fully implement the military housing privatization 
initiative.

                        Full Committee Hearings

    During the 108th Congress, the Committee on Armed Services 
held numerous hearings in accordance with its legislative and 
oversight roles. These hearings focused on areas including the 
budget of the Department of Defense and the posture of the 
armed services, the global war on terrorism, military activity 
in Iraq, the treatment of individuals detained as a result of 
U.S. military operations, military transformation, the 
recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 
upon the United States (9/11 Commission), global posture 
review, emerging threats to U.S. national security, and the 
U.S. industrial base. A full account of these hearings is 
below.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-1; H.A.S.C. 108-2; H.A.S.C. 108-9; H.A.S.C. 
108-14; H.A.S.C. 108-15; H.A.S.C. 108-19; H.A.S.C. 108-21; 
H.A.S.C. 108-28; H.A.S.C. 108-29; H.A.S.C. 108-31; H.A.S.C. 
108-32; H.A.S.C. 108-33; H.A.S.C. 108-36; H.A.S.C. 108-37; 
H.A.S.C. 108-38; H.A.S.C. 108-39; H.A.S.C. 108-43; H.A.S.C. 
108-44)

                           POSTURE AND BUDGET

    During the 108th Congress, the Committee on Armed Services 
held multiple hearings on the posture, financial requirements, 
and status of the U.S. Armed Forces as they continue to wage 
the Global War on Terrorism in defense of the United States, 
its people, its interests, and its overseas friends and allies. 
These hearings, combined with its responsibility for assembling 
the annual defense authorization bill, are the primary means by 
which the committee leads Congress in the latter's discharge of 
its Constitutional duties.
    On February 5, 2003, the committee convened a hearing with 
the Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, USAF, 
accompanied by Undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim, to review 
the President's request for funding and authorities during 
fiscal year 2004. Following this hearing, the committee sought 
and received testimony from each of the services and several 
unified combatant commanders. On February 12, 2003, the 
Secretary of the Army, Thomas E. White, and the Army Chief of 
Staff, General Eric Shinseki, USA, appeared before the 
committee to discuss their service's portion of the President's 
fiscal year 2004 budget request. They were followed on February 
26th by Hansford T. Johnson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, 
Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations, and General 
Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, who discussed 
the budget request as it related to the United States Navy and 
Marine Corps. The following day, James G. Roche, Secretary of 
the Air Force, and General John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff of 
the Air Force, appeared before the committee to discuss the 
United States Air Force's portion of the fiscal year 2004 
budget request.
    In addition to the uniformed services, which are primarily 
responsible for training and equipping their respective forces, 
commanders of the unified combatant commands, who are in the 
chain of command, appeared before the committee to discuss the 
security situation in their respective areas of responsibility. 
These included General Charles Holland, USAF, Commander of U.S. 
Special Operations Command, General James Hill, USA, Commander 
of U.S. Southern Command, and Admiral E.P. Giambastiani, 
Commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command on March 12, 2003. They 
were followed the same day by a separate hearing with Admiral 
Thomas Fargo, USN, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, and 
General Leon Laporte, Commander of U.S. Forces Korea to discuss 
the security situation in the Pacific. On March 13, the 
committee held its third hearing with combatant commanders when 
General Ralph Eberhart, USAF, Commander of U.S. Northern 
Command and Admiral James Ellis, USN, Commander of U.S. 
Strategic Command, appeared before it.
    The committee concluded its series of hearings on the 
fiscal year 2004 budget request by delving more deeply into 
specific programs, policies, and activities. These hearings 
began with a review of the Department of Defense's Cooperative 
Threat Reduction program and the Department of Energy's 
nonproliferation programs on March 4th, when J.D. Crouch, the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security 
Policy, Ambassador Linton Brooks, Acting Administrator of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Paula DeSutter, 
Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of Verification and 
Compliance, David Steentsma, Deputy Inspector General at the 
Department of Defense, and Joseph Christoff of the U.S. General 
Accounting Office appeared before the committee. On March 20, 
2003, the committee examined the Department's ballistic missile 
defense programs more closely when it invited E.C. ``Pete'' 
Aldridge, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, J.D. Crouch, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for International Security Policy, Lieutenant General 
Ronald Kadish, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, and 
Thomas Christie, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation at 
the Department of Defense to testify on the status and plans of 
missile defense programs contained in the fiscal year 2004 
budget request. The committee broadened its scope somewhat to 
consider the issue of acquisition reform on April 1, 2003, when 
Undersecretary Aldridge returned to testify about all major 
Department of Defense acquisition programs, and review the 
Department's plans for acquisition reform and future 
acquisition programs. The committee addressed many of the 
issues discussed during this hearing a part of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004. The committee 
also delved deeply into the problems of replacing the United 
States Air Force's aging fleet of aerial refueling aircraft, a 
controversial issue since the Department first proposed 
replacing its tankers through a lease with the Boeing 
Corporation. On July 23rd, Michael Wynne, Acting Undersecretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics appeared 
with Dr. Marvin Sambur, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 
for Acquisition, and Major General Paul Essex, Director of 
Plans and Programs at the Headquarters for Air Mobility Command 
to discuss the issue. Neal Curtin of the GeneralAccounting 
Office and John Plueger, President and Chief Operating officer of the 
International Lease Finance Corporation appeared on a second panel to 
round out the hearing.
    During the second session of the 108th Congress in 2004, 
the committee renewed its history of conducting thorough 
hearings in preparation of the Defense authorization bill for 
fiscal year 2005. On February 4th, 2004, the committee received 
testimony from Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense and 
General Peter Pace, USMC, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, to review the President's budget request for fiscal year 
2005. The committee continued its hearings on the fiscal year 
2005 budget by inviting the senior leaders of the Department of 
the Navy to appear before it on February 12th, when Gordon R. 
England, Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Vern Clark, USN, Chief 
of Naval Operations, and General Michael Hagee, USMC, 
Commandant of the Marine Corps, presented testimony. On 
February 25th, Les Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army, and 
General Peter Schoomaker, Army Chief of Staff, testified 
further on the fiscal year 2005 defense budget request. They 
were followed on February 26th by James Roche, Secretary of the 
Air Force, and General John Jumper, USAF, Chief of Staff of the 
Air Force.
    After completing its hearings with the leadership of the 
uniformed services, the committee turned its attention to the 
combatant commands, seeking information from them to help 
formulate the fiscal year 2005 defense authorization bill. On 
March 3rd, General John Abizaid, USA, Commander of U.S. Central 
Command, and Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
International Security Affairs, appeared before the committee 
to discuss issues in Central Command's Area of Responsibility. 
They were followed on March 24th by General James Jones, USMC, 
Commander of U.S. European Command, and General James Hill, 
USA, Commander of U.S. Southern Command. On March 31st, the 
committee completed its review with testimony from Admiral 
Thomas Fargo, USN, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, and 
General Leon Laporte, USA, Commander of U.S. Forces Korea.
    The committee also continued its efforts to focus more 
closely on specific programmatic and organizational issues 
within the Department of Defense as part of its consideration 
of the President's budget request for fiscal year 2005. On 
February 11th, the committee received testimony on aviation 
safety in the Department of Defense from Major General Kenneth 
Hess, USAF, Chief of Safety and Commander of the United States 
Air Force Safety Center, Brigadier General Joseph Smith, USA, 
Commanding General of the United States Army Safety Center, 
Rear Admiral Richard Brooks, USN, Commander of the United 
States Naval Center, Brigadier General Samuel Helland, USMC, 
Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation, and Christopher 
Bolkcom, Congressional Research Service. On March 18, the 
committee met to review a proposal to change the name of the 
Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Navy and Marine 
Corps. The witnesses were William Dudley, Director of Naval 
History at the Naval Historical Center, Admiral Stansfield 
Turner, USN (ret.), former Director of Central Intelligence, 
General Carl Mundy, Jr., USMC (ret.), former Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, and Donald Howard, former Undersecretary of the 
Navy.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-2; H.A.S.C. 108-14; H.A.S.C. 108-21; H.A.S.C. 
108-29)

                        GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM

    Much of the committee's work related to the Global War on 
Terrorism involved classified briefings and discussions. 
Nevertheless, the committee continued to publicly review 
developments associated with the Global War on Terrorism. On 
April 29th, 2004 the committee received testimony regarding 
reconstruction and stability operations in Afghanistan from 
Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs, Lieutenant General Walter Sharp, USA, 
Director for Strategic Plans and Policy on the Joint Staff, 
Ambassador William Taylor, Coordinator for Afghanistan in the 
Department of State. On September 8th, 2004, the committee met 
to receive testimony on the performance of individual soldiers 
and Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq in their efforts to defeat 
insurgents there. The witnesses included, Colonel Michael 
Linnington, USA, former Brigade Commander with the 101st Air 
Assault Division, Captain Patrick Costello, USA, former 
Commander of an Air Defense Artillery unit with the 101st Air 
Assault Division, Lieutenant Colonel Bryan McCoy, USMC, former 
Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Captain 
Morgan Savage, USMC, former Company Commander with the 3rd 
Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffery 
Springman, USA, former Commander of an artillery unit attached 
to the 4th Infantry Division. The committee concluded its 
hearings for the 108th Congress on November 17, 2004 by 
inviting the chiefs of the military services to appear before 
the committee to provide a status report on their forces 
engaged in the Global War on Terrorism. The witnesses were 
General Peter Schoomaker, USA, Chief of Staff of the United 
States Army, Admiral Vernon Clark, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations, General John Jumper, USAF, Chief of Staff of the 
Air Force, and General Michael Hagee, USMC, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-28; H.A.S.C. 108-33; H.A.S.C. 108-44)

                                  IRAQ

    The war in Iraq consumed a significant amount of the 
committee's time as members sought perspectives on lessons 
learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom that could apply to the 
future of the military and on the tasks of securing Iraq and 
enabling it to re-enter the international system as a stable 
and secure state that represents the interests of its citizens 
and respects the security of its neighbors. Hearings on the 
subject in the 108th Congress began shortly after military 
operations commenced, when the Hussein regime immediately began 
violating the laws of war. On April 4, 2003, W. Hays Parks, 
Special Assistant for Law of War Matters in the Office of the 
Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army, appeared before the 
Committee to discuss specific Iraqi actions in the context of 
internationally recognized laws of war. On July 10, 2003, after 
leaving the position of Combatant Commander, U.S. Central 
Command, General Tommy Franks, USA, who had led American and 
coalition forces in military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, 
and elsewhere, appeared before the committee to discuss his 
views on Operation Iraqi Freedom and lessons the military 
should take from it. He was followed on September 25, 2003, by 
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Ambassador L. Paul 
Bremer, III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional 
Authority, and General John Abizaid, USA, Combatant Commander 
of U.S. Central Command, who reviewed the status of stability 
and reconstruction operations, as well as the state of initial 
planning to transition Iraq toward its sovereignty. On October 
2, 2003, the committee's efforts to further document lessons 
learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom resulted in a hearing with 
Admiral E.P. Giambastiani, USN, Commander of U.S. Joint Forces 
Command, which the Secretary of Defense had tasked with 
undertaking a major study of lessons learned from Operation 
Iraqi Freedom. Later that month, on October 8, 2003, Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter 
Rodman and John Hamre, President of the Center for Security and 
International Studies (CSIS) appeared before the committee to 
discuss a study of reconstruction activities that CSIS had 
undertaken at the request of the Department of Defense. On 
October 21, 2003, the committee received testimony from a panel 
of outside witnesses discussing the military lessons they took 
from Operation Iraqi Freedom. The witnesses were: Major General 
Robert Scales, USA (ret.), former Commandant of the Army War 
College, Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Executive Director of the 
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and Dr. Stephen 
Biddle, Associate Research Professor at the Army War College. 
On October 29, 2003, the committee convened a panel of outside 
witnesses to review Iraq's political future and the military's 
role in reconstruction and stability operations. The witnesses 
were: Dr. Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Brookings 
Institution, Karl Zinsmeister, J.B. Fuqua Fellow, American 
Enterprise Institute, and Dr. Marina S. Ottaway, Senior 
Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    U.S. military operations in Iraq figured no less 
prominently in the committee's agenda during the second session 
of the 108th Congress. On January 28, 2004, the committee met 
to receive testimony from General Peter Schoomaker, USA, Chief 
of Staff of the United States Army, General Michael Hagee, 
USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Norton 
Schwartz, USAF, Director for Operations on the Joint Staff, and 
Lieutenant General James Cartwright, USMC, Director for Force 
Structure, Resources, and Assessment on the Joint Staff to 
discuss the Operation Iraqi Freedom force rotation plan. On 
April 21, 2004, the committee met to review plans and issues 
associated with Iraq's transition to sovereignty at the end of 
June. The witnesses included Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary 
of Defense, General Richard Myers, USAF, Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, and Marc Grossman, Undersecretary of State for 
Political Affairs. A second panel of outside experts included, 
Dr. Judith Yaphe, Senior Fellow at the National Defense 
University, Dr. Amatzia Baram, Senior Fellow at the United 
States Institute of Peace, and General John Keane, USA (ret.), 
former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army. On May 
21, 2004, the committee continued its review of Operation Iraqi 
Freedom with a hearing on the conduct and support of operations 
with testimony from General Richard Myers, USAF, Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Schoomaker, USA, Chief 
of Staff of the United States Army, and General Michael Hagee, 
USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps. On June 16, 2004, the 
committee held a hearing to review the status of U.S. military 
forces in Iraq after the restoration of Iraq's sovereignty. The 
witnesses included: Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for International Security Affairs, Lieutenant General 
Walter Sharp, USA, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy on 
the Joint Staff, and Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, 
Coordinator for Iraq Transition at the Department of State. The 
following day, June 17, 2004, the committee received testimony 
on the status of programs training Iraqi security forces and 
received testimony from Lieutenant General David Petraeus, USA, 
Chief of the Office of Security Transition in the Coalition 
Provisional Authority, and Brigadier General Kevin Bergner, 
USA, Deputy Director for Strategic Plans on the Joint Staff. On 
June 22, 2004, the committee met again to review progress in 
performing stability and reconstruction operations in Iraq with 
Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and General Peter 
Pace, USMC, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On July 
7, 2004, following Iraq's transition to sovereignty, the 
committee refocused its attention on the demands that Operation 
Iraqi Freedom continued to make on U.S. military forces with a 
hearing on troop rotations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Witnesses 
included David S.C. Chu, Undersecretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, Lieutenant General Norton Schwartz, 
USAF, Director of Operations on the Joint Staff, General 
Richard Cody, USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and 
Lieutenant General Jan Huly, USMC, Deputy Commandant of the 
Marine Corps for Plans, Policies, and Operations.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-15; H.A.S.C. 108-28)

                            DETAINEE POLICY

    In addition to its general work to incorporate the lessons 
of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the committee has focused intently 
on the treatment of individuals detained as a result of U.S. 
military operations. Because much of the information associated 
with detention policy is classified, the committee has 
conducted most of its activities through a series of classified 
briefings. However, on occasion, it has been able to examine 
the issue in an unclassified setting. On May 7, 2004, it 
convened a hearing to review the treatment of detainees in U.S. 
Central Command's Area of Responsibility. The witnesses 
included Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, General Richard 
Myers, USAF, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Les 
Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army, General Peter 
Schoomaker, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army, and Lieutenant 
General Lance Smith, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command. On 
September 9th, the committee met twice in open session to 
review two major investigations of detention policies and 
practices. The first hearing focused on the report of an 
independent panel established by the Department of Defense and 
led by distinguished former policymakers. The committee heard 
from the Panel's Chairman, James R. Schlesinger, former 
Secretary of Defense, and Harold Brown, a panel member who also 
had served as a Secretary of Defense. The second hearing 
concerned the investigation by General Paul Kern, USA, of the 
intelligence aspects of detention activities. The witnesses 
included General Kern, Lieutenant General Anthony Jones, USA, 
the lead investigator, and Major General George Fay, USA, who 
served as investigating officer.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-28)

                             TRANSFORMATION

    The administration of President George W. Bush has made 
military transformation a cornerstone of its long-term strategy 
to provide for the national security of the United States and 
prepare the Department of Defense for its missions in the 21st 
century. Much of the committee's transformation related work is 
reflected in the annual defense authorization bills it 
develops. However, on several occasions, the committee has held 
hearings dedicated to specific aspects of transformation in 
order to explore the issue more fully. A two-part hearing was 
conducted regarding proposals to reform personnel policies 
associated with civilian employees of the Department of Defense 
in a proposed bill entitled, ``The Defense Transformation for 
the 21st Century Act.'' On May 1, 2003, the committee met to 
receive testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of 
Defense, General Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, David S.C. Chu, Undersecretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, E.C. ``Pete'' Aldridge, Undersecretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, David 
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, and Bobby 
Harnage, National President of the American Federation of 
Government Employees, AFL-CIO. The second part of the two-part 
hearing was conducted on May 2, 2003, and included testimony 
from David S.C. Chu, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness, Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations, Lawrence J. Korb, Director of National Security 
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, and Lieutenant General 
Theodore G. Stroup, Jr., USA (ret.), Vice President of 
Education, Association of the United States Army. On July 15, 
2004, the committee held a hearing of outside witnesses to 
consider the Army's transformation plan. The witnesses 
included, General John Keane, USA (ret.), former Vice Chief of 
Staff of the United States Army, Major General Robert Scales, 
USA (ret.), former Commandant of the Army War College, Colonel 
Douglas Macgregor, USA (ret.), and Patrick Towell, Visiting 
Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. 
The committee conducted its review of the Army's transformation 
plan in two parts and convened a second hearing on July 21, 
2004. The witnesses included, General Peter Schoomaker, USA, 
Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Benjamin 
Griffin, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Program Analysis and 
Evaluation, and Lieutenant General John Curran, USA, Deputy 
Commanding General, Futures, in the U.S. Army Training and 
Doctrine Command.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-2; H.A.S.C. 108-38)

                    9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

    On July 22, 2004, The National Commission on Terrorist 
Attacks upon the United States released its final report. The 
report reviewed the series of events precipitating the 
September 11th attacks on the United States and made a series 
of recommendations. On August 10th, during a congressional 
recess, the committee reconvened for a series of hearings to 
review the findings and recommendations of the commission 
report. The hearings began on August 10th with testimony from 
the Chairman of the Commission, Thomas Kean, and the Vice-
Chairman, Lee Hamilton. Both witnesses summarized the 
commission findings and recommendations. Later that day, the 
committee held a second hearing to focus attention more closely 
on the commission recommendation to deny terrorists sanctuary. 
The Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz, the Vice 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, 
USMC, and General Bryan Brown, USA, Commander of U.S. Special 
Operations Command presented testimony. The committee held two 
additional hearings on August 11th to scrutinize specific 
commission recommendations in greater detail. In the morning, 
Stephen Cambone, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, 
Vice Admiral Lowell Jacoby, USN, Director of the Defense 
Intelligence Agency, and Major General Raymond Odierno, USA, 
former Commander of the 4th Infantry Division, discussed the 
vital role intelligence plays in supporting the planning and 
conduct of military operations. In the afternoon, the committee 
invited outside experts with significant government experience 
to review their conclusions about the role of intelligence in 
warfighting. The witnesses included John Hamre, President of 
the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former 
Deputy Secretary of Defense, Lieutenant General William Odom, 
USA (ret.), Senior Fellow at The Hudson Institute and a former 
Director of the National Security Agency, and Lowell Wood, 
Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-36)

                         GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW

    Early in his tenure, the Secretary of Defense initiated a 
review of the overseas deployments of all U.S. military forces 
with an eye towards adjusting those deployments in order to 
bring them into accord with the security environment of the 
21st century. This review, subsequently known as the Global 
Posture Review, involved major shifts in U.S. troop 
deployments, complex negotiations with foreign governments, the 
dismantling of overseas bases, and the development of new 
deployments concepts for all three services. The Committee on 
Armed Services undertook a lengthy series of hearings on this 
process in order to ensure that it reflected the best interests 
of the American people and to assess the Global Posture Review 
for its implications for U.S. force structure. On February 26, 
2003, the committee began its review with a hearing on the 
historical strategy of forward-deploying U.S. military forces 
in Europe. Witnesses included General Montgomery Meigs, USA 
(ret.), former Commanding General U.S. Army Europe and U.S. 7th 
Army, Dr. Fred Kagan, Associate Professor of Military History 
at the United States Military Academy, and Mr. Tom Donnelly of 
the American Enterprise Institute. The committee followed that 
hearing on June 18th with a hearing on worldwide U.S. military 
commitments with Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and 
the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter 
Pace, USMC. The committee delved into further detail with a 
November 5th hearing on the implications for U.S. military 
forces of sustaining U.S. global commitments. The witnesses 
included David S.C. Chu, Undersecretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, General Peter Pace, USMC, Vice 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and Lieutenant 
General Theodore Stroup, Jr., USA, (ret.), Vice President for 
Education of the Association of the United States Army.
    On June 15th, 2004, the committee examined a particular 
aspect of the Global Posture Review in conducting a hearing on 
the review's implications for security on the Korean peninsula. 
The witnesses were outside experts, including Peter Brookes, 
Director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage 
Foundation, and Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow at the 
Brookings Institution. On June 23rd, the committee again 
broadened its view with a hearing on the global defense 
footprint with Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for 
Policy, Lieutenant General James Cartwright, USMC, Director of 
Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment on the Joint Staff, 
Lincoln Bloomfield, Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau 
of Political Military Affairs, and Ray Dubois, Deputy 
Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and the 
Environment.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-9; H.A.S.C. 108-31)

               EMERGING THREATS TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

    Members of the committee have paid close attention to 
international trends that may present new or evolutionary 
threats to U.S. national security. On November 19, 2003, it met 
to conduct a hearing reviewing the overall national security 
strategy of the United States to deal with these threats. The 
witnesses included Jeane Kirkpatrick, Senior Fellow and 
Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American 
Enterprise Institute, and Samuel ``Sandy'' Berger, Chairman of 
Stonebridge International.
    When possible, the committee held hearings to examine 
specific trends in greater detail. On March 17th, 2004, the 
committee met to consider comprehensive strategies for 
combating the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the 
means of delivering them. The witnesses were Larry Wortzel, 
Vice President of the Heritage Foundation, Gary Milhollin, 
Director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, and 
Ashton Carter, Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project at 
Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. On June 16, 
2004, the committee held a hearing to review the latest report 
of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and 
received testimony from the commission's chairman, Roger 
Robinson, Jr., and another commissioner, Carolyn Bartholomew.
    The committee has a long-standing concern that potential 
adversaries might utilize asymmetric means to attack the United 
States. Working with the Senate, it helped create the 
Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from 
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. On July 22nd, the committee 
convened to receive testimony from the commission's chairman, 
Dr. William Graham, who was accompanied by a majority of the 
commissioners.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-9; H.A.S.C. 108-19; H.A.S.C. 108-37)

                            INDUSTRIAL BASE

    During the 108th Congress, the committee took a particular 
interest in the health and capabilities of the U.S. defense 
industrial base. The demands of the Global War on Terrorism 
have made it clear that the county's ability to prevail in the 
long-term will be tied to the ability of its industrial base to 
meet the needs of our uniformed services. On April 21, 2004, 
the committee received testimony on the performance of the 
Department of Defense acquisition process in meeting the force 
protection needs of our deployed military forces. The witnesses 
were led by Michael Wynne, Acting Undersecretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Lieutenant General 
Joseph Yakovac, Jr., USA, Director of the Army Acquisition 
Corps, Major General Buford Blunt, III, USA, Assistant Deputy 
Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Edward 
Hanlon, Jr., USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development, 
and Brigadier General William Catto, USMC, Commanding General 
of Marine Corps Systems Command.
    On June 17th, the committee convened a hearing to focus on 
the impact of defense trade offsets, in which foreign customers 
for U.S. military goods require U.S. firms to invest in their 
countries as a pre-condition for buying those goods. The 
witnesses included Owen Herrnstadt, Director for Trade and 
Globalization at the International Association of Machinists 
and Aerospace Workers, Roland Doktor, Manager for New Programs 
at Warren Pumps, Inc., and Rick Edgar, President and Chief 
Executive Officer of Jered Industries, Inc. On July 8th, the 
committee convened its second hearing on offsets, with a focus 
on the implications for economic, technological, and vocational 
skill sets. The witnesses included Katherine Schinasi, Managing 
Director of the Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team in the 
General Accounting Office, Charles Wessner, Director of the 
Program on Technology and Innovation at the National Academy of 
Sciences, and Stanley Sorscher, the Labor Representative of the 
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in America.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-39; H.A.S.C. 108-43)
                   OTHER ACTIVITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES

               Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee

    The Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces addressed 
all Army and Air Force acquisition programs (except strategic 
weapons and lift programs, special operations and information 
technology accounts); Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs; 
National Guard, Army, and Air Force reserve modernization 
programs; and ammunition programs by conducting numerous 
oversight hearings during its consideration of the fiscal year 
2004 and fiscal year 2005 Department of Defense (DOD) budget 
requests, including: March 12, 2003, Army and Navy rotorcraft 
programs and the associated industrial base; March 20, 2003, 
Army and Marine Corps ground forces requirements and the 
current and future industrial base; March 26, 2003, DOD 
unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) and unmanned aerial vehicle 
(UAV) programs; April 2, 2003, Air Force and Navy tactical 
weapon system acquisition programs and future technology 
initiatives; March 4, 2004, aviation industrial base and DOD 
rotorcraft investment programs; March 17, 2004, DOD UCAV and 
UAV Programs; March 25, 2004, Navy and Air Force tactical 
weapon acquisition programs; April 1, 2004, Army future combat 
systems and DOD land component programs. In addition to its 
traditional oversight responsibilities regarding DOD budget 
requests, the subcommittee conducted oversight hearings on the 
following: July 19, 2003, Air Force science and technology 
programs; June 24, 2004, DOD small-caliber ammunition programs 
and the associated industrial base; July 21, 2004, DOD small 
business innovation research programs and the development of 
innovative technology.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-3; H.A.S.C. 108-13; H.A.S.C. 108-22; H.A.S.C. 
108-41; H.A.S.C. 108-42)

                         Readiness Subcommittee

    The subcommittee reviewed the readiness programs within the 
operations and maintenance accounts for fiscal years 2004 and 
2005 to evaluate the budget request and ensure appropriate 
funds were available to maintain a high level of readiness. 
These hearings included: March 18, 2003, state of military 
readiness and review of President's Budget; and March 11, 2004, 
adequacy of the fiscal year 2005 budget to meet readiness 
needs.
    The subcommittee also held several hearings on Operation 
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Most focused on 
the military services plans to reset and reconstitute troops 
and prepositioned assets involved with Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. These hearings included: 
October 21, 2003, resetting and reconstituting the forces; 
March 24, 2004, prepositioned equipment programs of the United 
States Army and United States Marine Corps; March 30, 2004, 
logistics and lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
logistics transformation; and July 20, 2004, depot 
maintenance--capacity and resources for future work. The 
committee also heard testimony on how the Department of Defense 
is utilizing and overseeing contractors in the field during 
combat: June 24, 2004, contractor support in the Department of 
Defense.
    The subcommittee's detailed and extensive examination of 
encroachment on military training ranges resulted in 
legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) that restored a balance 
between readiness and compliance with environmental statutes. A 
hearing on environmental legislative proposals was held on 
March 13, 2003.
    The subcommittee also undertook an extensive evaluation of 
rules and regulations affecting civilian personnel within the 
Department of Defense and enacted a new human resources 
management system for Department of Defense civilian personnel 
in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 
(108-136).
    During the 108th Congress, the subcommittee also evaluated 
the legislation, regulation, and administration policy 
affecting the process of outsourcing commercial activities 
within the Department of Defense. A hearing was held on March 
25, 2003, outsourcing and the Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A-76 process. The evaluation resulted in major 
legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) that impacted federal 
government civilian personnel's standing to appeal the process 
to the General Accountability Office.
    The subcommittee also examined training and the 
requirements of joint training at a joint hearing with the 
Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities 
Subcommittee: March 18, 2004, training transformation and 
examination of the Joint National Training Capability.
    Finally, the subcommittee examined and evaluated the 
military construction and military family housing accounts 
within the Department of Defense. It conducted numerous 
hearings during its consideration of the fiscal year 2004 and 
fiscal year 2005 military construction budget requests, 
including: March 18, 2003, fiscal year 2004 military 
construction budget request for programs of the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense, the defense agencies, and the active and 
reserve components of the Department of the Army; March 20, 
2003, fiscal year 2004 military construction budget request for 
programs of the active and reserve components of the 
Departments of the Navy and the Air Force; February 26, 2004, 
fiscal year 2005 military construction budget request for 
programs of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the defense 
agencies, and the active and reserve components of the 
Department of the Air Force; and March 4, 2004, fiscal year 
2005 military construction budget request for programs of the 
active and reserve components of the Departments of the Army 
and Navy.
    The subcommittee also met to hear testimony on the 
progression of the upcoming base realignment and closure round: 
March 25, 2004, oversight hearing on the 2005 base realignment 
and closure process. Subsequently, the subcommittee passed 
legislation impacting the Base Realignment and Closure Act.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-4; H.A.S.C. 108-17; H.A.S.C. 108-23; H.A.S.C. 
108-30, H.A.S.C. 108-34; H.A.S.C. 108-35)

    Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee

    The Subcommittee on Unconventional Threats and Capabilities 
held several hearings in support of its consideration of the 
fiscal year 2004 and 2005 budget requests for counter 
proliferation and counter terrorism programs and initiatives, 
special operations forces, the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency, information technology policy and programs, 
force protection policy, and related programs in the military 
services.
    The subcommittee conducted the following oversight hearings 
on the budget requests for fiscal years 2004 and 2005: March 
13, 2003, force protection policy: the role of the Department 
of Defense and the national guard in homeland security; March 
19, 2003, Department of Defense efforts to address the chemical 
and biological threat; March 27, 2003, defense science and 
technology policy and programs; April 1, 2003, United States 
Special Operations Command budget request; April 3, 2003, the 
Department of Defense's information technology programs and 
policies; March 4, 2004, Department of Defense responsibilities 
in homeland defense and homeland security missions; March 11, 
2004, Special Operations Command budget request; March 25, 
2004, Department of Defense science and technology policy and 
programs; March 31, 2004, Department of Defense's business 
transformation efforts; and April 1, 2004, Destruction of the 
U.S. chemical weapons stockpile--program status and issues.
    In addition, the subcommittee conducted numerous oversight 
hearings and briefings during the 108th Congress on the nature 
of the global terrorism threat and various policy and 
technological means by which the threat could be addressed. The 
following oversight hearings were conducted: July 24, 2003, 
cyber terrorism: the new asymmetric threat; October 21, 2003, 
C4I interoperability: new challenges in 21st century warfare; 
October 30, 2003, destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons 
stockpile--program status and issues; February 11, 2004, DOD 
information systems architecture and net centricity; February 
26, 2004, Department of Defense transformation; March 18, 2004, 
training transformation: examination of the joint national 
training capability (joint hearing with the Subcommittee on 
Readiness); and July 20, 2004, Special Operations Command 
personnel issues.
    The subcommittee considered and reported legislation on May 
9, 2003, that was included in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) and 
met to consider and report legislation on May 5, 2004, that was 
included in the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375). The legislation 
covered a range of issues, including measures to enhance the 
authority of the Special Operations Command to conduct counter 
terror operations and the authority of Department of Defense 
and the newly created Northern Command to conduct homeland 
defense missions. Legislation initiated by the subcommittee 
also made substantial improvements to Department counter 
chemical, biological, and nuclear programs, and to the 
management of information technology programs of the Department 
and the military services.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-5; H.A.S.C. 108-10; H.A.S.C. 108-12; H.A.S.C. 
108-24; H.A.S.C. 108-45; H.A.S.C. 108-46; H.A.S.C. 108-47)

                        Total Force Subcommittee

    The Total Force Subcommittee held a series of hearings to 
review the manpower portion of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005 
defense budget requests: March 12, 2003, patron and industry 
perspectives on military exchanges, commissaries and morale, 
welfare and recreation programs; March 13, 2003, Department of 
Defense total force transformation initiatives and overview of 
the fiscal year 2004 military personnel budget request; March 
19, 2003, domestic violence, joint officer management and 
education reform, employer support of the guard and reserve, 
reserve pay and benefits and Department of Defense active and 
reserve components force mix study; March 27, 2003, defense 
health program and the next generation of TRICARE contracts and 
the TRICARE retail pharmacy contracts; April 1, 2003, U.S. Air 
Force report on sexual assault issues at the academy; April 2, 
2003, military resale and morale, welfare and recreation 
program activities; April 3, 2003, views from the field--
perspectives of mobilized reservists; January 21, 2004, reserve 
component healthcare, medical holdovers in current and future 
deployments; February 25, 2004, force health protection and 
surveillance in the global war on terrorism; March 3, 2004, 
military resale and morale, recreation and welfare programs; 
March 10, 2004, the adequacy of the total force; March 18, 
2004, defense health programs--current and future issues; March 
24, 2004, military personnel policy, benefits and compensation 
overview; March 31, 2004, reserve component transformation and 
relieving the stress in the reserve component. In addition the 
subcommittee met to conduct oversight hearings: September 24, 
2003, final report of the panel to review sexual misconduct 
allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy; June 3, 2004, sexual 
assault prevention and response in the armed forces.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-6, H.A.S.C. 108-16, H.A.S.C. 108-20, H.A.S.C. 
108-25)

                         Strategic Subcommittee

    The Subcommittee on Strategic Forces addressed the 
Department of Energy's atomic energy defense activities, and 
well as the missile defense and space programs of the 
Department of Defense, by conducting hearings during its 
consideration of the fiscal year 2004 and fiscal year 2005 
budget requests, including: March 6, 2003, Department of 
Energy's budget request for atomic energy defense activities; 
March 19, 2003, the status of military space activities; 
February 25, 2004, the budget request for space activities; 
March 18, 2004, the Department of Energy's budget request for 
atomic energy defense activities; and on March 25, 2004, the 
budget request for missile defense programs. Separate from the 
traditional budget oversight reviews, the subcommittee held a 
hearing on July 22, 2004, to address the need for and 
development of a cadre of space professionals. In addition to 
formal hearings, the subcommittee conducted briefings on the 
following: nuclear weapons laboratory security, an update to 
the Department of Defense's Nuclear Posture Review, and the Air 
Force's Space-Based Radar program.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-7; H.A.S.C. 108-18; H.A.S.C. 108-26; H.A.S.C. 
108-40)

                     Projection Forces Subcommittee

    The Subcommittee on Projection Forces conducted a series of 
hearings to review programs included in the Department of 
Defense (DOD) acquisition budget requests for fiscal years 2004 
and 2005 during the 108th Congress, including: March 27, 2003, 
Navy's projection forces program; April 3, 2003, Navy 
transformation and future Navy capabilities; March 3, 2004, DOD 
conventional long-range strike capabilities; March 11, 2004, 
Navy research and development, transformation and future Navy 
capabilities; March 17, 2004, United States Transportation 
Command's airlift and sealift programs; March 30, 2004, Navy 
force structure and ship construction. In addition to 
traditional review of the budget requests, the subcommittee 
held an oversight hearing to address the Air Force's air 
refueling tanker requirements: June 24, 2003, the U.S. Air 
Force's air refueling tanker requirements and readiness.
    (H.A.S.C. 108-8, H.A.S.C. 108-11, H.A.S.C. 108-27)
                              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 six volumes 
pertaining to current law in the 108th Congress:
          Title 10, United States Code, Armed Forces, Subtitle 
        A, General Military Law, amended December 31, 2003, 
        March 2004.
          Title 10, United States Code, Armed Forces, Subtitle 
        B, Army; Subtitle C, Navy and Marine Corps; Subtitle D, 
        Air Force, and Subtitle E, Reserve Components, amended 
        December 31, 2003, March 2004.
          Selected Defense-Related Laws, amended through 
        December 31, 2003, Volume II, February 2004.
          Laws Relating to Federal Procurement, amended 
        December 31, 2002, April 2003.
          Defense-Related Health Laws, amended through Jan. 23, 
        2004, Volume III, April 2004.
          Defense-Related Nuclear Laws, amended through 
        December 31, 2003, Defense-Related Laws, Volume IV, 
        April 2004.
    (Committee Prints 2A, 2B, 3, 4, 5, and 6).

                            Committee Prints

    1. Committee rules of the Committee on Armed Services, 
House of Representatives, adopted February 20, 2003.
    2A. Title 10, United States Code, Armed Forces, Subtitle A, 
General Military Law, amended December 31, 2003, March 2004.
    2B. Title 10, United States Code, Armed Forces, Subtitle B, 
Army; Subtitle C, Navy and Marine Corps; Subtitle D, Air Force, 
and Subtitle E, Reserve Components, amended December 31, 2003, 
March 2004.
    3. Selected Defense-Related Laws, amended through December 
31, 2003, Volume II, February 2004.
    4. Laws Relating to Federal Procurement, amended through 
December 31, 2002, April 2003.
    5. Defense-Related Health Laws, amended through Jan. 23, 
2004, Volume III, April 2004.
    6. Defense-Related Nuclear Laws, amended through December 
31, 2003, Defense-Related Laws, Volume IV, April 2004.

                         Published Proceedings

    H.A.S.C. 108-1--Full committee hearing on committee 
organization. February 5, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-2--Full Committee hearings on National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004--H.R. 1588 and Oversight 
of Previously Authorized Programs. February 5, 12, 26, 27, 
March 4, 12, 12, 13, 20, April 1, May 1 and 2, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-3--Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 
hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004--H.R. 1588 and Oversight of Previously Authorized 
Programs, Title I--Procurement and Title II--Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation. March 12, 20, 26 and April 2, 
2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-4--Readiness Subcommittee hearings on the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004--H.R. 
1588 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, Title 
III--Operations and Maintenance and Division B--Military 
Construction Authorizations. March 13, 18, 18, 20 and 25, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-5--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee hearings on National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004--H.R. 1588 and Oversight 
of Previously Authorized Programs, Title I--Procurement, Title 
II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, and Title 
III--Operation and Maintenance. March 13, 19 and 27, April 1 
and 3, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-6--Total Force Subcommittee hearings on the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004--H.R. 
1588 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 12, 13, 19, 27, 
April 1, 2, and 3, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-7--Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing on 
the Department of Energy's National Security Programs Budget 
Request for Fiscal Year 2004. May 6, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-8--Projection Forces Subcommittee hearings on 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004--
H.R. 1588 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, 
Title I--Procurement, Title II--Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation. March 27, and April 3, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-9--Full Committee hearings on United States 
Global Defense Posture. February 26, June 18, November 5, and 
19, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-10--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee hearing on Destruction of the U.S. 
Chemical Weapons Stockpile--Program Status and Issues. October 
30, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-11--Projection Forces Subcommittee hearing on 
the U.S. Air Force's Air Refueling Tanker Requirements and 
Readiness. June 24, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-12--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee hearings on Information Technology in 
21st Century Battlespace. July 24 and October 21, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-13--Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 
hearing on Air Force Science and Technology Programs. July 19, 
2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-14--Full Committee hearing on the Air Force 
Tanker Lease Proposal. July 23, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-15--Full Committee hearings on Operation Iraqi 
Freedom: Operations and Reconstruction. April 4, July 10, 
September 25, October 2, 8, 21, and 29, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-16--Total Force Subcommittee hearing on the 
Final Report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct 
Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy. September 24, 2003
    H.A.S.C. 108-17--Readiness Subcommittee hearing on 
Resetting and Reconstituting the Forces. October 21, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-18--Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing on 
the Status of Military Space Activities. March 19, 2003.
    H.A.S.C. 108-19--Full Committee hearing on Combating the 
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. March 17, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-20--Total Force Subcommittee hearing on Sexual 
Assault Prevention and Response in the Armed Forces. June 3, 
2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-21--Full Committee hearings on National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005--H.R. 4200 and 
Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs. February 4, 12, 
25, 26, March 3, 18, 24, and 31, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-22--Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 
hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005--H.R. 4200 and Oversight of Previously Authorized 
Programs, Title I--Procurement and Title II--Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation. March 4, 17, 25 and April 1, 
2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-23--Readiness Subcommittee hearings on the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005--H.R. 
4200 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, Title 
III--Operations and Maintenance and Division B--Military 
Construction Authorizations. February 26, March 4, 11, 18, 24, 
and 30, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-24--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee hearings on the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005--H.R. 4200 and Oversight 
of Previously Authorized Programs, Title I--Procurement, Title 
II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, and Title 
III--Operation and Maintenance. March 4, 11, 25, 31, and April 
1, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-25--Total Force Subcommittee hearings on the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005--H.R. 
4200 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. January 21, February 25, 
March 3, 10, 18, 24, and 31, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-26--Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearings on 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005--
H.R. 4200 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs. 
February 25, March 18, and 25, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-27--Projection Forces Subcommittee hearings on 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005--
H.R. 4200 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, 
Title I--Procurement, Title II--Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation hearings. March 3, 11, 17, 30, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-28--Full Committee hearings on Operations and 
Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq. January 28, April 21, May 7, 
21, June 16, 17, 22, July 7, September 8, 9, and 9, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-29--Full Committee hearing on Department of 
Defense Aviation Safety Initiatives. February 11, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-30--Readiness Subcommittee hearing on the 2005 
Base Realignment and Closure Process. March 25, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-31--Full Committee hearings on the Revisions 
to the U.S. Global Defense Footprint. June 15 and 23, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-32--Full Committee hearing on the Report of 
the U.S.--China Economic and Security Commission. June 16, 
2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-33--Full Committee hearing on Afghanistan: 
Security and Reconstruction. April 29, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-34--Readiness Subcommittee hearing on 
Contractor Support in the Department of Defense. June 24, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-35--Readiness Subcommittee hearing on Depot 
Maintenance--Capacity and Resources for Future Work. July 20, 
2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-36--Full Committee hearings on United States 
Intelligence Reform. August 10, 10, 11, and 11, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-37--Full Committee hearing on the Report of 
the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from 
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. July 22, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-38--Full Committee hearings on Army 
Transformation. July 15 and 21, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-39--Full Committee hearings on Department of 
Defense Trade Offsets. June 17 and July 8, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-40--Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing on 
the Space Cadre/Space Professionals. July 22, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-41--Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 
hearing on Small Business Innovation Research Program and the 
Development of Innovative Technology. July 21, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-42--Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 
hearing on Department of Defense Small-Caliber Ammunition 
Programs and the Associated Industrial Base. June 24, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-43--Full Committee hearing on the Performance 
of the Department of Defense Acquisition Process in Support of 
Force Protection for Combat Forces. April 21, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-44--Full Committee hearing on the Status of 
U.S. Forces. November 17, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-45--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee hearing on Special Operations Command 
Personnel Issues. July 20, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-46--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Defense 
Information Systems Architecture: Are We on the Right Path to 
Achieving Net-Centricity and Ensuring Interoperability? 
February 11, 2004.
    H.A.S.C. 108-47--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee hearing on Department of Defense 
Transformation. February 26, 2004.

                                                  HOUSE REPORTS
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           Report number                   Date filed              Bill number                  Title
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108-105, Part III..................  June 30, 2003.........  H.R. 1950.............  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for the Department of
                                                                                      State for the fiscal years
                                                                                      2004 and 2005; to
                                                                                      authorize appropriations
                                                                                      under the Arms Export
                                                                                      Control Act and the
                                                                                      Foreign Assistance Act for
                                                                                      1961 for security
                                                                                      assistance for fiscal
                                                                                      years 2004 and 2005, and
                                                                                      for other purposes.
108-106............................  May 16, 2003..........  H.R. 1588.............  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2004 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2004, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-106, Part II...................  May 21, 2003..........  H.R. 1588.............  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2004 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2004, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-289, Part II...................  Oct. 2, 2003..........  H. Res. 364...........  Of inquiry requesting the
                                                                                      President to transmit to
                                                                                      the House of
                                                                                      Representatives not later
                                                                                      than 14 days after the
                                                                                      date of adoption of this
                                                                                      resolution the report
                                                                                      prepared for the Joint
                                                                                      Chiefs of Staff entitled
                                                                                      ``Operation Iraqi Freedom
                                                                                      Strategic Lessons
                                                                                      Learned'' and documents in
                                                                                      his possession on the
                                                                                      reconstruction and
                                                                                      security of post-war Iraq.
108-354............................  Nov. 7, 2003..........  H.R. 1588 Conf. Rept..  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2004 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2004, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-413, Part IV...................  Feb. 27, 2004.........  H. Res. 499...........  Requesting the President
                                                                                      and directing the
                                                                                      Secretary of State, the
                                                                                      Secretary of Defense, and
                                                                                      the Attorney General to
                                                                                      transmit to the House of
                                                                                      Representatives not later
                                                                                      than 14 days after the
                                                                                      date of the adoption of
                                                                                      this resolution documents
                                                                                      in the possession of the
                                                                                      President and those
                                                                                      officials relating to the
                                                                                      disclosure of the identity
                                                                                      and employment of Ms.
                                                                                      Valerie Plame.
108-443, Part I....................  Mar. 23, 2004.........  H.R. 3966.............  To amend title 10, United
                                                                                      States Code, and the
                                                                                      Homeland Security Act of
                                                                                      2002, to improve the
                                                                                      ability of the Department
                                                                                      of Defense to establish
                                                                                      and maintain Senior
                                                                                      Reserve Officer Training
                                                                                      Corps units at
                                                                                      institutions of higher
                                                                                      education, to improve the
                                                                                      ability of students to
                                                                                      participate in Senior ROTC
                                                                                      programs, and to ensure
                                                                                      that institutions of
                                                                                      higher education provide
                                                                                      military recruiters entry
                                                                                      to campuses and access to
                                                                                      students that is at least
                                                                                      equal in quality and scope
                                                                                      to that provided to any
                                                                                      other employer.
108-491............................  May 14, 2004..........  H.R. 4200.............  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2005 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2005, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-491, Part II...................  May 20, 2004..........  H.R. 4200.............  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2005 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2005, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-547............................  June 16, 2004.........  H. Res. 640...........  Of inquiry requesting that
                                                                                      the Secretary of Defense
                                                                                      transmit to the House of
                                                                                      Representatives before the
                                                                                      expiration of the 14-day
                                                                                      period beginning on the
                                                                                      date of the adoption of
                                                                                      this resolution any
                                                                                      picture, photograph,
                                                                                      video, communication, or
                                                                                      report produced in
                                                                                      conjunction with the any
                                                                                      completed Department of
                                                                                      Defense investigation
                                                                                      conducted by Major General
                                                                                      Antonio M. Taguba relating
                                                                                      to allegations of torture
                                                                                      or allegations of
                                                                                      violations of the Geneva
                                                                                      Conventions of 1949 at Abu
                                                                                      Ghraib prison in Iraq or
                                                                                      any completed Department
                                                                                      of Defense investigation
                                                                                      relating to the abuse or
                                                                                      alleged abuse of a
                                                                                      prisoner or war or
                                                                                      detainee by any civilian
                                                                                      contractor working in Iraq
                                                                                      who is employed on behalf
                                                                                      of the Department of
                                                                                      Defense.
108-632............................  July 22, 2004.........  H. Res. 689...........  Of inquiry requesting the
                                                                                      President and directing
                                                                                      certain other Federal
                                                                                      officials to transmit to
                                                                                      the House of
                                                                                      Representatives not later
                                                                                      than 14 days after the
                                                                                      date of this resolution
                                                                                      documents in the
                                                                                      possession of the
                                                                                      President and those
                                                                                      officials relating to the
                                                                                      treatment of prisoners or
                                                                                      detainees in Iraq,
                                                                                      Afghanistan, or Guantanamo
                                                                                      Bay.
108-724, Part II...................  Oct. 4, 2004..........  H.R. 10...............  To provide for reform of
                                                                                      the intelligence
                                                                                      community, terrorism
                                                                                      prevention and
                                                                                      prosecution, border
                                                                                      security, and
                                                                                      international cooperation
                                                                                      and coordination, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-767............................  Oct. 9, 2004..........  H.R. 4200 Conf. Rept..  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2005 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2005, 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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108-13.............................  Apr. 22, 2003.........  H.R. 672..............  To rename the Guam South
                                                                                      Elementary/Middle School
                                                                                      of the Department of
                                                                                      Defense Domestic
                                                                                      Dependents elementary and
                                                                                      Secondary Schools System
                                                                                      in honor of Navy Commander
                                                                                      William ``Willie'' McCool,
                                                                                      who was the pilot of the
                                                                                      Space Shuttle Columbia
                                                                                      when it was tragically
                                                                                      lost on February 1, 2003.
108-121............................  Nov. 11, 2003.........  H.R. 3365.............  To amend title 10, United
                                                                                      States Code, and the
                                                                                      Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                                      1986 to increase the death
                                                                                      gratuity payable with
                                                                                      respect to deceased
                                                                                      members of the Armed
                                                                                      Forces, and to exclude
                                                                                      such gratuity from gross
                                                                                      income.
108-136............................  Nov. 24, 2003.........  H.R. 1588 (S. 1050)...  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2004 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2004, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-212............................  Apr. 1, 2004..........  H.R. 1977.............  To amend title 18, United
                                                                                      States Code, and the
                                                                                      Uniform Code of Military
                                                                                      Justice to protect unborn
                                                                                      children from assault and
                                                                                      murder and for other
                                                                                      purposes.
108-220............................  Apr. 22, 2004.........  S. 2057...............  To require the Secretary of
                                                                                      Defense to reimburse
                                                                                      members of the United
                                                                                      States Armed Forces for
                                                                                      certain transportation
                                                                                      expenses incurred by the
                                                                                      members on connection with
                                                                                      leave under the Central
                                                                                      Command Rest and
                                                                                      Recuperation Leave program
                                                                                      before the program was
                                                                                      expanded to include
                                                                                      domestic travel.
108-234............................  May 28, 2004..........  H.R. 3104.............  To provide for the
                                                                                      establishment of campaign
                                                                                      medals to be awarded to
                                                                                      members of the Armed
                                                                                      Forces who participate in
                                                                                      Operation Enduring Freedom
                                                                                      or Operation Iraqi
                                                                                      Freedom.
108-236............................  June 15, 2004.........  S.J. Res. 28..........  Recognizing the 60th
                                                                                      anniversary of the Allied
                                                                                      landing at Normandy during
                                                                                      World War II.
108-268............................  July 2, 2004..........  H.R. 4322.............  To provide for the
                                                                                      establishment of the
                                                                                      headquarters for the
                                                                                      Department of Homeland
                                                                                      Security in the District
                                                                                      of Columbia, to require
                                                                                      the transfer of
                                                                                      administrative
                                                                                      jurisdiction over the
                                                                                      Nebraska Avenue Naval
                                                                                      Complex in the District of
                                                                                      Columbia to serve as the
                                                                                      location for the
                                                                                      headquarters, to
                                                                                      facilitate the acquisition
                                                                                      by the Department of the
                                                                                      Navy of suitable
                                                                                      replacement facilities,
                                                                                      and for other purposes.
108-375............................  Oct. 28, 2004.........  H.R. 4200 (S. 2400)...  To authorize appropriations
                                                                                      for fiscal year 2005 for
                                                                                      military activities of the
                                                                                      Department of Defense, to
                                                                                      prescribe military
                                                                                      personnel strengths for
                                                                                      fiscal year 2005, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
108-458............................  Dec. 17, 2004.........  S. 2845...............  To provide for reform of
                                                                                      the intelligence
                                                                                      community, terrorism
                                                                                      prevention and
                                                                                      prosecution, border
                                                                                      security, and
                                                                                      international cooperation
                                                                                      and coordination, and for
                                                                                      other purposes.
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                             PRESS RELEASES

                             First Session

    January 9, 2003--Congressman Duncan Hunter Elected to Chair 
the House Committee on Armed Services
    January 9, 2003--Chairman Hunter Announces Reorganization 
of House Armed Services Committee
    January 28, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Statement on the State 
of the Union Address
    February 2, 2003--House Armed Services Committee Chairman 
Statement on the Release of the FY04 Defense Budget
    January 5, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at 
Full Committee Hearing on the FY 2004 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request
    February 11, 2003--Chairman Hunter Announces Hearings 
Regarding the Realignment of U.S. Forces in Europe
    February 12, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on the Army's FY 2004 Budget Request
    February 14, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Statement on the 
Latest U.N. Report
    February 19, 2003--Hunter and Skelton Announce New 
Committee Assignments
    February 26, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at 
Full Committee Hearing on U.S. forward-deployed strategy in the 
European Theater
    February 26, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at 
Full Committee Hearing on the Navy's FY 2004 Budget Request
    February 27, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at 
Full Committee Hearing on the Air Forces' FY 2004 Budget 
Request
    March 4, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction and 
Non-Proliferation Programs
    March 12, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea
    March 12, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. 
Southern Command and U.S. Joint Forces Command
    March 18, 2003--Chairman Hunter Statement on the Evolving 
Situation in Iraq
    March 19, 2003--Chairman Hunter Statement on the Iraq 
Conflict
    March 20, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on Ballistic Missile Defense
    April 1, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Opening Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on DOD FY04 Acquisition Program and Policy
    April 4, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Opening Statement 
at Full Committee Hearing on Iraq's Violations of the Law of 
Armed Conflict
    April 8, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter and Ranking Member 
Skelton Suggest Framework for Iraqi War Crimes Trials
    May 1, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Opening Statement at 
Full Committee Hearing on The Defense Transformation for the 
21st Century Act
    May 1, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement on 
Appointing Rep. Gingrey to Board
    May 13, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Opening Statement at 
Full Committee Mark up on H.R. 1588 the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
    May 14, 2003--HASC Approves FY 2004 Defense Authorization 
Act--Summary of Committee Mark-up
    May 22, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement at Passage 
of H.R. 1588, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004
    May 23, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement on Air 
Force Tanker Decision
    May 27, 2003--House Congressional Delegation Returns from 
Iraqi Theater of Operations
    June 4, 2003--House Approves Resolution Commending All 
Involved in Operations Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and 
Iraqi Freedom
    June 12, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on Reconstruction and Stabilization 
Operations in Iraq
    June 18, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on Worldwide U.S. Military Commitments
    June 21, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement on the 
Death of Former HASC Chairman Bob Stump
    June 26, 2003--Chairman Hunter's Statement at Full 
Committee Mark Up of H.R. 1590
    July 10, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement at Full 
Committee Hearing on Operation Iraqi Freedom
    July 10, 2003--Press Advisory--Tactical Air and Land Forces 
Subcommittee field hearing on Air Force Science & Technology 
(S&T) Programs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, 
Ohio
    July 23, 2003--Chairman Duncan Hunter's Statement on the 
Air Force Tanker Lease Proposal
    July 25, 2003--Chairman Hunter Announces Approval of Air 
Force Tanker Lease
    September 8, 2003--Statement Regarding War on Terrorism 
Funding Request
    November 7, 2003--Summary of the Conference Report to 
Accompany H.R. 1588, National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004

                             Second Session

    February 25, 2004--Chairman Hunter Comments on GAO Report 
Identifying needed Improvements in Export Controls
    March 3, 2004--Chairman Hunter Statement Before the House 
Committee on Budget
    March 18, 2004--HASC Approves Legislation
    March 30, 2004--House Passes Rogers ROTC Equal Access 
Legislation
    April 6, 2004--Hunter Statement on Transfer of Power in 
Iraq
    April 7, 2004--Hunter Says U.S. Has Overwhelming Firepower 
in Iraq
    April 27, 2004--GAO Finds Russia Lacks Plan for Destruction 
of Poison Gas Stockpile
    May 4, 2004--Hunter Statement on Treatment of Iraqi 
Prisoners
    May 5, 2004--Statement on New Defense Funding Request
    May 6, 2004--Hunter statement on Iraq Resolution
    May 7, 2004--Hunter statement on Secretary of Defense 
Donald Rumsfeld
    May 13, 2004--Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2005 Defense 
Authorization Bill: ``Year of the Troops'' Legislation Focuses 
on Force Protection and Personnel Benefits
    May 19, 2004--Hunter letter to General Sanchez on Iraqi 
prisoner hearings
    May 20, 2004--House Approves Fiscal Year 2005 National 
Defense Authorization Act
    May 21, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Conduct and 
Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom--Opening Remarks of Chairman 
Hunter
    May 26, 2004--Statement Regarding Status of Air Force 
Tankers
    June 3, 2004-Statement Regarding Shortfalls in 
International Export Control System
    June 14, 2004--Full Committee Mark-up of H. Res. 640, 
Resolution of Inquiry Concerning Abu Ghraib Prison--Opening 
Remarks of Chairman Hunter
    June 15, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Strategic 
Implications of U.S. Troop Withdrawals from Korea--Opening 
Remarks of Chairman Hunter
    June 16, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Status of 
Forces in Iraq After June 30--Opening Remarks of Chairman 
Hunter
    June 16, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Report of the 
United States--China Economic and Security Review Commission--
Opening Remarks of Chairman Hunter
    June 17, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Training of 
Iraqi Security Forces--Opening Remarks of Chairman Hunter
    June 17, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Impacts of 
Defense Trade Offsets--Opening Remarks of Chairman Hunter
    June 22, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on Iraq Transition to 
Sovereignty--Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter
    June 23, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the U.S. Global 
Defense Posture--Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter
    June 28, 2004--Statement by Chairman Hunter and Committee 
Members Reyes and Calvert on Iraqi Sovereignty
    July 7, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Iraq/
Afghanistan Troop Rotation Plan--Opening Statement of Chairman 
Hunter
    July 8, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Impacts of 
Defense Offsets--Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter
    July 20, 2004--Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities Subcommittee Hearing on the Personnel Status of 
the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM)--Opening Statement 
of Chairman Saxton
    July 20, 2004--Readiness Subcommittee Hearing on Depot 
Maintenance--Capacity and Resources for Future Work--Opening 
Statement of Chairman Hefley
    July 21, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on Army 
Transformation--Part Two--Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter
    July 21, 2004--Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 
Hearing on Small Business Innovation and Technology--Opening 
Statement of Chairman Weldon
    July 22, 2004--Full Committee Hearing on the Report of the 
Commission to Assess the Threat to the U.S. from 
Electromagnetic Pulse Attack--Opening Statement of Chairman 
Hunter
    July 22, 2004--Strategic Forces Subcommittee Hearing on the 
Development of a Space Cadre--Opening Statement of Chairman 
Everett
    July 22, 2004--Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman 
Everett and Ranking Member Reyes Urge Quick Resolution of 
Recurring Security Breaches at Los Alamos National Laboratory
    July 30, 2004--Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman 
Everett Reviews Key Missile Defense Programs
    September 1, 2004--Chairman Hunter on Allegations of a 
Secret Military Reserve Troop Call-Up After the November 
Election
    September 30, 2004--Committee Unanimously Approves 9/11 
Recommendations Implementation Act
    October 5, 2004--Statement on the Rejection of the Military 
Draft Bill
    October 8, 2004--Conferees Approve 2005 Defense 
Authorization Act
    October 8, 2004--Statement on Passage of H.R. 10, The 9/11 
Recommendations Implementation Act
    October 9, 2004--Statement on Passage of H.R. 4200, The 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
    October 12, 2004--Hunter Named Conferee on Intelligence 
Reform Legislation
    November 17, 2004--Hunter Statement on Status of U.S. 
Forces
    December 7, 2004--Hunter Statement on Final Passage of the 
Intelligence Reform Bill
    December 10, 2004--Saxton: Humvee Armoring Programs Not Yet 
Complete

                                  
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