[Senate Report 114-7]
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                        REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES

                                 OF THE

                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                             113TH CONGRESS

                       FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

                               2013-2014

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                   (legislative day, March 26), 2015
                   
                   
 
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                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
                             114th Congress

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                     JOHN McCAIN, Arizona, Chairman
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            JACK REED, Rhode Island
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama               BILL NELSON, Florida
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi         CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire          JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia
DEB FISCHER, Nebraska                JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire
LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina       KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
MIKE LEE, Utah                       RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut
TED CRUZ, Texas                      JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
TOM COTTON, Arkansas                 MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota            TIM KAINE, Virginia
JONI ERNST, Iowa                     ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine
THOM TILLIS, North Carolina          MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico
DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska
                  Christian D. Brose, Staff Director 
              Elizabeth L. King, Minority Staff Director 
                     Gregory R. Lilly, Chief Clerk 
                     
                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTIAL

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                                       U.S. Senate,
                               Committee on Armed Services,
                                    Washington, DC, March 26, 2015.
Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,
President of the Senate,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. President: Senate Rule XXVI.8(b) requires the 
submission of a report of the activities of the Senate 
Committee on Armed Services for the previous Congress.
    In accordance with the requirements, I am submitting the 
report of the activities of the Committee during the 113th 
Congress. This report outlines the most noteworthy legislative 
achievements and other achievements and activities of our 
Committee.
            Sincerely,
                                               John McCain,
                                                          Chairman.
                            C O N T E N T S

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Letter of transmittal............................................   III
Committee membership.............................................     1
Subcommittee membership..........................................     2
Dates of appointment.............................................     4
Jurisdiction and history.........................................     5
Rules of procedure...............................................     7
Relationship of authorizations to appropriations.................    11
Key activities during the 113th Congress.........................    18
Full committee meetings..........................................    25
Subcommittee activities..........................................    33
Nominations......................................................    42
Publications.....................................................    50
Appointment of Boards of Visitors to the U.S. Military, Naval, 
  and Air Force Academies........................................    51
Committee funding................................................    52
Committee staff..................................................    56

                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                             113th Congress

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         January 24, 2013 
  CARL LEVIN, Michigan, Chairman 

JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            JACK REED, Rhode Island
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 BILL NELSON, Florida
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama               CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia             MARK UDALL, Colorado
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi         KAY R. HAGAN, North Carolina
KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire          JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia
DEB FISCHER, Nebraska                JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire
LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina       KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana              RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut
ROY BLUNT, Missouri                  JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
MIKE LEE, Utah                       MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
TED CRUZ, Texas                      TIM KAINE, Virginia
                                     ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine

 Peter K. Levine, Staff Director 
 John A. Bonsell, Minority Staff 
             Director 
   Travis E. Smith, Chief Clerk 

                  SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE 113TH CONGRESS

 Senators Levin and Inhofe served 
   as ex-officio members of all 
           subcommittees

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                        Subcommittee on Airland

          March 28, 2014

 RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut, 
             Chairman

ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi         BILL NELSON, Florida
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama               JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia             KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
ROY BLUNT, Missouri                  JOE DONNELLY, Indiana

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February 19, 2013--JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia, served as Chairman 
of the Subcommittee until March 27, 2014.

           Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities

         February 19, 2013

  KAY R. HAGAN, North Carolina, 
             Chairman

DEB FISCHER, Nebraska                JACK REED, Rhode Island
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 BILL NELSON, Florida
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi         MARK UDALL, Colorado
LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina       JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana              JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire
TED CRUZ, Texas                      KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York

                       Subcommittee on Personnel

         February 19, 2013

 KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York, 
             Chairman

LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina       KAY R. HAGAN, North Carolina
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia             RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut
KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire          MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
ROY BLUNT, Missouri                  TIM KAINE, Virginia
MIKE LEE, Utah                       ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine

            Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support

         February 19, 2013

  JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire, 
             Chairman

KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire          CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia             MARK UDALL, Colorado
DEB FISCHER, Nebraska                JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia
ROY BLUNT, Missouri                  JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
MIKE LEE, Utah                       MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
TED CRUZ, Texas                      TIM KAINE, Virginia

                        Subcommittee on Seapower

         February 19, 2013

 JACK REED, Rhode Island, Chairman

JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 BILL NELSON, Florida
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama               KAY R. HAGAN, North Carolina
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi         JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire
KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire          RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut
LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina       MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana              TIM KAINE, Virginia
TED CRUZ, Texas                      ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine

                    Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

         February 19, 2013

  MARK UDALL, Colorado, Chairman

JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama               JACK REED, Rhode Island
DEB FISCHER, Nebraska                CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana              JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
MIKE LEE, Utah                       ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine

        DATES OF APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

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JAMES M. INHOFE, January 4, 1995     CARL LEVIN, January 23, 1979
JOHN McCAIN, January 6, 1987         JACK REED, January 7, 1999
JEFF SESSIONS, January 7, 1999       BILL NELSON, January 24, 2013
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, January 15, 2003    CLAIRE McCASKILL, January 12, 2007
ROGER F. WICKER, January 24, 2008    MARK UDALL, January 21, 2009
KELLY AYOTTE, February 3, 2011       KAY R. HAGAN, January 21, 2009
DEB FISCHER, January 24, 2013        JOE MANCHIN III, November 15, 2010
LINDSEY GRAHAM, January 15, 2003     JEANNE SHAHEEN, February 3, 2011
DAVID VITTER, January 21, 2009       KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, February 3, 
ROY BLUNT, January 24, 2013          2011
MIKE LEE, January 24, 2013           RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, February 3, 
TED CRUZ, January 24, 2013           2011
                                     JOE DONNELLY, January 24, 2013
                                     MAZIE K. HIRONO, January 24, 2013
                                     TIM KAINE, January 24, 2013
                                     ANGUS S. KING, JR., January 24, 
                                     2013
                                     
                        JURISDICTION AND HISTORY

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    The Committee on Armed Services jurisdiction is set forth 
in Rule XXV(c) of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
    (1) Committee on Armed Services, to which committee shall 
be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
memorials, and other matters relating to the following 
subjects:
    1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or 
primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or 
military operations.
    2. Common defense.
    3. Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, 
generally.
    4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including 
administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone.
    5. Military research and development.
    6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.
    7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska.
    8. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and 
privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas 
education of civilian and military dependents.
    9. Selective service system.
    10. Strategic and critical materials necessary for the 
common defense.
    (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common defense 
policy of the United States, and report thereon from time to 
time.
    The Senate Committees on Military Affairs; the Militia; and 
Naval Affairs were established on December 10, 1816. The 
Committee on the Militia was merged with the Committee on 
Military Affairs in 1858 to form the Military Affairs and 
Militia Committee. In 1872 the Committee dropped ``Militia'' 
from its name. The Military Affairs and Naval Affairs 
Committees existed until 1947 when they were combined by the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 601 of the 
Seventy-ninth Congress, approved August 2, 1946, as amended by 
Public Law 510 of the Ninety-first Congress, approved October 
26, 1970) into a new standing committee, the current Committee 
on Armed Services.
    Part 1 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
created the standing committees of the Senate and provided that 
the Committee on Armed Services should consist of 13 Senators. 
The history of changes in the Committee on Armed Services 
membership since 1946 is as follows:

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         Congress:                 Year:                  Under Authority of:             Number of Senators:
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                 82nd                  1953                            S. Res. 18                         15
                 86th                  1959                            S. Res. 24                         17
                 90th                  1967                            S. Res. 11                         18
                 91st                  1970                            H.R. 17654                         15
                 92nd                  1971                            S. Res. 15                         16
                 93rd                  1973                            S. Res. 10                         15
                 94th                  1975                            S. Res. 17                         16
                 95th                  1977                S. Res. 4 & S. Res. 82                         18
                100th                  1987                            S. Res. 14                         20
                103rd                  1993                           S. Res. 130                         22
                104th                  1995                            S. Res. 14                         21
                105th                  1997                             S. Res. 9                         18
                107th                  2001                  in part by S. Res. 8                         25
                109th                  2005                 S. Res. 5 & S. Res. 6                         24
                110th                  2007               S. Res. 27 & S. Res. 28                         25
                111th                  2009               S. Res. 18 & S. Res. 19                         26
                111th                  2010             S. Res. 429 & S. Res. 450                         28
                112th                  2011             S. Res. 42 and S. Res. 43                         26
                113th                  2013               S. Res. 17 & S. Res. 18                         26
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         RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

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    1. Regular Meeting Day--The Committee shall meet at least 
once a month when Congress is in session. The regular meeting 
days of the Committee shall be Tuesday and Thursday, unless the 
Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, 
directs otherwise.
    2. Additional Meetings--The Chairman, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, may call such additional 
meetings as he deems necessary.
    3. Special Meetings--Special meetings of the Committee may 
be called by a majority of the members of the Committee in 
accordance with paragraph 3 of Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate.
    4. Open Meetings--Each meeting of the Committee, or any 
subcommittee thereof, including meetings to conduct hearings, 
shall be open to the public, except that a meeting or series of 
meetings by the Committee or a subcommittee thereof on the same 
subject for a period of no more than fourteen (14) calendar 
days may be closed to the public on a motion made and seconded 
to go into closed session to discuss only whether the matters 
enumerated below in clauses (a) through (f) would require the 
meeting to be closed, followed immediately by a record vote in 
open session by a majority of the members of the Committee or 
subcommittee when it is determined that the matters to be 
discussed or the testimony to be taken at such meeting or 
meetings--
          (a) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret 
        in the interests of national defense or the 
        confidential conduct of the foreign relations of the 
        United States;
          (b) will relate solely to matters of Committee staff 
        personnel or internal staff management or procedure;
          (c) will tend to charge an individual with a crime or 
        misconduct, to disgrace or injure the professional 
        standing of an individual, or otherwise to expose an 
        individual to public contempt or obloquy or will 
        represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of the privacy 
        of an individual;
          (d) will disclose the identity of any informer or law 
        enforcement agent or will disclose any information 
        relating to the investigation or prosecution of a 
        criminal offense that is required to be kept secret in 
        the interests of effective law enforcement;
          (e) will disclose information relating to the trade 
        secrets or financial or commercial information 
        pertaining specifically to a given person if--
                  (1) an Act of Congress requires the 
                information to be kept confidential by 
                Government officers and employees; or
                  (2) the information has been obtained by the 
                Government on a confidential basis, other than 
                through an application by such person for a 
                specific Government financial or other benefit, 
                and is required to be kept secret in order to 
                prevent undue injury to the competitive 
                position of such person; or
          (f) may divulge matters required to be kept 
        confidential under other provisions of law or 
        Government regulations.
    5. Presiding Officer--The Chairman shall preside at all 
meetings and hearings of the Committee except that in his 
absence the Ranking Majority Member present at the meeting or 
hearing shall preside unless by majority vote the Committee 
provides otherwise.
    6. Quorum--(a) A majority of the members of the Committee 
are required to be actually present to report a matter or 
measure from the Committee. (See Standing Rules of the Senate 
26.7(a)(1)).
    (b) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (c), and 
other than for the conduct of hearings, nine members of the 
Committee, including one member of the minority party; or a 
majority of the members of the Committee, shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of such business as may be 
considered by the Committee.
    (c) Three members of the Committee, one of whom shall be a 
member of the minority party, shall constitute a quorum for the 
purpose of taking sworn testimony, unless otherwise ordered by 
a majority of the full Committee.
    (d) Proxy votes may not be considered for the purpose of 
establishing a quorum.
    7. Proxy Voting--Proxy voting shall be allowed on all 
measures and matters before the Committee. The vote by proxy of 
any member of the Committee may be counted for the purpose of 
reporting any measure or matter to the Senate if the absent 
member casting such vote has been informed of the matter on 
which the member is being recorded and has affirmatively 
requested that he or she be so recorded. Proxy must be given in 
writing.
    8. Announcement of Votes--The results of all roll call 
votes taken in any meeting of the Committee on any measure, or 
amendment thereto, shall be announced in the Committee report, 
unless previously announced by the Committee. The announcement 
shall include a tabulation of the votes cast in favor and votes 
cast in opposition to each such measure and amendment by each 
member of the Committee who was present at such meeting. The 
Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, 
may hold open a roll call vote on any measure or matter which 
is before the Committee until no later than midnight of the day 
on which the Committee votes on such measure or matter.
    9. Subpoenas--Subpoenas for attendance of witnesses and for 
the production of memoranda, documents, records, and the like 
may be issued, after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, by the Chairman or any other member designated by the 
Chairman, but only when authorized by a majority of the members 
of the Committee. The subpoena shall briefly state the matter 
to which the witness is expected to testify or the documents to 
be produced.
    10. Hearings--(a) Public notice shall be given of the date, 
place and subject matter of any hearing to be held by the 
Committee, or any subcommittee thereof, at least 1 week in 
advance of such hearing, unless the Committee or subcommittee 
determines that good cause exists for beginning such hearings 
at an earlier time.
    (b) Hearings may be initiated only by the specified 
authorization of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (c) Hearings shall be held only in the District of Columbia 
unless specifically authorized to be held elsewhere by a 
majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee conducting such 
hearings.
    (d) The Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee shall 
consult with the Ranking Minority Member thereof before naming 
witnesses for a hearing.
    (e) Witnesses appearing before the Committee shall file 
with the clerk of the Committee a written statement of their 
proposed testimony prior to the hearing at which they are to 
appear unless the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member 
determine that there is good cause not to file such a 
statement. Witnesses testifying on behalf of the Administration 
shall furnish an additional 50 copies of their statement to the 
Committee. All statements must be received by the Committee at 
least 48 hours (not including weekends or holidays) before the 
hearing.
    (f) Confidential testimony taken or confidential material 
presented in a closed hearing of the Committee or subcommittee 
or any report of the proceedings of such hearing shall not be 
made public in whole or in part or by way of summary unless 
authorized by a majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (g) Any witness summoned to give testimony or evidence at a 
public or closed hearing of the Committee or subcommittee may 
be accompanied by counsel of his own choosing who shall be 
permitted at all times during such hearing to advise such 
witness of his legal rights.
    (h) Witnesses providing unsworn testimony to the Committee 
may be given a transcript of such testimony for the purpose of 
making minor grammatical corrections. Such witnesses will not, 
however, be permitted to alter the substance of their 
testimony. Any question involving such corrections shall be 
decided by the Chairman.
    11. Nominations--Unless otherwise ordered by the Committee, 
nominations referred to the Committee shall be held for at 
least seven (7) days before being voted on by the Committee. 
Each member of the Committee shall be furnished a copy of all 
nominations referred to the Committee.
    12. Real Property Transactions--Each member of the 
Committee shall be furnished with a copy of the proposals of 
the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, submitted 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2662 and with a copy of the proposals of 
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
submitted pursuant to 50 U.S.C. App. 2285, regarding the 
proposed acquisition or disposition of property of an estimated 
price or rental of more than $50,000. Any member of the 
Committee objecting to or requesting information on a proposed 
acquisition or disposal shall communicate his objection or 
request to the Chairman of the Committee within thirty (30) 
days from the date of submission.
    13. Legislative Calendar--(a) The clerk of the Committee 
shall keep a printed calendar for the information of each 
Committee member showing the bills introduced and referred to 
the Committee and the status of such bills. Such calendar shall 
be revised from time to time to show pertinent changes in such 
bills, the current status thereof, and new bills introduced and 
referred to the Committee. A copy of each new revision shall be 
furnished to each member of the Committee.
    (b) Unless otherwise ordered, measures referred to the 
Committee shall be referred by the clerk of the Committee to 
the appropriate department or agency of the Government for 
reports thereon.
    14. Except as otherwise specified herein, the Standing 
Rules of the Senate shall govern the actions of the Committee. 
Each subcommittee of the Committee is part of the Committee, 
and is therefore subject to the Committee's rules so far as 
applicable.
    15. Powers and Duties of Subcommittees--Each subcommittee 
is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and 
report to the full Committee on all matters referred to it. 
Subcommittee chairmen, after consultation with Ranking Minority 
Members of the subcommittees, shall set dates for hearings and 
meetings of their respective subcommittees after consultation 
with the Chairman and other subcommittee chairmen with a view 
toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of full Committee and 
subcommittee meetings or hearings whenever possible.

     RELATIONSHIP OF ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                             APPROPRIATIONS

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          History of Section 114, Title 10, United States Code

    The jurisdiction of the committee so far as specific annual 
authorizations are concerned was increased significantly in 
1959 by the enactment of section 412(b) of Public Law 86-149 
which required annual congressional authorization of 
appropriations for the procurement of aircraft, missiles and 
naval vessels. That law was amended and expanded as follows:
           In 1962 (Public Law 88-436) to require 
        similar authorization of appropriations for research, 
        development, test, or evaluation associated with 
        aircraft, missiles and naval vessels;
           In 1963 (Public Law 88-174) to require 
        similar authorization of appropriations for all 
        research, development, test, or evaluation carried on 
        by the Department of Defense;
           In 1965 (Public Law 89-37) to require 
        authorization of appropriations for the procurement of 
        tracked combat vehicles;
           In 1967 (Public Law 90-168) to require 
        annual authorization of the personnel strengths of each 
        of the Selected Reserves of the Reserve components as a 
        prior condition for the appropriation of funds for the 
        pay and allowances for the Reserve components;
           In 1969 (Public Law 91-121) to require 
        authorization of appropriations for the procurement of 
        other weapons to or for the use of any armed force of 
        the United States. (Essentially, heavy, medium, and 
        light artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, rifles, 
        machine-guns, mortars, small arms weapons, and any 
        crew-fired piece using fixed ammunition);
           In 1970 (Public Law 91-441) to require 
        authorization of appropriations to or for the use of 
        the Navy for the procurement of torpedoes and related 
        support equipment; and to require authorization of the 
        average annual active duty personnel strength for each 
        component of the Armed Forces as a condition precedent 
        to the appropriation of funds for this purpose;
           In 1971 (Public Law 92-436) to require 
        annual authorization for the average military training 
        student loads for each component of the Armed Forces, 
        and modified the provision relating to authorization 
        for active duty personnel strength;
           In 1973 (Public Law 93-155) to require 
        authorization for end strength civilian employment for 
        each component of the Defense Department in each fiscal 
        year;
           In 1975 (Public Law 94-106) to require the 
        annual authorization of military construction of 
        ammunition facilities;
           In 1980 (Public Law 96-342) to require the 
        annual authorization of appropriations of funds for the 
        operation and maintenance of any armed force of the 
        activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
        (other than the military departments) for fiscal years 
        beginning after September 30, 1981; and
           In 1982 (Public Law 97-86) to require the 
        annual authorization of appropriations of funds for 
        procurement of ammunition or other procurement for any 
        armed force or for agencies of the Department of 
        Defense (other than military departments).
    Also, in 1973 these enactments were codified by section 
803(a) of Public Law 93-155 into Title 10, United States Code, 
as section 138. Section 138 was amended on several occasions 
and, in 1986, was divided into two sections redesignated as 
sections 114 and 115 of title 10, United States Code, by the 
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 
1986 (Public Law 99-433). Both sections have subsequently been 
amended several times. The law today reads as follows:

Sec. 114. Annual authorization of appropriations

    (a) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year to or 
for the use of any armed force or obligated or expended for--
          (1) procurement of aircraft, missiles, or naval 
        vessels;
          (2) any research, development, test, or evaluation, 
        or procurement or production related thereto;
          (3) procurement of tracked combat vehicles;
          (4) procurement of other weapons;
          (5) procurement of naval torpedoes and related 
        support equipment;
          (6) military construction;
          (7) the operation and maintenance of any armed force 
        or of the activities and agencies of the Department of 
        Defense (other than the military departments);
          (8) procurement of ammunition; or
          (9) other procurement by any armed force or by the 
        activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
        (other than the military departments); unless funds 
        therefor have been specifically authorized by law.
    (b) In subsection (a)(6), the term ``military 
construction'' includes any construction, development, 
conversion, or extension of any kind which is carried out with 
respect to any military facility or installation (including any 
Government-owned or Government-leased industrial facility used 
for the production of defense articles and any facility to 
which section 2353 of this title [10 USCS Sec. 2353] applies), 
any activity to which section 2807 of this title [10 USCS 
Sec. 2807] applies, any activity to which chapter 1803 of this 
title [10 USCS Sec. Sec. 18231 et seq.] applies, and advances 
to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of 
defense access roads under section 210 of title 23. Such term 
does not include any activity to which section Sec. 2821 or 
2854 of this title [10 USCS 2821 or 2854] applies.
    (c)(1) The size of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund 
established pursuant to chapter 5 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2795 et seq.) may not exceed $1,070,000,000.
    (2) Notwithstanding section 37(a) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2777(a)), amounts received by the United 
States pursuant to subparagraph (A) of section 21(a)(1) of that 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(a)(1))--
          (A) shall be credited to the Special Defense 
        Acquisition Fund established pursuant to chapter 5 of 
        that Act (22 U.S.C. 2795 et seq.), as authorized by 
        section 51(b)(1) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(b)(1)), 
        but subject to the limitation in paragraph (1) and 
        other applicable law; and
          (B) to the extent not so credited, shall be deposited 
        in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts as provided 
        in section 3302(b) of title 31.
    (d) Funds may be appropriated for the armed forces for use 
as an emergency fund for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, or related procurement or production, only if the 
appropriation of the funds is authorized by law after June 30, 
1966.
    (e) In each budget submitted by the President to Congress 
under section 1105 of title 31, amounts requested for 
procurement of equipment for the reserve components of the 
armed forces (including the National Guard) shall be set forth 
separately from other amounts requested for procurement for the 
armed forces.
    (f) In each budget submitted by the President to Congress 
under section 1105 of title 31, amounts requested for 
procurement of ammunition for the Navy and Marine Corps, and 
for procurement of ammunition for the Air Force, shall be set 
forth separately from other amounts requested for procurement.

Sec. 115. Personnel strengths: requirement for annual authorization

    (a) Active-duty and Selected Reserve end strengths to be 
authorized by law. Congress shall authorize personnel strength 
levels for each fiscal year for each of the following:
          (1) The end strength for each of the armed forces 
        (other than the Coast Guard) for (A) active-duty 
        personnel who are to be paid from funds appropriated 
        for active-duty personnel unless on active duty 
        pursuant to subsection (b), and (B) active-duty 
        personnel and full-time National Guard duty personnel 
        who are to be paid from funds appropriated for reserve 
        personnel unless on active duty or full-time National 
        Guard duty pursuant to subsection (b).
          (2) The end strength for the Selected Reserve of each 
        reserve component of the armed forces.
    (b) Certain reserves on active duty to be authorized by 
law.
          (1) Congress shall annually authorize the maximum 
        number of members of a reserve component permitted to 
        be on active duty or full-time National Guard duty at 
        any given time who are called or ordered to--
                  (A) active duty under section 12301(d) of 
                this title [10 USCS Sec. 12301(d)] for the 
                purpose of providing operational support, as 
                prescribed in regulation issued by the 
                Secretary of Defense;
                  (B) full-time National Guard duty under 
                section 502(f)(2) of title 32 for the purpose 
                of providing operational support when 
                authorized by the Secretary of Defense;
                  (C) active duty under section 12301(d) of 
                this title [10 USCS Sec. 12301(d)] or full-time 
                National Guard duty under section 502(f)(2) of 
                title 32 for the purpose of preparing for and 
                performing funeral honors functions for 
                funerals of veterans under section 1491 of this 
                title [10 USCS Sec. 1491];
                  (D) active duty or retained on active duty 
                under sections 12301(g) of this title [10 USCS 
                Sec. 12301(g)] while in a captive status; or
                  (E) active duty or retained on active duty 
                under 12301(h) or 12322 of this title [10 USCS 
                Sec. 12301(h) or 12322] for the purpose of 
                medical evaluation or treatment.
    (2) A member of a reserve component who exceeds either of 
the following limits shall be included in the strength 
authorized under subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B), as 
appropriate, of subsection (a)(1):
                  (A) A call or order to active duty or full-
                time National Guard duty that specifies a 
                period greater than three years.
                  (B) The cumulative periods of active duty and 
                full-time National Guard duty performed by the 
                member exceed 1095 days in the previous 1460 
                days.
          (3) In determining the period of active service under 
        paragraph (2), the following periods of active service 
        performed by a member shall not be included:
                  (A) All periods of active duty performed by a 
                member who has not previously served in the 
                Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.
                  (B) All periods of active duty or full-time 
                National Guard duty for which the member is 
                exempt from strength accounting under 
                paragraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (i).
          (4) As part of the budget justification materials 
        submitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress in 
        support of the end strength authorizations required 
        under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) 
        for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
        the Secretary shall provide the following:
                  (A) The number of members, specified by 
                reserve component, authorized under 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) who 
                were serving on active duty or full-time 
                National Guard duty for operational support 
                beyond each of the limits specified under 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) at 
                the end of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
                year for which the budget justification 
                materials are submitted.
                  (B) The number of members, specified by 
                reserve component, on active duty for 
                operational support who, at the end of the 
                fiscal year for which the budget justification 
                materials are submitted, are projected to be 
                serving on active duty or full-time National 
                Guard duty for operational support beyond such 
                limits.
                  (C) The number of members, specified by 
                reserve component, on active duty or full-time 
                National Guard duty for operational support who 
                are included in, and counted against, the end 
                strength authorizations requested under 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1).
                  (D) A summary of the missions being performed 
                by members identified under subparagraphs (A) 
                and (B).
    (c) Limitation on appropriations for military personnel. No 
funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year to or for--
          (1) the use of active-duty personnel or full-time 
        National Guard duty personnel of any of the armed 
        forces (other than the Coast Guard) unless the end 
        strength for such personnel of that armed force for 
        that fiscal year has been authorized by law;
          (2) the use of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
        component of the armed forces unless the end strength 
        for the Selected Reserve of that component for that 
        fiscal year has been authorized by law; or
          (3) the use of reserve component personnel to perform 
        active duty or full-time National Guard duty under 
        subsection (b) unless the strength for such personnel 
        for that reserve component for that fiscal year has 
        been authorized by law.
    (d) Military technician (dual status) end strengths to be 
authorized by law. Congress shall authorize for each fiscal 
year the end strength for military technicians (dual status) 
for each reserve component of the Army and Air Force. Funds 
available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year may 
not be used for the pay of a military technician (dual status) 
during that fiscal year unless the technician fills a position 
that is within the number of such positions authorized by law 
for that fiscal year for the reserve component of that 
technician. This subsection applies without regard to section 
129 of this title [10 USCS Sec. 129]. In each budget submitted 
by the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, 
the end strength requested for military technicians (dual 
status) for each reserve component of the Army and Air Force 
shall be specifically set forth.
    (e) End-of-quarter strength levels.
          (1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe and 
        include in the budget justification documents submitted 
        to Congress in support of the President's budget for 
        the Department of Defense for any fiscal year the 
        Secretary's proposed end-of-quarter strengths for each 
        of the first three quarters of the fiscal year for 
        which the budget is submitted, in addition to the 
        Secretary's proposed fiscal-year end-strengths for that 
        fiscal year. Such end-of-quarter strengths shall be 
        submitted for each category of personnel for which end 
        strengths are required to be authorized by law under 
        subsection (a) or (d). The Secretary shall ensure that 
        resources are provided in the budget at a level 
        sufficient to support the end-of-quarter and fiscal-
        year end-strengths as submitted.
          (2)(A) After annual end-strength levels required by 
        subsections (a) and (d) are authorized by law for a 
        fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall promptly 
        prescribe end-of-quarter strength levels for the first 
        three quarters of that fiscal year applicable to each 
        such end-strength level. Such end-of-quarter strength 
        levels shall be established for any fiscal year as 
        levels to be achieved in meeting each of those annual 
        end-strength levels authorized by law in accordance 
        with subsection (a) (as such levels may be adjusted 
        pursuant to subsection (f)) and subsection (d).
          (B) At least annually, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        establish for each of the armed forces (other than the 
        Coast Guard) the maximum permissible variance of actual 
        strength for an armed force at the end of any given 
        quarter from the end-of-quarter strength established 
        pursuant to subparagraph (A). Such variance shall be 
        such that it promotes the maintaining of the strength 
        necessary to achieve the end-strength levels authorized 
        in accordance with subsection (a) (as adjusted pursuant 
        to subsection (f)) and subsection (d).
          (3) Whenever the Secretary establishes an end-of-
        quarter strength level under subparagraph (A) of 
        paragraph (2), or modifies a strength level under the 
        authority provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph 
        (2), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Armed 
        Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
        Services of the House of Representatives of that 
        strength level or of that modification, as the case may 
        be.
    (f) Authority for Secretary of Defense variances for 
active-duty and Selected Reserve strengths. Upon determination 
by the Secretary of Defense that such action is in the national 
interest, the Secretary may--
          (1) increase the end strength authorized pursuant to 
        subsection (a)(1)(A) for a fiscal year for any of the 
        armed forces by a number equal to not more than 3 
        percent of that end strength;
          (2) increase the end strength authorized pursuant to 
        subsection (a)(1)(B) for a fiscal year for any of the 
        armed forces by a number equal to not more than 2 
        percent of that end strength;
          (3) vary the end strength authorized pursuant to 
        subsection (a)(2) for a fiscal year for the Selected 
        Reserve of any of the reserve components by a number 
        equal to not more than 3 percent of that end strength; 
        and
          (4) increase the maximum strength authorized pursuant 
        to subsection (b)(1) for a fiscal year for certain 
        reserves on active duty for any of the reserve 
        components by a number equal to not more than 10 
        percent of that strength.
    (g) Authority for service Secretary variances for active-
duty end strengths. Upon determination by the Secretary of a 
military department that such action would enhance manning and 
readiness in essential units or in critical specialties or 
ratings, the Secretary may increase the end strength authorized 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) for a fiscal year for the 
armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary or, in the 
case of the Secretary of the Navy, for any of the armed forces 
under the jurisdiction of that Secretary. Any such increase for 
a fiscal year--
          (1) shall be by a number equal to not more than 2 
        percent of such authorized end strength; and
          (2) shall be counted as part of the increase for that 
        armed force for that fiscal year authorized under 
        subsection (f)(1).
    (h) Adjustment when Coast Guard is operating as a service 
in the Navy. The authorized strength of the Navy under 
subsection (a)(1) is increased by the authorized strength of 
the Coast Guard during any period when the Coast Guard is 
operating as a service in the Navy.
    (i) Certain personnel excluded from counting for active-
duty end strengths. In counting personnel for the purpose of 
the end strengths authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(1), 
persons in the following categories shall be excluded:
          (1) Members of a reserve component ordered to active 
        duty under section 12301(a) of this title [10 USCS 
        Sec. 12301(a)].
          (2) Members of a reserve component in an active 
        status ordered to active duty under section 12301(b) of 
        this title [10 USCS Sec. 12301(b)].
          (3) Members of the Ready Reserve ordered to active 
        duty under section 12302 of this title [10 USCS 
        Sec. 12302].
          (4) Members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
        Reserve or members of the Individual Ready Reserve 
        mobilization category described in section 10144(b) of 
        this title [10 USCS Sec. 10144(b)] ordered to active 
        duty under section 12304 of this title [10 USCS 
        Sec. 12304].
          (5) Members of the National Guard called into Federal 
        service under section 12406 of this title [10 USCS 
        Sec. 12406].
          (6) Members of the militia called into Federal 
        service under chapter 15 of this title [10 USCS 
        Sec. Sec. 331 et seq.].
          (7) Members of the National Guard on full-time 
        National Guard duty under section 502(f)(1) of title 
        32.
          (8) Members of reserve components on active duty for 
        training or full-time National Guard duty for training.
          (9) Members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
        Reserve on active duty to support programs described in 
        section 1203(b) of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act 
        of 1993 (22 U.S.C. 5952(b)).
          (10) Members of the National Guard on active duty or 
        full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of 
        carrying out drug interdiction and counter-drug 
        activities under section 112 of title 32.
          (11) Members of a reserve component on active duty 
        under section 10(b)(2) of the Military Selective 
        Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 460(b)(2)) for the 
        administration of the Selective Service System.
          (12) Members of the National Guard on full-time 
        National Guard duty for the purpose of providing 
        command, administrative, training, or support services 
        for the National Guard Challenge Program authorized by 
        section 509 of title 32.
          (13) Members of the National Guard on full-time 
        National Guard duty involuntarily and performing 
        homeland defense activities under chapter 9 of title 32 
        [USCS Sec. Sec. 901 et seq.].

                KEY ACTIVITIES DURING THE 113TH CONGRESS

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        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

    The committee began the First Session of the 113th Congress 
with a series of oversight and review hearings and briefings on 
a variety of issues, including the impact of sequestration on 
the Department of Defense, sexual assaults in the military, the 
current and future worldwide threats to National security, 
continued involvement in Afghanistan, and developments in Libya 
and Syria.
    The committee's nine full committee and 17 subcommittee 
hearings, with a total of 98 witnesses, on the President's 
budget request for national defense for fiscal year 2014 were 
structured to address the following 10 committee priorities to:
     Sustain the quality of life of the men and women 
of the all-volunteer force (active duty, National Guard, and 
Reserves) and their families, as well as Department of Defense 
civilian personnel, through fair pay, policies, and benefits, 
and addresses the needs of the wounded, ill, and injured 
service members and their families.
     Reduce our Nation's strategic risk by taking 
action aimed at restoring, as soon as possible, the readiness 
of the military services to conduct the full range of their 
assigned missions.
     Provide our servicemen and women with the 
resources, training, technology, equipment, and authorities 
they will need to succeed in combat, counterinsurgency, and 
stability operations.
     Enhance the capability of the U.S. armed forces to 
support the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) and 
Afghan Local Police as the lead responsibility for security 
throughout Afghanistan's transition to the ANSF.
     Enhance the capability of the U.S. armed forces 
and the security forces of allied and friendly nations to 
defeat al Qaeda, its affiliates, and other violent extremist 
organizations.
     Improve the ability of the armed forces to counter 
emerging and nontraditional threats, focusing on terrorism, 
cyber warfare, and the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction and their means of delivery (including ballistic 
missiles).
     Address the threats from nuclear weapons and 
materials by strengthening nonproliferation programs, 
maintaining a credible nuclear deterrent, reducing the size of 
the nuclear weapons stockpile, and ensuring the safety, 
security, and reliability of the stockpile, the delivery 
systems, and the nuclear infrastructure.
     Terminate troubled or unnecessary programs and 
activities, identifies efficiencies, and reduces defense 
expenditures in light of the Nation's budget deficit problems. 
Ensures the future capability, viability, and fiscal 
sustainability of the all-volunteer force.
     Emphasize the reduction of dependency on fossil 
fuels and seeks greater energy security and independence, 
pursues technological advances in traditional and alternative 
energy storage, power systems, operational energy tactical 
advantages, renewable energy production, and more energy 
efficient ground, air, and naval systems.
     Promote aggressive and thorough oversight of DOD's 
programs and activities to ensure proper stewardship of 
taxpayer's dollars and compliance with relevant laws and 
regulations.
    Following a 2-day markup in mid-June, the committee 
reported as an original bill S. 1197, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, to the Senate on June 
20, 2013 with an accompanying report, S. Rept. 113-44.
    Senate debate on the bill began on November 18 and 
concluded on December 9. During 5 days of floor debate, the 
Senate considered 2 amendments. On November 21, 2013, the 
Senate failed to invoke cloture and was not able to complete 
consideration of the bill. The chairmen and ranking members of 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives reconciled provisions of H.R. 1960, as passed 
by the House of Representatives on June 14, 2013, and S. 1197, 
as reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services.
    The negotiated agreement, which included a number of 
amendments submitted during the Senate's consideration of S. 
1197 which were cleared by both sides but not adopted by the 
Senate, was introduced as a House amendment to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 3304, and was considered and passed as 
amended by the House of Representatives under suspension of the 
rules on December 12, 2013, by a vote of 350-69. The Senate 
considered the House amendment and concurred on December 19, 
2013, by a vote of 84-15. The President signed the legislation 
on December 26, 2013, and it became Public Law 113-66.
    Because the Senate did not pass S. 1197, there was no 
conference and thus no conference report and formal joint 
explanatory statement of the conference committee for H.R. 
3304. Rather, the House Committee on Armed Services filed a 
committee print (No. 2, dated December 2013) containing the 
legislative text and joint explanatory statement to accompany 
H.R. 3304.

 Inquiry Into U.S. Costs and Allied Contributions To Support the U.S. 
                       Military Presence Overseas

    The United States spends more than $10 billion a year to 
support our permanent military presence overseas. That does not 
include military personnel costs or spending to support the war 
in Afghanistan. The cost of maintaining that presence in 
Germany, South Korea, and Japan--three critical allies makes up 
about 70% of that total, costing American taxpayers nearly $7 
billion a year. The United States is engaged in several force 
posture changes in Europe and the Asia Pacific that will affect 
our presence in those three countries and have long-term 
strategic and fiscal impacts. In March 2012, the committee 
initiated a review of U.S. costs in Germany, South Korea, and 
Japan, including how the burden of costs is shared between the 
U.S. and our allies, the impact of planned posture changes on 
those costs, and the spending and oversight of foreign 
government payments--particularly in-kind payments used for 
military construction projects.
    Over the course of the review, committee staff reviewed 
thousands of pages of documents, the majority of which were 
provided by the Department of Defense (DOD). Staff also 
traveled to Germany, South Korea, and Japan where they visited 
military installations and met with members of U.S. European 
Command (EUCOM), U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Forces Japan, and the 
Army's Installation Management Command (IMCOM). In Japan, staff 
also met with representatives of the U.S. Department of State 
and the Government of Japan. In addition, staff conducted 
meetings and interviews in the United States with officials 
from the Department of Defense and the Military Services.
    The committee's report (S. Rept. 113-12), was adopted by 
the committee on March 20, 2013, and reported to the Senate on 
April 5, 2013, and consists of three sections examining 
specific issues in Germany, South Korea, and Japan 
respectively.
    Section I of the report discusses so-called residual value 
payments in Germany. Residual value payments result from 
negotiations between the U.S. and certain host countries to 
determine compensation to be paid for the return of U.S. 
facilities to the host country. Force reductions in Germany 
have resulted in the return of a large number of U.S. 
facilities to the German government, and will continue to do so 
in the future. These returns will likely generate significant 
residual value payments from Germany. Section I describes the 
use and oversight of residual value payments from previous 
facility returns and discusses whether DOD practices are in 
accordance with law and regulations.
    Section II examines U.S. costs associated with our military 
presence in South Korea and South Korean burden-sharing 
contributions made pursuant to the bilateral Special Measures 
Agreement (SMA). The section focuses on U.S. costs associated 
with planned posture changes in South Korea, assesses whether 
South Korea's SMA contributions are keeping pace with the 
growth in U.S. costs, and reviews the use and oversight of 
Korean SMA contributions. The section also discusses potential 
long-term costs associated with the U.S. Army's proposal to 
construct military family housing at Camp Humphreys.
    Section III assesses Japan's burden-sharing contributions 
to the U.S. under the bilateral Special Measures Agreement 
(SMA) and the Japanese Facilities Improvement Program (FIP). It 
describes the challenges of securing FIP funding for U.S. 
priorities and the risks associated with potential shifts in 
Japanese contributions from SMA to FIP. Section III also 
identifies potentially large U.S. costs associated with planned 
force posture changes in the Asia Pacific. It discusses 
reductions in Japan's financial support for those changes and 
describes pressing construction and renovation needs at Marine 
Corps Air Station Futenma, a critical U.S. asset in the region.

        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

    The committee began the Second Session of the 113th 
Congress with a series of oversight and review hearings and 
briefings on a variety of issues, including recent changes to 
the military retirement system, defense acquisition reform, 
military compensation, and updates on Afghanistan and Ukraine.
    The committee's 12 full committee and 18 subcommittee 
hearings, with a total of 121 witnesses, on the President's 
budget request for national defense for fiscal year 2015 were 
structured to address the following 10 committee priorities to:
     Ensure the long-term viability of the all-
volunteer force by sustaining the quality of life of the men 
and women of the total force (active duty, National Guard and 
Reserves) and their families, as well as Department of Defense 
civilian personnel, through fair pay, policies and benefits, 
and by addressing the needs of the wounded, ill and injured 
service members and their families.
     Reduce our Nation's strategic risk by taking 
action aimed at restoring, as soon as possible, the readiness 
of the military services to conduct the full range of their 
assigned missions.
     Provide our servicemen and women with the 
resources, training, technology, equipment, facilities, and 
authorities they will need to succeed in future combat, 
counterinsurgency, and stability operations.
     Successfully conclude the U.S. combat mission in 
Afghanistan, while enhancing the capability of the U.S. armed 
forces to support other nations in their efforts to increase 
their capacity to provide for their domestic and regional 
security and contribute to international security.
     Enhance the capability of the U.S. armed forces 
and the security forces of allied and friendly nations to 
defeat al Qaeda, its affiliates and other violent extremist 
organizations.
     Improve the ability of the armed forces to counter 
emerging and nontraditional threats, focusing on terrorism, 
cyber warfare, and the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction and their means of delivery.
     Address the threats from nuclear weapons and 
materials by strengthening nonproliferation programs, 
maintaining a credible nuclear deterrent, reducing the size of 
the nuclear weapons stockpile, and ensuring the safety, 
security and reliability of the stockpile, the delivery 
systems, and the nuclear infrastructure.
     Terminate troubled or unnecessary programs and 
activities, identify efficiencies, and reduce defense 
expenditures in light of the Nation's budget deficit problems. 
Ensure the future capability, viability, and fiscal 
sustainability of the all-volunteer force.
     Emphasize the reduction of dependency on fossil 
fuels and seek greater energy security and independence and 
pursue technological advances in traditional and alternative 
energy storage, power systems, operational energy tactical 
advantages, renewable energy production, and more energy 
efficient ground, air, and naval systems.
     Promote aggressive and thorough oversight of the 
Department's programs and activities to ensure proper 
stewardship of taxpayer dollars and compliance with relevant 
laws and regulations.
    Following a 2-day markup in mid-May, the committee reported 
as an original bill S. 2410, the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to the Senate on June 2, 2014 with an 
accompanying report, S. Rept. 113-176. The chairmen and ranking 
members of the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives reconciled provisions of H.R. 4435, as 
passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2014, and S. 
1197, as reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services.
    The negotiated agreement, which included a number of 
proposed Senate amendments to S. 1197 that were cleared by both 
sides but not adopted by the Senate, was introduced as a House 
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, and was 
considered and passed as amended by the House of 
Representatives on December 4, 2014, by a vote of 300-119. The 
Senate considered the House amendment and concurred on December 
12, 2014, by a vote of 89-11. The President signed the 
legislation on December 19, 2014, and it became Public Law 113-
291.
    Because the Senate did not pass S. 2410, there was no 
conference and thus no conference report and formal joint 
explanatory statement of the conference committee for H.R. 
3979. Rather, the House Committee on Armed Services filed a 
committee print (No. 4, dated December 2014) containing the 
legislative text and joint explanatory statement to accompany 
H.R. 3979.

  Inquiry Into Cybersecurity Intrusions Affecting U.S. Transportation 
                          Command Contractors

    In April 2013, the committee initiated an inquiry into how 
much information was known to the U.S. Transportation Command 
(TRANSCOM) about successful cyber intrusions affecting command 
contractors. The committee focused on TRANSCOM because of the 
central role that the command plays in mobilization, 
deployment, and sustainment operations and the critical 
capabilities that private companies contribute to TRANSCOM's 
ability to meet military requirements in contingencies.
    Over the course of the inquiry, the committee reviewed 
information provided by TRANSCOM, 11 command contractors, the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Defense Security 
Service (DSS), the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), and the 
U.S. Air Force Office of Special investigations (AFOSI). The 
committee also reviewed TRANSCOM's cyber incident reporting 
requirement, cyber intrusion reporting provisions included in 
the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NOAA), 
and a number of executive branch guidelines, directives, and 
agreements to assess their effectiveness in promoting 
information sharing.
    The committee's inquiry identified approximately 50 
successful intrusions or other cyber events targeting TRANSCOM 
contractors between June 1, 2012 and May 30, 2013. Of those 50, 
at least 20 were successful intrusions into contractor networks 
attributed to an ``advanced persistent threat'' (APT), a term 
used to distinguish sophisticated cyber threats that are 
frequently associated with foreign governments. Of those APT-
linked intrusions, TRANSCOM was made aware of only two, a 
troubling finding given the potential impact of cyber 
intrusions on defense information and operations.
    Of the at least 20 successful cyber intrusions attributed 
to an APT, all were attributed to China. As to the reasons for 
TRANSCOM's lack of knowledge regarding these intrusions, the 
committee found gaps in requirements that result in many cyber 
intrusions not being reported to the command and a lack of 
common understanding between TRANSCOM and its contractors as to 
the scope of cyber intrusions that must be reported. The 
committee also found that FBI and Department of Defense (DOD) 
components were frequently unaware that companies they had 
identified as victims of cyber intrusions were TRANSCOM 
contractors. In addition, the inquiry revealed misperceptions 
about the rules governing how cyber intrusion-related 
information identifying a particular victim may be shared and a 
lack of communication between TRANSCOM and other DOD components 
regarding TRANSCOM's need to know about cyber intrusions. In 
the end, these shortcomings left TRANSCOM uninformed about the 
overwhelming majority of cyber intrusions affecting contractor 
networks by APT actors.
    The committee's report (S. Rept. 113-258), was adopted by 
the committee on March 26, 2014, declassified by the Department 
of Defense, and released publicly at a press conference on 
September 17, 2014.



                        FULL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

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    1. January 31, 2013--Civilian nomination hearing.
          Nominee: Hagel.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    2. February 7, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
Department of Defense's response to the attack on U.S. 
facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and the findings of its internal 
review following the attack.
          Witnesses: Panetta and Dempsey.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-164).
    3. February 12, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
impacts of sequestration and/or a full-year continuing 
resolution on the Department of Defense.
          Witnesses: Carter, Hale, Dempsey, Odierno, Ferguson, 
        Amos, Welsh, and Grass.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-173).
    4. February 12, 2013--Executive session to consider the 
Hagel nomination.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    5. February 14, 2013--Military nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Austin and Rodriguez.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    6. February 26, 2013--Executive session to consider 
military nominations and committee funding.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    7. February 28, 2013--Civilian nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Estevez, Vollrath, and Fanning.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    8. March 5, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in review 
of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2014 and 
the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Mattis and McRaven.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    9. March 7, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Africa Command and U.S. Transportation Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Ham and Fraser.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    10. March 12, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Kehler and Alexander.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    11. March 19, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
European Command, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Southern 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Stavridis, Jacoby, and Kelly.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    12. March 20, 2013--Executive session to consider civilan 
and military nominations and the report on the Committee's 
inquiry into U.S. costs and allied contributions to support the 
U.S. military presence overseas.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    13. April 9, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Pacific Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witness: Locklear.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    14. April 11, 2013--Military nomination hearing.
          Nominee: Breedlove.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    15. April 16, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
situation in Afghanistan.
          Witness: Dunford.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-174).
    16. April 17, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2014 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Hagel, Dempsey, and Hale.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    17. April 17, 2013--Briefing on the situation in Syria.
          Briefers: Hagel and Dempsey.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-110).
    18. April 18, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
current and future worldwide threats to the national security 
of the United States.
          Witnesses: Clapper and Flynn.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-374).
    19. April 23, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: McHugh and Odierno.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    20. April 24, 2013--Met informally with His Majesty King 
Abdullah II of Jordan to discuss U.S.-Jordanian security 
relations and other regional issues.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    21. April 25, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Mabus, Greenert, and Amos.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    22. May 7, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Donley and Welsh.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 1).
    23. May 14, 2013--Classified briefing on the situation in 
Syria.
          Briefers: Miller, Wolff, Lansdown, Truluck, and 
        Asmar.
          Closed. Not printed.
    24. May 16, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the law 
of armed conflict, the use of military force, and the 2001 
Authorization for the Use of Military Force.
          Witnesses: Taylor, Sheehan, Nagata, Gross, Brooks, 
        Roth, Corn, Stimson, and Goldsmith.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-282).
    25. May 16, 2013--Met informally with members of the 
British House of Commons Defence Committee to discuss U.S.-U.K. 
security relations and other bilateral issues.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    26. May 17, 2013--Met informally with French Minister of 
Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian to discuss the U.S.-France 
transatlantic partnership U.S.-France cooperation in Mali and 
elsewhere, the upcoming French White Paper on defense and 
security strategy, and other bilateral issues.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    27. May 22, 2013--Executive session to consider military 
nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    28. June 4, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on pending 
legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military.
          Witnesses: Dempsey, Odierno, Greenert, Amos, Welsh, 
        Papp, Chipman, DeRenzi, Harding, Ary, Kenney, Gross, 
        Martin, Coughlin, King, Leavitt, Parrish, Bhagwati, 
        Altenburg, and Morris.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-320).
    29. June 6, 2013--Executive session to consider military 
nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    30. June 12, 2013--Met to mark up the sexual assault 
provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2014.
          Open. Not printed.
    31. June 12, 2013--Met to begin mark up on the National 
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
          Closed. Not printed.
    32. June 13, 2013--Met to continue mark-up on the National 
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
          Closed. Not printed.
    33. June 20, 2013--Classified briefing on the National 
Security Agency's electronic surveillance programs.
          Briefers: Inglis, Litt, Cole, and Douglas.
          Closed. Not printed.
    34. June 26, 2013--Executive session to consider military 
nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    35. July 11, 2013--Classified briefing on Department of 
Defense operations conducted pursuant to the 2001 Authorization 
for the Use of Military Force and the presidential policy 
guidance on counterterrorism.
          Briefers: Vickers, Sheehan, and Tidd.
          Closed. Not printed.
    36. July 16, 2013--Classified briefing on the situation in 
Syria.
          Briefers: Miller and Winnefeld.
          Closed. Not printed.
    37. July 18, 2013--Military nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Dempsey and Winnefeld.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    38. July 25, 2013--Civilian nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Preston, Rymer, Rabern, and McGinn.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    39. July 30, 2013--Military nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Haney and Scaparrotti.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    40. July 30, 2013--Executive session to consider civilian 
and military nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    41. September 4, 2013--Classified briefing on the situation 
in Syria.
          Briefers: Hagel, Dempsey, and McCord.
          Closed. Not printed.
    42. September 17, 2013--Executive session to consider 
military nominations and committee funding.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    43. September 19, 2013--Civilian nominations hearing.
          Nominees: James, Wright, Klotz, Lettre, and Ohlson.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    44. September 24, 2013--Executive session to consider 
civilian nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    45. October 3, 2013--Classified briefing on the situation 
in Syria.
          Briefers: Miller, Countryman, Ford, Winnefeld, and 
        Becker.
          Closed. Not printed.
    46. October 10, 2013--Civilian nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Lumpkin, Morin, and Rooney.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-270).
    47. October 17, 2013--Classified briefing on United States 
military operations in Libya and Somalia.
          Briefers: Thomas-Greenfield, Jones, Reid, Howell, 
        Holley, Rasmussen, and Park.
          Closed. Not printed.
    48. October 31, 2013--Executive session to consider 
civilian and military nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    49. November 7, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
impact of sequestration on the national defense.
          Witnesses: Odierno, Greenert, Amos, and Welsh.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-321).
    50. November 15, 2013--Classified informal briefing on the 
text of the US-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement.
          Briefers: Miller, Dumont, Hill, and White.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    51. December 9, 2013--Met informally to discuss the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    52. December 16, 2013--Executive session to consider 
military nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    53. January 9, 2014--Executive session to consider civilian 
nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    54. January 15, 2014--Classified briefing on the situation 
in Iraq and Syria.
          Briefers: Chollet, Pandolfe, Feierstein, Pino, and 
        Peck.
          Closed. Not printed.
    55. January 16, 2014--Civilian nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Creedon, Carson, and LaPlante.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-611)
    56. January 28, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
recent changes to the U.S. military retirement system.
          Witnesses: Fox, Winnefeld, Tilelli, Sullivan, 
        Delaney, and Chu.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-467).
    57. February 4, 2014--Classified briefing on the situation 
in Afghanistan.
          Briefers: Walsh, White, Breedlove, and Blanc.
          Closed. Not printed.
    58. February 4, 2014--Closed session to consider the way 
forward in addressing legislation that reduces the cost of 
living adjustment (COLA) for working-age military retirees.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    59. February 6, 2014--Classified hearing to receive 
testimony on counterterrorism policy in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Vickers, Lumpkin, Votel, and Taylor.
          Closed. Not printed.
    60. February 11, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
current and future worldwide threats to the national security 
of the United States.
          Witnesses: Clapper and Flynn.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-571)
    61. February 12, 2014--Met informally with His Majesty King 
Abdullah II of Jordan to discuss U.S.-Jordanian security 
relations and other regional issues.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    62. February 25, 2014--Civilian nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Work, McCord, Wormuth, McKeon, Shear, and 
        Rosenbach.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-611)
    63. February 27, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Haney and Alexander.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    64. February 27, 2014--Executive session to consider 
military nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    65. February 27, 2014--Classified hearing to receive 
responses to questions from the open session on current and 
future worldwide threats to the national security of the United 
States that were deferred to a closed session.
          Witnesses: Clapper and Flynn.
          Closed. Not printed.
    66. March 5, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and 
the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Hagel, Dempsey, and Hale.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    67. March 6, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Central Command and U.S. Africa Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Austin and Rodriguez.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    68. March 11, 2014--Military nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Selva and Rogers.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-611)
    69. March 12, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
situation in Afghanistan.
          Witness: Dunford.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-554).
    70. March 13, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Jacoby and Kelly.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    71. March 25, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Locklear and Scaparrotti.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    72. March 26, 2014--Executive session to consider civilian 
and military nominations and the report on the Committee's 
inquiry into cybersecurity intrusions affecting U.S. 
Transportation Command contractors.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    73. March 27, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Mabus, Greenert, and Amos.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    74. April 3, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: McHugh and Odierno.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    75. April 8, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on Army 
Active and Reserve force mix in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Odierno, Grass, and Talley.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    76. April 8, 2014--Met informally to discuss sequestration.
          Closed. Not printed.
    77. April 10, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
posture of the Department of the Air Force in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: James and Welsh.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    78. April 29, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and 
the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: James, Welsh, McCarthy, Brownlee, 
        Davidson, Harrell, Johns, and Wyatt.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    79. April 30, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on reform 
of the defense acquisition system in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Kendall, Sullivan, Etherton, Schwartz, and 
        Berteau.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 1).
    80. May 1, 2014--Classified briefing on the Ukrainian 
crisis and Russia.
          Briefer: Breedlove.
          Closed. Not printed.
    81. May 6, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on Department 
of Defense proposals relating to military compensation.
          Witnesses: Dempsey, Winnefeld, Odierno, Greenert, 
        Welsh, Amos, Grass, Sullivan, Tilelli, McKinley, and 
        Totushek.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-572)
    82. May 21, 2014--Met to begin mark up on the National 
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015.
          Closed. Not printed.
    83. May 21, 2014--Met to continue mark-up on the National 
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015.
          Closed. Not printed.
    84. June 10, 2014--Classified briefing on the Sergeant Bowe 
Bergdahl prisoner exchange.
          Briefers: Work, Winnefeld, Preston, King, Lumpkin, 
        Dumont, and Cardillo.
          Closed. Not printed.
    85. June 12, 2014--Classified briefing on the security 
situation in Iraq.
          Briefers: Slotkin, Wolfe, Pryor, and Bednarek.
          Closed. Not printed.
    86. June 19, 2014--Civilian nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Junor, Tanner, Wada, Ballentine, and 
        Regalbuto.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-611)
    87. June 19, 2014--Classified briefing on the security 
situation in Iraq.
          Briefers: Slotkin, Pandolfe, Wolfe, and Gigliotti.
          Closed. Not printed.
    88. June 24, 2014--Executive session to consider civilian 
and military nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    89. July 8, 2014--Classified hearing to receive testimony 
on the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
          Witnesses: Hagel and Dempsey.
          Closed. Not printed.
    90. July 10, 2014--Military nominations hearing.
          Nominees: Gortney, Campbell, and Votel.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-611)
    91. July 17, 2014--Military nominations hearing.
          Nominee: Dunford.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-611)
    92. July 24, 2014--Classified informal briefing on the 
unaccompanied children crisis.
          Briefer: Kelly.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    93. July 30, 2014--Executive session to consider civilian 
and military nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    94. July 30, 2014--Classified briefing on the situation in 
Ukraine.
          Briefers: Chollet, DeLeon, and Pandolfe.
          Closed. Not printed.
    95. September 16, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
U.S. policy towards Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by the 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
          Witnesses: Hagel and Dempsey.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-589)
    96. September 17, 2014--Met informally with the House Armed 
Services Committee to discuss provisions in the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    97. December 2, 2014--Civilian and military nominations 
hearing.
          Nominees: Scher, Slotkin, Berteau, Starzak, and 
        Harris.
          Open. (S. Hrg. 113-611)
    98. December 3, 2014--Met informally with His Majesty King 
Abdullah II of Jordan to discuss U.S.-Jordanian security 
relations and other regional issues.
          Closed. Not recorded.
    99. December 9, 2014--Executive session to consider 
civilian and military nominations.
          Closed. Not recorded.

                        SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

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                        SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIRLAND

    Responsibilities: Army programs (less special operations 
forces); Air Force programs (less strategic forces, strategic 
airlift, and special operations programs); Navy and Marine 
Corps tactical aviation programs; and National Guard and 
Reserve equipment.
Membership:
    February 19, 2013--Senators Manchin (Chairman), Nelson, 
McCaskill, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Donnelly, Wicker (Ranking 
Member), McCain, Sessions, Chambliss, and Blunt.
    March 28, 2014--Senators Blumenthal (Chairman), Nelson, 
McCaskill, Manchin, Gillibrand, Donnelly, Wicker (Ranking 
Member), McCain, Sessions, Chambliss, and Blunt.
Meetings:
    1. April 24, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on tactical 
aircraft programs in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Bogdan, Skinner, and Davis.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 4).
    2. May 8, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on Army 
modernization in review of the defense authorization request 
for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Phillips and Barclay.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 4).
    3. June 11, 2013--Met to mark up the airland portions of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.
          Open. Not printed.
    4. April 8, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on tactical 
aircraft programs in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Bogdan, Davis, Grosklags, and Schmidle.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 4).
    5. April 9, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on Army 
modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Campbell, Barclay, and Williamson.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 4).
    6. May 20, 2014--Met to mark up the airland portions of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Open. Not printed.
    7. September 16, 2014--Met informally with the House Armed 
Services Committee Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces 
to discuss provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Closed. Not recorded.
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           SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES

    Responsibilities: Policies and programs to counter emerging 
threats including the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction, terrorism, and illegal drugs; homeland defense; 
technology base programs; special operations programs; emerging 
operational concepts; Foreign Military Sales; technology export 
policies; Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy 
(DOE) nonproliferation programs, including the Nunn-Lugar 
program; and nontraditional military operations, including 
peacekeeping and peace enforcement, low-intensity conflict, 
strategic communications and information operations, and 
building partner capacity.
Membership:
    February 19, 2013--Senators Hagan (Chairman), Reed, Nelson, 
Udall, Manchin, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Fischer (Ranking Member), 
McCain, Wicker, Graham, Vitter, and Cruz.
Meetings:
    1. March 19, 2013--Briefing on cybersecurity threats in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Briefers: Mandia, Sullivan, and Davis.
          Open and closed. Open printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 
        5), closed not printed.
    2. April 9, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on 
Department of Defense programs and policies with respect to 
emerging counterterrorism threats in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Chollet, Sheehan, and McRaven.
          Open and Closed. Open printed (S. Hrg. 113-108 part 
        5), closed not printed.
    3. April 18, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the role 
of the Department of Defense science and technology enterprise 
for innovation and affordability in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Shaffer, Prabhakar, Miller, Lacey, and 
        Walker.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 5).
    4. April 23, 1013--Hearing to receive testimony on 
proliferation prevention programs at the Department of Energy 
and at the Department of Defense in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Creedon, Myers, and Harrington.
          Open and Closed. Open printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, part 
        5), closed not printed.
    5. June 11, 2013--Met to mark up the emerging threats and 
capabilities portions of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2014.
          Closed. Not printed.
    6. January 14, 2014--Briefing on Department of Defense 
counterterrorism operations.
          Briefers: Vickers, Reid, Mayville, and Gross.
          Closed. Not printed.
    7. March 11, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on U.S. 
Special Operations Command in review of the Defense 
authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: McRaven and Lumpkin.
          Open and closed. Open printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 
        5), closed not printed.
    8. March 25, 2014--Briefing on challenges to maintaining 
U.S. military technology superiority.
          Briefers: Kendall and Shaffer.
          Closed. Not printed.
    9. March 31, 2014--Briefing from staff on preparations for 
a joint hearing on counterterrorism policy with the Select 
Committee on Intelligence.
          Closed. Not printed.
    10. April 1, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
proliferation prevention programs at the Department of Energy 
and at the Department of Defense in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Harrington, Hersman, and Myers.
          Open and closed. Open printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 
        5), closed not printed.
    11. April 8, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the role 
of the Department of Defense science and technology enterprise 
for innovation and affordability in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Shaffer, Prabhakar, Miller, Lacey, and 
        Gooder.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 5).
    12. April 29, 2014--Joint hearing with the Select Committee 
on Intelligence to receive testimony on counterterrorism policy 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2015 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Vickers, Lumpkin, Winnefeld, Votel, 
        Haines, Krass, Higgins, and Thomas.
          Closed. Not printed.
    13. May 20, 2014--Met to mark up the emerging threats and 
capabilities programs contained in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Open. Not printed.
    14. September 16, 2014--Met informally with the House Armed 
Services Committee Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities to discuss provisions in the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Closed. Not recorded.
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                       SUBCOMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL

    Responsibilities: Military and DOD civilian personnel 
policies; end strengths for military personnel; military 
personnel compensation and benefits; military health care; 
military nominations; Professional Military Education; DOD 
schools; DOD child care and family assistance; Civil-military 
programs; POW/MIA issues; Armed Forces Retirement Home; Morale, 
Welfare and Recreation; and military commissaries and 
exchanges.

Membership:

    February 19, 2013--Senators Gillibrand (Chairman), Hagan, 
Blumenthal, Hirono, Kaine, King, Graham (Ranking Member), 
Chambliss, Ayotte, Blunt, and Lee.

Meetings:

    1. March 13, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on sexual 
assaults in the military.
          Witnesses: Boxer, Bhagwati, McCoy, Havrilla, Lewis, 
        Taylor, Chipman, DeRenzi, Harding, Ary, Patton, and 
        Kenney.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-303).
    2. April 17, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in 
review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Wright, Hale, Woodson, Vollrath, Wightman, 
        Barnes, Moakler, Strobridge, and Hanson.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 6).
    3. April 24, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in 
review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Lamont, Garcia, Ginsberg, Bromberg, 
        Buskirk, Milstead, and Jones.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 6).
    4. June 11, 2013--Met to mark up the personnel programs 
contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014.
          Open. Not printed.
    5. February 26, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
relationships between military sexual assault, posttraumatic 
stress disorder and suicide, and on Department of Defense and 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical treatment and management 
of victims of sexual trauma.
          Witnesses: Arbogast, Kenyon, Guice, Garrick, 
        Galbreath, McCutcheon, and Bell.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-480).
    6. March 26, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2015 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Hale, Wright, Woodson, Vollrath, Wightman, 
        Hayden, Moakler, Davis, and Hanson.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 6).
    7. April 9, 2014--Hearing to continue to receive testimony 
on the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2015 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Bromberg, Moran, Cox, Milstead, Chandler, 
        Stevens, Cody, and Barrett.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 6).
    8. May 21, 2014--Met to mark up the personnel programs 
contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015.
          Open. Not printed.
    9. September 18, 2014--Met informally with the House Armed 
Services Committee Subcommittee on Military Personnel to 
discuss provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Closed. Not recorded.
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            SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

    Responsibilities: Military readiness including training, 
logistics, and maintenance; military construction; housing 
construction and privatization; contracting and acquisition 
policy; business and financial management; base realignment and 
closure; defense environmental programs; conventional 
ammunition procurement; RDT&E infrastructure policies and 
programs; National Defense Stockpile; defense industrial and 
technology base policies; facility and housing maintenance and 
repair; land and property management; information technology 
management policy; and industrial operations, including depots, 
shipyards, arsenals, and ammunition plants.

Membership:

    February 19, 2013--Senators Shaheen (Chairman), McCaskill, 
Udall, Manchin, Donnelly, Hirono, Kaine, Ayotte (Ranking 
Member), Chambliss, Fischer, Blunt, Lee, and Cruz.

Meetings:

    1. April 18, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
current readiness of U.S. forces in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Campbell, Ferguson, Paxton, and Spencer.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 3).
    2. April 24, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on military 
construction, environmental, and base closure programs in 
review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Conger, Hammack, Natsuhara, and Ferguson.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 3).
    3. June 11, 2013--Met to mark up the readiness and 
management support programs contained in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.
          Open. Not printed.
    4. November 5, 2013--Met with General Martin E. Dempsey, 
USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, regarding his 
concerns about sequestration and its impconsider the Department 
of Defense.
          Closed. Not printed.
    5. February 26, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
Department of Defense information technology acquisition 
processes, business transformation, and management practices in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2015 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: McFarland, Scheid, Takai, and Powner.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, Part 3).
    6. March 26, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on the 
current readiness of U.S. forces in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Campbell, Paxton, Spencer, and Cullom.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, Part 3).
    7. April 2, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on military 
construction, environmental, energy, and base closure programs 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2015 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Burke, Conger, Hammack, McGinn, and 
        Ferguson.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, Part 3).
    8. May 20, 2014--Met to mark up the readiness and 
management support programs contained in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Open. Not printed.
    9. September 17, 2014--Met informally with the House Armed 
Services Committee Subcommittee on Readiness to discuss 
provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015.
          Closed. Not recorded.
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                        SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER

    Responsibilities: Navy and Marine Corps program (less 
tactical aviation); strategic lift programs; and maritime 
issues.

Membership:

    February 19, 2013--Senators Reed (Chairman), Nelson, Hagan, 
Shaheen, Blumenthal, Hirono, Kaine, King, McCain (Ranking 
Member), Sessions, Wicker, Ayotte, Graham, Vitter, and Cruz.

Meetings

    1. May 8, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on Navy 
shipbuilding programs in review of the defense authorization 
request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Stackley, Hilarides, and Myers.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 2).
    2. May 14, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on Marine 
Corps modernization in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Stackley and Mills.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 2).
    3. June 12, 2013--Met to mark up the seapower programs 
contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014.
          Closed. Not printed.
    4. July 17, 2013--Classified briefing on the major threats 
facing Navy forces and the Navy's current and projected 
capabilities to meet those threats.
          Briefers: Aucoin, Barver, Reynolds, and Corless.
          Closed. Not printed.
    5. April 2, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on Marine 
Corps modernization in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Paxton and Glueck.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, Part 2).
    6. April 10, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on Navy 
shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Stackley, Hilarides, and Mulloy.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 2).
    7. May 20, 2014--Met to mark up the seapower programs 
contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015.
          Closed. Not printed.
    8. June 17, 2014--Classified briefing on the major threats 
facing Navy forces and the current and projected capabilities 
of the Navy to meet those threats.
          Briefers: Aucoin, Barber, and Enright.
          Closed. Not printed.
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                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC FORCES

    Responsibillities: Nuclear and strategic forces; 
intelligence programs; space programs; cyber space programs; 
Department of Energy defense nuclear and environmental 
programs; and ballistic missile defense.

Membership:

    February 19, 2013--Senators Udall (Chairman), Reed, 
McCaskill, Donnelly, King, Sessions (Ranking Member), Fischer, 
Vitter, and Lee.

Meetings:

    1. April 17, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on nuclear 
forces and policies in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Creedon, Weber, Kowalski, Harencak, 
        Benedict, Wheeler, Bergeson, and Woods.
          Open and closed. Open printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 
        7), closed not printed.
    2. April 24, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on military 
space programs and views on Department of Defense usage of the 
Electromagnetic Spectrum in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Loverro, Zangardi, Shelton, Formica. 
        Chaplain, Wheeler, Goldstein, and Guttman-McCabe.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 7).
    3. May 7, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on National 
Nuclear Security Administration management of its National 
Security Laboratories in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: McMillan, Hommert, Albright, and Shank.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 7).
    4. May 8, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on strategic 
forces programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
and the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental 
Management in review of the defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Miller, Cook, Richardson, Huizenga, and 
        Trimble.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 7).
    5. May 9, 2013--Hearing to receive testimony on ballistic 
missile defense policies and programs in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Creedon, Gilmore, Formica, Syring, and 
        Chaplain.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-108, Part 7).
    6. June 11, 2013--Met to mark up the strategic forces 
programs contained in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2014.
          Closed. Not printed.
    7. June 26, 2013--Classifed briefing on the Defense Science 
Board Task Force report ``Resilient Military Systems and the 
Advanced Cyber Threat.''
          Briefers: Thaer, Creedon, Baldwin, and Hale.
          Closed. Not printed.
    8. July 17, 2013--Classifed briefing on revisions to the 
nuclear employment strategy.
          Briefers: Creedon and Kehler.
          Closed. Not printed.
    9. March 5, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on nuclear 
forces and policies in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Bunn, Wilson, Harencak, and Benedict.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 7).
    10. March 12, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
military space programs in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Loverro, Zangardi, Shelton, Mann, and 
        Chaplain.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 7).
    11. April 2, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: Bunn, Gilmore, Syring, Mann, and Chaplain.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 7).
    12. April 9, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on National 
Nuclear Security Administration management of its National 
Security Laboratories and the status of the Nuclear Security 
Enterprise in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program.
          Witnesses: McMillan, Hommert, Goldstein, Augustine, 
        and Mies.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 7).
    13. April 10, 2014--Hearing to receive testimony on 
strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration and the Office of Environmental Management of 
the Department of Energy in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program.
          Witnesses: Held, Cook, Richardson, and Owendoff.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-465, part 7).
    14. May 20, 2014--Met to mark up the strategic forces 
programs contained in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015.
          Closed. Not printed.
    15. June 25, 2014--Classifed briefing on U.S. nuclear 
deterrence policy.
          Briefers: Samore, Payne, and Bracken.
          Closed. Not printed.
    16. July 16, 2014--Joint hearing with the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation to receive testimony on 
assured access to space.
          Witnesses: Estevez, Shelton, Lightfoot, Chaplain, 
        Mitchell, Dumbacher, and Kim.
          Open. Printed (S. Hrg. 113-596).

                              NOMINATIONS

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                       Referred to the Committee

    Slotkin, Elissa, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security 
Affairs.
          November 13, 2014--Referred.
          December 2, 2014--Hearing.
          December 17, 2014--Returned to the President under 
        the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.

                         Reported to the Senate

    Regalbuto, Monica C., of Illinois, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management.
          March 10, 2014--Referred jointly to the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources.
          June 19, 2014--Hearing.
          June 24, 2014--Reported.
          December 17, 2014--Returned to the President under 
        the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
    Roberson, Jessie Hill, of Alabama, to be a Member of the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring 
October 18, 2018.
          June 5, 2014--Referred.
          July 30, 2014--Reported.
          December 17, 2014--Returned to the President under 
        the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
    Starzak, Alissa M., of New York, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of the Army.
          July 14, 2014--Referred.
          December 2, 2014--Hearing.
          December 9, 2014--Reported.
          December 17, 2014--Returned to the President under 
        the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.

                               Completed

    Austin, General Lloyd J., III, USA, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central 
Command.
          January 23, 2013--Referred.
          February 14, 2013--Hearing.
          February 26, 2013--Reported.
          March 5, 2013--Confirmed.
    Ballentine, Miranda A. A., of the District of Columbia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, 
Environment, and Logistics.
          January 30, 2013--Referred.
          June 19, 2014--Hearing.
          June 24, 2014--Reported.
          September 11, 2014--Confirmed.
    Berteau, David J., of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness.
          November 12, 2014--Referred.
          December 2, 2014--Hearing.
          December 9, 2014--Reported.
          December 16, 2014--Confirmed.
    Breedlove, General Philip M., USAF, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commander, United States 
European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
          April 8, 2013--Referred.
          April 11, 2013--Hearing.
          April 17, 2013--Reported.
          April 18, 2013--Confirmed.
    Campbell, General John F., USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, International Security 
Assistance Force and Commander, United States Forces, 
Afghanistan.
          June 17, 2014--Referred.
          July 10, 2014--Hearing.
          July 22, 2014--Reported
          July 23, 2014--Confirmed.
    Carson, Brad, of Oklahoma, to be Under Secretary of the 
Army.
          November 21, 2013--Referred.
          January 3, 2014--Returned to the President under the 
        provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
          January 6, 2014--Referred.
          January 16, 2014--Hearing.
          January 28, 2014--Reported.
          February 12, 2014--Confirmed.
    Creedon, Madelyn R., of Indiana, to be Principal Deputy 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration.
          November 7, 2013--Referred.
          January 3, 2013--Returned to the President under the 
        provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
          January 6, 2014--Referred.
          January 16, 2014--Hearing.
          January 28, 2014--Reported.
          July 23, 2014--Confirmed.
    Dempsey, General Martin E., USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and reappointment as Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff.
          June 24, 2013--Referred.
          July 18, 2013--Hearing.
          July 30, 2013--Reported.
          August 1, 2013--Confirmed.
    Dunford, General Joseph F., Jr., USMC, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commandant of the Marine Corps.
          June 4, 2014--Referred.
          July 17, 2014--Hearing.
          July 22, 2014--Reported
          July 23, 2014--Confirmed.
    Estevez, Alan F., of the District of Columbia, to be 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics
          January 22, 2013--Referred.
          February 28, 2013--Hearing.
          March 20, 2013--Reported.
          October 28, 2013--Cloture motion presented.
          October 30, 2013--Cloture invoked, 91-8. Confirmed.
    Fanning, Eric K., of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of the Air Force.
          February 4, 2013--Referred.
          February 28, 2013--Hearing.
          March 20, 2013--Reported.
          April 18, 2013--Confirmed.
    Gortney, Admiral William E., USN, for reappointment to the 
grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Northern 
Command and Commander, North American Aerospace Defense 
Command.
          June 23, 2014--Referred.
          July 10, 2014--Hearing.
          July 22, 2014--Reported
          July 23, 2014--Confirmed.
    Hagel, Charles T., of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense.
          January 22, 2013--Referred.
          January 31, 2013--Hearing.
          February 12, 2013--Reported.
          February 13, 2013--Cloture motion presented.
          February 14, 2013--Cloture not invoked, 58-40. Motion 
        entered to reconsider.
          February 26, 2013--Cloture invoked, 71-27. Confirmed, 
        58-41.
    Haney, Admiral Cecil E.D., USN, for reappointment to the 
grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Strategic 
Command.
          June 20, 2013--Referred.
          July 30, 2013--Hearing. Reported.
          August 1, 2013--Confirmed.
    Harris, Admiral Harry B., Jr., USN, for reappointment to 
the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Pacific 
Command.
          September 18, 2014--Referred.
          December 2, 2014--Hearing.
          December 9, 2014--Reported.
          December 11, 2014--Confirmed.
    James, Deborah Lee, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air 
Force.
          August 1, 2013--Referred.
          September 19, 2013--Hearing.
          September 24, 2013--Reported.
          December 9, 2013--Cloture motion presented.
          December 12, 2013--Cloture invoked, 58-39.
          December 13, 2013--Confirmed, 79-6.
    Junor, Laura, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
          February 27, 2014--Referred.
          June 19, 2014--Hearing.
          June 24, 2014--Reported.
          July 31, 2014--Confirmed.
    Klotz, Frank G., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security.
          August 1, 2013--Referred.
          September 19, 2013--Hearing.
          September 24, 2013--Reported.
          January 3, 2014--Returned to the President under the 
        provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
          January 6, 2014--Referred.
          January 9, 2013--Reported.
          April 8, 2014--Confirmed.
    LaPlante, William A., Jr., of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.
          October 30, 2013--Referred.
          January 3, 2014--Returned to the President under the 
        provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
          January 6, 2014--Referred.
          January 16, 2014--Hearing.
          January 28, 2014--Reported.
          February 12, 2014--Confirmed.
    Lettre, Marcel J. II, of Maryland, to be Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
          July 25, 2013--Referred.
          September 19, 2013--Hearing.
          September 24, 2013--Reported.
          October 31, 2013--Confirmed.
    Lumpkin, Michael D., of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity 
Conflict.
          September 11, 2013--Referred.
          October 10, 2013--Hearing.
          October 31, 2013--Reported.
          November 14, 2013--Confirmed.
    McCord, Michael J., of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of 
Defense (Comptroller).
          January 30, 2014--Referred.
          February 25, 2014--Hearing.
          March 26, 2014--Reported.
          June 12, 2014--Confirmed.
    McGinn, Dennis V., of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment.
          July 9, 2013--Referred.
          July 25, 2013--Hearing.
          July 30, 2013--Reported.
          August 1, 2013--Confirmed.
    McKeon, Brian P., of New York, to be Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy.
          January 30, 2014--Referred.
          February 25, 2014--Hearing.
          April 8, 2014--Reported.
          July 28, 2014--Confirmed.
    Morin, Jamie M., of Michigan, to be Director of Cost 
Assessment and Program Evaluation, Department of Defense.
          September 11, 2013--Referred.
          October 10, 2013--Hearing.
          October 31, 2013--Reported.
          January 3, 2013--Returned to the President under the 
        provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
          January 6, 2014--Referred.
          January 9, 2014--Reported.
          June 25, 2014--Confirmed.
    Mossman, Kenneth L., of Arizona, to be a Member of the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring 
October 18, 2016.
          July 31, 2013--Referred.
          October 31, 2013--Reported.
          November 14, 2013--Confirmed.
    Ohlson, Kevin A., of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
          March 21, 2013--Referred.
          September 19, 2013--Hearing.
          September 24, 2013--Reported.
          October 17, 2013--Confirmed.
    Preston, Stephen W., of the District of Columbia, to be 
General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
          June 11, 2013--Referred.
          July 25, 2013--Hearing.
          July 30, 2013--Reported.
          October 17, 2013--Confirmed.
    Rabern, Susan J., of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller.
          June 27, 2013--Referred.
          July 25, 2013--Hearing.
          July 30, 2013--Reported.
          August 1, 2013--Confirmed.
    Rodriguez, General David M., USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States Africa 
Command.
          February 7, 2013--Referred.
          February 14, 2013--Hearing.
          February 26, 2013--Reported.
          March 5, 2013--Confirmed.
    Rogers, Vice Admiral Michael S., USN, to be admiral and 
Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security 
Services/Commander, United States Cyber Command.
          January 30, 2014--Referred.
          March 11, 2013--Hearing.
          March 26, 2014--Reported.
          March 31, 2014--Confirmed.
    Rooney, Jo Ann, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of 
the Navy.
          September 11, 2013--Referred.
          October 10, 2013--Hearing.
          October 31, 2013--Reported.
          January 3, 2014--Returned to the President under the 
        provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
          January 6, 2014--Referred.
          January 9, 2014--Reported.
          November 12, 2014--Withdrawn by the President.
    Rosenbach, Eric, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Homeland Defense.
          January 7, 2014--Referred.
          February 25, 2014--Hearing.
          March 26, 2014--Reported.
          September 18, 2014--Confirmed.
    Rymer, Jon T., of Tennessee, to be Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense.
          June 24, 2013--Referred.
          July 25, 2013--Hearing.
          July 30, 2013--Reported. Sequentially referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.
          September 16, 2013--Committee on Homeland Security 
        and Government Affairs discharged.
          September 17, 2013--Confirmed.
    Santos, Daniel J., of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring 
October 18, 2017.
          June 5, 2014--Referred.
          July 30, 2014--Reported.
          December 16, 2014--Confirmed.
    Scaparrotti, Lieutenant General Curtis M., USA, to be 
general and Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces 
Command/United States Forces Korea.
          May 20, 2013--Referred.
          July 30, 2013--Hearing. Reported.
          August 1, 2013--Confirmed.
    Scher, Robert M., of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and 
Capabilities.
          September 15, 2014--Referred.
          December 2, 2014--Hearing.
          December 9, 2014--Reported.
          December 16, 2014--Confirmed.
    Selva, General Paul J., USAF, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States 
Transportation Command.
          February 6, 2014--Referred.
          March 11, 2014--Hearing.
          March 26, 2014--Reported.
          April 8, 2014--Confirmed.
    Shear, David B., of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs.
          January 7, 2014--Referred.
          February 25, 2014--Hearing.
          March 26, 2014--Reported.
          July 17, 2014--Confirmed.
    Tanner, Gordon O., of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Air Force.
          April 7, 2014--Referred.
          June 19, 2014--Hearing.
          June 24, 2014--Reported.
          September 16, 2014--Confirmed.
    Vollrath, Frederick E., of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management.
          January 22, 2013--Referred.
          February 28, 2013--Hearing.
          March 20, 2013--Reported.
          April 18, 2013--Confirmed.
    Votel, Lieutenant General Joseph L., USA, to be general and 
Commander, United States Special Operations Command.
          June 16, 2014--Referred.
          July 10, 2014--Hearing.
          July 22, 2014--Reported
          July 23, 2014--Confirmed.
    Wada, Debra S., of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
          May 5, 2014--Referred.
          June 19, 2014--Hearing.
          June 24, 2014--Reported.
          September 17, 2014--Confirmed.
    Winnefeld, Admiral James A., Jr., USN, for reappointment to 
the grade of admiral and reappointment as Vice Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
          June 24, 2013--Referred.
          July 18, 2013--Hearing.
          July 30, 2013--Reported.
          August 1, 2013--Confirmed.
    Work, Robert O., of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Defense.
          February 10, 2014--Referred.
          February 25, 2014--Hearing.
          March 26, 2014--Reported.
          April 30, 2014--Confirmed.
    Wormuth, Christine E., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
of Defense for Policy.
          January 30, 2014--Referred.
          February 25, 2014--Hearing.
          March 26, 2014--Reported.
          June 19, 2014--Confirmed.
    Wright, Jessica G., of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
          July 18, 2013--Referred.
          September 19, 2013--Hearing.
          September 24, 2013--Reported.
          December 16, 2013--Cloture motion presented.
          December 19, 2013--Cloture motion withdrawn by 
        unanimous consent.
          January 3, 2014--Returned to the President under the 
        provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.
          January 6, 2014--Referred.
          January 9, 2014--Reported.
          June 25, 2014--Confirmed.

            Nominations for Promotions in the Armed Services

    The Committee considered nominations for promotions in the 
Armed Services. Nominations submitted to the Senate by the 
President for confirmation resulted in the following:

                              First Session

                 January 3, 2013 through January 3, 2014

Air Force nominations, totaling 5,479, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed................................................. 5,471
        Withdrawn.................................................     1
        Returned to White House...................................     7
Army nominations, totaling 6,729, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed................................................. 6,712
        Returned to White House...................................    14
Navy nominations, totaling 3,881, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed................................................. 3,879
        Withdrawn.................................................     1
        Returned to the White House...............................     1
Marine Corps nominations, totaling 762, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed.................................................   761
        Returned to the White House...............................     1

                             Second Session

                January 3, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Air Force nominations, totaling 4,424, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed................................................. 4,200
        Withdrawn.................................................     1
        Returned to the White House...............................   223
Army nominations, totaling 6,379, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed................................................. 6,325
        Withdrawn.................................................     1
        Returned to the White House...............................    53
Navy nominations, totaling 3,877, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed................................................. 3,875
        Returned to the White House...............................     2
Marine Corps nominations, totaling 879, disposed of as follows:
        Confirmed.................................................   878
        Returned to the White House...............................     1

                         Privileged Nominations

    Nominations privileged under S. Res. 116, agreed to on June 
29, 2011, are placed on the Senate Executive Calendar pending 
receipt of information requested by the Committee. Of the 2 
privileged nominations referred during the 113th Congress, the 
Committee received the requested information on 2 and 2 were 
confirmed by the Senate.

                              PUBLICATIONS

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    S. Rept. 113-10--Report of the Activities of the Committee 
on Armed Services, United States Senate, 112th Congress.
    S. Rept. 113-12--Inquiry Into U.S. Costs and Allied 
Contributions to Support the U.S. Military Presence Overseas.
    S. Rept. 113-44--National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014.
    S. Rept. 113-176--Carl Levin National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
    S. Rept. 113-258--Inquiry Into Cyber Intrusions Affecting 
U.S. Transportation Command Contractors.
    S. Prt. 113-33--Committee on Armed Services Legislative 
Calendar, 113th Congress.

 BOARDS OF VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, NAVAL AND AIR FORCE 
                               ACADEMIES

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    Public Law 816 of the 80th Congress, now codified in Title 
10, U.S.C., provides a uniform procedure for the appointment of 
members of the Boards of Visitors of the Military and Naval 
Academies, and provides that there shall be appointed on or 
before the last day of every year Boards of Visitors to each of 
the Academies to be constituted as follows:
Senate:
    Chairman of the Armed Services Committee or his designee.
    2 members of the Senate Appropriations Committee appointed 
by the Vice President.
    1 Senator appointed by the Vice President.
House of Representatives:
    Chairman of the Armed Services Committee or his designee.
    2 members of the House Appropriations Committee appointed 
by the Speaker of the House.
    2 Congressmen appointed by the Speaker of the House.
Presidential:
    6 persons, to serve for a 3-year term, with 2 new members 
appointed each year.
Senate appointments to the Board of Visitors of the: 
    Military Academy: (Title 10, U.S.C., sec 4355(a).)
    2013--Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Armed Services)
                  Senator Mary L. Landrieu (Appropriations)
    Naval Academy: (Title 10, U.S.C., sec. 6968(a).)
    2013--Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (Appropriations)
                  Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (At Large)
    Air Force Academy: (Title 10, U.S.C., sec. 9355(a).)
    2013--Senator Michael F. Bennet (Armed Services)
                  Senator Tom Udall (Appropriations)
    2014--Senator Jerry Moran (At Large)
    
    

        STAFF OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 113TH CONGRESS

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Peter K. Levine, Staff Director
John A. Bonsell, Minority Staff Director

Daniel C. Adams, Minority Associate Counsel
Adam J. Barker, Professional Staff Member
Steven M. Barney, Minority Counsel
June M. Borawski, Printing and Documents Clerk
Leah C. Brewer, Nominations and Hearings Clerk
William S. Castle, Minority General Counsel
John D. Cewe, Professional Staff Member
Jonathan D. Clark, Counsel
Samantha L. Clark, Minority Associate Counsel
Allen M. Edwards, Professional Staff Member
Jonathan S. Epstein, Counsel
Richard W. Fieldhouse, Professional Staff Member
Lauren M. Gillis, Staff Assistant
Thomas W. Goffus, Professional Staff Member
Creighton Greene, Professional Staff Member
Ozge Guzelsu, Counsel
Daniel J. Harder, Staff Assistant
Alexandra M. Hathaway, Staff Assistant
Ambrose R. Hock, Professional Staff Member
Gary J. Howard, Systems Administrator
Michael J. Kuiken, Professional Staff Member
Mary J. Kyle, Legislative Clerk
Anthony J. Lazarski, Professional Staff Member
Gerald J. Leeling, General Counsel
Daniel A. Lerner, Professional Staff Member
Gregory R. Lilly, Minority Clerk
Jason W. Maroney, Counsel
Thomas K. McConnell, Professional Staff Member
Mariah K. McNamara, Special Assistant to the Staff Director
William G. P. Monahan, Counsel
Natalie M. Nicolas, Minority Research Analyst
Michael J. Noblet, Professional Staff Member
Cindy Pearson, Assistant Chief Clerk and Security Manager
Roy F. Phillips, Professional Staff Member
John H. Quirk V, Professional Staff Member
Brendan J. Sawyer, Staff Assistant
Arun A. Seraphin, Professional Staff Member
Travis E. Smith, Chief Clerk
Robert M. Soofer, Professional Staff Member
William K. Sutey, Professional Staff Member
Robert T. Waisanen, Staff Assistant
Barry C. Walker, Security Officer

Appointments: 
John A. Bonsell, Minority Staff Director, appointed January 3, 2013.
Steven M. Barney, Professional Staff Member, appointed January 3, 2013.
Allen M. Edwards, Professional Staff Member, appointed January 3, 2013.
Thomas W. Goffus, Professional Staff Member, appointed January 3, 2013.
Anthony J. Lazarski, Professional Staff Member, appointed January 3, 
        2013.
Robert M. Soofer, Professional Staff Member, appointed January 3, 2013.
Ambrose R. Hock, Professional Staff Member, appointed January 14, 2013.
William S. Castle, Minority General Counsel, appointed January 28, 
        2013.
Daniel J. Harder, Staff Assistant, appointed March 25, 2013.
Brendan J. Sawyer, Staff Assistant, appointed April 22, 2013.
Natalie M. Nicolas, Minority Staff Assistant, appointed April 29, 2013.
Samantha L. Clark, Minority Associate Counsel, appointed May 20, 2013.
Daniel C. Adams, Minority Associate Counsel, appointed June 28, 2013.
Alexandra M. Hathaway, Staff Assistant, appointed September 3, 2013.
Robert T. Waisanen, Staff Assistant, appointed December 30, 2013.
M. Blake Souter, Staff Assistant, appointed February 24, 2014.
John D. Cewe, Professional Staff Member, appointed March 3, 2014.
Arun A. Seraphin, Professional Staff Member, appointed March 9, 2014.
Sean J. Wolfe, Research Analyst, appointed March 10, 2014.

Resignations: 
Pablo E. Carrillo, Minority General Counsel, resigned January 28, 2013.
Diana G. Tabler, Professional Staff Member, resigned February 1, 2013.
Lauren M. Davis, Minority Staff Assistant, resigned February 1, 2013.
Brian F. Sebold, Staff Assistant, resigned February 8, 2013.
Bryan D. Parker, Minority Investigative Counsel, resigned February 15, 
        2013.
Richard D. DeBobes, Staff Director, resigned February 28, 2013.
Paul C. Hutton IV, Professional Staff Member, resigned February 28, 
        2013.
Elizabeth C. Lopez, Research Assistant, resigned February 28, 2013.
Mary Louise Wagner, Professional Staff Member, resigned July 16, 2013.
Bradley S. Watson, Special Assistant for Investigations, resigned July 
        21, 2013.
Russell L. Shaffer, Counsel, resigned August 2, 2013.
Jennifer R. Knowles, Staff Assistant, resigned August 18, 2013.
Christian D. Brose, Professional Staff Member, resigned September 29, 
        2013.
John L. Principato, Staff Assistant, resigned December 13, 2013.
Lucian L. Niemeyer, Professional Staff Member, resigned January 23, 
        2014.
Robie I. Samanta Roy, Professional Staff Member, resigned February 23, 
        2014.
Kathleen A. Kulenkampff, Staff Assistant, resigned February 23, 2014.
Sean J. Wolfe, Research Analyst, resigned July 9, 2014.
Gabriella E. Fahrer, Counsel, resigned November 2, 2014.
Joseph M. Bryan, Professional Staff Member, resigned November 9, 2014.
M. Blake Souter, Staff Assistant, resigned November 16, 2014.

Title Changes: 
Travis E. Smith, from Special Assistant to Chief Clerk, January 1, 
        2013.
Steven M. Barney, from Professional Staff Member to Minority Counsel, 
        January 16, 2013.
Peter K. Levine, from General Counsel to Staff Director, March 1, 2013.
Gerald J. Leeling, from Counsel to General Counsel, March 1, 2013.
Mariah K. McNamara, from Staff Assistant to Special Assistant to the 
        Staff Director, April 16, 2013.
Bradley S. Watson, from Staff Assistant to Special Assistant for 
        Investigations, April 16, 2013.
Gregory R. Lilly, from Executive Assistant for the Minority to Minority 
        Clerk, May 16, 2013.
Natalie M. Nicolas, from Minority Staff Assistant to Minority Research 
        Assistant, January 1, 2014.
Natalie M. Nicolas, from Minority Research Assistant to Minority 
        Research Analyst, September 1, 2014.

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