About the Committee
Jurisdiction
The Committee retains jurisdiction of all subjects listed in clause 1(c) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives and retains exclusive jurisdiction for: defense policy generally, ongoing military operations, the organization and reform of the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and industrial base policy, technology transfer and export controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation programs, and detainee affairs and policy.
While subcommittees are provided jurisdictional responsibilities in subparagraph (2), the Committee retains the right to exercise oversight and legislative jurisdiction over all subjects within its purview under rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
Please see the Majority Site for the full list of rules governing the Committee.
Members
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- Ike Skelton, Missouri, Chairman
- John Spratt, South Carolina
- Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas
- Gene Taylor, Mississippi
- Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii
- Marty Meehan, Massachusetts
- Silvestre Reyes, Texas
- Vic Snyder, Arkansas
- Adam Smith, Washington
- Loretta Sanchez, California
- Mike McIntyre, North Carolina
- Ellen O. Tauscher, California
- Robert A. Brady, Pennsylvania
- Susan A. Davis, California
- Rick Larsen, Washington
- Jim Cooper, Tennessee
- Jim Marshall, Georgia
- Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam
- Mark Udall, Colorado
- Dan Boren, Oklahoma
- Brad Ellsworth, Indiana
- Nancy Boyda, Kansas
- Patrick Murphy, Pennsylvania
- Hank Johnson, Georgia
- Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire
- Joe Courtney, Connecticut
- Robert Andrews, New Jersey
- David Loebsack, Iowa
- Kirsten Gillibrand, New York
- Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania
- Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona
- Elijah Cummings, Maryland
- Kendrick Meek, Florida
- Kathy Castor, Florida
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- Duncan Hunter, California, Ranking Member
- Jim Saxton, New Jersey
- John M. McHugh, New York
- Terry Everett, Alabama
- Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland
- Buck McKeon, California
- Mac Thornberry, Texas
- Walter B. Jones, North Carolina
- Robin Hayes, North Carolina
- W. Todd Akin, Missouri
- J. Randy Forbes, Virginia
- Jeff Miller, Florida
- Joe Wilson, South Carolina
- Frank A. LoBiondo, New Jersey
- Tom Cole, Oklahoma
- Rob Bishop, Utah
- Michael Turner, Ohio
- John Kline, Minnesota
- Phil Gingrey, Georgia
- Mike Rogers, Alabama
- Trent Franks, Arizona
- Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania
- Thelma Drake, Virginia
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington
- Michael Conaway, Texas
- Geoff Davis, Kentucky
- Doug Lamborn, Colorado
- Robert Wittman, Virginia
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