United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

The Committee on Armed Services, sometimes abbreviated SASC for Senate Armed Services Committee, is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy, benefits for members of the military, the Selective Service System, and other matters related to defense policy. The Armed Services Committee was created as a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 following the U.S. victory in World War II. The bill merged the responsibilities of the Committee on Naval Affairs, established in 1816, and the Committee on Military Affairs, also established in 1816.
Considered one of the most powerful Senate committees, its broad mandate allowed it to report some of the most extensive and revolutionary legislation during the Cold War years, including the National Security Act of 1947. The committee tends to take a more bipartisan approach than other committees, as many of its members formerly served in the military or have major defense interests located in the states they represent. The committee's regular legislative product is the National Defense Authorization Act, which has been passed by Congress and signed into law annually since 1962.
The current chair is Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and the ranking member is Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island.

Jurisdiction

According to the Standing Rules of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Armed Services Committee:

Aeronautical and space activities pertaining to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations.
Common defense.
Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally.
Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone.
Military research and development.
National security aspects of nuclear energy.
Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska.
Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents.
Selective service system.
Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

Majority	Minority
Roger Wicker, Mississippi, Chair Deb Fischer, Nebraska Tom Cotton, Arkansas Mike Rounds, South Dakota Joni Ernst, Iowa Dan Sullivan, Alaska Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Rick Scott, Florida Tommy Tuberville, Alabama Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Ted Budd, North Carolina Eric Schmitt, Missouri Jim Banks, Indiana Tim Sheehy, Montana	Jack Reed, Rhode Island, Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Tim Kaine, Virginia Angus King, Maine Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Jacky Rosen, Nevada Mark Kelly, Arizona Elissa Slotkin, Michigan

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Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Minority Member
Airland	Joe Lieberman	John Thune
Emerging Threats and Capabilities	Bill Nelson	George LeMieux
Personnel	Jim Webb	Lindsey Graham
Readiness and Management Support	Evan Bayh	Richard Burr
SeaPower	Jack Reed	Roger Wicker
Strategic Forces	Ben Nelson	David Vitter

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Majority	Minority
Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma, Chair Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Tom Cotton, Arkansas Mike Rounds, South Dakota Joni Ernst, Iowa Thom Tillis, North Carolina Dan Sullivan, Alaska David Perdue, Georgia Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Martha McSally, Arizona Rick Scott, Florida Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Josh Hawley, Missouri	Jack Reed, Rhode Island, Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Tim Kaine, Virginia Angus King, Maine Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Joe Manchin, West Virginia Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Doug Jones, Alabama

Majority	Minority
Jack Reed, Rhode Island, Chair Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Tim Kaine, Virginia Angus King, Maine Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Joe Manchin, West Virginia Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Jacky Rosen, Nevada Mark Kelly, Arizona	Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma, Ranking Member Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Tom Cotton, Arkansas Mike Rounds, South Dakota Joni Ernst, Iowa Thom Tillis, North Carolina Dan Sullivan, Alaska Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Rick Scott, Florida Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Josh Hawley, Missouri Tommy Tuberville, Alabama

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Majority	Minority
Jack Reed, Rhode Island, Chair Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Tim Kaine, Virginia Angus King, Maine Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Joe Manchin, West Virginia Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Jacky Rosen, Nevada Mark Kelly, Arizona	Roger Wicker, Mississippi, Ranking Member Deb Fischer, Nebraska Tom Cotton, Arkansas Mike Rounds, South Dakota Joni Ernst, Iowa Dan Sullivan, Alaska Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Rick Scott, Florida Tommy Tuberville, Alabama Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Ted Budd, North Carolina Eric Schmitt, Missouri