House Committee on Armed Services

Common defense generally and the Department of Defense, including military installations, arsenals and forts, the size, composition, pay and benefits of the armed forces, selective service, military applications of nuclear energy, and defense research and development.

House Committee on Armed Services has 57 members, made up of 30 Republicans and 27 Democrats. Mike Rogers chairs it. Adam Smith is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. House committee assignments are made at the start of each 2-year Congress, so membership can change substantially after every general election. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.

Jurisdiction source: House Rule X

How business reaches this committee

House Rule X gives this committee the subjects above. Each bill introduced in the House is referred to the committee whose Rule X jurisdiction covers its primary subject, and a bill that spans several subjects can go to more than one committee at once. This committee then decides whether to hold hearings, amend the text and report it to the floor.

Subcommittees

The committee divides its work among 7 subcommittees:

  • Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
  • Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
  • Subcommittee on Military Personnel
  • Subcommittee on Readiness
  • Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
  • Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
  • Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces

Who serves on it

57 members sit on the committee: 30 Republicans and 27 Democrats. That gives the majority 30 of the 57 seats. Mike Rogers is the chair. Adam Smith is the ranking member. They hold 56 district seats and 1 delegate seat, and each seat has its own page on this site.

Following its work

Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at Browse all 435 districts.

Members

57 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.

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