House National Security Subcommittee on Military R&D

The authorizing subcommittee in the House for most, if not all, Department of Defense R&D is the House National Security Subcommittee on Military Research and Development. The comparable subcommittee on the Senate side is the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology (see FYI #67 .) See http://www.house.gov/MemberWWW.html for the Web sites of all representatives.

Congress deals primarily with two types of bills, authorization and appropriations. Authorizing legislation gives a federal department or agency permission to spend money and sets policy direction; appropriations provide the actual money.

COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY

2120 Rayburn House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515-6035

Phone: (202) 225-4151

http://www.house.gov/nsc/

Floyd Spence (R-SC) - Chairman

Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) - Ranking Minority Member

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2340 Rayburn House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515

Phone: (202) 225-0883

Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) -- chairman

Republicans: Democrats:

Roscoe G. Bartlett (Md.) Owen B. Pickett (Va.)

John R. Kasich (Ohio) -- ranking member

Herbert H. Bateman (Va.) Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii)

Joel Hefley (Colo.) Martin T. Meehan (Mass.)

John M. McHugh (N.Y.) Jane Harman (Calif.)

John Hostettler (Ind.) Paul McHale (Pa.)

Saxby Chambliss (Ga.) Patrick J. Kennedy (R.I.)

Van Hilleary (Tenn.) Rod R. Blagojevich (Ill.)

Joe Scarborough (Fla.) Silvestre Reyes (Texas)

Walter B. Jones Jr. (N.C.) Tom Allen (Maine)

Michael Pappas (N.J.) Jim Turner (Texas)

Bob Riley (Ala.) Loretta Sanchez (Calif.)

Bill Redmond (N.M) Ciro Rodriguez (Texas)

Kay Granger (Texas)