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
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)
