Defense
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Betty McCollum (MN)
Steve Israel (NY)
Tim Ryan (OH)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jurisdiction
Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Office of Secretary of Defense, and Defense Agencies including activities related to military personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; research and development; and the Military Health System. Also includes intelligences activities such as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency. Jurisdiction excludes Department of Defense-related accounts and programs under the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
2014 total enacted level: $572 billion
2015 total budget request: $554.3 billion
2015 Omnibus: $554.1 billion
Highlights and key points:
Previous Defense Bills
Fiscal Year 2014
Fiscal Year 2013
- H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, Public Law 113-6
- House Explanatory Statement
Fiscal Year 2012
Congressman Harold Rogers (R-KY) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) today sent the following letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan and National Security Advisor Susan Rice requesting details on the Administration's response to the emerging public health crisis in Africa:
Dear Ambassador Rice and Director Donovan:
The President has announced that the United States Government has initiated a government–wide response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa to address this serious public health event that is killing thousands of victims, expanding exponentially, and could disrupt the functioning and governance of the affected countries.
The Committee is prepared to respond and assist in these efforts as necessary. We recognize that we need to act quickly to avoid a potential global health security crisis.
Chairman Frelinghuysen, I want to congratulate you on the bipartisan and transparent manner in which you crafted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Defense bill. In your inaugural year as the Chairman of the Defense Subcommittee, you have continued the strong collegial tradition set by our predecessors. Further, you have been an unrelenting advocate for the oversight responsibilities and constitutional prerogative of the Subcommittee – thus our full Committee – in areas of the Department of Defense (DOD) that have lapsed and ignored the import of Article I, Section 9.
I also want to express my gratitude to Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Lowey, and the other members of the Subcommittee for their efforts. Finally, I would like to thank the Subcommittee staff and the associate staff for their great work.