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House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel is a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

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Jurisdiction

The Military Personnel Subcommittee exercises oversight and legislative jurisdiction over:
  1. Military personnel policy
  2. Reserve component
    Reserve components of the United States armed forces
    The reserve components of the United States armed forces are military organizations whose members, generally perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty per year and who augment the active duty military when necessary. The reserve components are also referred to collectively as the Guard and...

     integration and employment issues
  3. Military health care
    Military Health System
    The Military Health System is the enterprise within the United States Department of Defense responsible for providing health care to active duty and retired U.S. Military personnel and their dependents...

  4. Military education
  5. POW
    Prisoner of war
    A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...

    /MIA
    Missing in action
    Missing in action is a casualty Category assigned under the Status of Missing to armed services personnel who are reported missing during active service. They may have been killed, wounded, become a prisoner of war, or deserted. If deceased, neither their remains nor grave can be positively...

     issues
  6. Morale, Welfare and Recreation
    Morale, Welfare and Recreation
    Morale, Welfare and Recreation, abbreviated MWR, is a network of support and leisure services designed for use by soldiers , their families, civilian employees, military retirees and other eligible participants....

     issues and programs

Members, 112th Congress

Majority Minority
  • Joe Wilson
    Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)
    Addison Graves Wilson, Sr., most commonly known as Joe Wilson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...

    , South Carolina, Chairman
  • Walter B. Jones
    Walter B. Jones
    Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses the Outer Banks and areas near the Pamlico Sound. Jones' father was Walter B. Jones, Sr., a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district...

    , North Carolina
  • Mike Coffman
    Mike Coffman
    Michael "Mike" Coffman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009, and a former Secretary of State of Colorado. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and business career:...

    , Colorado
  • Tom Rooney
    Tom Rooney (politician)
    Thomas J. "Tom" Rooney is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life:...

    , Florida
  • Joe Heck
    Joe Heck
    Joseph John “Joe” Heck is the U.S. Representative for Nevada’s 3rd congressional district and is a member of the Republican Party...

    , Nevada
  • Allen West, Florida
  • Austin Scott
    Austin Scott (politician)
    James Austin Scott is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and career:...

    , Georgia
  • Vicky Hartzler
    Vicky Hartzler
    Vicky Jo Hartzler is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. She represented District 124 in the Missouri House from 1995 to 2000.-Early life:...

    , Missouri
  • Susan Davis, California, Ranking Member
  • Bob Brady
    Bob Brady
    Robert A. "Bob" Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998, and the ranking Democrat on the United States House Committee on House Administration since 2007...

    , Pennsylvania
  • Madeleine Bordallo
    Madeleine Bordallo
    Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo is the Delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives.She was the first woman ever to serve as Guam's Delegate, Guam's first female Lieutenant Governor , Guam's first female candidate for Governor , and the first Democratic woman elected to the...

    , Guam
  • David Loebsack
    David Loebsack
    David Wayne "Dave" Loebsack is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in southeastern Iowa and includes Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Ottumwa...

    , Iowa
  • Niki Tsongas
    Niki Tsongas
    Nicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.She is the widow of U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas, who represented the 5th district in the 1970s...

    , Massachusetts
  • Chellie Pingree
    Chellie Pingree
    Rochelle M. "Chellie" Pingree is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing since 2009. The district includes most of the southern part of the state, including Portland and Augusta.Pingree was a member of the Maine Senate from...

    , Maine
  • Ex officio
  • Howard McKeon
    Howard McKeon
    Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

    , California
  • Adam Smith
    Adam Smith (politician)
    David Adam Smith , American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...

    , Washington

  • See also

    U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
    United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
    The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel is one of six subcommittees within the Senate Armed Services Committee.-Jurisdiction:The Personnel Subcommittee has jurisdiction over all matters relating to active and reserve military personnel, including pay rates, military health care and...


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