The Committee on Armed Services (sometimes abbreviated SASC) is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy (as pertaining to national security), benefits for members of the military, the Selective Service System and other matters related to defense policy. The Armed Services Committee was created as a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 following U.S. victory in the Second World War. It merged the responsibilities of the Committee on Naval Affairs (established in 1816) and the Committee on Military Affairs (also established in 1816).
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Members, 111th Congress
Source: 2010 Congressional Record, Vol. 156, Page S6226
Members, 112th Congress
Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557
Members, 113th Congress
Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296