United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense

[1] Each committee has 12 matching subcommittees, each of which is tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills.

)[2][3] The subcommittee is currently Chaired by Republican Ken Calvert of California, and its Ranking Member is Democrat Betty McCollum of Minnesota.

[1] Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year.

[6] If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time.

[7] Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process.