---
type: Body
title: "House Committee on Appropriations - Defense"
classification: "subcommittee"
chamber: "house"
code: "HSAP02"
parent: "us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations"
leadership:
  - person: "Ken Calvert"
    role: "chair"
  - person: "Betty McCollum"
    role: "ranking-member"
  - person: "Jake Ellzey"
    role: "vice-chair"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)
confidence: official
tags: [body, subcommittee, house]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# House Committee on Appropriations - Defense

Subcommittee (house).

## Leadership

- chair: Ken Calvert
- ranking-member: Betty McCollum
- vice-chair: Jake Ellzey

17 members (see each member's file for their seat on this body).

## Source

- definition: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)