Pub. L. 108-136, div. C, sec. 3
CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. For purposes of this Act, the term “congressional defense committees” means—(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and117 STAT. 1407(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.