80TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNION CALENDAR NO. 499 REPORT NO. 961 - NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947

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• Publication Date: July 16, 1947
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Union Calendar No. 499
SUm CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f REI'olrr
1st Session j No. 961
NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947
JULY 16, 1947.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HOFF-MAN, from the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H. H. 42141
The Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, to
whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4214) to promote the national
security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National
Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Depart-
ment of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the
coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment
with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned
with the national security (short title, "National Security Act of
1947"), having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
STATEMENT
The original bill was transmitted to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives on February 26, 1947, by the President, by letter
informing the Speaker that the bill had been drawn by representatives
of his office and of the armed forces and had the approval of the Secre-
tary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The bill was introduced by the chairman of the committee, Hon. Clare
E. Hoffman, on February 28, 1947, and referred to your committee.
On April 2, 1947, your committee commenced hearings which were
finally concluded on July 1, 1947. During this period the committee
heard 25 witnesses (list attached) including the Secretary of War, the
Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of
Naval Operations, the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, and
the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. In addition,
this group of witnesses included prominent civilian and military
leaders representing a wide variety of viewpoints, organizations, and
other interests. Your committee has had the benefit of the advice
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