Dicks was chairman of the Defense subpanel in the 111th Congress and will work with Republican Rep. Bill Young (Fla.) on the subcommittee that will take a close look at Pentagon spending.
Republicans announced their assignments Jan. 7.
The assignments are as follows:
(*Ranking member)
• Agriculture — *Sam Farr (Calif.), Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Sanford Bishop,(Ga.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
• Commerce, Justice, Science — *Chaka Fattah (Pa.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Mike Honda (Calif.), José Serrano (N.Y.)
• Defense — *Norm Dicks (Wash.), Pete Visclosky (Ind.), Jim Moran (Va.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Steve Rothman (N.J.), Maurice Hinchey (N.Y.)
• Energy and Water — *Pete Visclosky (Ind.), Ed Pastor (Ariz.), Chaka Fattah (Pa.), John Olver (Mass.)
• Financial Services — *José Serrano (N.Y.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Pete Visclosky (Ind.), Ed Pastor (Ariz.)
• Homeland Security — *David Price (N.C.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Nita Lowey (N.Y.), John Olver (Mass.)
• Interior — *Jim Moran (Va.), Betty McCollum (Minn.), Maurice Hinchey, (N.Y.) José Serrano (N.Y.)
• Labor, HHS — *Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Nita Lowey (N.Y.), Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Barbara Lee (Calif.)
• Legislative Branch — *Mike Honda (Calif.), David Price (N.C.), Sanford Bishop (Ga.)
• Military Construction, VA — *Sanford Bishop (Ga.), Sam Farr (Calif.), Betty McCollum (Minn.), Jim Moran (Va.)
• State & Foreign Operations — *Nita Lowey (N.Y.), Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Steve Rothman (N.J.)
• Transportation, HUD — *John Olver (Mass.), Ed Pastor (Ariz.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), David Price (N.C.)