By Gerardo R. Partido
Variety News Staff

CONGRESSWOMAN Madeleine Z. Bordallo was officially assigned to two important subcommittees within the House Armed Services Committee.
These are the Subcommittee on Readiness, and the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.
These subcommittees have broad oversight responsibility for issues important to the military build-up on Guam and to U.S. service members and their families.
According to Bordallo, these subcommittee assignments reflect priorities important to the Guam community.
The Readiness Subcommittee oversees the military construction budget, including projects that will be authorized for the upcoming relocation of Marines to Guam, while the Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee oversees Navy and Marine Corps programs important to the Pacific and to U.S. bases on Guam.
In addition, the subcommittee is responsible for the military construction budget, family housing, and base closures and realignments. It also has jurisdiction over military readiness and maintenance and logistics programs, including most operations and maintenance issues for military services.
In her work on the Subcommittee on Readiness in the 109th Congress, Bordallo secured, among other items, over $320 million in military construction projects for Guam and won passage of an amendment to the annual Defense Authorization Act to help secure and build the future of the Guam Shipyard.
On the other hand, the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces is a renamed subcommittee and has largely acquired the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Projection Forces from the previous Congress.
The Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces has jurisdiction over all Naval and Marine Corps programs, maritime programs, including the Maritime Security Program, National Defense Sealift, and Naval Reserve equipment.
Bordallo has been a leading voice within the House Armed Services Committee for increasing production of Virginia class submarines to two a year, and to moving more submarines in the fleet to the Pacific, including to Guam.
Bordallo intends to continue to advocate for these objectives through her work on the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.
The congresswoman has served on the Subcommittee on Readiness since the 108th Congress, her first term in 2003. She has served for the past two years as a member of the Subcommittee on Projection Forces, which has been renamed the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces for the 110th Congress.
Bordallo expects to receive her subcommittee assignments in the House Resources Committee and in the House Small Business Committee when these committees organize in the next few weeks.