Mac Thornberry serves on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Armed Services Committee.

In the 111th Congress, he is the top republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's Tactical and Technical Intelligence Subcommittee, which has responsibility for overseeing the programs, activities, and budgets of the National Reconnaissance Program, the National Geospatial Intelligence Program, the Consolidated Cryptologic Program, and the technical collection activities associated with the CIA and with DOD activities funded through the Military Intelligence Program. On the Intelligence Committee, Mac also serves as a member of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee.  Mac is a senior member of the Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces Subcommittee and the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities Subcommittee.

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence