United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs
The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives with jurisdiction over bills and investigations concerning the foreign affairs of the United States. Since 2025, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee has been Brian Mast of Florida.
The committee has a broad mandate to oversee legislation regarding the impact of national security developments on foreign policy; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and military deployments abroad; foreign assistance; arms control; international economic policy; and other matters. Many of its responsibilities are delegated to one of six standing subcommittees, which have jurisdiction over issues related to their respective region in the world. The committee also oversees the U.S. Department of State, American embassies and diplomats, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
During two separate periods, 1975 to 1978 and 1995 to 2007, the Foreign Affairs Committee was renamed the Committee on International Relations; its duties and jurisdiction remained unchanged.
Its counterpart in the Senate is the United States [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Committee on Foreign Relations].
Members, 119th Congress
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Whereas until the 118th Congress, subcommittees tended to combine jurisdiction over particular regions of the globe with jurisdiction over broader policy areas, in the 118th Congress, the subcommittees were reconfigured to strictly focus on geographical areas, with the exception of global issues and international organizations which received their own subcommittee.| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
| Africa | Chris Smith | Sara Jacobs |
| East Asia and the Pacific | Young Kim | Ami Bera |
| Europe | Keith Self | Bill Keating |
| United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on [the Middle East and North Africa|Middle East and North Africa] | Mike Lawler | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick |
| South and Central Asia | Bill Huizenga | Sydney Kamlager-Dove |
| Western Hemisphere | María Elvira Salazar | Joaquin Castro |
| Oversight and Intelligence | Cory Mills | Jared Moskowitz |
Leadership
Data from the committee's official website.| Name | Party | Start | End | State |
| Democratic | 1947 | 1949 | New York | |
| Republican | 1949 | 1953 | New Jersey | |
| Democratic | 1953 | 1955 | South Carolina | |
| Republican | 1953 | 1963 | Illinois | |
| Republican | 1963 | 1969 | Ohio | |
| Republican | 1969 | 1971 | Indiana | |
| Republican | 1971 | 1974 | California | |
| Republican | 1974 | 1975 | Illinois | |
| Republican | 1975 | 1993 | Michigan | |
| Republican | 1993 | 1995 | New York | |
| Democratic | 1995 | 1999 | Indiana | |
| Democratic | 1999 | 2001 | Connecticut | |
| Democratic | 2001 | 2007 | California | |
| Republican | 2007 | 2011 | Florida | |
| Democratic | 2011 | 2013 | California | |
| Democratic | 2013 | 2019 | New York | |
| Republican | 2019 | 2023 | Texas | |
| Democratic | 2023 | present | New York |
Previous rosters
118th Congress
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| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
| Africa | John James | Sara Jacobs |
| Europe | Thomas Kean Jr. | Bill Keating |
| The Indo-Pacific | Young Kim | Ami Bera |
| United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on [the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia|The Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia] | Joe Wilson | Dean Phillips |
| Western Hemisphere | Maria Elvira Salazar | Joaquin Castro |
| United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on [Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations|Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations] | Chris Smith | Susan Wild |
| Oversight and Accountability | Brian Mast | Jason Crow |
117th Congress
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| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
| Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights | Karen Bass | Chris Smith |
| United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, [Central Asia and Nonproliferation|Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation] | Ami Bera | Steve Chabot |
| Europe, Energy, [the Environment">United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe">Europe, Energy, [the Environment and Cyber|Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber] | Bill Keating | Brian Fitzpatrick |
| Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism | Ted Deutch | Joe Wilson |
| International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact | Joaquin Castro | Nicole Malliotakis |
| Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy|Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy] | Albio Sires | Mark Green |
116th Congress
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