United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Infobox U.S. congressional committee Template:United States House of Representatives 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 Committee on Foreign Relations.

Members, 119th Congress

Majority

Minority

style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Brian Mast, Florida, Chair Chris Smith, New Jersey Joe Wilson, South Carolina Michael McCaul, Texas Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Darrell Issa, California, Vice Chair Ann Wagner, Missouri Tim Burchett, Tennessee Mark Green, Tennessee (until July 20, 2025) Andy Barr, Kentucky Ronny Jackson, Texas Young Kim, California Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida Bill Huizenga, Michigan Amata Coleman Radewagen, American Samoa Warren Davidson, Ohio Jim Baird, Indiana Thomas Kean Jr., New Jersey Mike Lawler, New York Cory Mills, Florida Keith Self, Texas Rich McCormick, Georgia (from April 1, 2025) Ryan Zinke, Montana James Moylan, Guam Anna Paulina Luna, Florida Jefferson Shreve, Indiana Sheri Biggs, South Carolina Michael Baumgartner, Washington Ryan Mackenzie, Pennsylvania Randy Fine, Florida (from July 22, 2025)

style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Gregory Meeks, New York, Ranking Member Brad Sherman, California Gerry Connolly, Virginia (until May 21, 2025) Bill Keating, Massachusetts Ami Bera, California Joaquin Castro, Texas Dina Titus, Nevada Ted Lieu, California Sara Jacobs, California Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida Greg Stanton, Arizona Jared Moskowitz, Florida Jonathan Jackson, Illinois Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California Jim Costa, California Gabe Amo, Rhode Island, Vice Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume, Maryland Pramila Jayapal, Washington George Latimer, New York Johnny Olszewski, Maryland Julie Johnson, Texas Sarah McBride, Delaware Brad Schneider, Illinois (from February 25, 2025) Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania (from February 25, 2025)

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Subcommittees

Whereas until the 118th Congress, subcommittees tended to combine jurisdiction over particular regions of the globe with jurisdiction over broader policy areas (e.g. terrorism or energy policy), 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 (R-NJ)	Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
East Asia and the Pacific	Young Kim (R-CA)	Ami Bera (D-CA)
Europe	Keith Self (R-TX)	Bill Keating (D-MA)
Middle East and North Africa	Mike Lawler (R-NY)	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)
South and Central Asia	Bill Huizenga (R-MI)	Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
Western Hemisphere	María Elvira Salazar (R-FL)	Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Oversight and Intelligence	Cory Mills (R-FL)	Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)

Leadership

Data from the committee's official website.

Chairs

Name	Party	Start	End	State
	Democratic-Republican	1821	1823	Massachusetts
	Democratic-Republican	1823	1827	Georgia
	National Republican	1827	1829	Massachusetts
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1829	1834	Virginia
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1834	1835	Georgia
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1835		Virginia
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1835	1839	Maryland
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1839	1841	South Carolina
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1841	1842	Massachusetts
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |Whig	1842	1843	Massachusetts
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1843	1847	Pennsylvania
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |Whig	1847	1849	Connecticut
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1849	1851	Illinois
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1851	1855	Virginia
	Opposition	1855	1857	New Jersey
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1857	1858	North Carolina
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1858	1859	Virginia
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1859	1861	Ohio
	style="background:Template:Party color" |Union Democratic	1861	1863	Kentucky
	Template:Party shading/Unconditional Unionist |Unconditional Union	1863	1865	Maryland
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1865	1872	Massachusetts
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1872	1873	Pennsylvania
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1873	1875	Indiana
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1875	1879	Maryland
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1879	1881	New York
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1881	1883	Wisconsin
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1883	1885	Pennsylvania
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1885	1888	New York
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1888	1889	Kentucky
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1889	1891	Illinois
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1891	1893	Georgia
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1893	1895	Kentucky
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1895	1906	Illinois
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1907	1909	Iowa
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1909	1910	New York
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1910	1911	Vermont
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1911	1912	New York
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1912	1913	New York
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1913	1919	Virginia
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1919	1930	Pennsylvania
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1930	1931	Pennsylvania
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1931	1932	Maryland
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1932	1939	Tennessee
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1939	1947	New York
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1947	1949	New Jersey
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1949		New York
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1949	1951	West Virginia
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1951	1953	South Carolina
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1953	1955	Illinois
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1955	1957	South Carolina
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1957	1959	Illinois
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1959	1977	Pennsylvania
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1977	1983	Wisconsin
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1983	1993	Florida
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1993	1995	Indiana
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1995	2001	New York
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	2001	2007	Illinois
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2007	2008	California
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2008	2011	California
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	2011	2013	Florida
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	2013	2019	California
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2019	2021	New York
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2021	2023	New York
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	2023	2025	Texas
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	2025	present	Florida

Ranking members

Name	Party	Start	End	State
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1947	1949	New York
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1949	1953	New Jersey
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1953	1955	South Carolina
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1953	1963	Illinois
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1963	1969	Ohio
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1969	1971	Indiana
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1971	1974	California
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1974	1975	Illinois
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1975	1993	Michigan
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	1993	1995	New York
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1995	1999	Indiana
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	1999	2001	Connecticut
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2001	2007	California
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	2007	2011	Florida
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2011	2013	California
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2013	2019	New York
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Republican	2019	2023	Texas
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Democratic	2023	present	New York

Previous rosters

118th Congress

Majority

Minority

style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Michael McCaul, Texas, Chair Chris Smith, New Jersey Joe Wilson, South Carolina Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Darrell Issa, California Ann Wagner, Missouri, Vice Chair Brian Mast, Florida Ken Buck, Colorado (until March 22, 2024) Tim Burchett, Tennessee Mark Green, Tennessee Andy Barr, Kentucky Ronny Jackson, Texas Young Kim, California Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida Bill Huizenga, Michigan Amata Coleman Radewagen, American Samoa French Hill, Arkansas Warren Davidson, Ohio Jim Baird, Indiana Mike Waltz, Florida Thomas Kean Jr., New Jersey Mike Lawler, New York Cory Mills, Florida Rich McCormick, Georgia Nathaniel Moran, Texas John James, Michigan Keith Self, Texas

style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Gregory Meeks, New York, Ranking Member Brad Sherman, California Gerry Connolly, Virginia Bill Keating, Massachusetts David Cicilline, Rhode Island (until May 31, 2023) Ami Bera, California Joaquin Castro, Texas Dina Titus, Nevada Ted Lieu, California Susan Wild, Pennsylvania Dean Phillips, Minnesota Colin Allred, Texas Andy Kim, New Jersey Sara Jacobs, California Kathy Manning, North Carolina, Vice Ranking Member Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida Greg Stanton, Arizona Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania Jared Moskowitz, Florida Jonathan Jackson, Illinois Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California Jim Costa, California Jason Crow, Colorado Gabe Amo, Rhode Island (from November 15, 2023) Brad Schneider, Illinois (from March 8, 2023)

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Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Africa	John James (R-MI)	Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
Europe	Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ)	Bill Keating (D-MA)
The Indo-Pacific	Young Kim (R-CA)	Ami Bera (D-CA)
The Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia	Joe Wilson (R-SC)	Dean Phillips (D-MN)
Western Hemisphere	Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)	Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations	Chris Smith (R-NJ)	Susan Wild (D-PA)
Oversight and Accountability	Brian Mast (R-FL)	Jason Crow (D-CO)

117th Congress

Majority

Minority

style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Gregory Meeks, New York, Chair Brad Sherman, California Albio Sires, New Jersey Gerry Connolly, Virginia Ted Deutch, Florida Karen Bass, California Bill Keating, Massachusetts David Cicilline, Rhode Island Ami Bera, California Joaquin Castro, Texas Dina Titus, Nevada Ted Lieu, California Susan Wild, Pennsylvania Dean Phillips, Minnesota Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Colin Allred, Texas Andy Levin, Michigan Abigail Spanberger, Virginia Chrissy Houlahan, Pennsylvania Tom Malinowski, New Jersey, Vice Chair Andy Kim, New Jersey Sara Jacobs, California Kathy Manning, North Carolina Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida (since November 15, 2022) Jim Costa, California Juan Vargas, California Vicente Gonzalez, Texas Brad Schneider, Illinois

style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Michael McCaul, Texas, Ranking Member Chris Smith, New Jersey Steve Chabot, Ohio Joe Wilson, South Carolina Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Darrell Issa, California Adam Kinzinger, Illinois Lee Zeldin, New York Ann Wagner, Missouri, Vice Ranking Member Brian Mast, Florida Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania Ken Buck, Colorado Ron Wright, Texas (until February 7, 2021) Tim Burchett, Tennessee Mark Green, Tennessee Andy Barr, Kentucky Greg Steube, Florida Dan Meuser, Pennsylvania Claudia Tenney, New York August Pfluger, Texas Nicole Malliotakis, New York Peter Meijer, Michigan Ronny Jackson, Texas Young Kim, California Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida

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Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights	Karen Bass (D-CA)	Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation	Ami Bera (D-CA)	Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber	Bill Keating (D-MA)	Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism	Ted Deutch (D-FL)	Joe Wilson (R-SC)
International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact	Joaquin Castro (D-TX)	Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy	Albio Sires (D-NJ)	Mark Green (R-TN)

116th Congress

Majority

Minority

style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Eliot Engel, New York, Chair Brad Sherman, California Gregory Meeks, New York Albio Sires, New Jersey Gerry Connolly, Virginia Ted Deutch, Florida Karen Bass, California Bill Keating, Massachusetts David Cicilline, Rhode Island Ami Bera, California Joaquin Castro, Texas, Vice Chair Dina Titus, Nevada Adriano Espaillat, New York Ted Lieu, California Susan Wild, Pennsylvania Dean Phillips, Minnesota Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Colin Allred, Texas Andy Levin, Michigan Abigail Spanberger, Virginia Chrissy Houlahan, Pennsylvania Tom Malinowski, New Jersey David Trone, Maryland Jim Costa, California Juan Vargas, California Vicente Gonzalez, Texas

style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Michael McCaul, Texas, Ranking Member Chris Smith, New Jersey Steve Chabot, Ohio Joe Wilson, South Carolina Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Ted Yoho, Florida Adam Kinzinger, Illinois Lee Zeldin, New York Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Ann Wagner, Missouri, Vice Ranking Member Brian Mast, Florida Francis Rooney, Florida Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania John Curtis, Utah Ken Buck, Colorado Ron Wright, Texas Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania Tim Burchett, Tennessee Greg Pence, Indiana Steve Watkins, Kansas Michael Guest, Mississippi Mark Green, Tennessee (since July 30, 2020)

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Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations	Karen Bass (D-CA)	Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation	Ami Bera (D-CA)	Ted Yoho (R-FL)
Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment	Bill Keating (D-MA)	Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism	Ted Deutch (D-FL)	Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Oversight and Investigations	Joaquin Castro (D-TX)	Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade	Albio Sires (D-NJ)	Francis Rooney (R-FL)

115th Congress

Majority

Minority

style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Ed Royce, California, Chair Chris Smith, New Jersey Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Dana Rohrabacher, California Steve Chabot, Ohio Joe Wilson, South Carolina Michael McCaul, Texas Ted Poe, Texas Darrell Issa, California Tom Marino, Pennsylvania Mo Brooks, Alabama Paul Cook, California Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Ron DeSantis, Florida Mark Meadows, North Carolina Ted Yoho, Florida Adam Kinzinger, Illinois Lee Zeldin, New York Dan Donovan, New York Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Ann Wagner, Missouri Brian Mast, Florida Francis Rooney, Florida, Vice Chair Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania Tom Garrett, Virginia John Curtis, Utah

style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" valign=top | Eliot Engel, New York, Ranking Member Brad Sherman, California Gregory Meeks, New York Albio Sires, New Jersey Gerry Connolly, Virginia Ted Deutch, Florida Karen Bass, California William R. Keating, Massachusetts David Cicilline, Rhode Island Ami Bera, California, Vice Ranking Member Lois Frankel, Florida Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Joaquin Castro, Texas Robin Kelly, Illinois Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania Dina Titus, Nevada Norma Torres, California Brad Schneider, Illinois Tom Suozzi, New York Adriano Espaillat, New York Ted Lieu, California

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See also

• List of United States House of Representatives committees

External links

• Template:Official (Archive)
• House Foreign Affairs Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov