# 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 Committee on Foreign Relations.

## Members, 119th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| 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 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 Ryan Zinke, Montana James Moylan, Guam Anna Paulina Luna, Florida Jefferson Shreve, Indiana Sheri Biggs, South Carolina Michael Baumgartner, Washington Ryan Mackenzie, Pennsylvania | Gregory Meeks, New York, Ranking Member Brad Sherman, California Gerry Connolly, Virginia 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) |
Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 13 (Chair), H.Res. 14 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 42 (R), H.Res. 44 (D), H.Res. 162 (D)

## 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) |

## List of chairs

Data from the committee's official website:
| Chairman | Party | Dates of service | Home state |
| Jonathan Russell | Democratic-Republican | 1821–1823 | Massachusetts |
| John Forsyth | Democratic-Republican | 1823–1827 | Georgia |
| Edward Everett | National Republican | 1827–1829 | Massachusetts |
| William S. Archer | Democratic | 1829–1834 | Virginia |
| James Moore Wayne | Democratic | 1834–1835 | Georgia |
| John Young Mason | Democratic | 1835 | Virginia |
| Benjamin Chew Howard | Democratic | 1835–1839 | Maryland |
| Francis Wilkinson Pickens | Democratic | 1839–1841 | South Carolina |
| Caleb Cushing | Democratic | 1841–1842 | Massachusetts |
| John Quincy Adams | Whig | 1842–1843 | Massachusetts |
| Charles Jared Ingersoll | Democratic | 1843–1847 | Pennsylvania |
| Truman Smith | Whig | 1847–1849 | Connecticut |
| John Alexander McClernand | Democratic | 1849–1851 | Illinois |
| Thomas Henry Bayly | Democratic | 1851–1855 | Virginia |
| Alexander C. M. Pennington | Opposition | 1855–1857 | New Jersey |
| Thomas Lanier Clingman | Democratic | 1857–1858 | North Carolina |
| George Washington Hopkins | Democratic | 1858–1859 | Virginia |
| Thomas Corwin | Republican | 1859–1861 | Ohio |
| John J. Crittenden | Union Democratic | 1861–1863 | Kentucky |
| Henry Winter Davis | Unconditional Union | 1863–1865 | Maryland |
| Nathaniel P. Banks | Republican | 1865–1872 | Massachusetts |
| Leonard Myers | Republican | 1872–1873 | Pennsylvania |
| Godlove Stein Orth | Republican | 1873–1875 | Indiana |
| Thomas Swann | Democratic | 1875–1879 | Maryland |
| Samuel S. Cox | Democratic | 1879–1881 | New York |
| Charles G. Williams | Republican | 1881–1883 | Wisconsin |
| Andrew Gregg Curtin | Democratic | 1883–1885 | Pennsylvania |
| Perry Belmont | Democratic | 1885–1888 | New York |
| James B. McCreary | Democratic | 1888–1889 | Kentucky |
| Robert R. Hitt | Republican | 1889–1891 | Illinois |
| James Henderson Blount | Democratic | 1891–1893 | Georgia |
| James B. McCreary | Democratic | 1893–1895 | Kentucky |
| Robert R. Hitt | Republican | 1895–1906 | Illinois |
| Robert G. Cousins | Republican | 1907–1909 | Iowa |
| James Breck Perkins | Republican | 1909–1910 | New York |
| David J. Foster | Republican | 1910–1911 | Vermont |
| William Sulzer | Democratic | 1911–1912 | New York |
| Charles Bennett Smith | Democratic | 1912–1913 | New York |
| Henry D. Flood | Democratic | 1913–1919 | Virginia |
| Stephen G. Porter | Republican | 1919–1930 | Pennsylvania |
| Henry Wilson Temple | Republican | 1930–1931 | Pennsylvania |
| John Charles Linthicum | Democratic | 1931–1932 | Maryland |
| Sam D. McReynolds | Democratic | 1932–1939 | Tennessee |
| Sol Bloom | Democratic | 1939–1947 | New York |
| Charles Aubrey Eaton | Republican | 1947–1949 | New Jersey |
| Sol Bloom | Democratic | 1949 | New York |
| John Kee | Democratic | 1949–1951 | West Virginia |
| James P. Richards | Democratic | 1951–1953 | South Carolina |
| Robert B. Chiperfield | Republican | 1953–1955 | Illinois |
| James P. Richards | Democratic | 1955–1957 | South Carolina |
| Thomas S. Gordon | Democratic | 1957–1959 | Illinois |
| Thomas E. Morgan | Democratic | 1959–1977 | Pennsylvania |
| Clement J. Zablocki | Democratic | 1977–1983 | Wisconsin |
| Dante Fascell | Democratic | 1983–1993 | Florida |
| Lee H. Hamilton | Democratic | 1993–1995 | Indiana |
| Benjamin A. Gilman | Republican | 1995–2001 | New York |
| Henry Hyde | Republican | 2001–2007 | Illinois |
| Tom Lantos | Democratic | 2007–2008 | California |
| Howard Berman | Democratic | 2008–2011 | California |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 2011–2013 | Florida |
| Ed Royce | Republican | 2013–2019 | California |
| Eliot Engel | Democratic | 2019–2021 | New York |
| Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 2021–2023 | New York |
| Michael McCaul | Republican | 2023–2025 | Texas |
| Brian Mast | Republican | 2025–present | Florida |

## Previous rosters
### 118th Congress

| Majority | Minority |
| 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 Michael 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 | 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) |
Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 14 (Chair), H.Res. 15 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 80 (R), H.Res. 87 (D), H.Res. 76 (removing Omar), H.Res. 102 (D), H.Res. 205 (D), H.Res. 871 (D)

#### 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 9 (Chair), H.Res. 10 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 62 (D), H.Res. 63 (R), H.Res. 146 (R), H.Res. 1471 (D)

#### 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 |
| 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 | 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) |
Sources: H.Res. 24 (Chair), H.Res. 25 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 57 (D), H.Res. 68 (R), H.Res. 1072 (R)

#### 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
Sources: H.Res. 6 (Chair), H.Res. 7 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 45 (D), H.Res. 51 (R) and H.Res. 52 (D)