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United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

Field	Value
name	House Foreign Affairs Committee
type	standing
chamber	house
congress	119th
status	active
formed	1822
chair	Brian Mast
chair_party	R
chair_since	January 3, 2025
ranking_member	Gregory Meeks
rm_party	D
rm_since	January 3, 2023
seats	51
majority1	R
majority1_seats	27
minority1	D
minority1_seats	23
policy_areas	Foreign policy, aid, diplomacy
oversight	Department of State
Agency for International Development
counterpart	Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
website	(Republican)
(Democratic)

Agency for International Development (Democratic) 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

Resolutions electing members: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (R), (D), (D), (McCormick), (Fine)

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.

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

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

Majority	Minority

Resolutions electing members: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (R), (D), (removing Omar), (D), (D), (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

Resolutions electing members: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (D), (R), (R), (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

Sources: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (D), (R), (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

Sources: (Chair), (Ranking Member), (D), (R) and (D)

References

"About".
"Committee Activity".
(January 8, 2025). "Chairman Mast Announces House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Chairman and Subcommittee Chairmen". Foreign Affairs Committee.
(January 15, 2025). "Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks Announces HFAC Democratic Leadership for the 119th Congress". House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats.
"Past Chairs of the Committee". U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
"Chairman McCaul Announces Committee Leadership Team".
(2023-02-08). "Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks Announces HFAC Subcommittee Membership for the 118th Congress".
"Subcommittees".
(2019-01-29). "Engel Announces Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Democrats and Committee Vice Chair".
(2019-12-13). "Engel Announces Changes to Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Leadership".
"McCaul Announces Republican Subcommittee Leadership and Membership Rosters at 116th Committee Organizational Meeting".
(10 September 2025). "Full Committee".

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