United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Committee

Standing committee
Active United States House of Representatives 119th Congress
History
Formed	1822
Leadership
Chair	Brian Mast (R) Since January 3, 2025
Ranking Member	Gregory Meeks (D) Since January 3, 2023
Structure
Seats	51
Political parties	Majority (27)   Republican (27) Minority (23)   Democratic (23)
Jurisdiction
Policy areas	Foreign policy, aid, diplomacy
Oversight authority	Department of State Agency for International Development
Senate counterpart	Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Website
foreignaffairs.house.gov (Republican) democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov (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. ^[1] 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. ^[1] 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; ^[2] 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 [3] 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) Max Miller, Ohio (from March 25, 2026)

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 (until April 21, 2026) Greg Stanton, Arizona Jared Moskowitz, Florida Jonathan Jackson, Illinois Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California Jim Costa, California Gabe Amo, Rhode Island, Vice Ranking Member [4] 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), H.Res. 283 (McCormick), H.Res. 600 (Fine), H.Res. 1135 (Miller)

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 [3]	Ranking Member [4]
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) (until April 21, 2026)
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. ^[5]

Chairs

Name	Party	Start	End	State
Jonathan Russell	Democratic-Republican	1821	1823	Massachusetts
John Forsyth	Democratic-Republican	1823	1827	Georgia
Edward Everett	National Republican	1827	1829	Massachusetts
William Archer	Democratic	1829	1834	Virginia
James Wayne	Democratic	1834	1835	Georgia
John Mason	Democratic	1835		Virginia
Benjamin Howard	Democratic	1835	1839	Maryland
Francis Pickens	Democratic	1839	1841	South Carolina
Caleb Cushing	Democratic	1841	1842	Massachusetts
John Quincy Adams	Whig	1842	1843	Massachusetts
Charles Ingersoll	Democratic	1843	1847	Pennsylvania
Truman Smith	Whig	1847	1849	Connecticut
John McClernand	Democratic	1849	1851	Illinois
Thomas Bayly	Democratic	1851	1855	Virginia
Alexander Pennington	Opposition	1855	1857	New Jersey
Thomas Clingman	Democratic	1857	1858	North Carolina
George Hopkins	Democratic	1858	1859	Virginia
Thomas Corwin	Republican	1859	1861	Ohio
John Crittenden	Union Democratic	1861	1863	Kentucky
Henry Davis	Unconditional Union	1863	1865	Maryland
Nathaniel Banks	Republican	1865	1872	Massachusetts
Leonard Myers	Republican	1872	1873	Pennsylvania
Godlove Orth	Republican	1873	1875	Indiana
Thomas Swann	Democratic	1875	1879	Maryland
Samuel Cox	Democratic	1879	1881	New York
Charles Williams	Republican	1881	1883	Wisconsin
Andrew Curtin	Democratic	1883	1885	Pennsylvania
Perry Belmont	Democratic	1885	1888	New York
James McCreary	Democratic	1888	1889	Kentucky
Robert Hitt	Republican	1889	1891	Illinois
James Blount	Democratic	1891	1893	Georgia
James McCreary	Democratic	1893	1895	Kentucky
Robert Hitt	Republican	1895	1906	Illinois
Robert Cousins	Republican	1907	1909	Iowa
James Perkins	Republican	1909	1910	New York
David Foster	Republican	1910	1911	Vermont
William Sulzer	Democratic	1911	1912	New York
Charles Smith	Democratic	1912	1913	New York
Henry Flood	Democratic	1913	1919	Virginia
Stephen Porter	Republican	1919	1930	Pennsylvania
Henry Temple	Republican	1930	1931	Pennsylvania
John Linthicum	Democratic	1931	1932	Maryland
Sam McReynolds	Democratic	1932	1939	Tennessee
Sol Bloom	Democratic	1939	1947	New York
Charles Eaton	Republican	1947	1949	New Jersey
Sol Bloom	Democratic	1949		New York
John Kee	Democratic	1949	1951	West Virginia
James Richards	Democratic	1951	1953	South Carolina
Robert Chiperfield	Republican	1953	1955	Illinois
James Richards	Democratic	1955	1957	South Carolina
Thomas Gordon	Democratic	1957	1959	Illinois
Thomas Morgan	Democratic	1959	1977	Pennsylvania
Clement Zablocki	Democratic	1977	1983	Wisconsin
Dante Fascell	Democratic	1983	1993	Florida
Lee Hamilton	Democratic	1993	1995	Indiana
Benjamin 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

Ranking members

Name	Party	Start	End	State
Sol Bloom	Democratic	1947	1949	New York
Charles Eaton	Republican	1949	1953	New Jersey
James Richards	Democratic	1953	1955	South Carolina
Robert Chiperfield	Republican	1953	1963	Illinois
Frances Bolton	Republican	1963	1969	Ohio
Ross Adair	Republican	1969	1971	Indiana
William Mailliard	Republican	1971	1974	California
John Erlenborn	Republican	1974	1975	Illinois
William Broomfield	Republican	1975	1993	Michigan
Benjamin Gilman	Republican	1993	1995	New York
Lee Hamilton	Democratic	1995	1999	Indiana
Sam Gejdenson	Democratic	1999	2001	Connecticut
Tom Lantos	Democratic	2001	2007	California
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	2007	2011	Florida
Howard Berman	Democratic	2011	2013	California
Eliot Engel	Democratic	2013	2019	New York
Michael McCaul	Republican	2019	2023	Texas
Gregory Meeks	Democratic	2023	present	New York

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 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

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 [6]	Ranking Member [7]
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 [8]	Chair [9] [10]	Ranking Member [11]
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) ^[12]

See also

• List of United States House of Representatives committees

References

1. "About". House Foreign Affairs Committee. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
2. "Committee Activity". House Foreign Affairs Committee.
3. "Chairman Mast Announces House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Chairman and Subcommittee Chairmen". Foreign Affairs Committee. January 8, 2025.
4. "Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks Announces HFAC Democratic Leadership for the 119th Congress". House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats. January 15, 2025.
5. "Past Chairs of the Committee". History of the Committee. U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
6. "Chairman McCaul Announces Committee Leadership Team". Committee on Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
7. "Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks Announces HFAC Subcommittee Membership for the 118th Congress". democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov. 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
8. "Subcommittees". House Foreign Affairs Committee. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
9. "Engel Announces Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Democrats and Committee Vice Chair". House Foreign Affairs Committee. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
10. "Engel Announces Changes to Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Leadership". House Foreign Affairs Committee. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
11. "McCaul Announces Republican Subcommittee Leadership and Membership Rosters at 116th Committee Organizational Meeting". Committee on Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
12. "Full Committee". Foreign Affairs Committee. 10 September 2025.

External links

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