United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

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The U.S. House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific is a subcommittee within the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

A congressional subcommittee in the United States Congress is a subdivision of a United States congressional committee that considers specified matters and reports back to the full committee.

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Jurisdiction

The subcommittee is one of five with what the committees calls "regional jurisdiction" over a specific area of the globe. Such jurisdiction includes political relations between the United States and countries in the region and related legislation, disaster assistance, boundary issues, and international claims. The regional subcommitteess also oversee the activities of the United Nations and its programs in the region. [1]

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Members, 115th Congress

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References

  1. ↑ "Committee Rules, 113th Congress" (PDF). January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-15.


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