House Foreign Affairs Committee
House standing committee · Official website
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee has 53 members: 28 Republicans and 25 Democrats.
Brian Mast is the chair and Gregory Meeks is the ranking member.
It has 7 subcommittees and held 5 meetings in the last 30 days.
1,010 bills have been referred to the committee in the 119th Congress.
Bills referred, 119th Congress
1,010 bills have been referred to the committee in the 119th Congress. The 5 with the most recent action:
H.R. 10675 To strengthen critical mineral, energy, manufacturing and technology supply chains, advance innovation and allied cooperation, enhance United States technological leadership and competitiveness, and for other purposes.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 10711 To require the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress regarding staffing levels and wait times related to visa applications, and for other purposes.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R. 10714 To expand the reviews and updates of the Emergency Action Plans of diplomatic and consular posts and the information provide during emergency evacuations of such posts and to review commercial airline price gouging during such an emergency.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 10642 To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R. 10656 To install and maintain warning signage informing travelers of dangerous areas or routes near the southern border of the United States that have been identified in relevant Department of State Travel Advisories, and for other purposes.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Meetings, Sep 2 – Oct 1, 2026
· Hearing
Lives, not Leverage: the Long Arm of China and North Korea’s Repression
East Asia and Pacific (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Twenty-Five Years After 9/11: The Evolving Terrorism Landscape and State's Counterterrorism Response
Middle East and North Africa (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Trojan Horses: Covert Foreign Malign Influence Operations in America
South and Central Asia (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
· HearingRescheduled
Confronting the Totalitarian Ortega-Murillo Regime
Western Hemisphere (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2200 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
U.S. Policy and Regional Security Challenges in the Western Balkans
Europe (House Foreign Affairs Committee) · 2172 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice
Subcommittees (7)
Africa
Chair: Chris Smith · Ranking member: Sara Jacobs · 11 members
East Asia and Pacific
Chair: Young Kim · Ranking member: Ami Bera · 14 members
Europe
Chair: Keith Self · Ranking member: Bill Keating · 13 members
Middle East and North Africa
Chair: Mike Lawler · Ranking member: Brad Sherman · 12 members
Oversight and Intelligence
Chair: Cory Mills · Ranking member: Jared Moskowitz · 12 members
South and Central Asia
Chair: Bill Huizenga · Ranking member: Sydney Kamlager-Dove · 13 members
Western Hemisphere
Chair: María Elvira Salazar · Ranking member: Joaquin Castro · 13 members
Sources
- Committee membership (congress-legislators, CC0)
- Official committee website
- Committee meeting notices · retrieved Oct 1, 2026
- Bill status (Congress.gov / GovInfo BILLSTATUS) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026