United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

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The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives which is in charge of bills and investigations related to the foreign affairs of the United States. It is less powerful than its Senate counterpart, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, because the House committee is not involved in treaty or ambassador confirmation.

Until his 2008 death, Representative Tom Lantos of California was the committee's chairman. Howard Berman, too of California, was chosen to replace him.

In January 2007, the Committee reverted from its 1995-2007 name, Committee on International Relations, as the new title (first used in 1822) is more formal and reflective of its Senate counterpart.[1] Jurisdiction remains the same.

[edit] Members, 110th Congress

Majority	Minority
Howard Berman, Chairman, California Gary Ackerman, New York Eni Faleomavaega, American Samoa Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Brad Sherman, California Robert Wexler, Florida Eliot L. Engel, New York William Delahunt, Massachusetts Gregory W. Meeks, New York Diane Watson, California Adam Smith, Washington Russ Carnahan, Missouri Gene Green, Texas John S. Tanner, Tennessee Lynn Woolsey, California Sheila Jackson-Lee, Texas Joseph Crowley, New York Ruben Hinojosa, Texas David Wu, Oregon Brad Miller, North Carolina Linda Sanchez, California David Scott, Georgia Jim Costa, California Albio Sires, New Jersey Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Ron Klein, Florida Barbara Lee, California	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member, Florida Chris Smith, New Jersey Dan Burton, Indiana Elton Gallegly, California Dana Rohrabacher, California Donald Manzullo, Illinois Edward R. Royce, California Steve Chabot, Ohio Tom Tancredo, Colorado Ron Paul, Texas Jeff Flake, Arizona Mike Pence, Indiana Joe Wilson, South Carolina John Boozman, Arkansas J. Gresham Barrett, South Carolina Connie Mack IV, Florida Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska Michael McCaul, Texas Ted Poe, Texas Bob Inglis, South Carolina Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rico Gus Bilirakis, Florida

[edit] Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Africa and Global Health	Donald Payne (D-NJ)	Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment	Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS)	Donald Manzullo (R-IL)
Europe	Robert Wexler (D-FL)	Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight	Bill Delahunt (D-MA)	Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Middle East and South Asia	Gary Ackerman (D-NY)	Mike Pence (R-IN)
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade	Brad Sherman (D-CA)	Ed Royce (R-CA)
Western Hemisphere	Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)	Dan Burton (R-IN)