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Committee on Foreign Affairs

Showing the 110th Congress (2007–2008). Back to the 119th Congress

783 bills referred in the 110th Congress

9,558 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 118th at 1,154. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 110th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 110th Congress 54

Everyone who held a seat in the 110th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Chair
D-CA	Tom LantosLeft Feb 7, 2008	Chair
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Ranking Member
D-WA	Adam Smith
D-NJ	Albio Sires
D-CA	Barbara LeeJoined Feb 26, 2008
D-MA	Bill Delahunt
R-SC	Bob Inglis
D-NC	Brad Miller
D-CA	Brad Sherman
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith
R-FL	Connie Mack
R-IN	Dan Burton
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher
D-GA	David Scott
D-OR	David Wu
D-CA	Diane E. Watson
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne
R-CA	Edward R. Royce
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel
R-CA	Elton Gallegly
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman
D-TX	Gene GreenJoined Apr 19, 2007
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks
R-FL	Gus M. BilirakisJoined May 10, 2007
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett
R-AZ	Jeff Flake
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry
D-CA	Jim Costa
R-VA	Jo Ann DavisLeft Oct 4, 2007
R-SC	Joe Wilson
R-AR	John Boozman
D-TN	John S. Tanner
D-NY	Joseph CrowleyJoined Apr 19, 2007
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul
R-IN	Mike Pence
R-VA	Robert J. WittmanJoined Dec 18, 2007 · Left Mar 11, 2008
D-FL	Robert Wexler
D-FL	Ron Klein
R-TX	Ron Paul
R-MO	Roy BluntJoined Oct 10, 2007 · Left Jan 15, 2008
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa
D-MO	Russ Carnahan
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee
R-OH	Steve Chabot
R-TX	Ted Poe
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotterLeft May 15, 2007
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo

Subcommittees, 110th Congress 7

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 110th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 110th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HRES 1532	Condemning the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, and expressing sympathy to the innocent victims from India and around the world.	Discharged From	Dec 10, 2008
HR 7311	William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008	Discharged From	Dec 10, 2008
HRES 1535	Expressing disapproval of the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities During Their Temporary Presence in Iraq, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Dec 10, 2008
HR 7316	Limitation on Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Act of 2008	Referred To	Dec 9, 2008
HRES 1530	Calling on the State Department to list the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as a "Country of Particular Concern" with respect to religious freedom.	Referred To	Nov 19, 2008
HRES 1527	Congratulating the members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams on their success in the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and supporting the selection of Chicago, Illinois, as the site of the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.	Discharged From	Oct 3, 2008
HR 7250	Arctic Climate Preservation Act	Referred To	Oct 2, 2008
HR 3399	To prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine.	Re-Referred To	Sep 29, 2008

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 110th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 110-233	Renewing the United Nations Mandate for Iraq: Plans and Prospects65 pages	Nov 19, 2008
Serial No. 110-227	The Hurricanes in Haiti: Disaster and Recovery90 pages	Sep 23, 2008
Serial No. 110-220	Families Torn Apart: Human Rigids and U.S. Restrictions on Cuban-American Travel78 pages	Sep 18, 2008
Serial No. 110-230	Exporting Toxic Trash: Are We Dumping Our Electronic Waste on Poorer Countries?53 pages	Sep 17, 2008
Serial No. 110-224	"The Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008" or "Stand for Georgia Act of 2008"42 pagesOn H.R. 6911	Sep 17, 2008
Serial No. 110-213	Foreign Assistance in the Americas64 pages	Sep 16, 2008
Serial No. 110-216	Defeating Al-Qaeda's Air Force: Pakistan's F-16 Program in the Fight Against Terrorism44 pages	Sep 16, 2008
Serial No. 110-221	U.s.-Russia Relations in the Aftermath of the Georgia Crisis101 pages	Sep 9, 2008

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 110th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 110-939	LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS	Jan 3, 2009
H. Rept. 110-877	Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008On H.R. 3202	Sep 24, 2008
H. Rept. 110-673	Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008On H.R. 6028	May 22, 2008
H. Rept. 110-628	North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2008On H.R. 5834	May 13, 2008
H. Rept. 110-626	Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Reform Act of 2008On H.R. 5916	May 12, 2008
H. Rept. 110-546,Part 2	Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against Hiv/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008On H.R. 5501 · Part 2	Mar 10, 2008
H. Rept. 110-546,Part 1	Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against Hiv/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008On H.R. 5501	Mar 10, 2008
H. Rept. 110-537	Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2008On H.R. 1084	Mar 4, 2008

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 110th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
110th	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 Volume I	PDF · Text
110th	Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007	PDF · Text
110th	Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee on Foreign Relations	PDF · Text
110th	Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005	PDF · Text
110th	Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005
110th	Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005	PDF · Text

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	59	1,033	0	3	0	32	37	729	0
118th2023–2024	58	1,154	10	1	12	46	127	751	0
117th2021–2022	53	1,023	10	9	11	47	67	678	0
116th2019–2020	48	860	5	11	5	49	122	534	0
115th2017–2018	48	716	29	22	13	53	176	799	0
114th2015–2016	45	580	26	18	6	49	242	957	0
113th2013–2014	48	517	30	11	9	35	240	—	2
112th2011–2012	46	494	12	14	9	0	193	—	1
111th2009–2010	49	666	7	8	6	—	137	—	3
110th2007–2008	54	783	23	24	23	—	233	—	6
109th2005–2006	52	671	63	17	22	—	244	—	6
108th2003–2004	51	588	51	22	20	—	0	—	5
107th2001–2002	52	473	34	23	18	—	2	—	9

Membership changes 12

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 110th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Mar 11, 2008	Robert J. Wittman R-VA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H1458
Mar 11, 2008	Howard L. Berman D-CA	Became Chair	H.Res. 1035
Feb 26, 2008	Barbara Lee D-CA	Joined	H.Res. 999
Feb 7, 2008	Tom Lantos D-CA	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jan 15, 2008	Roy Blunt R-MO	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H5
Dec 18, 2007	Robert J. Wittman R-VA	Joined	H.Res. 885
Oct 10, 2007	Roy Blunt R-MO	Joined	H.Res. 722
Oct 4, 2007	Jo Ann Davis R-VA	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
May 15, 2007	Thaddeus G. McCotter R-MI	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H5043
May 10, 2007	Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL	Joined	H.Res. 393
Apr 19, 2007	Gene Green D-TX	Joined	H.Res. 323
Apr 19, 2007	Joseph Crowley D-NY	Joined	H.Res. 323

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