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Committee on Foreign Affairs

Showing the 112th Congress (2011–2012). Back to the 119th Congress

494 bills referred in the 112th 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 112th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 112th Congress 46

Everyone who held a seat in the 112th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Chair
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Ranking Member
D-NJ	Albio Sires
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz
R-NY	Ann Marie Buerkle
D-KY	Ben Chandler
R-OH	Bill Johnson
D-CA	Brad Sherman
D-NY	Brian Higgins
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith
D-CT	Christopher Murphy
R-FL	Connie Mack
R-IN	Dan Burton
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher
D-RI	David N. Cicilline
R-FL	David Rivera
D-CA	Dennis A. CardozaLeft Aug 2, 2012
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo
D-NJ	Donald M. PayneLeft Mar 6, 2012
R-CA	Edward R. Royce
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel
R-CA	Elton Gallegly
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis
R-OH	Jean Schmidt
R-SC	Jeff Duncan
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry
R-SC	Joe Wilson
D-CA	Karen Bass
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul
R-PA	Mike Kelly
R-IN	Mike Pence
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers
R-NY	Robert L. TurnerJoined Oct 4, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul
D-MO	Russ Carnahan
R-OH	Steve Chabot
R-TX	Ted Poe
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch
R-AR	Tim Griffin
R-PA	Tom Marino
D-MA	William R. Keating

Subcommittees, 112th Congress 7

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 112th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 112th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 6724	Commercial Automotive Products Export Reform Act of 2012	Referred To	Dec 31, 2012
S 2318	Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012	Referred To	Dec 20, 2012
HR 6699	Liquefied Natural Gas for NATO Act	Referred To	Dec 20, 2012
HR 6698	Walter Patterson Justice and Extradition Act	Referred To	Dec 20, 2012
HRES 838	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State should seek to amend Article 22 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice to move the seat of the Court from the Netherlands.	Referred To	Dec 19, 2012
HRES 835	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Dec 18, 2012
HRES 834	Urging the governments of Europe and the European Union to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, and urging the President to provide information about Hizballah to the European allies of the United States and to support the Government of Bulgaria in investigating the July 18, 2012, terrorist attack in Burgas.	Referred To	Dec 17, 2012
HCONRES 145	Calling for universal condemnation of the North Korean missile launch of December 12, 2012.	Referred To	Dec 17, 2012

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 112th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 112-193	Benghazi Attack, Part II: the Report of the Accountability Review Board79 pages 2 witnesses The Honorable William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Thomas R. Nides, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, U.S. Department of State	Dec 20, 2012
Serial No. 112-191	The Devastating Crisis in Eastern Congo91 pages 3 witnesses The Honorable Johnnie Carson, assistant secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. John Prendergast, co-founder, The Enough Project Mr. Mvemba Dizolele, Peter J. Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University	Dec 11, 2012
Serial No. 112-192	Iranian Influence in the South Caucasus and the Surrounding Region71 pagesOn H.Con.Res. 137 4 witnesses Brenda Shaffer, Ph.D., senior lecturer, University of Haifa Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., senior research fellow, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation Michael Rubin, Ph.D., resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute Mr. Alex Vatanka, adjunct scholar, Middle East Institute	Dec 5, 2012
Serial No. 112-188	Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act of 201150 pagesOn H.R. 1798	Nov 29, 2012
Serial No. 112-190	Israel's Right to Defend Itself: Implications for Regional Security and U.S. Interests65 pages 3 witnesses The Honorable Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, Council on Foreign Relations Ms. Danielle Pletka, vice president, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute Robert Satloff, Ph.D., executive director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy	Nov 29, 2012
Serial No. 112-182	Safeguarding Israel's Security in a Volatile Region47 pages 3 witnesses The Honorable Elliott Abrams, senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Mr. James Phillips, senior research fellow for Middle Eastern affairs, The Heritage Foundation The Honorable Martin S. Indyk, director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution	Sep 20, 2012
Serial No. 112-187	Examining the Role of Rwanda in the DRC Insurgency60 pages	Sep 19, 2012
Serial No. 112-181	Conditions at Camp Liberty: U.S. and Iraqi Failures29 pages 1 witness The Honorable Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., chairman, The Stimson Center	Sep 13, 2012

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 112th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 112-743	LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS	Jan 2, 2013
H. Rept. 112-552	LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS	Jun 27, 2012
H. Rept. 112-507	To Amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to Require Congressional Approval of Agreements for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Foreign Countries, and for Other PurposesOn H.R. 1280	May 30, 2012
H. Rept. 112-361	To Prohibit Funding to the United Nations Population FundOn H.R. 2059	Jan 17, 2012
H. Rept. 112-350	LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS	Dec 27, 2011
H. Rept. 112-323	United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2011On H.R. 2829	Dec 8, 2011
H. Rept. 112-223	Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012On H.R. 2583	Sep 23, 2011
H. Rept. 112-126	LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS	Jun 28, 2011

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 112th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 112-30	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010	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 3

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 112th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Aug 2, 2012	Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Mar 6, 2012	Donald M. Payne D-NJ	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Oct 4, 2011	Robert L. Turner R-NY	Joined	H.Res. 420

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