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Showing the 113th Congress (2013–2014). Back to the 119th Congress

517 bills referred in the 113th 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 113th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 113th Congress

Members, 113th Congress 48

Everyone who held a seat in the 113th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Chair
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Ranking Member
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger
D-FL	Alan Grayson
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal
D-NJ	Albio Sires
D-CA	Ami Bera
D-CA	Brad Sherman
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider
D-NY	Brian Higgins
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith
R-FL	Curt ClawsonJoined Jul 9, 2014
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher
D-RI	David N. Cicilline
R-GA	Doug Collins
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega
R-NC	George Holding
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly
D-NY	Grace Meng
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
R-SC	Jeff Duncan
D-TX	Joaquin Castro
R-SC	Joe Wilson
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III
D-CA	Juan Vargas
D-CA	Karen Bass
D-FL	Lois Frankel
R-IN	Luke MesserLeft May 20, 2014
R-NC	Mark Meadows
R-AZ	Matt Salmon
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul
R-AL	Mo Brooks
R-CA	Paul Cook
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.
R-FL	Ron DeSantis
R-PA	Scott Perry
R-WI	Sean P. DuffyJoined May 29, 2014
R-OH	Steve Chabot
R-TX	Steve Stockman
R-TX	Ted Poe
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch
R-AR	Tom Cotton
R-PA	Tom Marino
R-FL	Trey RadelLeft Jan 16, 2014
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard
D-MA	William R. Keating

Subcommittees, 113th Congress 7

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 113th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 113th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 5859	Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014	Discharged From	Dec 12, 2014
HR 5862	Improvements in Global MOMS Act	Referred To	Dec 11, 2014
HR 5878	Shahbaz Bhatti International Religious Freedom Act of 2014	Referred To	Dec 11, 2014
HRES 781	Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the World War I Christmas Truce of 1914.	Referred To	Dec 11, 2014
HR 5816	To extend the authorization for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.	Discharged From	Dec 10, 2014
HR 5846	Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2014	Referred To	Dec 10, 2014
HR 5837	African Descent Act of 2014	Referred To	Dec 10, 2014
HRES 777	Recognizing the 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the celebration of "Human Rights Day".	Referred To	Dec 10, 2014

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 113th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress?Rayburn House Office Building 21723 documents	Scheduled	Dec 10, 2014

Hearing	The ISIS Threat: Weighing the Obama Administration’s ResponseRayburn House Office Building 21723 documents	Rescheduled	Sep 18, 2014

Hearing	Libya’s DescentRayburn House Office Building 21723 documents	Scheduled	Sep 10, 2014

Markup	H.R. 3398, H.R. 5041, H.R. 5235, H. Res. 281 and H. Res. 683Rayburn House Office Building 217215 documents	Scheduled	Jul 30, 2014

Hearing	Iran Nuclear Negotiations: From Extension to Final Agreement?Rayburn House Office Building 21723 documents	Scheduled	Jul 29, 2014

Hearing	Iran’s Destabilizing Role in the Middle EastRayburn House Office Building 21722 documents	Scheduled	Jul 16, 2014

Hearing	The Future of International Civilian Nuclear CooperationRayburn House Office Building 21723 documents	Scheduled	Jul 10, 2014

Hearing	Spotlighting Human Rights in Southeast AsiaRayburn House Office Building 21723 documents	Scheduled	Jul 9, 2014

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 113th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 113-132	Russian Arms Control Cheating and the Administration's Responses70 pages 2 witnesses The Honorable Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Brian McKeon, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense	Dec 10, 2014
Serial No. 113-233	After the Withdrawal: the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part III)75 pages 3 witnesses The Honorable Jarret Blanc, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Donald L. Sampler, Assistant to the Administrator, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for International Development Mr. James Soiles, Deputy Chief of Operations, Office of Global Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice	Dec 10, 2014
Serial No. 113-235	The United States as an Arctic Nation: Opportunities in the High North72 pages 3 witnesses Admiral Robert Papp, Jr., USCG, Retired, U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic, U.S. Department of State Scott Borgerson, Ph.D., chief executive officer, Cargo Metrics Technologies Mr. Andrew Holland, senior fellow for energy and climate, American Security Project	Dec 10, 2014
Serial No. 113-234	Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress?72 pages 1 witness The Honorable Brett McGurk, Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of State	Dec 10, 2014
Serial No. 113-230	Is Academic Freedom Threatened by China's Influence on U.S. Universities?63 pages 4 witnesses Perry Link, Ph.D., chancellorial chair for innovative teaching, University of California, Riverside Thomas Cushman, Ph.D., Deffenbaugh de Hoyos Carlson chair in the social sciences, Wellesley College Xia Yeliang, Ph.D., visiting fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute Sophie Richardson, Ph.D., China director, Human Rights Watch	Dec 4, 2014
Serial No. 113-226	Hong Kong: a Broken Promise?67 pages 3 witnesses Mr. Dean Cheng, senior research fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation Sophie Richardson, Ph.D., China director, Human Rights Watch Ms. Kelley Currie, senior fellow, Project 2049 Institute	Dec 2, 2014
Serial No. 113-232	ISIS and the Threat from Foreign Fighters70 pages 2 witnesses The Honorable Robert Bradtke, Senior Advisor for Partner Engagement on Syria Foreign Fighters, U.S. Department of State Mr. Tom Warrick, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Dec 2, 2014
Serial No. 113-224	Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for Global Security74 pagesOn H.R. 850 3 witnesses General Michael Hayden, USAF, Retired, Principal, The Chertoff Group (former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) Mr. Mark Dubowitz, executive director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Mr. Karim Sadjadpour, senior associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	Nov 20, 2014

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 113th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 113-728	LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS	Jan 2, 2015
H. Rept. 113-560	North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014On H.R. 1771	Jul 28, 2014
H. Rept. 113-543	Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014On H.R. 4411	Jul 22, 2014
H. Rept. 113-541	United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014On H.R. 4490	Jul 18, 2014
H. Rept. 113-433	Electrify Africa Act of 2014On H.R. 2548	May 2, 2014
H. Rept. 113-318	LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS	Jan 2, 2014
H. Rept. 113-226	Department of State Operations and Embassy Security Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2014On H.R. 2848	Sep 25, 2013
H. Rept. 113-209	To Authorize the President to Extend the Term of the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy for a Period Not to Exceed March 19, 2016On H.R. 2449	Sep 17, 2013

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 113th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 113-21	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Volume III--South and Central Asia, Western Hemisphere	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 113-21	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Volume I--Africa, East Asia and the Pacific	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 4

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 113th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jul 9, 2014	Curt Clawson R-FL	Joined	H.Res. 660
May 29, 2014	Sean P. Duffy R-WI	Joined	H.Res. 603
May 20, 2014	Luke Messer R-IN	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H4487
Jan 16, 2014	Trey Radel R-FL	Left Congress	Last recorded vote

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