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Committee on Foreign Affairs

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716 bills referred in the 115th 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 115th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 115th Congress

Members, 115th Congress 48

Everyone who held a seat in the 115th 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-NY	Adriano Espaillat
D-NJ	Albio Sires
D-CA	Ami Bera
R-MO	Ann Wagner
D-CA	Brad Sherman
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle
R-FL	Brian J. Mast
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.
R-CA	Darrell Issa
D-RI	David N. Cicilline
D-NV	Dina Titus
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
R-FL	Francis Rooney
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
R-SC	Jeff Duncan
D-TX	Joaquin Castro
R-SC	Joe Wilson
R-UT	John R. CurtisJoined Nov 29, 2017
D-CA	Karen Bass
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin
D-FL	Lois Frankel
R-NC	Mark Meadows
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul
R-AL	Mo Brooks
D-CA	Norma J. Torres
R-CA	Paul Cook
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly
R-FL	Ron DeSantisLeft Sep 7, 2018
R-PA	Scott Perry
R-OH	Steve Chabot
D-CA	Ted Lieu
R-TX	Ted Poe
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch
R-VA	Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi
R-PA	Tom Marino
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard
D-MA	William R. Keating

Subcommittees, 115th Congress 7

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 115th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 141	Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act	Discharged From	Jan 3, 2019
HR 7401	Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act	Referred To	Jan 2, 2019
HR 4506	Jobs for Tribes Act	Discharged From	Dec 28, 2018
HR 2085	To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes.	Discharged From	Dec 28, 2018
HR 7390	Violence Against Women Extension Act of 2018	Referred To	Dec 21, 2018
HR 7384	UIGHUR Act of 2018	Referred To	Dec 20, 2018
HR 7350	No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act of 2018	Referred To	Dec 19, 2018
HR 7351	Nuclear Cooperation Agreements Reform Act of 2018	Referred To	Dec 19, 2018

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Development, Diplomacy, and Defense: Promoting U.S. Interests in AfricaRayburn House Office Building 21727 documents 2 witnesses The Honorable Tibor Nagy,, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. Ramsey Day, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development	Rescheduled	Dec 12, 2018

Markup	H. Res. 931, H. Res. 1006, H. Res. 1052, H. Res. 1055, H.R. 1567, H.R. 4591, H.R. 5273, H.R. 6018, H.R. 6413, and H.R. 6651Rayburn House Office Building 2172	Scheduled	Sep 27, 2018
Hearing	Genocide Against the Burmese RohingyaRayburn House Office Building 21725 documents 2 witnesses Ms. Greta Van Susteren, Host, Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren, Voice of America Mr. Stephen Pomper, Program Director, United States, International Crisis Group	Scheduled	Sep 26, 2018

Markup	H. Res. 1017Rayburn House Office Building 2172	Scheduled	Sep 13, 2018
Hearing	Oversight of U.S. Sanctions PolicyRayburn House Office Building 21724 documents 2 witnesses The Honorable Manisha Singh, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of State	Scheduled	Sep 13, 2018

Hearing	Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western HemisphereRayburn House Office Building 21724 documents 2 witnesses The Honorable Kenneth Merten, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State Ms. Sarah-Ann Lynch, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development	Scheduled	Jul 11, 2018

Markup	H. Res. 256, H. Res. 944, H.R. 1697, H.R. 4969, H.R. 5576, H.R. 5898, H.R. 6197, H.R. 6207, and H. Con. Res. 20Rayburn House Office Building 217227 documents	Scheduled	Jun 28, 2018

Hearing	U.S. Policy Toward AfghanistanRayburn House Office Building 21722 documents 1 witness The Honorable Alice Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State	Scheduled	Jun 20, 2018

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 115th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 115-174	Nigeria at a Crossroads: the Upcoming Elections41 pages 2 witnesses The Honorable Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. Ramsey Day, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development	Dec 13, 2018
Serial No. 115-176	Development, Diplomacy, and Defense: Promoting U.S. Interests in Africa69 pages 2 witnesses The Honorable Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. Ramsey Day, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development	Dec 12, 2018
Serial No. 115-173	Reviewing International Child Abduction80 pages 3 witnesses Mr. Jeffery Morehouse, executive director, Bring Abducted Children Home Mr. Juan Garaicoa, father of two children abducted to Ecuador Ms. Michelle Littleton, mother of three children abducted to Lebanon	Dec 10, 2018
Serial No. 115-175	U.S. Policy Toward Syria (Part II)51 pages 2 witnesses The Honorable James F. Jeffrey, Special Representative for Syria Engagement, U.S. Department of State Mr. Robert Jenkins, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development	Nov 29, 2018
Serial No. 115-170	U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Bureau: Ensuring Resources Match Objectives39 pages 1 witness The Honorable Nathan Alexander Sales, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism, U.S. Department of State	Nov 14, 2018
Serial No. 115-167	China's War on Christianity and Other Religious Faiths91 pagesOn H.R. 6010 3 witnesses Tenzin Dorjee, Ph.D., Commissioner, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Bob Fu, Ph.D., founder and president, ChinaAid Thomas Farr, Ph.D., president, Religious Freedom Institute	Sep 27, 2018
Serial No. 115-165	Europe and Eurasia: Ensuring Resources Match Objectives53 pages 4 witnesses Ms. Janine Wynne, Acting Coordinator, Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of State Ms. Emilia Puma, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Brock Bierman, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development Ms. Ann Marie Yastishock, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development	Sep 27, 2018
Serial No. 115-168	U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA (Part I)86 pagesOn H.R. 1677 3 witnesses Ms. Hanin Ghaddar, Friedmann visiting fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Mr. Nicholas Heras, fellow, Middle East Security Program, Center for a New American Security Ms. Mona Yacoubian, senior advisor for Syria, Middle East and North Africa, U.S. Institute of Peace	Sep 27, 2018

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 115th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 115-1113	Legislative Review and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs	Dec 31, 2018
H. Rept. 115-1014	Pepfar Extension Act of 2018On H.R. 6651	Nov 9, 2018
H. Rept. 115-978	Resolution of Inquiry Requesting the President, and Directing the Secretary of State, to Transmit to the House of Representatives Copies of All Documents, Records, Communications, Transcripts, Summaries, Notes, Memoranda, and Read-Aheads in Their Possession Referring or Relating to Certain Communications Between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir PutinOn H.Res. 1017	Sep 25, 2018
H. Rept. 115-814	Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018On H.R. 5105	Jul 11, 2018
H. Rept. 115-718	Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018On H.R. 5480	Jun 8, 2018
H. Rept. 115-642	Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability ActOn H.R. 4744	Apr 18, 2018
H. Rept. 115-569,Part 2	End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017On H.R. 2219 · Part 2	Feb 20, 2018
H. Rept. 115-484	African Growth and Opportunity Act and Millennium Challenge Act Modernization ActOn H.R. 3445	Jan 3, 2018

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-7350	A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 18-064, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90–629, section 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104–164, section 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Department of State	Dec 31, 2018
EC-7349	A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 18-063, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90–629, section 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104–164, section 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Department of State	Dec 31, 2018
EC-7303	A letter from the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting Transmittal No. 18-17, pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense	Dec 27, 2018
EC-7302	A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Presidential Determination No. 2019-06, Suspension of Limitations under the Jerusalem Embassy Act, pursuant to Public Law 104–45, section 7(a)(2); (109 Stat. 400); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Department of State	Dec 27, 2018
EC-7301	A letter from the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting a report of defense articles and services associated with a Presidential Determination, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2318(b)(2); Public Law 87–195, section 506(b)(2) (as amended by Public Law 96–92, section 5(b)); (93 Stat. 702); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense	Dec 27, 2018
EC-7300	A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Belarus that was declared in Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94–412, section 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95–223, Sec 204(c); (91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Department of the Treasury	Dec 27, 2018
EC-7299	A letter from the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting a report of defense articles and services associated with six (6) Presidential Determinations, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2318(b)(2); Public Law 87–195, section 506(b)(2) (as amended by Public Law 96–92, section 5(b)); (93 Stat. 702); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense	Dec 27, 2018
EC-7241	A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 18-093, pursuant to Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.Executive communication · Department of State	Dec 21, 2018

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 2

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 115th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Sep 7, 2018	Ron DeSantis R-FL	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Nov 29, 2017	John R. Curtis R-UT	Joined	H.Res. 634

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