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Foreign Relations Committee

Committee on Foreign Relations

536 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

4,327 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 118th at 555. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members
22

Seated in the 119th Congress

Subcommittees
7

Each with its own members and record

Meetings
79

Hearings and business meetings in the 119th Congress

Members 22

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

Subcommittees 7

Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. Every Congress on file.

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. Every Congress on file.

KindSubjectStatusDate
MeetingHearings to examine the nominations of Jack A. Markell, of Delaware, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Mark Gitenstein, of Washington, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Jeffry Lane Flake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, and Cindy Hensley McCain, of Arizona, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.Dirksen Senate Office Building 106/VTCScheduledSep 28, 2021
MeetingHearings to examine the nominations of Thomas R. Nides, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the State of Israel, David L. Cohen, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Canada, Cynthia Ann Telles, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Sarah Margon, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and Tom Udall, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa, all of the Department of State.Dirksen Senate Office Building G50/VTCScheduledSep 22, 2021
MeetingHearings to examine the nominations of C.S. Eliot Kang, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Security and Non-Proliferation), Adam Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of Ambassador, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of New Jersey, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, and Michael Carpenter, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, all of the Department of State.ScheduledSep 15, 2021
MeetingHearings to examine the nominations of Julieta Valls Noyes, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Population, Refugees, and Migration), Denise Campbell Bauer, of California, to be Ambassador to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, Julianne Smith, of Michigan, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Near Eastern Affairs), all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.Dirksen Senate Office Building G50/VTCScheduledSep 15, 2021
MeetingHearings to examine the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan.Dirksen Senate Office Building 106/VTCScheduledSep 14, 2021
MeetingHearings to examine the nominations of Michael Raynor, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Marc Ostfield, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, and Troy Damian Fitrell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.Hart Senate Office Building 216/VTCScheduledAug 5, 2021
MeetingBusiness meeting to consider the nominations of Donald Lu, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary (Political-Military Affairs), Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), and Christopher P. Lu, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, all of the Department of State, Isobel Coleman, of New York, and Paloma Adams-Allen, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Deputy Administrator, and Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator, all of the United States Agency for International Development, and other pending calendar business.Dirksen Senate Office Building G50ScheduledAug 4, 2021
MeetingBusiness meeting to consider S.J.Res.10, to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq, and the nominations of Gentry O. Smith, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Diplomatic Security), Monica P. Medina, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Rena Bitter, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Consular Affairs), Marc Evans Knapper, of California, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), Karen Erika Donfried, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (European Affairs and Eurasian Affairs), Mary Catherine Phee, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary (African Affairs), and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, Anne A. Witkowsky, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Conflict and Stabilization Operations), and to be Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the United Mexican States, Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary (Political-Military Affairs), Donald Lu, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, and Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), all of the Department of State, Isobel Coleman, of New York, and Paloma Adams-Allen, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Deputy Administrator, and Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator, all of the United States Agency for International Development, routine lists in the Foreign Service, and other pending calendar business.Hart Senate Office Building 216ScheduledAug 4, 2021

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.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawReportsMeetingsPrinted hearingsNominationsCommunicationsPrintsTreaties
119th2025–2026, sitting225367220791525153322
118th2023–2024235554821825422440062
117th2021–202222533104851376831430563
116th2019–202023531741066145207255154
115th2017–20182135573249—7927945393
114th2015–201619283801618—97198525417
113th2013–20142022884931—78308634106
112th2011–201219176441021—72197583258
111th2009–20102020156533—95279349358
110th2007–200822280581165—712534181823
109th2005–20061824120622—782614752225
108th2003–200419208341222—1162344711228
107th2001–200220200601422—633126361221

Earlier subcommittees 5

Subcommittees this committee once had, under their last names, with the Congresses they sat. Each has its own record.

Membership changes 28

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

DateMemberChangeRecord
Dec 10, 2024Andy Kim D-NJJoinedS.Res. 926
Dec 5, 2024George S. Helmy D-NJLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Sep 10, 2024George S. Helmy D-NJJoinedS.Res. 807
Aug 1, 2024Robert Menendez D-NJLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Sep 27, 2023Robert Menendez D-NJNo longer ChairS.Res. 370
Sep 27, 2023Benjamin L. Cardin D-MDBecame ChairS.Res. 370
Jan 6, 2020David Perdue R-GAJoinedS.Res. 464
Dec 19, 2019Johnny Isakson R-GALeft CongressLast recorded vote
Feb 6, 2018Benjamin L. Cardin D-MDNo longer Ranking MemberS.Res. 393
Feb 6, 2018Robert Menendez D-NJBecame Ranking MemberS.Res. 393
Apr 14, 2015Benjamin L. Cardin D-MDBecame Ranking MemberS.Res. 135
Apr 14, 2015Robert Menendez D-NJNo longer Ranking MemberS.Res. 135
Jan 8, 2015Bob Corker R-TNBecame ChairS.Res. 23
Jul 16, 2013Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PALeft the committeeS.Res. 196
Jul 16, 2013Edward J. Markey D-MAJoinedS.Res. 196
Feb 12, 2013Robert Menendez D-NJBecame ChairS.Res. 29
Nov 15, 2010Christopher A. Coons D-DEJoinedS.Res. 674
Nov 15, 2010Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NYJoinedS.Res. 674
Sep 29, 2010Edward E. Kaufman D-DELeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jul 21, 2009James M. Inhofe R-OKJoinedS.Res. 218
Oct 1, 2008Barack Obama D-ILLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Feb 12, 2008John E. Sununu R-NHLeft the committeeS.Res. 448
Feb 12, 2008John Barrasso R-WYJoinedS.Res. 448
Oct 16, 2002Paul D. Wellstone D-MNLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jul 10, 2001Craig Thomas R-WYResigned from the committeeCongressional Record, S7417
Jul 10, 2001Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DEBecame ChairCongressional Record, S7417
Jul 10, 2001Michael B. Enzi R-WYJoinedCongressional Record, S7417
Jul 10, 2001John D. Rockefeller IV D-WVJoinedCongressional Record, S7417

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