What is House Committee on Foreign Affairs working on?

Recent hearings

• Lives, not Leverage: the Long Arm of China and North Korea’s Repression

  Sep 16, 2026

  Hearing

• Twenty-Five Years After 9/11: The Evolving Terrorism Landscape and State's Counterterrorism Response

  Sep 16, 2026

  Hearing

• Trojan Horses: Covert Foreign Malign Influence Operations in America

  Sep 15, 2026

  Hearing

• Confronting the Totalitarian Ortega-Murillo Regime

  Sep 15, 2026

  Hearing

• U.S. Policy and Regional Security Challenges in the Western Balkans

  Sep 15, 2026

  Hearing

As of Oct 16, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• HR 9755: Biotechnology Diplomacy Leadership Act of 2026

  Richard McCormick (R-GA-7) · Jul 16, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9730: Foreign Service Test-Free Reentry Act of 2026

  Donald Beyer (D-VA-8) · Jul 16, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9728: Protecting America’s Diplomatic Workforce Act

  Ami Bera (D-CA-6) · Jul 16, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9760: National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2026

  Scott Peters (D-CA-50) · Jul 16, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HRES 1435: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court.

  Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5) · Jul 15, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9697: Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act

  Tim Burchett (R-TN-2) · Jul 15, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9707: GAP Act

  Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10) · Jul 15, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9680: Replace UNRWA with Real Humanitarian Assistance Act

  Michael Lawler (R-NY-17) · Jul 14, 2026

  Awaiting committee review

Status reflects the bill’s latest action on Congress.gov, which may be past this committee (e.g. a bill “Passed House, in Senate” has cleared this committee and chamber).

Jurisdiction

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has jurisdiction over: Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally; Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in foreign countries; Establishment of boundary lines between the United States and foreign nations; Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware; Foreign loans; International commodity agreements (other than those involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware; International conferences and congresses; International education; Intervention abroad and declarations of war; Diplomatic service; Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad; International economic policy; Neutrality; Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation; The American National Red Cross; Trading with the enemy; United Nations organizations.