What is House Committee on Foreign Affairs working on?

Recent hearings

• Various Measures

  Jun 9, 2026

  Markup

• Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the Abraham Accords

  Jul 22, 2026

  Hearing

• A New Beginning for Colombia

  Jul 15, 2026

  Hearing

• Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuilding

  Jul 22, 2026

  Hearing

• Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships

  Jul 15, 2026

  Hearing

As of Jul 18, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• HR 4332: YALI Act of 2025

  Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) · Jul 10, 2025

  Voted out of committee
• HR 3563: Taiwan PLUS Act

  Scott Perry (R-PA-10) · May 21, 2025

  Voted out of committee
• HRES 1179: Condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a negotiated settlement of the war.

  Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) · Apr 15, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HRES 64: Affirming the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea.

  Thomas Suozzi (D-NY-3) · Jan 23, 2025

  Voted out of committee
• HR 7037: Developing Overseas Mineral Investments and New Allied Networks for Critical Energies Act

  Young Kim (R-CA-40) · Jan 13, 2026

  Passed House, in Senate
• HR 8562: To designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the "Eliot L. Engel Building".

  Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) · Apr 28, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8019: U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act

  Chris Pappas (D-NH-1) · Mar 19, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8661: Foreign Military Financing Loan Authorization Act of 2026

  Brian Mast (R-FL-21) · May 4, 2026

  Voted out of committee

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.