WHAT
What is House Committee on Foreign Affairs working on?
Recent hearings
- Hearing
Beijing’s Poison Pipeline: The CCP’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis
Jun 4, 2026
- Markup
Various Measures
Jun 9, 2026
- Hearing
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
Jun 3, 2026
- Hearing
Confronting the Totalitarian Ortega-Murillo Regime
Jun 5, 2026
- Hearing
FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities
May 20, 2026
As of Jun 3, 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 2025Voted out of committee
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) · Jul 10, 2025
- HR 3563: Taiwan PLUS ActVoted out of committee
Scott Perry (R-PA-10) · May 21, 2025
- 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.Voted out of committee
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) · Apr 15, 2026
- HRES 64: Affirming the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea.Voted out of committee
Thomas Suozzi (D-NY-3) · Jan 23, 2025
- HR 7037: Developing Overseas Mineral Investments and New Allied Networks for Critical Energies ActVoted out of committee
Young Kim (R-CA-40) · Jan 13, 2026
- HR 8562: To designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the "Eliot L. Engel Building".Voted out of committee
Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) · Apr 28, 2026
- HR 8019: U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement ActVoted out of committee
Chris Pappas (D-NH-1) · Mar 19, 2026
- HRES 1235: Recognizing the 51st anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.Under review
Derek Tran (D-CA-45) · Apr 29, 2026
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.
Committee activity data from Congress.gov. Full methodology