[1] Since 2025, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee has been Brian Mast of Florida.

The committee has a broad mandate to oversee legislation regarding the impact of national security developments on foreign policy; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and military deployments abroad; foreign assistance; arms control; international economic policy; and other matters.

[1] Many of its responsibilities are delegated to one of six standing subcommittees, which have jurisdiction over issues related to their respective region in the world.

The committee also oversees the U.S. Department of State, American embassies and diplomats, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

44 (D) Whereas until the 118th Congress, subcommittees tended to combine jurisdiction over particular regions of the globe with jurisdiction over broader policy areas (e.g. terrorism or energy policy), in the 118th Congress, the subcommittees were reconfigured to strictly focus on geographical areas, with the exception of global issues and international organizations which received their own subcommittee.

Data from the committee's official website:[5] Resolutions electing members: H.Res.

52 (D)[12] Media related to United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs at Wikimedia Commons