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107th Congress S. Prt.
1st Session COMMITTEE PRINT 107-48
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MEMBERSHIP AND JURISDICTION
OF SUBCOMMITTEES
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
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Reprinted to reflect addition of a new
Subcommittee as of October 3, 2001
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Jr., Delaware, Chairman
PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland JESSE HELMS, North Carolina
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana
JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts CHUCK HAGEL, Nebraska
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin GORDON H. SMITH, Oregon
PAUL D. WELLSTONE, Minnesota BILL FRIST, Tennessee
BARBARA BOXER, California LINCOLN D. CHAFEE, Rhode Island
ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey GEORGE ALLEN, Virginia
BILL NELSON, Florida SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming
Virginia
Edwin K. Hall, Staff Director
Patricia A. McNerney, Republican Staff Director
JURISDICTION OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
(Excerpted from Rules of the Committee)
rule 1--jurisdiction
(a) Substantive.--In accordance with Senate Rule
XXV.1(j)(1), the jurisdiction of the Committee shall extend to
all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and
other matters relating to the following subjects:
1. Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies
and legations in foreign countries.
2. Boundaries of the United States.
3. Diplomatic service.
4. Foreign economic, military, technical, and
humanitarian assistance.
5. Foreign loans.
6. International activities of the American National
Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red
Cross.
7. International aspects of nuclear energy,
including nuclear transfer policy.
8. International conferences and congresses.
9. International law as it relates to foreign
policy.
10. International Monetary Fund and other
international organizations established primarily for
international monetary purposes (except that, at the
request of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs, any proposed legislation relating to such
subjects reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations
shall be referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs).
11. Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
12. Measures to foster commercial intercourse with
foreign nations and to safeguard American business
interests abroad.
13. National security and international aspects of
trusteeships of the United States.
14. Ocean and international environmental and
scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy.
15. Protection of United States citizens abroad and
expatriation.
16. Relations of the United States with foreign
nations generally.
17. Treaties and executive agreements, except
reciprocal trade agreements.
18. United Nations and its affiliated organizations.
19. World Bank group, the regional development banks,
and other international organizations established
primarily for development assistance purposes.
The Committee is also mandated by Senate Rule XXV.1(j)(2)
to study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating
to the national security policy, foreign policy, and
international economic policy as it relates to foreign policy
of the United States, and matters relating to food, hunger, and
nutrition in foreign countries, and report thereon from time to
time.
(b) Oversight.--The Committee also has a responsibility
under Senate Rule XXVI.8, which provides that ``. . . each
standing Committee . . . shall review and study, on a
continuing basis, the application, administration, and
execution of those laws or parts of laws, the subject matter of
which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee.''
(c) ``Advice and Consent'' Clauses.--The Committee has a
special responsibility to assist the Senate in its
constitutional function of providing ``advice and consent'' to
all treaties entered into by the United States and all
nominations to the principal executive branch positions in the
field of foreign policy and diplomacy.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
MEMBERSHIP AND JURISDICTION
OF SUBCOMMITTEES
(October 3, 2001)
(The chairman and ranking member of the full committee are ex officio
members of each subcommittee on which they do not serve as members.)
(Subcommittees are listed in the order of chairmen's seniority within
the full committee.)
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,
Chairman Gordon H. Smith,
Ranking Republican Member
Paul S. Sarbanes Richard G. Lugar
Christopher J. Dodd Chuck Hagel
Paul D. Wellstone Lincoln D. Chafee
John F. Kerry
Jurisdiction:
The subcommittee deals with matters concerning the
continent of Europe except for those nations under the
jurisdiction on the Subcommittee on Central Asia and South
Caucasus. Its responsibilities include the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, the European Union and the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Matters relating to
Greenland and the north polar region are also the
responsibilities of this subcommittee.
This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters,
problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and
export; terrorism, crime and the flow of illegal drugs; and
oversight over U.S. foreign assistance programs that fall
within this subcommittee's regional jurisdiction.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY, EXPORT AND TRADE
PROMOTION
Paul S. Sarbanes,
Chairman George Allen
Ranking Republican Member
Bill Nelson Chuck Hagel
Paul D. Wellstone Lincoln D. Chafee
Robert G. Torricelli Michael B. Enzi
Russell D. Feingold
Jurisdiction:
The subcommittee's responsibilities encompass U.S. foreign
economic policy, including export enhancement and trade
promotion, and international economic growth and development.
The subcommittee's jurisdiction includes measures that address:
(1) the enhancement of American exports and promotion
of U.S. trade opportunities and commercial interests
abroad;
(2) the promotion of and protection of economic
interests of U.S. citizens abroad;
(3) international investment, management,
intellectual property, technological transfer and
general commercial policies;
(4) international monetary policy, including U.S.
participation in international financial institutions;
and
(5) U.S. bilateral humanitarian, development,
economic, trade and security assistance programs and
policies carried out by the Agency for International
Development and other U.S. agencies and U.S. voluntary
contributions to international organizations providing
assistance to foreign nations.
The subcommittee is also responsible for matters and
policies involving the use, development and protection of the
environment, including the oceans and space.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE, PEACE CORPS AND NARCOTICS AFFAIRS
Christopher J. Dodd, Chairman Lincoln D. Chafee,
Ranking Republican Member
Bill Nelson Jesse Helms
John F. Kerry Michael B. Enzi
Russell D. Feingold Richard G. Lugar
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Jurisdiction:
The geographic scope of this subcommittee extends from the
Arctic Ocean to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean.
Problems which are of concern to the subcommittee include
relations between the American nations, U.S.-Canadian affairs,
boundary matters, the implementation of various treaties and
conventions, economic relations and security matters affecting
the Western Hemisphere, and the Organization of American
States.
This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters,
problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and
export; crime; and oversight over U.S. foreign assistance
programs that fall within this subcommittee's regional
jurisdiction.
This subcommittee also exercises general oversight over:
(1) all of the activities and programs of the Peace
Corps; and
(2) all U.S. foreign policy, programs and
international cooperative efforts to combat the flow of
illegal drugs or substances.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS
John F. Kerry,
Chairman Chuck Hagel,
Ranking Republican Member
Robert G. Torricelli Jesse Helms
Russell D. Feingold Richard G. Lugar
John D. Rockefeller IV George Allen
Paul S. Sarbanes
Jurisdiction:
The geographic scope of the subcommittee extends from China
and Mongolia to Burma, inclusive of the mainland of Asia,
Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, and the South Pacific
Islands.
This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters,
problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and
export; terrorism, crime and the flow of illegal drugs; and
oversight over U.S. foreign assistance programs that fall
within this subcommittee's regional jurisdiction.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS
Russell D. Feingold, Chairman Bill Frist,
Ranking Republican Member
Christopher J. Dodd Sam Brownback
Barbara Boxer Gordon H. Smith
John D. Rockefeller IV
Jurisdiction:
The subcommittee has geographic responsibilities
corresponding to those of the Bureau of African Affairs in the
Department of State. The subcommittee considers all matters
relating to Africa, with the exception of countries bordering
on the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco, which are under
the purview of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern Affairs.
This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters,
problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and
export; terrorism, crime and the flow of illegal drugs; and
oversight over U.S. foreign assistance programs that fall
within this subcommittee's regional jurisdiction.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON NEAR EASTERN AND
SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS
Paul D. Wellstone,
Chairman Sam Brownback,
Ranking Republican Member
Robert G. Torricelli Gordon Smith
Barbara Boxer Bill Frist
Paul S. Sarbanes George Allen
John D. Rockefeller IV
Jurisdiction:
This subcommittee deals with all matters and problems
relating to the Middle East and Arab North Africa, including
Arab-Israeli and inter-Arab issues, economic relations, and
general security in the Persian Gulf, Mediterranean, the Middle
East and North Africa. This subcommittee also deals with
matters and problems relating to Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters,
problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and
export; terrorism, crime and the flow of illegal drugs; and
oversight over U.S. foreign assistance programs that fall
within this subcommittee's regional jurisdiction.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
AND TERRORISM
Barbara Boxer,
Chairman Michael B. Enzi,
Ranking Republican Member
John F. Kerry Bill Frist
Bill Nelson Jesse Helms
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Sam Brownback
Christopher J. Dodd
Jurisdiction:
The subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters,
problems and policies involving international operations. This
jurisdiction includes the general oversight responsibility for
the Department of State, the Foreign Service, international
educational and cultural affairs, foreign broadcasting
activities, foreign buildings, United States participation in
the United Nations, its affiliated organizations, and other
international organizations not under the jurisdiction of other
subcommittees. The subcommittee also has jurisdiction over
general matters of international law, law enforcement, and
illegal activities. Finally, the subcommittee oversees all U.S.
foreign policy, programs and cooperative efforts to combat
international terrorism.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON CENTRAL ASIA AND
SOUTH CAUCASUS
Robert G. Torricelli, Chairman Richard G. Lugar,
Ranking Republican Member
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Chuck Hagel
John F. Kerry Gordon H. Smith
Paul D. Wellstone Sam Brownback
Barbara Boxer
Jurisdiction:
The subcommittee deals with matters concerning Central Asia
and the South Caucasus, including the countries of Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters,
problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and
export; terrorism, crime and the flow of illegal drugs; and
oversight over U.S. foreign assistance programs that fall
within this subcommittee's regional jurisdiction.