[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9976-S9977]
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     MEMBERSHIP AND JURISDICTION OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the membership 
and jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Relations, be printed in 
the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELAITONS 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

                            (July 21, 2009)

       (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 WESTERN HEMISPHERE, PEACE CORPS, AND GLOBAL NARCOTICS 
                                AFFAIRS

       Christopher J. Dodd, Chairman; Robert Menendez; Benjamin L. 
     Cardin; Jim Webb; Kirsten E. Gillibrand; John Barrasso, 
     Ranking Member; Johnny Isakson; James E. Risch; and James M. 
     Inhofe.
     Jurisdiction:
       This subcommittee deals with U.S. relations with the 
     nations of the Western Hemisphere, including Canada and the 
     nations of the Caribbean. The subcommittee also deals with 
     boundary matters, and U.S. policy with regard to the 
     Organization of American States. This subcommittee's 
     responsibilities include all matters within the geographic 
     region relating to (1) terrorism and non-proliferation; (2) 
     U.S. foreign assistance programs; and (3) the promotion of 
     U.S. trade and exports.
       This subcommittee also exercises general oversight over (1) 
     all of the activities and programs of the Peace Corps; and 
     (2) all U.S.

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     foreign policy, programs and international cooperative 
     efforts to combat the flow of illegal drugs or substances.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS

       Russell D. Feingold, Chairman; Benjamin L. Cardin; Jim 
     Webb; Edward E. Kaufman; Jeanne Shaheen; Johnny Isakson, 
     Ranking Member; Jim DeMint; Bob Corker; and James M. Inhofe.
     Jurisdiction:
       The subcommittee has geographic responsibilities 
     corresponding to those of the Bureau of African Affairs in 
     the Department of State. It considers all matters concerning 
     U.S. relations with countries in Africa, with the exception 
     of countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to 
     Morocco, which are under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 
     on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs.
       This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters 
     within the geographic region relating to: (1) terrorism and 
     non-proliferation; (2) crime and illicit narcotics; (3) U.S. 
     foreign assistance programs; and (4) the promotion of U.S. 
     trade and exports.

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, HUMAN 
              RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, AND GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES

       Barbara Boxer, Chairman; Russell D. Feingold; Robert 
     Menendez; Edward E. Kaufman; Jeanne Shaheen; Kirsten E. 
     Gillibrand; Roger F. Wicker, Ranking Member; Jim DeMint; John 
     Barrasso; and James M. Inhofe.
     Jurisdiction:
       The subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters 
     involving international operations and organizations, human 
     rights, democracy, and global women's issues. This 
     jurisdiction includes the general oversight responsibility 
     for the Department of State, the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors, the Foreign Service, and public diplomacy. It also 
     includes oversight responsibility for United States 
     participation in the United Nations, its affiliated 
     organizations, and other international organizations not 
     under the jurisdiction of other subcommittees. Finally, it 
     includes general oversight responsibility for U.S. policy in 
     promoting democracy and human rights abroad.

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE, 
      ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

       Robert Menendez, Chairman; Barbara Boxer; Benjamin L. 
     Cardin; Robert P. Casey, Jr.; Jeanne Shaheen; Kirsten E. 
     Gillibrand; Bob Corker, Ranking Member; Roger F. Wicker; Jim 
     DeMint; and James E. Risch.
     Jurisdiction:
       The subcommittee's responsibilities include general 
     oversight responsibility for U.S. development policy and 
     foreign assistance programs. It includes U.S. bilateral 
     humanitarian, development, economic, trade and security 
     assistance programs carried out by the U.S. Agency for 
     International Development, the Millennium Challenge 
     Corporation, and other U.S. agencies, and U.S. voluntary 
     contributions to international organizations providing 
     assistance to foreign nations.
       It also includes matters related to: (1) international 
     monetary policy, including U.S. participation in 
     international financial institutions; (2) U.S. foreign 
     economic policy, including export enhancement and trade 
     promotion; and (3) international investment, protection of 
     intellectual property, and technological transfer.
       Finally, the subcommittee is responsible for matters 
     related to international energy security and international 
     environmental protection, including the oceans and space.

                      SUBCOMMITTEE ON NEAR EASTERN
                  AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS

       Robert P. Casey, Jr., Chairman; Christopher J. Dodd; 
     Russell D. Feingold; Barbara Boxer; Benjamin L. Cardin; 
     Edward E. Kaufman; James E. Risch, Ranking Member; Bob 
     Corker; John Barrasso; and Johnny Isakson.
     Jurisdiction:
       This subcommittee deals with all matters concerning U.S. 
     relations with the countries of the Middle East and Arab 
     North Africa. This subcommittee's geographic responsibilities 
     also encompass U.S. relations with the countries of South and 
     Central Asia, corresponding to the jurisdiction of the Bureau 
     of South and Central Asian Affairs in the Department of 
     State.
       This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters 
     within the geographic region relating to: (1) terrorism and 
     non-proliferation; (2) crime and illicit narcotics; (3) U.S. 
     foreign assistance programs; and (4) the promotion of U.S. 
     trade and exports.

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS

       Jim Webb, Chairman; Christopher J. Dodd; Russell D. 
     Feingold; Barbara Boxer; Robert P. Casey, Jr.; Kirsten E. 
     Gillibrand; James M. Inhofe, Ranking Member; Johnny Isakson; 
     John Barrasso; and Roger F. Wicker.
     Jurisdiction:
       The subcommittee has geographic responsibilities 
     corresponding to those of the Bureau of East Asian and 
     Pacific Affairs in the Department of State and considers all 
     matters concerning U.S. relations with the countries of that 
     region. It also considers matters related to regional 
     organizations such as the Association of South East Asian 
     Nations and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
       This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters 
     within the geographic region relating to: (1) terrorism and 
     non-proliferation; (2) crime and illicit narcotics; (3) U.S. 
     foreign assistance programs; and (4) the promotion of U.S. 
     trade and exports.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

       Jeanne Shaheen, Chairman; Christopher J. Dodd; Robert 
     Menendez; Robert P. Casey, Jr.; Jim Webb; Edward E. Kaufman; 
     Jim DeMint, Ranking Member; James E. Risch; Bob Corker; and 
     Roger F. Wicker.
     Jurisdiction:
       The subcommittee deals with all matters concerning U.S. 
     relations with the countries on the continent of Europe 
     (except the states of Central Asia that are within the 
     jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
     Asian Affairs), and with the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization, the European Union and the Organization for 
     Security and Cooperation in Europe. Matters relating to 
     Greenland and the northern polar region are also the 
     responsibility of this subcommittee.
       This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters 
     within the geographic region relating to: (1) terrorism and 
     non-proliferation; (2) crime and illicit narcotics; (3) U.S. 
     foreign assistance programs; and (4) the promotion of U.S. 
     trade and exports.

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