Subcommittees

• Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues

  The subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters involving international operations and organizations, human rights, democracy, and global women's issues.

• Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs

  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.

• Subcommittee on African Affairs

  The subcommittee has geographic responsibilities corresponding to those of the Bureau of African Affairs in the Department of State.

• Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs

  This subcommittee deals with U.S. relations with the  nations of the Western Hemisphere, including Canada and the nations of the Caribbean.

• Subcommittee on European Affairs

  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.

• Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs

  This subcommittee deals with all matters concerning U.S. relations with the countries of the Middle East and Arab North Africa.

• Subcomittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps

  The subcommittee's responsibilities include general oversight responsibility for U.S. development policy and foreign assistance programs.