Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. Senate•Standing
Summary
Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate with 7 subcommittees and 22 members. It has 494 bills before it this session and has held 15 hearings.
Chair
Chair: Sen. James Risch (R-ID). Ranking Member: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). Online at www.foreign.senate.gov.
Foreign Relations has 494 bills, 100 meetings and 0 reports on the record this session.
Members
22 members sit on Foreign Relations, 12 in the majority and 10 in the minority; James Risch is Chair and Jeanne Shaheen is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 7 subcommittees.
Bills
494 bills have been referred to Foreign Relations this session, and 420 of them are still in committee.
Nothing introduced before Foreign Relations this session.
Meetings
Foreign Relations has 85 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Foreign Relations has filed 0 reports and issued 2 prints this Congress.
Nominations
223 nominations have been referred to Foreign Relations this Congress.
Communications
457 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Foreign Relations this Congress.
Lobbying
214 clients and 198 firms named 244 of the bills referred to Foreign Relations in 682 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 1 name since Dec 10, 1816, established by 14 Senate Journal 38.