United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is a standing subcommittee within the House Foreign Affairs Committee. It was previously known as the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight. Human Rights issues are now under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.

Jurisdiction

The subcommittee is one of two primary subcommittee with what the committee calls "functional jurisdiction" (the Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Subcommittee also enjoys functional jurisdiction, but is primarily a "regional subcommittee"). The functional jurisdiction of the subcommittee allows to provide oversight and conduct investigations or any and all matters within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee, with concurrence of the chairman.^[1]

Members, 112th Congress

Majority	Minority
Dana Rohrabacher, California, Chairman Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania Ron Paul, Texas Ted Poe, Texas, Vice Chair David Rivera, Florida	Russ Carnahan, Missouri, Ranking Member David Cicilline, Rhode Island Karen Bass, California

External links

Official site

References

↑ "Committee Rules, 112th Congress". February 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-15.

Current United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees

Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Asia and the Pacific Europe and Eurasia Middle East and South Asia Oversight and Investigations Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Western Hemisphere

Current United States congressional committees

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House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Standing committees, Defunct committees

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