Subcommittees
The regional oversight focus of the Africa Subcommittee shall align with the area of responsibility of the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs. This subcommittee shall also have functional jurisdiction over the following:
(A) The Office of Foreign Assistance;
(B) The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy;
(C) Millennium Challenge Corporation; and
(D) The U.S. Agency for International Development.
The regional oversight focus of the Pacific Subcommittee shall align with the area of responsibility of the State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. This Subcommittee shall also have functional jurisdiction over the following:
(A) Bureaus and programs of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment; and
(B) U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
The regional oversight focus of the Europe Subcommittee shall align with the area of responsibility of the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. This subcommittee shall also have functional jurisdiction over the following:
(A) Bureaus and programs of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security; and
(B) The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
The regional oversight focus of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee shall align with the area of responsibility of the State Department’s Bureau of Near EasternAffairs. This subcommittee shall also have functional jurisdiction over the following:
(A) Bureaus and programs of the Under Secretary for Management; and
(B) The Bureau of Counterterrorism.
There is no specific regional oversight focus of the Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee. This subcommittee shall have functional jurisdiction over the following:
(A) The United States Mission to the United Nations;
(B) The Bureau of International Organizations Affairs;
(C) Offices that report directly to the Secretary of State, to include: Office of the Ombuds, Office of Civil Rights, Office of Global Women’s Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Office of Policy Planning, Office of the Chief of Protocol, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and all Special Envoys and Special Representatives.
The regional oversight focus of the Asia Subcommittee shall alignwith the area of responsibility of the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. This subcommittee shall also have functional jurisdiction over the following:
(A) Bureaus and programs of the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; and
(B) The Peace Corps.
The regional oversight focus of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee shall align with the area of responsibility of the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. This subcommittee shall also have functional jurisdiction over the bureaus and programs of the Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.