United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs
- United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs
The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs is one of seven subcommittees of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Jurisdiction
The Subcommittee on European Affairs is responsible for United States 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 and Central Asian Affairs. It also oversees U.S. involvement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, relations with 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 is also responsible for all matters within the region under its jurisdiction with respect to terrorism and non-proliferation, crime and illicit narcotics, U.S. foreign assistance programs, and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports.
=Members, 110th Congress=
The subcommittee is chaired by Democrat Barack Obama of Illinois, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican Jim DeMint of South Carolina. The subcommittee has not met since the appointment of Senator Obama as chairman, because Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the full Foreign Relations committee, has been holding those hearings himself.[cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121962207012167649.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news|title=Biden Camp Pressed Hard For a Slot on the Ticket|last=Langley|first=Monica|date=2008-08-25|publisher=Wall Street Journal|pages=A1|accessdate=2008-08-25] ]ee also
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe
External links
* [http://foreign.senate.gov/ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]
*Senate Foreign Relations Committee [http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/jurisdiction.html/ Subcommittee jurisdiction]
References
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