- United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection
The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection is one of seven subcommittees of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Jurisdiction
The Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection has oversight responsibility for
United States development policy andforeign assistance programs. It includes U.S. bilateral humanitarian, development, economic, trade and security assistance programs carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development, theMillennium Challenge Corporation , and other U.S. agencies, and U.S. voluntary contributions tointernational organization s providing assistance to foreign nations.It also includes matters related to international
monetary policy , including U.S. participation in international financial institutions, such as theWorld Bank ; U.S. foreign economic policy, including export enhancement and trade promotion; and international investment, protection ofintellectual property , and technological transfer.Finally, the subcommittee is responsible for matters related to international energy security and international
environmental protection , including theoceans andspace .
=Members, 110th Congress=The Committee is chaired by Democrat
Bob Menendez ofNew Jersey , and the Ranking Minority member is RepublicanChuck Hagel ofNebraska .ee also
U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
External links
* [http://foreign.senate.gov/ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]
*Senate Foreign Relations Committee [http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/jurisdiction.html/ Subcommittee jurisdiction]
* [http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?lang=&commcode=sforeign_relations_internatdev&site=congressmerge&address=&city=&state=&zipcode=&plusfour= Subcommittee page at Congress Merge.com]|
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