United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs

The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs is one of seven subcommittees of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs oversees United States relations with countries in East Asia and the Pacific Rim. This corresponds to the geographic region under the purview of Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Department of State. This is a geographic area from the Japan, China and Mongolia to Burma, including Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia. The subcommittee also oversees regional organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

This subcommittee is also responsible for all matters within the region's 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 Committee is chaired by Democrat Barbara Boxer of California, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

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_asia&site=congressmerge&address=&city=&state=&zipcode=&plusfour= Subcommittee page at Congress Merge.com]