---
type: Person
title: "Darrell Issa"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - CA-48 — Congressional District 48"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - CA-48"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "CA"
district: "Congressional District 48"
represents: "us/states/ca/districts/48"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs"
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Middle East and North Africa"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/middle-east-and-north-africa"
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Oversight and Intelligence"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/oversight-and-intelligence"
  - name: "House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/science-space-and-technology"
  - name: "House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Investigations and Oversight"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Research and Technology"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/science-space-and-technology/subcommittees/research-and-technology"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary - Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet"
    role: "chair"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/courts-intellectual-property-artificial-intelligence-and-the-internet"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary - The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-administrative-state-regulatory-reform-and-antitrust"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
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sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ca]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Darrell Issa

Current U.S. House of Representatives - CA-48 (Congressional District 48).

Represents [Congressional District 48](/us/states/ca/districts/48.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs.md)
- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Middle East and North Africa](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/middle-east-and-north-africa.md)
- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Oversight and Intelligence](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/oversight-and-intelligence.md)
- [House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology](/us/bodies/house/committees/science-space-and-technology.md)
- [House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Investigations and Oversight](/us/bodies/house/committees/science-space-and-technology/subcommittees/investigations-and-oversight.md)
- [House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Research and Technology](/us/bodies/house/committees/science-space-and-technology/subcommittees/research-and-technology.md)
- [House Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary.md)
- [House Committee on the Judiciary - Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/courts-intellectual-property-artificial-intelligence-and-the-internet.md) — **chair**
- [House Committee on the Judiciary - The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-administrative-state-regulatory-reform-and-antitrust.md)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).