The British-American Parliamentary Group is a cross-party,  bicameral, inter-parliamentary group.

It acts as an autonomous body within Parliament.   It appoints its own staff to carry out its objectives and the Rules of the Group define the limitations on its powers.

The management of the Group is vested in the Executive Committee.  The Honorary Secretary and the Joint Honorary Treasurers are nominated by the Executive Committee and ratified each year at the Annual General Meeting as additional members of the Executive Committee with full voting rights. They are primarily responsible for the Group’s activities and the Programme Manager, who is an official of the Committee and not a member, is responsible for the executive work of the Group.  The Chair of the Group is the Prime Minister. The two Vice-Chairs from the House of Commons are normally of Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet rank.

As a result of the elections held at the Group’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 9th July 2025,  the following members were elected to the Executive Committee, to serve until the Annual General Meeting in July 2026:

Programme Manager: Hannah Mitchell

In Washington D.C., the BAPG is authorized by law, with the Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of the House appointing and authorizing Members of the Senate and House to meet with Parliamentarians for annual conferences and other activities.  Funding is obtained each year through appropriations to pay for its expenses.

In the United States Senate,  the Chair of the Senate BAPG is Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) who serves as the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee.  He is also a tenured member of the Appropriations Committee and serves as Chairman of the Senate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Subcommittee.  Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), is Vice Chair of the Senate BAPG and serves as the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Co-Chair of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control and also serves as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Finance Committee.  Whitehouse serves as Ranking Member of the Helsinki Commission, formally known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.  It is the Chair and Vice Chair who will convene the Senate delegations to the Group meetings.

In the United States House of Representatives, the House BAPG delegation is led by co-chairs Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio), who serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado), who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Armed Services Committee and is ranking member on the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations.  

It is the commitment of the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Senate and House BAPG and other Congressional leaders and their staff which ensures the continuity of these links between the two legislatures.