HSFA07 · House Subcommittee

Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

Under Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL foreignaffairs.house.gov

House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere

Fact sheet

168 bills referred

Across 11 Congresses on file, most in the 112th at 27. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 117th

Members
14

Seated in the 119th Congress

Meetings
7

Hearings and business meetings this Congress

Members 14

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Current Congress only.

Meetings and hearings 7

Newest first. Current Congress only.

KindSubjectStatusDate
HearingConfronting the Totalitarian Ortega-Murillo RegimeRayburn House Office Building 2200 · 2 witnessesRescheduledSep 15, 2026
HearingA New Beginning for ColombiaRayburn House Office Building 2172 · 2 witnessesScheduledJul 15, 2026
HearingLatin America After the Fall of MaduroRayburn House Office Building 2172 · 1 witnessRescheduledApr 16, 2026
HearingMexico’s Relationships with the RegionRayburn House Office Building 2172 · 2 witnessesScheduledDec 17, 2025
HearingDemocracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Elections in HondurasRayburn House Office Building 2200 · 3 witnessesScheduledNov 20, 2025
HearingSpread Freedom, Not Woke Values: An American Agenda for Democracy and Human RightsRayburn House Office Building 2172 · 3 witnessesScheduledMay 8, 2025
HearingINL Should Fight Crime, Not Fight ConservativesRayburn House Office Building 2172 · 3 witnessesRescheduledMar 27, 2025

Bills referred 168

Newest activity first, from the 107th Congress on.

BillTitleReferralDate
HR 8940Protecting our Border, Protecting our Water ActReferred to117thSep 21, 2022
HRES 1335Urging the Government of Brazil to ensure that the October 2022 elections are conducted in a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful manner that enables all citizens of Brazil to exercise the right to vote.Referred to117thSep 9, 2022
HR 8711United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022Referred to117thAug 12, 2022
HRES 1304Commending the bravery, courage, and resolve of the human rights and pro-democracy activists in Cuba one year after the historic march led by such activists through the streets of Cuba to exercise the fundamental right to peacefully assemble and speak out against the human rights atrocities committed by the brutal, totalitarian, and illegitimate Communist regime in Cuba.Referred to117thJul 29, 2022
HRES 1195Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.Referred to117thJun 21, 2022
HR 6097Indigenous Peoples Exchange and Economic Cooperation ActReferred to117thFeb 22, 2022
HRES 858Recognizing the week of December 26, 2021, as the "Week of the Quincentennial of the Fight Against Black Slavery in the Americas".Referred to117thFeb 22, 2022
HRES 488Supporting a stable Colombia and opposing any threat to democracy in Colombia.Referred to117thAug 4, 2021

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Everything here is as published by Congress. Referrals run from the 107th Congress on, so a committee older than that shows fewer than it has taken. Membership, meetings and nominations are held for the 119th Congress only, which is why they are shown without a history rather than reported as none. A subcommittee's referrals are recorded against it separately from its parent's, so the two lists do not add up. Records come from Congress.gov.