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 3537North American Energy Security ActReferred to112thDec 7, 2011
HR 3401Enhanced Border Security ActReferred to112thDec 7, 2011
HRES 429Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Western Hemisphere should be included in the Administration's 2012 National Strategy for Counterterrorism's "Area of Focus", with specific attention on the counterterrorism threat to the homeland emanating from Iran's growing presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.Referred to112thOct 25, 2011
HR 2298Border Health Security Act of 2011Referred to112thOct 25, 2011
HRES 434Celebrating the 10-year commemoration of the Underground Railroad Memorial, comprised of the Gateway to Freedom Monument in Detroit, Michigan and the Tower of Freedom Monument in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.Referred to112thOct 25, 2011
HR 3049Border Infrastructure and Jobs Act of 2011Referred to112thOct 25, 2011
HR 2542To withhold twenty percent of United States assessed and voluntary contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) for every permanent council meeting that takes place where Article 20 of the Inter-American Charter is not invoked with regard to Venezuela's recent constitutional reforms, and for other purposes.Referred to112thOct 25, 2011
HRES 286Recognizing, on the occasion of the 52nd annual meeting of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group in September, 2011 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the immeasurable assistance Gander International Airport, the Government of Canada, and the citizens of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, provided to the United States immediately following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.Referred to112thAug 2, 2011

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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.