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
HRES 90Recognizing the importance of the United States International Boundary Water Commission (USIBWC) and its recent efforts to address trash, sediment, and water quality issues with their Mexican counterparts, Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (CILA), through a proposed minute.Referred to114thFeb 11, 2015
HRES 25Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives, and expressing continued solidarity with the Haitian people.Referred to114thFeb 11, 2015
HR 634Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2015Referred to114thFeb 11, 2015
HRES 687Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the President's responsibility to address the border crisis.Referred to113thSep 8, 2014
HRES 620Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Mexico should immediately release United States Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi and provide for his swift return to the United States so Sgt. Tahmooressi can receive the appropriate medical assistance for his medical condition.Referred to113thSep 8, 2014
HRES 612Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Mexico should forthwith repatriate Sgt. Andrew Paul Tahmooressi from Mexican prison(s) and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should take actions to impose sanctions on Mexico until such time as Sgt. Tahmooressi is released.Referred to113thSep 8, 2014
HR 5368Security and Opportunity for Vulnerable Migrant Children Act of 2014Referred to113thSep 8, 2014
HR 5261CAUSA Initiatives ActReferred to113thSep 8, 2014

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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.