HSFA07 · House Subcommittee

Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere

Showing the 114th Congress (2015–2016). Back to the 119th Congress

18 bills referred in the 114th Congress

168 across the 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

Served in the 114th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 114th Congress

Members, 114th Congress 15

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 114th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Chair
D-FL	Alan Grayson
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal
D-NJ	Albio Sires
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
D-TX	Joaquin Castro
R-AZ	Matt Salmon
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly
R-FL	Ron DeSantis
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho
R-MN	Tom Emmer

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 114th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 5708	Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2016	Referred To	Sep 7, 2016
HCONRES 126	Expressing the sense of Congress that Cuba should issue a state of apology and agree to cease human rights violations in order for any embargo or economic restraints to be lifted.	Referred To	Apr 29, 2016
HRES 689	Expressing condolences to and support for the people of Ecuador following the devastating earthquake on April 16, 2016.	Referred To	Apr 29, 2016
HRES 565	Supporting the peace process in Colombia.	Referred To	Feb 12, 2016
HR 4303	Border Security and Accountability Act of 2015	Referred To	Feb 12, 2016
HR 3688	To provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Feb 12, 2016
HR 3483	Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act of 2015	Referred To	Feb 12, 2016
HRES 323	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Mexico should forthwith repatriate the remains of those American Soldiers who fought in the battle of Monterrey in 1846.	Referred To	Aug 20, 2015

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Markup	H. Res. 851 and H.R. 5708Rayburn House Office Building 21727 documents	Scheduled	Sep 15, 2016

Hearing	Nicaragua’s Democratic CollapseRayburn House Office Building 21724 documents 2 witnesses Mr. Juan Gonzalez, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Marcela Escobari, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development	Scheduled	Sep 15, 2016

Hearing	Venezuela’s Crisis: Implications for the RegionRayburn House Office Building 21726 documents 4 witnesses The Honorable Michael Kozak, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State Ms. Anne Pforzheimer, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. John Smith, Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury Mr. John Andersen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Department of Commerce	Scheduled	Jun 22, 2016

Hearing	The Impact of Low Oil Prices on Energy Security in the AmericasRayburn House Office Building 21727 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Amos Hochstein, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State Ms. Melanie Kenderdine, Director, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, U.S. Department of Energy The Honorable Adam Sieminski, Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration	Rescheduled	Jun 9, 2016

Hearing	Year in Review: U.S. Policy Toward a Changing Western HemisphereRayburn House Office Building 22008 documents 3 witnesses The Honorable Roger Noriega, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute The Honorable Mary Long, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Metis Solutions Cynthia Arnson,, Director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	Scheduled	Dec 9, 2015

Hearing	Challenges to Religious Freedom in the AmericasRayburn House Office Building 22002 documents	Scheduled	Sep 17, 2015

Hearing	Threats to Press Freedom in the AmericasRayburn House Office Building 21722 documents	Rescheduled	Jul 29, 2015

Hearing	Pursuing North American Energy Independence: Mexico’s Energy ReformsRayburn House Office Building 22002 documents	Scheduled	Jul 23, 2015

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Meetings
119th2025–2026, sitting	16	0	0	0	7
118th2023–2024	11	0	0	0	11
117th2021–2022	8	15	0	0	12
116th2019–2020	14	10	0	0	13
115th2017–2018	15	24	2	1	16
114th2015–2016	15	18	0	0	15
113th2013–2014	13	25	2	0	12
112th2011–2012	10	27	1	1	0
111th2009–2010	19	1	1	0	—
110th2007–2008	16	6	0	0	—
109th2005–2006	16	22	8	0	—
108th2003–2004	11	1	0	0	—
107th2001–2002	11	19	2	0	—

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Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 112th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. 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, GovInfo and the House and Senate.