HSFA07 · House Subcommittee

Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere

Showing the 115th Congress (2017–2018). Back to the 119th Congress

24 bills referred in the 115th 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 115th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 115th Congress

Members, 115th Congress 15

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 115th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Chair
R-CA	Paul Cook	Chair
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat
D-NJ	Albio Sires
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith
R-FL	Francis Rooney
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
D-TX	Joaquin Castro
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul
R-AL	Mo Brooks
D-CA	Norma J. Torres
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly
R-FL	Ron DeSantis
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 115th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HRES 981	Condemning the violence, persecution, intimidation, and murders committed by the Government of Nicaragua against its citizens.	Reported By	Jul 12, 2018
HR 5501	End Corruption in the Northern Triangle Act	Referred To	Jun 4, 2018
HRES 843	Reaffirming the importance of preserving free and fair elections and strengthening democratic institutions in the Western Hemisphere as a policy priority for the United States.	Referred To	Jun 4, 2018
HCONRES 88	Expressing the sense of the Congress that temporary protected status for Haitian nationals should be extended until that country has demonstrably recovered from the 2010 earthquake, the cholera epidemic, Hurricane Matthew, and other disasters.	Referred To	Nov 29, 2017
HCONRES 87	Expressing the sense of the Congress that temporary protected status for Haitian nationals should be extended until that country has demonstrably recovered from the 2010 earthquake, the cholera epidemic, Hurricane Matthew, and other disasters.	Referred To	Nov 29, 2017
HR 3795	Tijuana River Valley Comprehensive Protection and Rehabilitation Act of 2017	Referred To	Nov 29, 2017
HR 3794	Sewage Free Tijuana River Valley Act of 2017	Referred To	Nov 29, 2017
HR 3474	Border Security and Accountability Act of 2017	Referred To	Sep 5, 2017

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	U.S. Policy Toward CubaRayburn House Office Building 21727 documents 5 witnesses The Honorable Kenneth Merten, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Peter Bodde, Coordinator, Health Incidents Response Task Force, U.S. Department of State Charles Rosenfarb,, Medical Director, Bureau of Medical Services, U.S. Department of State Mr. Todd Brown, Assistant Director for Countermeasures, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State Brian Mazanec,, Acting Director, International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office	Scheduled	Sep 6, 2018

Markup	H. Res. 981Rayburn House Office Building 21724 documents	Scheduled	Jul 12, 2018

Hearing	Nicaraguan Crisis: Next Steps to Advancing DemocracyRayburn House Office Building 21729 documents 3 witnesses The Honorable Carlos Trujillo, U.S. Permanent Representative, Organization of American States The Honorable Michael Kozak, Senior Advisor and Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State Ms. Barbara Feinstein, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development	Scheduled	Jul 12, 2018

Hearing	Advancing U.S. Business Investment and Trade in the AmericasRayburn House Office Building 217211 documents 3 witnesses Ms. Kellie Hock, Managing Partner, McLarty Associates Mr. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, America's Society/Council of the Americas Mr. Neil Herrington, Senior Vice President for the Americas, U.S. Chamber of Commerce	Scheduled	Jun 7, 2018

Hearing	Combatting Transnational Criminal Threats in the Western HemisphereRayburn House Office Building 217211 documents 4 witnesses Ms. Jennifer Fowler, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of Treasury Mr. Richard Glenn, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State Rear Admiral Upper Half Brian Hendrickson,, Director, Network Engagement Team, U.S. Southern Command Mr. Raymond Villanueva, Assistant Director for International Operations, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Scheduled	May 23, 2018

Hearing	Advancing U.S. Interests Through the Organization of American StatesRayburn House Office Building 22008 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Thomas Melito, Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office Mr. Alfonso Aguilar, President and CEO, International Human Rights Group Mr. Peter Quilter, (Former Secretary for Administration and Finance, Organization of American States)	Scheduled	Feb 14, 2018

Hearing	Upcoming Elections in the Western Hemisphere: Implications for U.S. PolicyRayburn House Office Building 2172R11 documents 3 witnesses Ms. Katya Rimkunas, Deputy Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, International Republican Institute Mr. Michael Svetlik, Vice President of Programs, International Foundation for Electoral Systems Mr. Jim Swigert, Senior Associate and Regional Director, Latin America and Caribbean Progams, National Democratic Institute	Scheduled	Jan 10, 2018

Hearing	Examining the Effectiveness of the Kingpin Designation Act in the Western HemisphereRayburn House Office Building 217214 documents 4 witnesses Emanuele Ottolenghi,, Senior Fellow, Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, Foundation for Defense of Democracy Mr. David Hall, Partner, Wiggin and Dana LLP (Former Prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice) Mr. Eric Olson, Deputy Director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson Center Mr. Donald Semesky, Former Chief, Office of Financial Operations, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration	Scheduled	Nov 8, 2017

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.