HSFA07 · House Subcommittee

Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere

Showing the 117th Congress (2021–2022), when this was the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration, and International Economic Policy. Back to the 119th Congress

15 bills referred in the 117th 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 117th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress

Members, 117th Congress 8

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 117th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Chair
R-TN	Mark E. Green	Ranking Member
D-MI	Andy Levin
R-TX	August Pfluger
D-TX	Joaquin Castro
D-CA	Juan Vargas
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 117th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 8940	Protecting our Border, Protecting our Water Act	Referred To	Sep 21, 2022
HRES 1335	Urging 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 To	Sep 9, 2022
HR 8711	United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022	Referred To	Aug 12, 2022
HRES 1304	Commending 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 To	Jul 29, 2022
HRES 1195	Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.	Referred To	Jun 21, 2022
HR 6097	Indigenous Peoples Exchange and Economic Cooperation Act	Referred To	Feb 22, 2022
HRES 858	Recognizing the week of December 26, 2021, as the "Week of the Quincentennial of the Fight Against Black Slavery in the Americas".	Referred To	Feb 22, 2022
HRES 488	Supporting a stable Colombia and opposing any threat to democracy in Colombia.	Referred To	Aug 4, 2021

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Meeting	Members Roundtable: The Progress and Promise of the Alliance for Development in Democracy (Closed)Rayburn House Office Building 21726 documents 4 witnesses The Honorable Roberto Álvarez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Dominican Republic The Honorable Ivonne Baki, Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Ecuador The Honorable Fernando Llorca Castro, Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Costa Rica The Honorable Ramón Eduardo Martínez, Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Panama	Scheduled	Sep 30, 2022

Hearing	Learning Loss in Latin America and the Caribbean: Building Better Education Systems in the Wake of the PandemicRayburn House Office Building 217210 documents 3 witnesses Dr. Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Mr. Leandro Folgar, President, Plan Ceibal, Oriental Republic of Uruguay Mr. Gabriel Sánchez Zinny, Director, Blue Star Strategies	Scheduled	Sep 15, 2022

Hearing	Russia in the Western Hemisphere: Assessing Putin's Malign Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean---------- CISCOWEBEX13 documents 4 witnesses Dr. R. Evan Ellis, Research Professor, Latin American Studies, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute Dr. Kimberly Marten, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College Ms. Candace Rondeaux, Director, Future Frontlines, New America Dr. Vladimir Rouvinski, Professor and Director, Interdisciplinary Research Center, Icesi University	Scheduled	Jul 20, 2022

Hearing	Addressing Root Causes of Migration from Central America through Private Investment: Progress in VP Harris’ Call to ActionRayburn House Office Building 21729 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Jonathan Fantini-Porter, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Partnership for Central America Ms. Celina de Sola, Co-Founder and President, Glasswing International Mr. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Washington Office, Council of the Americas and the Americas Society	Scheduled	Jun 22, 2022

Hearing	Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama: A New Alliance for Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in the AmericasRayburn House Office Building WEBEX5 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Jason Marczak, Senior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Dr. Laura Alfaro, Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Mr. Daniel Runde, Senior Vice President and Director, Americas Program	Scheduled	Jan 20, 2022

Hearing	The Biden Administration’s Policy Priorities for Latin America and the CaribbeanRayburn House Office Building 21723 documents 1 witness The Honorable Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs	Scheduled	Nov 16, 2021

Hearing	An International Response to Ortega’s Destruction of Democracy in NicaraguaRayburn House Office Building 217212 documents 4 witnesses Ms. Berta Valle, Journalist and Human Rights Defender Ms. Laura Chinchilla, (Former President of Costa Rica), Co-Chair Ms. Emily Mendrala, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Dr. Ryan Berg, Senior Fellow, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies	Scheduled	Sep 21, 2021

Hearing	Historic Protests in Cuba and the Crackdown on Free Expression----------4 documents 2 witnesses Mr. José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director, Americas Division Ms. Rosa Payá Acevedo, Director	Scheduled	Jul 20, 2021

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.