HSFA07 · House Subcommittee

Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

Under Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL Ranking Member Joaquin Castro D-TX foreignaffairs.house.gov

House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

0 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

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

Seated in the 119th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 119th Congress

Members 14

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

Seat	Member	Role
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar	Chair
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Ranking Member
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith
R-FL	Cory Mills
D-NV	Dina Titus
D-AZ	Greg Stanton
D-IL	Jonathan L. Jackson
R-NY	Michael Lawler
R-FL	Randy Fine
R-PA	Ryan Mackenzie
D-CA	Sara Jacobs
R-SC	Sheri Biggs
D-CA	Sydney Kamlager-Dove
D-MO	Wesley Bell

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. Every Congress on file.

Newest activity first. From the 107th Congress on.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 8940	Protecting our Border, Protecting our Water Act	Referred To117th	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 To117th	Sep 9, 2022
HR 8711	United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022	Referred To117th	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 To117th	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 To117th	Jun 21, 2022
HR 6097	Indigenous Peoples Exchange and Economic Cooperation Act	Referred To117th	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 To117th	Feb 22, 2022
HRES 488	Supporting a stable Colombia and opposing any threat to democracy in Colombia.	Referred To117th	Aug 4, 2021

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. Every Congress on file.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Meeting	Assessing U.S. Security Assistance to MexicoRayburn House Office Building 21726 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Hugo Rodriguez, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Mr. Richard Glenn, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Ms. Barbara Feinstein, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean	Scheduled	Feb 13, 2020

Hearing	Strengthening Security and the Rule of Law in MexicoRayburn House Office Building 21729 documents 3 witnesses Ms. Maureen Meyer, Director for Mexico and Migrant Rights, Washington Office on Latin America Dr. David Shirk, Professor of Political Science, University of San Diego Mr. Richard Miles, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Americas Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies	Scheduled	Jan 15, 2020

Meeting	Haiti on the Brink: Assessing U.S. Policy Toward a Country in CrisisRayburn House Office Building 217215 documents 5 witnesses Mr. Pierre Espérance, Executive Director Ms. Emmanuela Douyon Mr. Daniel Erikson, Managing Director, Blue Star Strategies Ms. Leonie Hermantin Mr. Antonio Garrastazu, Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean	Scheduled	Dec 10, 2019

Hearing	The Trump Administration’s FY 2020 Budget and U.S. Policy toward Latin America and the CaribbeanRayburn House Office Building 21726 documents 3 witnesses The Honorable Michael Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State The Honorable John Barsa, Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development Mr. Richard Glenn, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State	Scheduled	Oct 23, 2019

Hearing	Assessing the Impact of Cutting Foreign Assistance to Central AmericaRayburn House Office Building 217212 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Matthew Rooney, Managing Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative The Honorable Stephen McFarland, Former U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Mr. Rick Jones, Senior Technical Advisor for Latin America, Catholic Relief Services Mr. Juan González, Associate Vice President, The Cohen Group	Scheduled	Sep 25, 2019

Hearing	Preserving the Amazon: A Shared Moral ImperativeRayburn House Office Building 21729 documents 3 witnesses Dr. Daniel Nepstad, President and Executive Director, Earth Innovation Institute Dr. Monica de Bolle, Director, Latin American Studies Program Mr. Bill Millan, Chief Conservation Officer and Director of Policy	Scheduled	Sep 10, 2019

Hearing	Human Rights in Cuba: Beyond the Veneer of ReformRayburn House Office Building 217210 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Carlos Martinez de la Serna, Program Director, Committee to Protect Journalists Mr. Carlos Quesada, Executive Director and Founder, International Institute on Race, Equality, and Human Rights Mr. John Suarez, Executive Director, Center for a Free Cuba	Scheduled	Jul 11, 2019

Hearing	Crushing Dissent: The Ongoing Crisis in NicaraguaRayburn House Office Building 217210 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Jose Vivanco, Executive Director, Americas Division Mr. Felix Maradiaga, Executive Director Dr. Carlos Ponce, Director of Latin American Programs, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation	Scheduled	Jun 11, 2019

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.