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
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

Hearing	The Venezuela Crisis: The Malicious Influence of State and Criminal ActorsRayburn House Office Building 220011 documents 3 witnesses R. Ellis,, Senior Associate, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies Mr. Francisco Toro, Executive Editor, "Caracas Chronicles" Harold Trinkunas,, Senior Research Scholar and Associate Director for Research, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University	Scheduled	Sep 13, 2017

Hearing	Implementing the U.S.-Caribbean Strategic Engagement ActRayburn House Office Building 21722 documents 1 witness The Honorable Kenneth Merten, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Special Coordinator for Haiti, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State	Scheduled	Jul 19, 2017

Hearing	Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western Hemisphere: The FY 2018 Budget RequestRayburn House Office Building 21727 documents 2 witnesses Ms. Sarah-Ann Lynch, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development Mr. Francisco Palmieri, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State	Scheduled	Jul 12, 2017

Hearing	Energy Opportunities in North AmericaRayburn House Office Building 217211 documents 3 witnesses Aaron Padilla,, Senior Advisor, International Policy, American Petroleum Institute Ms. Sarah Ladislaw, Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies Duncan Wood,, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	Scheduled	Jun 7, 2017

Markup	H. Res. 201, H. Res. 259, H. Res. 336 and H.R. 1918Rayburn House Office Building 217212 documents	Scheduled	May 24, 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.