HSFA13 · House Subcommittee

Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa

Showing the 116th Congress (2019–2020), when this was the Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism. Back to the 119th Congress

22 bills referred in the 116th Congress

246 across the 10 Congresses on file, most in the 112th at 49. 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 116th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 116th Congress

Members, 116th Congress 18

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 116th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Chair
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Ranking Member
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Ranking Member
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger
D-CA	Brad Sherman
R-FL	Brian J. Mast
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred
D-MD	David J. Trone
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler
D-CA	Juan Vargas
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin
R-OH	Steve Chabot
R-KS	Steve Watkins
D-CA	Ted Lieu
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski
D-MA	William R. Keating

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 116th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 116th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HRES 1173	Honoring the life, legacy, and example of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the 25th anniversary of his death.	Referred To	Oct 9, 2020
HRES 823	Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of' the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.	Discharged From	Oct 2, 2020
HRES 1077	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the continued importance of the United States-Lebanon relationship.	Discharged From	Oct 2, 2020
HRES 1061	Condemning war crimes committed in Idlib, Syria, by the regime of Bashar Al-Assad and its backers and calling for a political solution to the Syrian civil war.	Referred To	Aug 7, 2020
HRES 524	Calling on the United Arab Emirates to immediately end any form of human rights violations against political prisoners and prisoners of free speech, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Jul 31, 2019
HRES 482	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to promote peace and stability in the Gulf region between and among United States allies.	Referred To	Jul 17, 2019
HRES 458	Reaffirming the strong partnership between Tunisia and the United States and supporting the people of Tunisia in their continued pursuit of democratic reforms.	Referred To	Jul 17, 2019
HCONRES 50	Strongly condemning human rights violations, violence against civilians, and cooperation with Iran by the Houthi movement and its allies in Yemen.	Referred To	Jul 17, 2019

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 116th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls in the Middle East: An Analysis of Current Trends and U.S. Policy13 documents 4 witnesses Dr. Maha Yahya, Ph.D., Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center Dr. Hala Aldosari, Ph.D., Scholar in Women’s Health and Activist from Saudi Arabia Ms. Gayle Lemmon, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Ms. Jomana Qaddour, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council	Scheduled	Dec 2, 2020

Hearing	Egypt: Trends in Politics, Economics, and Human Rights----------18 documents 6 witnesses Dr. Michele Dunne, Ph.D., Director and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Ms. Amy Hawthorne, Deputy Director for Research, Project on Middle East Democracy Mr. Samuel Tadros, Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute Mr. Bahey Hassan, Director and Co-Founder, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Mr. Mohamed Soltan, President and Co-Founder, The Freedom Initiative Dr. Tamara Wittes, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution	Scheduled	Sep 9, 2020

Hearing	Objectives of U.S. Arms Sales to the Gulf: Examining Strategic Goals, Risks and Benefits9 documents 3 witnesses Lieutenant Colonel Jodi Vittori, Ph.D., Nonresident Scholar, U.S. Research and Policy Manager, Defense and Security Program, Transparency International Mr. Bradley Bowman, Senior Director, Center on Military and Political Power, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Dr. Andrew Exum, Ph.D., Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Middle East Policy, U.S. Department of Defense, Partner, Hakluyt & Company	Scheduled	Jun 16, 2020

Hearing	The Crisis in IdlibRayburn House Office Building 21729 documents 3 witnesses Ms. Dana Stroul, Shelly and Michael Kassen Fellow, Beth and David Geduld Program on Arab Politics Mr. Hardin Lang, Vice President for Programs and Policy, Refugees International Ms. Jennifer Cafarella, Research Director, Institute for the Study of War	Scheduled	Mar 11, 2020

Hearing	50 Years of the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Strengthening the NPT in the Face of Iranian and North Korean Nonproliferation Challenges13 documents 4 witnesses Dr. Wendin Smith, (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Department of State) Mr. Richard Johnson, Senior Director for Fuel Cycle and Verification, Nuclear Threat Initiative The Honorable Stephen Rademaker, Senior Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Ph.D., Founder and President, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation	Scheduled	Mar 3, 2020

Hearing	The Middle East Peace Process: An Analysis from Former U.S. NegotiatorsRayburn House Office Building 217210 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Frank Lowenstein, Executive Director, APCO Worldwide The Honorable Mara Rudman, Executive Vice President for Policy, Center for American Progress Mr. Michael Singh, Lane-Swig Senior Fellow, Managing Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy	Scheduled	Feb 12, 2020

Hearing	Escalation with Iran: Outcomes and Implications for U.S. Interests and Regional StabilityRayburn House Office Building 21729 documents 3 witnesses Dr. Mara Karlin, Director of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Dr. Ariane Tabatabai, Associate Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar Ms. Danielle Pletka, Senior Fellow in Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute, Andrew H. Siegel Professor on American Middle Eastern Foreign Policy	Scheduled	Jan 28, 2020

Hearing	The Way Forward in IraqRayburn House Office Building 21722 documents 1 witness Mr. Joey Hood, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs	Scheduled	Dec 10, 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	11
118th2023–2024	14	0	0	0	13
117th2021–2022	20	24	0	0	18
116th2019–2020	18	22	0	0	20
115th2017–2018	22	27	6	0	27
114th2015–2016	19	29	3	0	19
113th2013–2014	24	31	5	0	15
112th2011–2012	22	49	0	1	0
111th2009–2010	26	0	0	0	—
110th2007–2008	19	8	0	0	—
109th2005–2006	18	37	11	1	—
108th2003–2004	18	4	4	0	—
107th2001–2002	20	15	0	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.