HSFA16 · House Subcommittee

Africa Subcommittee

Under Foreign Affairs Committee foreignaffairs.house.gov

House Subcommittee on Africa

Showing the 114th Congress (2015–2016), when this was the Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Back to the 119th Congress

46 bills referred in the 114th Congress

301 across the 8 Congresses on file, most in the 112th at 69. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 109th to 117th

Members

Served in the 114th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 114th Congress

Members, 114th Congress 9

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 114th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Chair
D-CA	Ami Bera
R-FL	Curt Clawson
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.
D-RI	David N. Cicilline
D-CA	Karen Bass
R-NC	Mark Meadows
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais
R-MN	Tom Emmer

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 114th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 3833	To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.	Reported By	Sep 22, 2016
HR 2189	Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act	Reported By	Sep 22, 2016
HRES 792	Reaffirming the United States commitment to the protection of refugees and displaced persons.	Referred To	Sep 7, 2016
HRES 290	Calling for the global repeal of blasphemy laws.	Reported By	Jul 14, 2016
HR 4501	DPRK Act of 2016	Referred To	Apr 29, 2016
HR 3694	STOP Organ Trafficking Act	Discharged From	Apr 13, 2016
HRES 584	Urging the President to seek an independent investigation into the death of Tibetan Buddhist leader and social activist Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and to publicly call for an end to the repressive policies used by the People's Republic of China in Tibet.	Referred To	Feb 12, 2016
HRES 562	Recognizing the 67th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the celebration of "Human Rights Day".	Referred To	Feb 12, 2016

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Markup	H.R. 2189 and H.R. 3833Rayburn House Office Building 22006 documents	Scheduled	Sep 22, 2016

Markup	H. Res. 290Rayburn House Office Building 22555 documents	Scheduled	Jul 14, 2016

Hearing	Accountability Over Politics: Scrutinizing the Trafficking in Persons ReportRayburn House Office Building 22008 documents 2 witnesses The Honorable Susan Coppedge, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State Mr. David Abramowitz, Managing Director, Humanity United Action	Scheduled	Jul 12, 2016

Hearing	The President’s Visit to Vietnam: A Missed Opportunity to Advance Human RightsRayburn House Office Building 220015 documents 4 witnesses Pastor Rmah Loan, Former Head, Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam - Dak Nong Province Ms. Katie Duong, Overseas Representative, Popular Bloc of Cao Dai Religion Nguyen Thang,, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boat People SOS Mr. T. Kumar, Director of International Advocacy, Amnesty International	Scheduled	Jun 22, 2016

Hearing	The Global Religious Freedom Crisis and Its Challenge to U.S. Foreign PolicyRayburn House Office Building 217212 documents 3 witnesses The Honorable David Saperstein, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State Robert George,, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University (Former Chairman, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom) M. Jasser,, American Islamic Forum for Democracy (Former Vice-Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)	Scheduled	Jun 16, 2016

Hearing	The ISIS Genocide Declaration: What Next?Rayburn House Office Building 217218 documents 5 witnesses Mr. Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus Mr. Sarhang Hamasaeed, Senior Program Officer, Middle East and Africa Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace Mr. Johnny Oram, Executive Director, Chaldean Assyrian Business Alliance Mr. David Crane, Professor of Practice, Syracuse University College of Law (Former Chief Prosecutor, United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone) Ms. Naomi Kikoler, Deputy Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	Scheduled	May 26, 2016

Hearing	Democracy Support Strategies in AfricaRayburn House Office Building 217222 documents 7 witnesses Mr. D. Wharton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. Thomas Staal, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development Mr. Steven Feldstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State Mr. Rushdi Nackerdien, Regional Director for Africa, International Foundation for Electoral Systems Mr. Patrick Merloe, Senior Associate and Director of Election Programs, National Democratic Institute Mr. John Tomaszewski, Acting Regional Director for Africa, International Republican Institute Mr. Nii Akuetteh, Executive Director, The African Immigrant Caucus	Scheduled	May 18, 2016

Hearing	The U.S. Role in Helping Nigeria Confront Boko Haram and Other Threats in Northern NigeriaRayburn House Office Building 225514 documents 4 witnesses The Honorable Frank Wolf, Distinguished Senior Fellow, 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative Mr. Emmanuel Ogebe, Special Counsel, Justice for Jos Project Sa’a _, Chibok Schoolgirl, Education Must Continue Initiative Christopher Fomunyoh,, Senior Associate and Regional Director for Central and West Africa, National Democratic Institute	Scheduled	May 11, 2016

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	13	0	0	0	9
118th2023–2024	10	0	0	0	9
117th2021–2022	14	13	0	0	13
116th2019–2020	9	33	0	0	14
115th2017–2018	9	34	0	1	34
114th2015–2016	9	46	7	1	33
113th2013–2014	8	49	7	1	29
112th2011–2012	10	69	2	1	0
111th2009–2010	11	0	0	0	—
110th2007–2008	11	4	1	0	—
109th2005–2006	13	53	18	3	—

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