HSFA16 · House Subcommittee

Africa Subcommittee

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House Subcommittee on Africa

Showing the 117th Congress (2021–2022), when this was the Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights. Back to the 119th Congress

13 bills referred in the 117th 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 117th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress

Members, 117th Congress 14

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

Seat	Member	Role
D-CA	Karen Bass	Chair
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Ranking Member
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Vice Chair
D-CA	Ami Bera
R-PA	Daniel Meuser
R-CA	Darrell Issa
D-RI	David N. Cicilline
D-MN	Dean Phillips
R-TX	Ronny Jackson
D-CA	Sara Jacobs
D-PA	Susan Wild
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube
R-CA	Young Kim

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 8654	End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2022	Discharged From	Dec 6, 2022
HRES 1373	Honoring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer by recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to adopt a 21st-century global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine the health and well-being of people around the world.	Referred To	Sep 20, 2022
HR 8057	Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2022	Referred To	Jun 14, 2022
HRES 842	Condemning the sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls in Ethiopia and emphasizing the urgent demand for humanitarian responses to meet their needs.	Referred To	Feb 22, 2022
HR 6140	Sudan Democracy Act	Referred To	Feb 22, 2022
HRES 615	Celebrating the goals and ideals of the first International Day for People of African Descent, particularly the principle that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies".	Referred To	Oct 12, 2021
HRES 564	Reaffirming the comprehensive United States approach to tobacco control and encouraging the World Health Organization to embrace technological advancements to combat noncommunicable diseases.	Referred To	Aug 4, 2021
HR 3424	Global Pandemic Prevention and Biosecurity Act	Referred To	May 28, 2021

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

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Examining U.S. Foreign Assistance to Address the Root Causes of Instability and Conflict in AfricaRayburn House Office Building 22006 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Travis Adkins, President and CEO, U.S. African Development Foundation Mr. Andrew Herscowitz, Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Mr. Robert Jenkins, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization Ms. Alicia Mandaville, Vice President for Policy and Evaluation, Millennium Challenge Corporation	Scheduled	Nov 15, 2022

Hearing	Examining the Realities of Russian Activities and Influence in Africa and Its Effects on the Continent15 documents 5 witnesses Ms. Candace Rondeaux, Director, Future Frontlines, New America Dr. Joeseph Siegle, Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University Dr. Fonteh Akum, Executive Director, Institute for Security Studies Mr. Mvemba Dizolele, Director and Senior Fellow Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies Mr. Nate Sibley, Research Fellow, Hudson Institute	Scheduled	Jul 14, 2022

Hearing	Understanding the African Continental Free Trade Area and How the U.S. Can Promote its Success14 documents 4 witnesses The Honorable Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Chairman, Equity Bank Dr. Landry Signé, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Ms. Florizelle Liser, President and CEO, Corporate Council on Africa	Scheduled	Apr 27, 2022

Hearing	Progress and Present Challenges on COVID-19 in Africa12 documents 4 witnesses Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, President, The Republic of Botswana Dr. Ahmed Ogwell, Deputy Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Founder and Executive Chairman, NantWorks Dr. Maria Bottazzi, Co-Director, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development	Scheduled	Mar 31, 2022

Hearing	Improving Access to Quality Public Education in Africa12 documents 4 witnesses The Honorable David Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Office of the President, Sierra Leone Dr. Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, The Brookings Institution Ms. Yasmine Sherif, Director, Education Cannot Wait Mr. Robert Kaufman, Executive Director, Abaarso Network	Scheduled	Feb 8, 2022

Hearing	FY2022 Budget and U.S. - Africa RelationsRayburn House Office Building 21724 documents 2 witnesses The Honorable Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State Dr. Diana Putman, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development	Scheduled	Dec 1, 2021

Hearing	Combating Global Human TraffickingRayburn House Office Building 217212 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Alex Thier, Chief Executive Officer, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery Ms. Catherine Chen, Chief Executive Officer, Polaris Ms. Evelyn Chumbow, Board Member, Free the Slaves Mr. Peter Williams, Principal Advisor, Modern Slavery, International Justice Mission	Scheduled	Oct 27, 2021

Hearing	Understanding Conflict in Africa4 documents 2 witnesses Mr. Michael Gonzales, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State Mr. Robert Jenkins, Assistant to the Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development	Scheduled	Sep 28, 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	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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