Portrait of Joaquin Castro

MEMBER OF CONGRESS

Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX-20]

House · serving since 2013

Member data synced 4d ago

187SPONSORED
1,688COSPONSORED

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Committee assignments

Joaquin's current House committee + subcommittee assignments. Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators (daily-updated).

House Committee on Foreign Affairs
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Western Hemisphere · House Committee on Foreign AffairsRanking Member
Oversight and Investigations · House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceRanking Member
East Asia and Pacific · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Central Intelligence Agency · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
National Security Agency and Cyber · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Office

2241 Rayburn House Office Building

Policy footprint (recent bills)

Issue areas across Joaquin's last 25 sponsored and last 25 cosponsored bills.

Sponsored

International Affairs16
Education4
Crime and Law Enforcement2
Finance and Financial Sector1
Government Operations and Politics1

Cosponsored

International Affairs5
Congress4
Government Operations and Politics3
Crime and Law Enforcement3
Immigration2
Health2
Armed Forces and National Security2
Economics and Public Finance1

Recent sponsored bills

187

H.R. 9698

Advanced Coursework Equity Act

2026-07-15: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R. 7675

Securing Partner Supply Chains Act

2026-03-26: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 3.

H.Res. 1012

Recognizing and honoring Cristina M. Rodríguez for her historic appointment as dean of Yale Law School.

2026-01-21: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R. 7059

No Unauthorized War in Mexico Act

2026-01-14: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.Res. 969

Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 8, 2025, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".

2025-12-19: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R. 6910

United States International Development Corporation Chief Development Officer Act

2025-12-19: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 6736

ARMAS Act of 2025

2025-12-16: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 6562

United States Development Finance Corporation Effectiveness Act

2025-12-10: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 6563

Terrorist Watchlist Modification Review Act

2025-12-10: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 6347

Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025

2025-12-03: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 6.

H.Res. 653

Expressing support for the Japanese Diet's Caucus for Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific and for continued United States-Japan interparliamentary collaboration to advance democracy in the region.

2025-08-15: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 4489

Sunshine on Solar Lending Act

2025-07-17: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R. 4490

PARTNER Act

2025-09-03: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

H.R. 4318

Head Start for Our Future Act

2025-07-10: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R. 4319

Strengthening Science Through Diplomacy Act of 2025

2025-07-10: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Showing 15 of 187 sponsored bills. Full list on Congress.gov ↗.

Recent cosponsored bills

1,688

H.Res. 1481

Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.

2026-08-13: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

H.Res. 1456

Directing the initiation of litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution of the United States.

2026-07-23: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 9944

TPS Review Act

2026-07-23: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 8592

No WAR Act

2026-04-30: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 5106

Restore Trust in Congress Act

2025-09-03: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

H.Res. 1248

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives from participating in prediction markets in certain cases, and for other purposes.

2026-04-30: Referred to the Committee on Ethics, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 307

ARC Act of 2025

2025-01-14: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H122)

H.Res. 23

Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution

2025-01-09: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

H.R. 4664

Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act

2025-07-23: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 4749

Texas Flood Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2025

2025-07-23: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.J.Res. 108

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official…

2025-07-22: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 4611

EACH Act of 2025

2025-12-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R. 6289

Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act

2025-12-11: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

H.R. 4332

YALI Act of 2025

2026-05-13: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 6.

H.R. 210

Dental Care for Veterans Act

2026-05-20: Committee Hearings Held

Showing 15 of 1,688 cosponsored bills.