HMCA 2026 Committee Topics
Here is the list of the 15 committees and their briefing topics that will be offered at HMCA 2026.
Please wait at least 7 days after paying all fees to receive committee assignments. For school delegations, all students must submit their preference forms to receive their committee and role assignments.
ASEAN and BRICS are double delegate committees, which means that two delegates will represent the same country. Both delegates must list each other when ranking their committee preferences, and delegates will be evaluated as a partnership.
COP 30 and Senate Foreign Relations are novice committees, which is a committee for those who are beginners to Harvard Model Congress. This therefore offers a space for beginner delegates to discuss and debate with other beginner delegates. There will be additional attention to giving delegates instructions before committee starts and guidance throughout the conference.
We will give preference to student delegates who have not previously attended HMCA, and assign remaining spots based on availability and experience.
DOMESTIC PROGRAMs
House Intelligence
A.I. & the Future of Information Warfare: Threats to U.S. Intelligence
Reforming Classified Information Handling
HOUSE foreign affairs
Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains
U.S. Foreign Aid & Humanitarian Assistance
House homeland Security
Reforming Government Surveillance: Balancing Security & Civil Liberties
Securing Energy Infrastructure Against Physical & Cyber Threats
House science, space, and technology
Regulation of Military Technology in Space
Small Size, Big Impact: Commercializing Nuclear Small Modular Reactors
SENATE foreign relations
U.S.-Iran Relations
U.S. Tariff Policy in a Changing World
SENATE HELP
Biomedical Research & the National Institutes of Health
Federal Student Loans & Workforce Development
international programs
ASEAN (double delegate)
Cybersecurity & Digital Governance in Southeast Asia
International Responses to Myanmar's Polycrisis
BRICS (double delegate)
Ensuring Global Energy Security
De-Dollarization & BRICS
Cop 30
Climate-Induced Migration & Rising Sea Levels
Solar Geoengineering
UNESCAP
Mass Tourism
Quotas in Government & Corporate Leadership
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Human Rights in Global Protest
Protecting Ukrainian Refugees
UNICEF
Emissions, Pollution, & Children's Health
Universal Early Childhood Education in Asia
UN Security council
Global Cyber Networks & the Authoritarian Threat
Kashmir on the Brink: The India-Pakistan Crisis
WORLD Health Organization
Social Isolation & Public Health
The Maternal Mortality Rate
G20
Disputes in the South China Sea
Powering the Transition: Financing Asia's Shift to Sustainable Energy