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