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          TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL AND COLLABORATIVE RESOLUTION OF
            MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN THE SOUTH CHINA
             SEA AND ITS ENVIRONS AND OTHER MARITIME AREAS
                  ADJACENT TO THE EAST ASIAN MAINLAND

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                                 MARKUP

                               BEFORE THE

                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

                                   ON

                               H.R. 6313

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                           SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

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                           Serial No. 112-179

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                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

                 ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida, Chairman
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey     HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York
ELTON GALLEGLY, California           ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 
DANA ROHRABACHER, California             Samoa
DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois         BRAD SHERMAN, California
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California          ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio                   GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
RON PAUL, Texas                      RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
MIKE PENCE, Indiana                  ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 THEODORE E. DEUTCH, 
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska               Florida
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             DENNIS CARDOZA, CaliforniaUntil 8/
TED POE, Texas                           14/12 deg.
GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida            BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio                   BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
BILL JOHNSON, Ohio                   ALLYSON SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
DAVID RIVERA, Florida                CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania             FREDERICA WILSON, Florida
TIM GRIFFIN, Arkansas                KAREN BASS, California
TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania             WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts
JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina          DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island
ANN MARIE BUERKLE, New York
RENEE ELLMERS, North Carolina
ROBERT TURNER, New York
                   Yleem D.S. Poblete, Staff Director
             Richard J. Kessler, Democratic Staff Director


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                               MARKUP OF

H.R. 6313, To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of 
  maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its 
  environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian 
  mainland.......................................................     2
  Amendment to H.R. 6313 offered by the Honorable Ileana Ros-
    Lehtinen, a Representative in Congress from the State of 
    Florida, and chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs..........    18

          LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD
                                APPENDIX

Markup notice....................................................    20
Markup minutes...................................................    21
Markup summary...................................................    23
     TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL AND COLLABORATIVE RESOLUTION OF MARITIME 
TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ITS ENVIRONS AND OTHER 
           MARITIME AREAS ADJACENT TO THE EAST ASIAN MAINLAND

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                     WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

                  House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                                    Washington, DC.
    The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 o'clock a.m. 
in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ileana Ros-
Lehtinen (chairman of the committee) presiding.
    Chairman Ros-Lehtinen. The committee will come to order. 
Before we begin today's markup and hearing, I would like to ask 
my colleagues and all who are joining us today to please stand 
for a moment of silence to honor United States Ambassador to 
Libya, Chris Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management 
Officer Sean Smith, and two other fellow Americans killed in 
Libya yesterday. [Moment of silence.]
    Please be seated. I know I speak for all of the members of 
our committee when we say that our prayers go out to their 
families and their friends. They died in service of our Nation, 
and we are forever grateful. They risked their lives to help 
the people of Libya free themselves from the oppression of 
Ghadafi and rebuild their nation. Yet on a day marking the 11th 
anniversary of the deplorable attacks against our Nation on 
September 11, 2001, radicals chose to attack and kill our 
diplomats in Benghazi.
    Similarly, I would like to take this opportunity on behalf 
of our committee to thank the men and women serving in our 
Embassy in Egypt, who also came under attack yesterday by those 
who continue to seek the support of, and assistance from, the 
United States. Let us be clear, there is no justification for 
the murder of our diplomats and attacks on our Embassies. We 
have nothing for which to apologize. We must ensure that the 
perpetrators of this recent round of 9/11 attacks are held 
accountable. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
    And before we begin today's hearing, pursuant to notice, 
the committee meets to consider H.R. 6313 sponsored by our 
colleague, Mr. Faleomavaega. It is a bipartisan measure to 
promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime 
territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Without objection, 
all members may have 5 days to submit statements and extraneous 
material on this bill for the record. According to the 
expedited procedures sent to all member offices yesterday, we 
will now move immediately to adoption of the bill.
    [H.R. 6313 follows:]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Chairman Ros-Lehtinen. Without objection, the bill and the 
Ros-Lehtinen amendment, number 132 which merely fixes two 
typographical errors, which all members have before them, will 
be considered as read and considered en bloc.
    [The amendment referred to follows:]
    
    

    I ask unanimous consent that H.R. 6313, as amended, be 
agreed to by the committee. Hearing no objection, it is so 
ordered. Without objection, the chair is authorized to seek 
consideration of H.R. 6313, as amended, under suspension of the 
rules, and staff is directed to make any technical or 
conforming changes. With a concluding thank you to the ranking 
member, and especially to Mr. Faleomavaega for authoring the 
bill, the markup is adjourned.
    [Whereupon, at 10:06 a.m., the committee proceeded to other 
business.]
                                     

                                     

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