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      MARKUP OF H.R. 2153, H.Res. 189, H.Res. 230, H.R. 1771, H.Res. 410,
     H.Res. 349, H.R. 4754, S. 178, H.Res. 585, H.R. 554, H.R. 2881, H.R.
     3763, H.Res. 446, H.R. 1819, H.R. 4802, H.R. 4862, H.Res. 649, H.Res.
                                      546

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                          COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

                       ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York, Chairman

    BRAD SHERMAN, California             MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas, Ranking
    GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York               Member
    ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey              CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey
    GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia         STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
    THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida          JOE WILSON, South Carolina
    KAREN BASS, California               SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania
    WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts       TED S. YOHO, Florida
    DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island        ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois
    AMI BERA, California                 LEE ZELDIN, New York
    JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas                JIM SENSENBRENNER, Wisconsin
    DINA TITUS, Nevada                   ANN WAGNER, Missouri
    ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York          BRIAN MAST, Florida
    TED LIEU, California                 FRANCIS ROONEY, Florida
    SUSAN WILD, Pennsylvania             BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Pennsylvania
    DEAN PHILLIPS, Minnesota             JOHN CURTIS, Utah
    ILHAN OMAR, Minnesota                KEN BUCK, Colorado
    COLIN ALLRED, Texas                  RON WRIGHT, Texas
    ANDY LEVIN, Michigan                 GUY RESCHENTHALER, Pennsylvania
    ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, Virginia         TIM BURCHETT, Tennessee
    CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania       GREG PENCE, Indiana
    TOM MALINOWSKI, New Jersey           STEVE WATKINS, Kansas
    DAVID TRONE, Maryland                MIKE GUEST, Mississippi
    JIM COSTA, California
    JUAN VARGAS, California
    VICENTE GONZALEZ, Texas

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                        MEASURES AND AMENDMENTS EN BLOC

    H.R. 2153........................................................     2
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 2153 offered by
      Mr. Engel......................................................    16
    H.Res.189........................................................    17
    H.Res.230........................................................    23
    H.R. 1771........................................................    29
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1771 offered by
      Mr. Engel......................................................    35
    H.Res.410........................................................    40
     Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.Res. 410 offered by
      Ms. Bass.......................................................    43
    H.Res.349........................................................    46
    H.R. 4754........................................................    49
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 4754 offered by
      Mr. Curtis.....................................................    56
    S. 178...........................................................    62
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to S. 178 offered by Mr.
      Sherman........................................................    85
    H.Res.585........................................................   101
    H.R. 554.........................................................   105
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 554 offered by
      Mr. Wilson.....................................................   111
    H.R. 2881........................................................   117
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 2881 offered by
      Ms. Spanberger.................................................   131
    H.R. 3763........................................................   139
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3763 offered by
      Mr. McCaul.....................................................   147
    H.Res.446........................................................   151
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.Res. 446 offered by
      Mr. Keating....................................................   154
    H.R. 1819........................................................   155
     H.R. 4802.......................................................   157
    H.R. 4862........................................................   159
    H.Res.649........................................................   163
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.Res.649 offeredd by
      Mr. Smith......................................................   167
    H.Res.546........................................................   171

                       MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

    Statement of Grace Meng submitted for the record from
      Representative Sherman.........................................   178

                                    APPENDIX

    Markup Notice....................................................   191
    Markup Minutes...................................................   193
    Markup Attendance................................................   194

      MARKUP OF H.R. 2153, H.Res. 189, H.Res. 230, H.R. 1771, H.Res. 410,
                            H.Res. 349, H.R. 4754,
     S. 178, H.Res. 585, H.R. 554, H.R. 2881, H.R. 3763, H.Res. 446, H.R.
               1819, H.R. 4802, H.R. 4862, H.Res. 649, H.Res. 546

                          WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019

                            House of Representatives

                          Committee on Foreign Affairs

                                         Washington, DC

        The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room
    2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Eliot Engel (chairman
    of the committee) presiding.
        Mr. Engel. The committee will come to order. Without
    objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the
    committee at any point. Pursuant to Committee Rule 4, the chair
    may postpone further proceedings on approving any measure or
    matter or adopting an amendment. Without objection, all members
    may have 5 days to submit a statement or extraneous materials
    on today's business.
        As members were notified yesterday, we intend to consider
    18 bipartisan measures and amendments en bloc. Pursuant to
    notice for purposes of markup, I now call up the en bloc
    package consisting of 18 measures.
        And here are the measures: H.R. 2153, with an Engel
    amendment; H.Res.189; H.Res.230; H.R. 1771, with an Amendment
    in the Nature of a Substitute H.Res.410, with an Amendment in
    the Nature of a Substitute H.Res.349; H.R. 4754, with an
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute S. 178, with an
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute H.Res.585; H.R. 554,
    with an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute H.R. 2881, with
    an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute H.R. 3763, with an
    Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute H.Res.446, with a
    Keating amendment; H.R. 1819; H.R. 4802; H.R. 4862; H.Res.649,
    with an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute H.Res.546.
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        Mr. Engel. At this time, I recognize myself to speak on
    today's business. Let me say I am pleased to support all of the
    bipartisan measures before us today, and I thank our members
    for their hard work. I will keep my remarks brief and highlight
    just a few of the 18 bills and resolutions.
        First, House Resolution 585, from Mr. Suozzi, which
    reaffirms Congress's support for historic peace that the Good
    Friday Agreement brought to Ireland. This is an issue
    particularly close to my heart. I remember my first trip as a
    Member of Congress in 1989 traveling to Ireland, traveling to
    Belfast during the dark days of The Troubles.
        The Good Friday Agreement and the fulfillment of every
    obligation under that agreement is the only way to ensure that
    those times of violence and division never return. That is why
    I am so alarmed by the current situation with Brexit which
    could reintroduce a hard border between the north and the
    Republic, a dangerous prospect not only for the peace process,
    but for the economic stability of the island and for the rights
    of the border communities.
        With this resolution, Congress sends a clear signal to the
    U.K. and the EU that any Brexit deal must protect the Good
    Friday Agreement and all its components. I strongly support
    this good measure and I hope all members will join me in moving
    it forward.
        Next, I will move on to two good measures that deal with
    5G, a technology that has the potential to revolutionize so
    many sectors from transportation to health care to
    entertainment. So there will be massive economic benefits for
    those who can quickly take full advantage of the new
    technology, but it also comes with big risks.
        As people become more dependent on wireless communications
    and generate even more data about their lives, the adoption of
    5G will bring national security, cybersecurity, and privacy
    challenges. That is why there is such broad bipartisan
    consensus that it is important to assert American leadership in
    5G technology to compete with China and others on the
    international stage and, simultaneously, to protect the
    networks of the United States and its allies from spying eyes
    and cyber-attacks.
        We have two bills in front of us today that address the
    future of 5G in a meaningful way. First, we have Ms.
    Spanberger's Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2019, an overarching
    bill that requires the Administration to develop a security
    strategy for 5G systems and infrastructures in the United
    States, to assist allies and partners to do the same, and to
    protect the competitiveness of U.S. companies.
        And we have Ranking Member McCaul's Promoting United States
    International Leadership in 5G Act, which calls for a plan to
    promote U.S. leadership and international standard-setting
    bodies for 5G. I am pleased to support both of these measures
    that address this critical technology issue for the United
    States.
        I would also like to highlight the Keeping Girls in School
    Act authored by Ms. Frankel. When women and girls have access
    to education, they lift up entire communities with better
    health outcomes, economic well-being, and security for
    everyone. This bill calls on USAID to address the barriers to
    keeping girls in school around the world. It is a strong
    measure I am proud to support.
        Finally, I will turn to Mr. Sherman's amendment in the
    nature of a substitute to Senator Rubio's Uyghur Human Rights
    Policy Act. Mr. Sherman's amendment based on his Uyghur Act
    shows the Chinese government that Congress will not condone the
    horrific human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in western
    China.
        It builds upon the good work of Mr. Smith, Mr. Suozzi, and
    our Senate colleagues by adding sanctions and export
    restrictions to make sure U.S. technology is not being used by
    Beijing to oppress and mistreat China's ethnic and religious
    minorities. I strongly support all the measures we are
    considering today and I urge all members to join me in do the
    same.
        And I will now recognize our ranking member, Mr. McCaul of
    Texas, for his remarks.
        Mr. McCaul. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If we could just first
    state at the outset that yesterday marked an historic day in
    the House. For the first time in over 30 years, the House took
    action and passed a bill recognizing the historic fact that the
    Armenian Genocide took place. Thirty years. And I want to thank
    my good friend from New Jersey, Mr. Smith, who has been a
    champion on this issue and for your years of hard work and
    unwavering support in getting this measure finally across the
    finish line. And I think it sends a strong message to President
    Erdogan as well.
        And I want to thank Chairman Engel for his, as usual,
    bipartisan cooperation in working together with me and my staff
    to get the Turkey sanctions bill passed in a unified voice from
    the Congress rather than a divisive voice that we see so often
    these days, a unified American voice against what Turkey is
    doing in Syria. I want to thank you for holding this hearing.
        Several important bills including the TAIPEI Act introduced
    by Mr. Curtis, and two bills authored by my good friend Mr.
    Wilson. Today we are considering my bill, the Promoting United
    States International Leadership in 5G Act. China fully intends
    to become the preeminent global power using tactics like
    hacking, cyber-attacks, intellectual property theft, and
    espionage toward its goals.
        Considering its long history of maligned behavior and
    ongoing predatory practices, China's majority control of the
    world's 5G networks, interconnected devices, and cloud storage
    is a risk that we cannot accept. We must do better. We must
    compete. My bill better protects our national security and
    strategic interests by pursuing an alternative to China's 5G
    campaign which is using State funds and predatory lending
    through the Belt and Road Initiative to increase market
    ownership of not-so-private companies like Huawei.
        Huawei, with the support and malign influence of the
    Chinese government, is projected to gain more than 50 percent--
    50 percent--of control of the global marketplace and is
    positioning itself to gain even more. My bill will help the
    United States counter China's aggressive 5G expansion around
    the world by maintaining and in some cases increasing U.S.
    leadership and participation at international standard-setting
    bodies for 5G and future generations of mobile technology. It
    will provide a whole-government approach to assess the security
    risks posed by China and 5G and increase cooperation between
    the United States and its allies and partners in not only
    identifying these risks, but in countering them.
        Another important measure by the committee today will be
    advancing is the Uyghur Act, which will impose consequences for
    the Chinese Communist Party's horrific repression of the
    Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. The world must know that
    the Communist Party's crimes against its ethnic minority
    Muslims will not go unanswered. Secretary Pompeo rightfully
    calls these horrible crimes the ``stain of the century.``
        The Administration is taking action against the Chinese
    Communist Party by imposing visa restrictions on party
    officials, sanctioning entities that help build the Party's
    technological police state, and banning products made with
    forced labor in the Party's concentration camps. More action is
    needed. The legislation before us will help today and this bill
    will help expose the Communist Party's abuses and require the
    Magnitsky sanctions against perpetrators and ensure that U.S.
    technology supply chains do not help build China's oppressive
    surveillance programs and systems across the globe.
        Mr. Chairman, I look forward to supporting these and all
    measures here today. I want to thank you again for your
    bipartisan work with me and my team and I yield back the
    balance of my time.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. McCaul.
        Mr. Sherman.
        Mr. Sherman. I want to thank the chairman for holding this
    markup on these important issues, commend the authors on their
    bills and their leadership, and I am a cosponsor in each of the
    bills that are before us.
        I want to join the ranking member in taking a minute to
    recognize that we recognized the Armenian Genocide yesterday. I
    remember 10 years ago in this committee we passed an Armenian
    Genocide recognition bill by only one vote and then did not
    bring it to the floor because it was not certain that it would
    pass. Yesterday it passed by an overwhelming majority and
    cleansed a stain on this government and this Congress for
    failing to recognize the first genocide of the 20th century,
    for participating in Turkey's genocide denial. That all ended
    yesterday.
        I want to commend our colleagues, Schiff, Smith, Speier, of
    course Engel and McCaul, Eshoo, Pallone, But I also think we
    have to give credit to the man who was decisive in this and
    that is of course President Erdogan. Without his help we would
    not have been able to pass that resolution.
        I want to thank the chairman for bringing up the Uyghur
    bill, S. 178, authored by Senators Rubio and Menendez, which
    passed the Senate on September 11th. The House has companion
    legislation authored by our colleagues Chris Smith and Tom
    Suozzi. In February, I reintroduced, along with the Asia
    Subcommittee chair Ted Yoho and Connolly and Wagner, H.R. 1025,
    the Uyghur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified
    Response Act, the UIGHUR Act, spells Uighur.
        Both these bills contain very important and complementary
    measures designed to increase the profile of and counter one of
    the most important human rights issues of the present day,
    namely the detention of over one million Uyghurs and other
    Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
        The Chinese government has sought to erase the distinct
    Uyghur Muslim culture and religious traditions through mass
    detention; reeducation; they have involved the suppression of
    the Uyghur language; intimidation of Chinese Muslim minorities
    living even outside China, preventing Muslim minorities
    including those with permanent residency status in the United
    States from leaving the region; and they have sent literally
    hundreds of thousands, at least tens of thousands of agents to
    live inside Uyghur households as a State monitor per family.
        The extent of this Chinese effort to sinofy the Muslim
    population of western China is staggering. So we have got an
    amendment in the nature of a substitute which combines
    important parts of both of the bills that I have mentioned.
    This is just a start. I want to thank the ranking member and
    chairman as well as a bipartisan staff for working together to
    put together this ANS.
        I want to highlight two provisions. One is that we identify
    those persons responsible for the repression of the Uyghurs and
    apply the Magnitsky sanctions to those individuals, the second
    is Section 9 requires the Commerce Department to update our
    export controls and ensure that the Commerce Control List,
    which covers dual list items, is updated to create a special
    regime for China and identify those items that can be used for
    surveillance, mass detention, and deny licenses for the export
    or re-export of those items.
        Our staff has worked diligently with the high-tech
    community to make sure that this is not over broad. This
    legislation is an important beginning. We need to go further.
    Most importantly, we need to ensure that our imports from China
    and the international supply chains relied upon by Western
    multinationals do not include items that are a product of slave
    labor. So I look forward to working with the committee on
    follow-on legislation and I urge the adoption of the Sherman
    ANS and the underlying S. 178.
        Finally, I want to say a few brief words about Karen Bass's
    H.Res.410 and Grace Meng's H.R. 1171, both of which deal with
    family reunifications between Korean Americans and their
    relatives in North Korea. Without objection, I would like to
    submit a statement from Grace Meng for the record. Without
    objection.
        Mr. Engel. Without objection.
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        Mr. Sherman. Most people do not realize there are a hundred
    thousand Korean Americans with family members in North Korea.
    While there have been 21 reunions involving South and North
    Koreans since the year 2000, Korean Americans have not been
    included in this. And especially as these individuals age, it
    is important for us to push forward toward family
    reunifications. I yield back.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Sherman.
        Mr. Smith.
        Mr. Smith. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I too
    want to thank you and Ranking Member McCaul for the historic
    day yesterday. The two bills that were up for consideration, I
    think, sent a clear message to Ankara that we are serious and
    the recognition of the Armenian Genocide embedded in the bill
    and it is just extraordinary. It has been a lot of years in the
    making.
        I want to thank Anna Eshoo especially because it was her
    idea to bring it up now. So I do want to say the bipartisanship
    in both the debate and in that vote shows a common belief based
    on facts that are unassailable that the Armenian Genocide is
    one of the most horrific events that have happened in all of
    history. And that the Turks continue their all-out effort to
    say it did not occur only brings further dishonor on Erdogan
    and on his government.
        I would also like to thank you both for bringing up
    H.Res.649, a resolution which highlights the good work and the
    development and model of the Inter-American Foundation so soon
    after it being introduced. Fifty years ago, Congress authorized
    the IAF to engage in grassroots development projects throughout
    the Western Hemisphere. IAF prizes community-led projects and
    small-scale entrepreneurship as a way to give underserved
    people a stake in their societies. It is about hand up and not
    just a hand out.
        Its sister organization, the African Development
    Foundation, and like it, leverages and encourages the financial
    and sweat equity of people in the community and has made an
    enormous difference in the lives of so many. It has a very,
    very low overhead in terms of what they use for salaries and
    the like, some 14 percent. So this is one of the best
    initiatives.
        It also promotes Feed the Future to ensure that its work
    complements but does not compete with projects of other
    agencies. I want to thank Albio Sires, the chairman, for his
    strong leadership on this Foundation for so many years and also
    my good friend and colleague Rooney, the ranking member, for
    their support for the bill.
        Let me also say I am very happy that the Uyghur Human
    Rights Policy Act is up for consideration. I introduced the
    Uyghur Human Rights Act in the last Congress and in this one.
    This year we have had 118 co-sponsors including many of the
    members of this committee, including the ranking member and
    Chairman Sherman. I want to thank them for that support. We
    even had Nancy Pelosi signing on as a co-sponsor back in
    January. So it is a bill whose time has come and it will make a
    difference.
        I have chaired or co-chaired a number of hearings on what
    the Chinese government, what Beijing, particularly what Xi
    Jinping is doing to the Uyghurs. It is--we are talking about
    concentration camps. The surveillance at all levels of their
    lives is unconscionable and is reminiscent of what the Nazis
    did in terms of rounding people up, torturing them, putting
    them into forced labor, and more has to be done to combat this.
        The bill is a comprehensive approach to try to end this
    egregious behavior on the part of the Chinese government. I
    want to commend the Trump Administration for some of its
    actions that it has taken including placing 28 government
    agencies and businesses on the Commerce Department's Entity
    List. They have raised it repeatedly, particularly Secretary of
    State Pompeo, but more has to be done worldwide.
        More has to be done by us, Congress, as well as by the
    White House because this is barbaric behavior on the part of
    the Chinese. Many of the goods that are being made there find
    their way into our stores. Recently, Costco, and we had very
    good information on this, was getting clothing for children
    that was being made in these concentration camps. So a much
    more aggressive effort needs to be made to ensure that gulag-
    made labor does not find its way onto the shelves of our stores
    and outlets.
        So again, this is a good bill. You know, I would have hoped
    we would have passed our version sooner like in January, but
    that said, we are doing it now and that is a good thing. Yield
    back.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Smith.
        Mr. Sires.
        Mr. Sires. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this
    hearing. And I was here 10 years ago when we voted for the
    Armenian Genocide and I was very proud yesterday when I saw the
    400 votes on the floor for this Armenian Genocide. I remember
    the pressure that the Turkish government put on all the members
    that were on this committee to vote no, but we were still able
    to get it through with one vote.
        I also want to speak briefly about two pieces of
    legislation that are being considered today, H.Res.649 and
    H.Res.546. I want to thank my colleague from New Jersey,
    Congressman Chris Smith, for introducing an important
    resolution to support the work of the Inter-American
    Foundation. Over the last 50 years, the Inter-American
    Foundation has played a key role in advancing the economic
    development of countries in Latin America. It has achieved this
    progress by skipping over international contractors and issuing
    grants directly through local organizations.
        The Inter-American Foundation's achievement show that
    promoting economic development in Latin America not only makes
    for more prosperous societies, but also advances American
    interests. I am proud to join Congressman Smith in leading this
    resolution. I urge my colleagues to support it.
        Second, I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for
    considering the bipartisan resolution I sponsored that would
    disapprove Russia's future inclusion in the G7 Summits until it
    respects the territorial integrity of its neighbors and adheres
    to the standards of democratic societies. I introduced this
    resolution after the President expressed his intention to
    invite Putin to next year's G7 Summit, to reiterate
    longstanding congressional sentiment opposing this choice.
        Since Russia was suspended from the G8 in 2014 as a direct
    result for his aggressive actions in the Ukraine, legislation
    supporting this decision and setting requirements for Russia's
    future inclusion has been signed into law. Russia has not
    changed course but has become increasingly aggressive in the
    Ukraine and has undermined democracy in numerous other
    countries including the United States.
        This resolution shows the House of Representatives is
    adamant that Russia must meet previously set conditions before
    they are invited to participate in another Summit. I thank the
    committee for their time and I urge my colleagues to support
    this resolution.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you very much, Mr. Sires.
        Mr. Chabot.
        Mr. Chabot. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have several
    measures before us today so I will not get to all of them, but
    I would just like to focus on a few. First, as the founder, one
    of the founders and co-chairs of the congressional Taiwan
    Caucus, I want to voice my strong support for Mr. Curtis's
    TAIPEI Act. Taiwan is a critical ally in the Pacific and ought
    to be a role model for other nations across the globe.
        Last month, the Solomon Islands and Kiribati switched
    diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. The TAIPEI Act
    seeks to discourage other countries from making that same
    mistake. Unfortunately, these changes are a part of a concerted
    Chinese campaign. Since President Tsai was elected, Beijing has
    sought to undermine her presidency, to intimidate the Taiwanese
    people, and has increased its efforts to close Taiwan off from
    the international community.
        Helping Taiwan maintain its sovereignty in the face of this
    onslaught demonstrates our commitment to a free and open Indo-
    Pacific. The TAIPEI Act also raises a critical question. Why we
    do not just go ahead and recognize Taiwan? The Taiwanese people
    do not want to be part of the PRC and who can blame them after
    we have seen China's blatant disregard for the rights of Hong
    Kong people over the past several months.
        Furthermore, if you pick any mark of sovereignty whether it
    is in economic, diplomatic, or governance domains, it is pretty
    clear that Taiwan has all of them. It is pretty obvious that
    Taiwan is an independent country to anybody who looks at the
    facts, and it is well past time that U.S. policy caught up with
    these facts.
        Moving on from Taiwan, I would also like to briefly voice
    my support for three other bills that I am co-sponsoring that
    we have before us today. First, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy
    Act, the House version of which was introduced by my good
    friend Chris Smith. And thank you, Chris, for your leadership
    on this and so many other issues over the years. China's
    inhumane treatment of the Uyghurs is completely dystopian and
    horrific. This legislation is critical to holding the Chinese
    government and officials to account for their campaign of abuse
    and mass arbitrary detention inflicted on the Uyghurs.
        Second, Mr. Wilson's Saudi Education Transparency and
    Reform Act, and I want to thank him for his leadership on this
    committee over the years as well, is a necessary step to ensure
    that Saudi textbooks do not encourage violence against non-
    Muslim religions.
        Third, H.Res.349 reaffirms our commitment to our alliance
    with Japan. The partnership between our two great nations is
    essential to peace and security in Asia and, really, across the
    globe. It is also one of the best demonstrations that former
    enemies can put aside their hatred and buildup an enduring
    mutually beneficial friendship.
        As we face the threat of a rising China, seek to support
    democratic values and human rights, and work to bring economic
    development to the region, this alliance is critical to meeting
    our shared objectives. And, unfortunately, the relationship
    between the United States and Japan oftentimes gets overlooked
    nowadays. It should not. It is one of those that is so
    important to both countries, to the regions, and to the world.
    It ought to be an example of how former enemies really can get
    along to the mutual benefit of both societies.
        So I would urge my colleagues to support these and a number
    of other pieces of legislation before us. I thank the chairman
    and the ranking member for their leadership and yield back.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Chabot.
        Mr. Deutch.
        Mr. Deutch. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank you and
    Ranking Member McCaul for continuing to work together to bring
    forward good bipartisan measures. Those efforts were on full
    display yesterday on the House floor when we honored the memory
    of 1.5 million Armenians killed during the Armenian Genocide,
    and I commend you both for leading that effort.
        I am proud to support all of the bills this morning and to
    co-sponsor a number of them. First, I would like to thank my
    colleagues for their efforts on behalf of women and children
    and human rights, generally, around the world, especially the
    human rights abuses against the Uyghur population in China. As
    the co-chair of the congressional Study Group on Germany, I
    thank Chairman Keating for his resolution affirming strong
    U.S.-German relations and the importance of the transatlantic
    relationship.
        I thank Chairman Sires for his resolution opposing the re-
    entry of Russia into the G7. Russia annexation of Crimea and
    interference in the elections of the United States, of France,
    and of other countries around the world demonstrate that it
    does not belong at the table until it acts as a responsible
    member of the international community and stops its efforts to
    undermine democracy.
        I am proud to join Mr. Wilson, the ranking member of the
    Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism
    Subcommittee in introducing H.R. 4802 which expands the State
    Department's Rewards for Justice program to those who provide
    information on sanctions evaders. Sanctions are only as
    effective as their enforcement. And while we know that
    sanctions are strategic tools and not a policy in and of
    themselves, this bill will ensure that we can better maintain
    the integrity of our sanctions regime and target those who seek
    to undermine U.S. and international objectives.
        And, finally, I am proud to have introduced H.R. 4862, the
    United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Extension Act with my
    committee colleagues Mr. Wilson, Mr. Allred, Mr. Fitzpatrick,
    and our Appropriations counterparts, Chairwoman Lowey and Mr.
    Rogers. This legislation, which passed the House last Congress,
    reauthorizes the 2015 United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation
    Act, ensuring support for Jordan's security and economic
    stability.
        Jordan has been a critical partner in our efforts to defeat
    and destroy ISIS, and we all remember the horrific images of
    the Jordanian pilot downed in Syria and barbarically caged and
    burned alive. Jordan has taken in over a million Syrian
    refugees and we are grateful to Jordan for taking in their
    Syrian neighbors, and after 8 years most refugees live in host
    communities where basic services like electricity, water, and
    education are strained.
        International technical and financial assistance in
    expanding job opportunities is critical to the future of
    Jordan. The U.S. must work with international donors to help
    Jordan make the necessary forms to spur economic development.
    The Kingdom of Jordan is a strategic linchpin in the region and
    it is in the national security interest of the United States to
    help stabilize our ally Jordan. With this legislation we are
    affirming that the U.S. Congress stands by our allies. I thank
    my colleagues for the support of this and all this legislation
    and I yield back.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Deutch.
        Mr. Wilson.
        Mr. Wilson. Thank you, Chairman Eliot Engel and Republican
    Leader Michael McCaul for bringing these important bipartisan
    bills to mark today. I am grateful to co-sponsor many of the
    meaningful measures before us today and I am especially
    appreciative that two of my own bills will be considered here
    today.
        First to be considered is H.R. 554, the Saudi Educational
    Transparency and Reform Act of 2019, which I introduced with
    Congressman Bill Keating from Massachusetts. For too long,
    Saudi Arabia has played the role of both arsonist and
    firefighter in the fight against radicalization and violent
    extremism. While Saudi Arabia partners as a valued ally with us
    to combat terrorist groups around the world, Riyadh is also
    playing a negative role when it comes to radicalization.
        Every year, the Saudi government prints official school
    textbooks full of egregious material inciting hatred and
    violence against its own self-interest. For example, students
    are taught in one 2019 textbook that befriending Jews and
    Christians is ``a cause of God's affliction and displeasure.``
    Another, urges children to declare ``the deceptiveness of the
    Jews.`` Another book teaches children that Zionism spreads
    ``drugs and sexual diseases in many Islamic countries.``
        The material students are taught is so extreme that ISIS
    even used Saudi textbooks for its time when it seized control
    in Syria before it could publish its own materials. H.R. 554
    recognizes this problem and seeks to hold our ally Saudi Arabia
    to its repeated commitments over the past 15 years to reform
    its problematic curriculum. The bill requires an annual State
    Department report to Congress detailing any intolerant material
    in Saudi Arabia's official curriculum.
        The hope is that with increased transparency on the issue,
    Riyadh will finally move forward with its promised reform to
    reduce the radicalization that threatens families both in the
    kingdom itself and the United States.
        I also appreciate the committee working for the markup of
    another of my bills today, H.R. 4802, which I introduced with
    Chairman Ted Deutch. This bill would expand the Rewards for
    Justice program at the State Department to authorize rewards
    for individuals coming forward with information on sanctions
    evasions practices. The bill was inspired by the courageous
    Bassam Barabandi, a Syrian patriot and diplomat, who defected
    at the Syrian Embassy in Washington as he worked with anti-
    regime activists to provide passports to critics of the
    criminal Assad regime which has been condemned for using poison
    gas against its own citizens.
        We are fortunate today to have First Secretary Barabandi
    with us in the audience. For years after his defection,
    Secretary Barabandi lobbied the U.S. Government with
    information on Syrian oligarchs close to Assad and their
    sanctions evasion practices including information on Samer Foz,
    who was ultimately sanctioned by Treasury this year. Secretary
    Barabandi's case highlighted the need to create a clear
    mechanism to incentivize individuals to come forward with this
    kind of vital information. H.R. 4802 will do just that and
    ultimately enhance compliance with U.S. and international
    sanctions, increase the confidence in the rule of law, and
    bring criminals in rogue regimes seeking to circumvent U.S. law
    and justice.
        I am also grateful for Congressman Jim McGovern of
    Massachusetts for working on H. Resolution 230 which condemns
    all forms of violence against children globally. I was honored
    to work with him on this important resolution. More than one
    billion children are exposed to violence around the world, with
    lasting traumas both to them individually and for the societies
    in which they live. This resolution is critical and I urge my
    colleagues to support it.
        And, last, I want to thank my colleague Chairman Ted Deutch
    for the important United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation
    Extension Act. Jordan is a valued ally that needs and deserves
    increased U.S. support. It was my privilege to work with him on
    this important bill praising Jordan's success for its citizens.
        Mr. Chairman, there simply is too many good measures here
    today to comment upon. Thank you and Republican Leader McCaul
    for this productive bipartisan markup today. I yield back the
    balance of my time.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Wilson.
        And Ms. Bass.
        Ms. Bass. Thank you, Chairman Engel and Ranking Member
    McCaul for bringing these bills to the committee today for
    consideration. I specifically would like to speak in favor of
    H.Res.410.
        The purpose of this resolution is to encourage reunions of
    divided Korean American families. I want to start out by
    letting you know that this resolution originated from a meeting
    where a group of constituents in my district called this issue
    to my attention. As I learned more, especially about aging
    Korean Americans who just want to be able to see their family
    members, I knew that I had to do something to help raise this
    issue.
        The division of the Korean Peninsula into South and North
    separated thousands of families, family members, many Korean
    Americans with family members in North Korea have not seen or
    communicated with those family members in more than 60 years.
    Their children have grown up here in America without knowing
    what their cousins, aunts, or uncles even look like. Over the
    years, South Korea and North Korea have arranged for selected
    groups to visit each other, but these reunions have been
    dependent on the political situations between the countries.
        Meanwhile, the situation is now growing more urgent as many
    of those separated are getting older. Many are in their late
    80's and 90's. Some separated families have taken a private
    route to contact their families in the North through third-
    party brokers. These unofficial reunions can cost about $1,500,
    but the process can be faster and less dependent on the
    political climate between North and South.
        People should not have to incur these kinds of costs just
    to reach a loved one, which is why I introduced this resolution
    that calls on the United States and North Korea to begin the
    process of reuniting Korean American divided family members
    with their immediate relatives. This resolution will provide an
    official mechanism to reunite family members so people would
    not have to rely on a back-door method.
        A few months ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Kyung
    Joo Lee, a 90-year-old Korean American man from Virginia who
    has not seen his three older brothers and an older sister since
    he fled North Korea more than 70 years ago. He came into my
    office with tears streaming down his face as he held onto my
    hand and urged me to do what I can to help Korean families to
    be reunited.
        Today, I am proud to stand with my colleagues in getting
    one step closer to reunifying him and so many others with their
    families. With that I urge you to support this resolution that
    calls on the U.S. and North Korea to pursue reunions as a
    humanitarian priority of immediate concern. I also urge you to
    support H.R. 1771, the Divided Families Reunification Act,
    introduced by Representative Grace Meng that takes up the same
    issue from a different perspective. Thank you and I yield back.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Ms. Bass.
        Mr. Yoho.
        Mr. Yoho. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to voice my
    support for the following measures which I am proud to co-
    sponsor: H.Res.349, reaffirming the vital role of the United
    States-Japan alliance and promoting peace, stability, and
    prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. This
    resolution emphasizes the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance
    and urges further strengthening of our cooperation. Japan will
    continue to serve as an important ally against authoritarian
    aggression in the Indo-Pacific region.
        H.R. 4754, the Taiwan Allies International Protection
    Enhancement Initiative, the TAIPEI Act of 2019, the U.S.
    Government should support Taiwan in strengthening its official
    diplomatic relations. We have witnessed countries like Panama,
    the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, the Solomon Islands,
    Kiribati fall victim to China's coercion and bribery. Due to
    this pressure, Taiwan currently maintains full diplomatic
    relations with only 15 nations around the world.
        And I too, like Mr. Chabot, I think it is time that the
    United States recognizes Taiwan for the country it is. This
    bill also provides that it should be the policy of the U.S. to
    support Taiwan's participation in international organizations.
    This Congress I introduced H.R. 353 to direct the Secretary of
    State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for
    Taiwan in the World Health Organization. This legislation
    passed the House unanimously.
        We are also supportive of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy
    Act of 2019. It aims to address human rights violation and
    abuses by the People's Republic of China's mass surveillance
    and internment of more than one million Uyghurs. And we had in
    this committee, we had a hearing on this where we talked about
    the armed crematoriums that they have in these facilities, and
    I think it is a repeat of history if we do not stay vigilant.
    Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party continue to commit
    horrific human rights abuses against their own people.
        This oppression must not be tolerated and it is imperative
    that the U.S. Government hold the CCP accountable for these
    abuses. If not, the Chinese Communist Party will continue this
    spread of its oppression and suppression of human freedom not
    just in China, but around the world, like they have done with
    their unchecked expansion in the EC and the South China Sea
    based on their bogus nine-dash lines. They must be called out.
        H.Res. 189, recognizing the importance of sustained United
    States leadership to accelerating global progress against
    maternal and child malnutrition and supporting the United
    States Agency for International Development's commitment to
    global nutrition through its multi-sectoral nutrition program.
    Acute malnutrition continues to threaten the lives of over 50
    million children under the age of five, globally, and this
    whole of government approach will help combat global
    malnutrition because we know with malnutrition comes more
    conflicts.
        H. Resolution 446, reaffirming the German-American
    cooperation and friendship under the Wunderbar Together-Germany
    and the U.S. initiative. The German government's Wunderbar
    Together-German and the U.S. initiative highlights the
    friendship between our countries and promotes cooperation
    between our people. And I yield back.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Yoho.
        Ms. Wild.
        Ms. Wild. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the
    last word. I rise in support of two pieces of legislation,
    Senate Bill 178, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019,
    and H.R. 2153, the Keeping Girls In School Act.
        I first want to applaud Senator Rubio and Representative
    Smith for their leadership on the Uyghur issue. The Uyghur
    Human Rights Policy Act of 2019 is a bill that addresses an
    issue that I have championed on the House side through H.R.
    1025 and H.R. 649 and that I have raised in multiple Foreign
    Affairs hearings. The Chinese government's humanitarian abuses
    are well-documented and include the targeting and mass
    detention of more than a million Uyghur Muslims in internment
    camps, detentions that serve no purpose beyond punishing
    religious minorities who seek to peacefully practice their
    faith.
        We often use the phrase ``never again`` when reflecting on
    the darkest moments of the past. I believe that we have an
    obligation to remember that message right now and to think
    about what future generations will say about how we acted or
    did not act in this moment. I have met with constituents in my
    community including a Uyghur couple whose parents have been
    detained in northwest China and who are deeply concerned about
    their health, welfare, and access to medical treatment. They
    are calling on us to act on their behalf.
        As we know, public condemnation has not curtailed the
    Chinese government's abusive practices and with this bill we
    will take real action to identify the Chinese officials
    responsible for these abuses and impose sanctions upon them
    under the Global Magnitsky Act. And as China continues to
    import and use repressive surveillance and biometric
    technologies to target Uyghur Muslims, this bill will identify
    those technologies and require them to be placed on the
    Department of Commerce's Commercial Control List of items that
    require export licenses.
        This issue and the issue of human rights more broadly is of
    central importance to our bilateral relationship between the
    United States and China. I urge unanimous support for the
    Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019, and I also call on my
    colleagues to continue to raise this issue with the State
    Department so that we can get human right defenders, public
    health officials, and NGO's on the ground to provide Uyghur
    detainees with the care and treatment they need.
        I would also like to speak out on H.R. 2153, the Keeping
    Girls in School Act. As this legislation describes, 130 million
    girls around the world between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in
    school today. And compared to boys in the same age range, girls
    between 10 and 19 are three times more likely not to be in
    school. Achieving gender parity in education is not just a
    moral imperative. It is also an economic necessity for
    countries working to build more prosperous futures, because
    when girls and women have opportunity entire societies do
    better with enormous gains in economic growth, productivity,
    and innovation.
        This bill mandates that the Ambassador-at-Large for Global
    Women's Issues, a State Department post that has been vacant
    since 2017, consult with the senior coordinator for Gender
    Equality and Women's Empowerment and the senior coordinator for
    International Basic Education Assistance at USAID to carry out
    a coordinated strategy and assess its outcomes. I ask my
    colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in calling on
    the Administration to fill the crucial post of Ambassador-at-
    Large for Global Women's Issues.
        Let's come together to pass this legislation with a
    resounding bipartisan vote so that we can demonstrate our
    Nation's commitment to securing a future of equity and dignity
    for girls and women across the globe. And with that I yield
    back, Mr. Chairman.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Ms. Wild.
        Mr. Curtis.
        Mr. Curtis. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to
    associate myself with so many of the comments made today,
    particularly those dealing with the Armenian vote that we took
    yesterday as well as those that have highlighted the bipartisan
    nature of these bills before us today. It is a pleasant moment
    to have in an otherwise stormy environment that we are in and I
    appreciate especially the leadership of the chairman and the
    ranking member. I do not think we get these types of bills
    without the support and the example of both of you and thank
    you for that example.
        I would also like to thank my colleagues for their support
    of the TAIPEI Act. It is an honor for me to put this bill
    forward and I hope it is a very clear message to our friends in
    Taiwan that that friendship is reciprocated and that we
    appreciate their friendship over the many decades.
        Finally, I would like to be so bold as to speak for all of
    us here today in appreciation for the many men and women behind
    us and the staff that function both on this committee and in
    our offices. Clearly, we do not get 18 bills before us today
    without the hard work of many, many people and I would like to
    give a shout-out to especially those in my office who have
    worked so hard on this and many other bills and appreciate
    their service which is frequently out of the spotlight. And
    with that, Mr. Chairman, I yield my time.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Curtis.
        Ms. Spanberger.
        Ms. Spanberger. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States
    has long been responsible for the groundbreaking achievements
    of the digital age. However, as we and our allies continue to
    build and develop 5G and future generation systems and
    infrastructure across the U.S. and with our allies abroad, the
    risks of foreign-produced and controlled equipment and systems
    becomes an even greater threat.
        The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General
    Joseph Dunford, called the potential risks of a Chinese-built
    5G network ``a critical national security issue.`` And NATO's
    Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence assessed that
    the Chinese from Huawei's technology could be exploited by
    China to engage in espionage, monitor foreign corporations and
    governments, and support Chinese military operations.
        With my colleague, Representative Rooney from Florida, and
    our colleagues of both parties here in the House and in the
    Senate, the Secure 5G and Beyond Act would require the
    President to develop an unclassified interagency strategy to
    ensure the security of next generation mobile
    telecommunications systems and infrastructure in the United
    States and to assist our allies and strategic partners in doing
    the same.
        The strategy would also focus on protecting the
    competitiveness of U.S. companies, the privacy of U.S.
    consumers, and the integrity of international standard-setting
    bodies against political influence. The rollout of rural
    broadband internet access is one of my top priorities for my
    district in central Virginia, but as we work to achieve faster
    internet speeds and wider connectivity, this legislation would
    make sure that we have a plan to deliver innovative technology
    to U.S. consumers, compete with China, and prevent foreign
    influence in 5G networks.
        I want to thank Chairman Engel, Ranking Member McCaul for
    ensuring that this strategically important bill is considered
    in the Foreign Affairs Committee and for their leadership. And
    I want to thank the members of this committee in proving that
    there is bipartisan support for safeguarding America's access
    to the next generation of telecommunications. I encourage my
    colleagues to support this bill and I yield back.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Ms. Spanberger.
        Is there anyone on the Republican side that wishes to
    speak?
        OK, if not, then Mr. Costa.
        Mr. Costa. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking
    Member McCaul, for your good work and staff on this package of
    bills that will move en bloc and I obviously intend to support
    them. I would like to speak specifically though on House
    Resolution 189, recognizing the importance of sustained United
    States leadership in accelerating global progress against
    maternal and childhood malnutrition in supporting the United
    States efforts with the Agency for International Development
    commitment to global nutrition through this multi-sectoral
    nutritional strategy.
        As a third-generation farmer and a chair of the
    Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture on the House
    Ag Committee, I want to state that I think what we all know
    intuitively, but maybe do not think about often enough in that,
    is that food is a national security issue. It always has been.
    We have been fortunate in this country to do so well in the
    production of food and fiber, every night to be able to put it
    on America's table for healthy nutrition for own country.
        But even then, we have food deserts in the United States
    and we have folks, we have kids that go to school hungry,
    notwithstanding the wealthiest nation in the world. The fact of
    the matter is, is that we are trying to address our own
    nutritional issues here in this country, but we also have a
    responsibility of the world's largest producer of agricultural
    products to provide a leadership role in malnutrition that is
    taking place around the world that leads to instabilities in
    countries around the world. Couple that with climate change and
    other factors that are impacting the ability of people just to
    have a daily diet in which they hope that they can subsist and
    sustain themselves.
        So I am proud of this resolution because it attempts to
    address those issues of malnutrition around the world. It
    attempts to address the fact that when you have those kinds of
    conditions that exist you have a situation in which instability
    obviously is a factor. And you couple that with the notion that
    climate change is going to make that security of food in many
    countries throughout the world that have these challenges, it
    is something that we need to keep our eyes focused on.
        Food is a national security issue not only here but around
    the world. As a member of the Ag Committee and this committee I
    want to make sure that we continue to work across the party
    lines to ensure--and the committees to highlight the importance
    of international food and nutrition work and this resolution
    does that. To sustain access to nutritional foods is a
    fundamental building block, I think, for stability around the
    world, and growth. Children, we know, with enough food can move
    in a much more sufficient way. Healthy meals mean our medical
    aid has a better shot at working because a lot of nutrition
    issues reflect to medical and healthcare standards.
        So I am happy to support this resolution and look forward
    to continuing to engage with members of this committee and the
    House Ag Committee in a bipartisan fashion to ensure that
    international food and nutritional issues are part of our own
    efforts to not only maintain our own national security here at
    home, but to try to provide national security around the world
    in light of the factors and the challenges we face with climate
    change and with the--fact is, is that the planet turned seven
    billion people 2 years ago.
        By the middle of this century it is estimated that there
    will be nine billion people on the planet. And how you feed
    those people will determine whether or not in many ways, nation
    States can live amicably together in a peaceful fashion, and
    therein lies the challenge. I yield back the balance of my
    time.
        Mr. Engel. Thank you, Mr. Costa.
        Are any other members seeking recognition?
        All right, hearing no further requests for recognition,
    then, without objection, the committee will proceed to consider
    the noticed items en bloc. Without objection, each measure is
    considered as read and the amendments to each are considered as
    read and are agreed to.
        The question occurs on the measures en bloc, as amended, if
    amended.
        All those in favor say aye.
        All those opposed, no.
        In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. The measures
    considered en bloc are agreed to and, without objection, each
    measure is ordered favorably reported, as amended, if amended.
    And each amendment to each bill shall be reported as a single
    amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without objection,
    staff is authorized to make any technical and conforming
    changes.
        And this concludes our business today. I thank Ranking
    Member McCaul and all of the committee members on both sides
    for their contributions and assistance with today's markup. The
    committee stands adjourned.
        [Whereupon, at 11:05 a.m., the committee was adjourned.]

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