[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 31, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING JEANNE J. GRIMMETT

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 31, 2012

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I am taking this occasion to recognize 
the outstanding achievements of Jeanne J. Grimmett, a career 
legislative attorney with the American Law Division of the 
Congressional Research Service, who will be retiring from CRS on August 
31, after 41 years of distinguished government service. Jeanne, for 
decades, has been the leading legal expert on trade law at CRS, and she 
has made invaluable contributions to the work of the U.S. Congress in 
this critical policy area.
  After receiving a B.A. from the College of New Rochelle in New York, 
Jeanne began her government service at the Library of Congress in 1971. 
She obtained a J.D. from George Washington University in 1978, and 
joined CRS that same year. She chose to specialize in trade law and 
related subjects soon thereafter and received an L.L.M. from the London 
School of Economics in 1986.
  During her career, Jeanne has prepared numerous memoranda, reports, 
and provided briefings for Members and Congressional committees, 
working collaboratively with colleagues in other divisions of CRS, 
while contributing legal analysis for the Congress during the key trade 
debates that were held over the years. Jeanne was also a section head 
in the Courts Section of the American Law Division for several years, 
coordinating requests and reviewing work related to the Iran-Contra 
investigation and various judicial nominations.
  As a legislative attorney, Jeanne provided direct support to Members, 
Senators, and major Congressional committees on the complex legal 
issues related to U.S. participation in the NAFTA, the World Trade 
Organization, and various U.S. free trade agreements, most recently the 
Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. The depth and breadth of her expertise 
is demonstrated by noting the subjects she has addressed for the 
Congress during her tenure at CRS: trade with nonmarket economies; 
dispute settlement under trade agreements; trade and environmental 
issues, including climate change; antidumping and countervailing duty 
law and other trade remedies; customs and country-of-origin 
legislation; Federal and State economic sanctions; trade sanctions 
reform; foreign assistance and foreign public debt authorities; export 
controls administered by various U.S. agencies; trade in encryption 
technology; the scope of U.S. extraterritorial jurisdiction and, in 
particular, jurisdiction over foreign defendants; investment treaties 
and investor-State dispute settlement; and the U.S. law of 
international agreements in general.
  Jeanne also contributed to the House Ways and Means Committee ``Blue 
Book'' of trade laws, as well as to the Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee print, Treaties and Other International Agreements: The Role 
of the United States Senate, the primary reference source on this 
subject. She has also mentored new attorneys in trade law and given 
numerous presentations on trade law subjects in the American Law 
Division's semi-annual Federal Law Update series for Members of 
Congress and their legal staff.
  Jeanne Grimmett has provided exemplary service to the Congress 
throughout her distinguished career at CRS. I believe that all in the 
Congress who have benefitted from her expertise and counsel join me in 
wishing her the very best in the years to come.

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