[House Report 110-939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




                                                 Union Calendar No. 612
110th Congress 
 2d Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Report
                                                                110-939
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                     LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

                               __________

                       ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS

                               __________

                                A REPORT

FILED PURSUANT TO THE SECTION 136 OF THE LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT 
 OF 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d), AS AMENDED BY SECTION 118 OF THE LEGISLATIVE 
 REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1970 (PUBLIC LAW 91-510), AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC 
                               LAW 92-136




January 3, 2009.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed
                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
                          COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
                             110th Congress

                HOWARD L. BERMAN, California, Chairman*
                   (Tom Lantos, California, Chairman)

                                (27-23)
GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York           ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, AS            CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey
DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey          DAN BURTON, Indiana
BRAD SHERMAN, California             ELTON GALLEGLY, California
ROBERT WEXLER, Florida               DANA ROHRABACHER, California
ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York             EDWARD R. ROYCE, California
WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts   STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York           DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois
DIANE E. WATSON, California          ROY BLUNT, Missouri#
ADAM SMITH, Washington               THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado
RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri              RON PAUL, Texas
JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee            JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
GENE GREEN, Texas**                  JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia+++
LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California          MIKE PENCE, Indiana
SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas            THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan+++
RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas                JOE WILSON, South Carolina
JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York**           JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
DAVID WU, Oregon                     J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina
BRAD MILLER, North Carolina          CONNIE MACK, Florida
LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California         JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
DAVID SCOTT, Georgia                 MICHAEL McCAUL, Texas
JIM COSTA, California                TED POE, Texas
ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey              BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona          LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico
RON KLEIN, Florida                   GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida#
BARBARA LEE, California***           ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia##
                                     (vacancy)
               Robert R. King, Democratic Staff Director
             Yleem D.S. Poblete, Republican Staff Director

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* Rep. Lantos died 2/11/08; Rep. Berman appointed Chairman 3/11/08
** Reps. Green and Crowley appointed 4/19/07
*** Rep. Lee appointed 2/26/08
+ Rep. Blunt appointed 10/10/07; resigned 12/18/07
++ Rep. Davis died 10/6/07
+++ Rep. McCotter resigned 5/15/07
# Rep. Bilirakis appointed 5/10/07
## Rep. Wittman appointed 12/18/07; resigned 3/11/08
                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 

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                          House of Representatives,
                      Committee on International Relations,
                                   Washington, DC, January 3, 2009.
Hon. Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Ms. Miller: I enclose herewith a report of the 
Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs for the 110th Congress in accordance with section 136 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by 
section 118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, as 
amended by Public Law 92-136.
    With best wishes,
            Sincerely,
                                          Howard L. Berman,
                                                          Chairman.
                               FOREWORD 

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                          House of Representatives,
                      Committee on International Relations,
                                   Washington, DC, January 2, 2009.
    Under rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
and section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
the Committee on International Relations is authorized to 
exercise continuous surveillance of the execution by the 
executive branch of laws within the committee's jurisdiction. 
The review of ``oversight'' activities of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs was augmented by the adoption of section 118 of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-150), 
as amended by Public Law 92-136. This provision requires 
standing committees of the House and the Senate after January 
1, 1973, to make reports to their respective Houses on their 
activities in reviewing and studying the ``application, 
administration, and execution of those laws or parts of laws, 
the subject of which is within the jurisdiction of that 
committee.''
    House committees are required to file such reports ``not 
later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year.'' It is in 
fulfillment of the obligation of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs to account to the House for its legislative review 
activities during the 110th Congress that this report has been 
prepared and submitted.
    The report was prepared by Laura L. Rush, Legislative 
Coordinator for the Committee.
                            C O N T E N T S

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Letter of Transmittal............................................   III
Foreword.........................................................     V
 I. Introduction: Oversight in the foreign affairs field..............1
          A. Authorities for legislative review..................     1
          B. Oversight developments in the Committee on Foreign 
              Affairs............................................     3
          C. Oversight activities and criteria...................     5
          D. Oversight Activities of the Committee--110th 
              Congress...........................................     6
II. General review activities of the committee.......................26
          A. Executive branch reports............................    26
          B. Reference documents.................................    26
          C. Study missions and participation in international 
              conferences and events.............................    27
III.Summary of legislative activity..................................27

          A. Full Committee Markup Summaries.....................    34
          B. Committee Reports Filed.............................    46
IV. List of hearings and markups by full committee and subcommittees.47
          A. Full committee......................................    47
          B. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health............    63
          C. Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
              Environment........................................    67
          D. Subcommittee on Europe..............................    70
          E. Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
              Rights and Oversight...............................    72
          F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia......    79
          G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
              Trade..............................................    84
          H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere..............    86
          I. Protocol Meetings...................................    90
Appendixes:
 I. Witnesses before full committee and subcommittees during the 110th 
    Congress.........................................................95
II. Committee Origins and History...................................111
III.Members of the subcommittees of the Committee on International 
    Relations (110th Congress)......................................115
IV. Chairmen of the House International Relations Committee.........117
                                                 Union Calendar No. 612
110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     110-939

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                     LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES

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January 2, 2009.--Committed to the Committee on the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Berman, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

        I. INTRODUCTION: OVERSIGHT IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIELD


                 A. Authorities for Legislative Review

    The responsibilities and potentialities of legislative 
review are reflected in the multiple authorities which are 
available to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The most 
prominent is section 118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1970 (Public Law 91-510):

 Legislative Review by Standing Committees of the Senate and House of 
                            Representatives

    (a) Scope of assistance.
    In order to assist the Congress in--
          (1) Its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the 
        application, administration, and execution of the laws 
        enacted by the Congress, and
          (2) Its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
        such modifications of or changes in those laws, and of 
        such additional legislation, as may be necessary or 
        appropriate, each standing committee of the Senate and 
        the House of Representatives shall review and study, on 
        a continuing basis, the application, administration, 
        and execution of those laws, or parts of laws, the 
        subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of 
        that committee. Such committees may carry out the 
        required analysis, appraisals, and evaluation 
        themselves, or by contract, or may require a Government 
        agency to do so and furnish a report thereon to the 
        Congress. Such committees may rely on such techniques 
        as pilot testing, analysis of costs in comparison with 
        benefits, or provision for evaluation after a defined 
        period of time.\1\
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    \1\ Section 701 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344) amended the original mandate and 
authority of the 1970 act by adding the last two sentences regarding 
program review and evaluation.
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    A second type of authority fostering legislative review is 
the special oversight granted by the House Committee Reform 
Amendments of 1974 (H. Res. 988, approved Oct. 8, 1974). 
Special oversight, which is intended to enable committees to 
conduct comprehensive oversight of matters directly bearing 
upon their specified responsibilities even if those matters 
fall within the jurisdiction of other standing committees, 
permits an expansion of the legislative review jurisdiction of 
a committee. The Committee on International Relations currently 
has special oversight jurisdiction in four areas under clause 
3(f) of House Rule X.

          3. (f) The Committee on International Relations shall 
        have the function of reviewing and studying, on a 
        continuing basis, all laws, programs, and Government 
        activities dealing with or involving customs 
        administration, intelligence activities relating to 
        foreign policy, international financial and monetary 
        organizations, and international fishing agreements.

    Frequently reporting requirements in legislation obligate 
various agencies, directly or through the President, to submit 
reports of certain activities to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs to the Speaker of the House, who then transmits them to 
the committee. The House Committee on International Relations 
is the recipient of one of the largest quantities of required 
reports from the executive branch.
    In addition to the authorities noted above, the 
congressional budget process provides the committee with 
another important tool for oversight. Pursuant to section 301 ( 
c) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974, 
each standing committee of the House is required to submit to 
the Committee on the budget, no later than March 15 of each 
year, a report containing its views and estimates on the 
President's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. This 
requirement affords the committee and its subcommittees the 
opportunity to review those items in the President's budget 
which fall under the committee's jurisdiction, and to establish 
possible guidelines for subsequent action on authorizing 
legislation.
    A final authority which can have an impressive oversight 
impact is implicit in the authorization process. Regular and 
frequent reauthorization of programs or agency operations by 
committees presents the opportunity to investigate 
administrative personnel hiring and promotion practices, agency 
organization, employee development and benefit programs, policy 
guidance, and administrative rules and regulations regarding 
the implementation and execution of policy, among other items. 
The authorization process also permits program evaluation, an 
important oversight technique.
    The legislative review activities of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs are sanctioned by various and extensive 
authorities-the basic mandate of the 1970 Legislative 
Reorganization Act, the broadened jurisdiction and special 
oversight provided by the House Committee Reform Amendments of 
1974, statutory reporting requirements, and the authorization 
process.

     B. Oversight Developments in the Committee on Foreign Affairs

    During the 95th Congress, the committee received 
jurisdictional authority over export controls involving 
nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware, 
and international commodity agreements involving cooperation in 
the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware. This new 
jurisdictional authority was provided for by House Resolution 
5, which passed the House on January 4, 1977.
    In the 96th Congress, the committee's jurisdiction was not 
enlarged. However, the committee in its organization for the 
96th Congress reduced the number of subcommittees from nine to 
eight. Deleted was the Subcommittee on International 
Development whose jurisdiction included: (1) dealing with the 
Agency for International Development and other U.S. agencies' 
operations affecting development; (2) administration of foreign 
assistance; (3) oversight of multilateral assistance programs; 
(4) population and food programs; and (5) legislation and 
oversight with respect to the Peace Corps, which was subsumed 
by the full committee. The subcommittees for the 96th Congress, 
representing a mix of geographical and functional 
responsibilities, were as follows: Subcommittee on 
International Security and Scientific Affairs; Subcommittee on 
International Operations; Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle 
East; Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade; 
Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs; Subcommittee on 
Inter-American Affairs; Subcommittee on Africa; and 
Subcommittee on International Organizations.
    In the 97th Congress, the subcommittees remained the same 
with the exception of the Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, whose name was changed to the Subcommittee on 
Human Rights and International Organizations, in order to 
delineate clearly its jurisdiction over the subject of human 
rights.
    In the 98th Congress, the subcommittees remained the same; 
however, the name of the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs 
was changed to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs. 
In addition, a special task force was created under the aegis 
of the full committee, the Task Force on International 
Narcotics Control. The purpose of this task force was to 
provide oversight of narcotics-related developments and 
programs over which the committee has jurisdiction pursuant to 
rule X of the Rules of the House, which included the following:
    Narcotics control programs conducted by the Department of 
State; Narcotics-related projects carried out by the Agency for 
International Development (AID); Overseas activities of the 
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Department of Defense; and 
the U.S. Customs Service; Narcotics control programs carried 
out by international organizations; Intelligence issues related 
to narcotics trafficking and control; Prisoner exchange 
programs and their impact on U.S. narcotics control efforts; 
Narcotics interdiction programs and agreement; Narcotics-
related efforts by the U.S. Information Agency; and 
Relationship between international banking/financial 
transactions and narcotics trafficking.
    Because of the importance of narcotics control issues, the 
Task Force was reconstituted every six months through the 102nd 
Congress.
    Subcommittee structure remained the same for the 99th 
Congress; however, the name of the Subcommittee on 
International Security and Scientific Affairs was changed to 
the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and 
Science. This change was made to reflect the committee's and 
subcommittee's concern over the important issue of arms 
control. The jurisdiction of the subcommittee was redefined in 
the rules of the Committee on Foreign Affairs to read, ``To 
deal with * * * all aspects of arms control and disarmament 
with particular emphasis on the investigation and evaluation of 
arms control and disarmament proposals and concepts; * * *.''
    Under the Rules of the House, the Committee on 
International Relations has jurisdiction over issues involving 
international terrorism pursuant to rule X of the Rules of the 
House, paragraphs (I)(1), (I)(4-10), and (I)(12-16). For the 
99th Congress, two subcommittee jurisdictional changes were 
made to reflect the committee's concern with international 
terrorism. The Subcommittee on Arms Control, International 
Security and Science was given jurisdiction over ``* * * 
international terrorism with special focus on the U.S. 
Government's policies and programs for combating international 
terrorist movements and actions; * * *.'' The Subcommittee on 
International Operations jurisdictional responsibility was 
redefined to include ``* * * international terrorism with 
special emphasis on policies and programs relating to the 
enhancement for embassy security and the protection of U.S. 
personnel and institutions abroad; * * *.''
    In addition, two subcommittees had language added to their 
respective definitions providing responsibility for oversight 
of international communication and information policy. Lastly, 
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International 
Organizations was given the responsibility for international 
law.
    No changes were made in subcommittee structure or 
jurisdiction for the 100th, 101st, or 102nd Congresses.
    In the 103rd Congress, the Committee was required by the 
Rules of the Democratic Caucus to reduce the number of 
subcommittees from eight to six. However, due to concern about 
retaining a subcommittee with exclusive focus on Africa, the 
Committee received a waiver of Rule 35(B) of the Democratic 
Caucus and retained seven subcommittees. The Subcommittee on 
Arms Control, International Security, and Science, and the 
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations 
were merged to create the Subcommittee on International 
Security, International Organizations, and Human Rights. The 
jurisdiction of that subcommittee was essentially a merger of 
the jurisdictions of the two subcommittees. However, specific 
reference to ``* * * law enforcement issues to include 
terrorism and narcotics control programs and activities * * *'' 
was added to the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, thereby 
consolidating all jurisdiction over narcotics and terrorism in 
one subcommittee. The Committee also added specific reference 
to environmental issues to the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 
on International Economic Policy and Trade and changed the name 
of the subcommittee to the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, 
Trade, and Environment to reflect that addition. In addition, 
jurisdiction over the operating expenses of the Agency for 
International Development and the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency was added to the Subcommittee on International 
Operations. Finally, the Committee made minor conforming 
changes to the names of two of its regional subcommittees.
    In the 104th Congress, pursuant to H. Res. 6, passed 
January 4, 1995, the name of the Committee was changed from 
``Foreign Affairs'' to ``International Relations.'' In 
addition, the number of subcommittees was decreased from seven 
to five. The Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations, and Human Rights, and the 
Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East were dissolved. The 
Europe and Middle East Subcommittee jurisdiction was reabsorbed 
by the full Committee. The Subcommittee on Economic Policy, 
Trade, and Environment dropped ``environment'' from its title, 
returning its name to the ``Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade.'' The Subcommittee on International 
Security, International Organizations, and Human Rights and the 
Subcommittee on International Operations were combined, with a 
name change to ``Subcommittee on International Operations and 
Human Rights.''
    No changes were made in subcommittee structure or 
jurisdiction for the 105th or 106th Congresses.
    In the 107th Congress, the Committee on International 
Relations gained a subcommittee, making the total number of 
subcommittees six. Three of the Subcommittees remained the 
same: Africa; International Operations and Human Rights; and 
Western Hemisphere. The three new subcommittees were: East Asia 
and the Pacific; Europe; and Middle East and South Asia.
    In the 108th Congress, the Committee reorganized the 
subcommittees, changing the ``Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia'' to the ``Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
Central Asia.'' Also, the ``Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights'' was changed to the ``Subcommittee 
on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human 
Rights.''
    In the 109th Congress, the Committee gained a 7th 
Subcommittee, the ``Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations,'' and the other six subcommittees were somewhat 
reorganized. The Subcommittee on Africa became the 
``Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations''; the Subcommittee on Europe became the 
``Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats''; the 
Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and 
Human Rights, became the ``Subcommittee on Terrorism and 
Nonproliferaton.''
    In the 110th Congress, the name of the full committee 
changed from ``International Relations,'' back to ``Foreign 
Affairs.'' The Committee had 7 subcommittees that were similar 
in name to the subcommittees of the 109th , with some 
rearrangement of oversight, and adding global health and global 
environment issues to the Africa Subcommittee, and the Asia-
Pacific Subcommittee, respectively.

                  C. Oversight Activities and Criteria

    The oversight activities of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs include a variety of instruments and mechanisms--full 
committee and subcommittee hearings, members' and staff study 
missions abroad, special Congressional Research Service 
studies, and General Accounting Office assistance and reports 
in the field of international relations.
    Committee and subcommittee hearings may be conducted for 
numerous purposes and may simultaneously serve more than one 
function, i.e., oversight, legislation, or public education. 
Thus, oversight may exist even when the hearing is not 
explicitly intended for that purpose. The criteria for 
determining whether a hearing performs the oversight function 
were identified by the House Select Committee on Committees in 
1973 and are as follows:\2\
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    \2\ U.S. Congress, House. Select Committee on Committees. Committee 
Reform Amendments of 1974. Report, 93rd Congress, 2d session, March 21, 
1974 (H. Rept. No. 93-916, Part II).
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          (1) To review and control unacceptable forms of 
        bureaucratic behavior;
          (2) To ensure that bureaucracy implements the policy 
        objectives of the Congress;
          (3) To analyze national and international problems 
        requiring Federal action; and
          (4) To determine the effectiveness of legislative 
        programs and policies.
    These same purposes help to define other committee activity 
which relates to its legislative review function. It should be 
noted that not all such activity can be included in this 
report. Oversight may occur informally, not only through the 
formal processes and mechanisms noted above. Informal 
discussions between committee members and executive branch 
officials may constitute oversight in certain instances as may 
staff examination of agency activity and behavior and staff 
consultation with agency personnel apart from the normal 
hearing process.
    In summary, the legislative review activities of the House 
Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 110th Congress rely on 
extensive authorities embodied in the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1970 and reinforced through the 
authorization process, subsequent legislation, and reporting 
requirements.

  D. Oversight Activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs--110th 
                                Congress

    The following section is set out in compliance with Clause 
(2)(d) of Rule X.
    Almost all of the Committee's day-to-day activities, 
including hearings and informal meetings, involve oversight of 
the Administration or afford the Committee the opportunity to 
learn of the impact of the Administration's foreign policy on 
foreign nations or the American people.
    The Committee's Oversight Plan is set out below in full. 
Although the Committee did not accomplish each planned 
oversight item, most of them were accomplished to some degree, 
some with hearings, others by way of staff work.

                      Committee on Foreign Affairs


                    Oversight Plan of the Committee


                             110th Congress


                       (Adopted January 23, 2007)

    Pursuant to Rule X, clause 2(d) of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
hereinafter referred to as ``the Committee,'' has adopted this 
oversight plan for the two year period of the 110th Congress. 
As required by that rule, the Committee has submitted this plan 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the 
Committee on House Administration, not later than February 15 
of the first session of the Congress. It includes the areas in 
which the Committee intends to conduct oversight during this 
Congress.\3\ New developments always change the Committee's 
priorities. The oversight work of the Committee may therefore 
change.
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    \3\ The fact that an issue is listed here does not mean that the 
Committee will necessarily hold a formal meeting devoted solely to that 
issue. The Committee, in the course of its oversight work, may also 
rely on briefings by business and non-governmental organizations and by 
U.S. government officials, officials of foreign governments, as well as 
on Member and staff travel, and investigations. It is the intention of 
the Committee that, wherever practicable, oversight activities will be 
planned on a bipartisan basis.
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    The Committee will consult with other Committees having 
jurisdiction over the same or related laws, programs, or 
agencies as are within its jurisdiction, including its special 
oversight jurisdiction; and it will use such mechanisms as 
joint briefings and coordination of staff work and travel to 
meet the requirements of Rule X(2)(d)(1)(A). As required by 
Rule X(2)(d)(1), in the course of its oversight work, it will 
remain continually alert for the existence of Federal rules, 
regulations, statutes, and court decisions that are ambiguous, 
arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that impose severe financial 
burdens on individuals, and it will review Federal programs 
with a view to insuring against duplication of such programs.

1. Priority Oversight Matters

    a. Iraq--The U.S. involvement in Iraq is one of the most 
critical issues for U.S. foreign policy. The Committee will 
review all aspects of U.S. policy, including the military 
dimension of the U.S. presence, internal political 
developments, U.S. reconstruction assistance, and regional and 
international diplomatic efforts to help stabilize Iraq and the 
role of external financial and material support for insurgents 
and terrorist groups in that country.
    b. Afghanistan--The Committee will review all aspects of 
U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, including factors contributing 
to the resurgence of the Taliban and their basis for support, 
U.S. assistance programs and their reauthorization, the 
increasing rate of narcotics production, the ineffectiveness of 
international reconstruction projects, the state of the Afghan 
national security forces, the role of NATO Member States in 
security and reconstruction matters, the lack of progress in 
judicial reform, the status of women and children, U.S.-Afghan 
trade development and promotion, and other matters.
    c. Iran--Iran has increasing influence over key events in 
Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and continues to develop a 
nuclear capability that could lead to the development of 
weapons of mass destruction. The Committee will critically 
evaluate U.S. policy toward Iran and its proxies, particularly 
Iran's development of a nuclear capability, the ongoing talks 
with the European 3 and the members of the UN Security Council, 
and U.S. security guarantees to Middle East allies to address 
the Iranian threat. The Committee will also review the 
political situation within Iran, sources of instability, 
including ethnic tension (Persians, Azeris, Arabs, etc.), the 
economy, internal threats to the regime, and Iran's foreign 
policy, especially regarding the Persian Gulf. The Committee 
will also review relations with other countries, including 
Russia and China, and how they may be contributing to or 
restraining Iran's foreign policy.
    d. North Korea--The Committee will review the nuclear and 
missile threat posed by North Korea, its continuing human 
rights violations, and efforts to assist North Korean refugees. 
The Committee will review the status of the Six Party Talks and 
examine proposals to engage in bilateral dialogue with North 
Korea as a supplement to the multilateral negotiations. Review 
the role of other countries, especially China, in helping to 
end the problem.
    e. Cuba--The Committee will review U.S.-Cuba policy and 
evaluate how the United States should approach a transition in 
Cuba (as defined in U.S. law), examining future opportunities 
and persistent challenges in the U.S.-Cuba relationship.
    f. Foreign Assistance Authorization, Implementation and 
Reform--The Committee will review the planning, budgeting, and 
implementation of U.S. foreign assistance programs, including 
the need for reauthorization of U.S. foreign assistance 
accounts and programs. The Committee will review the ongoing 
changes in the implementation of U.S. foreign assistance, 
including the development of centralized planning and budgeting 
by the new Director of Foreign Assistance, the implementation 
of the new Foreign Assistance Strategic Framework, the 
decreased role of the U.S. Agency for International Development 
in developing foreign assistance policy, the continuing 
obstacles facing the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the 
increasingly important role of other agencies besides the U.S. 
Agency for International Development in providing U.S. 
assistance, and the role of U.S. embassies in overseeing the 
presence and activities of personnel of various USG agencies 
implementing assistance programs in other countries.
    g. Other Middle East Flashpoints--The Committee will review 
other Middle East flashpoints such as the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict, the ongoing political turmoil in Lebanon, and 
prospects for reform throughout the region.
    h. Assessing a rising China and its growing global role--
The Committee will review current thinking as to the degree to 
which China is prepared to become a responsible stakeholder in 
the international system of states in dealing with situations 
such as that regarding North Korea. It will also review China's 
growing role in regions far from its borders, including Africa 
and the Western Hemisphere, and China's growing role in the 
world economy and its increasing impact on the world's 
environment. The Committee will also review human rights, 
corruption, environmental damage and social unrest in China and 
the prospects for democratic reforms.
    i. The Rise of India--The Committee will review the status 
of U.S.-India relations, define the U.S. interests and 
objectives related to that relationship, and assess the future 
prospects for that relationship. The Committee will consider 
the likely role India will play in the world community in the 
coming years, and its relations with Russia, China, the EU and 
other international states and entities.
    j. U.S.-Russian Relations--The Committee will review U.S. 
policy and interests and approaches toward Russia, Russian 
foreign policy objectives, the role of nationalism in Russian 
politics, and the approach of the 2008 Russian presidential 
election. The Committee will examine the Russian approach 
toward democracy, human rights and economic freedom, the 
Russian Government's use of energy supplies as strategic 
leverage over neighboring states, and Russian sales of advanced 
arms and proliferation of technology related to weapons of mass 
destruction.
    k. Central Asia--The Committee will review U.S. policy 
toward the Central Asian states, including the establishment of 
energy pipelines within and to the surrounding regions, the 
implementation of democracy promotion activities, and the roles 
neighboring countries play in regional relations.
    l. Stopping Nuclear Black Markets and the Proliferation of 
Other Weapons of Mass Destruction--The Committee will review 
the critical problem of ``loose nukes'' around the world, such 
as unprotected enriched uranium in Russia, and what new tools 
may be needed to combat nuclear black markets such as the one 
created by A.Q Khan.
    m. Improving Cooperation with Traditional U.S. Allies--
Relations with traditional U.S. allies have frayed over 
differences regarding approaches to terrorism, the Middle East 
and trade. The Committee will review ways in which to improve 
these traditional alliances, including review of areas of 
consensus between the United States and its partners, as well 
as continuing differences, such as the disagreements over how 
to handle detainees. Review of staffing levels at posts in 
Europe and Eurasia, as foreign service personnel are required 
to take on increasing duties in the areas of allied cooperation 
in out-of-area operations, Muslim outreach, public diplomacy, 
and other areas while overall personnel levels are reduced.
    n. Sudan--The Committee will review the continuing genocide 
in Darfur to determine what steps need to be taken to stop the 
violence and to provide humanitarian relief to those who are 
continuing to suffer. The Committee will review the 
implementation of the North-South peace agreement, political 
and economic developments in Southern Sudan, and the role of 
outside states and entities (e.g., China, the Arab League) in 
helping or preventing a solution.
    o. Somalia--The Committee will review: the conditions 
leading up to the Ethiopian intervention and the subsequent 
U.S. air strikes; current conditions; implications for the war 
on terror; next steps in reconstruction and stabilization 
operations (including lessons learned from Iraq and 
Afghanistan).
    p. Global AIDS Crisis and the Risk of an Avian Flu 
Epidemic--The Committee will review global health challenges 
from all perspectives, including national security implications 
of transboundary epidemics, the continuing humanitarian crisis 
caused by AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis and plans to prepare, 
respond, and combat the avian influenza virus, including a 
review of the four international donor conferences on avian 
influenza. The Committee will review existing policies as it 
prepares to reauthorize the U.S. leadership assistance program 
against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
    q. Global Warming--The Committee will hold oversight 
hearings on U.S. efforts to address international environmental 
issues, and will consider ways to help other nations reduce 
their greenhouse gas emissions, including through promoting the 
export from the United States of ``green'' technology to the 
developing world, including China.
    r. Plan Colombia and Counter-Narcotics--The Committee will 
review the effectiveness of Plan Colombia and U.S. 
counternarcotics strategy and consider proposals for improving 
the fight against the scourge of illicit narcotics. The 
Committee will also review the role of outside forces (e.g., 
President Chavez of Venezuela) and the views of surrounding 
countries.

2. General review of U.S. foreign policy

    a. Meetings with foreign political leaders: The Committee's 
ongoing program of informal and formal meetings with foreign 
political leaders gives it the opportunity to explore the 
effectiveness of United States foreign policy with those who 
are major players.
    b. Meetings with Administration officials: The Committee's 
formal and informal meetings with Administration officials 
allow Members and staff to explore the effectiveness of the 
Administration's implementation of foreign policy.
    c. Meetings with key stakeholders and constituencies: The 
Committee's formal and informal meetings with key stakeholders 
on foreign policy allow for an opportunity to explore the 
effectiveness of foreign policy with those who are keenly 
interested.

3. International Security/UN/Peacekeeping/General

    a. Oversight of arms transfer procedures and legislation, 
including the implementation of previous laws and modifications 
made to the Arms Export Control Act regarding arms transfers. 
Review of: policy regarding unmanned aerial vehicles; the 
Taiwan Relations Act (to ensure effective implementation); 
efforts to negotiate a multilateral ``Code of Conduct'' 
regarding conventional arms transfers; and government-to-
government arms sales and end-use monitoring programs.
    b. Peacekeeping oversight, including: Administration policy 
implementing existing Presidential Decision Directives on 
peacekeeping; supporting new peacekeeping operations and 
terminating existing missions; UN peacekeeping reform; the 
Global Peace Operations Initiative; command and control issues; 
implementation of the Code of Conduct; and special attention to 
the status of the international peacekeeping efforts in Kosovo, 
Bosnia, Africa (particularly Sudan, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, 
Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea-Ethiopia, 
Western Sahara, Somalia), Afghanistan, Lebanon, Gaza, East 
Timor, Haiti and the Middle East.
    c. ``Rogue Regimes''--Review of the problems of security 
threats from so-called ``rogue regimes'' that have or could 
gain the power to create or use weapons of mass destruction.
    d. Review of National/International Missile Defense and its 
relationship to U.S. relations with allies, Russia, China and 
others; its impact on long-term U.S. security and 
nonproliferation goals; and other related issues.
    e. National Missile Defense--Review of foreign policy 
aspects including implications of modifying radars in the 
United Kingdom and Denmark.
    f. Nonproliferation and disarmament topics:
          i. Nunn-Lugar Program--Review implementation of 
        program aimed at dismantlement and destruction of 
        nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the former 
        Soviet Union, including waiver issues and expanding 
        geographic scope of the program.
          ii. Compliance with existing arms control agreements 
        and review of agreements to which the U.S. is not 
        party, including the Comprehensive Test Ban (CTBT) 
        Treaty and the Land Mine Ban Treaty, and the 
        negotiation of future arms control arrangements, 
        particularly a treaty related to the banning of fissile 
        material production.
          iii. Review of nonproliferation sanctions and 
        technology control regimes including feasibility of 
        establishing new international missile control and 
        other regimes and investigating the scope of global 
        black market activities and networks in the sale of 
        nuclear, chemical, biological and missile materials and 
        equipment, as well as reviewing U.S. efforts to combat 
        and terminate these activities and networks.
          iv. Re-evaluate the Nonproliferation Treaty's ``Atoms 
        for Peace'' bargain.
          v. Status of the implementation of the Global 
        Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, including ways 
        to broaden its participants organization and 
        activities.
          vi. Pakistan--Review of nonproliferation cooperation.
          vii. Assess U.S. policy in reducing the role of China 
        in the proliferation of WMDs and missiles.
          viii. Review implications of the A.Q. Khan Nuclear 
        Network-Require CIA/DIA briefings and reports on the 
        matter.
          ix. Evaluate the merits and requirements of U.S. 
        support for IAEA Director General el-Baradei's January 
        7, 2005 proposed 5-year moratorium on the construction 
        of any additional enrichment or reprocessing capacity 
        and international fuel banks.
          x. Review of programs regarding the disposition and 
        elimination of excess weapons-grade plutonium stores 
        worldwide.
          xi. The status of the land mine treaty ban and U.S. 
        efforts to develop alternative land mine technologies.
    g. Security Assistance--
          i. Review overall effectiveness and implementation of 
        security assistance programs including Foreign Military 
        Financing (FMF), Economic Support Funds (ESF), 
        International Military Education and Training (IMET), 
        International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), 
        draw-downs, Excess Defense Article transfers, 
        antiterrorism, and nonproliferation and export control 
        assistance (specific programs requiring additional 
        oversight include security assistance for new NATO 
        Member States and Middle East states).
          ii. Review military assistance programs implemented 
        directly by the Department of Defense.
          iii. Consider possible amendments to the statutory 
        framework governing non-military public security 
        assistance
    h. Realignment of U.S. military forces-Review foreign 
policy implications of the Defense Department's proposed troop 
realignment plan.
    i. Implementation of U.N. reform/arrearages legislation, 
progress of additional international organization reform 
efforts, and oversight of the effectiveness of the promotion 
and protection of human rights within the United Nations 
system, particularly through the Human Rights Council:
          i. Assess issues including; reform of fiscal 
        management, procurement, ethics, accountability and 
        transparency, hiring of Americans to work in the U.N. 
        system, budgeting issues, institutionalization of work 
        on the reform agenda within the United States Mission 
        to the United Nations, etc.
          ii. Review the work of the United Nations Department 
        of Peacekeeping Operations.
          iii. Review status of developments relating to UN 
        Security Council Resolution 1540 and the U.S. 
        Proliferation Security Initiative, including a 
        discussion of related legal issues such as the 
        ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention.
          iv. Oversight of implementation of the Intelligence 
        Reform Act provisions regarding efforts to support the 
        Democracy Caucus at the United Nations.
          v. Review of U.S. strategy to combat United Nations' 
        practice of continuous actions against Israel.
          vi. Assess the ``cluster approach'' of the U.N. 
        system toward addressing the needs of internally 
        displaced persons.
    j. International crime--
          i. Growing links between organized crime, illicit 
        drugs, and global terrorism.
          ii. Impact of U.S. foreign assistance on advancing 
        the rule of law and anticorruption activities on U.S. 
        ability to combat international crime.
          iii. International criminal organizations in Africa, 
        oversight of existing International Law Enforcement 
        Academies (ILEA).
          iv. Impact of international trafficking of humans, 
        arms, and narcotics; document fraud; and money 
        laundering.
          v. International trafficking of women and children: 
        sexual exploitation, labor slavery, ``camel 
        jockeying,'' and child soldiers.
          vi. International intellectual property piracy 
        issues: how piracy is being used to support 
        international crime and terrorism, and its impact on 
        the American economy.
          vii. International economic espionage and how it 
        hurts American business and interests.
          viii. Extraterritorial prosecutions of U.S. law 
        violations.
    k. Oversight of agency implementation of the Government 
Performance and Results Act.
    l. Narcotics--
          i. The continuing heroin and methamphetamine crises 
        in the United States and the Administration's plans for 
        dealing with them.
          ii. Source nation strategies, with special attention 
        to Afghanistan, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador.
          iii. Eradication efforts and their effectiveness; 
        alternative development.
          iv. The ``certification process'' and the annual drug 
        certification determinations for the major drug 
        producing and transit nations around the globe.
          v. Aggressive oversight of the war on drugs in the 
        Western Hemisphere and of the Administration's 
        implementation of Plan Colombia and consideration of 
        possible legislation for the consolidation phase of 
        Plan Colombia.
          vi. Efforts to avoid disruption of U.S. 
        counternarcotics aerial interdiction operations.
    m. International terrorism/espionage--
          i. Review the evolution and current organization of 
        al-Qaeda, examining the current status of al-Qaeda, its 
        efforts to obtain WMD, its changing organizational 
        structure as it becomes a more decentralized 
        organization, its relationship and cooperation with 
        other radical Islamic terrorist organizations, the 
        extent to which it is inspiring new terrorist groups 
        around the world, and its current recruitment effort.
          ii. Review U.S. Government and allied efforts to 
        capture or kill al-Qaeda's leaders, U.S. policies 
        towards detention, treatment and rendition, including 
        U.S. efforts to create a common coalition approach to 
        such policies.
          iii. Explore the existing U.S. Government strategy to 
        deal with terrorists and the degree to which such 
        efforts are based on systematic analysis; review 
        various alternatives to win the long-term struggle 
        against the ideologies of those who use terrorism.
          iv. Oversight of the State Department's Antiterrorism 
        Assistance Program, terrorism financing efforts, 
        coordination of diplomatic initiatives with foreign 
        governments in the global war on terrorism; oversight 
        of Office of Foreign Assets Control, FBI, etc., as they 
        continue to work the international aspects of 
        terrorism.
          v. The threat of fundamentalist terrorism in Latin 
        America and Africa.
          vi. Explore the activities of the Southeast Asian 
        terrorist group, Jemah Islamiyah.
          vii. The AMIA (Buenos Aires Jewish Community 
        Building) bombing.
          viii. Effectiveness of the U.S. technological 
        response to terrorism.
          ix. Border security programs, to include overseas 
        visa lookout system in light of the new provisions of 
        law relative to the exclusion of aliens who are members 
        of foreign terrorist organizations.
          x. Security of U.S. Government facilities abroad.
          xi. Expenditure of post security funds, to include a 
        review of personnel increases and asset management to 
        minimize cost of property acquisition.
          xii. Review of the Federal Government's efforts at 
        coordinating international counterterrorism programs 
        through the State Department.
          xiii. Assessment of the effect of U.S. counter-
        terrorism activities, including activities in Iraq and 
        Afghanistan, on the recruitment and support of 
        terrorist groups and activities.
          xiv. Assessment of PKK operations against Turkey.
    n. Effectiveness and expansion of multilateral technology 
transfer/export controls, including international Code of 
Conduct for arms sales.
    o. Review International Criminal Court and ongoing 
prosecutions; review of the International Criminal Tribunal for 
the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for 
Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, justice efforts 
for Darfur genocide.
    p. Cooperation with INTERPOL.
    q. Review reorganization of arms control and Bureau for 
International Security and Nonproliferation.

4. State Department and related agencies operations

    a. Hearing with the Secretary of State on the FY2008 and 
2009 budgets and authorization issues, including GPRA issues, 
supplemental spending plans, public diplomacy and 
reorganization plans, ``Transformational Diplomacy,'' etc.
    b. Review trust fund organizations: East/West Center, Asia 
Foundation, Eisenhower Foundation, and others.
    c. Overseas property management: management of the foreign 
buildings; expenditures of supplemental funds; progress on 
asset management (property disposal and acquisitions).
    d. Management of the foreign affairs agencies' workforce-
implementation and development of staffing models, including 
review of the future of the Foreign Service; personnel 
practices, and management of overseas presence; assignment 
process; utilization of the Civil Service; size of the Senior 
Foreign Service and Senior Executive Service.
    e. American Institute in Taiwan (general oversight).
    f. International Border Commissions.
    g. State Authorization Initiatives--further review of 
public diplomacy to include consideration of a central news/
information function to provide posts with current web-based 
information on breaking issues; consular staffing; diplomatic 
security reforms.
    h. Review of the separation of the international 
broadcasting function and the organizational structure of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, language service modernization 
plans, quality control issues of VOA and RFE/RL and the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors' responsibility to assure 
broadcasts are of the highest quality.
    i. Review of practices and procedures for receiving 
exchange and other visitors, especially foreign 
parliamentarians and other prominent officials.
    j. Review of public diplomacy programs and issues arising 
from the consolidation of programs formerly conducted by the 
United States Information Agency; ability of the Department to 
measure the results of its efforts in this area and to plan and 
sequence its activities so as to most strongly support United 
States foreign policy.
    k. Review of the role of the State Department in ensuring 
full compliance with The Hague treaty on international adoption 
and the Intercountry Adoption Act; review of the implementation 
of the Intercountry Adoption Act, and review of the Office of 
Children's Services with an emphasis on services related to 
abducted and adopted children.
    l. Review of implementation of ``rightsizing'' of U.S. 
overseas posts.
    m. Review of the U.S. use of private military contractors 
for security and related functions.
    n. Review of the operations of the Office of Foreign 
Missions.
    o. Embassy/post security, staffing, engagement; new 
embassy/consulate construction.
    p. Review Diplomatic Security Bureau (DS)-overall 
activities, but focus on visa and passport fraud 
investigations; effectiveness of substantial staffing increases 
for DS during the past 3 years.
    q. Consular processes--including concerns of the academic, 
student, and business communities as well as national security 
concerns.
    r. Monitor Case--Zablocki Act modifications and compliance.
    s. Reform of the Executive Branch reporting requirements.

5. Foreign Assistance

    a. Hearings with the Director of Foreign Assistance: (1) on 
the FY2007 reprogramming request for fast-track countries and 
USAID missions identified by the Director of Foreign 
Assistance, and on the FY2008 foreign assistance budget 
request; and (2) on the underlying legislative authorities, 
objectives, design, implementation and effectiveness, on-going 
reform, reorganization and management of the U.S. foreign 
assistance program.
    b. Review size, purpose and effectiveness of FY2008 and 
FY2009 International Affairs Function 150 budgets--special 
emphasis will be given to expected Administration initiatives, 
such as:
          i. Budget oversight/review of FY07 Supplemental.
          ii. Increases for HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, 
        and the Millennium Challenge Account initiative.
          iii. Increases in the Economic Support Funds program.
          iv. Implementation of the Foreign Assistance 
        Strategic Framework, including the views of 
        nongovernmental and other private sector entities to 
        such framework.
    c. Conduct special review of programs with noted problems 
focusing on activities highlighted in USAID Inspector General 
and GAO reports--special emphasis will be given to USAID (and 
to the Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance, as the 
case may be):
          i. Missions and Operations.
          ii. Microenterprise Programs.
          iii. Reforms to USAID's Management Structure.
          iv. Strategic Objectives.
          v. Enterprise Fund Management and potential expansion 
        of the use of such funds.
          vi. Changes to or elimination of the ``R4'' (``Review 
        of Resources, Requirements, and Results'') process.
          vii. Oversight of ``monetization'' programs.
          viii. Review of program evaluation policies.
          ix. Acquisitions and Assistance Process.
          x. ``Manage the Budget'' exercise being implemented 
        by USAID.
          xi. Roles of entities involved in assistance 
        deliveries, including private for-profit enterprises, 
        non-governmental organizations and governmental and 
        intergovernmental agencies.
    d. Special attention will be given to the effectiveness of 
programs that have consumed large amounts of Congressional 
attention in recent years, including:
          i. U.S. participation in, and contributions to, 
        international population planning activities and 
        related programs and policies.
          ii. U.S. participation in, and contributions to, 
        international child survival activities and related 
        programs and policies.
          iii. Review of refugee and migration assistance 
        programs and administrative expenses of the bureau 
        charged with carrying out the purposes of the Migration 
        and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 and emergency 
        response capability.
          iv. U.S. participation in, and contributions, to 
        international education, including basic education, 
        activities and related programs and policies.
    e. Review role and implementation of impact evaluation and 
monitoring processes in U.S. foreign assistance programs.
    f. Oversight of U.S. global efforts against HIV/AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria, including U.S. support for the Global 
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria.
    g. Review status, funding and implementation of the 
Millennium Challenge Account, including oversight of activities 
of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
    h. Review of U.S. poverty-reduction programs, including the 
role of the U.S. in helping to achieve the Millennium 
Development Goals and the role of international organizations 
and financial institutions in poverty reduction.
    i. Impact of corruption on development and anticorruption 
in the developing world. Review of anticorruption foreign 
assistance programs and other programs designed to reduce 
corruption in foreign countries.
    j. Oversight and review of the Office of the Coordinator 
for Reconstruction and Stabilization.
    k. Review cost, management, donor coordination and impact 
of U.S. foreign assistance programs for specific regions and 
countries or specific needs. Special emphasis will be given to 
major aid programs in:
          i. Iraq.
          ii. Afghanistan.
          iii. Newly Independent States of the former Soviet 
        Union, with a particular focus on the states of Central 
        Asia, on the status of U.S. law enforcement reform 
        assistance in the former Soviet states and on 
        assistance for democratic reforms and energy 
        development and transit to export markets.
          iv. Eastern Europe.
          v. Bosnia (refugee return).
          vi. The Andean region and Central America.
          vii. Haiti.
          viii. Africa.
          ix. Activities that are research and promotional in 
        character relating to international cooperation on 
        environmental and other scientific issues.
          x. Review of implementation of the Northern European 
        Initiative and the Northern Europe Cross-Border 
        Cooperation Act, especially environmental issues 
        related to decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines.
          xi. Egypt.
          xii. North Korea.
          xiii. Oversight and review of the implementation of 
        reconstruction and other assistance to countries 
        affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis.
    l. Tour of worldwide progress of democracy; review 
efficiency and effectiveness of U.S. Government-funded 
democracy programs, including roles of grantees and 
contractors.
    m. U.S. public diplomacy efforts, branding and labeling 
U.S. assistance. (Are we getting credit for our good works?)
    n. Victims of terrorism compensation.
    o. Review current practices and suggestions to address 
perceived inequities and review of USAID's antiterrorism 
certification for contractors and grantees.
    p. Review status and role of international labor programs 
implemented by the State Department and the U.S. Agency for 
International Development.
    q. Peace Corps--Mark up Peace Corps Reauthorization Act and 
conduct oversight of plans for expansion, security and safety 
concerns, and the better utilization of returned Peace Corps 
Volunteers.
    r. Oversight and review of the implementation of the Paul 
Simon Water for the Poor Act.

6. Africa

    a. Periodic review of sub-Saharan Africa with the Assistant 
Secretary of State for African Affairs and of North Africa with 
the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
    b. Food Aid, Agricultural Development, and Trade in 
Africa--The Committee will review the effectiveness of present 
food aid and agricultural assistance programs in Africa and the 
U.S. contribution to address the UN Millennium Development Goal 
to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty.
    c. Democracy, Governance, and Rule of Law--The Committee 
will review the effectiveness of present efforts to promote the 
development of democratic institutions and practices, capacity 
of public institutions to govern effectively and efficiently, 
and the adherence to established and transparent rules, 
standards, and procedures as a safeguard against arbitrary 
rule.
    d. Periodic review of conflict areas in Africa, including 
but not limited to the Mano River region, the Gulf of Guinea, 
Zimbabwe, the Great Lakes region, and the Horn of Africa.
    e. Libya--Review of U.S. policy toward Libya including the 
path toward cautious re-engagement, progress in addressing and 
compensating victims of previous terrorist aggression, and 
ongoing governance and human rights concerns.
    f. Sudan--Continued investigation into the situation in 
Darfur following declarations of genocide by the Congress and 
the Administration; assessment of the implementation of the 
final peace agreement between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and 
the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM); oversight of 
U.S. assistance to support implementation of the Comprehensive 
Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-497) and the Darfur Peace 
and Accountability Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-344).
    g. Zimbabwe--Review of U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe, 
including oversight of U.S. efforts to support civil society 
and promote political and economic reform and implementation of 
the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (P.L. 107-99).
    h. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)--Oversight of U.S. 
support for democratic transition in the DRC, U.N. peacekeeping 
operations in the region, and implementation of the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo Relief, Security and Democracy Promotion 
Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-456).
    i. Liberia--Oversight of U.S. support for democratic 
transition in Liberia and U.N. peacekeeping operations in the 
region.
    j. Nigeria--Review of U.S. policy toward Nigeria, including 
efforts to promote economic and democratic reform, combat 
corruption, support civil society, address human rights 
concerns and foster regional security.
    k. Somalia--Review of U.S. policy toward Somalia, including 
efforts to counter extremism, foster peace and promote regional 
stability in a collapsed state.
    l. Northern Uganda--Oversight of U.S. efforts to promote a 
just and sustainable peace in Northern Uganda.
    m. Ethiopia--Review of political and economic developments 
in Ethiopia and emerging political tensions in the Horn of 
Africa.
    n. Assessment of Africa's cooperation in the war on 
terrorism, with particular focus on U.S. efforts to provide 
counterterrorism training, equipment, and support for ``front-
line states,'' including the East Africa Counter-Terrorism 
Initiative (EACTI) and the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism 
Initiative (TACTI).
    o. Oversight of African Contingency Operations Training and 
Assistance (ACOTA), the Global Peace Operations Initiative, and 
other U.S. efforts to provide training, equipment, and support 
for regional peacekeeping efforts in Africa.
    p. Evaluation of U.S. relations with African regional and 
sub-regional organizations, including but not limited to the 
African Union (AU), NEPAD, ECOWAS, COMESA, and SADC.
    q. Assessment of U.S. trade and investment in Africa, 
including oversight of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
and review of non-tariff trade barriers and their connection to 
trade, corruption, and development, and evaluation of the 
success of USAID efforts in these areas.
    r. Assessment of the impact of multilateral and bilateral 
debt on African economies, and the role of the International 
Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), and other 
International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Africa.
    s. Review of China's growing engagement in Africa.
    t. Oversight of United States efforts to promote 
transparency and accountability in Africa, including the Chad-
Cameroon Pipeline Project and the Clean Diamond Trade Act (P.L. 
108-19).
    u. Review of ongoing democratization efforts in Africa, 
including the growth of institutions promoting freedom of the 
press, pluralism, and the participation of civil society.
    v. Oversight of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) 
programs in North Africa.
    w. Oversight of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership Act of 
2004 and other USAID-backed conservation programs in Africa.
    x. Oversight of the Administration's efforts to combat 
infectious diseases in Africa, particularly HIV/AIDS, including 
U.S. support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & 
Malaria and PEPFAR.
    y. Oversight of the U.S.-backed Special Court for Sierra 
Leone, including the trial of former Liberia President Charles 
Taylor.
    z. Oversight of U.S. efforts to address corruption and 
organized crime in Africa, including the International Law 
Enforcement Academy in Botswana.
    aa. Assessment of slavery in Africa.
    bb. Review of growing religious tensions on the Continent.
    cc. Assessment of gaps in official presence in Africa.

7. Asia and the Pacific

    a. Periodic reviews of the region with the Assistant 
Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and for 
European and Eurasian Affairs.
    b. Overview of U.S. interests and foreign policy in the 
Asia-Pacific region: bilateral alliances; ASEAN and other 
regional organizations; USAID programs; public diplomacy; 
international terrorism and counterterrorism cooperation; 
democracy promotion and human rights; military-to-military 
relations; U.S. trade policy, including proposed free trade 
agreements; ``great power'' relations in the region; health 
(HIV/AIDS) and environmental concerns; and efforts to better 
coordinate antitrafficking in human persons policies.
    c. Tsunami relief and reconstruction--In coordination with 
Full Committee, review Tsunami relief/reconstruction efforts in 
Southeast and South Asia.
    d. North Korean strategic challenge--Oversight focused on 
diplomatic and alternative policy options for eliminating North 
Korea's nuclear weapons programs and capabilities, as well as 
efforts to curb proliferation and other illicit activities by 
the North Korean Government.
    e. Managing Sino--American relations in the 21st Century--
Oversight hearing examining broad trends in economic, 
political, and security relations between the U.S. and the PRC.
    f. U.S.-Japan Relationship--Oversight of the continuing 
vital partnership between the United States and Japan and 
Japan's continuing emergence as a more active participant in 
the international system.
    g. U.S. Security Policy in Asia and the Pacific--Oversight 
on counterterrorism, strategic trends in Asia, and U.S. 
security policy with PACOM Commander.
    h. Maintaining Stability in the Taiwan Strait--Review of 
cross-Strait relations, strategic posture and relevant U.S. 
policy, including sales of defensive weapons under the Taiwan 
Relations Act.
    i. Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 
2004 (P.L. 108-333)--Oversight on implementation of the U.S. 
Public Law 108-333 and the continued plight of North Korean 
refugees and migrants.
    j. U.S. interests in Indonesia--Oversight hearing on issues 
including tsunami recovery, military-to-military relations, 
human rights, democratization, economic reform, 
decentralization, and U.S. public diplomacy.
    k. U.S.-ROK Alliance Management--Oversight focused on the 
future of the U.S.-ROK alliance, the implication of U.S. force 
relocation for bilateral relations, and U.S. public diplomacy 
efforts, particularly toward the younger generation in South 
Korea.
    l. The situation in Burma--Oversight relating to 
prospective annual legislative renewal of U.S. sanctions 
against Burma under the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 
2003.
    m. Marshall Islands Changed Circumstances Petition--
Oversight hearing reviewing results of the U.S. Government 
review of ``changed circumstances'' petition by the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands for additional compensation for U.S. 
nuclear testing in the atolls during the 1950s.
    n. Unrest in Vietnam's Central Highlands--Oversight 
focusing on what is arguably the most sensitive issue in U.S.-
Vietnamese relations.
    o. Review implementation of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107-228, Sections 611-621).
    p. Energy Security in Asia and the Pacific--Oversight 
focusing on Asia's growing energy requirements and the 
implications of such on geopolitics and grand strategy in the 
region and beyond.
    q. U.S. Economic and Trade Policy toward the People's 
Republic of China--Oversight hearing focusing on commercial 
relations with China and prospects for better balance in 
bilateral trade relations.
    r. Cultural and public diplomacy toward Asia and the 
Pacific--Oversight hearing focusing on the adequacy of U.S. 
cultural and public diplomacy in Asia, particularly Southeast 
Asia.
    s. Visa policy and U.S. interests in Asia and the Pacific--
oversight hearing examining whether the U.S. has adequately 
balanced U.S. security interests post 9/11 with foregone 
academic, commercial and tourist opportunities as a result of 
current restrictions.
    t. Economic and Social Trends in the PRC--Oversight 
examining internal stability and reform, and the implications 
for regional stability and U.S. investment in China.
    u. U.S. counterterrorism and counterproliferation policy in 
Central Asia
    v. Extending reform mandate to Central Asia.
    w. Review and monitor delivery and implementation of 
democracy promotion and assistance to the countries of Central 
Asia.
    x. Rise of Islamist extremism in Central Asia.

8. Europe

    a. Periodic reviews of the region with the Assistant 
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. Oversight 
of the declining SEED Act assistance and Freedom Support Act 
funding for nations in Central and Eastern Europe that have not 
yet reached a level of democratic maturity; status of political 
and economic reforms.
    b. U.S.-Russian relations. Review of U.S. policy and 
interests and approaches toward Russia, including Russian 
foreign policy objectives, the role of nationalism in Russian 
politics and the approach of the 2008 presidential election, 
and reported corrupt activities within the Russian Government 
and confiscation of privately-owned assets on a large scale 
using tax penalties and other legal charges and legislative 
changes in investment requirements. Monitor implementation of 
the Russian Democracy Act; review the Russian Government's use 
of energy supplies as strategic leverage over neighboring 
states; Russian sales of advanced arms and proliferation of 
technology related to weapons of mass destruction; the status 
of political and economic freedoms in Russia.
    c. Review of European energy security generally.
    d. Review of peace process in Northern Ireland.
    e. Turkey's accession to the EU, resolution of the 
situation in Cyprus, Turkish policy toward Iraq, and U.S.-
Turkish relations.
    f. Future of the ``Special Relationship'' with Great 
Britain after the departure of Prime Minister Tony Blair.
    g. Review U.S.-EU relations (political, security, trade and 
financial issues; European integration; cooperation in the 
campaign against global terrorism; cooperation and viewpoints 
regarding Iran's nuclear program and other nonproliferation 
matters; transparency in European rulemaking and legislating) 
on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the signing of the 
``New Transatlantic Agenda'' and the 50th anniversary of the 
Rome Treaty. Review EU enlargement; European Security and 
Defense Policy and its implications for the United States; 
economic relations; counterterrorism cooperation; and EU Arms 
Embargo on China.
    h. Immigration and integration of Muslims in Europe. 
Implications for the United States regarding Muslim radicalism 
in Europe.
    i. Review of NATO including: Defining U.S. strategic 
interests in pursuit of military cooperation with European 
states and how best to accomplish such objectives; NATO's role 
in Afghanistan; transformation; the enlargement process; 
intelligence/threat assessment, NATO-EU relations; oversight of 
new NATO headquarters building in Brussels and headquarters 
operations.
    j. Developments in, and U.S. policy toward, Serbia and 
Montenegro and review of situation in Kosovo.
    k. Black Sea Strategy--An overview of the political and 
economic situation among nations encircling the Black Sea, 
including the conflicts in Georgia and Moldova.
    l. Developments in the Northern European Region including 
U.S. interests, policy and events in the Baltic states and the 
surrounding region.
    m. Anticorruption and antihuman-trafficking in Eastern 
Europe. Progress made, barriers that still need to be overcome, 
and best strategies to achieve objectives.
    n. Overview of U.S. relations with specific regions or 
countries in Europe including: France, Germany, Italy, Spain.
    o. Challenges in the South Caucasus.
    p. Review of U.S. policy toward Ukraine.
    q. Review of U.S. policy toward Belarus and monitoring 
implementation of the Belarus Democracy Act.

9. Middle East

    a. Periodic reviews of the region with the Assistant 
Secretaries of State for Near Eastern Affairs, European and 
Eurasian Affairs and South Asian Affairs.
    b. Oversight of 9/11 bill implementation and legislation 
relating to Middle East.
          i. Engaging the struggle of ideas and promoting 
        reform to prevent terrorism (including oversight of the 
        Middle East Partnership Initiative and the Broader 
        Middle East and North Africa initiative)
          ii. Terrorist sanctuaries
          iii. Broadcasting
    c. Iraq political, economic and security situation--Assess 
reconstruction and the U.S. policies toward and role in Iraq; 
construction of new Embassy in Iraq.
    d. Review of the Middle East peace process and related 
issues, including U.S. policy towards the peace process; the 
implications of Hamas' role in the Palestinian Authority; 
assistance to the Palestinians, including regional people-to-
people programs, a possible ``Marshall Plan for the Middle 
East,'' and operations of the United Nations Relief and Works 
Agency.
    e. Paul Simon Water Act--Review options to authorize multi-
year funding for cooperative water projects in the Jordan River 
Basin.
    f. Syria--Comprehensive review of status of Syrian 
Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act 
implementation.
    g. Differences between the U.S. and Europe in the Middle 
East.
    h. Review of the UBS Case (Iran and Cuba)--Assessing the 
lessons learned.
    i. The Future of Gaza after Israel's disengagement.
    j. Egypt--Review of GAO reports on cash transfer and the 
arms program.
    k. Status of political and economic reform in the Middle 
East.
    l. Review status and effectiveness of peacekeeping 
arrangements and anti-terrorism efforts on the Egypt-Gaza, 
Israel-Lebanon, and Syria-Lebanon borders.

10. South Asia

    a. Periodic reviews of the region with the Assistant 
Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.
    b. Oversight of 9/11 bill implementation and legislation 
relating to South Asia.
    c. Review the U.S. policies toward and role in Afghanistan, 
including U.S. efforts against Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, 
the status of political and economic reconstruction, the 
implications of the narcotics crisis in that country, U.S. 
assistance programs in Afghanistan (including security 
assistance and counter-narcotics assistance from all sources), 
the rights of women and children, and Afghan-Pakistan 
relations.
    d. India as a rising power--Oversight focusing on India's 
deepening economic, political and strategic engagement in the 
Asia-Pacific region and beyond and on review of U.S.-India 
Nuclear Cooperation Agreement negotiations and implementation.
    e. U.S. Policy toward Pakistan--Oversight focusing on U.S. 
interests in and policy toward this front-line state in the 
global war on terrorism including review of Pakistan's 
agreement with Taliban and tribal leaders in Afghanistan-
Pakistan border areas. As appropriate, also review progress in 
the Indo-Pakistani composite dialogue, progress towards 
democratic reform and the conflict in Baluchistan.
    f. Pakistan earthquake reconstruction--in coordination with 
the full committee, review relief/reconstruction efforts in the 
earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan.
    g. Oversight of India-Pakistan relations generally, 
including boundary disputes and potential increases in nuclear 
arsenals of each country.
    h. Nepal--Review of the situation in Nepal, the peace 
accords and the restoration of democracy.
    i. Bangladesh--Review of the situation in Bangladesh and 
the risk of erosion of democratic institutions.
    j. Sectarian violence in Sri Lanka--Review resurgent 
violence and prospects for peace in Sri Lanka. As appropriate, 
also review political and societal violence elsewhere in the 
region.

11. Western Hemisphere

    a. Periodic reviews of the region with the Assistant 
Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
    b. In General--U.S. efforts in support of democratic 
institutions, political stability, and economic growth in the 
region.
    c. U.S. counternarcotics and counterterrorism support in 
Colombia and other Western Hemisphere countries.
    d. Review of status of agreement with countries of the 
region by the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation.
    e. General overview of progress of democracy in the region 
after the 2006 ``year of elections.''
    f. Growing influence of China in the Western Hemisphere--
Overview of China's heavy investment in Latin America.
    g. Latin America & Caribbean aid authorization bills and 
general oversight of U.S. foreign assistance to the region.
    h. Cooperation on Border Security--Assess border security 
cooperation between the United States and its neighbors.
    i. Continued engagement with Venezuela--Review U.S. policy 
toward Venezuela.
    j. Review and oversight of U.S. policy toward Cuba, 
including efforts to assist dissidents and reform advocates in 
Cuba, U.S. support for victims of Communist Government 
repression in Cuba and overall U.S.-Cuba policy.
    k. Nicaragua--Review of the political transition in 
Nicaragua.
    l. Brazil--Assess U.S. relations with Brazil as an emerging 
regional power.
    m. U.S. policy regarding the expropriation of property from 
U.S. citizens by governments in the Western Hemisphere.
    n. Review progress toward completing Free Trade Agreements 
in Latin America, including Free Trade Agreements with Colombia 
and Peru, and their impact on business and labor in signatory 
countries.
    o. Investigate methods to support institutional 
strengthening of the Organization of American States (OAS) and 
its Inter-America Democratic Charter.
    p. Evaluate feasibility and implications of facilitating 
targeting remittances from persons in the U.S. to their home 
countries for development purposes.
    q. Public health issues in the Western Hemisphere.
    r. Assessment of Western Hemisphere's cooperation on the 
War on Terror.
    s. Review U.S. efforts to achieve strengthened democratic 
institutions and judicial reform in Western Hemisphere 
countries.
    t. Review of diplomatic strategy toward the nations of the 
Caribbean and oversight of Third Border Initiative.
    u. Review status of indigenous populations and Afro-
descended communities, in Canada, Latin America and the 
Caribbean.
    v. GAO assessment of reconstruction in the Caribbean after 
recent hurricanes and proposals for disaster mitigation.
    w. Guatemala--Oversight of Guatemala's efforts to address 
outstanding provisions of Peace Accords and create a Commission 
of Inquiry, or similar commission.
    x. Mexico--Oversight of efforts to support democratic 
institutions in Mexico, the implications of the 2006 
Presidential elections, and the status of a potential migration 
accord with that country. Review the impact of NAFTA and of 
sources of instability.
    y. Citizen security--Evaluate strategies to help countries 
in the region respond to rising crime rates, lack of personal 
security and embedded practices of impunity.
    z. Energy--Oversight of policies and programs to ensure 
stable supply of resources from the Hemisphere.
    aa. GAO assessment of public diplomacy efforts in Latin 
America and the Caribbean.
    bb. Evaluate impact of escalating crime rates, particularly 
as driven by gang violence and immigration, on Mexico, Central 
America and other countries in the region.

12. Human Rights

    a. Review of the State Department's annual ``Country 
Reports on Human Rights Practices'' and of the ``Annual Report 
on International Religious Freedom.''
    b. Assessing trafficking in persons threat to tsunami 
victims--Exploring the trafficking in persons situation in 
tsunami-devastated areas, including prevention and protection 
efforts by local governments and USG involvement and support.
    c. Review of U.S. policy to promote democracy and create 
country strategies to promote democracy and human rights, 
including review of the State Department's annual ``Supporting 
Human Rights and Democracy'' Report.
    d. Status of Cuban human rights situation; democracy 
movement, jailed dissidents, and the impact of the resumption 
of official contact with the European Union and European 
countries.
    e. International trafficking in persons--Review of the 
implementation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2003 and 2005.
    f. Review of State Department's annual ``Trafficking in 
Persons'' Report.
    g. U.S. policy towards individual detained in the war on 
terrorism and on U.S. policy regarding treatment of such 
individuals.
    h. International refugee protection and resettlement--
Assess U.S. Refugee policy and oversight on USG refugee 
initiatives, status and goals, and humanitarian assistance 
efforts and challenges.
    i. Religious persecution--Oversight of implementation of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
    j. Combating the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe (possible 
joint hearing).
    k. Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, and the Torture 
Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005--oversight of 
implementation.
    l. Review U.S. efforts to assist in meeting the psycho-
social needs of post-terrorist attack victims on School No. 1 
in Beslan, North Ossetia.
    m. Review and assess U.S. strategy regarding Burma's 
continuing human rights violations.
    n. Humanitarian crisis plaguing Uganda's children.
    o. Oversight of the newly-authorized Human Smuggling and 
Trafficking Center.
    p. Implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights and other internationally recognized human rights.
    q. Review of People's Republic of China (political and 
religious repression, forced abortion and sterilization, forced 
labor, situation of Tibetan and Uighur minorities, North Korean 
refugees).
    r. Central Africa (human rights and refugee issues in the 
Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and surrounding 
countries).
    s. Vietnam (religious and political persecution, access to 
U.S. resettlement programs, and related issues).

13. Economic Policy, Trade, and the Environment

    a. Assess loss of American jobs to the growing capabilities 
and exports from China.
    b. Assess loss of American jobs due to outsourcing, non-
immigrant visa policies and implementation of Free Trade 
Agreements.
    c. International intellectual property issues.
    d. International energy policy issues.
    e. Enterprise Funds.
    f. Overview of global trade situation and implementation of 
International Monetary Fund terms and conditions.
    g. Trade distorting actions by foreign governments 
(bribery, economic espionage, manipulation of customs rules, 
import licensing, skewing health and safety standards, etc.); 
Mutual Recognition Agreements (``MRAs''); and efforts by other 
foreign governments to implement the OECD Anti-Bribery 
Convention.
    h. TDA/EXIM Oversight; Commerce Department trade promotion 
and enforcement activities.
    i. Oversight of OPIC and review of possible reauthorization 
legislation, including review of OPIC's transparency 
initiative, accountability ombudsman, and protection of 
international labor rights, human rights, and international 
environmental standards.
    j. Overview of the Export Administration Act (EAA) and the 
views of the Administration on legislation reauthorizing and 
modernizing its provisions.
    k. Implementation of sanctions against Iran and other 
regimes by the Departments of State and Treasury.
    l. Global environmental trends: international instability 
and national security.
    m. The U.S. Government position on global warming/Kyoto 
Protocol.
    n. How environmental cooperation can enhance bilateral 
relations and U.S. interests abroad.
    o. Impact on U.S. business due to the lack of foreign 
export credit agency environmental standards.
    p. Role of regional trade agreements in promoting a new 
global trade round and global economic growth; progress toward 
a new global trade round; foreign government adoption of 
standards adverse to U.S. interests.
    q. International cooperation for access to the 
international space station.

14. American Red Cross

    Hearing on the role of the American Red Cross in 
international disaster response and the review of governance 
audit leading to possible legislation amending the American Red 
Cross' charter.

15. Miscellaneous

    a. Presidential War Powers Act and the Bush doctrine of 
preemption.
    b. Codify U.S. foreign policy law.

             II. GENERAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE


                      A. Executive Branch Reports

    Reporting requirements in legislation and the reports 
submitted in response to them constitute one of the oldest 
information systems used by Congress. On every subject Congress 
covers, required reports offer a way to oversee and review the 
implementation of legislation by the executive branch.
    In the foreign policy field, it is particularly important 
to insure that reporting requirements and the resultant reports 
submitted by the executive branch are an efficient mechanism 
for supplying Congress with information. Information on 
domestic problems is often easier to obtain from sources 
outside the executive branch than information on problems from 
abroad. Moreover, the executive branch has sometimes attempted 
to shield its activities in the foreign policy field from 
public view and treat it as its exclusive domain. The lack of 
information on foreign policy problems and executive branch 
activities has been one of the major reasons it has been more 
difficult for Congress to play its legitimate role in the 
making of foreign policy, although the Constitution expressly 
shares such powers between Congress and the President.
    For the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the improvement of 
the system of required reports offers more than tidier 
housekeeping. It offers another step toward a better supply of 
information that Congress needs to make foreign policy 
decisions. Through the careful placing of reporting 
requirements in legislation, the patient monitoring of the 
reports submitted by the executive branch in response to the 
requirements and utilization of the data supplied in them, 
Congress can improve its capacity for an effective foreign 
policy role.

                         B. Reference Documents

    Periodically the Committee on Foreign Affairs compiles, 
prints, and distributes official documents which are useful to 
the membership in exercising the oversight function as well as 
other responsibilities. These include the Legislation on 
Foreign Relations. This 5-volume set is prepared under the 
direction of the staff of the House Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations with the 
assistance of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of 
Congress. This collection of laws and related materials 
contains texts referred to by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and the Foreign Relations Committee, amended to date, and 
annotated to show pertinent history or cross references. The 
collection includes all laws concerning foreign relations, 
codified and in force, treaties in force, as well as executive 
agreements and orders, State Department regulations and State 
Department delegations of authorities.

 C. Study Missions and Participation in International Conferences and 
                                 Events

    The committee has kept itself informed of the latest 
developments in foreign affairs. The usual frequent conferences 
with high government officials, both civil and military, have 
been augmented by special study missions to various parts of 
the world to obtain firsthand knowledge of the problems of 
foreign countries and the administration of U.S. programs and 
operations falling within the purview of the committee. 
Committee members have also been designated to serve as 
official delegates to a number of international conferences and 
events. The following are interparliamentary exchanges that 
Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs participated in 
during the 110th Congress.

Meetings of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Meetings of the U.S.-Canada Interparliamentary Group
Meetings of the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group
Meetings of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue
Meetings of the U.S.-OSCE interparliamentary delegation
Meetings of the British-American Parliamentary Group

                  III. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                      Legislation Enacted into Law

    H.R. 1003 (Watson)--To amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy--P.L. 110-21 (May 2, 
2007).
    H.R. 1681 (Lantos)--American Red Cross Governance 
Modernization Act of 2007--P.L. 110-26 (May 11, 2007).
    S. 676 (Biden)--To provide that the Executive Director of 
the inter-American Development Bank or the Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank may serve on 
the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation--P.L. 
110-38 (June 21, 2007).
    H.R. 556 (Carolyn Maloney)--Foreign Investment and National 
Security Act of 2007--P.L. 110-49 (July 26, 2007).
    S. 966 (Schumer)--Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007--
P.L. 110-50 (July 30, 2007).
    H.R. 1 (Thompson)--Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007--(The final version, enacted into public 
law, includes the Committee-passed ADVANCE Democracy Act, H.R. 
982, which focuses on democracy promotion and human rights 
abroad.)--P.L. 110-53 (August 3, 2007).
    S. 377 (Lugar)--United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth 
Exchange Program Act of 2007--P.L. 110-83 (September 20, 2007).
    H.R. 3528 (Lantos)--To provide authority to the Peace Corps 
to provide separation pay for host country resident personal 
services contractors of the Peace Corps--P.L. 110-86 (September 
27, 2007).
    S. 1612 (Dodd)--International Emergency Economic Powers 
Enhancement Act--P.L. 110-96 (October 16, 2007).
    S. 2271 (Dodd)--Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 
2007--P.L. 110-174 (December 31, 2007).
    H.R. 3432 (Payne)--Commission on the Abolition of the 
Transatlantic Slave Trade Act--P.L. 110-183 (February 5, 2008).
    H.R. 5813 (Peterson)--To amend Public Law 110-196 to 
provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond April 18, 
2008--P.L. 110-200 (April 18, 2008).
    H.R. 2705 (Christensen)--Compacts of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2007--(Incorporated in S. 2739, which became 
P.L. 110-229 on May 8, 2008).
    H.R. 6051 (Peterson)--To amend Public Law 110-196 to 
provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 16, 
2008--P.L. 110-231 (May 18, 2008).
    H.R. 2419 (Peterson)--Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008--(The House and Senate passed H.R. 2419 over veto, 
enacting 14 of 15 farm bill titles into law. The trade title 
(title III) was inadvertently excluded from the enrolled bill. 
To remedy the situation, both chambers re-passed the farm bill 
conference agreement (including the trade title) as H.R. 6124, 
again over veto. H.R. 6124, in section 4, repealed P.L. 110-234 
and amendments made by it, effective on the date of that Act's 
enactment.) P.L. 110-234 (May 22, 2008).
    H.R. 6124 (Peterson)--Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008--(See H.R. 2419 above)--P.L. 110-246 (June 18, 2008).
    H.R. 5690 (Berman)--To remove the African National Congress 
from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or 
events, provide relief for certain members of the African 
National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other 
purposes--(eliminates a U.S. Government-imposed prohibition on 
granting visas to members and former members of the African 
National Congress; removes from U.S. databases any notation 
characterizing the ANC and its leaders--including Nobel 
Laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela--as 
terrorists). P.L. 110-257 (July 1, 2008).
    H.R. 3890 (Lantos)--Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's 
Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008--( Keeps Burmese gems from 
entering U.S. markets via third-party countries, prevents 
Burma's military regime from earning hundreds of millions of 
dollars each year, and makes Burmese regime leaders, military 
officers and their families ineligible for visas to the United 
States). P.L. 110-286 (July 29, 2008).
    H.R. 3221 (Pelosi)--Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 
2008--(Previously, H.R. 3221 was the ``New Direction for Energy 
Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act.'' 
Omnibus energy legislation was enacted in H.R. 6, which became 
P.L. 110-140 on 12/19/07). P.L. 110-289 (July 30, 2008).
    H.R. 5501 (Berman)--Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United 
States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008--(five-year extension of 
the landmark U.S. effort to fight HIV/AIDS around the world; 
authorizes $48 billion for prevention, treatment and care where 
they are most needed, and expands the program substantially to 
reach millions of people, primarily in Africa). P.L. 110-293 
(July 30, 2008).
    H.R. 6456 (Berman)--To provide for extensions of certain 
authorities of the Department of State, and for other 
purposes--P.L. 110-321 (September 19, 2008).
    H.R. 5834 (Ros-Lehtinen)--North Korean Human Rights 
Reauthorization Act of 2008--P.L. 110-346 (October 7, 2008).
    H.R. 7081 (Berman)--United States-India Nuclear Cooperation 
Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act--P.L. 110-369 
(October 8, 2008).
    H.R. 1084 (Farr)--Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian 
Management Act--(authorizes assistance for stabilizing and 
reconstructing a country or region that is in, or is in 
transition from, conflict or civil strife; provisions of this 
bill were included in the text of S. 3001, the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act of 2009)--P.L. 110-417 
(October 14, 2008).
    H.R. 7177 (Berman)--Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008--P.L. 
110-429 (October 15, 2008).
    H.R. 7311 (Berman)--William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act--(enhances U.S. leadership in 
preventing human trafficking, protecting trafficking victims, 
and prosecuting traffickers world-wide). P.L. 110-457 (December 
23, 2008).

               Legislation Passed by the House and Senate

    H.R. 2631 (Schiff)--Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act
    H. Con. Res. 20 (Smith-NJ)--Inquiry into the murder of 
Patrick Finucane
    H. Con. Res. 236 (Dreier)--Recognizing the close 
relationship between the U.S. and the Republic of San Marino
    H. Con. Res. 318 (Payne)--Supporting the goals and ideals 
of the International Year of Sanitation
    H. Con. Res. 322 (Pelosi)--Recognizing the 60th anniversary 
of the founding of the modern State of Israel
    H. Con. Res. 337 (Allen)--Honoring the 15th anniversary of 
the Seeds of Peace organization

                    Legislation Passed by the House

    H.R. 176 (Lee)--Shirley Chisholm United States-Caribbean 
Educational Exchange Act of 2008
    H.R. 885 (Lantos)--International Nuclear Fuel for Pace and 
Nonproliferation Act of 2007
    H.R. 957 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 
1996 to expand and clarify the entities against which sanctions 
may be imposed
    H.R. 1302 (Smith-WA)--Global Poverty Act of 2007
    H.R. 1400 (Lantos)--Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007
    H.R. 1441 (Giffords)--Stop Arming Iran Act
    H.R. 1469 (Lantos)--Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad 
Foundation Act of 2007
    H.R. 1567 (Engel)--Stop Tuberculosis Now Act of 2007
    H.R. 1678 (Smith-NJ)--Torture Victims Relief 
Reauthorization Act of 2007
    H.R. 2003 (Payne)--Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability 
Act of 2007
    H.R. 2185 (Kirk)--Amend the Tropical Forest Conservation 
Act of 1998
    H.R. 2293 (Ackerman)--Requiring Secretary of State to 
submit report regarding Palestinian terrorists
    H.R. 2446 (Lantos)--Afghanistan Freedom and Security 
Support Act of 2007
    H.R. 2553 (Watson)--Public Diplomacy Resource Centers Act 
of 2008
    H.R. 2798 (Sherman)--OPIC Reauthorization Act of 2008
    H.R. 2828 (Jackson)--Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism 
Act of 2007
    H.R. 2929 (Lee)--Limit funds for U.S. forces in Iraq
    H.R. 2949 (Wexler)--Eurasia Foundation Act
    H.R. 2956 (Skelton)--Responsible Deployment from Iraq Act
    H.R. 3062 (Faleomavaega)--Pacific Island Economic and 
Educational Development Act of 2007
    H.R. 3096 (Smith-NJ)--Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007
    H.R. 3320 (Smith-NJ)--Support for the Museum of the History 
of Polish Jews Act of 2007
    H.R. 3527 (Sherman)--OPIC extension for two months
    H.R. 3658 (Fortuno)--Amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
to permit rest and recuperation travel to U.S. territories for 
members of the Foreign Service
    H.R. 3887 (Lantos)--William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (note: see H.R. 7311, 
which became P.L. 110-457 on 12/23/08)
    H.R. 5443 (Royce)--U.S.-Republic of Korea Defense 
Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008
    H.R. 5916 (Berman)--Security Assistance and Arms Export 
Control Reform Act of 2008
    H.R. 6028 (Berman)--Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit 
Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008
    H.R. 6646 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To require the Secretary of State 
to consult Congress on discussions of arms sales to Taiwan
    H.R. 6899 (Rahall)--Comprehensive American Energy Security 
and Consumer Protection Act
    H.R. 7112 (Berman)--Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
Accountability and Divestment Act of 2008

    (Note: Some of the above bills may have been incorporated 
into omnibus appropriations bills or other legislation.)

    H. Con. Res. 7 (Lee)--Darfur
    H. Con. Res. 21 (Rothman)--Calling on UN Security Council 
to charge Iranian leader Ahmadinejad
    H. Con. Res. 63 (Skelton)--Disapproving the President's 
troop surge in Iraq
    H. Con. Res. 80 (Johnson, Hank)--Uganda
    H. Con. Res. 100 (Lantos)--Zimbabwe
    H. Con. Res. 118 (Emanuel)--Congratulating Chicago for 2016 
Olympic games
    H. Con. Res. 136 (Chabot)--Visits to U.S. by Taiwan 
officials
    H. Con. Res. 139 (Franks)--India
    H. Con. Res. 151 (Smith-NJ)--Murders of journalists in 
Russia
    H. Con. Res. 152 (Lantos)--40th anniversary of the 
reunification of Jerusalem
    H. Con. Res. 154 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Poisoning of Alexander 
Litvinenko
    H. Con. Res. 188 (Ros-Lehtinen)--AMIA attack in Buenos 
Aires in 1994
    H. Con. Res. 200 (King)--Release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in 
Burma
    H. Con. Res. 203 (Kirk)--Iran
    H. Con. Res. 234 (Royce)--China
    H. Con. Res. 236 (Dreier)--San Marino
    H. Con. Res. 255 (Ferguson)--Preservation of religious and 
cultural sites
    H. Con. Res. 278 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Taiwan elections
    H. Con. Res. 283 (Payne)--Kenya elections
    H. Con. Res. 290 (Manzullo)--175th anniversary of U.S. 
relationship with Thailand
    H. Con. Res. 317 (Holt)--Burma
    H. Con. Res. 332 (Fortenberry)--60th anniversary of the 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    H. Con. Res. 344 (Jackson-Lee)--Global food crisis
    H. Con. Res. 350 (Rahall)--End commercial whaling
    H. Con. Res. 361 (Schakowsky)--Honoring Irena Sendler
    H. Con. Res. 371 (Wexler)--Restitution for property 
confiscated by Nazi and Communist regimes
    H. Con. Res. 374 (Wamp)--Support of interfaith dialogue
    H. Con. Res. 385 (Ros-Lehtinen)--AMIA attack in Buenos 
Aires in 1994
    H. Res. 24 (Price)--Establishing House Democracy Assistance 
Commission
    H. Res. 32 (Jackson-Lee)--Denouncing female genital 
mutilation
    H. Res. 34 (Jackson-Lee)--Honoring Desmond Tutu
    H. Res. 52 (McGovern)--Tribute to Reverend Waitstill Sharp 
and Martha Sharp
    H. Res. 64 (Kirk)--Bangladesh journalist Salah Choudhury
    H. Res. 98 (Payne)--Sudan's Dr. John Garang de Mabior
    H. Res. 100 (Solis)--Guatemala murders
    H. Res. 107 (Ackerman)--Calling for release of Israeli 
soldiers
    H. Res. 121 (Honda)--Comfort women
    H. Res. 125 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Use of civilians as human 
shields
    H. Res. 137 (Nadler)--Jacob Birnbaum
    H. Res. 149 (Schakowsky)--International Women's Day
    H. Res. 158 (Pitts)--200th anniversary of abolition of 
British slave trade
    H. Res. 185 (Nadler)--Concern with creation of refugee 
populations in Middle East
    H. Res. 196 (Blumenauer)--World Water Day
    H. Res. 208 (Drake)--Operation Smile 25th anniversary
    H. Res. 222 (McCarthy, Carolyn)--Good Friday Agreement
    H. Res. 226 (Woolsey)--War Refugee Board
    H. Res. 228 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Greece
    H. Res. 230 (Wexler)--50th anniversary of the Treaty of 
Rome
    H. Res. 233 (Stearns)--Liechtenstein
    H. Res. 238 (Crowley)--Indonesia elections
    H. Res. 240 (Hastings)--International Tracing Service
    H. Res. 243 (Smith-NJ)--Vietnam
    H. Res. 272 (Lee)--200th anniversary of abolition of 
Atlantic slave trade
    H. Res. 287 (Hastings)--500th anniversary of ``America''
    H. Res. 294 (Watson)--Lesotho
    H. Res. 295 (King)--Korea
    H. Res. 347 (Baca)--Cinco de Mayo
    H. Res. 355 (Faleomavaega)--East-West Center
    H. Res. 378 (Fortuno)--Commending Red Cross, Red Crescent, 
Magen David Adom Societies
    H. Res. 379 (Poe)--Congratulating Nicolas Sarkozy
    H. Res. 380 (Sali)--Congratulating Idaho on hosting 2009 
Special Olympics Winter Games
    H. Res. 395 (Lamborn)--Supporting ideals of Olympics
    H. Res. 397 (Shimkus)--Estonia
    H. Res. 405 (Bilirakis)--Cyprus
    H. Res. 412 (Boozman)--Gratitude to the Queen of England
    H. Res. 416 (King)--Tony Blair
    H. Res. 418 (Engel)--CARICOM
    H. Res. 422 (Lee)--People's Republic of China
    H. Res. 426 (McGovern)--Colombia
    H. Res. 427 (Lantos)--Urging Canada to end seal hunts
    H. Res. 430 (Van Hollen)--Iran
    H. Res. 435 (Klein)--Threatening behavior by Mahmoud 
Ahmadinejad
    H. Res. 467 (Murphy)--British university boycott of Israeli 
academia
    H. Res. 482 (Gallegly)--Northern Ireland
    H. Res. 497 (Ros-Lehtinen)--People's Republic of China 
suppression of Uyghur people
    H. Res. 500 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Opposition to natural gas 
cartel
    H. Res. 508 (Saxton)--Japan
    H. Res. 518 (Meeks)--Malaysia
    H. Res. 521 (Gillibrand)--75th anniversary of the 1932 
Olympics
    H. Res. 548 (Ackerman)--Lebanon/Syria
    H. Res. 550 (Honda)--Ethiopia
    H. Res. 557 (Campbell)--U.N. Human Rights Council ignoring 
human rights abuses
    H. Res. 564 (Engel)--Central America instability
    H. Res. 573 (Moran)--Sudan crisis
    H. Res. 575 (Baird)--Jordan
    H. Res. 583 (Klein)--Sir Nicholas Winton
    H. Res. 624 (Hastings)--Israel chairing UN committee
    H. Res. 629 (Sarbanes)--Greece
    H. Res. 635 (Johnson, Eddie Bernice)--Ramadan
    H. Res. 639 (Gallegly)--German terrorism prevention 
commended
    H. Res. 642 (Solis)--Sympathy to Central America for recent 
hurricane disasters
    H. Res. 651 (Engel)--Brazil
    H. Res. 676 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Taiwan
    H. Res. 708 (Sanchez, Loretta)--Luciano Pavarotti
    H. Res. 726 (DeLauro)--Sexual violence against women
    H. Res. 738 (Ackerman)--Syria
    H. Res. 740 (Jackson-Lee)--Sudan
    H. Res. 747 (Wilson)--Diwali
    H. Res. 811 (Price-NC)--Afghanistan terrorist bombing
    H. Res. 812 (Sanchez, Linda)--Mexico
    H. Res. 838 (McCotter)--Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to 
U.S.
    H. Res. 842 (Rothman)--Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
    H. Res. 847 (King-IA)--Christmas importance
    H. Res. 854 (Hastings-FL)--Gratitude to International 
Tracing Service
    H. Res. 865 (Clarke)--Crime and violence in Caribbean 
countries
    H. Res. 909 (Meek)--Haiti
    H. Res. 912 (Ackerman)--Pakistan
    H. Res. 937 (Burgess)--American Red Cross
    H. Res. 947 (Royce)--Congratulating President of the 
Republic of Korea
    H. Res. 951 (Garrett)--Condemning Palestinian rocket 
attacks on Israel
    H. Res. 997 (Wexler)--NATO Membership Action Plan with 
Georgia and Ukraine
    H. Res. 1008 (Kirk)--Persecution of Iranian Baha'is
    H. Res. 1011 (Wolf)--Chad
    H. Res. 1022 (Capps)--Reducing maternal mortality
    H. Res. 1024 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Greek independence anniversary
    H. Res. 1063 (Wu)--Treaty of Paris
    H. Res. 1069 (Crowley)--Condemning the broadcasting of 
incitement of violence in Middle East
    H. Res. 1077 (Pelosi)--China/Tibet/Dalai Lama
    H. Res. 1090 (Jefferson-LA)--Nelson Mandela's birthday
    H. Res. 1109 (Sires)--Dith Pran
    H. Res. 1127 (Ackerman)--Freedom of press in Middle East
    H. Res. 1159 (Cummings)--Sloop-of-War Constellation
    H. Res. 1166 (Wexler)--Russia/Georgia
    H. Res. 1181 (Crowley)--Burma
    H. Res. 1194 (Berman)--Lebanon
    H. Res. 1195 (Wu)--Earthquake in China
    H. Res. 1227 (Maloney, Carolyn)--Congo
    H. Res. 1230 (Payne)--Zimbabwe
    H. Res. 1254 (Engel)--Joint Action Plan with Brazil to end 
discrimination
    H. Res. 1266 (Gallegly)--Albania/Croatia
    H. Res. 1270 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Zimbabwe
    H. Res. 1279 (Terry)--Special Olympics
    H. Res. 1307 (Baird)--Kingdom of Bhutan
    H. Res. 1314 (Levin)--Ukrainian famine
    H. Res. 1351 (Chabot)--UNAMID in Darfur
    H. Res. 1361 (Berman)--Durban conference
    H. Res. 1369 (Lee)--Peace between Israelis and Palestinians
    H. Res. 1370 (Berman)--PRC human rights abuses
    H. Res. 1383 (Wilson)--Bulgaria
    H. Res. 1402 (Crowley)--Bangladesh
    H. Res. 1420 (Hoyer)--9-11 attacks
    H. Res. 1435 (Hodes)--70th anniversary of the Night of 
Broken Glass
    H. Res. 1451 (McGovern)--Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission 
Establishment
    H. Res. 1461 (Scott)--Tanzania
    H. Res. 1527 (Emanuel)--Paralympic Games
    H. Res. 1532 (McCarthy, Carolyn)--India

                         Resolutions of Inquiry

    There were no Resolutions of Inquiry considered by the 
Committee during the 110th Congress.

                   A. Full Committee Markup Summaries


        Foreign Affairs Committee--110th--Legislation Marked Up


2/15/07

    H.R. 957 (Ros-Lehtinen), To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 
1996 to expand and clarify the entities against which sanctions 
may be imposed Iran Sanctions Act Amendments--was reported 
favorably to the House, as amended.
    The Chair asked Unanimous Consent that the following 
legislation be considered by the House under suspension of the 
rules. There was no objection:
    H. Res. 98 (Payne), Honoring the life and achievements of 
the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior and reaffirming the 
continued commitment of the House of Representatives to a just 
and lasting peace in the Republic of the Sudan (as amended);
    H.R. 987 (Tanner), NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007;
    H.R. 1003 (Watson), To amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy;
    H. Res. 107 (Ackerman), Calling for the immediate and 
unconditional release of Israeli soldiers held captive by Hamas 
and Hezbollah, and for other purposes (as amended);
    H. Res. 149 (Schakowsky), Supporting the goals of 
International Women's Day; and
    H. Res. 64 (Kirk), Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the Government of Bangladesh should 
immediately drop all pending charges against Bangladeshi 
journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury (as amended).

3/27/07

    The following bills were favorably reported to the House by 
voice vote:
    H.R. 982 (Lantos)--the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007;
    H.R. 1405 (DeLauro)--the Wildlife Global Animal Information 
Network for Surveillance Act (as amended by a Lantos amendment 
in the nature of a substitute);
    H.R. 1441 (Giffords)--to prohibit the sale by the 
Department of Defense of parts for F-14 fighter aircraft;
    H.R. 1469 (Lantos)--the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad 
Foundation Act of 2007;
    H.R. 1678 (Smith-NJ)--the Torture Victims Relief 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; and
    H.R. 1681 (Lantos), the American National Red Cross 
Governance Modernization Act of 2007 (as amended by two 
Jackson-Lee amendments to Sec. 2(b)(4) and Sec. 2(a)(5)).
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to move the following 
resolutions to the House Floor to be considered under 
suspension of the rules (and there was no objection):
    H. Res. 100 (Solis)--Expressing the sympathy of the House 
of Representatives to the families of women and girls murdered 
in Guatemala and encouraging the Government of Guatemala to 
bring an end to these crimes;
    H. Res. 125 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Expressing deep concern over 
the use of civilians as `human shields' in violation of 
international humanitarian law and the law of war during armed 
conflict, including Hezbollah's tactic of embedding its forces 
among civilians to use them as human shields during the summer 
of 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and the State of Israel (as 
amended by the Ros-Lehtinen amendment);
    H. Res. 158 (Pitts)--Observing the 200th anniversary of the 
abolition of the British slave trade and encouraging the people 
of the United States, particularly the youth of the United 
States, to remember the life and legacy of William Wilberforce, 
a member of the British House of Commons who devoted his life 
to the suppression and abolition of the institution of slavery, 
and to work for the protection of human rights throughout the 
world (as amended by the Lantos amendment);
    H. Res. 196 (Blumenauer)--Supporting the goals and ideals 
of World Water Day;
    H. Res. 240 (Hastings-FL)--Urging all member countries of 
the International Commission of the International Tracing 
Service (ITS) to expedite the ratification process to allow for 
open access to the Holocaust archives located at Bad Arolsen, 
Germany;
    H. Res. 267 (Kirk)--Calling for the immediate and 
unconditional release of British marines and sailors held 
captive by Iran, and for other purposes; and
    H. Con. Res. 100 (Lantos)--Condemning the recent violent 
actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful 
opposition party activists and members of civil society.

5/23/07:

    H.R. 2420, the International Climate Cooperation Re-
Engagement Act of 2007, was favorably reported to the House, as 
amended, by a recorded vote of 29-16.
    The following bills were favorably reported to the House, 
by voice vote:
    H.R. 885, International Nuclear Fuel for Peace and 
Nonproliferation Act of 2007, AS AMENDED (Lantos substitute); 
and
    H.R. 2446, the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2007.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request that the 
following measures be considered by the House under suspension 
of the rules, and there was no objection:
    S. 676, To provide that the Executive Director of the 
Inter-American Development Bank or the Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank may serve on 
the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation;
    H. Con. Res. 21, Calling on the United Nations Security 
Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with 
violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 
of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because 
of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel, as 
amended;
    H. Con. Res. 80, Calling on the Government of Uganda and 
the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to recommit to a political 
solution to the conflict in northern Uganda and to recommence 
vital peace talks, and urging immediate and substantial support 
for the ongoing peace process from the United States and the 
international community, as amended;
    H. Con. Res. 151, Noting the disturbing pattern of killings 
of dozens of independent journalists in Russia over the last 
decade, and calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to 
authorize cooperation with outside investigators in solving 
these murders, as amended;
    H. Con. Res. 152, Relating to the 40th anniversary of the 
reunification of the City of Jerusalem;
    H. Res. 137, Honoring the life and six decades of public 
service of Jacob Birnbaum and especially his commitment freeing 
Soviet Jews from religious, cultural, and communal extinction, 
as amended;
    H. Res. 226, To recognize John Pehle for his contributions 
to the Nation in helping rescue Jews and other minorities from 
the Holocaust during World War II, as amended;
    H. Res. 233, Recognizing over 200 years of sovereignty of 
the Principality of Liechtenstein, and expressing support for 
efforts by the United States continue to strengthen its 
relationship with that country, as amended;
    H. Res. 295, Recognizing the strong alliance between the 
Republic of Korea and the United States and expressing 
appreciation to the Republic of Korea for its efforts in the 
global war against terrorism, as amended;
    H. Res. 395, Supporting the ideals and values of the 
Olympic movement; H.
    H. Res. 397, Condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on 
Estonia's embassies in 2007, and expressing solidarity with the 
Government and the people of Estonia, as amended;
    H. Res. 412, Expressing gratitude to Her Majesty Queen 
Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of 
Edinburgh, for their State Visit to the United States and 
reaffirming the friendship that exists between the United 
States and the United Kingdom, as amended;
    H. Res. 418, Recognizing and welcoming the delegation of 
Presidents, Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers from the 
Caribbean to Washington, D.C., and commending the Caribbean 
Community (CARICOM) for holding the Conference on the 
Caribbean;
    H. Res. 422, Calling on the Government of the People's 
Republic of China to use its unique influence and economic 
leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur, Sudan; and
    H. Res. 430, Calling on the Government of the Islamic 
Republic of Iran to immediately release Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, 
as amended.

6/26/07

    H.R. 1400 (Lantos)--Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 
2007--reported favorably to the House, as amended, by a vote of 
37-1.
    H.R. 2844 (Lantos)--Food Security and Agricultural 
Development Act of 2007--reported favorably to the House by a 
vote of 38-9, as amended..
    H. Res. 121 (Honda)--Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally 
acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in 
a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Force's 
coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world 
as ``comfort women'', during its colonial and wartime 
occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s 
through the duration of World War II--reported favorably to the 
House, by a vote of 39-2, as amended.
    H.R. 2798 (Sherman)--Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007--reported favorably to 
the House, as amended, by a vote of 23-5, with one voting 
``present.''
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to report the 
following bills favorably to the House, and there was no 
objection:
    H.R. 176 (Lee)--Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean 
Educational Exchange Act of 2007, as amended; and
    H.R. 2843 (Watson)--Library of Congress Public Diplomacy 
Collection Act of 2007.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request that the 
following measures be considered by the House under suspension 
of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H.R. 2293 (Ackerman)--To require the Secretary of State to 
submit to Congress a report on efforts to bring to justice the 
Palestinian terrorists who killed John Branchizio, Mark Parson, 
and John Marin Linde;
    S. 377--United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange 
Act of 2007;
    H. Res. 208 (Drake)--Honoring Operation Smile in the 25th 
Anniversary year of its founding, as amended;
    H. Res. 287 (Hastings-FL)--To celebrate the 500th 
anniversary of the first use of the name ``America'', and for 
other purposes, as amended;
    H. Res. 294 (Watson)--Commending the Kingdom of Lesotho, on 
the occasion of International Women's Day, for the enactment of 
a law to improve the status of married women and ensure the 
access of married women to property rights, as amended;
    H. Res. 378 (Fortuno)--Honoring World Red Cross Red 
Crescent Day, as amended;
    H. Res. 380 (Sali)--Commending Idaho on winning the bid to 
host the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games;
    H. Res. 426 (McGovern)--Recognizing 2007 as the Year of the 
Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia, and 
offering support for efforts to ensure that the internally 
displaced people of Colombia receive the assistance and 
protection they need to rebuild their lives successfully, as 
amended;
    H. Res. 427 (Lantos)--Urging the Government of Canada to 
end the commercial seal hunt;
    H. Res. 467 (Patrick J. Murphy)--Condemning the decision by 
the University and College Union of the United Kingdom to 
support a boycott of Israeli academia, as amended;
    H. Res. 482 (Gallegly)--Expressing support for the new 
power-sharing government in Northern Ireland;
    H. Res. 497 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that the Government of the People's 
Republic of China should immediately release from custody the 
children of Rebiya Kadeer and Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil 
and should refrain from further engaging in acts of cultural, 
linguistic, and religious suppression directed against the 
Uyghur people, and for other purposes;
    H. Res. 500 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives in opposition to efforts by major 
natural gas exporting countries to establish a cartel or other 
mechanism to manipulate the supply of natural gas to the world 
market for the purpose of setting an arbitrary and nonmarket 
price or as an instrument of political pressure, as amended;
    H. Con. Res. 136 (Chabot)--Expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding high level visits to the United States by 
democratically-elected officials of Taiwan, as amended; and
    H. Con. Res. 139 (Franks-AZ)--Expressing the sense of the 
Congress that the United States should address the ongoing 
problem of untouchability in India, as amended.

7/31/07

    H.R. 3096 (CHRIS SMITH), Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007--
reported favorably to the House, as amended by an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute (Smith-NJ), by voice vote.
    H.R. 1567 (ENGEL), Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007--
reported favorably to the House, as amended by an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute (Engel), by voice vote.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H.R. 1302 (ADAM SMITH), Global Poverty Act of 2007, as 
amended;
    H.R. 2185 (KIRK-R), To amend the Tropical Forest 
Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing 
countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs 
and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such 
Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes, as 
amended;
    H.R. 3062 (FALEOMAVAEGA), South Pacific Economic and 
Educational Development Act of 2007, as amended;
    H. Res. 32 (JACKSON-LEE), Denouncing the practices of 
female genital mutilation, domestic violence, ``honor'' 
killings, acid burning, dowry deaths, and other gender-based 
persecutions and expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, 
and independence of women is crucial to achieving a just, 
moral, and honorable society, as amended;
    H. Res. 34 (JACKSON-LEE), Recognizing the 75th birthday of 
Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape 
Town, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, as amended;
    H. Res. 238 (CROWLEY), Commending the first democratic 
elections in Aceh, a province in Sumatra, Indonesia, and 
expressing support for the further democratic development and 
implementation of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding;
    H. Res. 508 (SAXTON-R), Recognizing the strong security 
alliance between the Government of Japan and the United States 
and expressing appreciation to Japan for its role in enhancing 
stability in the Asia-Pacific region and its efforts in the 
global war against terrorism, as amended;
    H. Res. 518 (MEEKS), Recognizing the 50th anniversary of 
Malaysia's independence, as amended;
    H. Res. 548 (ACKERMAN), Expressing the ongoing concern of 
the House of Representatives for Lebanon's democratic 
institutions and unwavering support for the administration of 
justice upon those responsible for the assassination of 
Lebanese public figures opposing Syrian control of Lebanon, as 
amended;
    H. Res. 557 (CAMPBELL-R), Strongly condemning the United 
Nations Human Rights Council for ignoring severe human rights 
abuses in various countries, while choosing to unfairly target 
Israel by including it as the only country permanently placed 
on the Council's agenda, as amended;
    H. Res. 564 (ENGEL), Recognizing that violence poses an 
increasingly serious threat to peace and stability in Central 
America and supporting expanded cooperation between the United 
States and the countries of Central America to combat crime and 
violence;
    H. Res. 575 (BAIRD), Commending the people and the 
Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for their 
continued commitment to holding elections and broadening 
participation, and for other purposes; and
    H. Res. 583 (RON KLEIN), Recognizing the remarkable example 
of Sir Nicholas Winton who organized the rescue of 669 Jewish 
Czechoslovakian children from Nazi death camps prior to the 
outbreak of World War II.

9/26/07

    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H.R. 2828, To provide compensation to relatives of United 
States citizens who were killed as a result of the bombings of 
United States Embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, as 
amended;
    H.R. 3432, 200th Anniversary Commemoration Commission of 
the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act of 2007, as 
amended;
    H. Res. 405, Expressing the strong support of the House of 
Representatives for implementation of the July 8, 2006, United 
Nations-brokered agreement between President of the Republic of 
Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet 
Ali Talat relating to the reunification of Cyprus, as amended;
    H. Res. 624, Congratulating the State of Israel on chairing 
a United Nations committee for the first time in history, as 
amended;
    H. Res. 635, Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the 
Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and 
commending Muslims in the United States and throughout the 
world for their faith, as amended;
    H. Res. 651, Recognizing the warm friendship and expanding 
strategic relationship between the United States and Brazil, 
commending Brazil on successfully reducing its dependence on 
oil by finding alternative ways to satisfy its energy needs, 
and recognizing the importance of the March 9, 2007, United 
States-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on biofuels 
cooperation, as amended;
    H. Con. Res. 200, Expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the immediate and unconditional release of Daw Aung 
San Suu Kyi, as amended; and
    H. Con. Res. 203, Condemning the persecution of labor 
rights advocates in Iran, as amended.
    H.R. 2003, the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 
2007, as amended;
    S. 1612, International Emergency Economic Powers 
Enhancement Act, as amended;
    H. Res. 676, Declaring that it should continue to be the 
policy of the United States, consistent with the Taiwan 
Relations Act, to make available to Taiwan such defense 
articles and services as may be necessary for Taiwan to 
maintain a sufficient self-defense capability, as amended.

10/10/07

    H. Res. 106 (Schiff)--Affirmation of the United States 
Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution--motion to report 
favorably: agreed to by a vote of 27-21.

10/23/07

    The following bills were favorably reported by the 
Committee by voice vote:
    H.R. 3887 (Lantos), William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007, as amended; and
    H.R. 275 (Smith-NJ), Global Online Freedom Act of 2007, as 
amended.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent that the following 
bills be favorably reported by the Committee, and there was no 
objection:
    H.R. 1746 (Ros-Lehtinen), Holocaust Insurance 
Accountability Act of 2007, as amended; and
    H.R. 3890 (Lantos), Block Burma JADE Act of 2007, as 
amended.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H.R. 2705 (Christensen), Compacts of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2007, as amended;
    H.R. 2949 (Wexler), Eurasia Foundation Act, as amended;
    H.R. 3320 (Smith-NJ), Support for the Museum of the History 
of Polish Jews Act of 2007;
    H.R. 3912 (Lantos), Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2007;
    H.R. 3913 (Ros-Lehtinen), To amend the International Center 
Act to authorize the lease or sublease of certain property 
described in such Act;
    H. Res. 435 (Klein-FL), Expressing concern relating to the 
threatening behavior of the Iranian regime and its leader 
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the activities of terrorist 
organizations sponsored by that regime in Latin America, as 
amended;
    H. Res. 550 (Honda), Congratulating the people of Ethiopia 
on the second millennium of Ethiopia, and for other purposes, 
as amended;
    H. Res. 573 (Moran-VA), Recognizing and commending the 
efforts of the United States public and advocacy groups to 
raise awareness about and help end the worsening humanitarian 
crisis and genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and for other purposes, 
as amended;
    H. Res. 726 (DeLauro), Calling on the President of the 
United States and the international community to take immediate 
steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual 
violence against women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad 
and the Central African Republic, as amended;
    H. Res. 740 (Jackson-Lee), Condemning in the strongest 
terms the attacks on African Union peacekeepers that occurred 
in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, on September 29, 2007, as amended;
    H. Res. 747 (Wilson-SC), Recognizing the religious and 
historical significance of the festival of Diwali;
    H. Con. Res. 234 (Royce), Calling on the government of the 
People's Republic of China to respect the human rights of North 
Korean refugees; and
    H. Con. Res. 236 (Dreier), Recognizing the close 
relationship between the United States and the Republic of San 
Marino, as amended.

2/27/08

    H.R. 5501 (Berman)--The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United 
States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008--reported favorably by 
voice vote.
    H.R. 1084 (Farr)--Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian 
Management Act of 2007--the Chairman asked Unanimous Consent 
that H.R. 1084 be favorably reported by the Committee, as 
amended (Berman substitute), and there was no objection.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H. Res. 185 (Nadler)--Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the creation of refugee populations 
in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf region 
as a result of human rights violations, as amended (Berman 
substitute);
    H. Res. 854 (Hastings-FL)--Expressing gratitude to all of 
the member states of the International Commission of the 
International Tracing Service (ITS) on ratifying the May 2006 
Agreement to amend the 1955 Bonn Accords granting open access 
to vast Holocaust and other World War II related archives 
located in Bad Arolsen, Germany, as amended (Wexler 
substitute);
    H. Res. 865 (Clarke)--Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the March 2007 report of the United 
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development makes an important 
contribution to the understanding of the high levels of crime 
and violence in the Caribbean, and that the United States 
should work with Caribbean countries to address crime and 
violence in the region, as amended (Engel substitute);
    H. Res. 951 (Garret-NJ)--Condemning the ongoing Palestinian 
rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, and for other purposes, as 
amended (Berman/Ros-Lehtinen substitute);
    H. Con. Res. 154 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Expressing the sense of 
Congress that the fatal radiation poisoning of Russian 
dissident and writer Alexander Litvinenko raises significant 
concerns about the potential involvement of elements of the 
Russian Government in Mr. Litvinenko's death and about the 
security and proliferation of radioactive materials, as amended 
(Ros-Lehtinen substitute);
    H. Con. Res. 255 (Ferguson)--Expressing the sense of 
Congress regarding the United States commitment to preservation 
of religious and cultural sites and condemning instances where 
sites are desecrated, as amended (Wexler substitute);
    H. Con. Res. 278 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Supporting Taiwan's fourth 
direct and democratic presidential elections in March 2008, as 
amended (Berman/Ros-Lehtinen substitute); and
    H. Con. Res. 290 (Manzullo)--Commemorating the 175th 
anniversary of the special relationship between the United 
States and the Kingdom of Thailand, as amended (Manzullo 
substitute).

4/30/08

    H.R. 5916 (Berman), Security Assistance and Arms Export 
Control Reform Act of 2008--favorably reported by voice vote, 
as amended (Jackson-Lee en bloc);
    H.R. 5834 (Ros-Lehtinen), North Korean Human Rights 
Reauthorization Act of 2008--favorably reported by U.C., as 
amended (Jackson-Lee).
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H.R. 3658 (Fortuno), To amend the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 to permit rest and recuperation travel to United States 
territories for members of the Foreign Service;
    H. Res. 1011 (Wolf), Calling on the United States 
Government and the international community to promptly develop, 
fund, and implement a comprehensive regional strategy to 
protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian operations, contain 
and reduce violence, and contribute to conditions for 
sustainable peace and good governance in Chad, as well as in 
the wider region that includes the northern region of the 
Central African Republic and the Darfur region of Sudan, as 
amended (Berman);
    H. Res. 1063 (Wu), Marking the 225th anniversary of the 
Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War with 
the Kingdom of Great Britain and recognized the independence of 
the United States of America, and acknowledging the shared 
values and close friendship between the peoples and governments 
of the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Northern Ireland;
    H. Res. 1109 (Sires), Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by 
remembering his life's work and continuing to acknowledge and 
remember the victims of genocides that have taken place around 
the globe;
    H. Res. 1127 (Ackerman), Condemning the endemic 
restrictions on freedom of the press and media and public 
expression in the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread 
presence of anti-Semitic material, Holocaust denial, and 
incitement to violence in the Arab media and press, as amended 
(Ackerman);
    H. Res. 1166 (Wexler), Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding provocative and dangerous statements 
and actions taken by the Government of the Russian Federation 
that undermine the territorial integrity of the Republic of 
Georgia;
    H. Con. Res. 317 (Holt), Condemning the Burmese regime's 
undemocratic constitution and scheduled referendum;
    H. Con. Res. 318 (Payne), Supporting the goals and ideals 
of the International Year of Sanitation, as amended (Payne);
    H. Con. Res. 332 (Fortenberry), Recognizing the 60th 
Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as 
amended (Berman); and
    H. Con. Res. 337 (Allen), Honoring the Seeds of Peace for 
its 15th anniversary as an organization promoting 
understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and 
peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of 
conflict.

5/14/08

    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H. Res. 1194 (Berman)--Reaffirming the support of the House 
of Representatives for the legitimate, democratically-elected 
Government of Lebanon under Prime Minister Fouad Siniora; and
    H. Res. 1195 (Wu)--Expressing condolences and sympathy to 
the people of the People's Republic of China for the grave loss 
of life and vast destruction caused by the massive earthquake 
centered in Sichuan Province.
    There were no amendments to the above.
    H.R. 6028 (Berman)--the Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit 
Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008, 
was reported favorably to the House, as amended, by voice vote. 
The following amendments were considered:
    (1) Mr. Burton--to Sec. 123(4)(A)--regarding 
microenterprise development assistance--AGREED TO BY VOICE VOTE
    (2) Mr. Fortenberry--to Sec. 503(b)--regarding displacement 
and diversion of drug trafficking patterns--AGREED TO BY VOICE 
VOTE
    (3) Mr. Poe--to Sec. 115(a) and at the end of the bill--
regarding funds to U.S. border law enforcement agencies--
WITHDRAWN
    (4) Mr. Meeks--to Sec. 2(2)--includes Haiti and the 
Dominican Republic--AGREED TO BY VOICE VOTE
    (5) Mr. Bilirakis--to Sec. 503(b)--regarding impact on 
border violence and security--AGREED TO BY VOICE VOTE
    (6) Mr. McCaul--at the end of Title IV--adds new section 
for funding certain DOJ programs--WITHDRAWN
    (7) Mr. Tancredo--to Section 301(a) and Section 301(b)--
adds to conditions on provision of assistance--DEFEATED BY A 
ROLL CALL VOTE OF 10-23
    Voting yes: Giffords, Burton, Rohrabacher, Royce, Tancredo, 
Wilson, Barrett, McCaul, Poe and Bilirakis
    Voting no: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, 
Wexler, Engel, Meeks, Watson, Smith (WA), Carnahan, Woolsey, 
Jackson-Lee, Hinojosa, Crowley, Wu, Miller, Sanchez, Sires, 
Klein, Lee, Ros-Lehtinen and Fortuno
    (8) Ms. Jackson Lee--at the end of Title IV--adds new 
section on report on U.S. Government resources--WITHDRAWN

7/16/08

    H.R. 3202 (Smith-NJ), Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity 
Act of 2007, was reported favorably to the House, as amended 
(Smith Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute), by voice vote;
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to report the 
following legislation in the House, as amended (Berman 
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute), and there was no 
objection:
    H.R. 6328 (Berman), To develop a policy to address the 
critical needs of Iraqi refugees.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H.R. 6456 (Berman), To provide for extensions of certain 
authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes, 
as amended (Fortuno amendment adding new section regarding U.S. 
territories);
    H. Res. 937 (Burgess), Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the emergency communications services 
provided by the American Red Cross are vital resources for 
military service members and their families, as amended 
(Berman/Ros-Lehtinen Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute);
    H. Res. 1008 (Kirk), Condemning the persecution of Baha'is 
in Iran, as amended (Berman/Ros-Lehtinen Amendment in the 
Nature of a Substitute);
    H. Res. 1069 (Crowley), Condemning the use of television 
programming by Hamas to indoctrinate hatred, violence, and 
anti-Semitism toward Israel in young Palestinian children, as 
amended (Bilirakis/Crowley Amendment in the Nature of a 
Substitute);
    H. Res. 1159 (Cummings), Recognizing the historical 
significance of the United States sloop-of-war Constellation as 
a surviving witness to the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave 
Trade and a leading participant in America's effort to end the 
practice;
    H. Res. 1254 (Engel), Supporting the values and goals of 
the `Joint Action Plan Between the Government of the Federative 
Republic of Brazil and the Government of the United States of 
America to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and 
Promote Equality', signed by Secretary of State Condoleezza 
Rice and Brazilian Minister of Racial Integration Edson Santos 
on March 13, 2008, as amended (Engel amendment striking the 
preamble and inserting new whereas clauses);
    H. Res. 1266 (Gallegly), Congratulating Albania and Croatia 
on being invited to begin accession talks with the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization and expressing support for 
continuing to enlarge the alliance, as amended (Gallegly 
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute);
    H. Res. 1279 (Terry), Recognizing the Special Olympics' 
40th anniversary;
    H. Res. 1290 (Berman), Joining the Office of the United 
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in observance of World 
Refugee Day and calling on the United States Government, 
international organizations, and aid groups to take immediate 
steps to secure urgently needed humanitarian relief for the 
more than 2,000,000 people displaced by genocide in the Darfur 
region of Sudan, as amended (Berman Amendment in the Nature of 
a Substitute);
    H. Res. 1307 (Baird), Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's 
participation in the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and 
commending the people and the Government of the Kingdom of 
Bhutan for their commitment to holding elections and broadening 
political participation;
    H. Con. Res. 344 (Jackson Lee), Recognizing that we are 
facing a global food crisis, as amended (Jackson Lee Amendment 
in the Nature of a Substitute);
    H. Con. Res. 361 (Schakowsky), Commemorating Irena Sendler, 
a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the 
Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, 
and hope; and
    H. Con. Res. 371 (Wexler), Strongly supporting an immediate 
and just restitution of, or compensation for, property 
illegally confiscated during the last century by Nazi and 
Communist regimes, as amended (Wexler Amendment in the Nature 
of a Substitute).

7/24/08

    (1) H.R. 6574 (Berman), United States-Russian Federation 
Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Act of 2008--was reported 
favorably to the House, by voice vote.
    (2) H. Res. 1370 (Berman), Calling on the Government of the 
People's Republic of China to immediately end abuses of the 
human rights of its citizens, to cease repression of Tibetan 
and Uighur citizens, and to end its support for the Governments 
of Sudan and Burma to ensure that the Beijing 2008 Olympic 
Games take place in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic 
traditions of freedom and openness.
     agreed by voice vote to an en bloc amendment 
offered by Mr. Smith (NJ) comprised of:

          Smith (NJ) amendment on coercive population control;
          Smith (NJ) amendment on political prisoner list 
        published by the Congressional-Executive Commission on 
        China; and
          Rohrabacher amendment to the title and text (deleting 
        the word ``citizens'' after Uighur and inserting the 
        word, ``people''), and striking the word ``reportedly'' 
        in the 18th Whereas clause.

     motion offered that the Chairman seek 
consideration of H. Res. 1370, as amended, in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and was agreed to by voice vote.
    The Chairman asked Unanimous Consent to request 
consideration of the following legislation in the House under 
suspension of the rules, and there was no objection:
    H. Res. 1351 (Chabot), Expressing support for the United 
Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and calling 
upon United Nations Member States and the international 
community to contribute the resources necessary to ensure the 
success of UNAMID, as amended by a Berman amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
    H. Res. 1361 (Berman), Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level 
diplomatic effort to defeat the campaign by some members of the 
Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United 
Nation's Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in 
their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting 
anti-Semitism, and undermining the Universal Charter of Human 
Rights and to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves 
as a forum to review commitments to combat all forms of racism;
    H. Res. 1369 (Lee), Recognizing nongovernmental 
organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between 
Israelis and Palestinians; and
    H. Con. Res. 374 (Wamp), Supporting the spirit of peace and 
desire for unity displayed in the letter from 138 leading 
Muslim scholars, and in the Pope's response, as amended by the 
Berman/Ros-Lehtinen amendment in the nature of a substitute.

9/17/08

    H.R. 6911 (Berman)--the STAND for Georgia Act of 2008
    --Smith (NJ) en bloc amendment was agreed to by voice vote.
    A motion was offered that the Chairman request 
consideration of the legislation, as amended, in the House 
under suspension of the rules. The motion was agreed to by a 
vote of 24-9.
    Voting AYE: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Wexler, 
Engel, Carnahan, Woolsey, Crowley, Wu, Miller, Scott, Costa, 
Sires, Giffords, Klein, Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Chabot, 
Pence, Wilson, Barrett, Inglis, and Bilirakis.
    Voting NO: Sherman, Delahunt, Meeks, Smith (WA), Gallegly, 
Rohrabacher, Royce, Paul, and Flake.

                      B. Legislative Reports Filed

    H.R. 176--Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean 
Educational Exchange Act of 2008 (H. Rept. 110-254)
    H.R. 275--Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-
481, part 1)
    H.R. 885--International Nuclear Fuel for Peace and 
Nonproliferation Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-196)
    H.R. 957--To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to expand 
and clarify the entities against which sanctions may be imposed 
(H. Rept. 110-163, part 1)
    H.R. 982--ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-119)
    H.R. 1084--Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian 
Management Act of 2008 (H. Rept. 110-537)
    H.R. 1400--Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 
110-294, part 1)
    H.R. 1469--Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act 
of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-138)
    H.R. 1567--Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 
110-381, part 1)
    H.R. 1678--Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 
2007 (H. Rept. 110-103, part 1)
    H.R. 1681--American National Red Cross Governance 
Modernization Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-87)
    H.R. 2420--International Climate Cooperation Re-engagement 
Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-215)
    H.R. 2446--Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act of 
2007 (H. Rept. 110-170)
    H.R. 2798--Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (H. Rept. 110-241)
    H.R. 2844--Food Security and Agricultural Development Act 
of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-257, part 1)
    H.R. 3202--Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008 
(H. Rept. 110-877, part 1)
    H.R. 3887--William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H. Rept. 110-430, part 
1)
    H.R. 3890--Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-
Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 (H. Rept. 110-418, part 1)
    H.R. 5501--Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States 
Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (H. Rept. 110-546, part 1; 110-546, 
part 2)
    H.R. 5834--North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 
2008 (H. Rept. 110-628)
    H.R. 5916--Security Assistance and Arms Export Control 
Reform Act of 2008 (H. Rept. 110-626)
    H.R. 6028--Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics 
and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 (H. Rept. 
110-673, part 1)

                          Committee Statistics

    During the 110th Congress, the Full Committee held: 79 
hearings and markups, 26 classified briefings, and numerous 
closed briefings. The subcommittees met 161 times. Another 
important function of the Committee is to meet with Heads of 
State, Administration officials, and foreign dignitaries from 
around the world. The Committee held 59 protocol meetings.
    The staff held 617 oversight briefings. A total of 27 bills 
have been signed into law, another 32 bills and joint 
resolutions referred to the Committee passed the House, and 151 
concurrent and simple resolutions referred to the Committee 
passed the House. The Committee has published 233 hearings and 
markups.
    During the 110th Congress, 783 bills and resolutions were 
referred to the Committee; the Full Committee considered 140 
pieces of legislation, and 22 reports were filed.

      IV. LIST OF MEETINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES


                       A. Full Committee Hearings


2007

    January 11th--Briefing on Iraq--The Honorable Condoleezza 
Rice, Secretary of State
    January 11th--Briefing on Next Steps in the Iran Crisis--
The Honorable Thomas R. Pickering, Former Under Secretary of 
State for Political Affairs; The Honorable R. James Woolsey, 
Jr., Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
    January 17th--Briefing on Iraq--The Honorable Madeleine 
Albright, Former Secretary of State
    January 18th--Briefing on North Korea--The Honorable 
William Perry, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Former 
Secretary of Defense; The Honorable James Lilley, Former 
Ambassador to South Korea
    January 19th--Briefing on The Baker Hamilton Commission 
Report--The Honorable Lee Hamilton, Co-Chair of the Iraq Study 
Group (Baker Hamilton Commission)
    January 23rd--FC Markup--H. Res. 24, Establishing the House 
Democracy Assistance Commission for the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress; and H. Con. Res. 20, Calling on the Government of the 
United Kingdom to immediately establish a full, independent, 
and public judicial inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland 
defense attorney Patrick Finucane, as recommended by Judge 
Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park Agreement, in order to 
move forward on the Northern Ireland peace process.
    January 31st--Understanding the Iran Crisis--Dr. Abbas 
Milani, Co-Director of Iran Democracy Project, Hoover 
Institution, Stanford; Dr. Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle 
East on Council of Foreign Relations; Mr. Enders Wimbush, 
Director of Center for Future Security Strategy
    February 7th--The Int'l Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 
2008--The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
    February 8th--The Escalating Crisis in Darfur: Are There 
Prospects for Peace?--The Honorable Andrew Natsios, Special 
Envoy to Sudan
    February 13th--The Future of the UN under Ban Ki-Moon--The 
Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations 
Foundation, Former United States Senator, Colorado; The 
Honorable George Mitchell, Former United States Senate Majority 
Leader, Former Co-Chair, United States Institute for Peace Task 
Force on the United Nations; The Honorable John Bolton, Former 
United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
    February 15th--FC Markup:
          H. Res. 98, Honoring the life and achievements of the 
        late Dr. John Garang de Mabior and reaffirming the 
        continued commitment of the House of Representatives to 
        a just and lasting peace in the Republic of the Sudan;
          H.R. 957, To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to 
        expand and clarify the entities against which sanctions 
        may be imposed Iran Sanctions Act Amendments;
          H.R. 987, NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007;
          H.R. 1003, To amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
        Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United 
        States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy;
          H. Res. 107, Calling for the immediate and 
        unconditional release of Israeli soldiers held captive 
        by Hamas and Hezbollah, and for other purposes;
          H. Res. 149, Supporting the goals of International 
        Women's Day; and
          H. Res. 64, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives that the Government of Bangladesh 
        should immediately drop all pending charges against 
        Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury.
    February 15th--Afghanistan on the Brink: Where Do We Go 
from Here?--
    Panel I: The Honorable Mark Steven Kirk, Member of Congress
    Panel II: Lieutenant General David Barno, USA, Retired, 
Director Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies; Mr. 
Peter Bergen, Journalist and Senior Fellow, New America 
Foundation; Mr. Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies
    February 28th--Iraq and U.S. Foreign Policy--The Honorable 
Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC, Former United 
States Ambassador to the United Nations; Mr. Frederick W. 
Kagan, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
    February 28th--North Korea: The February 13th Agreement--
The Honorable Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    March 6th--The Iranian Challenge--The Honorable R. Nicholas 
Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. State 
Department
    March 8th--Foreign Assistance Reform--The Honorable Randall 
L. Tobias, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID 
Administrator, U.S. Department of State
    March 13th--Tibet: Status of the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue--The 
Honorable Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary, Democracy and 
Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State; His Excellency Lodi 
G. Gyari, Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Mr. 
Richard Gere, Chairman of the Board of Directors, International 
Campaign for Tibet
    March 14th--The American Red Cross Governance Reform--The 
Honorable Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Chairwoman American Red 
Cross; Karen Hastie Williams, J.D., Partner, Retired, Crowell & 
Moring, LLP
    March 20th--Proposed Legislation on Iraq--Members of 
Congress
    March 22nd--Foreign Policy & National Security Implications 
of Oil Dependence--The Honorable John M. Deutch, Professor, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Former Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency); Daniel Yergin, Ph.D., Chairman, 
Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc.; Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., 
Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
    March 27th--FC Markup:
          H.R. 982, the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007;
          H.R. 1405, Wildlife Global Animal Information Network 
        for Surveillance Act;
          H.R. 1441, to prohibit the sale by the Department of 
        Defense of parts for F-14 fighter aircraft;
          H.R. 1469, the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad 
        Foundation Act of 2007;
          H.R. 1678, the Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization 
        Act of 2007;
          H.R. 1681, the American Red Cross Governance 
        Modernization Act of 2007;
          H. Res. 100, Expressing the sympathy of the House of 
        Representatives to the families of women and girls 
        murdered in Guatemala and encouraging the Government of 
        Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes;
          H. Res. 125, Expressing deep concern over the use of 
        civilians as ``human shields'' in violation of 
        international humanitarian law and the law of war 
        during armed conflict, including Hezbollah's tactic of 
        embedding its forces among civilians to use them as 
        human shields during the summer of 2006 conflict 
        between Hezbollah and the State of Israel;
          H. Res. 158, Observing the 200th anniversary of the 
        abolition of the British slave trade and encouraging 
        the people of the United States, particularly the youth 
        of the United States, to remember the life and legacy 
        of William Wilberforce, a member of the British House 
        of Commons who devoted his life to the suppression and 
        abolition of the institution of slavery, and to work 
        for the protection of human rights throughout the 
        world;
          H. Res. 196, Supporting the goals and ideals of World 
        Water Day;
          H. Res. 240, Urging all member countries of the 
        International Commission of the International Tracing 
        Service (ITS) to expedite the ratification process to 
        allow for open access to the Holocaust archives located 
        at Bad Arolsen, Germany;
          H. Res. 267, Calling for the immediate and 
        unconditional release of British marines and sailors 
        held captive by Iran, and for other purposes; and
          H. Con. Res. 100, Condemning the recent violent 
        actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful 
        opposition party activists and members of civil 
        society.
    March 29th--The 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices and the promotion of Human Rights in U.S. Foreign 
Policy--The Honorable Harold Hongju Koh, Dean, Yale Law School, 
(Former Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor at the Department of State); The Honorable John Shattuck, 
Chief Executive Officer, The John F. Kennedy Library 
Foundation, (Former Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights and Labor at the Department of State)
    April 17th--The Outlook for the Independence of Kosova--The 
Honorable R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    April 19th--FC Markup:
          H. Res. 243, Calling on the Government of the 
        Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and 
        unconditionally release Father Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen 
        Van Dai, Le Thi Cong Nhan, and other political 
        prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and for other 
        purposes;
          H. Res. 272, Commemorating the 200th anniversary of 
        the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade;
          H. Con Res. 7, Calling on the ``League of Arab States 
        to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of 
        Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide 
        in Darfur.
    Hearing--Current Situation in Darfur--Mr. John Prendergast, 
Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group; Ms. Mia Farrow, 
Actress, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; Alex de Waal, Ph.D., 
Director, Social Science Research Council, Lecturer, Harvard 
University
    April 24th--PEPFAR: An Assessment of Progress and 
Challenges--The Honorable Mark R. Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS 
Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
    May 1st--The Future of Political, Economic and Security 
Relations with China--The Honorable John D. Negroponte, Deputy 
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
    May 10th--Every State a Superpower? Stopping the Spread of 
Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century--The Honorable Sam Nunn, 
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat 
Initiative, (Former U.S. Senator from Georgia); Mr. Joseph 
Cirincione, Vice President for National Security, Center for 
American Progress; Mr. Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, 
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
    May 15th--U.S. Re-Engagement in the Global Effort to Fight 
Climate Change--The Honorable Eileen Claussen, President, Pew 
Center on Global Climate Change, (Former Assistant Secretary of 
State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
Affairs); David John Jhirad, Ph.D., Vice President for Science 
and Research, World Resources Institute; W. David Montgomery, 
Ph.D., Vice President, CRA International
    May 17th--Russia: Rebuilding the Iron Curtain--Stephen 
Sestanovich, Ph.D., George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian 
and Eurasian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Michael 
McFaul, Ph.D., Professor, Stanford University; Mr. David 
Satter, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
    May 22nd--Iraq: Is Reconstruction Failing?--Stuart W. 
Bowen, Jr., J.D., Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction, Office of the Special Inspector General for 
Iraq Reconstruction
    May 23rd--FC Markup:
          H.R. 885, International Nuclear Fuel for Peace and 
        Nonproliferation Act of 2007;
          H.R. 2446, the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 
        2007;
          H.R. 2420, the International Climate Cooperation Re-
        Engagement Act of 2007;
          S. 676, To provide that the Executive Director of the 
        Inter-American Development Bank or the Alternate 
        Executive Director of the Inter-American Development 
        Bank may serve on the Board of Directors of the Inter-
        American Foundation;
          H. Con. Res. 21, Calling on the United Nations 
        Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud 
        Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the 
        Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and 
        the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the 
        destruction of the State of Israel;
          H. Con. Res. 80, Calling on the Government of Uganda 
        and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to recommit to a 
        political solution to the conflict in northern Uganda 
        and to recommence vital peace talks, and urging 
        immediate and substantial support for the ongoing peace 
        process from the United States and the international 
        community;
          H. Con. Res. 151, Noting the disturbing pattern of 
        killings of dozens of independent journalists in Russia 
        over the last decade, and calling on Russian President 
        Vladimir Putin to authorize cooperation with outside 
        investigators in solving these murders;
          H. Con. Res. 152, Relating to the 40th anniversary of 
        the Six Day War and the reunification of the City of 
        Jerusalem;
          H. Res. 137, Honoring the life and six decades of 
        public service of Jacob Birnbaum and especially his 
        commitment freeing Soviet Jews from religious, 
        cultural, and communal extinction;
          H. Res. 226, To recognize John Pehle for his 
        contributions to the Nation in helping rescue Jews and 
        other minorities from the Holocaust during World War 
        II;
          H. Res. 233, Recognizing over 200 years of 
        sovereignty of the Principality of Liechtenstein, and 
        expressing support for efforts by the United States 
        continue to strengthen its relationship with that 
        country;
          H. Res. 295, Recognizing the strong alliance between 
        the Republic of Korea and the United States and 
        expressing appreciation to the Republic of Korea for 
        its efforts in the global war against terrorism;
          H. Res. 395, Supporting the ideals and values of the 
        Olympic movement;
          H. Res. 397, Condemning violence in Estonia and 
        attacks on Estonia's embassies in 2007, and expressing 
        solidarity with the Government and the people of 
        Estonia;
          H. Res. 412, Expressing gratitude to Her Majesty 
        Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness, Prince 
        Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, for their State Visit to the 
        United States and reaffirming the friendship that 
        exists between the United States and the United 
        Kingdom;
          H. Res. 418, Recognizing and welcoming the delegation 
        of Presidents, Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers 
        from the Caribbean to Washington, D.C., and commending 
        the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for holding the 
        Conference on the Caribbean;
          H. Res. 422, Calling on the Government of the 
        People's Republic of China to use its unique influence 
        and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in 
        Darfur, Sudan; and
          H. Res. 430, Calling for the Government of Iran to 
        immediately release three dual American-Iranian 
        citizens currently being held unjustly.
    June 6th--U.S. Policy Challenges in North Africa--The 
Honorable C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near 
Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    June 14th--Deal or No Deal: The State of the Trans-Atlantic 
Relationship--The Honorable Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Former 
Secretary of State
    June 19th--South America and the United States: How to Fix 
a Broken Relationship--Mr. Michael Shifter, Vice-President for 
Policy, Inter-American Dialogue; Mr. Peter H. Smith, Simon 
Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies, University of 
California, San Diego; Jaime Daremblum, Ph.D., Director, Center 
for Latin American Studies, Senior Fellow Hudson Institute
    June 22nd--The Future of NATO: How Valuable an Asset?--The 
Honorable Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European 
and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; General Bantz 
J. Craddock, Commander, U.S. European Command, Supreme Allied 
Command of Europe, United States Army
    June 26th--FC Markup:
          H.R. 1400, Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007;
          H.R. 2844, Food Security and Agricultural Development 
        Act of 2007;
          H. Res. 121, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives that the Government of Japan should 
        formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical 
        responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for 
        its Imperial Armed Force's coercion of young women into 
        sexual slavery, known to the world as ``comfort 
        women'', during its colonial and wartime occupation of 
        Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the 
        duration of World War II;
          H.R. 2798, Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
        Reauthorization Act of 2007;
          H.R. 176, Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean 
        Educational Exchange Act of 2007;
          H.R. 2293, To require the Secretary of State to 
        submit to Congress a report on efforts to bring to 
        justice the Palestinian terrorists who killed John 
        Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde;
          H.R. 2843, Library of Congress Public Diplomacy 
        Collection Act of 2007;
          S. 377, U.S.-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Act 
        of 2007;
          H. Res. 208, Honoring Operation Smile in the 25th 
        Anniversary year of its founding;
          H. Res. 287, To celebrate the 500th anniversary of 
        the first use of the name ``America'', and for other 
        purposes;
          H. Res. 294, Commending the Kingdom of Lesotho, on 
        the occasion of International Women's Day, for the 
        enactment of a law to improve the status of married 
        women and ensure the access of married women to 
        property rights;
          H. Res. 378, Honoring World Red Cross Red Crescent 
        Day;
          H. Res. 380, Resolution commending Idaho on winning 
        the bid to host the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter 
        Games;
          H. Res. 426, Recognizing 2007 as the Year of the 
        Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia, and 
        offering support for efforts to ensure that the 
        internally displaced people of Colombia receive the 
        assistance and protection they need to rebuild their 
        lives successfully;
          H. Res. 427, Urging the Government of Canada to end 
        the commercial seal hunt;
          H. Res. 467, Condemning the decision by the 
        University and College Union of the United Kingdom to 
        support a boycott of Israeli academia;
          H. Res. 482, Expressing support for the new power-
        sharing government in Northern Ireland;
          H. Res. 497, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives that the Government of the People's 
        Republic of China should immediately release from 
        custody the children of Rebiya Kadeer and Canadian 
        citizen Huseyin Celil and should refrain from further 
        engaging in acts of cultural, linguistic, and religious 
        suppression directed against the Uyghur people, and for 
        other purposes;
          H. Res. 500, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives in opposition to efforts by major 
        natural gas exporting countries to establish a cartel 
        or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of natural 
        gas to the world market for the purpose of setting an 
        arbitrary and nonmarket price or as an instrument of 
        political pressure;
          H. Con. Res. 136, Expressing the sense of Congress 
        regarding high level visits to the United States by 
        democratically-elected officials of Taiwan; and
          H. Con. Res. 139, Expressing the sense of the 
        Congress that the United States should address the 
        ongoing problem of untouchability in India.
    June 27th--Iraq: Is the Escalation Working?--Major General 
John Batiste, USA, Retired, President, Klein Steel Services, 
Incorporated; Mr. Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies; Mr. Frederick 
W. Kagan, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
    July 11th--Passport Delays: Affecting Security and 
Disrupting Free Travel and Trade--The Honorable Maura Harty, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; Mr. Paul Rosenzweig, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for International Affairs and Counselor to the 
Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security
    July 17th--U.S. Policy Options in the Iraq Crisis--Steven 
Simon, Ph.D., Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern 
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; The Honorable James 
Dobbins, Director, International Security and Defense Policy 
Center, The RAND Corporation; Michael Rubin, Ph.D., Resident 
Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy 
Research, Via Videoconference
    July 19th--Beyond Iraq: Envisioning a New U.S. Policy in 
the Middle East--The Honorable Dennis Ross, Counselor and 
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near 
East Policy
    July 25th--Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing the 
Democratic Transition--Charles Gati, Ph.D., Senior Adjunct 
Professor in European Studies, John Hopkins University, School 
of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Martin Sletzinger, 
Ph.D., Director, East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars; Ms. Zeyno Baran, Director, 
Center for Eurasian Policy, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
    July 31st--FC Markup:
          H.R. 1302, Global Poverty Act of 2007;
          H.R. 1567, Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007;
          H.R. 2185, To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation 
        Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing 
        countries that take action to protect forests and coral 
        reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to 
        reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for 
        other purposes;
          H.R. 3096, Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007;
          H.R. 3062, South Pacific Economic and Educational 
        Development Act of 2007;
          H. Res. 32, Denouncing the practices of female 
        genital mutilation, domestic violence, ``honor'' 
        killings, acid burning, dowry deaths, and other gender-
        based persecutions and expressing the sense of the 
        House of Representatives that participation, 
        protection, recognition, and independence of women is 
        crucial to achieving a just, moral, and honorable 
        society;
          H. Res. 34, Recognizing the 75th birthday of Desmond 
        Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape 
        Town, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient;
          H. Res. 238, Commending the first democratic 
        elections in Aceh, a province in Sumatra, Indonesia, 
        and expressing support for the further democratic 
        development and implementation of the Helsinki 
        Memorandum of Understanding;
          H. Res. 508, Recognizing the strong security alliance 
        between the Government of Japan and the United States 
        and expressing appreciation to Japan for its role in 
        enhancing stability in the Asia-Pacific region and its 
        efforts in the global war against terrorism;
          H. Res. 518, Recognizing the 50th anniversary of 
        Malaysia's independence;
          H. Res. 548, Expressing the ongoing concern of the 
        House of Representatives for Lebanon's democratic 
        institutions and unwavering support for the 
        administration of justice upon those responsible for 
        the assassination of Lebanese public figures opposing 
        Syrian control of Lebanon;
          H. Res. 557, Strongly condemning the United Nations 
        Human Rights Council for ignoring severe human rights 
        abuses in various countries, while choosing to unfairly 
        target Israel by including it as the only country 
        permanently placed on the Council's agenda;
          H. Res. 564, Recognizing that violence poses an 
        increasingly serious threat to peace and stability in 
        Central America and supporting expanded cooperation 
        between the United States and the countries of Central 
        America to combat crime and violence;
          H. Res. 575, Commending the people and the Government 
        of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for their continued 
        commitment to holding elections and broadening 
        participation, and for other purposes; and
          H. Res. 583, Recognizing the remarkable example of 
        Sir Nicholas Winton who organized the rescue of 669 
        Jewish Czechoslovakian children from Nazi death camps 
        prior to the outbreak of World War II.
    September 5th--Iraqi Benchmarks: An Objective Assessment--
The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the 
United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office
    September 6th--Beyond the September Report: What's Next for 
Iraq?--Joint with Committee on Armed Services--The Honorable 
William J. Perry, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, and 
Professor, Stanford University; Major General John Batiste, 
USA, Retired, President, Klein Steel Services, Incorporated; 
General John M. Keane, USA, Retired, Keane Advisors, LLC
    September 10th--The Status of the War and Political 
Developments in Iraq--Joint with Committee on Armed Services--
General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National 
Force--Iraq; The Honorable Ryan C. Crocker, United States 
Ambassador to Iraq
    September 19th--Assessment of the Administration's 
September Report on the Status of U.S. Political and Military 
Efforts in Iraq--Panel I: The Honorable Lindsey Graham, United 
States Senator
    Panel II: The Honorable Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice 
Chairman, Perseus LLC
    September 25th--PEPFAR Reauthorization: From Emergency to 
Sustainability--Helene Gayle, MD, MPH, Executive Director and 
CEO, CARE; Joia Stapleton Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Medical Director, 
Partners in Health Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard 
University; Nils Daulaire, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Global 
Health Council; Norman Hearst, MD, MPH, Professor of Family and 
Community Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; 
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), School of 
Medicine
    September 26th--FC Markup:
          S. 1612, International Emergency Economic Powers 
        Enhancement Act;
          H.R. 2003, Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act 
        of 2007;
           H.R. 2828, To provide compensation to relatives of 
        United States citizens who were killed as a result of 
        the bombings of United States Embassies in East Africa 
        on August 7, 1998;
          H.R. 3432, 200th Anniversary Commemoration Commission 
        of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act 
        of 2007;
          H. Res. 405, Expressing the strong support of the 
        House of Representatives for implementation of the July 
        8, 2006, United Nations-brokered agreement between 
        President of the Republic of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos 
        and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat relating to 
        the reunification of Cyprus;
          H. Res. 624, Congratulating the State of Israel on 
        chairing a United Nations committee for the first time 
        in history;
          H. Res. 635, Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, 
        the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual 
        renewal, and commending Muslims in the United States 
        and throughout the world for their faith;
          H. Res. 651, Recognizing the warm friendship and 
        expanding strategic relationship between the United 
        States and Brazil, commending Brazil on successfully 
        reducing its dependence on oil by finding alternative 
        ways to satisfy its energy needs, and recognizing the 
        importance of the March 9, 2007, United States-Brazil 
        Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on biofuels 
        cooperation;
          H. Res. 676, Declaring that it should continue to be 
        the policy of the United States, consistent with the 
        Taiwan Relations Act, to make available to Taiwan such 
        defense articles and services as may be necessary for 
        Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense 
        capability;
          H. Con. Res. 200, Expressing the sense of Congress 
        regarding the immediate and unconditional release of 
        Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; and
          H. Con. Res. 203, Condemning the persecution of labor 
        rights advocates in Iran.
    October 10th--H. Res. 106, Calling upon the President to 
ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects 
appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues 
related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide 
documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian 
Genocide, and for other purposes.
    October 18th--International Trafficking in Persons: Taking 
Action to Eliminate Modern Day Slavery--
    Panel I: The Honorable Nita M. Lowey, Member of Congress; 
The Honorable Marilyn N. Musgrave, Member of Congress
    Panel II: Ms. Barbara Shailor, Director, International 
Department, AFL-CIO; Sharon Cohn, J.D., Senior Vice President 
of Justice Operations, International Justice Mission; Reverend 
Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale, President of St. Thomas 
University, Miami, Florida, Chair of the Human Rights Institute 
of the St. Thomas School of Law, Miami, Florida; Ms. Zipora 
Mazengo, Trafficking Survivor
    October 23rd--FC Markup:
          H.R. 3887, William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
        Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007;
          H.R. 275, Global Online Freedom Act of 2007;
          H.R. 1746, Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 
        2007;
          H.R. 2332, Syria Accountability and Liberation Act;
          H.R. 2705, Compacts of Free Association Amendments 
        Act of 2007;
          H.R. 2949, Eurasia Foundation Act;
          H.R. 3320, Support for the Museum of the History of 
        Polish Jews Act of 2007;
          H.R. 3890, Block Burma JADE Act of 2007;
          H.R. 3912, Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2007;
          H.R. 3913, To amend the International Center Act to 
        authorize the lease or sublease of certain property 
        described in such Act;
          H. Res. 435, Expressing concern relating to the 
        threatening behavior of the Iranian regime and its 
        leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the activities of 
        terrorist organizations sponsored by that regime in 
        Latin America;
          H. Res. 550, Congratulating the people of Ethiopia on 
        the second millennium of Ethiopia, and for other 
        purposes;
          H. Res. 573, Recognizing and commending the efforts 
        of the United States public and advocacy groups to 
        raise awareness about and help end the worsening 
        humanitarian crisis and genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and 
        for other purposes;
          H. Res. 726, Calling on the President of the United 
        States and the international community to take 
        immediate steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape 
        and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur, 
        Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic;
          H. Res. 740, Condemning in the strongest terms the 
        attacks on African Union peacekeepers that occurred in 
        Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, on September 29, 2007;
          H. Res. 747, Recognizing the religious and historical 
        significance of the festival of Diwali;
          H. Con. Res. 234, Calling on the government of the 
        People's Republic of China to respect the human rights 
        of North Korean refugees; and
          H. Con. Res. 236, Recognizing the close relationship 
        between the United States and the Republic of San 
        Marino.
    October 24th--U.S. Policy in the Middle East--The Honorable 
Condoleezza Rice, The Secretary of State, U.S. Department of 
State
    October 30th--Russia on the Eve of National Elections--The 
Honorable Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution, 
Former Deputy Secretary of State; Andrei Piontkovsky, Ph.D., 
Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute
    October 31st--The Mexico City Policy/Global Gag Rule: Its 
Impact on Family Planning and Reproductive Health--Ejike Oji, 
MBBS, Country Director, Ipas Nigeria; Joana Nerquaye-Tetteh, 
Ph.D., Former Executive Director, Planned Parenthood 
Association of Ghana; Duff G. Gillespie, Ph.D., Professor and 
Senior Scholar, Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive 
Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jean 
Kagia, M.D. (Kenya), Consultant, Obstetrician & Gynecologist
    November 6th--Yahoo! Inc.'s Provision of False Information 
to Congress--Mr. Jerry Yang, Chief Executive Officer, Yahoo! 
Inc.; Michael J. Callahan, Esq., General Counsel, Yahoo! Inc.
    November 7th--Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 
Contemporary Pakistan--The Honorable John D. Negroponte, Deputy 
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
    November 14th--The Merida Initiative: Assessing Plans to 
Step Up our Security Cooperation with Mexico and Central 
America--The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; The Honorable David T. Johnson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    December 5th--After Annapolis: Next Steps in the Middle 
East Peace Process--The Honorable Dennis Ross, Counselor and 
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near 
East Policy; David Wurmser, Ph.D., President and Founder, 
Delphi Global Analysis Group

2008:

    February 13th--International Relations Budget for Fiscal 
Year 2009--The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Secretary, U.S. 
Department of State
    February 27th--Full Committee Markup:
          H.R. 5501, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United 
        States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis 
        and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008;
          H.R. 1084, Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian 
        Management Act of 2007;
          H. Res. 185, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives regarding the creation of refugee 
        populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the 
        Persian Gulf region as a result of human rights 
        violations;
          H. Res. 854, Expressing gratitude to all of the 
        member states of the International Commission of the 
        International Tracing Service (ITS) on ratifying the 
        May 2006 Agreement to amend the 1955 Bonn Accords 
        granting open access to vast Holocaust and other World 
        War II related archives located in Bad Arolsen, 
        Germany;
          H. Res. 865, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives that the March 2007 report of the 
        United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the 
        International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
        makes an important contribution to the understanding of 
        the high levels of crime and violence in the Caribbean, 
        and that the United States should work with Caribbean 
        countries to address crime and violence in the region;
          H. Res. 951, Condemning the ongoing Palestinian 
        rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, and for other 
        purposes;
          H. Con. Res. 154, Expressing the sense of Congress 
        that the fatal radiation poisoning of Russian dissident 
        and writer Alexander Litvinenko raises significant 
        concerns about the potential involvement of elements of 
        the Russian Government in Mr. Litvinenko's death and 
        about the security and proliferation of radioactive 
        materials;
          H. Con. Res. 255, Expressing the sense of Congress 
        regarding the United States commitment to preservation 
        of religious and cultural sites and condemning 
        instances where sites are desecrated; and
          H. Con. Res. 278, Supporting Taiwan's fourth direct 
        and democratic presidential elections in March 2008;
          H. Con. Res. 290, Commemorating the 175th anniversary 
        of the special relationship between the United States 
        and the Kingdom of Thailand.
    March 12th--The Balkans after the Independence of Kosova 
and on the Eve of NATO Enlargement--The Honorable Daniel Fried, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State
    April 9th--Report on Iraq to the House Committee on Foreign 
Affairs--General David H. Petraeus, USA, Commanding General, 
Multi-National Force--Iraq, U.S. Department of Defense; The 
Honorable Ryan C. Crocker, United States Ambassador to Iraq, 
U.S. Department of State
    April 23rd--Foreign Assistance Reform in the New 
Administration: Challenges and Solutions?--Steven Radelet, 
Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; Lael 
Brainard, Ph.D., Vice President and Director, Global Economy 
and Development Program, Brookings Institution; Mr. Raymond C. 
Offenheiser, President, Oxfam America; The Honorable Jim T. 
Kolbe, Senior Trans-Atlantic Fellow, the German Marshall Fund 
of the United States, (Former Member of Congress)
    April 30th--Full Committee Markup:
          H.R. 5916, Security Assistance and Arms Export 
        Control Reform Act of 2008;
          H.R. 3658, To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
        to permit rest and recuperation travel to United States 
        territories for members of the Foreign Service;
          H.R. 5834, North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization 
        Act of 2008;
          H. Res. 1011, Calling on the United States Government 
        and the international community to promptly develop, 
        fund, and implement a comprehensive regional strategy 
        to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian 
        operations, contain and reduce violence, and contribute 
        to conditions for sustainable peace and good governance 
        in Chad, as well as in the wider region that includes 
        the northern region of the Central African Republic and 
        the Darfur region of Sudan;
          H. Res. 1063, Marking the 225th anniversary of the 
        Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the Revolutionary 
        War with the Kingdom of Great Britain and recognized 
        the independence of the United States of America, and 
        acknowledging the shared values and close friendship 
        between the peoples and governments of the United 
        States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
        Northern Ireland;
          H. Res. 1109, Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by 
        remembering his life's work and continuing to 
        acknowledge and remember the victims of genocides that 
        have taken place around the globe;
          H. Res. 1127, Condemning the endemic restrictions on 
        freedom of the press and media and public expression in 
        the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread 
        presence of anti-Semitic material, Holocaust denial, 
        and incitement to violence in the Arab media and press;
          H. Res. 1166, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives regarding provocative and dangerous 
        statements and actions taken by the Government of the 
        Russian Federation that undermine the territorial 
        integrity of the Republic of Georgia;
          H. Con. Res. 317, Condemning the Burmese regime's 
        undemocratic constitution and scheduled referendum;
          H. Con. Res. 318, Supporting the goals and ideals of 
        the International Year of Sanitation;
          H. Con. Res. 332, Recognizing the 60th Anniversary of 
        the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and
          H. Con. Res. 337, Honoring the Seeds of Peace for its 
        15th anniversary as an organization promoting 
        understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, 
        and peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other 
        regions of conflict.
    May 7th--U.S. Foreign Policy in Pakistan: Implications for 
Regional Security, Stability, and Development--The Honorable 
Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC (Former United 
States Ambassador to the United Nations); The Honorable Thomas 
R. Pickering, Vice Chairman, Hills & Company (Former United 
States Ambassador to the United Nations); General James L. 
Jones, USMC, Retired, President and CEO, Institute for 21st 
Century Energy (Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe)
    May 14th--Full Committee Markup:
          H.R. 6028, Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit 
        Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act 
        of 2008;
          H. Res. 1194, Reaffirming the support of the House of 
        Representatives for the legitimate, democratically-
        elected Government of Lebanon under Prime Minister 
        Fouad Siniora; and
          H. Res. 1195, Expressing condolences and sympathy to 
        the people of the People's Republic of China for the 
        grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by the 
        massive earthquake centered in Sichuan Province.
    May 21st--The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Impacts on 
U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Interests--Gerard Lyons, 
Ph.D., Chief Economist, Standard Chartered Bank; Edwin Truman, 
Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International 
Economics; Gal Luft, Ph.D., Executive Director, Institute for 
the Analysis of Global Security
    May 22nd--Rising Oil Prices, Declining National Security?--
The Honorable David Sandalow, Senior Fellow, Brookings 
Institution (Former Assistant Secretary of State); Ms. Anne 
Korin, Co-director, Institute for the Analysis of Global 
Security; Mr. Paul J. Saunders, Executive Director, The Nixon 
Center
    June 12th--Russia, Iran, and Nuclear Weapons: Implications 
of the Proposed U.S.-Russia Agreement--
    Panel I: The Honorable Edward J. Markey, Member of Congress
    Panel II: The Honorable John C. Rood, Acting Under 
Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: The Honorable Robert J. Einhorn, Senior Adviser, 
International Security Program Center for Strategic & 
International Studies (Former Assistant Secretary for the 
Bureau of Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State); Mr. 
Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy 
Education Center Member, Commission on the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
    June 18th--The Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts and Closed 
Borders--The Honorable Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State
    June 25th--Foreign Assistance Reform: Rebuilding U.S. 
Civilian Development and Diplomatic Capacity in the 21st 
Century--The Honorable M. Peter McPherson, President, National 
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges 
(Former Administrator of U.S. Agency for International 
Development); The Honorable J. Brian Atwood, Dean, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota 
(Former Administrator of U.S. Agency for International 
Development)
    July 9th--U.S. Policy Toward Iran--The Honorable William J. 
Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State
    July 16th--Full Committee Markup:
          H.R. 3202, Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 
        2007;
          H.R. 6328, To develop a policy to address the 
        critical needs of Iraqi refugees;
          H.R. 6456, To provide for extensions of certain 
        authorities of the Department of State, and for other 
        purposes;
          H. Res. 937, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives that the emergency communications 
        services provided by the American Red Cross are vital 
        resources for military service members and their 
        families;
          H. Res. 1008, Condemning the persecution of Baha'is 
        in Iran;
          H. Res. 1069, Condemning the use of television 
        programming by Hamas to indoctrinate hatred, violence, 
        and anti-Semitism toward Israel in young Palestinian 
        children;
          H. Res. 1159, Recognizing the historical significance 
        of the United States sloop-of-war Constellation as a 
        surviving witness to the horrors of the Transatlantic 
        Slave Trade and a leading participant in America's 
        effort to end the practice;
          H. Res. 1254, Supporting the values and goals of the 
        ``Joint Action Plan Between the Government of the 
        Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the 
        United States of America to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic 
        Discrimination and Promote Equality'', signed by 
        Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brazilian 
        Minister of Racial Integration Edson Santos on March 
        13, 2008;
          H. Res. 1266, Congratulating Albania and Croatia on 
        being invited to begin accession talks with the North 
        Atlantic Treaty Organization and expressing support for 
        continuing to enlarge the alliance;
          H. Res. 1279, Recognizing the Special Olympics' 40th 
        anniversary;
          H. Res. 1290, Joining the Office of the United 
        Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in observance of 
        World Refugee Day and calling on the United States 
        Government, international organizations, and aid groups 
        to take immediate steps to secure urgently needed 
        humanitarian relief for the more than 2,000,000 people 
        displaced by genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan;
          H. Res. 1307, Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's 
        participation in the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival 
        and commending the people and the Government of the 
        Kingdom of Bhutan for their commitment to holding 
        elections and broadening political participation;
          H. Con. Res. 344, Recognizing that we are facing a 
        global food crisis;
          H. Con. Res. 361, Commemorating Irena Sendler, a 
        woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during 
        the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, 
        selflessness, and hope; and
          H. Con. Res. 371, Strongly supporting an immediate 
        and just restitution of, or compensation for, property 
        illegally confiscated during the last century by Nazi 
        and Communist regimes.
    July 23rd--China on the Eve of the Olympics--Kenneth G. 
Lieberthal, Ph.D., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Distinguished 
Fellow at the William Davidson Institute, William Davidson 
Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan; 
David M. Lampton, Ph.D., George and Sadie Hyman Professor of 
China Studies, Director of the China Studies Program, Paul H. 
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins 
University; Yang Jianli, Ph.D., President and Founder, 
Initiatives for China, Fellow, Harvard University
    July 24th
          H.R. 6574, United States-Russian Federation Nuclear 
        Cooperation Agreement Act of 2008;
          H. Res. 1351, Expressing support for the United 
        Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and 
        calling upon United Nations Member States and the 
        international community to contribute the resources 
        necessary to ensure the success of UNAMID;
          H. Res. 1361, Expressing the sense of the House of 
        Representatives that the United States should lead a 
        high-level diplomatic effort to defeat the campaign by 
        some members of the Organization of the Islamic 
        Conference to divert the United Nation's Durban Review 
        Conference from a review of problems in their own and 
        other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-
        Semitism, and undermining the Universal Charter of 
        Human Rights and to ensure that the Durban Review 
        Conference serves as a forum to review commitments to 
        combat all forms of racism;
          H. Res. 1369, Recognizing nongovernmental 
        organizations working to bring just and lasting peace 
        between Israelis and Palestinians;
          H. Res. 1370, Calling on the Government of the 
        People's Republic of China to immediately end abuses of 
        the human rights of its citizens, to cease repression 
        of Tibetan and Uighur citizens, and to end its support 
        for the Governments of Sudan and Burma to ensure that 
        the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games take place in an 
        atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of 
        freedom and openness; and
          H. Con. Res. 374, Supporting the spirit of peace and 
        desire for unity displayed in the letter from 138 
        leading Muslim scholars, and in the Pope's response.
    September 9th--U.S.-Russia Relations in the Aftermath of 
the Georgia Crisis
    Panel I: The Honorable Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs U.S. Department of 
State
    Panel II: Michael H. McFaul, Ph.D., Professor, Department 
of Political Science, Stanford University; Frederick W. Kagan, 
Ph.D., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
    September 17th--Full Committee Markup--H.R. 6911, the 
Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008.

              B. Subcommittee on Africa, and Global Health


2007

    January 24th--South Sudan: The Comprehensive Peace 
Agreement on Life Support--The Honorable Roger Winter, Former 
Special Rep for Sudan
    Briefing: Minister Luca Biong Deng, Minister for 
Presidential Affairs, Government of South Sudan; Minister 
Barnaba Benjamin, Min. Regional Coop, Government of South Sudan
    March 21st--The Global Threat of Drug-Resistant TB: A call 
to Action for World TB Day--
    Briefing: Mario Raviglione, M.D., Director, Stop TB 
Department, World Health Organization
    Panel I: The Honorable Eliot L. Engel, Member of Congress
    Panel II: The Honorable Mark R. Dybul, Coordinator, Office 
of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State; 
The Honorable Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; Julie 
L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention also Administrator of the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    Panel III: Joia Mukherjee, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, 
Partners in Health; Elena McEwan, M.D., Senior Technical 
Adviser, Catholic Relief Services
    March 22nd--The Prospects for Peace in Guinea--
    Panel I: Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State; Walter North, J.D., Senior Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Administrator of the Africa Bureau, U.S. Agency 
for International Development
    Panel II: Lansine Kaba, Ph.D., Madeleine Haas Russell 
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Brandeis University; 
Herschelle Challenor, Ph.D., Consultant on African Affairs, 
Former Director of Democracy and Governance in Guinea, USAID; 
Mr. Haskell S. Ward, Senior Vice President, Government 
Relations Global Alumina Corporation
    April 25th--Malaria Awareness Day: Leveraging Progress for 
Future Advances--
    Panel I: Admiral Timothy Ziemer, USN, (Retired), 
President's Malaria Initiative Coordinator, U.S. Agency for 
International Development
    Panel II: Stefano Lazzari, M.D., Senior Health Adviser, The 
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria; Nils Daulaire, 
M.D., M.P.H., President and CEO, Global Health Council; Ms. 
Adel Chaouch, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, 
Marathon Oil; Ms. Enid Wamani, Secretariat Coordinator, Uganda, 
African Medical & Research Foundation; Ms. Susan Lassen, Nets 
for Life Coordinator, Episcopal Relief and Development
    May 16th--Africa's Water Crisis and the 2006 UNDP Human 
Development Report (Briefing)--Ms. Cecilia Ugaz, Deputy 
Director, Human Development Report, Office, United Nations 
Development Program; Her Excellency Amina Salum Ali, Permanent 
Representative to the United States, The African Union
    May 16th--Africa's Water Crisis and the U.S. Response--
    Panel I: The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, Member of Congress
    Panel II: The Honorable Claudia McMurray, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Walter North, 
J.D., Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, 
U.S. Agency for International Development
    Panel III: Mr. Peter Lochery, Director of the Water Team, 
CARE; Mr. Malcolm S. Morris, Chairman, Millennium Water 
Alliance
    May 22nd--Vulture Funds and the Threat to Debt Relief in 
Africa: A Call to Action at the G8 and Beyond--
    Panel I: Mr. Danny Glover, Chairman of the Board, 
TransAfrica Forum, Inc.
    Panel II: Ms. Emira Woods, M.A., ABD, Co-Director for 
Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies; Mr. Neil 
Watkins, National Coordinator, Jubilee USA Network
    May 24th--International Food Aid Programs: Options to 
Enhance Effectiveness--Mr. William P. Hammink, Director, Office 
of Food for Peace, U.S. Agency for International Development; 
Thomas Melito, Ph.D., Director, International Affairs and 
Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office
    May 24th--International Food Aid Programs: Options to 
Enhance Effectiveness (Briefing)--Mr. Luis Eduardo Sitoe, 
Counselor Commercial, Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
    June 7th--Nigeria at a Crossroads--
    Panel I: The Honorable Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Kenneth Wollack, President, National 
Democratic Institute; Wole Soyinka, Ph.D., Fellow, DuBois 
Institute, Harvard University (Recipient of the Nobel Peace 
Prize, 1986); Mr. Lorne W. Craner, President, International 
Republican Institute
    June 20th--World Refugee Day: Addressing the Needs of 
African Refugees--
    Briefer: Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant High 
Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    Witnesses:
    Panel I: Mr. William E. Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Ms. Anne C. Richard,Vice President, Government 
Relations & Advocacy International Rescue Committee; Mr. Joel 
R. Charny, Vice President for Policy, Refugees International; 
Mr. Neal Porter, Director of International Services, The Center 
For Victims of Torture; Mr. Daoud I. Hari, Resettled Darfurian 
Refugee
    June 28th--The Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa: 
Promise Versus Progress--
    Panel I: Mr. Rodney Bent, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, 
Millennium Challenge Corporation
    Panel II: David Gootnick, M.D., Director, International 
Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office; 
Steven Radelet, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for Global 
Development; Mr. Anthony Carroll, Vice President, Manchester 
Trade Ltd.
    July 12th--Beyond Oil & Gas: African Growth and Opportunity 
Act's Benefits to Africa--
    Panel I: Ms. Florizelle Liser, Assistant U.S. Trade 
Representative for Africa, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative
    Panel II: Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya, Deputy Secretary General, 
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa; Ms. Katrin 
Kuhlmann, J.D., Senior Vice President for Global Trade, Women's 
Edge Coalition; Mr. Stephen Hayes, President, The Corporate 
Council on Africa
    July 18th--Markup H.R. 2003, Ethiopia Democracy and 
Accountability Act of 2007
    Hearing--Food Security in Africa: The Impact of 
Agricultural Development
    Panel I: The Honorable Michael E. Hess, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Development
    Panel II: Peter McPherson, J.D., President, The National 
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; 
Calestous Juma, Ph.D., Professor, Harvard University
    August 2nd--Africa Command: Opportunity for Enhanced 
Engagement or the Militarization of U.S.-Africa Relations--
    Panel I: The Honorable Michael E. Hess, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian 
Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; The 
Honorable Stephen D. Mull, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Ms. 
Theresa M. Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Africa, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of 
Defense
    Panel II: Mr. Kurt Shillinger, Research Fellow, Security 
and Terrorism in Africa, South African Institute of 
International Affairs; Wafula Okumu, Ph.D., Director, African 
Security Analysis Programme, Institute for Security Studies, 
South Africa; J. Peter Pham, Ph.D., Director, Nelson Institute 
for International & Public Affairs, James Madison University
    October 2nd--Ethiopia and the State of Democracy: Effects 
on Human Rights and Humanitarian Conditions in the Ogaden and 
Somalia--
    Panel I: The Honorable Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Sam Zia-Zarifi, Esq., Washington Advocate, Human 
Rights Watch; Ms. Fowsia Abdulkadir, Founding Member, Ogaden 
Human Rights Committee of Canada; Ms. Bertukan Mideksa, Vice 
Chair, Coalition for Unity and Democracy, Ethiopia; Berhanu 
Nega, Ph.D., Former Political Prisoner and Citizen of Ethiopia; 
J. Peter Pham, Ph.D., Director, Nelson Institute for 
International & Public Affairs, James Madison University
    October 9th--The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS 
Relief: Is It Fulfilling the Nutrition and Food Security Needs 
of People Living with HIV/AIDS?--
    Panel I: The Honorable Mark R. Dybul, Coordinator, Office 
of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Robert Einterz, Ph.D., Director and Co-founder, 
Indiana-Moi Partnership; Mr. Walleligne A. Beriye, Country 
Director, Ethiopia, Project Concern International; Ms. 
Annemarie Reilly, Chief of Staff, Catholic Relief Services

2008

    February 6th--The Political Crisis in Kenya: A Call for 
Justice and Peaceful Resolution--
    Panel I: Mr. James C. Swan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. 
Gregory Gottlieb, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency 
for International Development
    Panel II: Ms. Mia Farrow, Goodwill Ambassador, United 
Nations Children's Fund; Mr. Maina Kiai, Chairman, Kenya 
National Commission for Human Rights, National Commission on 
Human Rights; Ms. Njoki Ndungu, Former Member of Parliament, 
Nairobi, Kenya
    February 27th--Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: Assessing 
the U.S. Response to an Emerging Global Threat--
    Briefing: Mario Raviglione, M.D., Director, Stop TB 
Department, World Health Organization
    Panel I: The Honorable Mark R. Dybul, Coordinator, Office 
of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State; 
The Honorable Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; Julie 
L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Also Administrator of the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    March 13th--Child Survival: The Unfinished Agenda to Reduce 
Global Child Mortality--
    Panel I: The Honorable Kent R. Hill, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for 
International Development
    Panel II: The Honorable William Frist, Chairman, Survive to 
5 Campaign, Save the Children (Former United States Senate 
Majority Leader); Mr. David Oot, MPH, Associate Vice President, 
Office of Health Development Programs for Children, Save the 
Children, (Also Chairman of the Steering Committee for the 
United States Coalition for Child Survival); E. Anne Peterson, 
MD, MPH, Director, Center for Global Health, World Vision 
International; Pierre-Marie Metangmo, MD, MPH, MBA, Dean, 
Future Generations; Robert L. Walley, M.D., Executive Director, 
MaterCare International
    May 6th--Higher Education in Africa: Making the Link 
between Intellectual Capital and Regional Development
    Panel I: Mr. Franklin Moore, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International 
Development
    Panel II: M. Peter McPherson, Ph.D., President, National 
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; 
Suresh Babu, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, International Food 
Policy Research Institute, Mora McLean, J.D., President and 
Chief Executive Officer, The Africa-America Institute

    C. Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment


2007

    February 15th--Protecting the Human Rights of Comfort 
Women--
    Panel I: The Honorable Michael M. Honda, Member of Congress
    Panel II: Ms. Yong Soo Lee, Surviving Comfort Woman, Korean 
Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery; Ms. 
Jan Ruff O'Herne, Surviving Comfort Woman, Friends of Comfort 
Women in Australia; Ms. Koon Ja Kim, Surviving Comfort Woman, 
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium
    Panel III: Ms. Mindy Kotler, Director, Asia Policy Point; 
Ok Cha Soh, Ph.D., President, Washington Coalition for Comfort 
Women Issues
    March 1st--North Korean Human Rights: An Update--The 
Honorable Jay Lefkowitz, Special Envoy for Human Rights in 
North Korea
    March 15th--U.S. Policy Toward South Pacific island 
Nations, including Australia and New Zealand--The Honorable 
Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    March 27th--U.S.-China Relations--Thomas J. Christensen, 
Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    July 11th--The Kyoto Protocol: An Update--
    Panel I: Harlan Watson, Ph.D., Special Representative and 
Senior Climate Negotiator, Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environment and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Elliot Diringer, Director of International 
Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Margo 
Thorning, Ph.D., Managing Director, International Council for 
Capital Formation
    July 17th--The Conservation and Management of Highly 
Migrating Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific 
Oceans, and Other International Fisheries Agreements of U.S. 
Interest in Asia and the Pacific--
    Panel I: The Honorable David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. John Connelly, President, National Fisheries 
Institute; Mr. David G. Burney, Past President, U.S. Tuna 
Foundation
    July 25th--An Overview of the Compact of Free Association 
between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands: Are Changes Needed?--
    Witnesses:
    Panel I: The Honorable David B. Cohen, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the 
Interior; Mr. Steven McGann, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; David B. Gootnick, Ph.D., Director, International 
Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. 
Francis A. Donovan, Director, Office of East Asia Affairs, 
Bureau of Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for International 
Development
    Briefers:
    The Honorable Gerald M. Zackios, Foreign Minister, Republic 
of the Marshall Islands; The Honorable Tony de Brum, Senator, 
Republic of the Marshall Islands; The Honorable Abacca Anjain-
Maddison, Senator, Republic of the Marshall Islands; The 
Honorable Hiroshi Yamamura, Senator, Republic of the Marshall 
Islands; The Honorable Jack Ading, Senator, Republic of the 
Marshall Islands; Mr. James H. Plasman, Chairman, Marshall 
Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal; Mr. Jonathan M. Weisgall, 
Legal Counsel, People of the Bikini Atoll
    July 26th--Is the Millennium Challenge Corporation 
Overstating Its Impact: The Case of Vanuatu--David B. Gootnick, 
Ph.D., Director, International Affairs and Trade, U.S. 
Government Accountability Office; Rodney G. Bent, Deputy Chief 
Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation
    August 1st--The Impact of Coup-Related Sanctions on 
Thailand and Fiji: Helpful or Harmful to U.S. Relations?--
    Panel I: The Honorable Mark Steven Kirk, Member of Congress
    Panel II: Mr. Eric G. John, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Southeast Asia, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; Mr. Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State
    September 20th--U.S. Assistance in East Asia and the 
Pacific: An Overview--Mr. Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; Ms. Lisa Chiles, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for International 
Development
    September 25th--APEC 2007: Advancing U.S. Exports to the 
Asia-Pacific Region--
    Panel I: The Honorable Patricia Haslach, Senior Official, 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Bureau of East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Ms. Wendy 
Cutler, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Japan, 
Korea and APEC Affairs, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative
    Panel II: Mr. Karl Ege, Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor, 
Russell Investment Group
    October 17th--Crisis in Burma: Can the U.S. Bring about a 
Peaceful Resolution?--
    Panel I: Mr. Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of 
State; Ms. Lisa Chiles, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Asia and the Near East U.S. Agency for International 
Development
    Panel II: Mr. Jeremy Woodrum, Director, U.S. Campaign for 
Burma; Bridget Welsh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Southeast 
Asia Studies, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
    October 25th--The Six Party Process: Progress and Perils in 
North Korea's Denuclearization--Joint with the Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade--The Honorable 
Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    October 30th--Renewable Energy and the Global Environment--
    Panel I: The Honorable Reno Harnish III, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
Mr. John Mizroch, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office 
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 
Energy; Mr. John A. Simon, Executive Vice President, Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Mr. Michael W. Yost, 
Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture
    Panel II: Mr. Sanjay Puri, President and CEO, U.S. India 
Business Alliance; Mr. Redmond Clark, Chairman and CEO, CBL 
Industrial Services

2008

    February 14th--An Overview of Cambodia and the Need for 
Debt Recycling: How can the U.S. be of Assistance?--Mr. Scot 
Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State; Mr. W. Kirk Miller, 
Associate Administrator/General Sales Manager, Foreign 
Agriculture Service U.S. Department of Agriculture
    February 27th--Climate Change and Vulnerable Societies: A 
Post-Bali Overview--HEARING AND BRIEFING--
    Panel I: Harlan Watson, Ph.D., Special Representative and 
Senior Climate Negotiator, Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environment and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Briefers:
    Panel II: His Excellency Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, 
Permanent Representative of the Independent State of Samoa; Mr. 
Mason F. Smith, Charge d'affaires, a.i. of the Republic of the 
Fiji Islands; Mr. Charles Paul, Charge d'affaires, a.i., 
Republic of the Marshall Islands; His Excellency Masao 
Nakayama, Permanent Representative of the Federated States of 
Micronesia; Her Excellency Marlene Moses, Permanent 
Representative of the Republic of Nauru
    April 8th--Central Asia: An Overview--The Honorable Richard 
A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for South and Central 
Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    April 23rd--A New Beginning for the U.S.-South Korea 
Strategic Alliance--Mr. Alexander A. Arvizu, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    May 15th--Our Forgotten Responsibility: What Can We Do To 
Help Victims of Agent Orange?--
    Panel I: The Honorable Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, M.D., Director General, 
Ngoc Tam Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Former Vice 
Speaker of the Vietnam National Assembly, (Member of The U.S.-
Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin); Ms. Catharin 
Dalpino, Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Asian 
Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Affairs, 
Georgetown University, (Director of the Aspen Institute Project 
on Agent Orange); Vaughan C. Turekian, Ph.D., Chief 
International Officer, American Association for the Advancement 
of Science, (Member of The U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent 
Orange/Dioxin); Mr. Rick Weidman, Executive Director for Policy 
& Government Affairs Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA); Jeanne 
Mirer, J.D., Secretary General, International Association of 
Democratic Lawyers
    May 20th--Burma in the Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis: Death, 
Displacement, and Humanitarian Aid--
    Panel I: The Honorable Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; Mr. Greg Gottlieb, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development
    Panel II: Sein Win, Ph.D., Prime Minister, National 
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma; The Honorable 
Thomas H. Andrews, President New Economy Communications, 
(Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives)
    June 12th--U.S.-Japan Relations: An Overview--Mr. Alexander 
A. Arvizu, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    September 17th--Exporting Toxic Trash: Are We Dumping Our 
Electronic Waste on Poorer Countries? Mr. John B. Stephenson, 
Director, Natural Resources & Environment, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office

                       D. Subcommittee on Europe


2007

    March 15th--U.S.-Turkish Relations and the Challenges 
Ahead--The Honorable Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. 
Dan Fata, Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and NATO 
Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense; General Joseph W. Ralston, 
Special Envoy, Countering the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), 
U.S. Department of State
    March 22nd--Polling Data on European Opinion of American 
Policies, Values and People--Joint with Subcommittee on 
International Operations, Human Rights, and Oversight--John K. 
Glenn, Ph.D., Director of Foreign Policy, German Marshall Fund 
of the United States; Kellyanne Conway, J.D., CEO and 
President, The Polling Company, Inc.
    March 28th--Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust 
Archives in Germany--
    Panel I: The Honorable Alcee Hastings, Chairman, Commission 
on Security and Cooperation in Europe, U.S. House of 
Representatives; Mr. J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for 
Holocaust Issues, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Paul Shapiro, Director, Center for Advanced 
Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Mr. 
David Schaecter, President, Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA, 
Inc.; Mr. Leo Rechter, President, National Association of 
Jewish Holocaust Survivors (NAHOS)
    May 3rd--Do the United States and Europe Need a Missile 
Defense System?--Joint with Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Trade--The Honorable Daniel Fried, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State; The Honorable John C. Rood, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of International Security and 
Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State
    May 24th--Expanding the Visa Waiver Program, Enhancing 
Transatlantic Relations--Mr. Stephen A. ``Tony'' Edson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Nathan A. Sales, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Policy Development, Office of Policy, 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    June 20th--Adding Hezbollah to the EU Terrorist List--Mr. 
Michael Jacobson, Senior Fellow, Stein Program on Terrorism, 
Intelligence, and Policy The Washington Institute; Mr. 
Alexander Ritzmann, Senior Fellow, European Foundation for 
Democracy; Mr. James Phillips, Research Fellow for Middle 
Eastern Affairs, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute 
for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation
    October 3rd--America's Role in Addressing Outstanding 
Holocaust Issues--
    Panel I: The Honorable J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy 
for Holocaust Issues, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Gideon Taylor, Executive Vice President, 
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc.; Mr. 
Jack Rubin, Holocaust Survivor, Member of the Advisory 
Committee Holocaust Survivors of West Palm Beach; Mr. Sidney 
Zabludoff, Former Consultant, Conference on Jewish Material 
Claims Against Germany, Inc.; Mr. Alex Moskovic, Holocaust 
Survivor, Member of the Board of Directors and Executive 
Committee Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA, Inc.; Mr. Jehuda 
Evron, President, Holocaust Restitution Committee
    November 14th--U.S.-Greece Relations and Regional Issues--
The Honorable R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State

2008

    April 23rd--The Bucharest Summit and the Way Forward for 
NATO--The Honorable Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of European and Eurasian Affairs U.S. Department of State; Mr. 
Daniel P. Fata, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and 
NATO Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
    May 14th--Improving America's Security, Strengthening 
Transatlantic Relations: An Update on the Expansion of the Visa 
Waiver Program--The Honorable Richard Barth, Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Policy Development U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security; Mr. Stephen A. Edson, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    July 9th--Europe and Israel: Strengthening the 
Partnership--H.E. Rafael Bardaji, Director of International 
Policy, FAES Foundation (National Security Advisor to former 
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of the Kingdom of Spain); Nile 
Gardiner, Ph.D., Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for 
Freedom, The Heritage Foundation; Ian Lesser, Ph.D., Senior 
Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the Unites 
States; H.E. Oded Eran, Ph.D., Director General, World Jewish 
Congress Israel Branch (Former Israeli Ambassador to the 
European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)

    E. Subcommittee on International Operations, Human Rights, and 
                               Oversight


2007

    March 6th--Global Polling Data on Opinion of American 
Policies, Values and People--Mr. Steven Kull, Director, Program 
on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    March 8th--Polling Data on Latin America Opinion of U.S. 
Policies, Values and People-- Joint with Subcommittee on the 
Western Hemisphere--Mr. John Zogby, President, Zogby 
International
    March 14th--Global Polling Data on Opinion of American 
Policies, Values and People--Mr. Andrew Kohut, President, Pew 
Research Center
    March 20th--Welcome to America--Mr. Geoff Freeman, 
Executive Director, The Discover America Partnership; Mr. 
Charles Merin, President, Travel Business Roundtable; Mr. Peter 
Gadiel, President, \9/11\ Families for a Secure America
    March 27th--Can Iraq Pay for its own Reconstruction?--Joint 
with the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia--Mr. Stuart 
W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction; The Honorable David Satterfield, Senior 
Adviser, Coordinator for Iraq U.S. Department of State, (Former 
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon)
    March 28th--African Opinion of U.S. Policies, Values and 
People--Joint with the Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health--Devra Coren Moehler, Ph.D., Scholar, Harvard Academy 
for International and Area Studies, Harvard University
    April 17th--Extraordinary Rendition in U.S. 
Counterterrorism Policy: The Impact on Transatlantic 
Relations--Joint with Subcommittee on Europe--
    Briefers:
    Mr. Jonathan Evans, Member, European Parliament, Chairman, 
European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the United 
States; Mr. Claudio Fava, Member, European Parliament, Author, 
Report on the Alleged Use of European Countries by the CIA for 
the Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners; Baroness 
Sarah Ludford, Member, European Parliament, Vice-Chair, 
Temporary Committee on the Alleged Use of European Countries by 
the CIA for the Transportation and Illegal Detention of 
Prisoners
    Witnesses:
    Ms. Julianne Smith, Director and Senior Fellow, Europe 
Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Mr. 
Michael F. Scheuer, Former Chief, Bin Laden Unit, Central 
Intelligence Agency
    April 26th--Efforts to Deal with America's Image Abroad: 
Are They Working?--
    Panel I: Mr. Jess T. Ford, Director, International Affairs 
Office of International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office
    Panel II: Ms. Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, Asian 
Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation
    May 2nd--A Review of the State Department's 2006 Country 
Reports on Human Rights Practices,--The Honorable Barry F. 
Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State
    May 3rd--Arab Opinion on American Policies, Values, and 
People--Joint with Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia--
James Zogby, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, Zogby International; David 
Pollock, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, The Washington Institute for 
Near East Policy
    May 9th--Economic and Military Support for the U.S. Efforts 
in Iraq: The Coalition of the Willing, Then and Now--
    Panel I: Mr. Joseph A. Christoff, Director, International 
Affairs and Trade Team, Government Accountability Office
    Panel II: Mr. Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle East 
Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, 
Congressional Research Service; Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Director, 
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation
    May 10th--Is There a Human Rights Double Standard? U.S. 
Policy Toward Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia--Joint with 
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health--Sulayman S. Nyang, 
Ph.D., Professor, African Studies Department, Howard 
University; Ms. Lynn Fredriksson, Advocacy Director for Africa, 
Amnesty International USA J. Peter Pham, Ph.D., Director, The 
Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs
    May 17th--Declining Approval for American Foreign Policy in 
Muslim Countries: Does It Make It More Difficult to Fight al 
Qaeda?--Steven Kull, Ph.D., Director, Program on International 
Policy Attitudes
    June 13th--U.N. Peacekeeping Forces: A Force Multiplier for 
the U.S.?--Timothy E. Wirth, Ph.D., President, United Nations 
Foundation; The Honorable James Dobbins, Director, 
International Security and Defense Policy Center, National 
Security Research Division, RAND Corporation (Former U.S. 
Assistant Secretary of State for Europe); Mr. Joseph A. 
Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade Team 
Government Accountability Office; Steven Groves, J.D., Bernard 
and Barbara Lomas Fellow, The Margaret Thatcher Center for 
Freedom, The Heritage Foundation
    June 14th--Is There a Human Rights Double Standard? U.S. 
Policy Toward Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Uzbekistan--Amr Hamzawy, 
Ph.D., Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International 
Peace; Martha Brill Olcott, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace; Mr. Thomas Malinowski, 
Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch; Mr. Thomas W. Lippman, 
Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute
    June 28th--Protection and Money: U.S. Companies, Their 
Employees, and Violence in Colombia--Joint with the 
Subcommittee on International Organization, Human Rights, and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and the 
Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions and Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections--Ms. Maria McFarland, Principal Specialist on 
Colombia, Human Rights Watch; Daniel Kovalik, Esq., Associate 
General Counsel, United Steelworkers; Mr. Edwin Guzman, Former 
Sergeant, National Army, Republic of Colombia; Mr. Francisco 
Ramirez, President, Sintraminercol; The Honorable Otto J. 
Reich, President, Otto Reich Associates, LLC (Former U.S. 
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs)
    June 29th--International Students and Visiting Scholars: 
Trends, Barriers, and Implications for American Universities 
and U.S. Foreign Policy--Joint with the Committee on Education 
and Labor's Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong 
Learning, and Competitiveness
    Panel I: The Honorable Thomas A. Farrell, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Academic Programs Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable James 
Manning, Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education 
U.S. Department of Education; Mr. George Scott, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Team Government 
Accountability Office
    Panel II: Ms. Adina Abbey, Founding Director, African New 
Era Organization (Native of Ghana and Recent Graduate of 
American University); Ms. Katherine S. Bellows, Executive 
Director, Office of International Programs Georgetown 
University; Philip O. Geier, Ph.D., Executive Director, Davis 
United World College Scholars Program; Ms. Marlene Johnson, 
Executive Director and CEO, NAFSA: Association of International 
Educators; Jerry M. Melillo, Ph.D., Director, Senior Scientist, 
The Ecosystems Center Marine Biology Laboratory; Ms. Jessica 
Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Immigration Studies
    July 12th--Ideals vs. Reality in Human Rights and U.S. 
Foreign Policy: The Cases of Azerbaijan, Cuba, and Egypt--Ms. 
Jennifer L. Windsor, Executive Director, Freedom House; Morton 
H. Halperin, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for American 
Progress; Mr. Frank Calzon, Executive Director, The Center for 
a Free Cuba
    July 31st--The Case of Ramos and Compean: The Across-Border 
Context--
    Panel I: The Honorable Charles S. Shapiro, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. T.J. Bonner, President, National Border 
Patrol Council of the American Federation of Government 
Employees, AFL-CIO; David L. Botsford, J.D., Botsford & Roark
    October 18th--Rendition to Torture: The Case of Maher 
Arar--Joint with the Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee 
on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties--
    Panel I: Mr. Maher Arar, Via videoconference; Kent Roach, 
Esq., Prichard-Wilson Chair, Faculty of Law, University of 
Toronto Via videoconference
    Panel II: Mr. Daniel Benjamin, Director, Center on the 
United States and Europe Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, 
The Brookings Institution; David D. Cole, Esq., Professor of 
Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Frederick P. Hitz, Esq., 
Lecturer and Senior Fellow, Center for National Security Law 
University of Virginia School of Law; Michael John Garcia, 
Esq., Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, 
Congressional Research Service
    October 31st--Activities of the Department of State's 
Office of the Inspector General--The Honorable David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office
    November 6th--Human Rights Concerns in Vietnam--
    Panel I: The Honorable Zoe Lofgren, U.S. House of 
Representatives; The Honorable Loretta Sanchez, U.S. House of 
Representatives; The Honorable Christopher Smith, U.S. House of 
Representatives
    Panel II: Mr. Scott Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Southeast Asia Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel III: Ms. Sophie Richardson, Deputy Director, Asia 
Program, Human Rights Watch; Mr. Cong Thanh Do, Spokesman, The 
People's Democratic Party; Ms. Kathryn Cameron Porter, Founder 
and President, Leadership Council for Human Rights; Mr. Duy 
(Dan) Hoang, Central Committee Member, The Viet Tan Party; 
Nguyen Dinh Thang, Ph.D., Executive Director, Boat People 
S.O.S.
    November 15th--``Diplomatic Assurances'' on Torture: A Case 
Study of Why Some Are Accepted and Others Rejected--
    Panel I: Mr. Arturo V. Hernandez , Attorney-at-Law; Mr. 
Blake Fleetwood, Freelance Journalist
    Panel II: Mr. Peter Kornbluh, Senior Analyst, The National 
Security Archive, The George Washington University; Ms. Ann 
Louise Bardach, Bardach Reports; Roseanne Nenninger, N.D., 
(Naturopathic Doctor)
    December 19th--The Extension of the United Nations Mandate 
for Iraq: Is the Iraqi Parliament Being Ignored?--Kenneth 
Katzman, Ph.D., Specialist in Middle East Affairs Foreign 
Affairs, Defense and Trade Division, Congressional Research 
Service; Issam Michael Saliba, Esq. , Senior Foreign Law 
Specialist Middle East and North Africa, Law Library of 
Congress; Mr. Raed Jarrar, Iraq Consultant, Middle East Peace 
Building Program; American Friends Service Committee; Michael 
Rubin, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute 
for Public Policy Research

2008

    January 23rd--The Proposed U.S. Security Commitment to 
Iraq: What Will Be In It and Should It Be a Treaty?--Joint with 
the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia
    Panel I: Kenneth Katzman, Ph.D., Specialist in Middle East 
Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division, 
Congressional Research Service
    Panel II: Michael J. Matheson, Esq., Visiting Research 
Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School; 
Michael Rubin, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, American Enterprise 
Institute, Senior Lecturer Center for Civil Military Relations, 
Naval Postgraduate School
    February 8th--The November 26 Declaration of Principles: 
Implications for UN Resolutions on Iraq and for Congressional 
Oversight--Oona A. Hathaway, Esq., Associate Professor of Law, 
Yale Law School; Michael J. Glennon, Esq., Professor of 
International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; 
Douglas Macgregor, Ph.D., Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, Senior 
Fellow, Straus Military Reform Project Center for Defense 
Information; Michael J. Matheson, Esq., Visiting Research 
Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School; 
Ruth Wedgwood, Esq., Edward B. Burling Professor of 
International Law and Diplomacy, Director of the International 
Law and Organizations Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of 
Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
    February 26th--Iraqi Refugees: Can the U.S. Do More to 
Help? BRIEFING--Joint with Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
South Asia
    Briefer:
    The Honorable L. Craig Johnstone, Deputy High Commissioner, 
UNHCR; Mr. Rafiq Tschannen, Chief of Mission for Iraq and 
Jordan, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
    February 28th--Status of Forces Agreements and UN Mandates: 
What Authorities and Protections Do They Provide to U.S. 
Personnel?--Jennifer K. Elsea, Esq., Legislative Attorney, 
American Law Division, Congressional Research Service; R. Chuck 
Mason, Esq., Legislative Attorney, Congressional Research 
Service; Michael J. Matheson, Esq., Visiting Research Professor 
of Law, The George Washington University Law School; Laura 
Dickinson, Esq., Professor of Law, University of Connecticut 
School of Law; Ruth Wedgwood, Esq., Edward B. Burling, 
Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Director of the 
International Law and Organizations Program, The Paul H. Nitze 
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins 
University
    March 13th--War Powers for the 21st Century: The 
Congressional Perspective--
    Panel I: The Honorable David E. Skaggs, Co-Chair, The War 
Powers Committee The Constitution Project (Former U.S. 
Representative from the State of Colorado); The Honorable 
Mickey Edwards, Co-Chair, The War Powers Committee The 
Constitution Project (Former U.S. Representative from the State 
of Oklahoma); Stephen G. Rademaker, Esq., Vice President, BGR 
International
    Panel II: The Honorable Walter B. Jones, Jr., U.S. House of 
Representatives
    March 26th--FIELD BRIEFING on ``City on the Hill or Prison 
on the Bay? The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of 
America's Image''--held in the En Banc Courtroom, 7th Floor, 
the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, 
Boston, M.A.--
    Briefers:
    The Honorable Mark L. Wolf, Chief Judge, United States 
District Court District of Massachusetts; Michael E. Mone, 
Esq., Member, Esdaile, Barrett and Esdaile; P. Sabin Willett, 
Esq., Partner, Bingham McCutchen; Emi Maclean, Esq., Staff 
Attorney, Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Center for 
Constitutional Rights
    April 2nd--United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: An 
Underfunded International Mandate--the Role of the United 
States--
    Briefer:
    Jane Holl Lute, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary-General for 
Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
    Witness:
    The Honorable Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State
    April 10th--War Powers for the 21st Century: The 
Constitutional Perspective--Bruce Fein, Esq., The Lichfield 
Group; Louis Fisher, Ph.D., Special Assistant to the Law 
Librarian, Law Library of Congress; Michael J. Glennon, Esq., 
Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts 
University; Jules Lobel, Esq., Professor of Law, University of 
Pittsburgh School of Law; Edwin D. Williamson, Esq., Senior 
Counsel, Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP
    April 24th--War Powers for the 21st Century: The Executive 
Branch Perspective--The Honorable Brian Atwood, Dean, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 
(Former Administrator for U.S. Agency for International 
Development); The Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker, Vice 
President, BGR International (Former U.S. Assistant Secretary 
of State for Arms Control); Richard F. Grimmett, Ph.D., 
Specialist in International Security, Foreign Affairs, Defense, 
and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service
    May 1st--No Direction Home: An NGO Perspective on Iraqi 
Refugees and IDPs--Joint with Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia--
    Panel I: The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, Member of Congress
    Panel II: Mr. Rabih Torbay, Vice President of International 
Operations, International Medical Corps; Mr. David Holdridge, 
Middle East Regional Director, Mercy Corps; Mrs. Anastasia 
Brown, Director, Office of Refugee Programs, Migration and 
Refugee Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
    May 6th--City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? The 
Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America's Image--Emi 
MacLean, Esq., Staff Attorney, Guantanamo Global Justice 
Initiative Center for Constitutional Rights; Michael E. Mone, 
Esq., Member, Esdaile, Barrett and Esdaile; Stephen H. Oleskey, 
Esq., Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP; 
Elizabeth P. Gilson, Esq., Attorney-at-Law; Lee A. Casey, Esq., 
Partner, Baker and Hostetler, LLP
    May 15th--U.N. Security Resolution 1325: Recognizing 
Women's Vital Roles in Achieving Peace and Security--The 
Honorable Swanee Hunt, Chair, Hunt Alternatives Fund (Former 
U.S. Ambassador to Austria); The Honorable Donald K. Steinberg, 
Deputy President for Policy, International Crisis Group (Former 
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Angola); Ms. Rina Amiri , 
Senior Regional Advisor, Central Eurasia Project, The Open 
Society Institute; Ms. Rebecca Joshua Okwaci, Secretary 
General, Women Action for Development; Ms. Betty Bigombe, 
Distinguished Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars; Janice Crouse, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Beverly LaHaye 
Institute, Concerned Women for America
    May 20th--City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? The 
Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America's Image, Part 
II--
    Panel I: Mr. Murat Kurnaz (Former detainee, Naval Base, 
Guantanamo), (Via videoconference)
    Panel II: Lt. Colonel Stephen Abraham, U.S. Army, Reserve 
(Ret.); Mark P. Denbeaux, Esq., Professor of Law, Seton Hall 
University School of Law; Clive Stafford Smith, Esq., Director, 
Reprieve; P. Sabin Willett, Esq., Partner, Bingham McCutchen; 
Glenn M. Sulmasy, Esq., National Security and Human Rights 
Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard 
University
    May 22nd--City on the Hill or Just Another Country? The 
United States and the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy--
The Honorable John Shattuck, Chief Executive Officer, John F. 
Kennedy Library Foundation (Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of 
State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and former U.S. 
Ambassador to the Czech Republic); Kenneth Roth, Esq., 
Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
    June 4th--City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay, Part III: 
Guantanamo--the Role of the FBI--The Honorable Glenn A. Fine, 
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice
    June 4th--BRIEFING: The Future of U.S.-Iraqi Relations: The 
Perspective of the Iraqi Parliament''--
    Briefers:
    The Honorable Nadeem Al-Jaberi, The Council of 
Representatives of Iraq; The Honorable Khalaf Al-Ulayyan, The 
Council of Representatives of Iraq; Kenneth Katzman, Ph.D., 
Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense and 
Trade Division, Congressional Research Service
    June 5th--U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector 
General Report OIG-08-18: The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to 
Syria--Joint with Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on 
the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties The 
Honorable Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security
    Clark Kent Ervin, Esq. , Director, Homeland Security 
Initiative, The Aspen Institute (Former Inspector General, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security) Scott Horton, Esq., Lecturer-
in-Law, Columbia Law School
    June 10th--
    Diplomatic Assurances and Rendition to Torture: The 
Perspective of the State Department's Legal Adviser; The 
Honorable John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser, U.S. 
Department of State
    June 11th--MARKUP and HEARING: Release and Review of the 
Subcommittee Report: ``The Decline in America's Reputation: 
Why?''--Esther Brimmer, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Director of 
Research for the Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul 
H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns 
Hopkins University; Scott W. Hibbard, Ph.D., Assistant 
Professor, Department of Political Science, DePaul University; 
John Tirman, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist and Executive 
Director, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology; David Frum, Esq., Resident Fellow, 
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
    June 19th--Restoring America's Leadership through 
Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The 
Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal--Joint with 
Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness--Mr. George 
Scott, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security 
Team, Government Accountability Office; Philip O. Geier, Ph.D., 
Executive Director, Davis United World College Scholars 
Program; William B. DeLauder, Ph.D., President Emeritus, 
Delaware State College, Counselor to the President, National 
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; Mr. 
Philip O. Clay, Director, International Admissions and 
Services, University of Texas--Pan American; Ms. Rachel C. 
Ochako, Scholar, Davis United World College Scholars Program, 
Middlebury College; Mr. David S. North, Fellow, Center for 
Immigration Studies
    July 23rd--Possible Extension of the UN Mandate for Iraq: 
Options--HEARING AND BRIEFING--
    Witnesses:
    Steven Kull, Ph.D., Director, Program on International 
Policy Attitudes (PIPA); Michael J. Matheson, Esq., Visiting 
Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law 
School; Ms. Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and 
Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
    Briefer:
    The Honorable Ayad Allawi, The Council of Representatives, 
Republic of Iraq (Former Prime Minister of the Republic of 
Iraq)
    September 18th--Families Torn Apart: Human Rights and U.S. 
Restrictions on Cuban-American Travel--
    Panel I: The Honorable Jo Ann Emerson, U.S. House of 
Representatives; The Honorable Ray LaHood, U.S. House of 
Representatives; The Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter, U.S. House 
of Representatives
    Panel II: Ms. Marlene Arzola, Cuban-American with Family in 
Cuba; Ms. Luisa Montero-Diaz, Cuban-American with Family in 
Cuba; Mr. Hector Palacios, Cuban Pro-Democracy Activist and 
Former Political Prisoner Via video and phone conference; Ms. 
Blanca Gonzalez, Mother of Political Prisoner, Cuban Human 
Rights Activist
    Panel III: Mr. Philip Peters, Vice President, Lexington 
Institute; Francisco J. Hernandez, Ph.D., President, Cuban 
American National Foundation; Mr. Ignacio Sosa, Executive Board 
Member, Cuba Study Group; Ms. Ninoska Perez Castellon, Board 
Member, Cuban Liberty Council; Ms. Sylvia Iriondo, President, 
Mothers Against Repression (M.A.R. Por Cuba)
    November 19th--Renewing the United Nations Mandate for 
Iraq: Plans and Prospects--Oona A. Hathaway, Esq., Professor of 
Law, Berkeley Law, University of California Berkeley; Mr. Raed 
Jarrar, Iraq Consultant, Middle East Peace Building Program 
American Friends Service Committee; Michael J. Matheson, Esq., 
Visiting Research Professor of Law; The George Washington 
University Law School; Issam Michael Saliba, Esq., Senior 
Foreign Law Specialist, Middle East and North Africa, Law 
Library of Congress; Mr. Thomas Donnelly, Resident Fellow, 
American Enterprise Institute

           F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia


2007

    February 14th--Next Steps in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace 
Process--Mr. David Makovsky, Director, Project on the Middle 
East Peace Process The Washington Institute for Near East 
Policy; The Honorable Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban Center 
for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution; The 
Honorable Daniel Pipes, Director, Middle East Forum
    March 7th--A Regional Overview of South Asia--The Honorable 
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and 
Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    March 15th--Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Latest development & 
Next Steps--Joint with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Trade--Mr. David Albright, President, 
Institute for Science and International Security; Matthew 
Levitt, Ph.D., Director, Stein Program on Terrorism, 
Intelligence, and Policy, The Washington Institute for Near 
East Policy; Daniel Byman, Ph.D., Director, Security Studies 
Program, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown 
University; Mr. Ilan Berman, Vice President for Policy, 
American Foreign Policy Council
    March 21st--U.S. Policy Toward Pakistan--Mr. Husain 
Haqqani, Director, Center for International Relations, Boston 
University; Marvin G. Weinbaum, Ph.D., Scholar in Residence, 
Public Policy Center, The Middle East Institute; Ms. Lisa 
Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, Asia Studies Center, The 
Heritage Foundation
    March 26th--Iraqi Volunteers, Iraqi Refugees: What is 
America's Obligation?
    Panel I: The Honorable Ellen Sauerbrey (Invited), Assistant 
Secretary Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Major General Paul D. Eaton (USA, Ret.), Via 
videoconference; Mr. George Packer, Staff Writer, The New 
Yorker, Executive Board Member, PEN American Center; Ms. 
Kristele Younes, Advocate, Refugees International; Ms. Sarah 
(alias), Former employee, U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Via 
teleconference
    April 18th--The Political Situation in Lebanon--The 
Honorable C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near 
Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Mark Ward, 
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the 
Near East, U.S. Agency for International Development
    May 8th--Two Sides of the Same Coin: Jewish and Palestinian 
Refugees--Howard M. Sachar, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of 
History and International Affairs, The George Washington 
University; Shibley Telhami, Ph.D., Anwar Sadat Professor for 
Peace and Development, University of Maryland
    May 16th--Public Diplomacy in the Middle East and South 
Asia: Is the Message Getting Through?--
    Panel I: Mr. Jeremy Curtin, Coordinator, Bureau of 
International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State; 
Mrs. Gretchen Welch, Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and 
Resources, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Thomas A. Farrell, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs, Bureau of 
Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
Mrs. Alina L. Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Joaquin F. Blaya, Board Member, Broadcasting 
Board of Governors; Mr. D. Jeffrey Hirschberg, Board Member, 
Broadcasting Board of Governors
    May 23rd--U.S. Assistance to the Palestinians--The 
Honorable C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near 
Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Lieutenant General 
Keith W. Dayton, United States Security Coordinator; Mr. Mark 
Ward, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia 
and the Near East, U.S. Agency for International Development
    June 19th--Working in a War Zone: Post Traumatic Stress 
Disorder in Civilians Returning from Iraq--
    Panel I: The Honorable George M. Staples, Director General, 
Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, Department of 
State; Laurence G. Brown, M.D., Director, Office of Medical 
Services, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Steve Kashkett, Vice President, American 
Foreign Service Association
    June 27th--A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Wal-Mart: Out of Business or 
Under New Management?--Joint with the Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade--Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, 
Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute 
for Strategic Studies; Mr. David Albright, President, Institute 
for Science and International Security; Ms. Lisa Curtis, Senior 
Research Fellow, Asia Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation
    July 18th--Reconstruction in Iraq's Oil Sector: Running on 
Empty?--Mr. Joseph A. Christoff, Director, International 
Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office
    Panel II: Mr. Tariq Shafiq, Director, Petrolog & 
Associates, Via videoconference; Mr. Issam Michael Saliba, 
Senior Foreign Law Specialist, Middle East and North Africa Law 
Library of Congress
    August 1st--Political Crises in South Asia: Pakistan, 
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal--
    Panel I: The Honorable Frank Pallone, Member of Congress
    Panel II: The Honorable Steven R. Mann, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State; Mr. John A. Gastright, Jr., Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State
    September 18th--U.S. Relations with Saudi Arabia: Oil, 
Anxiety, and Ambivalence--Mr. F. Gregory Gause, III, Associate 
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of 
Vermont; Mr. Lee S. Wolosky, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner 
LLP
    October 4th--Counternarcotics Strategy and Police Training 
in Afghanistan--
    Panel I: The Honorable Thomas Schweich, Coordinator for 
Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Mark Schneider, Senior Vice President, 
International Crisis Group
    October 23rd--Iran Sanctions and Regional Security--Philip 
H. Gordon, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, 
Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution; Mr. 
Ilan Berman, Vice President for Policy, American Foreign Policy 
Council
    November 8th--Lebanon on the Brink--The Honorable C. David 
Welch, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State
    December 12th--Connecting the Money to the Mission: The 
Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Assistance to the 
Palestinians--Robert M. Danin, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; Mr. Charles R. Snyder, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Civilian Police and African, Asian, and European 
Programs, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Mark Ward, Senior 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near 
East, U.S. Agency for International Development

2008

    January 16th--U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, 
Instability and the Future of U.S. Policy--Christine Fair, 
Ph.D., Senior Political Scientist, Rand Corporation; Ashley J. 
Tellis, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace; Ms. Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, 
Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation
    January 22nd--That which is not obligatory is prohibited: 
Censorship and Incitement in the Arab World--Mr. Joel Campagna, 
Middle East & North Africa Coordinator, Committee to Protect 
Journalists; Mr. Richard Eisendorf, Senior Program Manager for 
the Middle East and North Africa Freedom House; Mr. Kenneth 
Jacobson, Deputy National Director, Anti-Defamation League
    March 4th--Declaration and Principles: Future U.S. 
Commitments to Iraq--Joint with Subcommittee on International 
Operations, Human Rights, and Oversight--
    Panel I: The Honorable David Satterfield, Senior Adviser, 
Coordinator for Iraq, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable 
Mary Beth Long, Assistant Secretary of Defense, International 
Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
    Panel II: Oona A. Hathaway, Esq., Associate Professor of 
Law, Yale Law School; Lawrence J. Korb, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, 
Center for American Progress
    March 11th--Neglected Responsibilities: The U.S. Response 
to the Iraqi Refugee Crisis--Joint with Subcommittee on 
International Operations, Human Rights, and Oversight--The 
Honorable James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator, Iraqi Refugee 
Issues, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Lawrence 
Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Ms. Lori Scialabba, Special 
Adviser to the Secretary of Homeland Security for Iraqi 
Refugees, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Mr. Greg 
Gottlieb, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency 
for International Development; Mr. Stephen A. ``Tony'' Edson, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Bureau of 
Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    March 12th--853 Days: From Gaza Disengagement to De Facto 
Power?--The Honorable C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    April 2nd--Strategic Chaos and Taliban Resurgence in 
Afghanistan--Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), 
Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, 
National Defense University; Seth G. Jones, Ph.D., Political 
Scientist, The RAND Corporation; Mr. Mark Schneider, Senior 
Vice President, International Crisis Group
    April 17th--Between Feckless and Reckless: U.S. Policy 
Options to Prevent a Nuclear Iran--Joint with Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade--The Honorable Jeffrey 
Feltman, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Near 
Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Daniel Glaser, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and 
Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of Treasury
    April 24th--U.S. Policy and the Road to Damascus: Who's 
Converting Whom?--The Honorable Martin S. Indyk, Director, 
Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution; 
Mr. Ammar Abdul Hammid, Director, The Tharwa Foundation; The 
Honorable Peter W. Rodman, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy The 
Brookings Institution
    May 1st--No Direction Home: An NGO Perspective on Iraqi 
Refugees and IDPs--Joint with Subcommittee on International 
Operations, Human Rights, and Oversight--
    Panel I: The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, Member of Congress
    Panel II: Mr. Rabih Torbay, Vice President of International 
Operations, International Medical Corps; Mr. David Holdridge, 
Middle East Regional Director, Mercy Corps; Mrs. Anastasia 
Brown, Director, Office of Refugee Programs, Migration and 
Refugee Services United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
    May 8th--U.S. Assistance to the Middle East: Old Tools for 
New Tasks?--The Honorable C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. 
George A. Laudato, Administrator's Special Assistant for the 
Middle East, The Middle East Bureau, U.S. Agency for 
International Development
    May 14th--U.S. Assistance to South Asia: Is there a 
strategy to go with all that money?--The Honorable Richard A. 
Boucher, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Mark Ward, Senior Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, U.S. Agency for 
International Development
    May 21st--The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: 
Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace--The Honorable 
Daniel C. Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor, 
Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University; Mr. David 
Makovsky, Senior Fellow and Director, Project on the Middle 
East Peace Process, The Washington Institute for Near East 
Policy
    June 5th--More Than Just Enrichment: Iran's Strategic 
Aspirations and the Future of the Middle East--Judith Yaphe, 
Ph.D., Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National 
Strategic Studies, National Defense University; Ray Takeyh, 
Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on 
Foreign Relations; Jon B. Alterman, Ph.D., Director and Senior 
Fellow, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies
    June 25th--More Than Just the 123 Agreement: The Future of 
U.S.-Indo Relations--Stephen P. Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, 
Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; The 
Honorable Teresita C. Schaffer, Director, South Asia Program, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies; Walter 
Andersen, Ph.D., Associate Director of the South Asia Studies 
Program Professorial Lecturer, School of Advanced International 
Studies, John Hopkins University
    July 29th--Update on the Situation in Lebanon--The 
Honorable Jeffrey Feltman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 
(Former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon)
    September 16th--Defeating al Qaeda's Air Force: Pakistan's 
F-16 Program in the Fight Against Terrorism--Vice Admiral 
Jeffrey A. Wieringa, Director, Defense Security Cooperation 
Agency; Mr. Donald Camp, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. 
Frank Ruggiero, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. 
Mitchell Shivers, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, Asian & Pacific Security Affairs, Office of the 
Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Major General 
Burton M. Field, Vice Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, 
Joint Staff

        G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade


2007

    March 15th--Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Latest development & 
Next Steps--Joint with the Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia--Mr. David Albright, President, Institute for 
Science and International Security; Matthew Levitt, Ph.D., 
Director, Stein Program on Terrorism, Intelligence, and Policy, 
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Daniel Byman, 
Ph.D., Director, Security Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh 
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Mr. Ilan 
Berman, Vice President for Policy, American Foreign Policy 
Council
    March 28th--Trade, Foreign Policy and the American Worker
    Panel I: Mr. Lou Dobbs, Anchor and Managing Editor, CNN's 
Lou Dobbs Tonight; The Honorable Carla A. Hills, Chair and CEO, 
Hills & Company Former United States Trade Representative
    Panel II: Mr. Scott N. Paul, Executive Director, Alliance 
for American Manufacturing; Ms. Thea Lee, Policy Director, AFL-
CIO; Ms. Yvette Pena Lopes, Legislative Representative, 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
    April 18th--Isolating Proliferators and Sponsors of Terror: 
The Use of Sanctions and the International Financial System to 
Change Regime Behavior--Joint with Financial Services' 
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, 
Trade, and Technology--
    Panel I: Mr. Daniel Glaser, Bureau Terrorist Financing and 
Financial Crimes, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department 
of the Treasury; Mr. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of 
Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Mr. 
Paul E. Simons, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic, 
Energy, and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Ms. 
Patricia McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department 
of State
    Panel II: The Honorable Sarah Steelman, Treasurer, State of 
Missouri; Mr. Jack Blum, Counsel, Baker Hostetler, (Former 
special counsel for Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Narcotics, and Int'l Operations); Mr. Roger W. 
Robinson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Conflict 
Securities Advisory Group; David L. Asher, Ph.D., Senior 
Associate Fellow, The Heritage Foundation; Victor Comras, Esq., 
The Eren Law Firm (Former member of United Nations al-Qaeda 
monitoring group)
    May 24th--The Reauthorization of OPIC
    Panel I: The Honorable Robert Mosbacher, Jr., President and 
Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation
    Panel II: Mr. Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., President and CEO, 
Center for Security Policy
    Panel II: Jeff Vogt, Esq., Global Economic Policy 
Specialist, AFL-CIO; Mr. Jonathan Sohn, Senior Associate, World 
Resources Institute; Tim Kane, Ph.D., Director, Center for 
International Trade and Economics, The Heritage Foundation
    June 13th--The United States-South Korea FTA: The Foreign 
Policy Implications--The Honorable Karan K. Bhatia, Deputy 
Representative, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative; The Honorable Christopher R. Hill, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    June 21st--TNT Markup--H.R. 2798, the Overseas Private 
Investment Privatization Reauthorization Act of 2007.
    July 26th--Exports Controls: Are We Protecting Security and 
Facilitating Exports?
    Panel I: The Honorable Christopher A. Padilla, Assistant 
Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce; The Honorable Stephen D. 
Mull, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military 
Affairs U.S. Department of State; Mrs. Beth M. McCormick, 
Acting Director , Defense Technology Security Administration, 
U.S. Department of Defense
    Panel II: Ms. Ann Marie Calvaresi Barr, Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office
    Panel III: Mr. John W. Douglass, President and CEO, 
Aerospace Industries Association of America; Mr. Will Lowell, 
Managing Director, Lowell Defense Trade, LLC (Former Director, 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of 
State)

2008

    April 24th--U.S. Export Promotion Strategy--
    Panel I: The Honorable Israel Hernandez, Assistant 
Secretary for Trade Promotion, U.S. Department of Commerce
    Panel II: James Morrison, Ph.D., President, Small Business 
Exporters Association of the United States, Mr. Franklin J. 
Vargo, Vice President for International Economic Affairs, 
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM); Ms. Thea M. Lee, 
Policy Director, AFL-CIO; Ms. Daniella Markheim, Jay Van Andel 
Senior Trade Policy Analyst; Center for International Trade and 
Economics, The Heritage Foundation
    May 20th--Export Compliance: Ensuring Safety, Increasing 
Efficiency--
    Panel I: Matthew S. Borman, Esq., Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce; Todd Owen, Executive 
Director, Office of Cargo and Conveyance Security, U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    Panel II: Mark Menefee, Esq., Counsel, Baker & McKenzie; 
Mr. Peter H. Powell, Sr., Senior Counselor, National Customs 
Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc.; Arthur 
Shulman, Esq., General Counsel, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear 
Arms Control
    June 19th--Genetics and other Human Modification 
Technologies: Sensible International Regulation or a New Kind 
of Arms Race--Paul R. Billings M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief 
Executive Officer, Cellpoint Diagnostics, Inc.; Jamie F. Metzl, 
Ph.D, Executive Vice President, Asia Society; Nigel M. de S. 
Cameron, Ph.D., President and Co-founder, Institute on 
Biotechnology and the Human Future; Richard Hayes, Ph.D., 
Executive Director , Center for Genetics and Society
    July 17th--Aiding American Businesses Abroad: Government 
Action to Help Beleaguered American Firms and Investors--
    Panel I: The Honorable Israel Hernandez, Assistant 
Secretary for Trade Promotion and Director General of the U.S. 
and Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Mr. David D. 
Nelson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Alan Tonelson, Research Fellow, The U.S. 
Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation; Ms. Jonna 
Bianco, President, American Bondholders Foundation, LLC; Ms. 
Nancy Weinstein, CEO and Founder, Nancy's Lifestyles
    July 24th--Saving the NPT and the Nonproliferation Regime 
in an Era of Nuclear Renaissance--Graham Allison, Ph.D., 
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Pierre 
Goldschmidt, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace; Orde Kittrie, Esq., Professor, Sandra Day 
O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University; Mr. Jack 
Spencer, Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic 
Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
    July 31st--Foreign Aid and the Fight Against Terrorism and 
Proliferation: Leveraging Foreign Aid to Achieve U.S. Policy 
Goals--
    Panel I: The Honorable Dell L. Dailey, Ambassador-at-Large, 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State; Ms. 
Patricia McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department 
of State
    Panel II: Mr. Steven Emerson, Executive Director, The 
Investigative Project on Terrorism; Mr. Douglas Farah, Senior 
Investigator, Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation Senior 
Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center

               H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere


2007

    March 1st--U.S. Policy Toward Latin America--
    Panel I: The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Peter Hakim, President, Inter-American 
Dialogue; Arturo Valenzuela, Ph.D., Director of the Center for 
Latin American Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign 
Service at Georgetown University, Former Senior Director for 
Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council; Mr. 
Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas
    March 8th--Polling Data on Latin America Opinion of U.S. 
Policies, Values and People--Joint with Subcommittee on the 
International Operations, Human Rights and Oversight--Mr. John 
Zogby, President, Zogby International
    March 13th--Haiti's Development Needs--
    Panel I: Mr. Wyclef Jean, Artist, Founder of Yele Haiti
    Panel II: The Honorable Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. 
Agency for International Development
    March 28th--Poverty and Inequality in the Americas: The 
Unaddressed Problem--Nancy Birdsall, Ph.D., President, Center 
for Global Development; Ms. Joy Olson, Executive Director, 
Washington Office on Latin America; Mr. Ben Powell, Managing 
Partner, Agora Partnerships
    April 24th--U.S.-Colombia Relations--
    Panel I: The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Member of 
Congress, Former Speaker of the House, U.S. House of 
Representatives
    Panel II: The Honorable Anne W. Patterson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable 
Charles Shapiro, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Panel III: His Excellency Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, 
Senior Fellow on International Policy, Phelps Stokes Fund, 
Former Governor of Choco, Colombia; Maria McFarland Sanchez-
Moreno, Esq., Principal Researcher and Specialist on Colombia, 
Human Rights Watch; The Honorable Mark Schneider, Senior Vice 
President, Special Adviser on Latin America, International 
Crisis Group; The Honorable Robert Charles, President, The 
Charles Group, LLC, Former Assistant Secretary for the Bureau 
of International Narcotics and Law
    June 26th--Violence in Central America--
    Briefers: His Excellency Jose Guillermo Castillo 
Villacorta, Ambassador of Guatemala; His Excellency Roberto 
Flores Bermudez, Ambassador of Honduras
    Witnesses: Ms. Lainie Reisman, Director, Inter-American 
Coalition for the Prevention of Violence; Mr. Geoff Thale, 
Program Director, Washington Office on Latin America; Roy 
Godson, Ph.D., President, National Strategy Information Center, 
Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University
    July 24th--Deportees in Latin America and the Caribbean--
    Witnesses: Mr. Gary Mead, Assistant Director for 
Management, Office of Detention and Removal Operations, Bureau 
of U.S. Immigration and Customs Management, U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security; The Honorable Charles Shapiro, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Briefers: Nestor Rodriguez, Ph.D. , Chairman, Department of 
Sociology, University of Houston; Annmarie Barnes, Ph.D., Chief 
Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Jamaica; Ms. 
Maureen Achieng, Chief of Mission for Haiti, International 
Organization for Migration; Allison Parker, Esq., Senior 
Researcher, United States Program, Human Rights Watch; Marsha 
L. Garst, Esq., Commonwealth's Attorney, Rockingham County, 
Virginia
    September 19th--U.S.-Brazil Relations and MARK UP--Mr. 
Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars; Stanley Gacek, Esq., 
Associate Director of the International Department, AFL-CIO; 
Mr. Joel Velasco, Managing Director, Stonebridge International 
LLC; Mr. Mark Smith, Managing Director for Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
          H. Res. 651, Recognizing the warm friendship and 
        expanding strategic relationship between the United 
        States and Brazil, commending Brazil on successfully 
        reducing its dependence on oil by finding alternative 
        ways to satisfy its energy needs, and recognizing the 
        importance of the March 9, 2007, United States-Brazil 
        Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on biofuels 
        cooperation.
    October 2nd--Leveraging Remittances for Families and 
Communities--
    Panel I: The Honorable Paul J. Bonicelli, Ph.D., Assistant, 
Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. 
Agency for International Development
    Panel II: Manuel Orozco, Ph.D., Senior Associate, 
Remittances and Development Program, Inter-American Dialogue; 
Mr. Ernesto Armenteros, Chief Executive Officer, Grupo 
Quisqueyana; Mr. Kai Schmitz, Executive Vice President and 
Chief Operating Officer, Microfinance International Corporation
    October 25th--U.S. Security Assistance to Mexico--
    Panel I: Mr. Jess T. Ford, Director, International Affairs 
and Trade Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office
    Panel II: The Honorable James R. Jones, Partner, Manatt, 
Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1993-
1997), Former Member of Congress; John J. Bailey, Ph.D., 
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown 
University; Ms. Joy Olson, Executive Director, Washington 
Office on Latin America; Mr. Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup, 
Director, Mexico Project, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies

2008

    February 7th--U.S. Obligations under the Merida 
Initiative--The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; The Honorable Scott Burns, Deputy 
Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; 
The Honorable Marisa R. Lino, Assistant Secretary, Office of 
Policy/International Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security, Former U.S. Ambassador; The Honorable William J. 
Hoover, Assistant Director, Office of Field Operations, Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Department 
of Justice; Mr. Anthony P. Placido, Assistant Administrator and 
Chief of Intelligence, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. 
Department of Justice;
    Mr. Kenneth W. Kaiser, Assistant Director, Criminal 
Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. 
Department of Justice
    March 5th With Castro Stepping Down, What's Next for Cuba 
and the Western Hemisphere?--
    Panel I: The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Susan Kaufmann Purcell, Ph.D., Director, Center 
for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Marifeli Perez-
Stable, Ph.D., Vice President for Democratic Governance, Inter-
American Dialogue; Mr. Christopher Sabatini, Senior Director 
for Policy, Council of the Americas; Ms. Nancy Menges, Editor 
in Chief of the Americas Report, Menges Hemispheric Security 
Project, Center for Security Policy
    April 10th--Crisis in the Andes: The Border Dispute Between 
Colombia and Ecuador, and Implications for the Region
    Briefer: His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary 
General, Organization of American States
    Witnesses: Julia E. Sweig, Ph.D., Nelson and David 
Rockefeller Senior Fellow, Director for Latin America Studies, 
Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Michael Shifter, Vice 
President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue; Ray Walser, 
Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America, Douglas and 
Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage 
Foundation
    May 8th--Central America and the Merida Initiative--
    Panel I: The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Geoff Thale, Program Director, Washington 
Office on Latin America; Mr. Harold Sibaja, Regional Director, 
Alliance for Prevention, Creative Associates International, 
Inc.; Ms. Beatriz C. Casals, President and CEO, Casals & 
Associates, Inc.
    June 11th--The New Challenge: China and the Western 
Hemisphere--Mr. Daniel P. Erikson, Senior Associate for U.S. 
Policy, Director of Caribbean Programs, Inter-American 
Dialogue; R. Evan Ellis, Ph.D., Associate, Adjunct Professor of 
International Studies, University of Miami; Francisco E. 
Gonzalez, Ph.D., Riordan Roett Assistant Professor of Latin 
American Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced 
International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
    July 17th--Venezuela: Looking Ahead--
    Panel I: The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State
    Panel II: Javier Corrales, Ph.D., Associate Professor, 
Department of Political Science, Amherst College; David Myers, 
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 
Pennsylvania State University; Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D., Adjunct 
Professor of Statecraft, The Institute of World Politics, 
President, Institute for Global Economic Growth; Jennifer L. 
McCoy, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Georgia State 
University Director, Americas Program, The Carter Center
    July 31st--Energy in the Americas--
    Panel I: The Honorable Daniel S. Sullivan, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State
    Panel II: Mr. Jeremy Martin, Director, Energy Program, 
Institute of the Americas; Johanna Mendelson Forman, Ph.D., 
Senior Associate, Center for Strategic & International Studies; 
Mr. James L. Martin, Chairman, National Defense Council 
Foundation
    September 16th--Foreign Assistance in the Americas--
    Panel I: The Honorable Robert Menendez, United States 
Senate
    Panel II: The Honorable Mark Schneider, Senior Vice 
President, Special Adviser on Latin America International 
Crisis Group, Former Director of the Peace Corps, 1999-2001; 
Nancy Birdsall, Ph.D., President, Center for Global 
Development; Eric Werker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Business, 
Government and the International Economy Unit, Harvard Business 
School
    September 23rd--The Hurricanes in Haiti: Disaster and 
Recovery
    Panel I: The Honorable Maxine Waters, United States House 
of Representatives; The Honorable Alcee L. Hastings, United 
States House of Representatives; The Honorable Barbara Lee, 
United States House of Representatives; The Honorable Kendrick 
B. Meek, United States House of Representatives; The Honorable 
Yvette D. Clarke, United States House of Representatives; The 
Honorable Donna F. Edwards, United States House of 
Representatives
    Panel II: Ms. Kirsten D. Madison, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; Mr. Jose R. Cardenas, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, U.S. Agency 
for International Development; Rear Admiral Joseph D. Kernan, 
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, U.S. 4th Fleet
    Panel III: Mathieu Eugene, Ph.D., Member, New York City 
Council

                          H. Protocol Meetings


           LIST OF COMMITTEE-HOSTED DIGNITARY MEETINGS--2007

    Members Meeting with meeting with His Excellency Juan 
Manuel Santos, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Colombia, 
Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 1:00 p.m., Room H-139 of The 
Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-
General of the United Nations, Wednesday, January 17, 2007, 
8:30 a.m., Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit, 
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, and Maj. General Omar 
Mahmoud Soliman, Chief of Egyptian General Intelligence 
Service, Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 11:00 a.m., Rm H-139, The 
Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Abdullah Gul, Foreign 
Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Wednesday, 
February 7, 2007, 3:00 p.m., Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Valdas Adamkus, 
President of the Republic of Lithuania, Monday, February 12, 
2007, 5:00 p.m., Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 
President of Liberia, Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 2:00 p.m., in 
Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with Her Excellency Tzipi Livni, M.K., Vice 
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of 
Israel, Wednesday, March 14, 2007, 1:30 p.m., in Room H-139 of 
The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Klaus Scharioth, 
Ambassador of Germany, and His Excellency John Bruton, Head of 
the Delegation of the European Commission, February 13, 2007, 
9:30-10:30 a.m., Room 2200 of the Rayburn Building.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Javier Solana 
Madariaga, High Representative for the Common Foreign and 
Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the 
European Union (EU), Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 3:30 to 4:30 
p.m., Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
    Members Meeting with The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., 
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State, Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 5:00 to 
6:00 p.m., Room 2173 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Luis Alberto Moreno, 
President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 
Thursday, May 24, 2007, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in the 
Judiciary Committee Library, Room 2148, Rayburn House Office 
Building.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Alvaro Uribe Velez, 
President of the Republic of Colombia, Wednesday, May 2, 2007, 
12:00 Noon, Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Rene Preval, President 
of the Republic of Haiti, 9:00 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2007, 
Room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Eduardo Stein Barillas, 
Vice President of Guatemala, Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 4:30 p.m. 
to 5:30 p.m., Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-
Salem Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign 
Affairs of the State of Kuwait, Thursday, May 24, 2007, 9:30 
a.m., Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with 12 Members of the British House of 
Commons Defence Committee, Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 3:00 to 4:00 
p.m., in Room H-139 of the Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Khurshid M. Kasuri, 
Foreign Minister of Pakistan, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, 
2007, in Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with numerous Caribbean Heads of State and 
Government and their Foreign Ministers (CARICOM Meeting), 
Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 2172 of 
the Rayburn House Office Building.
    Members Meeting between the House Foreign Affairs Committee 
and the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian 
Federation, June 21, 2007, Room 2172 of the Rayburn Building: 
Morning session, 10:00 to 12:00 Noon, (open to the press, 
ambassadors of the EU and NATO, and all other interested 
observers) followed by a private Members meeting from 12:00-
4:00.
    Members Luncheon Meeting with the President of Estonia, His 
Excellency Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Tuesday, June 26, 2007, 12:30-
1:30 p.m., Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit, 
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 
5:00 p.m., in Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with Members of the NATO Parliamentary 
Assembly's (NPA) Political Subcommittee on Transatlantic 
Relations (PCTR), Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 3:00-5:15 p.m., in 
2172 of the Rayburn Building, followed by reception, 5:30-6:30 
p.m., Room 2200 of the Rayburn Building (open to all Committee 
Members).
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-
General of the United Nations, Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at 9:30 
a.m., in Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Arlindo Chinaglia, 
President of Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and member of 
Worker's Party of Brazil, Thursday, July 19, 2007, 3:00 to 4:00 
p.m., in Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Bernard Kouchner, 
Foreign Minister of the French Republic, Thursday, September 
20, 2007, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., in Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Festus G. Mogae, 
President of the Democratic Republic of Botswana, 9:00 a.m., 
Thursday, September 20, 2007, in Room 2200 of the Rayburn House 
Office Building.
    Members Meeting with 13 members of the British House of 
Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee, Thursday, October 18, 2007, 
8:30 to 9:30 a.m., in Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office 
Building.
    Members Meeting with 11 members of the Foreign Affairs 
Committee of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands' 
Parliament, Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., in 
Room H-139 of the Capitol.
    Members Meeting with His Excellency Yanus Qanooni, Speaker 
of the Wolesi Jirga of Afghanistan, which is the lower house of 
the Afghan Parliament, Thursday, October 25, 2007, at 11:45 
a.m., in Room H-139 of The Capitol.
    Members Meeting with the Chairman and Members of the United 
States Commission on Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of 
People (HELP Commission), Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 2:00 p.m. 
to 3:30 p.m., in Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office 
Building.

           LIST OF COMMITTEE-HOSTED DIGNITARY MEETINGS--2008

    Members Meeting with Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, 
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, H-139, The Capitol
    Members Meeting with H.E. Salam Fayyad, Thursday, February 
14, 2008, H-139, The Capitol
    Members Meeting with H.E. Dora Bakoyannis, Thursday, 
February 14, 2008, H-139, The Capitol
    Members Mtg. with King Abdullah II of Jordan, Wednesday, 
March 5, 2008, H-207 (Rayburn Room), Capitol
    Members Mtg. w. People's Assembly of Egypt Parliament, 
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, H-139 The Capitol
    Mbrs. Breakfast with Sec. of Defense Gates. March 6, 2008, 
2200 Rayburn HOB
    Mbrs. Meeting with Ambassador Barco of Colombia, March 6, 
2008, 2200 Rayburn HOB
    Mbrs. Meeting with Foreign Minister Livni of Israel, March 
11, 2008, H-139, The Capitol
    Members Mtg. w Amb. Luis Gallegos of Ecuador, March 11, 
2008, 2200 Rayburn HOB
    Mbrs. Meeting for Vietnamese Delegation TEA, March 12, 
2008, H-139 The Capitol
    Members Meeting with Estonian Parliamentarians, Tuesday, 
April 1, 2008, 2255 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Foreign Minister Gheit of Egypt, 
Thursday, April 17, 2008, H-139, The Capitol
    Members Meeting w. President Zatlers of Latvia, Thursday, 
April 24, 2008, H-139 The Capitol
    Members Meeting w. Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, May 13, 
2008, 2173 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting with Robert Zoellick of World Bank, May 14, 
2008, 2200 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Norwegian Foreign Affairs Committee, May 
15, 2008, 2200 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Prime Minister of Kurdistan Reg. Govt., 
May 20, 2008, 2255 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting with Speaker, Latvian Parliament, June 3, 
2008, H-139 The Capitol
    Members Meeting w. Iraqi Council of Representatives, June 
4, 2008, 2255 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Speaker of Nigerian House of 
Representatives., June 4, 2008, 2255 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan, June 
4, 2008, H-139 The Capitol
    Members Meeting with Global Security Forum, June 11, 2008, 
2200 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Prime Minister Stanishev of Bulgaria, 
June 18, 2008, 2200 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari, June 18, 
2008, H-139 The Capitol
    Members Meeting w. French & EU Ambassadors, June 19, 2008, 
2200 Rayburn HOB
    Members Meeting w. Colombian Foreign & Trade Ministers, 
September 18, 2008, H-139 The Capitol
    Javier Solana of EU Mtg. w. Berman/Ros-Lehtinen, September 
18, 2008, 2173 Rayburn HOB
    U.S.-Indian Friendship Reception, September 23, 2008, 2172 
Rayburn HOB
    Salzburg Global Seminar Breakfast Meeting, November 19, 
2008, 2200 Rayburn HOB
                               APPENDIX I

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  WITNESSES BEFORE FULL COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES DURING THE 109TH 
                                CONGRESS

    During the 110th Congress, the Full Committee and its 
subcommittees took testimony from witnesses in legislative and 
consultative hearings. Witnesses were drawn from the executive 
branch, Members of Congress, and private citizens with 
particular expertise. In addition, the full committee and 
subcommittees received distinguished visitors from other 
countries.
2007
Abdulkadir, Fowsia--10/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Achieng, Maureen--7/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Ading, Jack--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Albright, David--3/15/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Albright, David--6/27/2007 (Middle East/Terrorism, 
        Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Albright, Madeleine--1/17/2007 (Full Committee)
Anjain-Maddison, Abacca--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Arar, Maher--10/18/2007 (Oversight /Judiciary)
Armenteros, Ernesto--10/2/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Asher, David L.--4/18/2007 (TNT/Financial Services)
Bailey, John J.--10/25/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Balton, David A.--7/17/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Baran, Zeyno--7/25/2007 (Full Committee)
Bardach, Ann Louise--11/15/2007 (Oversight)
Barnes, Annmarie--7/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Barno, David--2/15/2007 (Full Committee)
Barr, Ann Marie Calvaresi--7/26/2007 (Terrorism, 
        Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Batiste, John--6/27/2007 (Full Committee)
Batiste, John--9/5/2007 (Full Committee/Armed Services)
Bellows, Katherine S.--6/29/2007 (Oversight/Education and 
        Labor)
Benjamin, Barnaba--1/24/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Benjermin, Daniel--10/18/2007 (Oversight /Judiciary)
Bent, Rodney--6/28/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Bent, Rodney G.--7/26/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Bergen, Peter--2/15/2007 (Full Committee)
Beriye, Walleligne A.--10/9/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Berman, Ilan--10/23/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Berman, Ilan--3/15/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Bermudez, Roberto Flores--6/26/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Bhatia, Karen K.--6/13/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Birdsall, Nancy--3/28/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Blaya, Joaquin F.--5/16/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Blum, Jack--4/18/2007 (TNT/Financial Services)
Blumenauer, Earl--5/16/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Bolton, John--2/13/2007 (Full Committee)
Bonicelli, Paul J.--10/2/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Bonner, T.J.--7/31/2007 (Oversight)
Botsford, David L.--7/31/2007 (Oversight)
Boucher, Richard A.--3/7/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Bowen, Jr., Stuart W.--3/22/2007 (Overisght/Middle East and 
        South Asia)
Bowen, Stuart W. 5/22/2007 (Full Committee)
Brown, Laurence G. 6/19/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Burney, David G.--7/17/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Burns, Nicholas--3/6/2007 (Full Committee)
Burns, Nicholas--4/17/2007 (Full Committee)
Burns, R. Nicholas--11/14/2007 (Europe)
Byman, Daniel--3/15/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Caddock, Bantz J.--6/22/2007 (Full Committee)
Callahan, Michael J. 11/6/2007 (Full Committee)
Calzon, Frank--7/12/2007 (Oversight)
Carroll, Anthony--6/28/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Casale, Franklyn M.--10/18/2007 (Full Committee)
Challenor, Herschelle--3/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Chaouch, Adel--4/25/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Charles, Robert--4/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Charny, Joel R.--6/20/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Cheng-Hopkins, Judy--6/20/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Chiles, Lisa--10/17/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Chiles, Lisa--9/20/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Christensen, Thomas J.--3/27/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Christoff, James A.--6/13/2007 (Oversight)
Christoff, Joseph A.--5/9/2007 (Oversight)
Christoff, Joseph A.--7/18/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Cirincione, Joseph 5/10/2007 (Full Committee)
Clark, Redmond--10/30/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Claussen, Eileen--5/15/2007 (Full Committee)
Cohen, Ariel 3/22/2007 (Full Committee)
Cohen, David B.--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Cohn, Sharon--10/18/2007 (Full Committee)
Cole, David D.--10/18/2007 (Oversight /Judiciary)
Comras, Victor--4/18/2007 (TNT/Financial Services)
Connelly, John--7/17/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Conway, Kellyanne--3/22/2007 (Oversight/Europe)
Cordesman, Anthony H.--2/15/2007 (Full Committee)
Cordesman, Anthony H.--6/27/2007 (Full Committee)
Craner, Lorne W.--3/29/2007 (Full Committee)
Craner, Lorne W.--6/7/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Curtin, Jeremy--5/16/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Curtis, Lisa--3/21/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Curtis, Lisa--4/26/ 2007 (Oversight)
Curtis, Lisa--6/27/2007 (Middle East/Terrorism, 
        Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Cutler, Wendy--9/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Danin, Robert M.--12/12/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Daremblum, Jamie--6/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Daulaire, Nils--4/25/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Daulaire, Nils--9/25/2007 (Full Committee)
Davies, Glyn--3/15/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Davies, Glyn T.--8/1/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Davies, Glyn T.--9/20/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Dayton, Keith W.--5/23/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Deng, Luca Biong--1/24/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Deutch, John M--3/22/2007 (Full Committee)
Diringer, Elliot--7/11/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Do, Cong Thanh--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Dobbins, James--6/13/2007 (Oversight)
Dobbins, James--7/17/2007 (Full Committee)
Dobbs, Lou--3/28/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Dobriansky, Paula J.--3/13/2007 (Full Committee)
Donovan, Francis A.--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Douglas, John W.--7/26/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Dybul, Mark R.--10/9/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Dybul, Mark R.--3/21/2007 (, Africa and Global Health)
Dybul, Mark R.--4/24/2007 (Full Committee)
Eagleburger, Lawrence S.--6/14/2007 (Full Committee)
Eaton, Paul D.--3/26/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Edson, Stephen A. ``Tony''--5/24/2007 (Europe)
Ege, Karl--9/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Einterz, Robert--10/9/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Engel, Eliot L.--3/21/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Evans, David--5/24/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Evans, Jonathan--4/17/2007 (Oversight /Africa and Global 
        Health)
Evron, Jehuda--10/3/2007 (Europe)
Farnsworth, Eric--3/1/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Farrell, Thomas A.--5/16/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Farrell, Thomas A.--6/29/2007 (Oversight/Education and Labor)
Farrow, Mia--4/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Fata, Dan--3/15/2007 (Europe)
Fava, Claudio--4/17/2007 (Oversight/Africa and Global Health)
Fitzgerald, William E.--6/20/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Fitzpatrick, Mark--6/27/2007 (Middle East/Terrorism, 
        Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Fleetwood, Blake--11/15/2007 (Oversight)
Ford, Jess T.--10/25/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Ford, Jess T.--4/26/2007 (Oversight)
Franco, Adolfo A.--3/13/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Frazer, Jendayi--10/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Frazer, Jendayi--6/7/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Fredricksson, Lynn--5/10/2007 ((Oversight/Africa and Global 
        Health)
Freeman, Geoff--3/20/2007 (Oversight)
Fried, Daniel--3/15/2007 (Europe)
Fried, Daniel--5/3/2007 (Europe)
Fried, Daniel--6/22/2007 (Full Committee)
Gacek, Stanley--9/19/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Gadiel, Peter--3/20/2007 (Oversight)
Gaffney, Frank J.--5/24/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Garcia, Michael John--10/18/2007 (Oversight /Judiciary)
Gardiner, Nile--5/9/2007 (Oversight)
Garst, Marsha L.--7/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Gastright, John A.--8/1/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Gati, Charles--7/25/2007 (Full Committee)
Gause III, F. Gregory--9/18/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Gayle, Helene--9/25/2007 (Full Committee)
Gerberding, Julie L.--3/21/2007 (, Africa and Global Health)
Gere, Richard--3/14/2007 (Full Committee)
Gillespie, Duff G.--10/31/2007 (Full Committee)
Glaser, Daniel--4/18/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade/Financial Services)
Glenn, John K.--3/22/2007 (Oversight/Europe)
Glover, Danny--5/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Godson, Roy--6/26/2007 (Briefing and Hearing, Western 
        Hemisphere)
Gootnick, David--6/28/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Gootnick, David B.--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Gootnick, David B.--7/26/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Gordon, Philip H.--10/23/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Graham, Lindsey--9/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Groves, Steven--6/13/2007 (Oversight)
Guzman, Edwin--6/28/2007 (Oversight /Western Hemisphere /
        Education)
Gyari, Lodi G.--3/14/2007 (Full Committee)
Hakim, Peter--3/1/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Halperin, Morton H.--7/12/2007 (Oversight)
Hamilton, Lee--1/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Hammink, William P.--5/24/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Hamzawy, Amr--6/14/2007 (Oversight)
Haqqani, Husain--3/21/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Hari, Daoud I.--6/20/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Harnish III, Reno--10/30/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Harty, Maura--7/11/2007 (Full Committee)
Haslach, Patricia--9/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Hastert, J. Dennis--4/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Hastings, Alcee--3/28/2007 (Europe)
Hayes, Stephen--7/12/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Hearst, Norman--9/25/2007 (Full Committee)
Hernandez, Arturo V.--11/15/2007 (Oversight)
Hess, Michael E.--7/18/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Hess, Michael E.--8/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Hill, Christopher R.--10/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Hill, Christopher R.--2/28/2007 (Full Committee)
Hill, Christopher R.--6/13/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
        and Trade)
Hill, Kent R.--3/21/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Hills, Carla A.--3/28/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Hirschberg, D. Jeffrey--5/16/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Hitz, Frederick P.--10/18/2007(Oversight /Judiciary)
Hoang, Duy (Dan)--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Holbrooke, Richard C.--2/28/2007 (Full Committee)
Holbrooke, Richard C.--9/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Honda, Michael M.--2/15/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Indyk, Martin S.--2/14/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Jacobson, Michael--6/20/2007 (Europe)
Jarrar, Raed--12/19/2007 (Oversight)
Jean, Wyclef--3/13/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Jhirad, John--5/15/2007 (Full Committee)
John, Eric G.--8/1/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Johnson, David T.--11/14/2007 (Full Committee)
Johnson, Marlene--6/29/2007 (Oversight/Education and Labor)
Juma, Calestous--7/18/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Kaba, Lansine--3/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Kagan, Fredrick W.--2/28/2007 (Full Committee)
Kagan, Fredrick W.--6/27/2007 (Full Committee)
Kagia, Jean--10/31/2007 (Full Committee)
Kane, Tim--5/24/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Kashkett, Steve--6/19/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Katzman, Kenneth--12/19/2007 (Oversight)
Katzman, Kenneth--5/9/2007 (Oversight)
Keane, John M.--9/5/2007 (Full Committee/Armed Services)
Kennedy, J. Christian--10/3/2007 (Europe)
Kennedy, J. Christian--3/28/2007 (Europe)
Kim, Koon Ja--2/15/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Kirk, Mark Steven--2/15/2007 (Full Committee)
Kirk, Mark Steven--8/1/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Koh, Harold Hongju--3/29/2007 (Full Committee)
Kohut, Andrew--3/14/2007 (Oversight)
Kornbluh, Peter--11/15/2007 (Oversight)
Kotler, Mindy--2/15/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Kovalik, Daniel--6/28/2007 (Oversight/Western Hemisphere/
        Education)
Kuhlmann,Katrin--7/12/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Kull, Steven--3/6/2007 (Oversight)
Kull, Steven--5/17/2007 (Oversight)
Lassen, Susan--4/25/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Lazzari, Stefano--4/25/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Lee, Thea--3/28/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Lee, Yong Soo--2/15/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Lefkowitz, Jay--3/1/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Levitt, Matthew--3/15/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Lilley, James--1/18/2007 (Full Committee)
Lippman, Thomas W.--6/14/2007 (Oversight)
Liser, Florizelle--7/12/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Lochery, Peter--5/16/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Lofgren, Zoe--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Lopes, Yvette Pena--3/28/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Lowell, Will--7/26/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Lowenkron, Barry F.--5/2/2007 (Oversight)
Lowey, Nita M.--10/18/2007 (Full Committee)
Ludford, Sarah--4/17/2007 (Oversight/Global Health)
Makovsky, David--2/14/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Malinowski, Thomas--6/14/2007 (Oversight)
Mann, Steven R.--8/1/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Manning, James--6/29/2007 (Oversight/Education and Labor)
Marciel, Scot--10/17/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Marciel, Scot--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Mazengo, Zipora--10/18/2007 (Full Committee)
McCormick, Beth M.--7/26/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
McElveen-Hunter, Bonnie--3/14/2007 (Full Committee)
McEwan, Elena--3/21/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
McFarland, Maria--6/28/2007 (Oversight/Western Hemisphere/
        Education and Labor)
Mcfaul, Michael--5/17/2007 (Full Committee)
McGann, Steven--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
McMurray, Claudia--5/16/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
McNerney, Patricia--4/18/2007 (TNT/Financial Services)
McPherson, Peter--7/18/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Mead, Gary--7/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Melillo, Jerry M.--6/29/2007 (Oversight/Education and Labor)
Melito, Thomas--5/24/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Merin, Charles--3/20/2007 (Oversight)
Mideksa, Bertukan--10/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Milani, Abbas--1/31/2007 (Full Committee)
Mitchell, George--2/13/2007 (Full Committee)
Mizroch, John--10/30/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Moehler, Devra Coren--3/28/2007 (Oversight/Africa and Global 
        Health)
Montgomery, David--5/15/2007 (Full Committee)
Morris, Malcolm S.--5/16/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Mosbacher, Robert--5/24/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Moskovic, Alex--10/3/2007 (Europe)
Mukherjee, Joia Stapleton--9/25/2007 (Full Committee)
Mukherjee, McEwan--3/21/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Mull, Stephen D.--7/26/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Mull, Stephen D.--8/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Musgrave, Marilyn N.--10/18/2007 (Full Committee)
Natsios, Andrew--2/8/2007 (Full Committee)
Nega, Berhanu--10/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Negroponte, John D.--11/7/2007 (Full Committee)
Negroponte, John D.--5/1/2007 (Full Committee)
Nenninger, Roseanne--11/15/2007 (Oversight)
Nerquaye-Tetteh, Joana--10/31/2007 (Full Committee)
Ngwenya, Sindiso--7/12/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
North, Walter--3/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
North, Walter--5/16/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Nunn, Sam--5/10/2007 (Full Committee)
Nyang, Sulayman S.--5/10/2007 (Oversight/Africa and Global 
        Health)
O'Herne, Jan Ruff--2/15/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Oji, Ejike--10/31/2007 (Full Committee)
Okumu, Wafula--8/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Olcott, Martha Brill--6/14/2007 (Oversight)
Olson, Joy--10/25/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Olson, Joy--3/28/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Orozco, Manuel--10/2/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Packer, George--3/26/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Padilla, Christopher A.--7/26/2007 (Terrorism, 
        Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Parker, Allison--7/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Patterson, Anne W.--4/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Paul, Scott N.--3/28/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Perry, William--1/18/2007 (Full Committee)
Perry, William J.--9/5/2007 (Full Committee/Armed Services)
Peschard-Sverdrup, Armand B.--10/25/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Pham, J. Peter--10/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Pham, J. Peter--5/10/2007 (Oversight/Africa and Global Health)
Pham, J. Peter--8/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Phillips, James--6/20/2007 (Europe)
Pickering, Thomas R.--1/11/2007 (Full Committee)
Piontkovsky, Andrei--10/30/2007 (Full Committee)
Pipes, Daniel--2/14/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Plasman, James H.--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Pollack, David--5/3/2007 (Oversight/Middle East and South Asia)
Porter, Kathryn Cameron--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Porter, Neal--6/20/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Powell, Ben--3/28/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Prendergast, John--4/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Puri, Sanjay--10/30/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Radelet, Steven--6/28/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Ralston, Joseph W.--3/15/2007 (Europe)
Ramirez, Francisco--6/28/2007 (Oversight/Western Hemisphere/
        Education)
Raviglione, Mario--3/21/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Rechter, Leo--3/28/2007 (Europe)
Reich, Otto J.--6/28/2007 (Oversight/Western Hemisphere/
        Education and Labor)
Reilly, Annemarie--10/9/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Reilly, Annemarie--5/24/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Reisman, Lainie--6/26/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Rice, Condoleezza--1/11/2007 (Full Committee)
Rice, Condoleezza--10/24/2007 (Full Committee)
Rice, Condoleezza--2/7/2007 (Full Committee)
Richard, Anne C.--6/20/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Richardson, Sophie--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Ritzmann, Alexander--6/20/2007 (Europe)
Roach, Kent--10/18/2007 (Oversight/Judiciary)
Robinson, Roger W.--4/18/2007 (TNT/Financial Services)
Rodriguez, Nestor--7/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Romanowski, Alina L.--5/16/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Rood, John C.--5/3/2007 (Europe)
Rosenzweig, Paul--7/11/2007 (Full Committee)
Ross, Dennis--12/5/2007 (Full Committee)
Ross, Dennis--7/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Rubin, Jack--10/3/2007 (Europe)
Rubin, Michael--7/17/2007 (Full Committee)
Rubin, Michael--12/19/2007 (Oversight)
Sacher, Howard M.--5/8/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Sales, Nathan A.--5/24/2007 (Europe)
Saliba, Issam Michael--12/19/2007 (Oversight)
Saliba, Issam Michael--7/18/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Salum Ali, Amina--5/16/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Sanchez, Loretta--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Sanchez-Moreno, Maria McFarland--4/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Sarah (alias)--3/26/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Satter, David--5/17/2007 (Full Committee)
Satterfield, David--3/22/2007 (Oversight/Middle East and South 
        Asia)
Sauerbrey, Ellen--3/26/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Schaecter, David--3/28/2007 (Europe)
Scheuer, Michael F.--4/17/2007 (Oversight/Africa and Global 
        Health)
Schmitz, Kai--10/2/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Schneider, Mark--10/4/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Schneider, Mark--4/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Schweich, Thomas--10/4/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Scott, George--6/29/2007 (Oversight/Education and Labor)
Sestanovich, Stephen--5/17/2007 (Full Committee)
Shafiq, Tariq--7/18/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Shailor, Barbara--10/18/2007 (Full Committee)
Shannon, Jr., Thomas A.--11/14/2007 (Full Committee)
Shannon, Thomas A.--3/1/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Shapiro, Charles--4/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Shapiro, Charles--7/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Shapiro, Charles S.--7/31/2007 (Oversight)
Shapiro, Paul--3/28/2007 (Europe)
Shattuck, John--3/29/2007 (Full Committee)
Shifter, Michael--6/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Shilling, Kurt--8/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Simon, John A.--10/30/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Simon, Steven--7/17/2007 (Full Committee)
Simons, Paul E.--4/18/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade/Financial Services)
Sletzinger, Martin--7/25/2007 (Full Committee)
Smith, Christopher--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Smith, Julianne--4/17/2007 (Oversight/Africa and Global Health)
Smith, Mark--9/19/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Smith, Peter H.--6/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Snyder, Charles R.--12/12/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Soh, Ok Cha--2/15/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Sohn, Jonathan--5/24/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade)
Sokolski, Henry D.--5/10/2007 (Full Committee)
Sotero, Paulo--9/19/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Soyinka, Wole--6/7/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Staples, George M.--6/19/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Steelman, Sarah--4/18/2007 (TNT/Financial Services)
Szubin, Adam J.--4/18/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade/Financial Services)
Talbott, Strobe--10/30/2007 (Full Committee)
Taylor, Gideon--10/3/2007 (Europe)
Telhami, Shibley--5/8/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Thale, Geoff--6/26/2007 (Briefing and Hearing, Western 
        Hemisphere)
Thang, Nguyen Dinh--11/6/2007 (Oversight)
Thomas-Greenfield, Linda--3/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Thorning, Margo--7/11/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Tobias, Randall L.--3/8/2007 (Full Committee)
Ugaz, Cecilia--5/16/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Urrutia, Luis Gilberto Murillo--4/24/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Valenzuala, Arturo--3/1/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Vaughan, Jessica--6/29/2007 (Oversight/Education and Labor)
Velasco, Joel--9/19/2007 (Western Hemisphere)
Villacorta, Jose Guillermo Castillo--6/26/2007 (Western 
        Hemisphere)
Vogt, Jeff--5/24/2007 (Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade)
Waal, Alex de--4/19/2007 (Full Committee)
Walker, David M.--9/5/2007 (Full Committee)
Walker, David M. 10/31/2007 (Oversight)
Wamani, Enid--4/25/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Ward, Haskell S.--3/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Ward, Mark--12/12/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Ward, Mark--4/18/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Ward, Mark--5/23/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Watkins, Neil--5/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Watson, Harlan--7/11/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Weinbaum, Marvin G.--3/21/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Weisgall, Jonathan M.--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Welch, C. David--11/8/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Welch, C. David--4/18/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Welch, C. David--5/23/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Welch, C. David--6/6/2007 (Full Committee)
Welch, Gretchen--5/16/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Welsh, Bridget--10/17/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Whelan, Theresa M.--8/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Windsor, Jennifer L.--7/12/2007 (Oversight)
Winter, Roger--1/24/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Wirth, Timothy E.--2/13/2007 (Full Committee)
Wirth, Timothy E.--6/13/2007 (Oversight)
Wollack, Kenneth--6/7/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Wolosky, Lee S.--9/18/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Woodrum, Jeremy--10/17/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Woods, Emira--5/22/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Woolsey, Jr., R. James--1/11/2007 (Full Committee)
Wurmser, David--12/5/2007 (Full Committee)
Yamamura, Hiroshi--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Yang, Jerry--11/6/2007 (Full Committee)
Yergin, Daniel--3/22/2007 (Full Committee)
Yost, Michael W.--10/30/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment)
Younes, Kristele--3/26/2007 (Middle East and South Asia)
Zabludoff, Sidney--10/3/2007 (Europe)
Zackios, Gerald M.--7/25/2007 (Asia, the Pacific, and the 
        Global Environment)
Zia-Zarifi, Sam--10/2/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Ziemer, Timothy--4/25/2007 (Africa and Global Health)
Zogby, James--5/3/2007 (Oversight/Middle East and South Asia)
Zogby, John--3/8/2007 (Oversight/Western Hemisphere)

2008

Abraham, Stephen Lt. Colonel--5/20/2008 (Oversight)
Al-Jaberi, Nadeem--6/4/2008 (Oversight)
Allawi, Ayad--7/23/2008 (Oversight)
Allison, Graham--7/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Alterman, Jon--6/5/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Al-Ulayyan, Khalaf--6/4/2008 (Oversight)
Amiri, Rina--5/15/2008 (Oversight)
Andersen, Walter--6/5/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Andrews, Thomas--5/20/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Arvizu, Alexander--4/23/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Arvizu, Alexander--6/12/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Stephenson, John--9/17/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Arzola, Marlene--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Atwood, Brian--4/24/2008 (Oversight)
Atwood, Brian--6/25/2008 (Full Committee)
Babu, Suresh--5/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Bailey, Norman--7/17/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Bardaji, H.E. Rafael--7/9/2008 (Europe)
Barno, David--4/2/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Barth, Richard--5/14/2008 (Europe)
Bellinger, John--6/10/2008 (Oversight)
Bianco, Jonna--7/17/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Bigombe, Betty--5/15/2008 (Oversight)
Billings, Paul--6/19/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Birdsall, Nancy--9/16/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Blumenauer, Earl--5/1/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Borman, Matthew--5/20/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Boucher, Richard--4/8/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Brainard, Lael--4/23/2008 (Full Committee)
Brimmer, Esther--6/11/2008 (Oversight)
Brown, Anastasia--5/1/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Burns, Scott--2/7/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Burns, William--7/9/2008 (Full Committee)
Butler, Lawrence--3/11/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Cameron, Nigel--6/19/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Camp, Donald--9/16/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Campagna, Joel--2/22/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Cardenas, Jose--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Casals, Beartriz--5/8/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Casey, Lee--5/6/2008 (Oversight)
Castellon, Ninoska Perez--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Clarke, Yvette--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Clay, Philip--6/19/2008 (Oversight/Education)
Cohen, Stephen--6/25/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Corrales, Javier--7/17/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Crocker, Ryan--4/9/2008 (Full Committee)
Crouse, Janice--5/15/2008 (Oversight)
Curtis, Lisa--2/16/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Dailey, Dell--7/31/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Dalpino, Catharin--5/15/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
DeLauder, William--6/19/2008 (Oversight/Education)
Denbeaux, Mark--5/20/2008 (Oversight)
Dickinson, Laura--2/28/2008 (Oversight)
Donnelly, Thomas--11/19/2008 (Oversight)
Dybul, Mark--2/27/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Edson, Stephen--5/14/2008 (Europe)
Edson, Stephen ``Tony''--3/11/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Edwards, Donna--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Edwards, Mickey--3/13/2008 (Oversight)
Einhorn, Robert--6/12/2008 (Full Committee)
Eisendorf, Richard--2/22/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Elisaia, Feturi Ali'ioaiga--2/27/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Ellis, Evan--6/11/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Elsea, Jennifer--2/28/2008 (Oversight)
Emerson, Jo Ann--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Emerson, Steven--7/31/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Eran, H.E. Oded--7/9/2008 (Europe)
Erickson, Daniel--6/11/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Ervin, Clark Kent--6/5/2008 (Oversight/Judiciary)
Eugene, Mathieu--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Fair, Christine--2/16/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Farah, Douglas--7/31/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Farrow, Mia--2/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Fata, Daniel--4/23/2008 (Europe)
Fein, Bruce--4/10/2008 (Oversight)
Feltman, Jeffrey--4/17/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/TNT)
Feltman, Jeffrey--6/29/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Field, Major General Burton--9/16/2008 (Middle East and South 
        Asia)
Fine, Glenn--6/4/2008 (Oversight)
Fisher, Louis--4/10/2008 (Oversight)
Foley, James--3/11/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/Oversight)
Forman, Johanna Mendelson--7/31/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Fried, Daniel--3/12/2008 (Full Committee)
Fried, Daniel--4/23/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Fried, Daniel--6/18/2008 (Full Committee)
Fried, Daniel--9/9/2008 (Full Committee)
Frist, William--3/13/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Frum, David--6/11/2008 (Oversight)
Gardiner, Nile--7/9/2008 (Europe)
Geier, Philip--6/19/2008 (Oversight)
Gerberding, Julie--2/27/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Gilson, Elizabeth--5/6/2008 (Oversight)
Glaser, Daniel--4/17/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/TNT)
Glennon, Michael--2/8/2008 (Oversight)
Glennon, Michael--4/10/2008 (Oversight)
Goldschmidt, Pierre--7/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Gonzalez, Blanca--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Gonzalez, Francisco--6/11/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Gottlieb, Greg--3/11/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Gottlieb, Greg--5/20/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Gottlieb, Gregory--2/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Grimmett, Richard--4/24/2008 (Oversight)
Hammid, Ammar Abdul--4/24/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Hastings, Alcee--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Hathaway, Oona--11/19/2008 (Oversight)
Hathaway, Oona--2/8/2008 (Oversight)
Hathaway, Oona--3/4/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/Oversight)
Hayes, Richard--6/19/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Hernandez, Francisco--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Hernandez, Israel--4/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Hernandez, Israel--7/17/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Hibbard, Scott--6/11/2008 (Oversight)
Hill, Kent--2/27/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Hill, Kent--3/13/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Holbrooke, Richard--5/7/2008 (Full Committee)
Holdridge, David--5/1/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Hoover, William--2/7/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Horton, Scott--6/5/2008 (Oversight/Judiciary)
Hunt, Swanee--5/15/2008 (Oversight)
Indyk, Martin--4/24/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Insulza, Miguel--4/10/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Iriondo, Sylvia--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Jacobson, Kenneth--2/22/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Jarrar, Raed--11/19/2008 (Oversight)
Jianli, Yang--7/23/2008 (Full Committee)
Johnstone, Craig--2/26/2008 (Oversight)
Jones Jr., Walter--3/13/2008 (Oversight)
Jones, General James--5/7/2008 (Full Committee)
Jones, Seth--4/2/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Kagan, Fredrick--9/9/2008 (Full Committee)
Kaiser, Kenneth--2/7/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Katzman, Kenneth--1/23/2008 (Oversight/Middle East)
Katzman, Kenneth--6/4/2008 (Oversight)
Kernan, Rear Admiral Joseph--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Kiai, Maina--2/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Kittrie, Orde--7/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Kolbe, Jim--4/23/2008 (Full Committee)
Korb, Lawrence--3/4/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/Oversight)
Korin, Anne--5/22/2008 (Full Committee)
Kull, Steven--7/23/2008 (Oversight)
Kurnaz, Murat--5/20/2008 (Oversight)
Kurtzer, Daniel--5/14/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
LaHood, Ray--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Lampton, David--7/23/2008 (Full Committee)
Laudato, George--5/8/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Lee, Barbra--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Lee, Thea--4/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Less, Ian--7/9/2008 (Europe)
Lieberthanl, Kenneth--7/23/2008 (Full Committee)
Lino, Marisa--2/7/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Lobel, Jules--4/10/2008 (Oversight)
Long, Mary Beth--3/4/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Luft, Gal--5/21/2008 (Full Committee)
Lute, Jane Holl--4/2/2008 (Oversight)
Lyons, Gerard--5/21/2008 (Full Committee)
Macgregor, Douglas--2/8/2008 (Oversight)
MacLean, Emi--3/26/2008 (Oversight)
MacLean, Emi--5/6/2008 (Oversight)
Madison, Kristen--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Makovsky, Daniel--5/14/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Marciel, Scot--2/14/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Marciel, Scot--5/15/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Marciel, Scot--5/20/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Markey, Edward--6/12/2008 (Full Committee)
Markheim, Daniella--4/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Martin, James--7/31/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Martin, Jeremy--7/31/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Mason, Chuck--2/28/2008 (Oversight)
Matheson, Michael--1/23/2008 (Oversight/Middle East)
Matheson, Michael--11/19/2008 (Oversight)
Matheson, Michael--2/28/2008 (Oversight)
Matheson, Michael--2/8/2008 (Oversight)
Matheson, Michael--7/23/2008 (Oversight)
McCotter, Thaddeus--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
McCoy, Jennifer--7/17/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
McFaul, Michael--9/9/2008 (Full Committee)
McLean, Mora--5/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
McNerney, Patricia--7/31/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
McPherson, Peter--5/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
McPherson, Peter--6/25/2008 (Full Committee)
Meek, Kendrick--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Menefee, Mark--5/20/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Menendez, Robert--9/16/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Menges, Nancey--3/5/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Metangmo, Pierre-Marie--3/13/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Metzl, Jamie--6/19/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Miller, W. Kirk--2/14/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Mirer, Jeanne--5/15/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Mone, Michael--3/26/2008 (Oversight)
Mone, Michael--5/6/2008 (Oversight)
Montero-Diaz, Luisa--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Moore, Franklin--5/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Morrison, James--4/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Moses, Marlene--2/27/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Nakayama, Masao--2/27/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Ndungu, Njoki--2/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Nelson, David--7/17/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
North, David--6/19/2008 (Oversight/Education)
Ochako, Rachel--6/19/2008 (Oversight/Education)
Offenheiser, Raymond--4/23/2008 (Full Committee)
Okwaci, Rebecca Joshua--5/15/2008 (Oversight)
Oleskey, Stephen--5/6/2008 (Oversight)
Oot, David--3/13/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Owen, Todd--5/20/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Palacios, Hector--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Paul, Charles--2/27/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Perz-Stable, Marifeli--3/5/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Peters, Phillip--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Peterson, Anne--3/13/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Petraeus, David--4/9/2008 (Full Committee)
Phuong, Nguyen Thi Ngoc--5/15/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Pickering, Thomas--5/7/2008 (Full Committee)
Placido, Anthony--2/7/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Pletka, Danielle--7/23/2008 (Oversight)
Powell, Peter--5/20/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Purcell, Susan Kaufmann--3/5/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Radelet, Steven--4/23/2008 (Full Committee)
Rademaker, Stephen--3/13/2008 (Oversight)
Rademaker, Stephen--4/24/2008 (Oversight)
Raviglione, Mario--2/27/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Rice, Condoleezza--2/13/2008 (Full Committee)
Rodman, Peter--4/24/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Rood, John--6/12/2008 (Full Committee)
Roth, Kenneth--5/22/2008 (Oversight)
Rubin, Michael--1/23/2008 (Oversight/Middle East)
Ruggiero, Frank--9/16/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Sabatini, Christopher--3/5/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Saliba, Issam Michael--11/19/2008 (Oversight)
Sandalow, David--5/22/2008 (Full Committee)
Satterfield, David--3/4/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Saunders, Paul--5/22/2008 (Full Committee)
Schaffer, Teresita--6/5/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Schneider, Mark--4/2/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Schneider, Mark--9/16/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Scialabba, Lori--3/11/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/
        Oversight)
Scott, George--6/19/2008 (Oversight/Education)
Shannon, Thomas--2/7/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Shannon, Thomas--3/5/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Shannon, Thomas--5/8/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Shannon, Thomas--7/17/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Shattuck, John--5/22/2008 (Oversight)
Shifter, Michael--4/10/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Shivers, Mitchell--9/16/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Shulman, Arthur--5/20/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Sibaja, Harold--5/8/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Silverberg, Kristen--4/2/2008 (Oversight)
Skaggs, David--3/13/2008 (Oversight)
Skinner, Richard--6/5/2008 (Oversight/Judiciary)
Smith, Clive Stafford--5/20/2008 (Oversight)
Smith, Mason--2/27/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Sokolski, Henery--6/12/2008 (Full Committee)
Sosa, Ignacio--9/18/2008 (Oversight)
Spencer, Jack--7/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade)
Steinberg, Donald--5/15/2008 (Oversight)
Sullivan, Daniel--7/31/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Sulmasy, Glenn--5/20/2008 (Oversight)
Swan, James--2/6/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Sweig, Julia--4/10/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Takeyh, Ray--6/5/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Tellis, Ashley--2/16/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Thale, Geoff--5/8/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Tirman, John--6/11/2008 (Oversight)
Tonelson, Alan--7/17/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Torbay, Rabih--5/1/2008 (Middle East and South Asia/Oversight)
Truman, Edwin--5/21/2008 (Full Committee)
Tschannen, Rafiq--2/26/2008 (Oversight)
Turekian, Vaughan--5/15/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Vargo, Franklin--4/24/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Walley, Robert--3/13/2008 (Africa and Global Health)
Walser, Ray--4/10/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Waters, Maxine--9/23/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Watson, Harlan--2/27/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Wedgwood, Ruth--2/28/2008 (Oversight)
Wedgwood, Ruth--2/8/2008 (Oversight)
Weidman, Rick--5/15/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Weinstein, Nancy--7/17/2008 (Terrorism Nonproliferation and 
        Trade)
Welch, David--3/12/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Welch, David--5/8/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
Werker, Eric--9/16/2008 (Western Hemisphere)
Wieringa, Vice Admiral Jeffery--9/16/2008 (Middle East and 
        South Asia)
Willett, P. Sabin--5/20/2008 (Oversight)
Willett, Sabin--3/26/2008 (Oversight)
Williamson, Edwin--4/10/2008 (Oversight)
Win, Sein--5/20/2008 (Asia and the Pacific)
Wolf, Mark--3/26/2008 (Oversight)
Yaphe, Judith--6/5/2008 (Middle East and South Asia)
                              APPENDIX II

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                     COMMITTEE ORIGINS AND HISTORY

    The Committee on Foreign Affairs traces its origins to 
November 29, 1775. It was on that date that the Continental 
Congress by resolution created a committee ``for the sole 
purposes of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, 
Ireland, and other parts of the world.'' The members chosen for 
this committee were Benjamin Franklin--who served as chairman 
and guiding spirit-- Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Johnson, Jr., 
John Dickinson, and John Jay. Known at first as the Committee 
of Correspondence, the committee itself soon changed its name 
to the Committee of Secret Correspondence.
    That committee was the first institution created to 
represent the United States in the foreign affairs field. The 
Committee on International Relations (as well as the Senate 
Foreign Relations Committee) is a lineal descendant of the 
Committee of Correspondence.
    Franklin's committee quickly entered into communication 
with various persons in Europe for the purpose of ascertaining 
sentiment there toward the Colonies and obtaining any other 
information which might be useful in the struggle with England. 
It even designated its own secret agents abroad.
    By the spring of 1777, the specialized nature of the 
committee's work had been recognized and its title changed to 
``Committee for Foreign Affairs.'' Special problems in foreign 
relations, however, were sometimes dealt with by select or 
temporary committees appointed for the purpose.
    After the Congress of the United States was organized under 
the Constitution, select committees to deal with foreign 
affairs were appointed. In 1807, during the Jefferson 
Presidency, a House committee was established in response to 
predatory actions by both the French and British against 
American commercial shipping. Following the seizure and search 
of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake 10 miles off the Virginia coast 
by a British ship, the House appointed a special Foreign 
Relations Committee which was also known as the Aggression 
Committee. That committee had an active role in foreign policy 
considerations through the War of 1812 and in 1822, renamed the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, was designated a standing 
committee of the House with a membership of seven. The 150th 
anniversary of that event was celebrated by the committee in 
1972.
    Because the House is the organ of National Government 
closest to the citizenry, the Committee on Foreign Affairs may 
truly be said to have been the voice of the American people on 
issues of international significance for more than a century 
and a half. Although this important role has remained the same, 
the name of the committee was changed on March 19, 1975, by a 
resolution (House Resolution 163) sponsored by 22 members of 
the committee to the Committee on International Relations. The 
change resulted from the extensive discussions by the members 
that were undertaken in relation to the reorganization of the 
subcommittee structure of the committee. It was the consensus 
that the change in the name of the full committee would more 
accurately reflect the organization of the committee as it had 
been agreed upon by its own members at that time. Subsequently, 
at the beginning of the 96th Congress, the committee again 
reorganized its subcommittee structure and agreed to the 
introduction of House Resolution 89, sponsored by 30 Members, 
to return to the committee's original name ``The Committee on 
Foreign Affairs.'' The resolution was agreed to on February 5, 
1979. At the beginning of the 104th Congress, the House changed 
the names of many committees, and the ``Committee on Foreign 
Affairs'' was again changed to the ``Committee on International 
Relations.'' At the beginning of the 110th Congress, the name 
was changed back to ``Committee on Foreign Affairs.''
    Throughout its history, the committee has been composed of 
some of America's most able legislators and statesmen. Two 
American Presidents have served on it: James K. Polk, from 1827 
to 1831, and John Quincy Adams, who became chairman in 1842 
after he returned to the House following his term as the Chief 
Executive.
    Many former chairmen of the committee have written their 
names into the history books. Among them was Edward Everett of 
Massachusetts, chairman in the 20th Congress, who also served 
as Secretary of State, was a Whig Vice Presidential candidate 
in 1860, and is remembered as one of America's greatest 
orators. Francis W. Pickens, who chaired the committee from 
1839 to 1841, later became Governor of South Carolina and 
authorized the firing on Fort Sumter which precipitated the 
Civil War.
    Serving as chairman in the aftermath of World War I, 
Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania came to be one of the most 
influential figures in the determination of American foreign 
policy in the early 1920's. Former Chairman Sol Bloom of New 
York and James P. Richards of South Carolina have been 
recognized for their contributions to America's leadership in 
the immediate post-World War II period. In more recent times, 
J. Danforth Quayle, former Vice President, served on the 
Committee in the 96th Congress. The longest tenure as chairman 
in the history of the committee was that of Hon. Thomas E. 
Morgan of Pennsylvania who served in that position from 1959 
until the end of the 94th Congress.
    Other former members of the Committee on International 
Relations/Foreign Affairs--Tom Connally of Texas, Champ Clark 
of Iowa, and J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, Mike Mansfield 
of Montana, Jacob Javits of New York, Abraham Ribicoff of 
Connecticut, and Porter Goss of Florida. Eleven current members 
of the U.S. Senate are former members of the Committee: Robert 
C. Byrd from West Virginia; Olympia Snowe from Maine; Charles 
Schumer from New York; Sam Brownback from Kansas; Harry Reid 
from Nevada; Maria Cantwell from Washington; Lindsey Graham 
from South Carolina, John McCain from Arizona; Richard Burr of 
North Carolina, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Robert Menendez of 
New Jersey.
    Moreover, committee experience has provided a beginning for 
numerous individuals who have gone on to distinguish themselves 
in the diplomatic service of the country. Among them was Perry 
Belmont, chairman in the 49th and 50th Congresses, who was U.S. 
Minister of Spain in 1888-89 and a noted author of work on 
international policies. His successor as chairman in the 51st 
Congress was Robert R. Hitt of Ohio who was chief of the U.S. 
Delegation in Paris from 1874 to 1881 and subsequently was 
appointed Assistant Secretary of State. Christian A. Herter, 
who served as Secretary of State during the Eisenhower 
administration, was a committee member in the 82d Congress. 
More recent examples are: J. Danforth Quayle, former Vice 
President of the United States; Lee Hamilton, Vice-Chair of the 
9-11 Commission; and Porter Goss, former Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency.
                              APPENDIX III

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   MEMBERSHIP OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL 
                       RELATIONS, 110TH CONGRESS

                        Africa and Global Health

Christopher H. Smith, NJ             Donald M. Payne, NJ, Chair
Thomas G. Tancredo, CO               Diane E. Watson, CA
John Boozman, AR                     Lynn C. Woolsey, CA
Jeff Fortenberry, NE                 Sheila Jackson Lee, TX
Vacancy                              Adam Smith, WA
                                     Brad Miller, NC

              Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment

Donald A. Manzullo, IL               Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, AS, Chair
Dan Burton, IN                       Adam Smith, WA
Dana Rohrabacher, CA                 Gary L. Ackerman, NY
Edward R. Royce, CA                  Gregory W. Meeks, NY
Steve Chabot, OH                     Diane E. Watson, CA
Jeff Flake, AZ                       Ruben Hinojosa, TX
                                     Albio Sires, NJ

                                 Europe

Elton Gallegly, CA                   Robert Wexler, FL, Chair
Joe Wilson, SC                       John S. Tanner, TN
Ted Poe, TX                          Ruben Hinojosa, TX
Bob Inglis, SC                       Brad Miller, NC
Luis G. Fortuno, PR                  Linda T. Sanchez, CA
Gus M. Bilirakis, FL                 Jim Costa, CA
                                     Eliot L. Engel, NY
                                     Albio Sires, NJ

        International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight

Dana Rohrabacher, CA                 Bill Delahunt, MA, Chair
Ron Paul, TX                         Russ Carnahan, MO
Jeff Flake, AZ                       Donald M. Payne, NJ
                                     Gregory W. Meeks, NY
                                     Joseph Crowley, NY

                       Middle East and South Asia

Mike Pence, IN                       Gary L. Ackerman, NY, Chair
Steve Chabot, OH                     Howard L. Berman, CA
Joe Wilson, SC                       David Scott, GA
J. Gresham Barrett, SC               Jim Costa, CA
Jeff Fortenberry, NE                 Ron Klein, FL
Bob Inglis, SC                       Brad Sherman, CA
Connie Mack, FL                      Robert Wexler, FL
Gus M. Bilirakis, FL                 Eliot L. Engel, NY
Michael McCaul, TX                   Russ Carnahan, MO
                                     Sheila Jackson Lee, TX

                 Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade

Edward R. Royce, CA                  Brad Sherman, CA, Chair
John Boozman, AR                     David Wu, OR
Ted Poe, TX                          David Scott, GA
Donald A. Manzullo, IL               Ron Klein, FL
Thomas G. Tancredo, CO               Gene Green, TX
                                     Joseph Crowley, NY

                           Western Hemisphere

Dan Burton, IN                       Eliot L. Engel, NY, Chair
Connie Mack, FL                      Gregory W. Meeks, NY
Michael T. McCaul, TX                Linda T. Sanchez, CA
Luis G. Fortuno, PR                  Albio Sires, NJ
Christopher H. Smith, NJ             Gabrielle Giffords, AZ
Elton Gallegly, CA                   Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS
Ron Paul, TX                         Donald M. Payne, NJ
Vacancy                              Bill Delahunt, MA
                                     Ron Klein, FL
                                     Gene Green, TX
                              APPENDIX IV

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         CHAIRMEN OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Congress                    Dates            Chairman
------------------------------------------------------------------------
17th..............................         1821-23  Jonathon Russell
18th..............................         1823-25  John Forsyth
19th..............................         1825-27  Do.
20th..............................         1827-29  Edward Everett
21st..............................         1829-31  William S. Archer
22nd..............................         1831-33  Do.
23rd..............................         1833-35  William S. Archer
                                                     (1st sess.)
                                                    James M. Wayne (2nd.
                                                     sess.)
24th..............................         1835-37  John Y. Mason (1st.
                                                     sess.)
25th..............................         1837-39  Benjamin Howard
26th..............................         1839-41  Francis Pickens
27th..............................         1841-43  Cabel Cushing (1st
                                                     sess.)
                                                    John Quincy Adams
                                                     (2d/3rd)
28th..............................         1843-45  Charles J.
                                                     Ingersoll.
29th..............................         1845-47  Do.
30th..............................         1847-49  Truman Smith
31st..............................         1849-51  John Mclernand
32nd..............................         1851-53  Thomas H. Bayly
33rd..............................         1853-55  Do.
34th..............................         1855-57  Alex C.M. Pennington
35th..............................         1857-59  Thomas L. Clingman
                                                     (1st sess.)
                                                    George W. Hopkins
                                                     (2d sess.)
36th..............................         1859-61  Thomas Corwin
37th..............................         1861-63  John J. Crittenden
38th..............................         1863-65  Henry Winter Davis
39th..............................         1865-67  Nathaniel Banks
40th..............................         1867-69  Do.
41st..............................         1869-71  Do.
42nd..............................         1871-73  Do.
43rd..............................         1873-75  Godlove S. Orth
44th..............................         1875-77  Thomas Swann
45th..............................         1877-79  Do.
46th..............................         1879-81  Samuel Cox
47th..............................         1881-83  C.G. Williams
48th..............................         1883-85  Andrew Curtin
49th..............................         1885-87  Perry Belmont
50th..............................         1887-89  Perry Belmont (1st
                                                     sess.)
                                                    James B. McCreary
                                                     (2d. sess.)
51st..............................         1889-91  Robert Hitt
52nd..............................         1891-93  James Blount
53rd..............................         1893-95  James B. McCreary
54th..............................         1895-97  Robert Hitt
55th..............................         1897-99  Do.
56th..............................       1899-1901  Do.
57th..............................         1901-03  Do.
58th..............................         1903-05  Do.
59th..............................         1905-07  Robert R. Hitt (1st
                                                     sess.)
                                                    Robert G. Cousins
                                                     (2d sess).
61st..............................         1909-11  James Breck Perkins
                                                     (1/2 sess.)
                                                    David J. Foster
                                                     (3rd. sess).
62nd..............................         1911-12  William Sulzer
63rd..............................         1913-15  Henry D. Flood
64th..............................         1915-17  Do.
65th..............................         1917-19  Do.
66th..............................         1919-21  Stephen G. Porter
67th..............................         1921-23  Do.
68th..............................         1923-25  Do.
69th..............................         1925-27  Do.
70th..............................         1927-29  Do.
71st..............................         1929-31  Stephen G. Porter (1/
                                                     2 sess.)
                                                    Henry W. Temple (3d
                                                     sess.)
72nd..............................         1931-33  J. Charles Linthicum
                                                     (1st. sess)
                                                    Sam D. McReynolds
                                                     (2nd sess).
73rd..............................         1933-34  Sam D. McReynolds
74th..............................         1935-36  Do.
75th..............................         1937-38  Do.
76th..............................         1939-41  Sam D. McReynolds (1/
                                                     2. sess)
                                                    Sol Bloom (3d sess).
77th..............................         1941-42  Sol Bloom
78th..............................         1943-44  Do.
79th..............................         1945-46  Do.
80th..............................         1947-48  Charles A. Eaton
81st..............................         1949-51  Sol Bloom (1/2
                                                     sess.)
81st..............................         1949-51  John Kee (2d sess.)
                                                     \4\
82rd..............................         1951-52  John Kee (1st sess)
83rd..............................         1953-54  Robert B.
                                                     Chiperfield
84st..............................         1955-56  James P. Richards
85th..............................         1957-58  Thomas S. Gordon
86th..............................         1959-60  Thomas E. Morgan
87th..............................         1961-62  Do.
88th..............................         1963-64  Do.
89th..............................         1965-66  Do.
90th..............................         1967-68  Do.
91st..............................         1969-70  Do.
92nd..............................         1971-72  Do.
93rd..............................         1973-74  Do.
94th..............................         1975-76  Do.
95th..............................         1977-78  Clement J. Zablocki
96th..............................         1979-80  Do.
97th..............................         1981-82  Do.
98th..............................         1983-84  Clement J. Zablocki
                                                     (1 sess)
                                                    Dante B. Fascell (2
                                                     sess)
99th..............................         1985-86  Dante B. Fascell
100th.............................         1987-88  Do.
101st.............................         1989-90  Do.
102nd.............................         1991-92  Do.
103rd.............................         1993-94  Lee H. Hamilton
104th.............................         1995-96  Benjamin A. Gilman
105th.............................         1997-98  Do.
106th.............................         1999-00  Do.
107th.............................         2001-02  Henry J. Hyde
108th.............................         2003-04  Do.
109th.............................         2005-06  Do.
110th.............................         2007-08  Tom Lantos (until 2/
                                                     11/08)
110th.............................            2008  Howard L. Berman
                                                     (from 3/11/08)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\4\ Hon. John Kee died on May 8, 1951. Hon. James P. Richards became
  chairman for remainder of 82nd Congress. NOTE--The data is taken from
  collections of congressional directories in the Library of Congress,
  Department of State, Supreme Court and the National Archives. The
  following volumes are missing from all collections: 34th Congress 3d
  session, 37th Congress 1st and 3rd session, 40th Congress 1st session,
  55th Congress 1st session, 58th Congress 1st session, 75th Congress
  2nd session, and 76th Congress 2nd session.
Party designations are taken from biographical dictionary of the
  American Congress, and are unavoidably subject to error in the early
  period, due to the vagueness of party lines and frequent shifting of
  men from one party to another on critical issues. In instances where
  the Biographical Directory incorrectly refers to Democratic
  Republicans as Democrats the designation has been changed.

                                  
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