[House Report 112-126]
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112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-126
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                                                  Union Calendar No. 76
 
              LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

                               __________

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                               __________

                                A REPORT

FILED PURSUANT TO RULE XI OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AND 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




 June 28, 2011.--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
                             112th Congress

                 ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida, Chairman

                                (25-20)

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


                            C O N T E N T S

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Letter of Transmittal............................................     V
Foreword.........................................................   VII
 I. Introduction: Oversight of Foreign Affairs........................1
          A. Authorities for Legislative Review..................     1
          B. Oversight Developments in the Committee on Foreign 
              Affairs............................................     2
          C. Oversight Activities and Criteria...................     3
          D. Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress...............     4
II. General Review Activities of the Committee.......................18
          A. Executive Branch Reports and Congressional 
              Notifications......................................    18
          B. Reference Documents.................................    19
          C. Study Missions and Participation in International 
              Conferences and Events.............................    19
III.Summary of Legislative Activity..................................19

          A. Full Committee Markup Summaries.....................    19
          B. Committee Reports Filed.............................    21
          C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House.    21
IV. Meetings of the Full Committee and Subcommittees.................21
          A. Full Committee......................................    21
          B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
              Rights.............................................    23
          C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific................    25
          D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia..................    26
          E. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia......    27
          F. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations........    28
          G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
              Trade..............................................    28
          H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere..............    29
          I. Waste, Fraud, Abuse, or Mismanagement Hearings......    29
          J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings.................    30
Appendix:
  Membership of the Subcommittees of the Committee on Foreign 
    Affairs......................................................    33


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                     Washington, DC, June 28, 2011.
Honorable Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.

    Dear Ms. Haas: I enclose herewith a semiannual report of 
the Legislative Review and Oversight Activities of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 112th Congress in 
accordance with rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and 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. This report covers committee activities from the 
beginning of the 112th Congress through June 10, 2011.
    With best wishes,
            Sincerely,
                                       Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
                                                          Chairman.
                                FOREWORD

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                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                     Washington, DC, June 28, 2011.

    Under section 2 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, and section 136 of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 832, as amended by section 
118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 
91-510) and Public Law 92-136 (1971)), the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs is charged with reviewing and studying, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of laws and programs within its jurisdiction.
    As part of that oversight, rule XI(1)(d) of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives requires the committee to submit 
to the House a semiannual report on committee activities not 
later than the 30th day after June 1 and December 1 of each 
year. This report, which covers committee activities through 
June 10, 2011, has been prepared and submitted in fulfillment 
of that obligation.


                                                  Union Calendar No. 76
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-126

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              LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

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 June 28, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

       Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

             I. INTRODUCTION: OVERSIGHT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS


                 A. Authorities for Legislative Review

    The responsibilities and potentialities of legislative 
review are reflected in the multiple authorities 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 Foreign Affairs currently has 
special oversight jurisdiction in four areas under clause 3(f) 
of House Rule X:

          3. (f) The Committee on Foreign Affairs shall review 
        and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and 
        Government activities relating to customs 
        administration, intelligence activities relating to 
        foreign policy, international financial and monetary 
        organizations, and international fishing agreements.

    Reporting requirements in legislation frequently 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 Foreign Affairs 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. The committee submitted an extensive, 15-page 
views and estimates letter, along with five additional pages of 
minority views, to the Committee on the Budget on March 18, 
2011.
    Finally, the authorization process itself provides the 
prospect of significant oversight impact, with opportunities 
for program evaluation as well as the investigation of 
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.

     B. Oversight Developments in the Committee on Foreign Affairs

    In the 109th Congress, the committee gained a seventh 
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 International 
Terrorism and Nonproliferaton.''
    In the 110th Congress, the name of the full committee 
changed from ``International Relations,'' back to ``Foreign 
Affairs.'' The committee had seven 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.
    There were no substantive changes to the committee makeup 
in the 111th Congress.
    In the 112th Congress, the committee again has seven 
subcommittees. Three of the subcommittees have retained the 
same titles: Middle East and South Asia; Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade; and the Western Hemisphere. The 
remaining four subcommittees have been reorganized into: 
Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Asia and the Pacific; 
Europe and Eurasia; and Oversight and Investigations.
    At the beginning of the 112th Congress, the Rules of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs also were amended to clearly 
identify oversight expectations. Committee Rule 15 (``Powers 
and Duties of Subcommittees'') now clearly requires regular 
hearings by each of the regional subcommittees on priority 
topics (oversight, national security, human rights, and U.S. 
economic interests) twice a year. Committee Rule 24 (``General 
Oversight'') now makes clear that the committee or a 
subcommittee is required to hold at least three hearings a year 
on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement as documented in a 
Government Accountability Office or Inspector General report.

                  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, Member 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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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 also occurs 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 112th 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 Plan for the 112th Congress

    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. In fulfillment of 
clause 1(d)(2) of House Rule XI, the Committee's Oversight Plan 
(submitted under clause 2(d) of House Rule X) is set out below 
in full:

            Oversight Plan of the Committee--112th Congress


1. Introduction

    Pursuant to Rule X, Clause 2(d) of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (hereinafter 
referred to as ``the committee''), has adopted this oversight 
plan for the 2-year period of the 112th Congress, which is 
being submitted to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform and to the Committee on House Administration not later 
than February 15, 2011. It describes areas in which the 
committee intends to conduct oversight during this Congress, 
subject to the understanding that new developments will 
undoubtedly affect the committee's priorities and may change 
the oversight work of the committee in the months ahead.
    In the course of the committee's work regarding United 
States relations with foreign nations, the committee's 
oversight activities will emphasize: The elimination of waste, 
fraud, and abuse; institutional reform, efficiency, and fiscal 
discipline; effective implementation of U.S. law (particularly 
provisions relating to international terrorism and 
nonproliferation); and the promotion of core U.S. interests and 
values abroad, including the empowering and strengthening of 
our allies. These activities will include effective use and 
review of reports by the Government Accountability Office and 
by statutory Inspectors General, as well as congressional 
notifications submitted by executive branch agencies. Pursuant 
to House Rule X(2)(b)(2), the committee is expanding its 
commitment to regular oversight by its subcommittees, both by 
changes to Committee Rule 14 (establishing a Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations) and by additions to Committee 
Rule 15 (requiring its regional subcommittees to hold hearings 
on priority topics, including program oversight, at least twice 
a year). These changes will help the committee to more than 
fulfill the triannual oversight hearing requirements of House 
Rule XI(n)(1).
    Cognizant of the recently expanded requirements of House 
Rule X(2)(d)(1), the committee has developed the plan detailed 
below as part of its commitment to:

          Consult with other committees that have 
        jurisdiction over the same or related laws, programs, 
        or agencies, in order to maximize coordination and 
        cooperation;

          Review problematic and burdensome Federal 
        rules, regulations, and laws;

          Prioritize the review of agencies and 
        programs operating under permanent statutory authority;

          Work to ensure that all significant laws, 
        programs, and agencies within its jurisdiction are 
        subject to regular review; and

          Eliminate programs and expenditures that are 
        inefficient, duplicative, or outdated.

    Topics listed below may be the subject of any of the full 
range of committee oversight activities, including Member or 
staff-level meetings, briefings, investigations, 
correspondence, fact-finding travel, hearings, markups, and 
legislation.

2. Priority Oversight Matters

    a. Afghanistan--The committee will address all aspects of 
U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, including but not exclusive to: 
The development and implementation of U.S. policies and 
programs; the effectiveness of U.S. assistance programs and 
their authorization; the political-military strategy; the 
influence of malignant political activities and corruption--
particularly corruption within the Afghanistan Government--on 
U.S. efforts in Afghanistan; actors contributing to the 
capabilities of the Taliban and al-Qaeda; the effectiveness of 
the broader counter-narcotics and counter-threat finance 
strategy; the effectiveness of international reconstruction 
projects; the development, preparedness, training and equipping 
of the Afghan national security forces; the role of NATO Member 
States and their troop contributions, security and 
reconstruction contribution, and restrictive caveats in 
security and reconstruction matters; the impact of Pakistan's 
policy on Afghanistan; the impact of Iranian activities in and 
around Afghanistan; progress on judicial reform and rule-of-
law; human rights, including, the status of women and children; 
U.S.-Afghan trade development and promotion; and whether State 
Department and other U.S. Government assets and personnel are 
optimally and cost-effectively employed.
    b. Pakistan--The committee will review all elements of U.S. 
policy toward Pakistan, including efforts to eliminate safe 
havens for violent extremists and the importance of a stable, 
democratic Pakistan to regional stability in South Asia. This 
review will encompass all aspects of U.S. aid to Pakistan, both 
civilian and security assistance, in order to assess the extent 
to which such programs effectively advance U.S. national 
interests. Particular emphasis will be placed on reviewing 
civil-military plans to address violent militancy, including in 
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and adjacent regions, 
efforts to assist Pakistan to address extremism and unrest in 
other regions, challenges to governance, social and economic 
development, as well as efforts to promote democratic 
institutions and respect for human rights. The committee will 
also conduct ongoing oversight of matters relating to 
Pakistan's nuclear program, including issues relating to 
nonproliferation (such as the AQ Khan network) and security 
controls.
    c. Iran--The committee will continue to closely review U.S. 
policy to address the comprehensive threat posed by Iran to the 
United States and to U.S. interests and allies, including, but 
not exclusive to: Iran's ongoing efforts to develop and acquire 
nuclear capabilities to include a nuclear weapon; its 
unconventional weapons and ballistic missile development; and 
its state sponsorship of terrorism. The committee will also 
review and investigate the status of U.S. efforts to fully 
implement all sanctions with respect to Iran under U.S. law, as 
well as the status and enforcement of multilateral sanctions 
regimes against Iran. The committee will closely monitor the 
effect of Iran's diplomatic, economic and military activities, 
and its strategic objectives, including the extent of its 
influence on key parties and events in Iraq, Afghanistan, 
Lebanon, Yemen, the Gulf, and the West Bank and Gaza. 
Additionally, the committee will also closely review Iranian 
activities worldwide, including in Europe, Asia, and 
particularly Africa and the Western Hemisphere. The committee 
will also critically evaluate the policies of Russia, China, 
the European Union, the Gulf States, and other nations and 
international organizations toward Iran and its proxies, 
particularly their efforts to prevent or seriously impede 
Iran's acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability, as well as 
its pursuit of other destabilizing quantities and types of 
conventional weapons, non-conventional weapons and medium- and 
long-range ballistic missiles and its support for international 
terrorism. The committee will also review Iran's violations of 
the human rights of its own people, as well as U.S. and 
international efforts to highlight and hold Iran accountable 
for such abuses.
    d. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Other Middle East 
Flashpoints--The committee will carefully review U.S. policy 
toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including diplomatic 
efforts to resolve that conflict, as well as Israeli efforts to 
achieve peace and normalization with its other neighbors and to 
combat terrorism and other threats to its citizens and its 
existence. Within this context, the committee will closely 
monitor U.S. economic, development, humanitarian, and security 
assistance to the Palestinians, including to ensure that such 
programs are in full compliance with U.S. law. The committee 
will evaluate U.S. policy toward Lebanon, including U.S. 
democracy and security assistance, as well as examine ongoing 
challenges to domestic stability in Lebanon. In particular, the 
committee will monitor the political and military/terrorist 
role played by Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian state 
sponsors, both in Lebanon and the region. The committee will 
also closely monitor and review U.S. policy and programs toward 
Yemen, including but not limited to security assistance and 
governance. The committee will also closely review U.S. policy 
toward Syria, as well as the role played by the Government of 
Syria in sponsoring terrorism, pursuing unconventional weapons 
and missile capabilities, and attempting to undermine its 
neighbors. The committee will monitor emerging threats and 
areas of instability within the Middle East and review 
prospects for political reform throughout the region. The 
committee will also closely monitor the activities of U.S. 
regional envoys.
    e. North Korea--The committee will review the nuclear and 
missile threat posed by North Korea, its proliferation 
activities and weapon sales involving rogue regimes and 
designated terrorist organizations, its continuing human rights 
violations, and U.S. efforts to assist North Korean refugees. 
The committee will review ongoing diplomatic efforts, including 
the inter-Korean dialogue, the implementation of the nuclear 
dismantlement and disarmament agreement, the succession issue, 
and will examine next steps in U.S. policy to address the North 
Korean threat.
    f. Foreign Assistance Reform and Program Implementation--
The committee will review the underlying authorities for, and 
the planning, budgeting, programming of, U.S. foreign 
assistance. It will also review issues related to the 
subsequent implementation of U.S. foreign assistance programs 
and projects, including the role of U.S. missions and 
Embassies. The committee will review as well issues related to 
coordination between the U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) and other U.S. Government agencies and 
departments that are involved in carrying out U.S. foreign 
assistance. In addition, the committee will review the changing 
role of USAID in developing foreign assistance policy, 
implementation issues facing the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation (MCC), the effectiveness and sustainability of 
development assistance programs implemented by the Peace Corps, 
the implementation of food aid programs and the trade title of 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the ``Farm 
Bill''), and other issues.
    Among a broad range of issues, the committee will review 
U.S. foreign assistance funding, initiatives and programs aimed 
at addressing global health challenges in a cost-effective 
manner, including monitoring the implementation of the Lantos-
Hyde United States Global Leadership against HIV/AIDS, 
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. Reviews 
will also be conducted regarding the potential for cost-
effective innovation in U.S. assistance programs targeted at 
the expansion of access to basic education, clean water and 
sanitation, renewable energy and other efforts to support the 
most impoverished in recipient countries.
    The committee will consider the continued relevance of the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other 
foreign assistance authorities, including the Support for East 
European Democracy Act and the FREEDOM Support Act. In 
addition, the committee will review the underlying 
justifications and effectiveness of U.S. assistance programs, 
including, but not limited to, examining: The concept of aid-
assisted, planned development that has underpinned U.S. 
assistance programs since the enactment of the Foreign 
Assistance Act; the potential role of public-private 
partnerships and market-based mechanisms in improving the 
efficiency and sustainability of development efforts; and the 
use of small-scale, recipient-driven initiatives (such as 
micro-enterprise financing, small-scale health, education and 
benefit vouchers, and community-run, self-financing 
cooperatives) instead of larger organizations with greater 
overhead and bureaucracy.
    In this period of increased, global extremism, the 
committee also considers it important to review the concepts 
underlying the utilization of development assistance programs 
in support of counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism efforts 
and the record of success of such programs in supporting the 
objectives of those efforts. The appropriate ``vetting'' of U.S 
assistance programs, in order to ensure that aid funds are 
prevented from going to prohibited recipients, will also be a 
focus of the committee's reviews.
    g. Security Assistance and Arms Transfer Policy--The 
committee will assess the design, implementation and 
effectiveness of U.S. security assistance programs in advancing 
U.S. foreign policy goals and security interests, including 
Foreign Military Sales and Foreign Military Financing (FMS and 
FMF), the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capabilities Fund (PCCF), 
Peacekeeping Operations (PKO), Economic Support Funds (ESF), 
International Military Education and Training (IMET), 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, draw downs, Excess 
Defense Article transfers, antiterrorism, nonproliferation and 
export control assistance (including for new or aspiring NATO 
member states and countries with illicit transshipment 
concerns). In addition, the committee will review those 
security assistance programs funded by the Department of 
Defense but which require concurrence by the Secretary of 
State, or otherwise give rise to this committee's jurisdiction. 
The committee also will review U.S. arms transfer policy, 
particularly to ensure that such transfers appropriately 
advance U.S. foreign policy and national security interests. 
The committee will seek to ensure that such sales are 
consistent with criteria in the U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer 
policy, including interoperability with the host nation and the 
impact on the U.S. defense industrial base. The committee will 
also assess end-use monitoring programs administered by the 
Departments of State and Defense. Additional emphasis will also 
be placed on transfer policy with respect to unmanned aerial 
vehicles, the extent to which arms sale policy toward Taiwan is 
consistent with U.S. obligations under the Taiwan Relations 
Act, and implementation of defense trade treaties with the 
United Kingdom and Australia.
    h. State Department and Related Agencies Oversight, 
Authorization, and Reform--The committee will monitor and 
examine the operations, budget, programs, planning, personnel, 
building, and security policies of the Department of State, 
with an eye toward authorization and reform legislation for 
Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 that promotes U.S. national 
interests in a cost-effective and accountable manner. In 
addition to hearings with the Secretary of State and other 
Administration officials regarding their budget proposals for 
the upcoming year, such efforts may include: Examination and 
reform of the Office of the Inspector General for the 
Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors; 
review of Foreign Service pay, incentive, and promotion 
policies; consideration of reforms to executive branch 
reporting requirements; active review of U.S. public diplomacy 
programs; and an examination of consular processes, including 
passport and visa security issues. The committee also will 
actively monitor and review the operations and organization of 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the full range of U.S. 
government-supported, civilian international broadcasting. The 
committee also will examine the operations, budget, programs, 
planning, and long-term staffing needs of the Peace Corps in 
carrying out its responsibilities to further U.S. national 
interests. The committee also will review the adequacy of Peace 
Corps administrative procedures to provide for the safety and 
security of Volunteers serving in often remote corners of the 
globe.
    i. Assessing a Rising China--The committee will review the 
degree to which China has failed to become a responsible 
stakeholder in the international system of states in dealing 
with situations such as in Iran, North Korea, Burma, and Sudan. 
It will also review China's continued military buildup, growing 
role in Africa and the Western Hemisphere, and China's growing 
role in the world economy, including trade and currency issues 
which adversely affect the American workforce. The committee 
will also review human rights, including suppression of the 
Tibetans, Uyghurs, Falun Gong, North Korean refugees and 
political, religious and Internet dissidents, corruption, 
environmental damage and social unrest in China. Assess U.S. 
policy in reducing the role of China in the proliferation of 
WMD and missiles, especially with regard to Iran and North 
Korea.
    j. U.S.-Russian Relations--The committee will review U.S. 
strategic interests and objectives with regard to Russia, 
including President Obama's policy of a ``reset'' of the U.S.-
Russia relationship and the implications of that policy. The 
committee will also review various aspects of Russia's foreign 
policy under the leadership of Russian President Medvedev and 
Russian Prime Minister Putin, including: The Russian invasion 
of Georgia in 2008 and its continued occupation of parts of 
that country; intimidating statements aimed at neighboring 
countries by Russian officials; the continued basing of Russian 
troops in a separatist region in Moldova; Russia's continuing 
efforts to utilize its economic ties and its vast energy 
resources as a means of affecting the politics and foreign 
policies of neighboring states and the member-states of the 
European Union; Russia's continuing willingness to sell arms to 
China, Venezuela, Syria, and certain other countries and the 
question as to whether such sales are intended to promote 
regional instability; all aspects of Russian-Iranian relations; 
Russia's interest to bind or halt U.S. efforts to develop and 
deploy strategic missile defenses; and so on. The committee 
will assess U.S. policy with regard to support for Russia's 
entry into the World Trade Organization, in light of the 
content and impact of Russia's foreign policy.
    The committee also will review the worsening situation in 
Russia with regard to respect for human rights, democratic 
governance and the proper rule of law, including specifically 
the restrictions, both direct and indirect, that have been 
imposed on the mass media in Russia over the past decade. It 
will review the increasingly corrupt business and economic 
environment in Russia, and the projected demographic decline in 
that country and the growing threat to it on the part of 
Islamic extremist movements.
    k. Sudan--The committee will review U.S. policy toward and 
assistance for Sudan, particularly as the interim period 
mandated under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan 
concludes in July 2011, and peace efforts in Darfur continue. 
The anticipated partition of the country between North and 
South and the ongoing conflict in Darfur will require a 
critical review of current authorities and sanctions in force 
pursuant to the Sudan Peace Act, the Comprehensive Peace in 
Sudan Act of 2004, the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 
2006, and related acts. The committee also will review Sudan's 
status as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and the future status of 
United Nations Peacekeeping Missions in Southern Sudan and 
Darfur.
    l. International Terrorism and Espionage--The committee 
will examine 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. Explore 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. Oversight of the State 
Department's Antiterrorism Assistance Program, terrorism 
financing efforts, and coordination of diplomatic initiatives 
with foreign governments in the global war on terrorism. 
Oversight of the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, etc., regarding their work on 
international aspects of terrorism and efforts by foreign 
intelligence services to threaten U.S. interests. Dangers posed 
by other Middle East-based terrorist groups. The threat of 
extremist ideology and terrorist organizations in Latin America 
and Africa, and the U.S. policies to address those threats 
including but not limited to those implemented through the 
Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, the East Africa 
Regional Security Initiative, Section 1206 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act, and the Combined Joint Task Force-
Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). Explore the activities of Southeast 
Asian terrorist groups. The committee will review: Border 
security programs; the security of U.S. Government facilities 
abroad; the expenditure of post security funds, to include a 
review of personnel increases and asset management to minimize 
cost of property acquisition; and the Federal Government's 
effort to coordinate international counterterrorism programs 
through the State Department.
    m. U.S. Security, Economic, and Foreign Policy Interests in 
the Western Hemisphere--The committee will conduct oversight 
regarding the manner in which U.S. funds are allocated, 
implemented, and monitored to carry out large-scale assistance 
programs, such as the Merida Initiative in Mexico and recovery 
efforts in Haiti. The committee will assess the impact of 
regimes, including Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Cuba, on 
U.S. and regional interests and in this context, will examine 
actions by the executive branch to uphold and advance U.S. 
interests in the region. The committee will also investigate 
the growing nexus between narcotrafficking, organized crime, 
terrorist organizations (including regional and Islamist 
groups), and examine the increasing influence of Iran in the 
hemisphere and its implications for U.S. national security.
    n. Human Rights and Democracy--In both hearings and staff-
level oversight activities, the committee will examine the 
content and efficacy of annual, statutory human rights 
reporting, including the ``Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices,'' the ``Annual Report on International Religious 
Freedom,'' and the ``Trafficking in Persons Report.'' The 
committee will review implementation, compliance, and 
reporting, and--where necessary--will reauthorize and revise 
key human rights statutes, including the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000, the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998, the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and other 
statutes, as appropriate. The committee will assess U.S. 
refugee and asylum policy generally, and specific refugee-
protection efforts as events and circumstances dictate. The 
committee will review U.S. activities to promote democracy and 
human rights protections around the world, and critically 
assess U.S. involvement with multilateral human rights 
mechanisms, to ensure that U.S. diplomacy serves to promote 
fundamental human rights and freedoms. Pursuant to a new 
committee rule, the committee will require each of its regional 
subcommittees to hold hearings on regional human rights issues 
at least twice a year.
    o. U.S. Nonproliferation Policy--The committee will 
exercise oversight over U.S. nonproliferation policies, 
especially those involving the Department of State, and 
evaluate the extent to which they are achieving their stated 
objectives. The committee will evaluate the adequacy of 
existing resources in accomplishing those objectives. The 
committee will monitor and evaluate the global expansion of 
civil nuclear power and its consequences for the spread of 
technology, equipment and material useful in the development of 
nuclear weapons capabilities and also evaluate the need for 
modifications of relevant U.S. policies. The committee will 
review and exercise its jurisdiction regarding proposed and 
existing bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements between the 
United States and other countries and address the need for 
reform of the Atomic Energy Act. The committee will review and 
evaluate the performance of the Proliferation Security 
Initiative and consider measures to improve its effectiveness. 
The committee will evaluate the record of the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in meeting its responsibilities 
regarding nonproliferation and in the effective use of its 
resources. In particular, it will examine the IAEA's Technical 
Cooperation Program and address the need to prevent further 
assistance being provided to countries such as Iran which are 
in violation of their IAEA safeguards. The committee will also 
examine developments affecting the Nuclear Suppliers Group 
(NSG) and consider polices to strengthen its ability to prevent 
nuclear proliferation.
    p. United Nations and International Organizations Oversight 
and Reform--The committee will closely review all aspects of 
U.S. funding of and participation in international 
organizations, particularly with respect to whether U.S. 
funding and participation is advancing U.S. interests and 
values, protecting the integrity of U.S. taxpayer dollars, and 
leading to increased transparency, accountability, and reform 
of those organizations. The committee will also assess the 
extent to those organizations, including the United Nations, 
fulfill their mandates and realize their founding objectives. 
Professional, ethical, transparent, and accountable management 
of UN programs is essential to the ability of international 
organizations to fulfill their mandates and realize their 
founding objectives and, therefore, the committee will conduct 
thorough, ongoing oversight of the management and operations of 
international organizations. In addition, the committee will 
examine UN reform legislation and the implementation of past 
such 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. The committee will also explore existing 
and new alternatives to advance U.S. interests and uphold U.S. 
values in international organizations. The committee will 
closely monitor the work of the United Nations Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations and Department of Field Support, 
particularly efforts to improve performance, enhance 
accountability, and combat waste, fraud and abuse in United 
Nations Peacekeeping Missions. The committee will also closely 
review the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA), including, but not exclusive to, the Technical 
Cooperation Program. The committee will closely examine bias 
against the U.S. and democratic U.S. allies at international 
organizations, particularly the Jewish, democratic State of 
Israel. The committee also will examine the allocation and 
efficacy of U.S. assessed and voluntary contributions to the 
Organization of American States.
    q. Central Asia--The committee will assess U.S. policy 
interests with regard to Central Asia and review the programs 
and steps that have been undertaken over the past two decades 
in support of U.S. efforts to assist in the consolidation of 
the sovereignty of the states of the region, the promotion of 
human rights, democratic governance and proper rule of law in 
those states, and the diversification of export markets for 
energy supplies from the region. It will review the growing 
threat radical Islam poses to the Central Asian countries. The 
committee will also review U.S. security cooperation with the 
Central Asian countries, including their role in supporting 
stabilization efforts in nearby Afghanistan.
    r. Georgia--The committee will review possible policy steps 
by the U.S. in support of the restoration of Georgia's 
territorial integrity in the wake of Russia's 2008 invasion and 
continued occupation of parts of Georgia, including any steps 
taken by the U.S. to help deter future Russian aggression 
against Georgia.
    s. U.S.-European Relations--The committee will review 
bilateral U.S. relationships with European nations and the U.S. 
relationship with the European Union, including the issue of 
the shared commitment to adequate defense spending by the NATO 
allies in Europe and the EU and the actual degree of sharing of 
the defense budget burden among the NATO allies. The committee 
will also review proposals and actions taken by European NATO 
allies and EU member-states to sell arms and military 
technology to Russia and China, both of which are currently 
ruled by authoritarian regimes that have little respect for the 
democratic governance and human rights, and, in the case of 
Russia, have engaged in aggressive military action toward a 
neighboring, sovereign state. The committee will assess the 
state of Islamic extremism in Europe and the impact that may 
have on U.S. security as well as the status of coordination 
between the European states, the European Union and the U.S. in 
the area of counter-terrorism and the tracking of terrorist 
financing. The committee will also assess the issue of the 
willingness of the NATO allies and the EU to undertake leading 
roles in military and security operations supporting peace and 
stability around the world. An assessment will also be 
conducted by the committee regarding the willingness of 
European states and the EU to work with the U.S. in support of 
democracy and human rights, both in their memberships in 
multilateral institutions such as the United Nations and in 
their relations with authoritarian countries such as China, 
Venezuela, Cuba and others.
    t. Iraq--U.S. involvement in Iraq remains one of the most 
critical issues for U.S. foreign policy. The committee will 
carefully review all aspects of U.S. policy, including, but not 
exclusive to: The implementation of the Strategic Framework and 
Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and Iraq; 
internal political developments and trends including Iraq's 
prospects for transition to a secure and stable democracy; U.S. 
assistance programs; U.S. security assistance, security 
cooperation and arms sales; the quantitative and qualitative 
development of the Iraqi security forces; regional and 
international diplomatic efforts to help stabilize Iraq and re-
integrate Iraq into various regional and international 
organizations and forums; displaced Iraqis; the role of 
external financial and material support--particularly from 
Iran--for insurgents, militias and terrorist groups in Iraq; 
and the full range of policies and programs related to the 
transition to a State Department lead, including policies, 
programs and budgeting processes.
    u. Taiwan--The committee will monitor China's continuing 
military buildup, including missiles, directed at Taiwan, the 
needs of Taiwan for defensive weapons systems as provided for 
in the Taiwan Relations Act, the detente in cross-Strait 
relations, including implementation of the Economic Cooperation 
Framework Agreement (ECFA), U.S.-Taiwan trade relations, the 
feasibility of inclusion of Taiwan in the visa waiver program, 
current developments in Taiwan's democracy and Taiwan's efforts 
to expand its international space by obtaining observer status 
in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
    v. Burma--The committee will monitor the lack of democratic 
progress following the 2010 highly flawed election, the 
continued egregious human rights violations of the Burmese 
junta, the continued flow of refugees from Burma, the regime's 
treatment of Aung San Suu Kyi and of political prisoners, and 
the implementation of sanctions as mandated in the Block 
Burmese JADE Act and previous legislation, and the engagement 
policy of the Administration.
    w. Export Control Reform--The committee will conduct 
ongoing oversight over proposed executive branch changes to 
U.S. strategic export controls. In particular, the review will 
include an assessment of the extent to which proposed changes 
to the current export control system effectively safeguard 
critical technologies and U.S. national security while 
promoting U.S. commercial interests. It also will involve 
scrutiny of administrative efforts to restructure the U.S. 
Munitions List (USML) and Commerce Control List (CCL), 
including by creating ``tiered'' control criteria based on 
``positive lists'' of controlled items, proposed removal of 
items from the Munitions List, as well as related initiatives 
to simplify licensing processes and better coordinate export 
control enforcement. The committee will consider any 
legislative proposals on these and related matters as may be 
necessary and appropriate.
    x. Egypt--The committee will review U.S. policy toward 
Egypt, including efforts to encourage sustainable political and 
economic reforms, as well as transition toward greater freedom, 
democracy, prosperity, and respect for human rights. The 
committee will also monitor security cooperation with Egypt and 
the Egyptian military's role with respect to the stability and 
security of that nation in support of the welfare of the 
Egyptian people. The committee will review Egypt's behavior 
with respect to preservation of peace and security with its 
neighbors, as well as Egypt's adherence to its international 
obligations, including its peace treaty with Israel. The 
committee will monitor efforts by some foreign governments and 
by extremist non-state actors to exploit any political and 
security vacuums in that country. Within these contacts, the 
committee will also assess U.S. economic and security 
assistance to Egypt. Finally, the committee will monitor and 
assess instability and transformation within the Middle East 
arising from public expressions of opposition to authoritarian 
regimes.

3. General Review of U.S. Foreign Policy

    The committee intends to exercise its oversight 
jurisdiction concerning the relations of the United States with 
foreign nations to the fullest extent allowed by House Rule 
X(1)(h). This means taking cognizance of events and 
circumstances in every region of the world outside of U.S. 
national borders, as well as U.S. foreign policy responses 
thereto, as developments warrant.
    According to committee rules those responsibilities will be 
divided among the full committee, its five regional 
subcommittees, and its two functional subcommittees as follows:
    a. Full Committee--The full committee will be responsible 
for oversight and legislation relating to: Foreign assistance 
(including development assistance, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in 
foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 
programs abroad); the Peace Corps; national security 
developments affecting foreign policy; strategic planning and 
agreements; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the 
deployment and use of United States Armed Forces; peacekeeping, 
peace enforcement, and enforcement of United Nations or other 
international sanctions; arms control, nonproliferation and 
disarmament issues; the United States Agency for International 
Development; activities and policies of the State, Commerce and 
Defense Departments and other agencies related to the Arms 
Export Control Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act including 
export and licensing policy for munitions items and technology 
and dual-use equipment and technology; international law; 
promotion of democracy; international law enforcement issues, 
including narcotics control programs and activities; 
Broadcasting Board of Governors; Embassy security; 
international broadcasting; public diplomacy, including 
international communication, information policy, international 
education, and cultural programs; and all other matters not 
specifically assigned to a subcommittee. The full committee 
will have jurisdiction over legislation with respect to the 
administration of the Export Administration Act, including the 
export and licensing of dual-use equipment and technology and 
other matters related to international economic policy and 
trade not otherwise assigned to a subcommittee and with respect 
to the United Nations, its affiliated agencies and other 
international organizations, including assessed and voluntary 
contributions to such organizations. The full committee may 
conduct oversight with respect to any matter within the 
jurisdiction of the committee as defined in the Rules of the 
House of Representatives.
    b. Subcommittees with Functional Jurisdiction
          1. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
        Trade--Oversight and legislative responsibilities over 
        the United States' efforts to manage and coordinate 
        international programs to combat terrorism as 
        coordinated by the Department of State and other 
        agencies, and efforts to bring international terrorists 
        to justice. With the concurrence of the chairman of the 
        full committee, oversight of, and legislation 
        pertaining to, nonproliferation matters involving 
        nuclear, chemical, biological and other weapons of mass 
        destruction, except for legislation involving the 
        Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control Act, 
        the Export Administration Act, and sanctions laws 
        pertaining to individual countries and the provision of 
        foreign assistance (which is reserved to the full 
        committee). Oversight of matters relating to 
        international economic and trade policy; commerce with 
        foreign countries; international investment policy; the 
        Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade 
        and Development Agency; commodity agreements; and 
        special oversight of international financial and 
        monetary institutions; the Export-Import Bank, and 
        customs. With the concurrence of the chairman of the 
        full committee, legislative jurisdiction over measures 
        related to export promotion and measures related to the 
        Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade 
        and Development Agency.
          2. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations--With 
        the concurrence of the chairman of the full committee, 
        oversight and investigations of all matters within the 
        jurisdiction of the committee.
          3. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
        Rights--In addition to its regional jurisdiction 
        (described below), responsibility for oversight of 
        international health issues, including transboundary 
        infectious diseases and programs related to enhancing 
        global capacity to address health issues, population 
        issues, legislation and oversight pertaining to 
        implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human 
        Rights, and other matters relating to internationally-
        recognized human rights, including legislation aimed at 
        the promotion of human rights and democracy generally.
    c. Subcommittees with Regional Jurisdiction--The five 
subcommittees with regional jurisdiction are: The Subcommittee 
on Europe and Eurasia (including Central Asia); the 
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; the 
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; the Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; and the Subcommittee 
on Asia and the Pacific. The regional subcommittees have 
jurisdiction over the following within their respective 
regions:
           1. Matters affecting the political relations between 
        the United States and other countries and regions, 
        including resolutions or other legislative measures 
        directed to such relations.
           2. Legislation with respect to disaster assistance 
        outside the Foreign Assistance Act, boundary issues, 
        and international claims.
           3. Legislation with respect to region- or country-
        specific loans or other financial relations outside the 
        Foreign Assistance Act.
           4. Legislation and oversight regarding human rights 
        practices in particular countries.
           5. Oversight of regional lending institutions.
           6. Oversight of matters related to the regional 
        activities of the United Nations, of its affiliated 
        agencies, and of other multilateral institutions.
           7. Identification and development of options for 
        meeting future problems and issues relating to U.S. 
        interests in the region.
           8. Oversight of base rights and other facilities 
        access agreements and regional security pacts.
           9. Concurrent oversight jurisdiction with respect to 
        matters assigned to the functional subcommittees 
        insofar as they may affect the region.
          10. Oversight of foreign assistance activities 
        affecting the region, with the concurrence of the 
        chairman of the full committee.
          11. Such other matters as the chairman of the full 
        committee may determine.

4. Transnational Issues

    In addition to those highlighted above:
    a. International Crime--Growing links between organized 
crime, illicit drugs, and global terrorism. Impact of U.S. 
foreign assistance on advancing the rule of law and 
anticorruption activities on U.S. ability to combat 
international crime. International criminal organizations in 
Africa. Oversight of existing International Law Enforcement 
Academies (ILEA). Impact of international trafficking of 
humans, arms, and narcotics; document fraud; and money 
laundering. International trafficking of women and children: 
Sexual exploitation, labor slavery, ``camel jockeying,'' and 
child soldiers. International intellectual property piracy 
issues: How piracy is being used to support international crime 
and terrorism, and its impact on the American economy. 
International economic espionage and how it hurts American 
business and interests. Extraterritorial prosecutions of U.S. 
law violations. Cooperation with INTERPOL.
    b. Narcotics--The committee will undertake a comprehensive 
review of Western Hemisphere counternarcotics initiatives, 
including the level of coordination among and within U.S. 
agencies implementing counternarcotics programs in the region 
and the impact of these initiatives on traditional bilateral 
assistance programs. The committee will examine: Global 
patterns of narcotrafficking, with a particular focus on trends 
from Africa to South America, and the impact of this activity 
on the stability and security of these regions; U.S. 
counternarcotics policy in Afghanistan; eradication efforts and 
their effectiveness; alternative development; the 
``certification process'' and the annual determinations for 
major drug producing and transit nations around the globe; the 
role of narcotics trafficking in terror financing.
    c. AIDS Pandemic and Other Global Health Threats--The 
committee will review global health challenges from all 
perspectives, examining whether U.S. policy is responsive, 
coordinated and effective in combating global outbreaks of 
viral and infectious diseases. The committee will assess and 
review the global burden of disease and the relationship 
between health and development. The committee will monitor 
closely the implementation of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde 
United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008.
    d. International Criminal Tribunals--Monitor activities of 
the International Criminal Court and its ongoing prosecutions 
and investigations, and the status of Article 98 agreements and 
laws restricting aid to countries which have not signed Article 
98 agreements with the United States; monitor the activities of 
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 
the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special 
Court for Sierra Leone, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and 
the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

5. Economic Policy, Trade, and the Environment

    The committee will exercise oversight regarding U.S. trade 
policy and developments in the international trading system. 
Areas of special interest include progress on the free trade 
agreements already signed with Colombia, Panama, and Korea; the 
Andean Trade Promotion Act (ATPA); discriminatory Chinese 
economic policy; and Russian accession to the World Trade 
Organization. In addition, the committee will review U.S. 
policy to protect U.S. intellectual property rights in other 
countries, especially China and Russia.
    a. WTO negotiations regarding the Doha Development Round 
and implications for U.S. interests.
    b. Trade distorting actions by foreign governments 
(bribery, economic espionage, manipulation of currencies and 
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.
    c. International financial conditions and the evolving role 
of the International Monetary Fund.
    d. Oversight of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
(OPIC) and the extent to which it effectively carries out its 
mission to advance U.S. foreign policy interests by mobilizing 
and facilitating the participation of U.S. private capital and 
skills in the economic and social development of less-developed 
countries, including countries in transition from non-market to 
market economies.
    e. Oversight of the Export Administration Act (EAA), 
including the potential need for reauthorizing legislation. 
Additional areas of oversight will include foreign policy-based 
and other reasons for control, implementation of Title III of 
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
Divestment Act of 2010, regulatory developments, licensing 
policy and caseloads, the Validated End-User Program, export 
enforcement, and outreach to industry and small business.
    f. International energy policy issues including the 
development of traditional and renewable sources of energy; 
energy transit routes; and the U.S. dependence on foreign 
sources of oil.
    g. Development of private sector and market economies, 
including Enterprise Funds. United States commercial diplomacy, 
including oversight of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency 
(USTDA), Commerce Department trade promotion activities, as 
well as the international economic and foreign policy 
implications of export credit financing abroad.
    h. The adoption of international and foreign government 
product standards.
    i. U.S. environmental policies and global environmental 
conditions.
    j. Implementation of United States sanctions policy against 
Iran, Burma, and other regimes by the Departments of Commerce, 
State, and Treasury.
    k. Review of international fisheries agreements and 
international maritime law.
    l. Oversight of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency 
(USTDA) and its efforts to promote the export of U.S. goods and 
services for priority development projects in emerging 
economies.

             II. GENERAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE


      A. Executive Branch Reports and Congressional Notifications

    Statutory reporting requirements, 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 ensure 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.
    Committee staff also conducts a regular and robust review 
of congressional notifications regarding the proposed 
obligation or reprogramming of funding for various program 
activities by our agencies of jurisdiction. During the 
reporting period, the committee has received 107 notifications 
from the Department of State and 56 from the United States 
Agency for International Development.

                         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 five-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 senior 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 also have been designated to serve as 
official delegates to a number of international conferences and 
events.
    In addition, members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
participated in the following interparliamentary exchanges 
during the first quarter of the 112th Congress:

          January 31-February 4, 2011, Meeting of the 
        Defence and Security Committee of the NATO 
        Parliamentary Assembly in Washington, DC, and San 
        Diego, California.

          February 20-22, 2011, Meeting of the NATO 
        Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, Belgium.

          May 9-11, 2011, Meeting of the Economics and 
        Security Committee and the Political Subcommittee on 
        Transatlantic Relations of the NATO Parliamentary 
        Assembly in Washington, DC.

          May 27-30, 2011, Spring Session Meeting of 
        the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Varna, Bulgaria.

                  III. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                  A. Full Committee Markup Summaries 
         (subcommittee markups are listed in section IV, below)


4/13/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

H.R. 1280 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 to require congressional approval of agreements for 
peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries, and for 
other purposes.
          The chair called up the bill. An amendment in the 
        nature of a substitute was offered by Chairman Ros-
        Lehtinen and Ranking Member Berman, and by unanimous 
        consent was considered as base text.
          Rep. Sherman offered an amendment en bloc, which was 
        agreed to by voice vote.
          The Ros-Lehtinen substitute amendment (as amended) 
        was agreed to by a roll call vote of 34 ayes to 0 noes. 
        Voting yes: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton, Gallegly, 
        Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Wilson (SC), 
        Fortenberry, Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), 
        Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Duncan, Buerkle, Ellmers, 
        Berman, Ackerman, Sherman, Sires, Connolly, Deutch, 
        Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Wilson (FL), 
        Bass, Keating, Cicilline. Voting no: None.
          H.R. 1280 was ordered favorably reported to the 
        House, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 1326 (Fortenberry)--Furthering International Nuclear 
Safety Act of 2011
          The chair called up the bill.
          Rep. Fortenberry offered an amendment that was agreed 
        to by voice vote.
          Rep. Connolly offered an amendment that was agreed to 
        by voice vote.
          H.R. 1326 was ordered favorably reported to the 
        House, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 1016 (Lee of California)--Assessing Progress in Haiti Act
          The chair called up the bill. An amendment in the 
        nature of a substitute was offered by Chairman Ros-
        Lehtinen, and by unanimous consent was considered as 
        base text.
          Rep. Connolly offered an amendment that was agreed to 
        by voice vote.
          H.R. 1016 was ordered favorably reported to the 
        House, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 515 (Smith of New Jersey)--Belarus Democracy 
Reauthorization Act of 2011
          The chair called up the bill. An amendment in the 
        nature of a substitute was offered by Mr. Smith (NJ), 
        and by unanimous consent was considered as base text.
          Rep. Connolly offered an amendment that was agreed to 
        by voice vote.
          H.R. 515 was ordered favorably reported to the House, 
        as amended, by voice vote.

5/11/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

H. Res. 209 (Cole)--Directing the Secretary of State to 
transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any 
document, record, memo, correspondence, or other communication 
of the Department of State, or any portion of such 
communication, that refers or relates to any consultation with 
Congress regarding Operation Odyssey Dawn or military actions 
in or against Libya.
          The chair called up this resolution of inquiry. An 
        amendment in the nature of a substitute was offered by 
        Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, and by unanimous consent was 
        considered as base text.
          The Ros-Lehtinen substitute amendment was agreed to 
        by a voice vote.
          H. Res. 209 was ordered favorably reported to the 
        House, as amended, by voice vote.

                       B. Committee Reports Filed

    House Report 112-076 (May 12, 2011): To accompany H. Res. 
209 (Cole), directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the 
House of Representatives copies of any document, record, memo, 
correspondence, or other communication of the Department of 
State, or any portion of such communication, that refers or 
relates to any consultation with Congress regarding Operation 
Odyssey Dawn or military actions in or against Libya. (The 
committee reported favorably thereon with amendments, and 
recommended that the resolution as amended be agreed to.)

         C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House

    H.R. 519 (Ros-Lehtinen)--United Nations Tax Equalization 
Refund Act of 2011. (2/9/2011; On motion to suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, failed by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 
259-169)
    H.R. 1016 (Lee [CA])--Assessing Progress in Haiti Act. (5/
10/2011; Passed/agreed to in House: Motion to suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, as amended, agreed to by voice vote.)
    H. Con. Res. 28 (Kucinich)--Directing the President, 
pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to 
remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. (3/17/
2011; Not agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution 
failed by the Yeas and Nays: 93-321, 1 Present.)
    H. Con. Res. 51 (Kucinich)--Directing the President, 
pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to 
remove the United States Armed Forces from Libya. (6/3/2011; 
Not agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution failed by 
the Yeas and Nays: 148-265.)
    H. Res. 292 (Boehner)--Declaring that the President shall 
not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and 
members of the United States Armed Forces on the ground in 
Libya, and for other purposes. (6/3/2011; Passed/agreed to in 
House: On agreeing to the resolution agreed to by the Yeas and 
Nays: 268-145, 1 Present.)

          IV. MEETINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES

    Pursuant to the Oversight Plan set forth in Section I(d), 
above, the committee and its subcommittees have maintained an 
ambitious schedule of hearings, briefings, markups, and other 
meetings during the period covered by this report, as set forth 
below.

                           A. Full Committee

    February 9, 2011--Committee Organizational Meeting.
    February 9, 2011--Recent Developments in Egypt and Lebanon: 
Implications for U.S. Policy and Allies in the Broader Middle 
East, Part 1. The Honorable Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for 
Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; The 
Honorable Lorne Craner, President, International Republican 
Institute (Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor); Dr. Robert Satloff, Executive 
Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
    March 1, 2011--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and 
Needs Amidst Economic Challenges. The Honorable Hillary Rodham 
Clinton, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
    March 3, 2011--Reforming the United Nations: Lessons 
Learned. The Honorable Mark D. Wallace, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, United Against Nuclear Iran (Former United 
States Representative to the United Nations for Management and 
Reform); The Honorable Terry Miller, Director of the Center for 
International Trade and Economics, The Heritage Foundation 
(Former United States Representative to the United Nations 
Economic and Social Council, United States Observer at the 
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
Organization, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Economic and Global Issues); Mr. Ted Piccone, Brookings 
Institution, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for Foreign 
Policy.
    March 10, 2011--North Korea's Sea of Fire: Bullying, 
Brinkmanship and Blackmail. Mr. Robert Carlin, Visiting 
Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, 
Stanford University; Mr. Bruce Klingner, Senior Research 
Fellow, Northeast Asia Asian Studies Center, The Heritage 
Foundation; Mr. Victor Cha, Professor and Director of Asian 
Studies and D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies 
and Government, Georgetown University; Mr. William Newcomb 
(Former Senior Economist, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 
U.S. Department of State, and Former Senior Economic Adviser, 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury).
    March 16, 2011--The Agency for International Development 
and the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Fiscal Year 2012 
Budget Requests and Future Directions in Foreign Assistance. 
Mr. Daniel Yohannes, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Millennium 
Challenge Corporation; Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
    March 17, 2011--The Global Nuclear Revival and U.S. 
Nonproliferation Policy. Mr. Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, 
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Former 
Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy 
Agency and head of its Department of Safeguards); The Honorable 
William J. Perry, Former Secretary of Defense, Senior Fellow, 
Hoover Institution; Mr. Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, 
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Mr. Gene Aloise, 
Director, Natural Resources and Environment Team, U.S. 
Government Accountability Office.
    March 31, 2011--Libya: Defining U.S. National Security 
Interests. The Honorable James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary, 
U.S. Department of State.
    April 5, 2011--Watching the Watchers: The Need for Systemic 
Reforms and Independence of the State Department Inspector 
General. Ms. Jeanette M. Franzel, Managing Director, Financial 
Management and Assurance Team, U.S. Government Accountability 
Office; Mr. Harold W. Geisel, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. 
Department of State.
    April 7, 2011--Reforming the United Nations: The Future of 
U.S. Policy. The Honorable Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Department of State.
    April 14, 2011--Full Committee Markup. H.R. 1016: Assessing 
Progress in Haiti Act; H.R.1280: To amend the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 to require congressional approval of agreements for 
peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 515: Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act 
of 2011; H.R. 1326: Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act 
of 2011.
    May 11, 2011--Peace Corps at 50. Ms. Jessica Smochek, 
Former Peace Corps Volunteer; Ms. Carol Clark, Former Peace 
Corps Volunteer; Karestan Chase Koenen, Ph.D., Former Peace 
Corps Volunteer; Ms. Lois Puzey, Parent of Late Peace Corps 
Volunteer; Ms. Jennifer Wilson Marsh, Hotline and Affiliate 
Service Director, RAINN; The Honorable Aaron S. Williams, 
Director, Peace Corps; Ms. Kathy A. Buller, Inspector General, 
Peace Corps.
    May 11, 2011--Full Committee Markup. H. Res. 209: Directing 
the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of 
Representatives copies of any document, record, memo, 
correspondence, or other communication of the Department of 
State, or any portion of such communication, that refers or 
relates to any consultation with Congress regarding Operation 
Odyssey Dawn or military actions in or against Libya. 
(Resolution of Inquiry.)
    May 12, 2011--Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: 
Balancing U.S. Interests, Part 1. The Honorable Ellen Tauscher, 
Under Secretary, Arms Control and International Security, U.S. 
Department of State; The Honorable Eric L. Hirschhorn, Under 
Secretary, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of 
Commerce; The Honorable James N. Miller, Jr., Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of 
Defense.
    May 25, 2011--War Powers, United States Operations in 
Libya, and Related Legislation. The Honorable Justin Amash, 
Member of Congress; The Honorable Christopher Gibson, Member of 
Congress; The Honorable Thomas Rooney, Member of Congress.
    June 2, 2011--Religious Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights in 
Asia: Status of Implementation of the Tibetan Policy Act, Block 
Burmese JADE Act, and North Korean Human Rights Act. The 
Honorable Robert King, Ambassador, Special Envoy for North 
Korean Human Rights Issues; The Honorable Daniel B. Baer, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Democracy, Human Rights 
and Labor; The Honorable Joseph Y. Yun, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Mr. Richard 
Gere, Chairman of the Board of Directors, International 
Campaign for Tibet; Mr. Chuck Downs, Executive Director, 
Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; Mr. Aung Din, 
Executive Director & Co-Founder, U.S. Campaign for Burma; Ms. 
Sophie Richardson, Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch.

       B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights

    March 8, 2011--The Democratic Republic of the Congo: 
Securing Peace in the Midst of Tragedy. Mr. Donald Y. Yamamoto, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Ms. Rajakumari Jandhyala, 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency 
for International Development; Mr. Ben Affleck, Actor, Writer, 
Director, & Advocate; Ms. Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, Sexual and 
Gender-Based Violence Advisor, Catholic Relief Services; Mr. 
John Prendergast, Co-founder, The Enough Project; Ms. Cindy 
McCain, Philanthropist.
    April 1, 2011--The Government of Belarus: Crushing Human 
Rights at Home? (joint briefing/hearing with Subcommittee on 
Europe and Eurasia). Mr. Emanuelis Zingeris, Member of 
Lithuania's Parliament (briefer); Mr. Daniel A. Russell, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, 
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; Mr. David Kramer, Executive Director, Freedom House; Mr. 
Matt Rojansky, Deputy Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    April 13, 2011--Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire: Implications for 
the Country and Region. Mr. William Fitzgerald, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State.
    April 13, 2011--Markup. H.R. 515: The Belarus Democracy Act 
of 2011; H. Res. 85: Supporting the democratic aspirations of 
the Ivoirian people and calling on the United States to apply 
intense diplomatic pressure and provide humanitarian support in 
response to the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire.
    May 10, 2011--Governance, Democracy, Human Rights, and the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa: The FY2012 Proposed 
Budget. The Honorable Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of 
State, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Ms. 
Sharon Cromer, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development; Mr. 
Patrick Fine, Vice President for Compact Implementation, 
Department of Compact Operations, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation.
    May 13, 2011--China's Latest Crackdown on Dissent. Mr. Wei 
Jingsheng, Chair, Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition; Mr. 
Harry Wu, Executive Director, Laogai Research Foundation; Ms. 
Jing Zhang, Director of Operations, All Girls Allowed; Mr. 
Steven Mosher, President, Population Research Institute; Mr. 
Philem Kine, Asia Researcher, Human Rights Watch; Ms. Andrea 
Worden, Adjunct Professor of Law, American University 
Washington College of Law.
    May 24, 2011--International Child Abduction: Broken Laws 
and Bereaved Lives. Mr. David Goldman, Father of Child Abducted 
to Brazil and Returned in 2009; Ms. Sara Edwards, Mother of 
Child Abducted to Turkey; Mr. Carlos Bermudez, Father of Child 
Abducted to Mexico; Mr. Michel Elias, Father of Children 
Abducted to Japan; Mr. Joshua Izzard, Father of Child Abducted 
to Russia; Mr. Colin Bower, Father of Children Abducted to 
Egypt; Ms. Patricia Apy, Attorney, Paras, Apy & Reiss, P.C.; 
Ms. Kristin Wells, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP; Mr. Jesse Eaves, 
Policy Advisor for Children in Crisis, World Vision.
    May 31, 2011--Global Perspectives on Autism--A Growing 
Public Health Crisis. Ms. Arlene Cassidy, Chief Executive 
Officer, Autism NI; Mr. Andy Shih, Vice President of Scientific 
Affairs, Autism Speaks; Ms. Brigitte Kobenan, Founder, Autism 
Community of Africa; Mr. Tom McCool, President and CEO, Eden 
Autism Services.
    June 3, 2011--Prioritizing International Religious Freedom 
in U.S. Foreign Policy. Mr. Leonard Leo, Chairman, U.S. 
Commission on International Religious Freedom; Mr. Thomas Farr, 
Director, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for 
Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University; Mr. 
Joseph Grieboski, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Institute 
on Religion and Public Policy; Mr. Brian Grim, Senior 
Researcher and Director of Cross-National Data, Forum on 
Religion & Public Life, Pew Research Center.

                C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

    February 19, 2011--Subcommittee Delegation to Trans-Pacific 
Partnership Free Trade Dialogue.
    March 14, 2011--Briefing on APEC 2011. The Honorable Kurt 
Tong, U.S. Ambassador to APEC; Wendy Cutler, Assistant U.S. 
Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs.
    March 17, 2011--Briefing on Compact of Free Association 
with the Republic of Palau, Part I. Christopher Marut, 
Director, Office of Pacific Island Affairs, State Department; 
Anusha Seneviratne, Desk Officer for Palau; Mary Comfort, 
Attorney Advisor, State Department; Tom Bussanich, Director of 
Budget and Grants, Office of Insular Affairs, Interior 
Department; Rebecca Zapeda, Special Assistant, Office of 
Insular Affairs, Interior Department; Loan Pham, OSD, Asia 
Policy, Defense Department; LCDR Judd Krier, Joint Staff, 
Defense Department.
    March 24, 2011--Meeting with UK Ambassador to North Korea. 
The Honorable Peter Hughes, British Ambassador to North Korea; 
UK Embassy Officials.
    March 30, 2011--Briefing on Compact of Free Association 
with the Republic of Palau, Part II. Deputy Assistant Secretary 
Frankie Reed, State Department; Anusha Seneviratne, Desk 
Officer for Palau, State Department; Mary Comfort, Attorney 
Advisor, State Department; Tom Bussanich, Director of Budget 
and Grants, Office of Insular Affairs, Interior Department; 
Rebecca Zapeda, Special Assistant, Office of Insular Affairs, 
Interior Department; Brig. Gen. Richard Simcock, Principal 
Director, Office of Asia and the Pacific, Defense Department.
    March 31, 2011--Asia Overview: Protecting American 
Interests in China and Asia. The Honorable Kurt Campbell, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State; Mr. James Fellowes, Chairman and 
Chief Executive Officer, Fellowes, Incorporated; Mr. Calman 
Cohen, President, Emergency Committee on American Trade; 
Michael Auslin, Ph.D., Director of Japan Studies, American 
Enterprise Institute; J. Kent Millington, DBA, Entrepreneur in 
Residence and Director of the Department of Technology 
Commercialization, Utah Valley University.
    March 31, 2011--Markup. H. Res. 139: Expressing condolences 
to the people of New Zealand for the terrible loss of life and 
property suffered as a result of the deadly earthquake that 
struck on February 22, 2011; H. Res. 172: Expressing heartfelt 
condolences and support for assistance to the people of Japan 
and all those affected in the aftermath of the deadly 
earthquake and tsunamis of March 11, 2011.
    April 27, 2011--Briefing on Burma. Patrick Murphy, Bureau 
of East Asia and the Pacific, Director of Mainland Southeast 
Asia Office; Kate Nanavatty, Bureau of East Asia and the 
Pacific, Burma Desk Officer; Pat Davis, Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Director of Global Programming; Stacey 
May, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Presidential 
Management Fellow in Asia Office; Linnea Beatty, Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Programming Officer; 
Gregory Beck, Deputy Assistant Administrator/Asia.
    May 18, 2011--Meeting with Assistant Secretary for Asia 
from Federal Republic of Germany. The Honorable Cyrill Nunn, 
Assistant Secretary of Asian and Pacific Affairs, Federal 
Republic of Germany; German Embassy Participants.
    May 24, 2011--The Future of Japan. His Excellency Ichiro 
Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan to the United States (briefer); 
Battalion Chief Robert J. Zoldos II, Program Manager, U.S.A.-1/
VA-TF1, Urban Search & Rescue, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue 
Department; Mr. Randall Schriver, Partner, Armitage 
International; Michael J. Green, Ph.D., Senior Adviser and 
Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies; 
Mr. L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike 
Mansfield Foundation.

                 D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia

    March 10, 2011--Overview of U.S. Relations with Europe and 
Eurasia. The Honorable Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Central and South Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; The Honorable Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State.
    April 1, 2011--The Government of Belarus: Crushing Human 
Rights at Home? (joint with the Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, and Human Rights). Mr. Daniel A. Russell, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, 
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; Mr. David Kramer, Executive Director, Freedom House; Mr. 
Matt Rojansky, Deputy Director, Russia and Eurasia Program 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    April 1, 2011--Members Only Classified Intelligence 
Briefing on Belarusian Arms Transfers (joint with the 
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights). Mr. 
Stewart Eales, Division Chief, Office of Analysis for 
Strategic, Proliferation and Military Issues, Bureau of 
Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State.
    April 14, 2011--Budget Oversight: Examining the President's 
2012 Budget Request for Europe and Eurasia. Mr. Daniel 
Rosenblum, Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and 
Eurasia, Bureau of Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
Ms. Susan Elliott, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Central and South Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The 
Honorable Paige Alexander, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development; 
The Honorable Nisha Biswal, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Asia U.S. Agency for International Development.
    May 5, 2011--Overview of Security Issues in Europe and 
Eurasia. The Honorable Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Mark Koumans, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary-International Affairs, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security; Gary J. Schmitt, Ph.D., 
Resident Scholar and Director of Advanced Strategic Studies, 
American Enterprise Institute; Ms. Sally McNamara, Senior 
Policy Analyst, European Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for 
Freedom, The Heritage Foundation.
    June 2, 2011--European and Eurasian Energy: Developing 
Capabilities for Security and Prosperity. The Honorable Richard 
L. Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, U.S. 
Department of State; Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Research 
Fellow, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for 
International Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Ambassador 
Keith C. Smith, Senior Associate, New European Democracies 
Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies; 
Ambassador Ross Wilson, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, 
Atlantic Council.

           E. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

    March 10, 2011--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities 
and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in the Middle East. The 
Honorable Jeffrey D. Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for 
Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Mr. George A. 
Laudato, Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East, 
U.S. Agency for International Development.
    April 5, 2011--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and 
Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia. The Honorable 
Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and 
Central Asian Affairs, Department of State; The Honorable Nisha 
Desai Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Mr. Daniel Feldman, Deputy Special 
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Department of 
State; Mr. Donald Sampler, Deputy Director Office of 
Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
    April 13, 2011--Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in 
the Middle East, Part 1. Mr. Eliot Cohen, Ph.D., Robert E. 
Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School 
of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins 
University; Mr. J. Scott Carpenter, Keston Family Fellow, 
Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mr. Michael 
Makovsky, Ph.D., Foreign Policy Director, Bipartisan Policy 
Center.
    May 5, 2011--Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the 
Middle East, Part 2. The Honorable Michael H. Posner, Assistant 
Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State; Ms. Tamara Wittes, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
    June 13, 2011--Preserving Progress: Transitioning Authority 
and Implementing the Strategic Framework in Iraq, Part 1. Ms. 
Patricia M. Haslach, Iraq Transition Coordinator, Department of 
State; Mr. Christopher Crowley, Senior Deputy Assistant 
Administrator for the Middle East Bureau, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Colin Kahl, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for the Middle East, Department of Defense.

            F. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

    April 6, 2011--Is America's Overseas Broadcasting 
Undermining our National Interest and the Fight Against 
Tyrannical Regimes? Ms. Jennifer Park Stout, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State; Mr. Philo L. Dibble, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; The Honorable S. Enders Wimbush, Board 
Member, Broadcasting Board of Governors; The Honorable Michael 
Meehan, Board Member, Broadcasting Board of Governors; John 
Lenczowski, Ph.D., President, Institute of World Politics; 
Shiyu Zhou, Ph.D., Vice President, New Tang Dynasty Television; 
Mr. Amir Fakhravar, General Secretary, Confederation of Iranian 
Students; Mr. Robert Reilly, Former Director, Voice of America.
    April 15, 2011--Communist Chinese Cyber-Attacks, Cyber-
Espionage and Theft of American Technology. Pat Choate, Ph.D., 
Director, Manufacturing Policy Project; Mr. Richard Fisher, 
Senior Fellow, Asian Military Affairs, International Assessment 
and Strategy Center; The Honorable Edward Timperlake, (Former 
Director, Technology Assessment, International Technology 
Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department 
of Defense); Adam Segal, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Council on 
Foreign Relations.
    May 25, 2011--UN Climate Talks and Power Politics: It's Not 
about the Temperature. Mr. Todd D. Stern, Special Envoy for 
Climate Change, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Elliot Diringer, 
Vice President for International Strategies, Pew Center on 
Global Climate Change; Daniel Twining, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for 
Asia, German Marshall Fund of the United States; Steven F. 
Hayward, Ph.D., F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow, American Enterprise 
Institute.

       G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

    March 9, 2011--China's Indigenous Innovation Trade and 
Investment Policies: How Great a Threat? Ms. Karen Laney, 
Acting Director of Operations, U.S. International Trade 
Commission; Mr. Philip I. Levy, Resident Scholar, The American 
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Mr. Peter 
Brookes, Senior Fellow, National Security Affairs and Chung Ju-
Yung Fellow for Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Ms. 
Thea Lee, Chief of Staff, AFL-CIO.
    April 6, 2011--Financial Hardball: Corralling Terrorists 
and Proliferators. Mr. Juan C. Zarate, Senior Adviser, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies; David Asher, Ph.D., 
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security; 
Professor Orde F. Kittrie, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, 
Arizona State University.
    April 14, 2011--The State Department's Counterterrorism 
Office: Budget, Reorganization, Policies. The Honorable Daniel 
Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State.
    May 24, 2011--Future of Al-Qaeda. Bruce Hoffman, Ph.D., 
Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; 
Seth G. Jones, Ph.D., Senior Political Scientist, RAND 
Corporation; Mr. Thomas M. Sanderson, Deputy Director and 
Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies.

               H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

    February 15, 2011--Does the U.S. have a Policy toward Latin 
America? Assessing the Impact to U.S. Interests and Allies. The 
Honorable Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States Department of State.
    March 17, 2011--The Colombia and Panama Free Trade 
Agreements: National Security and Foreign Policy Priorities. 
The Honorable Christopher A. Padilla, Vice President, Global 
Government Affairs, IBM; The Honorable James Jones, Partner, 
ManattJones.
    March 17, 2011--Markup. H. Res. 77, Expressing the 
solidarity of the House of Representatives with the families of 
the victims and those displaced by the heavy rains and 
widespread flooding in Colombia.
    March 31, 2011--Rising Oil Prices and Dependence on Hostile 
Regimes: The Urgent Case for Canadian Oil. The Honorable David 
L. Goldwyn, President and Founder, Goldwyn Global Strategies 
LLC; Mr. Lucian Pugliaresi, President, Energy Policy Research 
Foundation, Inc (EPRINC); Dr. Paul Sullivan, Professor, 
National Defense University; Mr. Jeremy Symons, Senior Vice 
President, National Wildlife Federation.
    March 31, 2011--Markup. H.R. 1016, Assessing Progress in 
Haiti Act.
    April 13, 2011--Priorities for U.S. Assistance in the 
Western Hemisphere. The Honorable Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States 
Department of State; The Honorable Mark Feierstein, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; The Honorable Adolfo A. 
Franco, Vice President, Direct Selling Association; The 
Honorable Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, 
International Crisis Group.

           I. Waste, Fraud, Abuse, or Mismanagement Hearings

    Pursuant to clause 1(d)(2)(E) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, the committee held the following 
oversight hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in 
government programs within its jurisdiction, including that 
documented by a Federal Office of the Inspector General or the 
Comptroller General of the United States:
    March 17, 2011--The Global Nuclear Revival and U.S. 
Nonproliferation Policy. (Related to GAO-11-482T, ``Nuclear 
Nonproliferation: More Progress Needed in Implementing 
Recommendations for IAEA's Technical Cooperation Program''.) 
Mr. Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and 
International Affairs (Former Deputy Director General of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency and head of its Department 
of Safeguards); The Honorable William J. Perry, Former 
Secretary of Defense, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Mr. 
Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy 
Education Center; Mr. Gene Aloise, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office
    April 5, 2011--Watching the Watchers: The Need for Systemic 
Reforms and Independence of the State Department Inspector 
General. (Related to GAO-11-382T, ``State Department Inspector 
General: Actions to Address Independence and Effectiveness 
Concerns Are Under Way''; GAO-07-138, ``Inspectors General: 
Activities of the Department of State Office of Inspector 
General''; and NASA OIG Report No. IG-11-002, ``Peer Review of 
State Department Office of Inspector General's Middle East 
Regional Office''.) Ms. Jeanette M. Franzel, Managing Director, 
Financial Management and Assurance Team, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office; Mr. Harold W. Geisel, Deputy Inspector 
General, U.S. Department of State
    May 11, 2011--Peace Corps at 50. (Related to Peace Corps 
OIG Reports: ``Peace Corps Volunteer Safety & Security Program 
Final Audit Report, April 2010''; ``Semiannual Report to 
Congress: April 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010''; and 
``Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2009 through March 
31, 2010''); Ms. Jessica Smochek, Former Peace Corps Volunteer; 
Ms. Carol Clark, Former Peace Corps Volunteer; Karestan Chase 
Koenen, Ph.D., Former Peace Corps Volunteer; Ms. Lois Puzey, 
Parent of Late Peace Corps Volunteer; Ms. Jennifer Wilson 
Marsh, Hotline and Affiliate Service Director, RAINN; The 
Honorable Aaron S. Williams, Director, Peace Corps; Ms. Kathy 
A. Buller, Inspector General, Peace Corps

                 J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings

    Members Meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Repubic of 
Lithuania, Audronius Azubalis (February 16, 2011)
    Members Meeting with the House of Commons Foreign Affairs 
Committee of the United Kingdom (February 17, 2011)
    Members Meeting with the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, 
Roza Otunbayeva (March 8, 2011)
    Members Meeting with the Chairman of the Greek Parliament's 
Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Constantinos 
Vrettos (March 15, 2011)
    Members Briefing with Human Rights Activist and Recipient 
of the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom, Natan Sharansky (March 16, 2011)
    Members Meeting with Members of the National Assembly of 
the Republic of Korea (March 29, 2011)
    Members Meeting with the President of Latvia, Dr. Valdis 
Zatlers (March 31, 2011)
    Members Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Sir Nigel Elton 
Sheinwald of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Francois Delattre 
of France, Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata of Italy, 
Ambassador Kim Beazly of Australia, the Deputy Chief of Mission 
of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the 
Deputy Chief of the Mission of the Netherlands (April 1, 2011)
    Members Briefing with Ambassador Dore Gold, former Israeli 
Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the current 
president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Major 
General (res.) Uzi Dayan, former head of Israel's Central 
Command, deputy chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, 
national security advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Ehud Barak 
and Ariel Sharon, and chairman of Israel's national security 
council; and Brigadier General (res.) Udi Dekel, former head of 
the negotiating team for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 
head of the IDF's Strategic Planning Division (April 5, 2011)
    Members Meeting with United Nations Secretary-General, Ban 
Ki-moon (April 7, 2011)
    Members Meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan, Nasser Judeh (April 12, 2011)
    Members Meeting with the Egyptian Minister for Planning and 
International Cooperation, Fayza Aboul Naga (April 13, 2011)
    Members Briefing with the Assistant Secretary of State for 
the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Michael 
Posner (April 15, 2011)
    Members Meeting with the President of Mexico, Felipe 
Calderon (May 11, 2011)
    Members Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 
Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa (June 1, 
2011)
                                     

                                APPENDIX

 (MEMBERSHIP OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS)

                                     

        Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights

Donald M. Payne, NJ, Ranking Democrat Memberpher H. Smith, NJ, Chairman
Karen Bass, CA                       Jeff Fortenberry, NE
Russ Carnahan, MO                    Tim Griffin, AR
                                     Tom Marino, PA
                                     Ann Marie Buerkle, NY

                  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS, Ranking Democrat Memberzullo, IL, Chairman
Frederica Wilson, FL                 Ron Paul, TX
Gary L. Ackerman, NY                 Bill Johnson, OH
Brad Sherman, CA                     Dan Burton, IN
Gregory W. Meeks, NY                 Edward R. Royce, CA
Dennis Cardoza, CA                   Steve Chabot, OH
                                     Mike Kelly, PA
                                     Jeff Duncan, SC

                   Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia

Gregory W. Meeks, NY, Ranking Democrat Memberon, IN, Chairman
Eliot L. Engel, NY                   Elton Gallegly, CA
Albio Sires, NJ                      Gus M. Bilirakis, FL
Theodore E. Deutch, FL               Tim Griffin, AR
                                     Tom Marino, PA
                                     Jean Schmidt, OH
                                     Ted Poe, TX

             Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

Gary L. Ackerman, NY, Ranking Democrat Memberabot, OH, Chairman
Gerald E. Connolly, VA               Mike Pence, IN
Theodore E. Deutch, FL               Joe Wilson, SC
Dennis Cardoza, CA                   Jeff Fortenberry, NE
Ben Chandler, KY                     Ann Marie Buerkle, NY
Brian Higgins, NY                    Renee Ellmers, NC
Allyson Y. Schwartz, PA              Dana Rohrabacher, CA
Christopher S. Murphy, CT            Donald A. Manzullo, IL
William Keating, MA                  Connie Mack, FL
                                     Michael T. McCaul, TX
                                     Gus M. Bilirakis, FL
                                     Tom Marino, PA

              Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Russ Carnahan, MO, Ranking Democrat MemberRohrabacher, CA, Chairman
David Cicilline, RI                  Mike Kelly, PA
Karen Bass, CA                       Ron Paul, TX
                                     Ted Poe, TX
                                     David Rivera, FL

         Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

Brad Sherman, CA, Ranking Democrat Memberrd R. Royce, CA, Chairman
David Cicilline, RI                  Ted Poe, TX
Gerald E. Connolly, VA               Jeff Duncan, SC
Brian Higgins, NY                    Bill Johnson, OH
Allyson Y. Schwartz, PA              Tim Griffin, AR
                                     Ann Marie Buerkle, NY
                                     Renee Ellmers, NC

                 Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

Eliot L. Engel, NY, Ranking Democrat Member Mack, FL, Chairman
Albio Sires, NJ                      Michael T. McCaul, TX
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS            Jean Schmidt, OH
Donald M. Payne, NJ                  David Rivera, FL
                                     Christopher H. Smith, NJ
                                     Elton Gallegly, CA

                                  
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