[House Report 112-350]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-350
_______________________________________________________________________
Union Calendar No. 235
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
of the
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
__________
ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS
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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
December 27, 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
(26-20)
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
ROBERT TURNER, New York*
Yleem D.S. Poblete, Staff Director
Richard J. Kessler, Democratic Staff Director
*As of October 11, 2011.
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........................4
A. Executive Branch Reports and Congressional
Notifications...................................... 4
B. Reference Documents................................. 5
C. Study Missions and Participation in International
Conferences and Events............................. 5
III.Summary of Legislative Activity...................................6
A. Full Committee Markup Summaries..................... 6
B. Committee Reports Filed............................. 20
C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House. 21
IV. Meetings of the Full Committee and Subcommittees.................21
A. Full Committee...................................... 22
B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human
Rights............................................. 24
C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific................ 27
D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.................. 27
E. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations........ 28
F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia...... 29
G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and
Trade.............................................. 30
H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.............. 30
I. Waste, Fraud, Abuse, or Mismanagement Hearings...... 31
J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings................. 33
Appendix:
Membership of the Subcommittees of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs...................................................... 35
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Washington, DC, December 27, 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 Activities of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs for the 112th Congress in accordance with rule XI of
the Rules of 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 June 11, 2011 of the 112th Congress through December 27,
2011.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
Chairman.
FOREWORD
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Washington, DC, December 27, 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 require 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 from June 11,
2011 through December 27, 2011, has been prepared and submitted
in fulfillment of that obligation.
Union Calendar No. 235
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-350
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LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
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December 27, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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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.
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)
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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 International Relations
is the recipient of one of the largest quantities of required
reports from the executive branch.
In addition to the authorities noted above, the
congressional budget process provides the committee with
another important tool for oversight. Pursuant to section
301(c) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974,
each standing committee of the House is required to submit to
the Committee on the Budget, no later than March 15 of each
year, a report containing its views and estimates on the
President's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. This
requirement affords the committee and its subcommittees the
opportunity to review those items in the President's budget
which fall under the committee's jurisdiction, and to establish
possible guidelines for subsequent action on authorizing
legislation. 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 7th
subcommittee, the ``Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations,'' and the other six subcommittees were somewhat
reorganized. The Subcommittee on Africa became the
``Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International
Operations''; the Subcommittee on Europe became the
``Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats''; the
Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and
Human Rights, became the ``Subcommittee on Terrorism and
Nonproliferation.''
In the 110th Congress, the name of the full committee
changed from ``International Relations,'' back to ``Foreign
Affairs.'' The committee had 7 subcommittees that were similar
in name to the subcommittees of the 109th, with some
rearrangement of oversight, and adding global health and global
environment issues to the Africa Subcommittee, and the Asia-
Pacific Subcommittee, respectively.
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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\2\U.S. Congress, House. Select Committee on Committees. Committee
Reform Amendments of 1974. Report, 93rd Congress, 2d session, March 21,
1974 (H.Rept.No. 93-916, Part II).
(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) was set out in
the committee's first Legislative Review and Oversight
Activities Report of the 112th Congress (H.Rept. 112-126),
filed on June 28, 2011.
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 181 notifications
from the Department of State and 198 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 5-volume set is prepared under the
direction of the staff of the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations with the
assistance of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division
of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of
Congress. This collection of laws and related materials
contains texts referred to by the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and the Foreign Relations Committee, amended to date, and
annotated to show pertinent history or cross references. The
collection includes all laws concerning foreign relations,
codified and in force, treaties in force, as well as executive
agreements and orders, State Department regulations and State
Department delegations of authorities.
C. Study Missions and Participation in International Conferences and
Events
The committee has kept itself informed of the latest
developments in foreign affairs. The usual frequent conferences
with 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 second quarter of the 112th Congress:
June 14-15 2011, 50th Annual Meeting of the
Mexico--United States Interparliamentary Group in
Washington D.C.
June 28-July 2, 2011, 70th Meeting of the
Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium
and Budapest, Hungary.
October 7-10, 2011, 57th Annual Meeting of
the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest, Romania.
December 1-4, 2011, 71st Meeting of the
Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue in Jacksonville,
Florida.
III. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
A. Full Committee Markup Summaries
(subcommittee markups are listed in section IV, below)
7/20-21/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary
H.R. 2583 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To authorize appropriations for the
Department of State for Fiscal Year 2012, and for other
purposes.
The Chair called up the bill.
Title I--Authorization of Appropriations
1. Rep. Mack offered an amendment, Mack 31; agreed to
by Roll Call vote of 22 ayes-20 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Burton, Gallegly,
Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson
(SC), Mack, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson
(OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC),
Buerkle, and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Smith (NJ), Fortenberry, Berman,
Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan,
Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins,
Schwartz, Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and
Cicilline.
2. Rep. Payne offered an amendment, Payne 29; not
agreed to by Roll Call vote of 17 ayes-21 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman,
Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch,
Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Wilson (FL), Bass (CA),
Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Rohrabacher, Royce, Chabot, Wilson (SC), Mack,
Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson
(OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC),
Buerkle, and Ellmers.
3. Rep. Poe offered an amendment, Poe 164; agreed to
by Roll Call vote of 23 ayes-17 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson
(SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL),
Bass (CA), and Keating.
a. Rep. Carnahan offered a 2nd degree
amendment to Poe 164; not agree to by Roll Call
vote of 16 ayes-23 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires,
Connolly, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy
(CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), and Keating.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ),
Burton, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul,
Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera,
Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle,
and Ellmers.
4. Rep. Carnahan offered an amendment, Carnahan 560;
not agreed to by Roll Call vote of 18 ayes-23 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires,
Connolly, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT),
Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson
(SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
5. Rep. Payne offered an amendment, Payne 561; not
agreed to by Roll Call vote of 18 ayes-21 noes.
Voting YES: Smith (NJ), Fortenberry, Berman,
Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks,
Carnahan, Sires, Cardoza, Higgins, Murphy (CT), Wilson
(FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Rohrabacher, Manzullo,
Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, McCaul,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly,
Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Ellmers,
Connolly, and Chandler.
6. Rep. Bass (CA) offered an amendment, Bass (CA)
565; not agreed to by Roll Call vote of 18 ayes-25
noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Deutch,
Cardoza, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL),
Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Paul,
Pence, Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Connolly, and Chandler.
7. Rep. Wilson of Florida offered an amendment,
Wilson 562; not agreed to by Roll Call vote of 19 ayes-
25 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Rivera, Berman,
Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks,
Carnahan, Sires, Deutch, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy
(CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Smith (NJ), Burton, Gallegly,
Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Paul, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan,
Buerkle, Connolly, Cardoza, and Chandler.
8. Rep. Higgins offered an amendment, Higgins 17; not
agreed to by a Roll Call vote of 19 ayes-25 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires,
Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy
(CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Paul,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly,
Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Chandler.
9. Rep. Higgins offered an amendment, Higgins 16; not
agreed to by Roll Call vote of 20 ayes-24 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires,
Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz,
Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and
Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Paul,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly,
Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), and Buerkle.
Title II--Department of State Authorities and Activities
10. Rep. Wilson of Florida offered an amendment,
Wilson 581; agreed to by Unanimous Consent
11. Rep. Mack offered an amendment, Mack 32; agreed to
by Roll Call vote of 30 ayes-14 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Paul,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Faleomavaega, Engel, Sires,
Connolly, Cardoza, Chandler, and Higgins.
Voting NO: Fortenberry, Berman, Ackerman, Payne,
Sherman, Meeks, Carnahan, Deutch, Schwartz, Murphy
(CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
12. Rep. Higgins offered an amendment, Higgins 15;
withdrawn
13. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Deutch 621; not
agreed to by Roll Call vote of 18 ayes-20 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch,
Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT),
Wilson (FL), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Rohrabacher, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack,
Fortenberry, McCaul, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH),
Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), and
Buerkle.
14. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman-Cicilline
622; agreed to by Roll Call vote of 43 ayes to 1 no, as
amended.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires,
Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz,
Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and
Cicilline.
Voting NO: Paul
15. Rep. Deutch offered an amendment, Deutch 29;
agreed to by Voice Vote.
Title III--Organizations and Personnel Authorities
16. Rep. Fortenberry offered an amendment, Fortenberry
73; withdrawn.
Title IV--Foreign Assistance
17. Rep. Poe offered an amendment, Poe-Duncan 156;
agreed to by voice vote
18. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 42--
withdrawn; later offered Berman 42 revised; agreed to
by UC.
19. Rep. Manzullo offered an amendment, Manzullo 13;
agreed to by voice vote
20. Rep. Schwartz offered an amendment, Schwartz 4;
withdrawn
21. Rep. Duncan offered an amendment, Duncan 18;
agreed to by voice vote
22. Rep. Schwartz offered an amendment, Schwartz 7;
not agreed to by Roll Call vote of 13 ayes-23 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires,
Connolly, Deutch, Chandler, and Higgins.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Schmidt,
Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan
(SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
23. Rep. McCaul offered an amendment, McCaul 21;
agreed to by voice vote.
24. Rep. Carnahan offered an amendment, Carnahan 32;
agreed to by voice vote.
25. Rep. Mack offered an amendment, Mack 30; agreed to
by Roll Call vote of 23 ayes-16 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt,
Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan
(SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Chandler, Higgins, Murphy (CT), Keating, and
Cicilline.
26. Rep. Cicilline offered an amendment, Cicilline-
Keating 23; agreed to by voice vote.
27. Rep. Poe offered an amendment, Poe 155; agreed to
by voice vote
28. Rep. Deutch offered an amendment, Deutch 623;
agreed to by voice vote.
29. Rep. Griffin offered an amendment, Griffin 15;
agreed to by Roll Call vote of 23 ayes-19 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT),
Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
30. Rep. Payne offered an amendment, Payne 31; not
agreed to by Roll Call vote of 21 ayes-21 noes.
Voting YES: Smith (NJ), Manzullo, Berman,
Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks,
Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Chandler, Higgins,
Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating,
and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Burton, Gallegly,
Rohrabacher, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack,
McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera,
Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and
Ellmers.
31. Rep. Duncan offered an amendment, Duncan 19;
agreed to by Roll Call vote 21 ayes-18 noes, as amended
by his own 2nd degree amendment.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Burton, Gallegly,
Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson
(SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Bilirakis, Schmidt,
Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan
(SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL),
Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
a. Rep. Duncan offered a 2nd degree amendment;
agreed to by UC.
32. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 613; not
agreed to by Roll Call vote 17 ayes-25 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Cardoza, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson
(FL), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Ellmers and Chandler.
33. Rep. Berman offered another amendment, Berman 582;
not agreed to by Roll Call vote 18 ayes-24 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy
(CT), Wilson (FL), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
34. Rep. Rohrabacher offered an amendment, Rohrabacher
33; not agreed to by Roll Call vote 5 ayes-39 noes.
Voting YES: Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Poe,
and Keating.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Chabot, Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack,
Fortenberry, McCaul, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH),
Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle,
Ellmers, Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy
(CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), and Cicilline.
35. Rep. Deutch offered an amendment, Deutch 633;
agreed to by UC.
36. Rep. Rohrabacher offered an amendment, Rohrabacher
39; not agreed to by Roll Call vote 5 ayes-39 noes.
Voting YES: Rohrabacher, Royce, Poe, Duncan (SC),
and Cardoza.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Manzullo, Chabot, Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack,
Fortenberry, McCaul, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH),
Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Buerkle, Ellmers,
Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel,
Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Chandler,
Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA),
Keating, and Cicilline.
37. Rep. Fortenberry offered an amendment,
Fortenberry-Payne 64; Agreed to by Roll Call Vote 44
ayes-0 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Ellmers, Berman, Ackerman,
Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan,
Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins,
Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating,
and Cicilline.
Voting NO: n/a
38. Rep. Fortenberry offered an amendment, Fortenberry
66; agreed to by UC.
Title V--United States International Broadcasting
39. Rep. Rohrabacher offered an amendment, Rohrabacher
1; agreed to by voice vote as amended by his own 2nd
degree amendment.
a. Rohrabacher offered a 2nd degree amendment;
agreed to by UC.
40. Rep. Sherman offered an amendment, Sherman 614;
agreed to by voice vote as amended by his own 2nd
degree amendment.
a. Rep. Sherman offered a 2nd degree amendment
to Sherman 614; agreed to by UC.
Title VI--Reporting Requirements
41. Rep. Fortenberry offered an amendment, Fortenberry
67; agreed to by voice vote.
42. Rep. Schwartz offered an amendment, Schwartz 5;
agreed to by voice vote.
Title VII--Proliferation Security Initiative
No amendments to Title VII.
Title VIII--Miscellaneous Provisions
43. Rep. Smith offered an amendment; Smith 43; agreed
to by voice vote.
44. Rep. Faleomavaega offered an amendment,
Faleomavaega 579; agreed to by voice vote.
45. Rep. Mack offered an amendment, Mack 33; agreed to
by Roll Call vote 25 ayes-18 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Paul,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly,
Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT),
Wilson (FL), Keating, and Cicilline.
a. Rep. Ackerman offered a 2nd degree
amendment to Mack 33; withdrawn.
46. Rep. Schwartz offered an amendment, Schwartz 8;
agreed to by voice vote.
47. Rep. Poe offered an amendment, Poe 163; agreed to
by voice vote as amended by a 2nd degree amendment
offered by Rep. Ackerman.
a. Rep. Ackerman offered a 2nd degree
amendment to Poe 163; agreed to by UC.
48. Rep. Murphy (CT) offered an amendment, Murphy (CT)
43; withdrawn.
49. Rep. Fortenberry offered amendments to be
considered en bloc, (Fortenberry 59; Fortenberry-Payne
60; Fortenberry 61; Fortenberry 63; Fortenberry 69;
Fortenberry-Payne 74; and Fortenberry 76); agreed to by
voice vote.
50. Rep. Payne offered an amendment, Payne 593; agreed
to by voice vote.
51. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 32,
agreed to by voice vote.
52. Rep. Smith offered an amendment, Smith 49; agreed
to by voice vote.
53. Rep. Faleomavaega offered an amendment,
Faleomavaega 8; not agreed to by Roll Call vote 17
ayes-26 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Deutch,
Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL),
Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Paul,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly,
Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Ellmers and
Connolly.
54. Rep. Faleomavaega offered an amendment,
Faleomavaega 13; not agreed to by voice vote.
55. Rep. Smith offered an amendment, Smith 45; agreed
to by voice vote.
56. Rep. Connolly offered an amendment, Connolly-
Berman 578; agreed to by voice vote as amended by a 2nd
degree amendment offered by Rep. Burton.
a. Rep. Burton offered a 2nd degree amendment
to Connolly-Berman 578; agreed to by voice
vote.
57. Rep. Rohrabacher offered an amendment, Rohrabacher
2; agreed to by voice vote.
58. Rep. Cicilline offered an amendment, Cicilline-
Keating 24; agreed to by voice vote as amended by a 2nd
degree amendment offered by Rep. Cicilline.
a. Rep Cicilline offered a 2nd degree
amendment to Cicilline-Keating 24; agreed to by
UC.
59. Rep. Smith offered an amendment, Smith 44; agreed
to by voice vote.
60. Rep. Engel offered an amendment, Engel-Mack 592;
agreed to by voice vote.
61. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 6; agreed
to by voice vote.
62. Rep. Griffin offered an amendment, Griffin 16;
agreed to by Roll Call vote 27 ayes-17 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Ellmers, Meeks, Connolly, and
Chandler.
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Carnahan, Sires, Deutch, Cardoza,
Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA),
Keating, and Cicilline.
63. Rep. Keating offered an amendment, Keating 619;
not agreed to by Roll Call vote 20 ayes-24 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega,
Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires,
Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz,
Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and
Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
64. Rep. Rohrabacher offered an amendment, Rohrabacher
13; agreed to by voice vote.
65. Rep. Engel offered an amendment, Engel 46; agreed
to by Roll Call vote 44ayes-0 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, Ellmers, Berman, Ackerman,
Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan,
Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins,
Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating,
and Cicilline.
Voting NO: n/a
66. Rep. Smith offered an amendment, Smith 55; agreed
to by voice vote.
67. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 571; not
agreed to by Roll Call vote of 21 ayes-23 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Berman, Ackerman,
Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan,
Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins,
Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating,
and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Smith (NJ), Burton, Gallegly,
Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson
(SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
68. Rep. Murphy (CT) offered an amendment, Murphy (CT)
41; agreed to by voice vote as amended by a 2nd degree
amendment offered by Rep. Meeks.
a. Rep. Meeks offered a 2nd degree amendment
to Murphy (CT) 41; agreed to by voice vote.
b. Rep. Faleomavaega offered a 2nd degree
amendment to Murphy (CT) 41; agreed to by voice
vote.
c. Rep. Faleomavaega offered another 2nd
degree amendment to Murphy (CT) 41; withdrawn.
69. Rep. Smith offered an amendment, Smith 53; agreed
to by voice vote.
70. Rep. Meeks offered an amendment, Meeks-Burton 9;
agreed to by voice vote.
71. Rep. Duncan offered an amendment, Duncan 15;
withdrawn
72. Rep. Duncan offered an amendment, Duncan 20;
agreed to by voice vote.
73. Rep. Berman offered amendments to be considered en
bloc (Berman 37 and Berman 38); withdrawn.
Title IX--Security Assistance
74. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 31; not
agreed to by a Roll Call vote 22 ayes-22 noes.
Voting YES: Burton, Gallegly, Berman, Ackerman,
Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan,
Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins,
Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating,
and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Rohrabacher,
Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack,
Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson
(OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC),
Buerkle, and Ellmers.
75. Rep. Schwartz offered an amendment, Schwartz 6;
agreed to by voice vote.
76. Rep. Connolly offered an amendment, Connolly 80;
withdrawn.
77. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 33;
agreed to by voice vote.
Title X--Peace Corps Volunteer Protection
No amendments to Title X.
End of bill amendments to H.R 2583:
78. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 40; ruled
non-germane
79. Rep. Berman offered an amendment, Berman 48;
agreed to by voice vote.
80. Rep. Cicilline offered an amendment; Cicilline
572; agreed to by voice vote as amended by a Smith 2nd
degree amendment.
a. Rep. Smith offered a 2nd degree amendment
to Cicilline 572; agreed to by Roll Call vote
23 ayes-21 noes.
Voting YES: Smith (NJ), Burton, Gallegly,
Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera,
Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle,
and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Berman, Ackerman,
Faleomavaega, Payne, Sherman, Engel, Meeks,
Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza,
Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT),
Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
81. Chairman Ros-Lehtinen offered amendments to be
considered en bloc (Chabot 7; Chabot 71; Deutch 31;
Duetch 30; Deutch 28; Bass (CA) 22; Bass (CA)12;
Sherman 39; Burton 37; Royce 12; Rohrabacher 36; Duncan
21; Carnahan 28; Carnahan 31; Ros-Lehtinen 83; Berman
39); agreed to by voice vote.
82. Rep. Cicilline offered an amendment, Cicilline
(Section 1101); agreed to by voice vote as amended by a
2nd degree amendment offered by Rep. Berman.
a. Rep. Berman offered a 2nd degree amendment
to Cicilline; agreed to by voice vote.
83. Rep. Engel offered an amendment, Engel 47; agreed
to by voice vote.
84. Rep. Meeks offered an amendment, Meeks 12; agreed
to by voice vote as amended by a 2nd degree amendment
offered by Rep. Rivera.
a. Rep. Rivera offered a 2nd degree amendment
to Meeks 12; agreed to by Roll Call vote of 36
ayes-6 noes-1 present.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ),
Burton, Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce,
Chabot, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul,
Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera,
Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan (SC), Buerkle,
Ellmers, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Engel,
Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza,
Chandler, Higgins, Wilson, Keating, and
Cicilline.
Voting NO: Berman, Payne, Meeks, Schwartz,
Murphy (CT), and Bass (CA).
Voting PRESENT: Sherman.
H.R. 2583 was favorably reported to the House, as amended,
by Roll Call vote of 23 ayes-20 noes.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Wilson
(SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan (SC), Buerkle, and Ellmers.
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne,
Sherman, Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Cardoza, Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy
(CT), Wilson (FL), Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
9/21/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary
H.R. 2699 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To establish policies and procedures
in the Peace Corps to provide for the safety and security of
volunteers from rape and sexual assault, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 2337 (Poe)--To amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual
assault risk-reduction and response training, the development
of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of
victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual Assault
Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
1. By unanimous consent, both measures were
considered as read, and the following amendments
(previously provided to members of the committee) were
considered en bloc:
1) Ros-Lehtinen 87, an amendment in the nature
of a substitute to H.R. 2699;
2) Wilson (FL) 35, an amendment to Ros-
Lehtinen 87;
3) Poe 178, an amendment in the nature of a
substitute to H.R. 2337;
4) Poe 179, an amendment to Poe 178;
5) Wilson (FL) 30, an amendment to Poe 178;
6) Wilson (FL) 33, an amendment to Poe 178;
and
7) Wilson (FL) 34, an amendment to Poe 178.
Pursuant to the same unanimous consent request, the
amendments were deemed adopted, and the Chairman was authorized
to seek consideration by the House, under suspension of the
rules, of H.R. 2699, as amended, and H.R. 2337, as amended.
10/05/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary
H.R. 2830 (Smith)--To authorize appropriations for Fiscal Years
2012 and 2013 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000, and for other purposes.
The Chair called up the bill.
1. An amendment in the nature of a substitute was
offered by Rep. Smith (NJ), Smith 58.
2. The following amendments to the amendment in the
nature of a substitute (previously provided to members
of the committee) were considered en bloc, and agreed
to by a voice vote:
1) Bass 30
2) Royce 59
3) Murphy (CT) 49
4) Fortenberry 82
The Smith amendment in the nature of a substitute (as
amended by Bass 30, Royce 59, Murphy (CT) 49, and Fortenberry
82) was agreed to by voice vote, and the bill, as amended, was
agreed to by unanimous consent.
H.R. 2830 was favorably reported to the House, as amended,
by voice vote.
H.R. 2059 (Ellmers)--To prohibit funding to the United Nations
Population Fund.
The Chair called up the bill.
1. Rep. Connolly offered an amendment, Connolly 648;
not agreed to by a roll call vote of 12 ayes-21 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Sherman
(CA), Engel, Carnahan, Connolly, Deutch,
Chandler, Bass (CA), Keating, and Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Pence, Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Buerkle, Ellmers, and Turner (NY).
2. Rep. Bass offered an amendment, Bass 654; not
agreed to by a roll call vote of 13 ayes-21 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Sherman,
Engel, Carnahan, Connolly, Deutch, Chandler,
Murphy (CT), Bass (CA), Keating, Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ),
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, Poe,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Rivera, Kelly, Griffin,
Marino, Duncan, Buerkle, Ellmers.
3. Reps. Payne and Keating offered an amendment,
Payne-Keating 647; not agreed to by a roll call vote of
13 ayes-23 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Sherman,
Engel, Carnahan, Connolly, Deutch, Chandler,
Murphy (CT), Bass (CA), Keating, Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ),
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Pence, Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, Poe,
Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera,
Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan, Buerkle,
Ellmers, Turner (NY).
4. Rep. Payne offered an amendment, Payne 658; not
agreed to by a roll call vote of 14 ayes-23 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Sherman,
Engel, Carnahan, Connolly, Deutch, Chandler,
Higgins, Murphy (CT), Bass (CA), Keating,
Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, Poe, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin,
Marino, Duncan, Buerkle, Ellmers, Turner (NY).
5. Reps. Cicilline and Schwartz offered an amendment,
Cicilline-Schwartz 649; not agreed to by a roll call
vote of 13 ayes-22 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Sherman
(CA), Engel, Carnahan, Connolly, Deutch,
Higgins, Murphy (CT), Bass (CA), Keating, and
Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Wilson (SC), Mack, Fortenberry, Bilirakis,
Schmidt, Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin,
Marino, Duncan, Buerkle, Ellmers, Turner (NY).
6. Rep. Cicilline offered an amendment, Cicilline
650; not agreed to by a roll call vote of 13 ayes-21
noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Sherman, Engel,
Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Higgins,
Murphy (CT), Bass, Keating, Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Mack, Fortenberry, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson
(OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan,
Buerkle, Ellmers, Turner (NY).
7. Rep. Keating offered an amendment, Keating 652;
not agreed to by a roll call vote of 15 ayes-20 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Sherman (CA),
Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly,
Deutch, Chandler, Higgins, Murphy (CT), Bass
(CA), Keating, Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Mack,
Fortenberry, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH),
Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan,
Buerkle, Ellmers, and Turner (NY).
8. Rep. Murphy (CT) offered an amendment, Murphy 651;
not agreed to by a roll call vote of 14 ayes-22 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Sherman, Engel,
Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch, Chandler,
Higgins, Murphy (CT), Bass, Keating, Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Pence, Mack, Fortenberry, Bilirakis, Schmidt,
Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan, Buerkle, Ellmers, Turner (NY).
9. Reps. Keating and Cicilline offered an amendment,
Keating-Cicilline 1; not agreed to by a roll call vote
of 16 ayes-22 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Sherman, Engel,
Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch,
Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Bass
(CA), Keating, Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Pence, Mack, Fortenberry, Bilirakis, Schmidt,
Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan, Buerkle, Ellmers, Turner (NY).
10. Reps. Wilson (FL) and Meeks offered an amendment,
Wilson-Meeks 656; not agreed to by a roll call vote of
16 ayes-22 noes.
Voting YES: Berman, Ackerman, Sherman, Engel,
Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch,
Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Bass,
Keating, Cicilline.
Voting NO: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot,
Pence, Mack, Fortenberry, Bilirakis, Schmidt,
Johnson (OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino,
Duncan, Buerkle, Ellmers, Turner (NY).
H.R. 2059 was agreed to by a roll call vote of 23 ayes-17
noes, and was ordered favorably reported to the House by voice
vote.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Pence,
Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson
(OH), Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan, Buerkle,
Ellmers, Turner (NY).
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Sherman (CA),
Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Sires, Connolly, Deutch,
Chandler, Higgins, Schwartz, Murphy (CT), Bass,
Keating, Cicilline.
10/13/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary
H.R. 2829 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To promote transparency,
accountability, and reform within the United Nations system,
and for other purposes.
The Chair called up the bill.
1. The following amendments (previously provided to
members of the committee) were considered en bloc, and
agreed to by unanimous consent:
1) Amendment in the nature of a substitute,
Ros-Lehtinen 92
2) Connolly 102
3) Connolly 103
4) Connolly 104
5) Fortenberry 83
2. An amendment in the nature of a substitute offered
by Rep. Berman, Berman 63, was not agreed to by voice
vote.
H.R. 2829, as amended, was agreed to by a roll call vote of
23 ayes-15 noes, and was ordered favorably reported to the
House by unanimous consent.
Voting YES: Ros-Lehtinen, Smith (NJ), Burton,
Gallegly, Rohrabacher; Manzullo, Royce, Chabot, Wilson,
Mack, McCaul, Poe, Bilirakis, Schmidt, Johnson (OH),
Rivera, Kelly, Griffin, Marino, Duncan, Buerkle,
Ellmers, Turner (NY).
Voting NO: Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Sherman (CA),
Engel, Meeks, Carnahan, Connolly, Deutch, Cardoza,
Higgins, Schwartz, Bass, Keating, Cicilline.
11/2/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary
H.R. 1905 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for
the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of
nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other
purposes.
The Chair called up the bill, and an amendment in the
nature of a substitute offered by Chairman Ros-Lehtinen
(previously provided to members of the committee), Ros-Lehtinen
91, was made the pending business of the committee.
1. The following amendments (previously provided to
members of the committee) were considered en bloc, and
agreed to by voice vote:
1) Deutch 32
2) Deutch 33
3) Deutch 34
4) Keating 18
5) Poe 190
6) Royce 60
2. An amendment was offered by Reps. Berman and Ros-
Lehtinen, Berman-Ros-Lehtinen 71, and agreed to by
voice vote.
3. The amendment in the nature of a substitute, as
amended, was agreed to by voice vote.
H.R. 1905, as amended, was agreed to by unanimous consent,
and the Chairman was authorized to seek consideration of the
bill on the House Floor under suspension of the rules.
H.R. 2105 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To provide for the application of
measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, North Korea,
and Syria certain goods, services, or technology, and for other
purposes.
The Chair called up the bill, and an amendment in the
nature of a substitute offered by Chairman Ros-Lehtinen
(previously provided to members of the committee), Ros-Lehtinen
90, was made the pending business of the committee.
1. An amendment was offered by Reps. Berman and Ros-
Lehtinen, Berman-Ros-Lehtinen 73, and agreed to by
unanimous consent.
2. The amendment in the nature of a substitute, as
amended, was agreed to by voice vote.
H.R. 2105, as amended, was agreed to by unanimous consent,
and the Chairman was authorized to seek consideration of the
bill on the House Floor under suspension of the rules.
11/17/11 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary
H.R. 2918 (Ros-Lehtinen)--To strengthen and clarify the
commercial, cultural, and other relations between the United
States and the people of Taiwan, as codified in the Taiwan
Relations Act, and for other purposes; and
H.R. 2992 (Granger)--To provide Taiwan with critically needed
Untied States-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen
its self-defense capability against the increasing military
threat from China.
The Chair called up the bills for consideration by the
committee.
1. The two measures and three amendments (previously
provided to members of the committee) were considered
en bloc:
1) Ros-Lehtinen 97 (amending H.R. 2918)
2) Connolly 105 (amending H.R. 2918)
3) Connolly 106 (amending H.R. 2992)
H.R. 2918, as amended, and H.R. 2992, as amended, were
agreed to by voice vote.
B. Committee Reports Filed
House Report: 112-323: To accompany H.R. 2829 (Ros-
Lehtinen) United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and
Reform Act of 2011.
House Report 112-223: To accompany H.R. 2583 (Ros-Lehtinen)
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012.
C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House
Legislation Enacted into Law
S. 1280 (Isaakson)--Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer
Protection Act of 2011--P.L. 112-82 (11/21/2011).
Legislation Passed by the House and Senate
H.R. 515 (Smith, NJ)--Belarus Democracy and Human Rights
Act of 2011.
H.R. 2867 (Wolf)--United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011.
S. 1280 (Isaakson)--Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer
Protection Act of 2011.
Legislation Passed by the House
H.R.440 (Wolf)--To provide for the establishment of the
Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious
Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.
H.R. 515 (Smith, NJ)--Belarus Democracy and Human Rights
Act of 2011.
H.R. 1016 (Lee)--Assessing Progress in Haiti Act.
H.R. 1905 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Iran Threat Reduction Act of
2011.
H.R. 2105 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Iran, North Korea, and Syria
Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011.
H.R. 2594 (Mica)--European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
Prohibition Act of 2011.
H.R.2867 (Wolf)--United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011.
H.R. 3630 (Camp)--Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation
Act of 2011.
H. Res. 268 (Cantor)--Reaffirming the United States'
commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian
negotiations, and for other purposes.
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.
H. Res. 306 (Royce)--Urging the Republic of Turkey to
safeguard its Christian heritage and to return confiscated
church properties.
H. Res. 376 (Rangel)--Calling for the repatriation of POW/
MIAs and abductees from the Korean War.
H. Res. 391 (Cantor)--Expressing the sense of the House of
Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched
against the United States on September 11, 2001, on the 10th
anniversary of that date.
S. 1280 (Isaakson)--Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer
Protection Act of 2011.
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
June 16, 2011--Why Taiwan Matters. Ms. June Teufel Dreyer,
Professor of Political Science at University of Miami, Senior
Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute; Mr. Randall G.
Schriver, Partner at Armitage International LLC, President &
CEO of the Project 2049 Institute; Mr. Rupert J. Hammond-
Chambers, President of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council, Member
of National Committee on United States-China Relations; Ms.
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Professor, School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University.
June 23, 2011--Iran and Syria: Next Steps. The Honorable
John Bolton, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research (former U.S. permanent representative to
the United Nations and former Under Secretary of State for Arms
Control and International Security); Mr. Olli Heinonen, Senior
Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,
Harvard University (former Deputy Director General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency and head of its Department
of Safeguards); Mr. Robert Satloff, Executive Director,
Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
July 7, 2011--Time to Pause the Reset: Defending U.S.
Interests in the Face of Russian Aggression. Katrina Lantos
Swett, Ph.D., President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights;
Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Russian Eurasian
Studies and International Energy Policy, The Heritage
Foundation; The Honorable Steve Sestanovich, George F. Kennan
Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Council on
Foreign Relations.
July 20, 2011--Markup. H.R. 2583, The Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012.
September 14, 2011--Promoting Peace? Reexamining U.S. Aid
to the Palestinian Authority, Part II. The Honorable Elliott
Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on
Foreign Relations; Mr. James Phillips, Senior Research Fellow
for Middle Eastern Affairs, The Heritage Foundation; Jonathan
Schanzer, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, Foundation for
Defense of Democracies; Mr. David Makovsky, Ziegler
Distinguished Fellow, Director of Project on the Middle East
Peace Process, The Washington Institute.
September 21, 2011--Markup. H.R. 2699, To establish
policies and procedures in the Peace Corps to provide for the
safety and security of volunteers from rape and sexual assault,
and for other purposes; H.R. 2337, To amend the Peace Corps Act
to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training,
the development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the
establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a
Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
September 23, 2011--Job Creation Made Easy: The Colombia,
Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements. Mr. Myron
Brilliant, Senior Vice President for International Affairs,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Luis Arguello Sr., CEO &
President, DemeTech; Mr. Drew Greenblatt, President, Marlin
Steel Wire Products; Ms. Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff, AFL-
CIO.
October 4, 2011--Why Taiwan Matters, Part II. The Honorable
Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Peter Lavoy, Ph.D.,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and
Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense.
October, 5, 2011--Markup. H.R. 2830, To authorize
appropriations for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 for the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other
purposes; H.R. 2059, To prohibit funding to the United Nations
Population Fund.
October 13, 2011--Markup. H.R. 2829, To promote
transparency, accountability, and reform within the United
Nations system, and for other purposes.
October 13, 2011--Emerging Threats and Security in the
Western Hemisphere: Next Steps for U.S. Policy. The Honorable
William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S.
Department of State; The Honorable Philip S. Goldberg,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S.
Department of State; The Honorable Daniel L. Glaser, Assistant
Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Office of Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department of Treasury; The
Honorable Paul N. Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs, U.S.
Department of Defense.
October 14, 2011--Iran and Syria: Next Steps, Part II. The
Honorable Wendy R. Sherman, Under Secretary for Political
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable David S.
Cohen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
October 25, 2011--Deployment of U.S. Forces in Central
Africa and Implementation of The Lord's Resistance Army
Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. The Honorable
Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable
Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense.
October 27, 2011--Afghanistan and Pakistan: Transition and
the Way Forward. The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
November 2, 2011--Markup. H.R. 1905, To strengthen Iran
sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon
its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening
activities, and for other purposes; ANS to H.R. 1905, Amendment
in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1905 offered by Chairman
Ros-Lehtinen; H.R. 2105, To provide for the application of
measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, North Korea,
and Syria certain goods, services, or technology, and for other
purposes; ANS to H.R. 2105, Amendment in the nature of a
substitute to H.R. 2105 offered by Chairman Ros-Lehtinen.
November 3, 2011--Congressional-Executive Commission on
China: 2011 Annual Report. The Honorable Christopher Smith,
Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China; The
Honorable Tim Walz, Ranking House Member, Congressional-
Executive Commission on China; Ms. Chai Ling, Founder, All
Girls Allowed (student leader, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests);
Mr. Bob Fu, President, China Aid; Mr. John Kamm, Chairman, The
Dui Hua Foundation; Sophie Richardson, Ph.D., China Director,
Human Rights Watch; Mr. Bhuchung K. Tsering, Vice President for
Special Programs, International Campaign for Tibet.
November 16, 2011--Righting the Enduring Wrongs of the
Holocaust: Insurance Accountability and Rail Justice. The
Honorable John Garamendi, Member of Congress; The Honorable
Carolyn Maloney, Member of Congress; Mr. Leo Bretholz,
Holocaust Survivor, Author, ``Leap into Darkness''; Ms. Renee
Firestone, Holocaust Survivor; Mr. David Schaecter, Holocaust
Survivor, President, Holocaust Survivors Foundation.
November 17, 2011--Markup. H.R. 2918, To strengthen and
clarify the commercial, cultural, and other relations between
the United States and the people of Taiwan, as codified in the
Taiwan Relations Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 2992, To
provide Taiwan with critically needed Untied States-built
multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-defense
capability against the increasing military threat from China.
December 1, 2011--Democracy Held Hostage in Nicaragua: Part
I. The Honorable Robert Callahan, former U.S. Ambassador to
Nicaragua; The Honorable Jaime Daremblum, former Costa Rican
Ambassador to the United States, Hudson Institute; Jennifer
Lynn McCoy, Ph.D., Director of Americas Program, The Carter
Center.
B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
June 13, 2011--Best Practices and Next Steps: A New Decade
in the Fight Against Human Trafficking. The Honorable Luis
CdeBaca, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
U.S. Department of State; Ms. Deborah Cundy, Vice President,
Carlson Companies; Ms. Chai Ling, Founder, All Girls Allowed;
Ms. Nancy Rivard, President and Founder, Airline Ambassadors
International; Mr. Philip Kowalcyzk, President, The Body Shop;
Mr. Kevin Bales, Co-founder and President, Free the Slaves; Mr.
David Abramowitz, Director of Policy and Government Relations,
Humanity United.
June 16, 2011--Africa's Newest Nation: The Republic of
Southern Sudan. Mr. Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop, Diocese of
Tambura-Yambio; Mr. John Eibner, Chief Executive Officer,
Christian Solidarity International--USA; Ms. Dana Lyons
Wilkins, Campaigner, Global Witness; The Honorable Roger Winter
(former Special Representative on Sudan, U.S. Department of
State); The Honorable Princeton Lyman, Special Envoy for Sudan,
U.S. Department of State; Ms. Rajakumari Jandhyala, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for
International Development.
June 23, 2011--Global Strategies to Combat the Devastating
Health and Economic Impacts of Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Richard
Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, National
Institutes of Health; Mr. Eric Hall, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alzheimer's Foundation of America; Mr. Bill
Thies, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Alzheimer's
Association; Dr. Daisy Acosta, Chair of the Executive Board,
Alzheimer's Disease International; Mr. George Vradenburg,
Founder, USAgainstAlzheimer's; Dr. Giovanni Frisoni, Deputy
Scientific Director, IRCCS-FBF Alzheimer's Center; Dr. Jeffrey
Cummings, Director, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain
Health; Dr. Hugh Hendrie, Professor, Indiana University.
July 7, 2011--Assessing the Consequences of the Failed
State of Somalia. The Honorable Donald Y. Yamamoto, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S.
Department of State; The Honorable Nancy Lindborg, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian
Affairs, U.S. Agency for International Development; Reuben
Brigety Ph.D, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population,
Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department of State; Mr. J. Peter
Pham, Director, Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic
Council; Ms. Browyn Bruton, Fellow, One Earth Future
Foundation; Mr. Martin Murphy, Visiting Fellow, Corbett Centre
for Maritime Policy, King's College, London; Mr. David H.
Shinn, Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International
Affairs, George Washington University.
July 26, 2011--Coordinating Africa Policy on Security,
Counterterrorism, Humanitarian Operations and Development. The
Honorable Donald Y. Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State;
The Honorable Vicki Huddleston, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of
Defense; Ms. Sharon Cromer, Senior Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International
Development.
July 28, 2011--Improving Implementation of the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction. The Honorable Susan Jacobs, Special Advisor for
Children's Issues, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department
of State; The Honorable Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of
State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
August 2, 2011--Hydrocephalus Treatment in Uganda: Leading
the Way to Help Children. Benjamin Warf, M.D., Director,
Neonatal and Congenital Anomalies Neurosurgery, Department of
Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Boston; Steven J. Schiff,
M.D., Director, Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania
State University; Mr. Jim Cohick, Senior Vice President of
Specialty Programs, CURE International.
August 4, 2011--Southern Kordofan: Ethnic Cleansing and
Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan. Mr. Bradford Phillips, President,
Persecution Project; Rt. Reverend Andudu Adam Elnail, Bishop,
Anglican Diocese of Kadugli, Sudan; Luka Biong Deng, Ph.D.,
Executive Director, Kush Incorporated.
September 8, 2011--USAID's Long-Term Strategy for
Addressing East African Emergencies. Ms. Rajakumari Jandhyala,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency
for International Development; Ms. Katherine Zimmerman, Gulf of
Aden Team Lead, Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise
Institute; The Honorable Kent Hill, Senior Vice President of
International Programs, World Vision; Ms. Shannon Scribner,
Humanitarian Policy Manager, Oxfam America.
September 20, 2011--Human Rights in North Korea: Challenges
and Opportunities. Ms. Suzanne Scholte, President, Defense
Forum Foundation; Ms. Kim Young Soon, Vice President, Committee
for the Democratization of North Korea; Ms. Kim Hye Sook,
Longest-serving survivor of North Korean prison camps; Mr. Greg
Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, Committee for Human Rights in
North Korea.
September 22, 2011--China's One-Child Policy: The
Government's Massive Crime Against Women and Unborn Babies. Ms.
Chai Ling, Founder, All Girls Allowed; Ms. Reggie Littlejohn,
Founder and President, Women's Rights Without Frontiers;
Valerie Hudson, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Political
Science, Brigham Young University; Ms. Ji Yequig, Victim of
forced abortion; Ms. Liu Ping,Victim of forced abortion.
October 4, 2011--A Comprehensive Assessment of U.S. Policy
Toward Sudan. The Honorable Princeton Lyman, Special Envoy for
Sudan, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Ker Aleu Deng, Emancipated
slave from the Republic of South Sudan; Gerard Prunier, Ph.D.,
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Michael S. Ansari Africa Center,
Atlantic Council; Mr. John Prendergast, Co-founder, The Enough
Project; Ms. Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief, Talk Radio News
Service.
October 27, 2011--The Trafficking in Persons Report 2011:
Truth, Trends, and Tier Rankings. The Honorable Luis CdeBaca,
Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
in Persons, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Robert O.
Blake, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and
Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Joseph Y.
Yun, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
November 2, 2011--U.S. Policy Toward Zimbabwe. 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. Mark
Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group;
Mr. Paul Fagan, Regional Director for Africa, International
Republican Institute; Mr. Dewa Mavhinga, Regional Coordinator,
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition.
November 17, 2011--The 2011 International Religious Freedom
Report. Mr. Leonard Leo, Chairman, U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom; Fr. Ricardo Ramirez, Bishop,
Diocese of Las Cruces (former Commissioner, U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom); Mr. Benedict Rogers, East
Asia Team Leader, Christian Solidarity Worldwide; Rev. Majed El
Shafie, President and Founder, One Free World International; R.
Drew Smith, Ph.D., Scholar-in-Residence, Leadership Center,
Morehouse College.
December 5, 2011--Fighting Malaria: Progress and
Challenges. The Honorable Mark Green, Senior Director, U.S.
Global Leadership Coalition; Dennis Schmatz, Ph.D., President
of the Board, Medicines for Malaria Venture North America,
Incorporated; Regina Rabinovich, M.D., Director, Infectious
Diseases, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation; Roger Bate, Ph.D., Legatum Fellow in Global
Prosperity, American Enterprise Institute; David Bowen, Ph.D.,
Chief Executive Officer, Malaria No More; Richard W. Steketee,
M.D., Science Director, Malaria Control Program, Program for
Appropriate Technology in Health.
December 8, 2011--Promoting Global Internet Freedom. Daniel
Calingaert, Ph.D., Vice President, Freedom House; Ms. Clothilde
Le Coz, Washington Director, Reporters Without Borders; Ms.
Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human
Rights First; Ms. Rebecca MacKinnon, Bernard L. Schwartz
Fellow, The New America Foundation.
C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
June 22, 2011--Piercing Burma's Veil of Secrecy: The Truth
Behind the Sham Election and the Difficult Road Ahead. Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, Opposition Leader, National League for Democracy;
Mr. Aung Din, Executive Director and Co-Founder, U.S. Campaign
for Burma; Dr. Chris Beyrer, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for
Public Health and Human Rights.
September 21, 2011--China's Monopoly on Rare Earths:
Implications for U.S. Foreign and Security Policy. Mr. Mark A.
Smith, President and Chief Executive Office, Molycorp, Inc.;
Mr. Robert Strahs, Vice President and General Manager, Arnold
Magnetic Technologies, North America; Mr. John Galyen,
President, Danfoss North America; Ms. Christine Parthemore,
Fellow, Center for a New American Security.
October 26, 2011--The Expanding U.S.--Korea Alliance. The
Honorable Chris Hill, Dean, Josef Korbel School of
International Studies, University of Denver; Mr. Bruce
Klingner, Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia, The
Heritage Foundation; Ms. Tami Overby, President, U.S.--Korea
Business Council; Abraham Kim, Ph.D., Vice President, Korea
Economic Institute.
November 15, 2011--Feeding the Dragon: Reevaluating U.S.
Development Assistance to China. The Honorable Nisha Desai
Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, United States Agency
for International Development.
November 30, 2011--Markup. H. Res. 376, Calling for the
repatriation of POW/MIAs and abductees from the Korean War.
November 30, 2011--Compact of Free Association with the
Republic of Palau: Assessing the 15-year Review. Mr. James L.
Loi, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Thomas
Bussanich, Director of Budget, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S.
Department of the Interior; Brigadier General Richard L.
Simcock, II, Principal Director, South and Southeast Asia,
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, U.S.
Department of Defense; Mr. David B. Gootnick, Director,
International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability
Office.
D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia
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. Mr. Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Research
Fellow, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for
International Studies, The Heritage Foundation; The Honorable
Keith C. Smith, Senior Associate, New European Democracies
Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies; The
Honorable Ross Wilson, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center,
The Atlantic Council of the United States.
July 26, 2011--Eastern Europe: The State of Democracy and
Freedom. Mr. Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department
of State; The Honorable David Kramer, President, Freedom House.
Mr. Stephen Nix, Regional Director--Eurasia, International
Republican Institute; Nadia Diuk, Ph.D., Vice President--
Programs, National Endowment for Democracy.
October 27, 2011--The Eurozone Crisis: Destabilizing the
Global Economy. Mr. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Research Fellow, The
Peterson Institute for International Economics; Desmond
Lachman, Ph.D. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research; Mr. Bruce Stokes, Senior
Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United
States.
November 15, 2011--The State of Affairs in the Balkans. The
Honorable Phil Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European
and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable
Kurt Volker, Managing Director--International Group, BGR Group,
Senior Fellow and Managing Director, Center for Transatlantic
Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns
Hopkins University; Mr. Ivan Vejvoda Vice President--Programs,
The German Marshall Fund of the United States; Gerald M.
Gallucci, Ph.D., former U.N. Regional Representative in
Mitrovica, Kosovo.
E. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
July 7, 2011--Massacre at Camp Ashraf: Implications for
U.S. Policy. The Honorable Michael Mukasey (former Attorney
General of the United States); Gary Morsch, M.D. (former
Commander of the Forward Operating Base Ashraf); Colonel Wes
Martin, USA (Retired) (former Base Commander of Camp Ashraf);
Ray Takeyh, Ph. D., Senior Fellow for the Middle Eastern
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.
July 26--Reassessing American Grand Strategy in South Asia.
Aparna Pande, Ph.D., Resident Fellow, Hudson Institute; Mr.
John Tkacik, Jr., President, China Business Intelligence
(former Chief of China Analysis in the Bureau of Intelligence
and Research, U.S. Department of State); Mr. Sadanand Dhume,
Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Mr. Shuja
Nawaz, Director of the South Asia Center, The Atlantic Council
of the United States.
October 12--The International Exploitation of Drug Wars and
What We Can Do About It. Mr. Eduardo Garcia Valseca, Kidnap
victim; Mr. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the
Americas; Mr. Douglas Farah, Senior Fellow, International
Assessment and Strategy Center; Andrew Selee, Ph.D., Director,
Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center.
November 2--Efforts to Transfer America's Leading Edge
Science to China. The Honorable Frank Wolf (R-VA), Chairman,
Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies; Mr. Thomas Armstrong, Managing Associate
General Counsel, Government Accountability Office; The
Honorable John Holdren, Ph.D., Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy; The Honorable Charles Bolden, Jr.,
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Mr. Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow, International Assessment and
Strategy Center; Adam Segal, Ph. D., Senior Fellow, Council on
Foreign Relations.
December 7--Camp Ashraf: Iraqi Obligations and State
Department Accountability. The Honorable Daniel Fried, Special
Advisor on Ashraf, U.S. Department of State; Mrs. Barbara Leaf,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Lincoln P.
Bloomfield, Jr., Chairman, Henry L. Stimson Center; Colonel Wes
Martin, USA (Retired) (former Base Commander of Camp Ashraf);
Elizabeth Ferris, Ph.D., Co-Director, Brookings-LSE Project on
Internal Displacement.
F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
July 27, 2011--Axis of Abuse: U.S. Human Rights Policy
toward Iran and Syria, Part 1. The Honorable Jeffrey D.
Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Michael H.
Posner, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State.
September 14, 2011--Promoting Peace? Reexamining U.S. Aid
to the Palestinian Authority, Part II. The Honorable Elliott
Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on
Foreign Relations; Mr. James Phillips, Senior Research Fellow
for Middle Eastern Affairs, The Heritage Foundation; Jonathan
Schanzer, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, Foundation for
Defense of Democracies.
September 22, 2011--Axis of Abuse: U.S. Human Rights Policy
toward Iran and Syria, Part II. Mr. Michael Singh, Managing
Director Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mr. Mehdi
Khalaji, Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East
Policy; Mr. Alireza Nader, International Policy Analyst, RAND
Corporation; Mr. Tony Badran, Research Fellow, Foundation for
the Defense of Democracies;Jon B. Alterman, Ph. D., Director
and Senior Fellow of the Middle East Program, Center for
Strategic and International Studies.
November 3, 2011--2014 and Beyond: U.S. Policy towards
Afghanistan and Pakistan, Part I. The Honorable Zalmay
Khalilzad, Ph.D., Counselor, Center for Strategic and
International Studies; Lieutenant General David W. Barno,
Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow, Center for a New American
Security; Ashley J. Tellis, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Carnegie
Endowment; C. Christine Fair, Ph.D., Assistant. Professor,
Security Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh, School of Foreign
Service, Georgetown University.
November 30, 2011--Preserving Progress in Iraq, Part III:
Iraq's Police Development Program. Ms. Brooke Darby, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Stuart W. Bowen,
Jr., Inspector General, Office of the Special Inspector General
for Iraq Reconstruction. Mr. Glenn D. Furbish, Assistant
Inspector General for Audits, Office of the Special Inspector
General for Iraq Reconstruction.
December 14, 2011--Confronting Damascus: U.S. Policy toward
the Evolving Situation in Syria. Mr. Frederic C. Hof, Special
Coordinator for Regional Affairs, Office of the U.S. Special
Envoy for Middle East Peace, U.S. Department of State.
G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
June 15, 2011--Global Maritime Piracy: Fueling Terrorism,
Harming Trade. The Honorable Andrew J. Shapiro, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S.
Department of State; The Honorable William F. Wechsler, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Counternarcotics and Global Threats, U.S.
Department of Defense.
July 7, 2011--Jointly held with Subcommittee on Africa,
Global Health, and Human Rights. Assessing the Consequences of
the Failed State of Somalia. The Honorable Donald Y. Yamamoto,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African
Affairs, U.S. State Department; The Honorable Nancy Lindborg,
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and
Humanitarian Affairs, U.S. Agency for International
Development; Mr. Reuben Brigety, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department
of State; Mr. J. Peter Pham, Director, Michael S. Ansari Africa
Center, Atlantic Council; Ms. Browyn Bruton, Fellow, One Earth
Future Foundation; Mr. Martin Murphy, Visiting Fellow, Corbett
Centre for Maritime Policy, King's College, London; Mr. David
H. Shinn, Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International
Affairs, George Washington University.
September 14, 2011--U.S.-India Counterterrorism
Cooperation: Deepening the Partnership. Ms. Lisa Curtis, Senior
Research Fellow, Asia Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation;
Mr. Frank Cilluffo, Associate Vice President, Director,
Homeland Security Policy Institute, The George Washington
University; Dr. S. Amer Latif, Visiting Fellow, Wadhwani Chair
in U.S.-India Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and
International Studies.
October 12, 2011--Narcoterrorism and the Long Reach of U.S.
Law Enforcement. Mr. Douglas Farah, Senior Fellow,
International Assessment and Strategy Center; Mr. Michael A.
Braun, Managing Partner, Spectre Group International, LLC; Dr.
Vanda Felbab-Brown, Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings
Institution.
November 17, 2011--Narcoterrorism and the Long Reach of
U.S. Law Enforcement, Part II. Mr. Derek S. Maltz, Special
Agent in Charge, Special Operations Division, Drug Enforcement
Administration, U.S. Department of Justice.
December 16, 2011--Changing Energy Markets and U.S.
National Security. Mr. Neelesh Nerurkar, Specialist in Energy
Policy, Congressional Research Service; Mr. Robert McNally,
President, The Rapidan Group; Dr. Gal Luft, Executive Director,
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security; Mr. Martin J.
Durbin, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs,
American Petroleum Institute.
H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
June 14, 2011--Holding Honduras Hostage: Revoked Visas and
U.S. Policy. The Honorable Roberto Micheletti Bain, former
President of Honduras; Mrs. Sandra Martinez de Midence, former
President of the Central Bank of Honduras; The Honorable
Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr., Senior Political Advisor, National
Defense University's Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
(former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras).
June 24, 2011--Venezuela's Sanctionable Activity. The
Honorable Daniel Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for
Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Thomas L.
Delare, Director for Terrorism Finance and Economic Sanctions
Policy, Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, U.S.
Department of State; Mr. Kevin Whitaker, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S.
Department of State; Mr. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
September 13, 2011--Has Merida Evolved? Part One: The
Evolution of Drug Cartels and the Threat to Mexico's
Governance. Mr. Gary M. Shiffman, Ph.D., Professor and Director
of Homeland Security Studies, Center for Peace and Security
Studies, Georgetown University; Mr. Andrew Selee, Ph.D.,
Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for
International Scholars; Mr. Robert J. Bunker, Ph.D., Senior
Fellow, Small Wars Journal El Centro; Ms. Pamela Starr, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor in Public Diplomacy and the School of
International Relations, Director of the U.S.-Mexico Network,
University of Southern California.
October 4, 2011--Merida Part Two: Insurgency and Terrorism
in Mexico. The Honorable William R. Brownfield, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Rodney G.
Benson, Assistant Administrator, Chief of Intelligence, Drug
Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice; Ms.
Mariko Silver, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of
International Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
December 15, 2011--Markup. H.R. 3401, Enhanced Border
Security Act, To apply counterinsurgency tactics under a
coordinated and targeted strategy to combat the terrorist
insurgency in Mexico waged by transnational criminal
organizations, and for other purposes; H.R. 2542, To withhold
twenty percent of United States assessed and voluntary
contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) for
every permanent council meeting that takes place where Article
20 of the Inter-American Charter is not invoked with regard to
Venezuela's recent constitutional reforms, and for other
purposes.
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:
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
July 28, 2011--Improving Implementation of the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction. The Honorable Susan Jacobs, Special Advisor for
Children's Issues, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department
of State; The Honorable Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of
State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
November 15, 2011--Feeding the Dragon: Reevaluating U.S.
Development Assistance to China. The Honorable Nisha Desai
Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, United States Agency
for International Development.
November 30, 2011--Compact of Free Association with the
Republic of Palau: Assessing the 15-year Review. Mr. James L.
Loi, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Thomas
Bussanich, Director of Budget, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S.
Department of the Interior; Brigadier General Richard L.
Simcock, II, Principal Director, South and Southeast Asia,
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, U.S.
Department of Defense; Mr. David B. Gootnick, Director,
International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability
Office.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
November 2--Efforts to Transfer America's Leading Edge
Science to China. The Honorable Frank Wolf (R-VA), Chairman,
Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies; Mr. Thomas Armstrong, Managing Associate
General Counsel, Government Accountability Office; The
Honorable John Holdren, Ph.D., Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy; The Honorable Charles Bolden, Jr.,
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Mr. Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow, International Assessment and
Strategy Center; Adam Segal, Ph. D., Senior Fellow, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
June 14, 2011--Holding Honduras Hostage: Revoked Visas and
U.S. Policy. The Honorable Roberto Micheletti Bain, former
President of Honduras; Mrs. Sandra Martinez de Midence, former
President of the Central Bank of Honduras; The Honorable
Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr., Senior Political Advisor, National
Defense University's Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
(former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras).
September 13, 2011--Has Merida Evolved? Part One: The
Evolution of Drug Cartels and the Threat to Mexico's
Governance. Mr. Gary M. Shiffman, Ph.D., Professor and Director
of Homeland Security Studies, Center for Peace and Security
Studies, Georgetown University; Mr. Andrew Selee, Ph.D.,
Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for
International Scholars; Mr. Robert J. Bunker, Ph.D., Senior
Fellow, Small Wars Journal El Centro; Ms. Pamela Starr, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor in Public Diplomacy and the School of
International Relations, Director of the U.S.-Mexico Network,
University of Southern California.
October 4, 2011--Merida Part Two: Insurgency and Terrorism
in Mexico. The Honorable William R. Brownfield, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Rodney G.
Benson, Assistant Administrator, Chief of Intelligence, Drug
Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice; Ms.
Mariko Silver, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of
International Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings
Members Meeting with the President of Liberia, Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf (June 24, 2011).
Members Roundtable Meeting with Chief Deputy of Mission
Tihomir Stoytchev of Bulgaria, Minister Kevin O'Shea of Canada,
Ambassador Peter Gandalovic of Czech Republic, Chief Deputy of
Mission Frederic Dore of France, Chief Deputy of Mission Jens
Hanefeld of Germany, Ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis of Greece,
Chief Deputy of Mission Andras Bacsi-Nagy of Hungary,
Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata of Italy, Ambassador
Renee Jones-Bos of the Netherlands, Chief Deputy of Mission
Maciej Pisarski of Poland, Chief Deputy of Mission Maria Paula
Cepeda of Portugal, Representative Cristian Gaginsky of
Romania, and Chief Deputy of Mission Philip Barton of the
United Kingdom (September 15, 2011).
Members Meeting with the Defense Minister of Colombia, Juan
Carlos Pinzon (November 16, 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
Robert Turner, New York**
*Until October 11, 2011.
**As of October 11, 2011.
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 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 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
Robert Turner, New York**
**As of October 11, 2011.
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