[House Report 112-552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-552
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 396
 
              LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

                               __________

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                               __________

                                A REPORT

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




 June 27, 2012.--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         BRAD SHERMAN, California
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California          ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio                   GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
RON PAUL, Texas                      RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
MIKE PENCE, Indiana                  ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska           DENNIS CARDOZA, California
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
TED POE, Texas                       BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida            ALLYSON SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio                   CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
BILL JOHNSON, Ohio                   FREDERICA WILSON, Florida
DAVID RIVERA, Florida                KAREN BASS, California
MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania             WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts
TIM GRIFFIN, Arkansas                DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island
TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania               
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


                            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.............................     8
          C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House.     8
IV. Meetings of the Full Committee and Subcommittees..................8
          A. Full Committee......................................     8
          B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
              Rights.............................................    10
          C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific................    11
          D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia..................    12
          E. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations........    12
          F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia......    13
          G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
              Trade..............................................    13
          H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere..............    14
          I. Waste, Fraud, Abuse, or Mismanagement Hearings......    14
          J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings.................    16
Appendix:
  Membership of the Subcommittees of the Committee on Foreign 
    Affairs......................................................    17


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                     Washington, DC, June 27, 2012.
Honorable Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.

    Dear Ms. Haas: I enclose herewith a semiannual report of 
the Legislative Review and Oversight Activities of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 112th Congress in 
accordance with rule XI of the Rules of 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 
January 1, 2012, of the 112th Congress through June 15, 2012.
    With best wishes,
            Sincerely,
                                       Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
                                                          Chairman.
                                FOREWORD

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                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                     Washington, DC, June 27, 2012.

    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 January 1, 
2012 through June 15, 2012, has been prepared and submitted in 
fulfillment of that obligation.


                                                 Union Calendar No. 396
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-552

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              LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

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 June 27, 2012.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
             State of the Union and ordered to be printed.

                                _______
                                

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

                              R E P O R T

             I. INTRODUCTION: OVERSIGHT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS


                 A. Authorities for Legislative Review

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

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

    (a) Scope of assistance.
    In order to assist the Congress in--

          (1) Its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the 
        application, administration, and execution of the laws 
        enacted by the Congress, and
          (2) Its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
        such modifications of or changes in those laws, and of 
        such additional legislation, as may be necessary or 
        appropriate, each standing committee of the Senate and 
        the House of Representatives shall review and study, on 
        a continuing basis, the application, administration, 
        and execution of those laws, or parts of laws, the 
        subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of 
        that committee. Such committees may carry out the 
        required analysis, appraisals, and evaluation 
        themselves, or by contract, or may require a Government 
        agency to do so and furnish a report thereon to the 
        Congress. Such committees may rely on such techniques 
        as pilot testing, analysis of costs in comparison with 
        benefits, or provision for evaluation after a defined 
        period of time.\1\
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    \1\Section 701 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344) amended the original mandate and 
authority of the 1970 act by adding the last two sentences regarding 
program review and evaluation.

    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 Foreign Affairs is the 
recipient of one of the largest quantities of required reports 
from the executive branch.
    In addition to the authorities noted above, the 
congressional budget process provides the committee with 
another important tool for oversight. Pursuant to section 
301(c) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974, 
each standing committee of the House is required to submit to 
the Committee on the Budget, no later than March 15 of each 
year, a report containing its views and estimates on the 
President's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. This 
requirement affords the committee and its subcommittees the 
opportunity to review those items in the President's budget 
which fall under the committee's jurisdiction, and to establish 
possible guidelines for subsequent action on authorizing 
legislation. The committee submitted an extensive, 16-page 
views and estimates letter, along with five additional pages of 
minority views, to the Committee on the Budget on March 9, 
2012.
    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

    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.
    A number of changes were made to enhance the committee's 
oversight capabilities. Within the full committee majority 
staff, a dedicated oversight and investigations team was 
created to coordinate the committee's oversight activities and 
ensure sufficient follow-up on recommendations and findings 
identified in Government Accountability Office and Inspector 
General reports. The committee instituted, for the first time 
ever, an oversight referral process in which the full committee 
refers specific reports and notifications to the appropriate 
subcommittees for further action and investigation. 
Additionally, the committee created a mechanism on the public 
website of the committee where whistleblowers could provide 
information to the committee. This new and innovative tool 
allowed the American public to anonymously report instances of 
waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement directly to the full 
committee's oversight team which has contributed valuable 
materials to meetings, hearings, and legislation. 
Whistleblowers alerted the committee regarding a ``blame the 
victim'' culture in the management of the Peace Corps with 
regard to sexual assault, which spurred a committee 
investigation and led directly to the enactment of serious 
bipartisan reform legislation for effective changes in Peace 
Corps policies and practices, the ``Kate Puzey Peace Corps 
Volunteer Protection Act of 2011.''

                  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 Government Accountability 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 139 notifications 
from the Department of State and 70 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 third quarter of the 112th Congress:

          February 1-5, 2012, Meetings for the Defense 
        and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary 
        Assembly in Washington D.C. and Dayton, Ohio.

          February 9-14, 2012, Annual joint meeting of 
        the Defense and Security, Economics and Security, and 
        Political Committees of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 
        in Brussels, Belgium.

          May 24-28, 2012, Annual Spring Session of the 
        NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Tallinn, Estonia.

          June 9-11, 2012, 72nd Meeting of the 
        Transatlantic Legislator's Dialogue in Copenhagen, 
        Denmark, and Strasburg, France.

                  III. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


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


            3/7/12 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    H.R. 2106 (Ros-Lehtinen), To strengthen sanctions against 
the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to 
address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to 
establish a program to support a transition to a 
democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other 
purposes.

        The Chair called up the bill for consideration by the 
        committee and an amendment in the nature of a 
        substitute offered by Chairman Ros-Lehtinen (previously 
        provided to members of the committee), Ros-Lehtinen 
        105, was made the pending business of the committee.

        Ros-Lehtinen 105 (amending H.R. 2106) was agreed to by 
        voice vote, as amended by:
                1a.
                        ``Manager's Amendment'' Ros-Lehtinen 
                        110 (amending Ros-Lehtinen 105) was 
                        agreed to by voice vote; and
                1b.
                        Berman 85 (amending Ros-Lehtinen 105), 
                        was agreed to by voice vote.

    H.R. 2106, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote, and was 
ordered favorably reported by unanimous consent.

    The Chair called up the following measures which were 
considered en bloc and agreed to by voice vote:

        H.R. 890 (Ros-Lehtinen), To allow for the enforcement 
        of State disclosure laws and access to courts for 
        covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims;
                1.  As amended by Ros-Lehtinen 107.

        H.R. 1410 (Smith-NJ), To promote freedom and democracy 
        in Vietnam;
                1.  As amended by Smith 68;
                2.  Connolly 127; and
                3.  Rohrabacher 52.

        H.R. 3783 (Duncan-SC), To provide for a comprehensive 
        strategy to counter Iran's growing presence and hostile 
        activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other 
        purposes;
                1.  As amended by Duncan 40 (as adopted by the 
                Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
                and Trade); and
                2.  Duncan 42.

        H.R. 4041 (Berman), To amend the Export Enhancement Act 
        of 1988 to further enhance the promotion of exports of 
        United States goods and services, and for other 
        purposes; and

        S. Con. Res. 17 (Menendez), A concurrent resolution 
        expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be 
        accorded observer status in the International Civil 
        Aviation Organization (ICAO).

    The amended bills, as agreed to, were ordered favorably 
reported by unanimous consent.

            3/28/12 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

H.R. 4240 (Ros-Lehtinen), To reauthorize the North Korean Human 
Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

        The Chair called up the bill for consideration by the 
        committee, which was agreed to by voice vote.

    H.R. 4240, as introduced, was ordered favorably reported by 
unanimous consent.

            6/7/12 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The Chair called up the following measures for 
consideration by the committee. By unanimous consent, the six 
measures and five amendments (previously provided to members of 
the committee) were considered en bloc:

        H.R. 4405 (McGovern), To impose sanctions on persons 
        responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of 
        Sergei Magnitsky, and for other gross violations of 
        human rights in Russian Federation, and for other 
        purposes.
                1.  As amended by Ros-Lehtinen 121 (amendment 
                in the nature of a substitute)

        H. Res. 506 (Bilirakis), Calling upon the Government of 
        Turkey to facilitate the reopening of the Ecumenical 
        Patriarchate's Theological School of Halki without 
        condition or further delay.

        H.R. 4141 (Payne), To direct the Administrator of the 
        United States Agency for International Development to 
        take appropriate actions to improve the nutritional 
        quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of 
        United States food assistance, and for other purposes.
                1.  As amended by Ros-Lehtinen 1 (amendment in 
                the nature of a substitute)

        H. Res. 526 (Shuster), Expressing the sense of the 
        House of Representatives with respect toward the 
        establishment of a democratic and prosperous Republic 
        of Georgia and the establishment of a peaceful and just 
        resolution to the conflict with Georgia's 
        internationally recognized borders.
                1.  As amended by Ros-Lehtinen 122 (amendment 
                in the nature of a substitute)

        H. Res. 583 (McGovern), Expressing support for robust 
        efforts by the United States to see Joseph Kony, the 
        leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and his top 
        commanders brought to justice and the group's 
        atrocities permanently ended.
                1.  As amended by Ros-Lehtinen 2

        H. Res. 663 (Engel), Expressing support for the 
        International Olympic Committee to recognize with a 
        minute of silence at every future Olympics Opening 
        Ceremony those who lost their lives at the 1972 Munich 
        Olympics, and for other purposes.
                1.  As amended by Ros-Lehtinen 120 (amendment 
                in the nature of a substitute).

    The measures and respective amendments were adopted by 
voice vote. By unanimous consent, the Chairman was authorized 
to seek consideration of each of the adopted measures (as 
amended) under suspension of the rules.

                       B. Committee Reports Filed

    House Report: 112-361: To accompany H.R. 2059 (Ros-
Lehtinen) To Prohibit Funding to the United Nations Population 
Fund.
    House Report: 112-507: To accompany H.R. 1280 (Ros-
Lehtinen) To Amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to Require 
Congressional Approval of Agreements for Peaceful Nuclear 
Cooperation with Foreign Countries, and for Other Purposes.

         C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House

Legislation Enacted into Law
    No legislation was enacted into Law.

Legislation Passed by the House and Senate
    No legislation was passed by the House and Senate.

Legislation Passed by the House
    H.R. 4041 (Berman)--Export Promotion Reform Act. 
(Introduced 2/15/2012.)
    H.R. 4133 (Cantor)--United States-Israel Enhanced Security 
Cooperation Act of 2012. (Introduced 3/5/2012.)
    H.R. 4240 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Ambassador James R. Lilley and 
Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights 
Reauthorization Act of 2012. (Introduced 3/22/2012.)
    H. Res. 556 (Pitts)--Condemning the Government of Iran for 
its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of 
Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy. (Introduced 2/17/
2012.)
    H. Res. 568 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing 
the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons 
capability.

          IV. MEETINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES

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

                           A. Full Committee

    February 2, 2012--Ahmadinejad's Tour of Tyrants and Iran's 
Agenda in the Western Hemisphere. Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D., 
President, Institute for Golbal Economic Growth (former Mission 
Manager for Cuba and Venezuela, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence); Mr. Michael A. Braun, Managing Partner, 
Spectre Group International, LLC (former Chief of Operations, 
Drug Enforcement Administration); Mr. Michael Shifter, 
President, Inter-American Dialogue; and Jose Azel, Ph.D., 
Senior Scholar, Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies, 
University of Miami.
    February 7, 2012--Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: 
Balancing U.S. Interests, Part II. Ms. Marion C. Blakey, 
President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries 
Association; Mr. Mikel Williams, Chief Executive Officer, DDi 
Corp; and Ms. Patricia A. Cooper, President, Satellite Industry 
Association.
    February 16, 2012--Egypt at a Crossroads. The Honorable 
Lorne Craner, President, International Republican Institute; 
Mr. Kenneth Wollack, President, National Democratic Institute; 
The Honorable David J. Kramer, President, Freedom House; and 
Ms. Joyce Barnathan, President, International Center for 
Journalists.
    February 29, 2012--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities 
Amidst Economic Challenges: The Foreign Relations Budget for 
Fiscal Year 2013. The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, 
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
    March 20, 2012--The Fiscal Year 2013 Budget: A Review of 
U.S. Foreign Assistance Amidst Economic Uncertainty. The 
Honorable Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.
    March 21, 2012--Russia 2012: Increased Repression, Rampant 
Corruption, Assisting Rogue Regimes. The Honorable David J. 
Kramer, President, Freedom House; Mr. William F. Browder, Chief 
Executive Office, Hermitage Capital Management; The Honorable 
Steven Pifer, Director of the Brookings Arms Control 
Initiative, Brookings Institution (former U.S. Ambassador to 
Ukraine); and Leon Aron, Ph.D., Director of Russian Studies, 
American Enterprise Institute.
    March 28, 2012--Markup of H.R. 4240, To reauthorize the 
North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.
    March 28, 2012--Investigating the Chinese Threat, Part One: 
Military and Economic Aggression. Mr. Dean Cheng, Research 
Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation; Mr. John 
J. Tkacik, Jr., Senior Fellow and Director of the Future Asia 
Project, International Assessment and Strategy Center; Larry M. 
Wortzel, Ph.D., Commissioner, United States-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission; and Taylor Fravel, Ph.D., Associate 
Professor of Political Science, Security Studies Program, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    April 18, 2012--North Korea after Kim Jong-il: Still 
Dangerous and Erratic. Mr. Frederick H. Fleitz, Managing 
Editor, LIGNET.com, Newsmax Media (former CIA Intelligence 
Officer and Former Chief of Staff, Under Secretary for Arms 
Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State); 
Michael Green, Ph.D., Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center 
for Strategic and International Studie; Mr. Scott Snyder, 
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies, Director of the Program on 
U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; and Patrick M. 
Cronin, Ph.D., Senior Advisor & Senior Director of the Asia 
Program, Center for a New American Security.
    April 25, 2012--LRA, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, AQIM and Other 
Sources of Instability in Africa. The Honorable Donald Y. 
Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Daniel 
Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department 
of State; and Ms. Amanda J. Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for African Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. 
Department of Defense.
    May 17, 2012--Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation, and 
Enforcement. The Honorable Mark D. Wallace, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, United Against Nuclear Iran (former United 
States Representative to the United Nations for Management and 
Reform); Mr. Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for 
Defense of Democracies; and Ray Takeyh, Ph.D., Senior Fellow 
for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.

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

    January 24, 2012--Examining Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in 
Vietnam. The Honorable Anh ``Joseph'' Cao, former Member of 
Congress; Nguyen Dinh Thang, Ph.D., Executive Director, Boat 
People SOS; Mr. Rong Nay, Executive Director, Montagnard Human 
Rights Organization; Ms. Phuong-Anh Vu, Victim of human 
trafficking; and Mr. John Sifton, Advocacy Director for Asia, 
Human Rights Watch.
    February 2, 2012--U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election 
Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Honorable Donald Y. 
Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Daniel B. Baer, 
Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State; and Sarah E. 
Mendelson, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency 
for International Development.
    February 8, 2012--Markup of H.R. 1410, Vietnam Human Rights 
Act of 2011 (Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2012), To promote 
freedom and democracy in Vietnam; and H. Res. 361, Concerning 
efforts to provide humanitarian relief to mitigate the effects 
of drought and avert famine in the Horn of Africa, particularly 
Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya.
    March 27, 2012--Markup of H.R. 1940, International Child 
Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2011 (Sean and David 
Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act 
of 2012), To ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention 
on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by 
countries with which the United States enjoys reciprocal 
obligations, to establish procedures for the prompt return of 
children abducted to other countries, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 3605, Global Online Freedom Act of 2011 (Global Online 
Freedom Act of 2012), To prevent United States businesses from 
cooperating with repressive governments in transforming the 
Internet into a tool of censorship and surveillance, to fulfill 
the responsibility of the United States Government to promote 
freedom of expression on the Internet, to restore public 
confidence in the integrity of United States businesses, and 
for other purposes; and H.R. 4141, International Food 
Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 (Donald M. Payne 
International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012), To 
direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development to take appropriate actions to 
improve the nutritional quality, quality control, and cost 
effectiveness of United States food assistance, and for other 
purposes.
    March 29, 2012--Assessing China's Role and Influence in 
Africa. The Honorable Donald Y. Yamamoto, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State; Ms. Carolyn Bartholomew, Commissioner, United States-
China Economic and Security Review Commission; Mr. Stephen 
Hayes, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Corporate 
Council on Africa; J. Peter Pham, Ph.D., Director, Michael S. 
Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council; and The Honorable David 
H. Shinn, Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International 
Affairs, George Washington University.
    April 17, 2012--The Increasing American Jobs Through 
Greater Exports to Africa Act. The Honorable Johnnie Carson, 
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; Ms. Florizelle Liser, Assistant United 
States Trade Representative for Africa, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative; Mr. Isaiah Washington, Actor and 
President, Gondobay Manga Foundation (Sierra Leone); Mr. Scott 
Eisner, Executive Director, Africa Business Initiative, United 
States Chamber of Commerce; and Mr. Reginald Maynor, Director 
of International Department, Luster Products Incorporated.
    April 26, 2012--The North-South Sudan Conflict 2012. The 
Honorable Princeton Lyman, Special Envoy for Sudan, U.S. 
Department of State; The Honorable Nancy Lindborg, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; and The 
Honorable Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for 
Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department of State.
    May 15, 2012--Chen Guangcheng: His Case, Cause, Family, and 
Those Who are Helping Him. Pastor Bob Fu, Founder and 
President, ChinaAid Association; Mr. Wei Jingsheng, Founder and 
Chairman, Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition; Ms. Reggie 
Littlejohn, Founder and President, Women's Rights Without 
Frontiers; Ms. Chai Ling, Founder, All Girls Allowed; and Ms. 
Mei Shunping, victim of forced abortion.
    June 6, 2012--The U.S. State Department's Inadequate 
Response to Human Rights Concerns in Bolivia: The Case of 
American Jacob Ostreicher. Ms. Miriam Ungar, wife of Jacob 
Ostreicher; Ms. Chaya Gitty Weinberger, daughter of Jacob 
Ostreicher; Mr. Steve Moore, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of 
Investigations (retired).

                C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

    April 25, 2012--Oversight of U.S. Policy Toward Burma. Mr. 
Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Ms. Nisha Biswal, 
Assistant Administrator for Asia, United States Agency for 
International Development; Mr. Aung Din, Executive Director and 
Co-Founder, U.S. Campaign for Burma; Mr. Tom Andrews, President 
and CEO, United to End Genocide.
    May 17, 2012--The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: 
Challenges and Potential. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee 
on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.) Philip I. Levy, 
Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International and 
Public Affairs, Columbia University; Ms. Linda Menghetti, Vice 
President, Emergency Committee for American Trade; Ms. Celeste 
Drake, Trade & Globalization Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO; Ms. 
Susan C. Schwab, Professor, School of Public Policy, University 
of Maryland.
    June 6, 2012--What's Next for the U.S.-Korea Alliance? Mr. 
Jim Zumwalt, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Victor Cha, 
Ph.D., Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies (former Director for Asian Affairs, National Security 
Council); Mr. Daniel S. Lipman, Senior Vice President, 
Westinghouse Electric Company; and Mark Peters, Ph.D., Deputy 
Laboratory Director for Programs, Argonne National Laboratory.

                 D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia

    February 9, 2012--Creating Jobs: Economic Opportunities in 
Europe and Eurasia. The Honorable Robert D. Hormats, Under 
Secretary, Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. 
Department of State; Mr. Peter Rashish, Vice President for 
Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Dan Hamilton, 
Ph.D., Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul 
H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The John 
Hopkins University.
    April 26, 2012--NATO: The Chicago Summit and U.S. Policy. 
The Honorable Tina S. Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; Mr. James Townsend, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, European and NATO Policy, U.S. Department of 
Defense; Mr. Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, The 
Atlantic Council; Mr. Luke Coffey, Margaret Thatcher Fellow, 
The Heritage Foundation; Stephen Flanagan, Ph.D., Henry A. 
Kissinger Chair in Diplomacy and National Security, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies.
    April 26, 2012--Markup of H. Res. 526, Expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives with respect toward the 
establishment of a democratic and prosperous Republic of 
Georgia and the establishment of a peaceful and just resolution 
to the conflict with Georgia's internationally recognized 
borders.

           E. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

    February 15, 2012--Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt. 
Robert Kagan, Ph.D.Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; 
Michele Dunne, Ph.D., Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for 
the Middle East, Atlantic Council; Mr. Eric Trager, Ira Weiner 
Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Tamara 
Wittes, Ph.D., (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Near Eastern Affairs).
    March 21, 2012--Halting the Descent: U.S. Policy Toward the 
Deteriorating Situation in Iraq. General Jack Keane, USA, 
Retired (former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army); 
Lieutenant General (Ret.); James Dubik, Senior Fellow, 
Institute for the Study of War; Kimberly Kagan, Ph.D., 
President, Institute for the Study of War; Colin H. Kahl, 
Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security.
    April 25, 2012--Confronting Damascus: U.S. Policy Toward 
the Evolving Situation in Syria, Part II. Mr. Andrew Tabler, 
Next Generation Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East 
Policy; Ms. Mara E. Karlin, Instructor in Strategic Studies, 
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins 
University; Marc Lynch, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, 
Director of Institute for Middle East Studies, Elliott School 
of International Affairs, George Washington University.
    May 9, 2012--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and 
Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in the Middle East. The 
Honorable Jeffrey D. Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State, 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The 
Honorable Mara Rudman, Assistant Administrator for the Middle 
East Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development; Mr. 
Mark Ward, Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East 
Transitions, U.S. Department of State.
    May 16, 2012--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and 
Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia. The Honorable 
Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary for South and Central 
Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Nisha 
Desai Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Mr. Daniel Feldman, Deputy Special 
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of 
State; Alexander Thier, Ph.D., Assistant to the Administrator 
and Director, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.

            F. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

    February 8, 2012--Baluchistan. C. Christine Fair, Assistant 
Professor, Georgetown University; Mr. Ralph Peters, Military 
Analyst and Author; Mr T. Kumar, Director, International 
Advocacy, Amnesty International USA; M. Hossein Bor, Ph. D., 
Counsel, Entwistle & Cappucci, LLP; Mr. Ali Dayan Hasan, 
Pakistan Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch.
    March 27, 2012--The Price of Public Diplomacy with China. 
Mr. Steven Mosher, President, Population Research Institute; 
Mr. Kai Chen, Chinese freedom activist; Mr. Greg Autry, Co-
Author, Death by China; Mr. Robert Daly, Director, Maryland 
China Initiative, The University of Maryland.
    May 15, 2012--Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf 
Residents. Ambassador Daniel Fried, Special Advisor on Ashraf, 
U.S. Department of State.
    June 6, 2012--Investigating Waste, Fraud and Abuse in 
Afghanistan. Mr. John Hutton, Director, Acquisition and 
Sourcing Management, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. 
Charles Johnson, Jr., Director, International Affairs and 
Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office; and Mr. Larry 
Sampler, Jr., Senior Deputy Assistant to the Administrator, 
Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.

       G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

    February 7, 2012--The U.S.-Philippines Alliance Deepening 
the Security and Trade Partnership. The Honorable Kurt 
Campbell, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Peter Lavoy, 
Ph.D., Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific 
Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense.
    March 1, 2012--Markup of H.R. 3783, To provide for a 
comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's growing presence and 
hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other 
purposes; Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3783 
offered by Mr. Duncan of South Carolina.
    March 7, 2012--The State Department's Reward Programs: 
Performance and Potential. Mr. Robert A. Hartung, Assistant 
Director, Threat Investigations and Analysis Directorate, 
Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State; Ms. M. 
Brooke Darby, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; and the Honorable Stephen J. Rapp, 
Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice.
    April 18, 2012--Bureau of Counterterrorism: Budget, 
Programs, and Policies. The Honorable Daniel Benjamin, 
Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Bureau 
of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State.
    May 17, 2012--The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: 
Challenges and Potential. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee 
on Asia and the Pacific.) Philip I. Levy, Ph.D., Adjunct 
Associate Professor, School of International and Public 
Affairs, Columbia University; Ms. Linda Menghetti, Vice 
President, Emergency Committee for American Trade; Ms. Celeste 
Drake, Trade & Globalization Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO; The 
Honorable Susan C. Schwab, Professor, School of Public Policy, 
University of Maryland (former United States Trade 
Representative).

               H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

    February 16, 2012--Further Human Rights Violations in 
Castro's Cuba: the Continued Abuse of Political Prisoners. 
(Jointly held with the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
and Human Rights.) The Honorable Dan Burton, Member of 
Congress; Mr. Oscar Elias Biscet, M.D., human rights advocate, 
former Cuban political prisoner; Mr. Normando Hernandez 
Gonzalez, independent journalist, former political prisoner--
Group of 75.
    April 25, 2012--Western Hemisphere Budget Review 2013: What 
Are U.S. Priorities? The Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson, 
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    May 17, 2012--Cuba's Global Network of Terrorism, 
Intelligence, and Warfare. Mr. Christopher Simmons, Founding 
Editor, Cuba Confidential (retired Defense Intelligence Agency 
Supervisory Counterintelligence Officer); The Honorable 
Michelle Van Cleave, President, National Security Concepts, 
Inc. (former National Counterintelligence Executive under 
President George W. Bush).

           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:

Full Committee
    February 7, 2012--Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: 
Balancing U.S. Interests, Part II. Ms. Marion C. Blakey, 
President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries 
Association; Mr. Mikel Williams, Chief Executive Officer, DDi 
Corp; and Ms. Patricia A. Cooper, President, Satellite Industry 
Association.
    February 29, 2012--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities 
Amidst Economic Challenges: The Foreign Relations Budget for 
Fiscal Year 2013. The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, 
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
    April 25, 2012--LRA, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, AQIM and Other 
Sources of Instability in Africa. The Honorable Donald Y. 
Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Daniel 
Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department 
of State; and Ms. Amanda J. Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for African Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. 
Department of Defense.

Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
    June 6, 2012--The U.S. State Department's Inadequate 
Response to Human Rights Concerns in Bolivia: The Case of 
American Jacob Ostreicher. Ms. Miriam Ungar, Wife of Jacob 
Ostreicher; Ms. Chaya Gitty Weinberger, daughter of Jacob 
Ostreicher; Mr. Steve Moore, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of 
Investigations (retired).

Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
    April 25, 2012--Oversight of U.S. Policy Toward Burma. Mr. 
Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Ms. Nisha Biswal, 
Assistant Administrator for Asia, United States Agency for 
International Development; Mr. Aung Din, Executive Director and 
Co-Founder, U.S. Campaign for Burma; Mr. Tom Andrews, President 
and CEO, United to End Genocide.

Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
    May 9, 2012--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and 
Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in the Middle East. The 
Honorable Jeffrey D. Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State, 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The 
Honorable Mara Rudman, Assistant Administrator for the Middle 
East Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development; Mr. 
Mark Ward, Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East 
Transitions, U.S. Department of State.
    May 16, 2012--Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and 
Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia. The Honorable 
Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary for South and Central 
Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Nisha 
Desai Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Mr. Daniel Feldman, Deputy Special 
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of 
State; Alexander Thier, Ph.D., Assistant to the Administrator 
and Director, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
    April 18, 2012--Bureau of Counterterrorism: Budget, 
Programs, and Policies. The Honorable Daniel Benjamin, 
Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Bureau 
of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
    June 6, 2012--Investigating Waste, Fraud and Abuse in 
Afghanistan. Mr. John Hutton, Director, Acquisition and 
Sourcing Management, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. 
Charles Johnson, Jr., Director, International Affairs and 
Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office; and Mr. Larry 
Sampler, Jr., Senior Deputy Assistant to the Administrator, 
Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.

Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
    April 25, 2012--Western Hemisphere Budget Review 2013: What 
Are U.S. Priorities? The Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson, 
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    May 17, 2012--Cuba's Global Network of Terrorism, 
Intelligence, and Warfare. Mr. Christopher Simmons, Founding 
Editor, Cuba Confidential (retired Defense Intelligence Agency 
Supervisory Counterintelligence Officer); The Honorable 
Michelle Van Cleave, President, National Security Concepts, 
Inc. (former National Counterintelligence Executive under 
President George W. Bush).

                 J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings

    Members Meeting with His Majesty of Jordan, King Abdullah 
II (January 28, 2012).
    Members Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Israel, 
Avigdor Liberman (February 7, 2012).
    Members Meeting with the Foreign Secretary of India, Ranjan 
Mathai (February 8, 2012).
    Members Meeting with the Prime Minister of Haiti, Gerard 
Latortue (February 8, 2012).
    Members Meeting with the Estonian Foreign Affairs 
Delegation with Chairman Marko Mihkelson, Sven Mikser, Imre 
Sooaar, Vladimir Velman, and Birgit Keerd-Leppik (April 25, 
2012).
    Members Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (April 26, 2012).
    Members Meeting with the Deputy Minister of the Republic of 
Cyprus, Andrea Mavroyiannis (April 27, 2012).
    Members Meeting with the President of the Republic of 
Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (June 8, 2012).
                                     

                                APPENDIX

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

                                     

        Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights

Karen Bass, CA, Ranking Democrat Memberristopher H. Smith, NJ, Chairman
Russ Carnahan, MO                    Jeff Fortenberry, NE
                                     Tom Marino, PA
                                     Ann Marie Buerkle, NY
                                     Robert Turner, NY
  

                  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

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

                   Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia

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

              Subcommittee on 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, NY**

         Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

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

                 Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

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

                                  
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