[House Report 112-743]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-743
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 545

 
              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




January 2, 2013.--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

                                (26-18)*

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
                    
                    
                    
*Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) retired on August 15, 2012.

                            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.............................     6
          C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House.     6
IV. Meetings of the Full Committee and Subcommittees..................7
          A. Full Committee......................................     7
          B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
              Rights.............................................     8
          C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific................    10
          D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia..................    10
          E. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia......    10
          F. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations........    11
          G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
              Trade..............................................    11
          H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere..............    11
          I. Waste, Fraud, Abuse, or Mismanagement Hearings......    12
          J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings.................    13
Appendix:
  Membership of the Subcommittees of the Committee on Foreign 
    Affairs......................................................    15


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                   Washington, DC, January 2, 2013.
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 June 
16, 2012, of the 112th Congress through January 2, 2013.
    With best wishes,
            Sincerely,
                                       Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
                                                          Chairman.


                                FOREWORD

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                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                   Washington, DC, January 2, 2013.

    Under section 2 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, and section 136 of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 832, as amended by section 
118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 
91-510) and Public Law 92-136 (1971)), the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs is charged with reviewing and studying, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of laws and programs within its jurisdiction.
    As part of that oversight, rule XI(1)(d) of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives requires the committee to submit 
to the House a semiannual report on committee activities not 
later than the 30th day after June 1 and December 1 of each 
year. This report, which covers committee activities from June 
16, 2012 through January 2, 2013, has been prepared and 
submitted in fulfillment of that obligation.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 545
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-743

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              LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

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January 2, 2013.--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 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.''
    Following the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2012, on the 
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, the committee sought to conduct 
vigorous oversight over the U.S. Department of State to prevent 
a similar crisis from occurring in the future. The committee 
held classified briefings and two public oversight hearings, 
and sent a number of letters pressing the administration for 
answers on the events surrounding the attack. The chairman 
requested all cables regarding embassy security in Benghazi 
before, during, and after the September 11th attack and all 
memoranda establishing security protocols, including agreements 
with other agencies. The Department of State provided the 
requested documents which are currently under review by the 
committee.

                  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 201 notifications 
from the Department of State and 178 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 fourth quarter of the 112th Congress:

          November 9-12, 2012, Annual Plenary Session 
        of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Prague, Czech 
        Republic.

          November 30-December 1, 2012, 73rd Meeting of 
        the Transatlantic Legislator's Dialogue in Washington, 
        DC

                  III. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


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


            6/27/12 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up the Semiannual Report of the 
Legislative Review and Oversight Activities of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs for the 112th Congress, 3rd Quarter, for 
consideration by the committee. Chairman Ros-Lehtinen's motion 
to adopt the report was agreed to by voice vote.

    H.R. 6018 (Ros-Lehtinen), Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2013.

        The chair called up the bill for consideration by the 
        committee and H.R. 6018, as introduced, was agreed to 
        by voice vote.

    By unanimous consent, H.R. 6018 was ordered favorably 
reported and the chairman was authorized to seek consideration 
under suspension of the rules.

            9/12/12 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    H.R. 6313, To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution 
of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its 
environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian 
mainland.

        The chair called up H.R. 6313 and one amendment, Ros-
        Lehtinen 132, which were considered en bloc.

    By unanimous consent, the bill and amendment were agreed 
to, and the chair was authorized to seek House consideration of 
H.R. 6313, as amended, under suspension of the rules.

                       B. Committee Reports Filed

    House Report 112-552: Legislative Review and Oversight 
Activities Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

         C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House

    Because further action on these measures--such as Senate 
passage and enactment into law--is possible subsequent to the 
filing of this report, readers should consult the official 
records from the 112th Congress to determine the final 
disposition of these measures.

Legislation Passed by the House and Senate
    S. 3331 (Kerry)--Intercountry Adoption Universal 
Accreditation Act of 2012
    S. 2318 (Kerry)--Department of State Rewards Program Update 
and Technical Corrections Act of 2012
    S.J.Res. 44 (Kohl)--A joint resolution granting the consent 
of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management 
Assistance Memorandum of Understanding

Legislation Passed by the House
    H.R. 6018 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2013.
    H. Res. 786 (Boehner)--Honoring the four United States 
public servants who died in Libya and condemning the attacks on 
United States diplomatic facilities in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen.
    H. Res. 813 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Expressing vigorous support and 
unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival of 
the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with 
secure borders, and recognizing and strongly supporting its 
right to act in self-defense to protect its citizens against 
acts of terrorism.
    H.R. 6649 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2012
    H.R. 3159 (Poe)--Foreign Aid Transparency and 
Accountability Act of 2012
    H.R. 1464 (Royce)--North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 
2011
    H. Con. Res. 145 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Calling for universal 
condemnation of the North Korean missile launch of December 12, 
2012
    H. Res. 134 (Dold)--Condemning the Government of Iran for 
its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its 
continued violation of the International Covenants on Human 
Rights
    H. Res. 193 (Frank)--Calling for the safe and immediate 
return of Noor and Ramsay Bower to the United States
    H. Res. 834 (Kelly)--Urging the governments of Europe and 
the European Union to designate Hizballah as a terrorist 
organization and impose sanctions, and urging the President to 
provide information about Hizballah to the European allies of 
the United States and to support the Government of Bulgaria in 
investigating the July 18, 2012, terrorist attack in Burgas

          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

    July 19, 2012--Unfair Trading Practices Against the U.S.: 
Intellectual Property Rights Infringement, Property 
Expropriation, and other Barriers. Mr. Grant Aldonas, Managing 
Director, Split Rock International (former Under Secretary of 
Commerce for International Trade); Derek Scissors, Ph.D., 
Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation; and Mr. David 
Hirschmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, Global 
Intellectual Property Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
    July 25, 2012--Investigating the Chinese Threat, Part II: 
Human Rights Abuses, Torture and Disappearances. Mr. Jared 
Genser, Founder, Freedom Now; Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, Uyghur 
Democracy Leader; Mr. Hai Li, Falun Gong Practitioner; and Mr. 
Bhuchung K. Tsering, Vice President, International Campaign for 
Tibet.
    September 12, 2012--Beijing as an Emerging Power in the 
South China Sea. Toshi Yoshihara, Ph.D., Professor, John A. Van 
Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies, U.S. Naval War College; 
Ms. Bonnie Glaser, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China 
Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Mr. 
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow, National Security Affairs, The 
Heritage Foundation (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs); and Richard Cronin, 
Ph.D., Director, Southeast Asia Program Stimson Center.
    November 15, 2012--Benghazi and Beyond: What Went Wrong on 
September 11, 2012 and How to Prevent it from Happening at 
other Frontline Posts, Part I. Mr. Michael Courts, Acting 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government 
Accountability Office; Mr. William Young, Senior Policy 
Analyst, RAND Corporation; James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Director, 
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, 
The Heritage Foundation; and The Honorable Ronald E. Neumann, 
President, American Academy of Diplomacy.
    November 29, 2012--Israel's Right to Defend Itself: 
Implications for Regional Security and U.S. Interests. The 
Honorable Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern 
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Ms. Danielle Pletka, 
Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American 
Enterprise Institute; and Robert Satloff, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
    December 20, 2012--Benghazi Attack, Part II: The Report of 
the Accountability Review Board. The Honorable William J. 
Burns, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State; and The 
Honorable Thomas R. Nides, Deputy Secretary for Management and 
Resources, U.S. Department of State.

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

    June 20, 2012--The African Growth and Opportunity Act: 
Ensuring Success. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.) Mr. Paul Ryberg, 
President, African Coalition for Trade; Mr. Anthony Carroll, 
Vice President, Manchester Trade, Ltd.; and Mr. Jaswinder Bedi, 
Chairman, African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation.
    June 29, 2012--The Tuareg Revolt and the Mali Coup. The 
Honorable Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau 
of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable 
Earl Gast, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; Mr. Nii Akuetteh, 
Independent Africa analyst (former Georgetown University 
Professor of African Affairs); Mr. Rudolph Atallah, Senior 
Fellow, Michael S. Ansari Center, Atlantic Council; and Mr. 
Dave Peterson, Senior Director, Africa, National Endowment for 
Democracy.
    July 9, 2012--Continued Human Rights Attacks on Families in 
China. Pastor Bob Fu, Founder and President, ChinaAid 
Association; Ms. Reggie Littlejohn, Founder and President, 
Women's Rights Without Frontiers; Mr. Steven Mosher, President, 
Population Research Institute; Ms. Yanling Guo, Victim of 
China's population control policies; and Mr. T. Kumar, Director 
of International Advocacy, Amnesty International.
    July 10, 2012--U.S. Policy Toward Nigeria: West Africa's 
Troubled Titan. The Honorable Johnnie Carson, Assistant 
Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State; The Honorable Earl Gast, Assistant Administrator, 
Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development; 
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President, Christian Association of 
Nigeria; Darren Kew, Ph.D, Associate Professor, McCormack 
Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston; and Mr. 
Anslem John-Miller, U.S. Representative Movement for the 
Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP).
    July 17, 2012--Global Challenges in Diagnosing and Managing 
Lyme Disease--Closing Knowledge Gaps. Stephen W. Barthold, 
Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology, 
Microbiology and Immunology, Center of Comparative Medicine, 
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis; 
Raphael Stricker, M.D., Vice President, International Lyme and 
Associated Diseases Society; Mark Eshoo, Ph.D., Director, New 
Technology Development, Abbott; Ms. Patricia Smith, President, 
Lyme Disease Association; Mr. Evan White, Lyme disease Patient; 
and Ms. Stella Huyshe-Shires, Chair, Lyme Disease Action.
    July 19, 2012--Poison Harvest: Deadly U.S. Mine Pollution 
in Peru. His Excellency Pedro Barreto, Archdiocese of Huancayo, 
Peru; Fernando Serrano, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of 
Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, 
St. Louis University; Ms. Rosa Amaro, President, Movement for 
the Health of La Oroya; and Mr. Keith Slack, Global Program 
Manager, Oxfam America.
    August 1, 2012--Seeking Freedom for American Trapped in 
Bolivian Prison. Mr. Yimy Montano Villgomez, Attorney for Jacob 
Ostreicher; Mr. Jerjes Justiniano Atala, Attorney for Jacob 
Ostreicher; Ms. Miriam Ungar, Wife of Jacob Ostreicher; Ms. 
Chaya Gitty Weinberger, Daughter of Jacob Ostreicher; and Mr. 
Steve Moore, Special Agent, Retired, Federal Bureau of 
Investigations.
    September 12, 2012--Organ Harvesting of Religious and 
Political Dissidents by the Chinese Communist Party. (Jointly 
held with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.) 
Damon Noto, M.D., Spokesman, Doctors Against Forced Organ 
Harvesting; Gabriel Danovitch, M.D., Professor of Medicine, 
UCLA Medical School; Charles Lee, M.D., Spokesman and Public 
Relations Director, Global Service Center for Quitting the 
Chinese Communist Party; and Mr. Ethan Gutmann, Adjunct fellow, 
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and Author.
    September 13, 2012--Assessing U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping 
Operations in Africa. The Honorable Johnnie Carson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
and The Honorable Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State.
    September 19, 2012--Examining the Role of Rwanda in the DRC 
Insurgency. Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda, United Methodist Church 
of North Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mr. Mark 
Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group; 
and Mr. Jason Stearns, Director, Usalama Project, Rift Valley 
Institute.
    December 11, 2012--The Devastating Crisis in Eastern Congo. 
The Honorable Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. John 
Prendergast, Co-founder, The Enough Project; Mr. Steve Hege 
(former Member United Nations Group of Experts on the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo); and Mr. Mvemba Dizolele, 
Peter J. Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover 
Institution, Stanford University.

                C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

    July 18, 2012--Markup of H.R. 6040, To approve the 
Agreement providing terms for a continuation of the free 
association between the United States and Palau, and for other 
purposes.

                 D. Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia

    July 24, 2012--U.S. Engagement in Central Asia. The 
Honorable Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Central and South Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The 
Honorable Ross Wilson, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, 
Atlantic Council; Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Research Fellow, The 
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International 
Studies, The Heritage Foundation; and The Honorable S. Enders 
Wimbush, Senior Director for Foreign Policy and Civil Society, 
The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
    December 5, 2012--Iranian Influence in the South Caucasus 
and the Surrounding Region. Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Research 
Fellow. The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for 
International Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Michael Rubin, 
Ph.D., Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Brenda 
Shaffer, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, University of Haifa, Mr. Alex 
Vatanka, Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute.

           E. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

    June 20, 2012--Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt, Part 
II. Michele Dunne, Ph.D., Director, Rafik Hariri Center for the 
Middle East, Atlantic Council; Jon B. Alterman, Ph.D., 
Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies; and Mr. David Schenker, Director, 
Program on Arab Politics, Washington Institute for Near East 
Policy.
    July 10, 2012--Chronic Kleptocracy: Corruption within the 
Palestinian Political Establishment. The Honorable Elliott 
Abrams, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Affairs; Jonathan 
Schanzer, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Foundation for 
Defense of Democracies; and Mr. Jim Zanotti, Specialist in 
Middle Eastern Affairs, Congressional Research Service.
    September 20, 2012--Safeguarding Israel's Security in a 
Volatile Region. The Honorable Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow, 
Council on Foreign Relations; Mr. James Phillips, Senior 
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs, The Heritage 
Foundation; and The Honorable Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban 
Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution.

            F. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

    September 12, 2012--Organ Harvesting of Religious and 
Political Dissidents by the Chinese Communist Party. (Jointly 
held with the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
Rights.) Damon Noto, M.D., Spokesman, Doctors Against Forced 
Organ Harvesting; Gabriel Danovitch, M.D., Professor of 
Medicine, UCLA Medical School; Charles Lee, M.D., Spokesman and 
Public Relations Director, Global Service Center for Quitting 
the Chinese Communist Party; and Mr. Ethan Gutmann, Adjunct 
fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and Author.
    September 13, 2012--Conditions at Camp Liberty: US and 
Iraqi Failures. The Honorable Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Chairman, 
Stimson Center.

       G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

    June 20, 2012--The African Growth and Opportunity Act: 
Ensuring Success. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.) Mr. Stephen Hayes, 
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Corporate Council on 
Africa (CCA); Mr. Paul Ryberg, President, African Coalition for 
Trade; Mr. Anthony Carroll, Vice President, Manchester Trade, 
Ltd.; and Mr. Jaswinder Bedi, Chairman, African Cotton and 
Textile Industries Federation.
    July 19, 2012--When Regimes Fall: The Challenge of Securing 
Lethal Weapons. The Honorable Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., 
Chairman, Henry L. Stimson Center (former Assistant Secretary 
of State for Political-Military Affairs); Steven P. Bucci, 
Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow for Defense and Homeland 
Security, The Heritage Foundation; and Mr. Leonard S. Spector, 
Deputy Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation 
Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies.
    August 2, 2012--The State Department's Center for Strategic 
Counterterrorism Communications: Mission, Operations and 
Impact. The Honorable Alberto Fernandez, Coordinator, Center 
for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, U.S. Department 
of State.
    September 13, 2012--Combating the Haqqani Terrorist 
Network. Ms. Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies 
Center, The Heritage Foundation; Mr. Jeffrey Dressler, Senior 
Research Analyst, Institute for the Study of War; and Ms. 
Gretchen Peters, Author, Haqqani Network Financing.

               H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

    November 29, 2012--Markup of H.R. 1798, To prevent foreign 
states that do business, issue securities, or borrow money in 
the United States, and then fail to satisfy United States court 
judgments totaling $100,000,000 or more based on such 
activities, from inflicting further economic injuries in the 
United States, from undermining the integrity of United States 
courts, and from discouraging responsible lending to poor and 
developing nations by undermining the secondary and primary 
markets for sovereign debt.

           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
    July 25, 2012--Investigating the Chinese Threat, Part II: 
Human Rights Abuses, Torture and Disappearances. Mr. Jared 
Genser, Founder, Freedom Now; Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, Uyghur 
Democracy Leader; Mr. Hai Li, Falun Gong Practitioner; and Mr. 
Bhuchung K. Tsering, Vice President, International Campaign for 
Tibet.
    November 15, 2012--Benghazi and Beyond: What Went Wrong on 
September 11, 2012 and How to Prevent it from Happening at 
other Frontline Posts, Part I. Mr. Michael Courts, Acting 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government 
Accountability Office; Mr. William Young, Senior Policy 
Analyst, RAND Corporation; James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Director, 
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, 
The Heritage Foundation; and The Honorable Ronald E. Neumann, 
President, American Academy of Diplomacy.
    December 20, 2012--Benghazi Attack, Part II: The Report of 
the Accountability Review Board. The Honorable William J. 
Burns, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State; and The 
Honorable Thomas R. Nides, Deputy Secretary for Management and 
Resources, U.S. Department of State.

Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
    August 1, 2012--Seeking Freedom for American Trapped in 
Bolivian Prison. Mr. Yimy Montano Villgomez, Attorney for Jacob 
Ostreicher; Mr. Jerjes Justiniano Atala, Attorney for Jacob 
Ostreicher; Ms. Miriam Ungar, Wife of Jacob Ostreicher; Ms. 
Chaya Gitty Weinberger, Daughter of Jacob Ostreicher; and Mr. 
Steve Moore, Special Agent, Retired, Federal Bureau of 
Investigations.
    September 13, 2012--Assessing U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping 
Operations in Africa. The Honorable Johnnie Carson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
and The Honorable Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State.

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
    August 2, 2012--The State Department's Center for Strategic 
Counterterrorism Communications: Mission, Operations and 
Impact. The Honorable Alberto Fernandez, Coordinator, Center 
for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, U.S. Department 
of State.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
    September 13, 2012--Conditions at Camp Liberty: US and 
Iraqi Failures. The Honorable Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Chairman, 
Stimson Center.

                 J. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings

    Members Roundtable Meeting with Ambassadors from the 
European Union, Japan, South Korea, and India (September 14, 
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
Theodore E. Deutch, FL               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
Dennis Cardoza, CA*                  Edward R. Royce, CA
Ben Chandler, KY                     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
Brian Higgins, NY                    Tim Griffin, AR
                                     Tom Marino, PA
                                     Jean Schmidt, OH
                                     Ted Poe, TX

             Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

Gary L. Ackerman, NY, Ranking Democrat Memberabot, OH, Chairman
Gerald E. Connolly, VA               Mike Pence, IN
Theodore E. Deutch, FL               Joe Wilson, SC
Dennis Cardoza, CA*                  Jeff Fortenberry, NE
Ben Chandler, KY                     Ann Marie Buerkle, NY
Brian Higgins, NY                    Renee Ellmers, NC
Allyson 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 Oversight and Investigations

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

         Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

Brad Sherman, CA, Ranking Democrat Memberrd R. Royce, CA, Chairman
David Cicilline, RI                  Ted Poe, TX
Gerald E. Connolly, VA               Jeff Duncan, SC
Allyson Schwartz, PA                 Bill Johnson, OH
                                     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
Gregory W. Meeks, NY                 David Rivera, FL
                                     Christopher H. Smith, NJ
                                     Elton Gallegly, CA
     
*Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) retired on August 15, 2012.

                                  
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