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113th Congress     }                                {     Report
 
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 559

              LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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                    ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH 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, 2015.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed
              


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                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                     
                      COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
                      
                          COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
                             113th Congress

                 EDWARD R. ROYCE, California, Chairman

                                (25-21)

CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey     ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida         ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 
DANA ROHRABACHER, California             Samoa
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio                   BRAD SHERMAN, California
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
TED POE, Texas                       GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
MATT SALMON, Arizona                 THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida
TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania             BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina          KAREN BASS, California
ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois             WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts
MO BROOKS, Alabama                   DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island
TOM COTTON, Arkansas                 ALAN GRAYSON, Florida
PAUL COOK, California                JUAN VARGAS, California
GEORGE HOLDING, North Carolina       BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER, Illinois
RANDY K. WEBER SR., Texas            JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III, 
SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania                Massachusetts
STEVE STOCKMAN, Texas                AMI BERA, California
RON DeSANTIS, Florida                ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California
DOUG COLLINS, Georgia                GRACE MENG, New York
MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina         LOIS FRANKEL, Florida
TED S. YOHO, Florida                 TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii
SEAN DUFFY, Wisconsin                JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas
CURT CLAWSON, Florida

     Amy Porter, Chief of Staff      Thomas Sheehy, Staff Director

               Jason Steinbaum, Democratic Staff Director
               
                            C O N T E N T S

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Letter of Transmittal............................................     V
Foreword.........................................................   VII
 I. General Review Activities of the Committee........................1
          A. Executive Branch Reports and Congressional 
              Notifications......................................     1
          B. Reference Documents.................................     2
II. Summary of Legislative Activity...................................2
          A. Full Committee Markup Summaries.....................     2
          B. Committee Reports Filed.............................     9
          C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House.     9
III.Meetings of the Full Committee and Subcommittees.................13

          A. Full Committee......................................    13
          B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
              Rights, and International Organizations............    17
          C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific................    21
          D. Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging 
              Threats............................................    23
          E. Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa....    24
          F. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
              Trade..............................................    28
          G. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere..............    30
          H. Waste, Fraud, Abuse, Mismanagement, and Oversight 
              Hearings...........................................    32
          I. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings.................    39
Appendix:
  Membership of the Subcommittees of the Committee on Foreign 
    Affairs......................................................    41
                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                   Washington, DC, January 2, 2015.
Honorable Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.

    Dear Ms. Haas: I enclose herewith an annual report of the 
Legislative Review and Oversight Activities of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs for the Second Session of the 113th 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 the 
beginning of the Second Session of the 113th Congress through 
December 19, 2014.
            Sincerely,
                                           Edward R. Royce,
                                                          Chairman.
                                FOREWORD

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                          House of Representatives,
                              Committee on Foreign Affairs,
                                   Washington, DC, January 2, 2015.

    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 an annual report on committee activities not later 
January 2 of each year. This report, which covers committee 
activities from the beginning of the Second Session of the 
113th Congress through December 19, 2014, has been prepared and 
submitted in fulfillment of that obligation.

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 January 2, 2015--Committed to the Committee on the Whole House on the 
             State of the Union and ordered to be printed.

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

                              R E P O R T

             I. 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 conduct a regular and robust review of 
congressional notifications and reports 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 452 notifications 
and reports from the Department of State, 257 from the United 
States Agency for International Development, 119 from the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 40 from the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 43 from the Department of Defense, 9 from 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, 4 from the United States 
Trade and Development Agency, and 1 from the Broadcasting Board 
of Governors.

                         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.

                  II. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY


                  A. Full Committee Markup Summaries 
        (Subcommittee markups are listed in section III, below)


            1/29/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up the following measures for 
consideration by the committee:

    H. Res. 447 (Engel), ``Supporting the democratic and 
European aspirations of the people of Ukraine, and their right 
to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear'';
    1.  By unanimous consent, Engel 16 (an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute previously provided to members of the 
committee) was considered the base text;
                a.  By unanimous consent, Engel 84 (an 
                amendment to the base text, previously provided 
                to members of the committee) was considered en 
                bloc with the base text;
                b.  By unanimous consent, at the request of 
                Rep. Engel, the second full paragraph of the 
                preamble (``Whereas closer relations with the 
                European Union (EU) through the signing of an 
                Association Agreement should promote democratic 
                values, good governance, and economic 
                opportunity in Ukraine;'') was struck from the 
                base text.
    H. Res. 447, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote, and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by unanimous consent.

    H.R. 938 (Ros-Lehtinen/Deutch), ``To strengthen the 
strategic alliance between the United States and Israel, and 
for other purposes'';
    1.  By unanimous consent, Ros-Lehtinen/Deutch 15 (an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute previously provided to 
members of the committee) was considered the base text;
                a.  By unanimous consent, Smith 99 (an 
                amendment to the base text, previously provided 
                to members of the committee) was considered en 
                bloc with the base text.
    H.R. 938, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote, and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

            2/27/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up H.R. 2548 (Royce), ``Electrify Africa 
Act of 2014,'' for consideration by the committee;
    1.  By unanimous consent, Royce-Engel 73 (an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute previously provided to members of 
the committee) was considered the base text;
                a.  Rep. Meadows offered an amendment, Meadows 
                29, agreed to by voice vote.
    H.R. 2548, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote, and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

            3/25/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up the following measures for 
consideration by the committee:

    H.R. 4278 (Royce), ``Ukraine Support Act'';
     1.  Rep. Royce offered the manager's amendment, Royce 96 
(previously provided to members of the committee), agreed to by 
voice vote;
     2.  Rep. Royce offered five amendments to be considered en 
bloc:
                a. Grayson 232;
                b. Keating 27;
                c. Keating 28;
                d. Lowenthal 23;
                e. Messer 120;
     3.  Rep. Connolly offered an amendment, Connolly 98, 
agreed to by voice vote;
     4.  Rep. Duncan offered an amendment, Duncan 46, 
withdrawn;
     5.  Rep. Duncan offered an amendment, Duncan 45, agreed to 
by voice vote;
     6.  Rep. Castro offered an amendment, Castro 23, agreed to 
by voice vote;
     7.  Rep. Poe offered an amendment, Poe 74, agreed to by 
voice vote;
     8.  Rep. Stockman offered an amendment, Stockman 14, 
agreed to by voice vote;
     9.  Rep. Gabbard offered an amendment, Gabbard 1, agreed 
to by voice vote;
    10.  Rep. Salmon offered an amendment, Salmon 40;
                a.  Chairman Royce offered a second-degree 
                amendment to Salmon 40, adopted by unanimous 
                consent;
    Salmon 40, as amended by the Royce second-degree amendment, 
was agreed to by voice vote;
    11.  Rep. Keating offered an amendment, Keating 26, not 
agreed to by voice vote;
    12.  Rep. Duncan offered an amendment, Duncan 46 Revised, 
agreed to by voice vote;
    13.  Rep. Meeks offered an amendment, Meeks 26, withdrawn.

    The following measures and amendments in the nature of a 
substitute (also previously provided to members of the 
committee) were considered en bloc and agreed to by voice vote:

    H. Res. 418 (McGovern), ``Urging the Government of Burma to 
end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect 
internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and 
religious minority groups within Burma'';
    1.  Royce 97, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H. Res. 418.

    H. Res. 494 (Royce), ``Affirming the importance of the 
Taiwan Relations Act'';
    1.  Royce 94, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H. Res. 494.

    H.R. 4278, as amended; H. Res. 418, as amended; and H. Res. 
494, as amended, were ordered favorably reported to the House 
by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

            4/3/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up H.R. 3583 (Ros-Lehtinen), ``Malala 
Yousafzai Scholarship Act,'' for consideration by the 
committee.
    By unanimous consent, two amendments (previously provided 
to members of the committee) were considered en bloc:
    1.  Ros-Lehtinen 42, an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
                a.  Connolly 100, a second degree amendment to 
                Ros-Lehtinen 42;
    Rep. Frankel offered a second degree amendment, Frankel 1, 
to Ros-Lehtinen 42, which was agreed to by voice vote.
    The en bloc amendments, as amended by Frankel 1, were 
agreed to by voice vote.
    By unanimous consent, H.R. 3583, as amended, was ordered 
favorably reported to the House.
    The committee adjourned.

            4/30/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up the following measures for 
consideration by the committee:

    H.R. 4490 (Royce), ``United States International 
Communications Reform Act of 2014'';

    By unanimous consent, the following amendments to H.R. 4490 
were considered read and considered en bloc:
    1. Royce manager's amendment 102;
    2. Keating 1;
    3. Lowenthal 27;
    4. Rohrabacher 39;
    5. Sherman 85.
    The amendments considered en bloc were agreed to by voice 
vote.
    H.R. 4490, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote, and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by unanimous consent.

    By unanimous consent, the following measures and amendments 
were considered en bloc:

    H.R. 4028 (Meng), ``To amend the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries 
among the many forms of violations of the right to religious 
freedom'';
    1. Collins 44, amending H.R. 4028.

    H. Res. 520 (Royce), ``Calling for an end to attacks on 
Syrian civilians and expanded humanitarian access'';
    1.  Royce 10, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H. Res. 520.

    H. Con. Res. 51 (Smith), ``Immediate Establishment of 
Syrian War Crimes Tribunal Resolution'';
    1.  Smith 51, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H. Con. Res. 51.

    The en bloc items were agreed to by voice vote, and the 
measures, as amended, were ordered favorably reported to the 
House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

            5/9/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair obtained unanimous consent to consider the 
following items (previously provided to members) en bloc:

    H.R. 4587 (Ros-Lehtinen), ``To impose targeted sanctions on 
individuals responsible for carrying out or ordering human 
rights abuses against the citizens of Venezuela, and for other 
purposes'';
    1. Salmon 46, amending H.R. 4587.

    H.R. 4573 (Smith-NJ), ``To protect children from 
exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by 
providing advance notice of intended travel by registered 
child-sex offenders outside the United States to the government 
of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments 
to notify the United States when a known child-sex offender is 
seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes'';
    1.  Smith 53, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 4573.

    H. Res. 573, ``Condemning the abduction of female students 
by armed militants from the terrorist group known as Boko Haram 
in northeastern provinces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria'';
    1. Royce 105, amending H. Res. 573.

    The en bloc items were agreed to by voice vote, and the 
measures, as amended, were ordered favorably reported to the 
House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

            5/29/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair obtained unanimous consent to consider the 
following items (previously provided to members) en bloc:

    H.R. 1771 (Royce), ``To improve the enforcement of 
sanctions against the Government of North Korea, and for other 
purposes'';
    1.  Royce 29, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 1771;
                a.  Castro 33, amending Royce 29;
                b.  Connolly 118, amending Royce 29.

    H.R. 4449 (Maloney), ``To amend the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 to expand the training for Federal 
Government personnel related to trafficking in persons, and for 
other purposes.''

    H. Res. 600 (Grayson), ``Urging the Government of 
Afghanistan, following a successful first round of the 
presidential election on April 5, 2014, to pursue a 
transparent, credible, and inclusive run-off presidential 
election on June 14, 2014, while ensuring the safety of voters, 
candidates, poll workers, and election observers.''

    The en bloc items were agreed to by voice vote, and the 
measures, as amended, were ordered favorably reported to the 
House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

            6/26/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up the following measures for 
consideration by the committee:

    H.R. 4347 (Royce), ``Turkey Christian Churches 
Accountability Act'';
    1.  By unanimous consent, Royce 117 (an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute previously provided to members of the 
committee) was considered base text for purposes of markup;
                a.  Connolly 124, an amendment in the nature of 
                a substitute, was not agreed to by voice vote;
    The following amendments were considered en bloc and agreed 
to by voice vote:
                b.  Grayson 284;
                c.  Holding 851.
    H.R. 4347, as amended, was ordered favorably reported to 
the House by unanimous consent.

    By unanimous consent the following items were considered en 
bloc:

    H.R. 2283 (Smith), ``To prioritize the fight against human 
trafficking within the Department of State according to 
congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 without increasing the size of the Federal Government, 
and for other purposes'';
    1.  Smith 58, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 2283;
                a.  Smith 60, amending Smith 58.

    H.R. 4411 (Meadows), ``To prevent Hezbollah and associated 
entities from gaining access to international financial and 
other institutions, and for other purposes'';
    1.  Royce 120, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
to H.R. 4411;
                a.  Poe/Sherman 92, amending Royce 120;
                b.  DeSantis/Deutch/Meng 51, amending Royce 
                120.

    H.R. 4640 (Engel), ``To establish the Western Hemisphere 
Drug Policy Commission'';
    1.  Engel 60, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 4640;
                a.  Castro 36, amending Engel 60.

    H.R. 4653 (Wolf), ``To reauthorize the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom, and for other 
purposes'';
    1.  Smith 55, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 4653;
                a.  Meng 47, amending Smith 55.

    H. Res. 435 (Deutch), ``Calling on the government of Iran 
to fulfill their promises of assistance in this case of Robert 
Levinson, one of the longest held United States civilians in 
our Nation's history'';
    1.  Ros-Lehtinen 49, an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to H. Res. 435.

    H. Res. 562 (Pitts), ``Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives with respect to enhanced relations with the 
Republic of Moldova and support for Moldova's territorial 
integrity'';
    1.  Royce 123, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
to H. Res. 562.

    H. Res. 588 (Peterson), ``Concerning the suspension of exit 
permit issuance by the Government of the Democratic Republic of 
Congo for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the 
country with their adoptive parents'';
    1.  Smith 57, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H. Res. 588;
                a.  Royce 122, amending Smith 57.

    The items en bloc were agreed to by voice vote, and the 
measures, as amended, were ordered favorably reported to the 
House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

            7/30/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair called up the following measures for 
consideration by the committee and, by unanimous consent, the 
following items were considered en bloc:

    H.R. 3398 (Chabot), ``Girls Count Act of 2014'';
    1.  Chabot 50 in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3398;
                a.  Manager's amendment 53 to Chabot 50.

    H.R. 5041 (Lamborn), ``Naftali Fraenkel Rewards for Justice 
Act of 2014'';
    1.  Royce/Sherman/McCaul/Engel 130 in the nature of a 
substitute to H.R. 5041.

    H.R. 5235 (Engel), ``To authorize further assistance to 
Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system'';
    1.  Engel/Royce 62 in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 
5235.

    H. Res. 281 (Ros-Lehtinen), ``Expressing concern over 
persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned 
organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, 
in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers 
of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious 
beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority 
groups'';
    1.  Manager's amendment 129 in the nature of a substitute 
to H. Res. 281.

    H. Res. 683, ``Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent 
need to protect religious minorities from persecution from the 
Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State 
in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as it expands its control over areas 
in northwestern Iraq'';
    1. Poe 95.

    The items considered en bloc were agreed to by voice vote, 
and the measures, as amended, were ordered favorably reported 
to the House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

           11/20/14 Foreign Affairs Committee Markup Summary

    The chair obtained unanimous consent to consider the 
following items (previously provided to members) en bloc:

    H.R. 2901 (Blumenauer), ``Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
World Act of 2013'';
    1.  Poe 110, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 2901.

    H.R. 5206 (Grayson), ``To allow Foreign Service and other 
executive agency employees to designate beneficiaries of their 
death benefits'';
    1.  Grayson 301, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
to H.R. 5206.

    H.R. 5241 (Connolly), ``To prohibit United States 
Government recognition of Russia's annexation of Crimea.''

    H.R. 5656 (Smith-NJ), ``To authorize the Feed the Future 
Initiative to reduce global poverty and hunger in developing 
countries on a sustainable basis, and for other purposes'';
    1.  Smith 80, an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
                a.  Smith 84, a second-degree amendment to 
                Smith 80.

    H.R. 5685 (McCaul), ``Rewards for Justice Congressional 
Notification Act of 2014.''

    H.R. 5710 (Smith-NJ), ``Ebola Emergency Response Act'';
    1. Smith 82;
    2. Cicilline 51;
    3. Perry 45.

    H. Res. 714 (Faleomavaega), ``Reaffirming the peaceful and 
collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional 
disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea as 
provided for by universally recognized principles of 
international law, and reaffirming the strong support of the 
United States Government for freedom of navigation and other 
internationally lawful uses of sea and airspace in the Asia-
Pacific region'';
    1.  Faleomavaega 22, an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.

    H. Res. 758 (Engel), ``Strongly condemning the actions of 
the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which 
has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring 
countries aimed at political and economic domination'';
    1.  Engel 68, an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

    The items considered en bloc were agreed to by voice vote, 
and the measures, as amended, were ordered favorably reported 
to the House by unanimous consent.
    The committee adjourned.

                       B. Committee Reports Filed

    House Report: 113-318: Legislative Review and Oversight 
Activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, First Session 
of the 113th Congress.
    House Report: 113-433: The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to 
whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2548) to establish a 
comprehensive United States Government policy to assist 
countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop an appropriate mix 
of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity 
access in order to support poverty alleviation and drive 
economic growth, and for other purposes, having considered the 
same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends 
that the bill as amended do pass.
    House Report: 113-541: The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to 
whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4490) to enhance the missions, 
objectives, and effectiveness of United States international 
communications, and for other purposes, having considered the 
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend 
that the bill as amended do pass.
    House Report: 113-543: The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to 
whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4411) to prevent Hezbollah and 
associated entities from gaining access to international 
financial and other institutions, and for other purposes, 
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an 
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
    House Report: 113-560: The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to 
whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1771) to improve the 
enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, 
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports 
favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill 
as amended do pass.

         C. Foreign Affairs Legislation Considered by the House

    The following legislative items were considered during the 
reporting period, as indicated.

Legislation Enacted into Law

    H.R. 2901 (Blumenauer)--Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
World Act of 2014. [Became Public Law 113-289.]
    S. 2142 (Menendez)--Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and 
Civil Society Act of 2014. [Became Public Law 113-278.]
    S. 1683 (Menendez)--A bill to provide for the transfer of 
naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, and for other 
purposes. [Became Public Law 113-276.]
    H.R. 5859 (Gerlach)--Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014. 
[Became Public Law 113-272.]
    H.R. 5816 (Royce)--To extend the authorization for the 
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 
[Became Public Law 113-271.]
    H.R. 5681 (Royce)--To provide for the approval of the 
Amendment to the Agreement Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses 
of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes. [Became Public 
Law 113-228.]
    S. 1104 (Nelson)--Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014. 
[Became Public Law 113-201.]
    S. 653 (Blunt)--Near East and South Central Asia Religious 
Freedom Act of 2014. [Became Public Law 113-161.]
    H.R. 5195 (Blumenauer)--Emergency Afghan Allies Extension 
Act of 2014. [Became Public Law 113-160.]
    H.R. 4028 (Meng)--To amend the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries 
among the many forms of violations of the right to religious 
freedom. [Became Public Law 113-154.]
    H.R. 3212 (Smith)--Sean and David Goldman International 
Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014. [Became 
Public Law 113-150.]
    H.R. 4152 (Rogers)--Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014. 
[Became Public Law 113-95.]
    S. 1901 (Menendez)--Support for United States-Republic of 
Korea Civil Nuclear Cooperation Act. [Became Public Law 113-
81.]

Legislation Passed by the House and Senate

    H. Con. Res. 107 (Ros-Lehtinen)--A concurrent resolution 
denouncing the use of civilians as human shields by Hamas and 
other terrorist organizations.

Legislation Passed by the House

    H.R. 938 (Ros-Lehtinen)--United States-Israel Strategic 
Partnership Act of 2014.
    H.R. 1771 (Royce)--North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act.
    H.R. 2283 (Smith)--Human Trafficking Prioritization Act.
    H.R. 2548 (Royce)--Electrify Africa Act of 2014.
    H.R. 3398 (Chabot)--Girls Count Act of 2014.
    H.R. 3470 (Royce)--To affirm the importance of the Taiwan 
Relations Act, to provide for the transfer of naval vessels to 
certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 3583 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act.
    H.R. 4278 (Royce)--Ukraine Support Act.
    H.R. 4411 (Meadows)--Hezbollah International Financing 
Prevention Act of 2014.
    H.R. 4449 (Maloney)--Human Trafficking Prevention Act.
    H.R. 4490 (Royce)--United States International 
Communications Reform Act of 2014.
    H.R. 4573 (Smith)--International Megan's Law to Prevent 
Demand for Child Sex Trafficking.
    H.R. 4587 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Venezuelan Human Rights and 
Democracy Protection Act.
    H.R. 4653 (Wolf)--United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2014.
    H.R. 5135 (Noem)--Human Trafficking Prevention, 
Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2014.
    H.R. 5195 (Blumenauer)--Emergency Afghan Allies Extension 
Act of 2014.
    H.R. 5656 (Smith)--Global Food Security Act of 2014.
    H. Con. Res. 105 (McGovern)--Prohibiting the President from 
deploying or maintaining United States Armed Forces in a 
sustained combat role in Iraq without specific, subsequent 
statutory authorization.
    H. Res. 65 (Royce)--Condemning the Government of North 
Korea for its flagrant and repeated violations of multiple 
United Nations Security Council resolutions, for its repeated 
provocations that threaten international peace and stability, 
and for its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device.
    H. Res. 222 (Meeks)--Recognizing the long-term partnership 
and friendship between the United States and the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan, working together towards peace and security 
in the Middle East.
    H. Res. 418 (McGovern)--Urging the Government of Burma to 
end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect 
internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and 
religious minority groups within Burma.
    H. Res. 447 (Engel)--Supporting the democratic and European 
aspirations of the people of Ukraine, and their right to choose 
their own future free of intimidation and fear.
    H. Res. 488 (Ros-Lehtinen)--Supporting the people of 
Venezuela as they protest peacefully for democracy, a reduction 
in violent crime and calling for an end to recent violence.
    H. Res. 499 (Royce)--Condemning the violation of Ukrainian 
sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by 
military forces of the Russian Federation.
    H. Res. 562 (Pitts)--Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives with respect to enhanced relations with the 
Republic of Moldova and support for Moldova's territorial 
integrity.
    H. Res. 573 (Wilson)--Condemning the abduction of female 
students by armed militants from the terrorist group known as 
Boko Haram in northeastern provinces of the Federal Republic of 
Nigeria.
    H. Res. 588 (Peterson)--Concerning the suspension of exit 
permit issuance by the Government of the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the 
country with their adoptive parents.
    H. Res. 599 (Smith)--Urging the Government of the People's 
Republic of China to respect the freedom of assembly, 
expression, and religion and all fundamental human rights and 
the rule of law for all its citizens and to stop censoring 
discussion of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and 
their violent suppression.
    H. Res. 600 (Grayson)--Urging the Government of 
Afghanistan, following a successful first round of the 
presidential election on April 5, 2014, to pursue a 
transparent, credible, and inclusive run-off presidential 
election on June 14, 2014, while ensuring the safety of voters, 
candidates, poll workers, and election observers.
    H. Res. 617 (Wilson)--Condemning the abduction of female 
students by armed militants from the terrorist group known as 
Boko Haram in northeastern provinces of the Federal Republic of 
Nigeria.
    H. Res. 657 (Israel)--Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding United States support for the State 
of Israel as it defends itself against unprovoked rocket 
attacks from the Hamas terrorist organization.
    H. Res. 683 (Vargas)--Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent 
need to protect religious minorities from persecution from the 
Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State 
in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as it expands its control over areas 
in northwestern Iraq.
    H. Res. 699 (Meeks)--Welcoming African leaders to the first 
United States-Africa Leaders' Summit and African trade 
ministers to the 13th Forum of the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act (AGOA).
    H. Res. 707 (Nadler)--Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism 
and rejecting attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent 
attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval or 
frustration over political events in the Middle East or 
elsewhere.
    H. Res. 714 (Faleomavagea)--To reaffirm the strong support 
of the United States Government for the peaceful and 
collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional 
disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea as 
provided for by universally recognized principles of 
international law, and to reaffirm the vital interest of the 
United States in freedom of navigation and other 
internationally lawful uses of sea and airspace in the Asia-
Pacific region.
    H. Res. 726 (Gerlach)--Strongly supporting the right of the 
people of Ukraine to freely determine their future, including 
their country's relationship with other nations and 
international organizations, without interference, 
intimidation, or coercion by other countries.
    H. Res. 734 (Shea-Porter)--Expressing the condolences of 
the House of Representatives to the families of James Foley and 
Steven Sotloff, and condemning the terrorist acts of the 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
    H. Res. 754 (Royce)--Condemning the Government of Iran for 
its gross human rights violations.
    H. Res. 758 (Kinzinger)--Strongly condemning the actions of 
the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which 
has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring 
countries aimed at political and economic domination.

         III. 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 (full committee markups, listed in section III (A) 
above).

                           A. Full Committee

    January 15, 2014--South Sudan's Broken Promise? The 
Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and the Honorable 
Earl W. Gast. Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
    January 29, 2014--Markup. H.R. 447, Supporting the 
democratic and European aspirations of the people of Ukraine, 
and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation 
and fear; and H.R. United States-Israel Strategic Partnership 
Act of 2013.
    February 27, 2014--Markup. H.R. 2548, Electrify Africa Act 
of 2013.
    February 5, 2014--Al-Qaeda's Resurgence in Iraq: A Threat 
to U.S. Interests. Mr. Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Iraq and Iran, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
    February 26, 2014--International Wildlife Trafficking 
Threats to Conservation and National Security. The Honorable 
Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; The Honorable Daniel M. Ashe, Director, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the 
Interior; and Mr. Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice.
    March 6, 2014--U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Ukraine. Mr. Eric 
Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and 
Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Paige 
Alexander, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and 
Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development; and Mr. 
Daleep Singh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and 
Eurasia, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
    March 6, 2014--Markup. H. Res. 499, Condemning the 
violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, independence, and 
territorial integrity by military forces of the Russian 
Federation.
    March 13, 2014--Advancing U.S. Interests Abroad: The FY 
2015 Foreign Affairs Budget. The Honorable John F. Kerry, 
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
    March 14, 2014--The Promise of the Taiwan Relations Act. 
Mr. Kin Moy, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    March 25, 2014--Markup. H.R. 4278, Ukraine Support Act; H. 
Res. 418, Urging the Government of Burma to end the persecution 
of the Rohingya people and respect internationally recognized 
human rights for all ethnic and religious minority rights 
within Burma; and H. Res. 494, Affirming the importance of the 
Taiwan Relations Act.
    March 26, 2014--The Geopolitical Potential of the U.S. 
Energy Boom. Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN, Retired, Member, 
Energy Security Leadership Council, Securing America's Future 
Energy; Mr. Harold Hamm, Chairman, Domestic Energy Producers 
Alliance; Ms. Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director, 
Energy, Environment, and Security Program, Center for a New 
American Security; and Michael Levi, Ph.D, David M. Rubenstein 
Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Energy and Climate 
Change, Council on Foreign Relations.
    April 3, 2014--Women's Education: Promoting Development, 
Countering Radicalism. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Ph.D, President, World 
Organization for Resource Development and Education; Ms. Humera 
Khan, Executive Director, Muflehun; and Kathleen Kuehnast, 
Ph.D, Director, Gender and Peacebuilding Center, United States 
Institute of Peace.
    April 3, 2014--Markup. H.R. 3583, Malala Yousafzai 
Scholarship Act.
    April 9, 2014--U.S. Foreign Assistance in FY 2015: What Are 
the Priorities, How Effective? The Honorable Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
    April 30, 2014--Markup. H.R. 4490, United States 
International Communications Reform Act of 2014; H.R. 4028, to 
amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to 
include the desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of 
violations of the right to religious freedom; H. Res. 520, 
Calling for an end to attacks on Syrian civilians and expanded 
humanitarian access; and H. Con. Res. 51, Immediate 
Establishment of Syrian War Crimes Tribunal Resolution.
    May 8, 2014--Russia's Destabilization of Ukraine. The 
Honorable Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and 
the Honorable Daniel Glaser, Assistant Secretary, Office of 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
    May 9, 2014--Markup. H. Res. 573, Condemning the abduction 
of female students by armed militants from the terrorist group 
known as Boko Haram in northeastern provinces of the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria; H.R. 4573, To protect children from 
exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by 
providing advance notice of intended travel by registered 
child-sex offenders outside the United States to the government 
of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments 
to notify the United States when a known child-sex offender is 
seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 4587, To impose targeted sanctions on individuals 
responsible for carrying out or ordering human rights abuses 
against citizens of Venezuela, and for other purposes.
    May 20, 2014--The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations. The 
Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The 
Honorable William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; and Ms. Elizabeth Hogan, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
    May 21, 2014--Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to 
Schoolgirls, Nigeria, and Beyond. The Honorable Sarah Sewall, 
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human 
Rights, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Amanda J. Dory, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs, U.S. 
Department of Defense.
    May 29, 2014--Markup. H.R. 1771, North Korea Sanctions 
Enforcement Act of 2013; H.R. 4449, Human Trafficking 
Prevention Act; and H. Res. 600, Urging the Government of 
Afghanistan, following a successful first round of the 
presidential election on April 5, 2014, to pursue a 
transparent, credible, and inclusive run-off presidential 
election on June 14, 2014, while ensuring the safety of voters, 
candidates, poll workers, and election observers.
    June 10, 2014--Verifying Iran's Nuclear Compliance. The 
Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker, National Security Advisor, 
Bipartisan Policy Center (former Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Arms Control & Bureau of International Security and 
Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State); Mr. John A. 
Lauder, Senior Advisor, 20twenty Strategic Consulting, Inc. 
(former Director, Nonproliferation Center, Intelligence 
Community); Mr. Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for 
Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of 
Government, Harvard University (former Deputy Director General, 
International Atomic Energy Agency); and the Honorable Joseph 
R. DeTrani, President, Intelligence and National Security 
Alliance (former Director, National Counter Proliferation 
Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence).
    June 26, 2014--Markup. H.R. 4411, Hezbollah International 
Financing Prevention Act of 2014; H.R. 4640, Western Hemisphere 
Drug Policy Commission Act of 2014; H. Res. 435, Calling on the 
government of Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance in 
this case of Robert Levinson, one of the longest held United 
States civilians in our Nation's history; H. Res. 588, 
Concerning the suspension of exist permit issuance by the 
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for adopted 
Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their 
adoptive parents; H.R. 2283, To prioritize the fight against 
human trafficking within the Department of State according to 
congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 without increasing the size of the Federal Government, 
and for other purposes; H. Res. 562, Expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives with respect to enhanced relations 
with the Republic of Moldova and support for Moldova's 
territorial integrity; H.R. 4653, Untied States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2014; 
and H.R. 4347, Turkey Christian Churches Accountability Act.
    July 9, 2014--Spotlighting Human Rights in Southeast Asia. 
The Honorable Lorne W. Craner (former Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department 
of State); The Honorable Tom Andrews, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, Untied to End Genocide (former United States 
Representative); Ms. Janet Nguyen, Supervisor, First District, 
Orange County Board of Supervisors; and Thang D. Nguyen, Ph.D, 
Executive Director, Boat People SOS.
    July 10, 2014--The Future of International Civilian Nuclear 
Cooperation. Mr. Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director, 
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Mr. Daniel S. Lipman, 
Executive Director, Supplier Programs, Nuclear Energy 
Institute; and Mr. Leonard S. Spector, Executive Director, 
Washington, D.C. Office, James Martin Center for 
Nonproliferation Studies.
    July 16, 2014--Iran's Destabilizing Role in the Middle 
East. Mr. Scott Modell, Senior Associate, Burke Chair in 
Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Mr. 
Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Middle 
East Program, Council on Foreign Relations; and Natan B. Sachs, 
Ph.D, Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The 
Brookings Institution.
    July 23, 2014--Terrorist March in Iraq: The U.S. Response. 
Mr. Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran, 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and 
Ms. Elissa Slotkin, Performing the Duties of the Principle 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department 
of Defense.
    July 29, 2014--Iran Nuclear Negotiations: From Extension to 
Final Agreement? The Honorable Wendy R. Sherman, Under 
Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and 
the Honorable David S. Cohen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
    July 30, 2014--Markup. H.R. 3398, Girls Count Act of 2014; 
H.R. 5041, The Naftali Fraenkel Rewards for Justice Act of 
2014; H.R. 5235, Emergency Iron Dome Replenishment Act; H. Res. 
281, Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of 
systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-
consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of 
China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners 
imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other 
religious and ethnic minority groups; and H. Res. 683, 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the 
current situation in Iraq and the urgent need to protect 
religious minorities from persecution from the Sunni Islamist 
insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and 
Levant (ISIL) as it expands its control over areas in 
northwestern Iraq.
    September 10, 2014--Libya's Descent. The Honorable Gerald 
Feierstein, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    September 18, 2014--The ISIS Threat: Weighing the Obama 
Administration's Response. The Honorable John F. Kerry, 
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
    November 13, 2014--Combating Ebola in West Africa: The 
International Response. The Honorable Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; The 
Honorable Bisa Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable 
Michael D. Lumpkin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special 
Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, U.S. Department of 
Defense; Major General James Lariviere, USMC, Deputy Director 
for Politico-Military Affairs (Africa), Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
U.S. Department of Defense; and Major General Nadja Y. West, 
USA, Joint Staff Surgeon, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. 
Department of Defense.
    November 20, 2014--Markup. H.R. 2901, Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the World Act of 2013; H.R. 5206, To allow Foreign 
Service and other executive agency employees to designate 
beneficiaries of their death benefits; H.R. 5241, Crimea 
Annexation Non-recognition Act; H.R. 5656, Feed the Future 
Global Food Security Act of 2014; H.R. 5685, Rewards for 
Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014; H.R. 5710, 
Ebola Emergency Response Act; H. Res. 714, Reaffirming the 
peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and 
jurisdictional disputes in the South China Sea and the East 
China Sea as provided by universally recognized principles of 
international law, and reaffirming the strong support of the 
United States Government for freedom of navigation and other 
internationally lawful uses of sea and airspace in the Asia-
Pacific region; and H. Res. 758, Strongly condemning the 
actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir 
Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against 
neighboring countries aimed at political and economic 
domination.
    December 10, 2014--Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress? 
The Honorable Brett McGurk, Deputy Special Presidential Envoy 
for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of 
State.

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

    January 9, 2014--Will there be an African Economic 
Community? Amadou Sy, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Africa Growth 
Initiative, The Brookings Institution; Mr. Stephen Lande, 
President, Manchester Trade; Peter Quartey, Ph.D., Senior 
Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic 
Research, University of Ghana; and Witney Schneidman, Ph.D., 
Nonresident Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative, The Brookings 
Institution.
    January 15, 2014--A Report on the G8 Dementia Summit. 
Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging, 
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services; Mr. George Vradenburg, Chairman and Founder, 
USAgainstAlzheimer's; and Mr. Harry Johns, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, Alzheimer's Association.
    January 27, 2014--Lessons Learned from Super Bowl 
Preparations: Preventing International Human Trafficking at 
Major Sporting Events. The Honorable Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-
at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, 
U.S. Department of State; Ms. Maria M. Odom, Chair, Blue 
Campaign, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Ms. Polly 
Hanson, Chief of Police, National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (AMTRAK); Ms. Nancy Rivard, President and Founder, 
Airline Ambassadors International; Ms. Carol Smolenski, 
Executive Director, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking-USA; 
Ms. Letty Ashworth, General Manager of Global Diversity, Delta 
Airlines; and Ms. Holly Smith, survivor of trafficking and 
anti-trafficking advocate.
    February 11, 2014--The Worldwide Persecution of Christians. 
The Honorable Elliott Abrams, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on 
International Religious Freedom; Mr. John Allen, Associate 
Editor, The Boston Globe; Ms. Tehmina Arora, Attorney, Alliance 
Defending Freedom-India; Mr. Benedict Rogers, Team Leader for 
East Asia, Christian Solidarity Worldwide; Mr. Jorge Lee 
Galindo, Director, Impulso 18; Khataza Gondwe, Ph.D., Team 
Leader for Africa and the Middle East, Christian Solidarity 
Worldwide; and His Excellency, the Most Reverend Francis A. 
Chullikatt, Permanent Observer, The Holy See Mission at the 
United Nations.
    February 26, 2014--U.S. Policy Toward Sudan and South 
Sudan. The Honorable Donald Booth, Special Envoy to Sudan and 
South Sudan, U.S. Department of State; Mr. John Prendergast, 
Co-founder, Enough Project; Walid Phares, Ph.D., Co-Secretary 
General, Transatlantic Legislative Group on Counter Terrorism; 
and Mr. Adotei Akwei, Managing Director for Government 
Relations, Amnesty International USA.
    March 11, 2014--The Northern Ireland Peace Process Today: 
Attempting to Deal with the Past. (Jointly held with the 
Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.) The 
Honorable Richard N. Haass, Chair, Panel of Parties in the 
Northern Ireland Executive; Ms. Geraldine Finucane, wife of 
slain human rights attorney Patrick Finucane; Mr. Eugene 
Devlin, victim of the Military Reaction Force; Ms. Julia Hall, 
Expert on Criminal Justice and Counter-Terrorism in Europe, 
Amnesty International; and The Baroness Nuala O'Loan, former 
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (appearing via 
videoconference).
    March 25, 2014--The First One Thousand Days: Development 
Aid Programs to Bolster Health and Nutrition. Ms. Tjada D'Oyen 
McKenna, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Food 
Security, U.S. Agency for International Development; Ms. Lisa 
Bos, Senior Policy Advisor for Health, Education, and Water, 
Sanitation, and Hygiene, World Vision; Henry Perry, M.D., 
Ph.D., Senior Associate, Health Systems Program, Department of 
International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns 
Hopkins University; Ms. Carolyn Wetzel Chen, Chief Grant 
Development Officer, Food for the Hungry, Inc.; Sophia Aguirre, 
Ph.D., Chair, Integral Economic Development Management Program, 
Catholic University of America; and Mehret Mandefro, M.D., 
Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, Milken Institute School of 
Public Health, The George Washington University.
    April 29, 2014--Effective Accountability: Tier Rankings in 
the Fight Against Human Trafficking. The Honorable Mark Lagon, 
Global Politics and Security Chair, Master of Science in 
Foreign Service Program, Georgetown University, former 
Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department 
of State; Mr. Brian Campbell, Director of Policy and Legal 
Programs, International Labor Rights Forum; Mr. Blair Burns, 
Vice President of Regional Operations, Southeast Asia, 
International Justice Mission; Ms. Nathalie Lummert, Director, 
Special Programs, Migration and Refugee Services, U.S. 
Conference of Catholic Bishops; and Wakar Uddin, Ph.D., 
Director General, Arakan Rohingya Union.
    May 1, 2014--The Central African Republic: From ``Pre-
genocide'' to Genocide? The Honorable Robert P. Jackson, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Anne Richard, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and 
Migration, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Scott Campbell, 
Regional Director for Central Africa, Catholic Relief Services; 
Ms. Madeline Rose, Policy & Advocacy Advisor, Mercy Corps; Mr. 
Kasper Agger, Field Researcher, Enough Project; and the 
Honorable Robin Renee Sanders, Chief Executive Officer, FEEEDS 
Advocacy Initiative.
    May 22, 2014--Protecting Religious Freedom: U.S. Efforts to 
Hold Accountable Countries of Particular Concern. Robert P. 
George, Ph.D., Chairman, U.S. Commission on International 
Religious Freedom; Mr. Kenneth E. Bowers, Secretary, National 
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahaa'iis of the United States; Mr. 
Amjad M. Khan, National Director of Public Affairs, Ahmadiyya 
Muslim Community USA; and Pastor Bob Fu, Founder and President, 
ChinaAid Association.
    May 30, 2014--Tiananmen 25 Years Later: Leaders Who Were 
There. Ms. Chai Ling, Founder, All Girls Allowed; Yang Jianli, 
Ph.D., President, Initiatives for China; Major Yan Xiong, USA, 
Author; Mr. Zhou Fengsuo, Co-Founder, Humanitarian China; and 
Mr. Chen Qinglin, Activist.
    June 11, 2014--The Ongoing Struggle Against Boko Haram. J. 
Peter Pham, Ph.D., Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council; 
Mr. Emmanuel Ogebe, Manager, Justice for Jos Project, Jubilee 
Campaign USA; Mr. Anslem John-Miller, Representative to the 
U.S. Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People; and the 
Honorable Robin Renee Sanders Chief Executive Officer, FEEEDS 
Advocacy Initiative, former United States Ambassador to 
Nigeria.
    June 18, 2014--Markup. H.R. 4653, To reauthorize the United 
States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and for 
other purposes; H. Res. 503, Expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives regarding the need to bring the South Sudan 
conflict to a sustainable and lasting end and to promote 
reconciliation of longstanding and recent grievances to allow 
for a peaceful society with good governance; and H. Res. 588, 
Concerning the suspension of exit permit issuance by the 
Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo for adopted 
Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their 
adoptive parents.
    June 18, 2014--Human Rights Abuses and Crimes Against 
Humanity in North Korea. The Honorable Andrew Natsios, Co-
Chair, The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; Shin 
Chang-hoon, Ph.D, Director, Center for Global Governance, Asan 
Institute for Policy Studies; Mr. Shin Dong-hyuk, Survivor of 
North Korean prison camp; and the Honorable Lee Jong Hoon, 
Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights, Republic of Korea.
    June 19, 2014--One Year Under Rouhani: Iran's Abysmal Human 
Rights Record. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and North Africa.) Robert P. George, Ph.D., 
Chairman, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; 
Ms. Cler Baheri, member of the Baha'i Community; Mr. Hossein 
Alizadeh, Regional Program Coordinator for the Middle East and 
North Africa, International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights 
Commission; and Mr. Amir Hossein Etemadi, former Iranian 
political prisoner.
    July 10, 2014--Human Rights Vetting: Nigeria and Beyond. 
Colonel Peter Aubrey, USA, Retired, President, Strategic 
Opportunities International; Ms. Lauren Ploch Blanchard, 
Specialist in African Affairs, Congressional Research Service; 
Ms. Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, 
Human Rights First; Mr. Stephen Rickard, Director, Washington 
Office, Open Society Foundations; and Ms. Sarah Margon, 
Washington Director, Human Rights Watch.
    July 16, 2014--The Growing Crisis of Africa's Orphans. The 
Honorable Robert P. Jackson, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
The Honorable Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; Ms. Kelly Dempsey, 
General Counsel and Director of Advocacy and Outreach, Both 
Ends Burning; Shimwaayi Muntemba, Ph.D., Founder, Zambia 
Orphans of AIDS; Mrs. Jovana Jones, adoptive mother of a 
Congolese child; and Ms. Muluemebet Chekol Hunegnaw, Senior 
Director, Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management 
Program Quality and Impact Department, International Programs, 
Save the Children.
    July 23, 2014--The Troubling Case of Meriam Ibrahim. Zuhdi 
Jasser, M.D., Commissioner, United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom; The Honorable Tony Perkins, 
President, Family Research Council; The Honorable Grover Joseph 
Rees, former General Counsel, U.S. Immigration and 
Naturalization Service; and Mr. Omer Ismail, Senior Policy 
Advisor, Enough Project.
    July 24, 2014--The Global Challenge of Autism. Mr. Jose H. 
Velasco, Vice President of Product Management and Head of 
Autism at Work Initiative, SAP; Mr. Thorkil Sonne, Founder and 
Chairman, Specialisterne; Ms. Theresa Hussman, Board Member, 
Autism Society; Mr. Michael Rosanoff, Associate Director, 
Public Health Research, Autism Speaks; and Mr. Ron Suskind, 
Author.
    August 7, 2014--Combating the Ebola Threat. Tom Frieden, 
M.D., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 
Ariel Pablos-Meendez, M.D., Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; The 
Honorable Bisa Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Ken Isaacs, Vice 
President of Program and Government Relations, Samaritan's 
Purse; and Frank Glover, M.D., Missionary, SIM.
    September 10, 2014--Genocidal Attacks Against Christian and 
Other Religious Minorities in Syria and Iraq. (Jointly held 
with the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa.) The 
Honorable Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State; 
The Honorable Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State; 
Mr. Thomas Staal, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; His Excellency Ibrahim N. 
Ibrahim, Bishop Emeritus, Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the 
Apostle; The Honorable Peter Galbraith, former Advisor to the 
Kurdistan Regional Government; Her Excellency Pascale Esho 
Warda, President, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization, former 
Minister of Immigration and Refugees in the Iraqi Government; 
and Thomas Farr, Ph.D., Director, Religious Freedom Project, 
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 
Georgetown University.
    September 17, 2014--Global Efforts to Fight Ebola. Anthony 
S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services; Luciana Borio, M.D., 
Director, Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, 
Office of the Chief Scientist, U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 
The Honorable Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; Beth P. Bell, M.D. 
Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. 
Department of Health & Human Services; Kent Brantly, M.D., 
Medical Missionary, Samaritan's Purse, survivor of Ebola; 
Chinua Akukwe, M.D., Chair, Africa Working Group, National 
Academy of Public Administration; Mr. Ted Alemayhu, Founder and 
Executive Chairman, US Doctors for Africa; and Dougbeh Chris 
Nyan, M.D., Director of the Secretariat, Diaspora Liberian 
Emergency Response Task Force on the Ebola Crisis.
    November 14, 2014--The Future of Energy in Africa. Robert 
F. Ichord, Jr., Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Eric 
G. Postel, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Africa, 
U.S. Agency for International Development; Mr. Jonathan Elkind, 
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs, 
U.S. Department of Energy; Mr. Walker A. Williams, President 
and Chief Executive Officer, Leadership Africa USA; and Ms. 
Dianne R. Sutherland, Owner and Publisher, Petroleum Africa 
Magazine (appearing via videoconference).
    November 18, 2014--Fighting Ebola: A Ground-Level View. Mr. 
Rabih Torbay, Senior Vice President for International 
Operations, International Medical Corps; Mr. Brett Sedgewick, 
Technical Advisor for Food Security and Livelihoods, Global 
Communities; and Darius Mans, Ph.D., President, Africare.
    December 4, 2014--Is Academic Freedom Threatened by China's 
Influence on U.S. Universities? Perry Link, Ph.D., 
Chancellorial Chair for Innovative Teaching, University of 
California, Riverside; Thomas Cushman, Ph.D., Deffenbaugh de 
Hoyos Carlson Chair in the Social Sciences, Wellesley College; 
Xia Yeliang, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Liberty 
and Prosperity, Cato Institute; and Sophie Richardson, Ph.D., 
China Director, Human Rights Watch.

                C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

    January 14, 2014--Maritime Sovereignty in the East and 
South China Seas. (Jointly held with the Armed Services 
Committee's Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.) 
Ms. Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Advisor for Asia, Freeman Chair in 
China Studies, Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies; Mr. Peter Dutton, 
Professor and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute, Naval 
War College; and Mr. Jeff M. Smith, Director of South Asia 
Programs, Kraemer Strategy Fellow, American Foreign Policy 
Council.
    February 5, 2014--America's Future in Asia: From 
Rebalancing to Managing Sovereignty Disputes. The Honorable 
Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, Department of State.
    March 26, 2014--The Shocking Truth about North Korean 
Tyranny. Ms. Grace Jo, survivor of North Korean human rights 
abuses; Mr. Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, Committee for 
Human Rights in North Korea; and Mr. Bruce Klingner, Senior 
Research Fellow, Northeast Asia, The Heritage Foundation.
    April 30, 2014--Assessing U.S. Foreign Assistance 
Priorities in South Asia. The Honorable Nisha Biswal, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; and Ms. Denise Rollins, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau for Asia, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
    May 20, 2014--Resourcing the Pivot to Asia: East Asia and 
Pacific FY 2015 Budget Priorities. The Honorable Daniel R. 
Russel, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Denise Rollins, 
Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, U.S. Agency 
for International Development.
    May 29, 2014-- Energy Needs in Asia: The U.S. Liquefied 
Natural Gas Option. Mr. Mikkal E. Herberg, Research Director, 
Energy Security Program, The National Bureau of Asian Research; 
Ms. Jane Nakano, Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Ms. Diane 
Leopold, President, Dominion Energy, Dominion.
    June 24, 2014-- Thailand: A Democracy in Peril. The 
Honorable Scot Marciel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State.
    July 24, 2014-- U.S.-India Relations Under the Modi 
Government. The Honorable Nisha Biswal, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; and the Honorable Arun Kumar, Director General of the 
U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for 
Global Markets, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
    July 30, 2014-- Twenty-Years of U.S. Policy on North Korea: 
From Agreed Framework to Strategic Patience. The Honorable Glyn 
Davies, Special Representative, Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and the Honorable 
Robert King, Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights, 
Office of the Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea, 
U.S. Department of State.
    September 9, 2014--Markup. H.R. 4377, To place conditions 
on assistance to the Government of Burma.
    September 17, 2014--A New Era of U.S.-China Relations? Mr. 
Christopher K. Johnson, Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in 
China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies; 
and Mr. Gordon Chang, Author.
    September 17, 2014--Markup. H. Res. 714, Reaffirming the 
peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and 
jurisdictional disputes in the South China Sea and the East 
China Sea as provided for by universally recognized principles 
of international law, and reaffirming the strong support of the 
United States Government for freedom of navigation and other 
internationally lawful uses of sea and airspace in the Asia-
Pacific region.
    December 2, 2014-- Hong Kong: A Broken Promise? Mr. Dean 
Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Davis 
Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The 
Heritage Foundation; Sophie Richardson, Ph.D., China Director, 
Human Rights Watch; and Ms. Kelley Currie, Senior Fellow, 
Project 2049 Institute.
    December 10, 2014--After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in 
Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part III). (Jointly held with 
Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa.) The 
Honorable Jarret Blanc, Deputy Special Representative for 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of State; The 
Honorable Donald L. Sampler, Assistant to the Administrator, 
Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; and Mr. James Soiles, Deputy Chief 
of Operations, Office of Global Enforcement, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, U.S. Department of Justice.

        D. Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats

    January 16, 2014--Water as a Geopolitical Threat. Mr. 
Jeremy M. Sharp, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, Foreign 
Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research 
Service; Ms. Maura Moynihan, Author and Activist; Mr. Gordon G. 
Chang, Author; and Mr. David Goodtree, Co-Chair and Founder, 
Symposium on Water Innovation.
    March 11, 2014--The Northern Ireland Peace Process Today: 
Attempting to Deal with the Past. (Jointly held with the 
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations.) The Honorable Richard N. Haass, 
Chair, Panel of Parties in the Northern Ireland Executive; Ms. 
Geraldine Finucane, wife of slain human rights attorney Patrick 
Finucane; Mr. Eugene Devlin, victim of the Military Reaction 
Force; Ms. Julia Hall, Expert on Criminal Justice and Counter-
Terrorism in Europe, Amnesty International; and The Baroness 
Nuala O'Loan, former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland 
(appearing via videoconference).
    April 29, 2014--U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Negotiations: 
Ukraine and Beyond. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.) Ms. Anita E. Friedt, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear and Strategic 
Policy, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, 
U.S. Department of State; and Mr. Brent Hartley, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State.
    May 7, 2014--Assessing the Biological Weapons Threat: 
Russia and Beyond. Amy Smithson, Ph.D. Senior Fellow, James 
Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies; David R. Franz, 
Ph.D. (former Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute 
of Infectious Diseases); Christopher Davis, M.D. (former 
member, Defense Intelligence Staff of the United Kingdom); and 
Mr. Milton Leitenberg, Senior Research Scholar Center for 
International and Security Studies at Maryland School of Public 
Policy, University of Maryland.
    May 21, 2014--The Development of Energy Resources in 
Central Asia. The Honorable Denis Shea, Chairman, U.S-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission; Mr. Charlie Santos, 
Chairman, Uzbekistan Investment Group, Inc.; Mr. David Merkel 
(former Director, Europe, Eurasia, National Security Council); 
and Mr. Jeffrey Mankoff, Deputy Director and Fellow, Russia and 
Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies.
    June 25, 2014--Reviewing the Administration's FY 2015 
Budget Request for Europe and Eurasia. Mr. Dan Rosenblum, 
Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, Bureau of 
European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. 
Jonathan Katz, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development; 
and Ms. Denise Rollins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau for 
Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development.
    July 15, 2014--The Future of Turkish Democracy. Mr. Nate 
Schenkkan, Program Officer, Eurasia Programs, Freedom House; 
Elizabeth H. Prodromou, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor of 
Conflict Resolution, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 
Tufts University; Soner Cagaptay, Ph.D., Beyer Family Fellow 
and Director, Turkish Research Program, The Washington 
Institute for Near East Policy; Kilic Kanat, Ph.D., Non-
Resident Scholar, Foundation for Political, Economic, and 
Social Research (SETA); and Mr. Hakan Tasci, Executive 
Director, Tuskon-US.
    July 29, 2014--The Shootdown of Malaysian Flight 17 and the 
Escalating Crisis in Ukraine. (Jointly held with the 
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.) Mr. 
Ian Brzezinski, Resident Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center 
on International Security, Atlantic Council; Mr. Anthony 
Salvia, Executive Director, American Institute in Ukraine; The 
Honorable William B. Taylor, Vice President for Middle East and 
Africa, United States Institute of Peace (former United States 
Ambassador to Ukraine); and Leon Aron, Ph.D., Resident Scholar 
and Director of Russian Studies, The American Enterprise 
Institute.
    September 18, 2014--The Struggles of Recovering Assets for 
Holocaust Survivors. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and North Africa.) Mr. Jack Rubin, Holocaust 
survivor; Ms. Klara Firestone, daughter of Holocaust survivors; 
Barbara Paris, M.D., physician who focuses on the care of 
Holocaust survivors; and Ms. Eugenie Lieberman, daughter of 
Holocaust survivor.
    September 19, 2014--Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning 
Home and the Threat to Europe. Mr. Thomas Joscelyn, Senior 
Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; and Ms. Farah 
Pandith, Fisher Family Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy 
School of Government (former U.S. Special Representative to 
Muslim Communities).
    November 18, 2014--Water Sharing Conflicts and the Threat 
to International Peace. Paul Sullivan, Ph.D., Professor of 
Economics, National Defense University; Amanda Wooden, Ph.D., 
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Bucknell 
University; and Kathleen Kuehnast, Ph.D., Director, Center for 
Gender & Peacebuilding, United States Institute of Peace.
    December 8, 2014--The United States as an Arctic Nation: 
Opportunities in the High North. Admiral Robert Papp, Jr., 
USCG, Retired, U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic, U.S. 
Department of State; Scott Borgerson, Ph.D., Chief Executive 
Officer, Cargo Metrics Technologies; and Mr. Andrew Holland, 
Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, American Security 
Project.

          E. Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa

    January 28, 2014--Implementation of the Iran Nuclear Deal. 
(Jointly held with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade.) The Honorable Mark D. Wallace, 
Chief Executive Officer, United Against Nuclear Iran (former 
United States Ambassador to the United Nations); Mr. Gregory S. 
Jones, Senior Researcher, Nonproliferation Policy Education 
Center; Mr. Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for 
Science and International Affairs, Harvard University (former 
Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy 
Agency); and Mr. David Albright, Founder and President, 
Institute for Science and International Security.
    February 5, 2014--U.S. Counternarcotics Operations in 
Afghanistan. The Honorable William R. Brownfield, Assistant 
Secretary of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. James L. 
Capra, Chief of Operations, U.S. Drug Enforcement 
Administration; and Ms. Erin Logan, Principal Director for 
Counternarcotics and Global Threats, Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense.
    March 4, 2014--Iran's Support for Terrorism Worldwide. 
(Jointly held with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade.) The Honorable Pete Hoekstra, 
Shillman Senior Fellow, The Investigative Project on Terrorism 
(former Chairman of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence); Matthew Levitt, Ph.D., Director and Fromer-
Wexler Fellow, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; 
and Mr. J. Matthew McInnis, Resident Fellow, American 
Enterprise Institute.
    April 8, 2014--Lebanon's Security Challenges and U.S. 
Interests. Mr. Lawrence Silverman, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; and Matthew Spence, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Middle East Policy, U.S. Department of Defense.
    April 9, 2014--U.S. Policy Towards Morocco. Mr. William 
Roebuck, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Egypt and 
Maghreb Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; and Ms. Alina Romanowski, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.
    April 29, 2014--The Administration's FY 2015 MENA Budget 
Request: Priorities, Objectives and Challenges. The Honorable 
Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Alina L. Romanowski, 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, 
U.S. Agency for International Development.
    May 8, 2014--The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the 
Peace Process: What's Next? Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D., Vice 
President for Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; 
Mr. James Prince, Co-founder and President, The Democracy 
Council; and the Honorable Robert Wexler, President, S. Daniel 
Abraham Center for Middle East Peace (former Member of 
Congress).
    May 21, 2014--The Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: Views from 
the Ground. Ms. Andrea Koppel, Vice President of Global 
Engagement and Policy, Mercy Corps; Ms. Holly Solberg, Director 
of Emergency and Humanitarian Assistance, CARE; Ms. Pia Wanek, 
Director, Office of Humanitarian Assistance, Global 
Communities; Mr. Zaher Sahloul, M.D., President, Syrian 
American Medical Society; and Ms. Bernice Romero, Senior 
Director of Policy and Advocacy, Save the Children.
    May 22, 2014--The Gulf Cooperation Council: Deepening Rifts 
and Emerging Challenges. David Andrew Weinberg, Ph.D., Senior 
Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Mr. Simon 
Henderson, Baker Fellow and Director, Gulf and Energy Policy 
Program, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and the 
Honorable Stephen A. Seche, Senior Analyst, Dentons US LLP 
(former Ambassador of the United States to Yemen).
    June 10, 2014--Examining U.S. Reconstruction Efforts in 
Afghanistan. The Honorable John F. Sopko, Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction; and Mr. Charles Michael 
Johnson, Jr., Director, International Security & 
Counterterrorism Issues, International Affairs & Trade Team, 
U.S. Government Accountability Office.
    June 11, 2014--Assessing Energy Priorities in the Middle 
East and North Africa. Mr. Amos J. Hochstein, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Energy Diplomacy, Bureau of Energy Resources, 
U.S. Department of State.
    June 18, 2014--The Bergdahl Exchange: Implications for U.S. 
National Security and the Fight Against Terrorism. (Jointly 
held with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Trade.) Mr. Mike Waltz, Senior National Security Fellow, New 
America Foundation (commanded a Special Forces' Company in 
Eastern Afghanistan in 2009); Spc. Cody Full, USA, Retired 
(served with Sgt. Bergdahl in Blackfoot Company, Second 
Platoon); Mr. Andy Andrews, father of deceased Second 
Lieutenant, USA, Darryn Andrews; and Mark Jacobson, Ph.D., 
Senior Advisor, Truman National Security Project.
    June 19, 2014--One Year Under Rouhani: Iran's Abysmal Human 
Rights Record. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International 
Organizations.) Robert P. George, Ph.D., Chairman, U.S. 
Commission on International Religious Freedom; Ms. Cler Baheri, 
member of the Baha'i Community; Mr. Hossein Alizadeh, Regional 
Program Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, 
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission; and Mr. 
Amir Hossein Etemadi, former Iranian political prisoner.
    June 25, 2014--Libya at a Crossroads: A Faltering 
Transition. The Honorable Anne W. Patterson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; and the Honorable Derek Chollet, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of 
Defense.
    July 15, 2014--The Rise of ISIL: Iraq and Beyond. (Jointly 
held with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Trade.) The Honorable James Jeffrey, Philip Solondz 
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Washington Institute for 
Near East Policy (former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq); General Jack 
Keane, USA, Retired, Chairman of the Board, Institute for the 
Study of War; Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; 
and Mr. Michael Eisenstadt, Senior Fellow and Director of the 
Military and Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute 
for Near East Policy.
    July 24, 2014--The Struggle for Civil Society in Egypt. Mr. 
Charles Michael Johnson, Jr., Director, International Security 
& Counterterrorism Issues, International Affairs & Trade Team, 
U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. Charles Dunne, 
Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, Freedom House; 
Mr. Sam LaHood, former Egypt Country Director, International 
Republican Institute; Mr. Patrick Butler, Vice President, 
Programs, International Center for Journalists; and Ms. Lila 
Jaafar, Senior Program Manager, National Democratic Institute
    September 9, 2014--Hamas' Benefactors: A Network of Terror. 
(Jointly held with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade.) Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D., Vice 
President for Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; 
Mr. Avi Jorisch, Founder, Red Cell Intelligence Group (former 
Policy Advisor, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, 
U.S. Department of the Treasury); and Steven A. Cook, Ph.D., 
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, 
Council on Foreign Relations.
    September 10, 2014--Genocidal Attacks Against Christian and 
Other Religious Minorities in Syria and Iraq. (Jointly held 
with the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations.) The Honorable Tom 
Malinowski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Anne 
Richard, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, 
and Migration, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Thomas Staal, 
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, 
Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; His Excellency Ibrahim N. Ibrahim, 
Bishop Emeritus, Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle; 
The Honorable Peter Galbraith, former Advisor to the Kurdistan 
Regional Government; Her Excellency Pascale Esho Warda, 
President, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization, former Minister 
of Immigration and Refugees in the Iraqi Government; and Thomas 
Farr, Ph.D., Director, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley 
Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown 
University.
    September 18, 2014--The Struggles of Recovering Assets for 
Holocaust Survivors. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on 
Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.) Mr. Jack Rubin, 
Holocaust survivor; Ms. Klara Firestone, daughter of Holocaust 
survivors; Barbara Paris, M.D., physician who focuses on the 
care of Holocaust survivors; and Ms. Eugenie Lieberman, 
daughter of Holocaust survivor.
    November 19, 2014--Next Steps for U.S. Foreign Policy on 
Syria and Iraq. The Honorable Robert Stephen Ford, Senior 
Fellow, Middle East Institute (former U.S. Ambassador to 
Syria); The Honorable Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle 
Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Kimberly Kagan, 
Ph.D., Founder and President, Institute for the Study of War; 
and Steven Heydemann, Ph.D., Vice President of Applied Research 
on Conflict, United States Institute of Peace.
    November 20, 2014--Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means 
for Global Security. General Michael Hayden, USAF, Retired, 
Principal, The Chertoff Group (former Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency); Mr. Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, 
Foundation for Defense of Democracies; and Mr. Karim 
Sadjadpour, Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace.
    December 2, 2014--ISIS and the Threat from Foreign 
Fighters. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade.) The Honorable Robert Bradtke, 
Senior Advisor for Partner Engagement on Syria Foreign 
Fighters, U.S. Department of State; and Mr. Tom Warrick, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security.
    December 10, 2014--After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in 
Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part III). (Jointly held with the 
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.) The Honorable Jarret 
Blanc, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and 
Pakistan, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Daniel L. 
Sampler, Assistant to the Administrator, Office of Afghanistan 
and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for International 
Development; and Mr. James Soiles, Deputy Chief of Operations, 
Office of Global Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
U.S. Department of Justice.

       F. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

    January 28, 2014--Implementation of the Iran Nuclear Deal. 
(Jointly held with the Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa.) The Honorable Mark D. Wallace, Chief Executive 
Officer, United Against Nuclear Iran (former United States 
Ambassador to the United Nations); Mr. Gregory S. Jones, Senior 
Researcher, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Mr. Olli 
Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and 
International Affairs, Harvard University (former Deputy 
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency); 
and Mr. David Albright, Founder and President, Institute for 
Science and International Security.
    February 4, 2014--Terrorist Groups in Latin America: The 
Changing Landscape. Gino Costa, Ph.D., President, Ciudad 
Nuestra; Ms. Celina B. Realuyo, William J. Perry Center for 
Hemispheric Defense Studies, Professor of Practice of National 
Security Affairs, National Defense University; Mr. Douglas 
Farah, Senior Associate, Americas Program, Center for Strategic 
and International Studies; and Mr. Michael Shifter, President, 
Inter-American Dialogue.
    March 4, 2014--Iran's Support for Terrorism Worldwide. 
(Jointly held with the Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa.) The Honorable Pete Hoekstra, Shillman Senior 
Fellow, The Investigative Project on Terrorism (former Chairman 
of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence); 
Matthew Levitt, Ph.D., Director and Fromer-Wexler Fellow, Stein 
Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington 
Institute for Near East Policy; and Mr. J. Matthew McInnis, 
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute.
    March 5, 2014--Threats to Israel: Terrorist Funding and 
Trade Boycotts. Mr. Edwin Black, Author; David Pollock, Ph.D., 
Kaufman Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; 
and Mr. Steven Perles, Founder and Senior Partner, Perles Law 
Firm, P.C.
    April 2, 2014--The Crude Truth: Evaluating U.S. Energy 
Trade Policy. The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, United States 
Senate; Mr. Michael Jennings, Chief Executive Officer and 
President, HollyFrontier Corporation; Mr. Erik Milito, 
Director, Upstream and Industry Operations, American Petroleum 
Institute; Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D., Senior Director, 
Center for Energy Studies, James A Baker III Institute for 
Public Policy; and Ms. Deborah Gordon, Senior Associate, Energy 
and Climate Program, Carnegie Endowment for International 
Peace.
    April 8, 2014--Is al-Qaeda Winning? Grading the 
Administration's Counterterrorism Policy. The Honorable Joseph 
Lieberman (former United States Senator); The Honorable Jane 
Harman Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer, The 
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (former Member 
of Congress); Seth Jones, Ph.D., Associate Director, 
International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND 
Corporation; Frederick W. Kagan, Ph.D., Christopher DeMuth 
Chair and Director, Critical Threats Project, American 
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; and Mr. 
Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The 
Brookings Institution.
    April 29, 2014--U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Negotiations: 
Ukraine and Beyond. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on 
Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.) Ms. Anita E. Friedt, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear and Strategic 
Policy, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, 
U.S. Department of State; and Mr. Brent Hartley, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State.
    May 20, 2014--Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan: An 
Enduring Threat. Mr. David Sedney (former Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, U.S. 
Department of Defense); The Honorable Michael A. Sheehan, 
Distinguished Chair, Combating Terrorism Center, United States 
Military Academy at West Point; and Mr. Thomas Joscelyn, Senior 
Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
    June 10, 2014--The State Department's Counterterrorism 
Bureau: Budget, Programs, and Evaluation. The Honorable Tina 
Kaidanow, Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State.
    June 18, 2014--The Bergdahl Exchange: Implications for U.S. 
National Security and the Fight Against Terrorism. (Jointly 
held with the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa.) Mr. Mike Waltz, Senior National Security Fellow, New 
America Foundation (commanded a Special Forces' Company in 
Eastern Afghanistan in 2009); Spc. Cody Full, USA, Retired 
(served with Sgt. Bergdahl in Blackfoot Company, Second 
Platoon); Mr. Andy Andrews, father of deceased Second 
Lieutenant, USA, Darryn Andrews; and Mark Jacobson, Ph.D., 
Senior Advisor, Truman National Security Project.
    July 15, 2014--The Rise of ISIL: Iraq and Beyond. (Jointly 
held with the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa.) The Honorable James Jeffrey, Philip Solondz 
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Washington Institute for 
Near East Policy (former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq); General Jack 
Keane, USA, Retired, Chairman of the Board, Institute for the 
Study of War; Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; 
and Mr. Michael Eisenstadt, Senior Fellow and Director of the 
Military and Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute 
for Near East Policy.
    July 29, 2014--The Shootdown of Malaysian Flight 17 and the 
Escalating Crisis in Ukraine (Jointly held with the 
Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.) Mr. Ian 
Brzezinski, Resident Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on 
International Security, Atlantic Council; Mr. Anthony Salvia, 
Executive Director, American Institute in Ukraine; The 
Honorable William B. Taylor, Vice President for Middle East and 
Africa, United States Institute of Peace (former United States 
Ambassador to Ukraine); and Leon Aron, Ph.D., Resident Scholar 
and Director of Russian Studies, The American Enterprise 
Institute.
    September 9, 2014--Hamas' Benefactors: A Network of Terror. 
(Jointly held with the Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa.) Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D., Vice President for 
Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Mr. Avi 
Jorisch, Founder, Red Cell Intelligence Group (former Policy 
Advisor, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. 
Department of the Treasury); and Steven A. Cook, Ph.D., Hasib 
J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on 
Foreign Relations.
    November 18, 2014--Iranian Nuclear Talks: Negotiating a Bad 
Deal? Ray Takeyh, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern 
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Mr. J. Matthew McInnis, 
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; and Mr. David 
Albright, President, Institute for Science and International 
Security.
    December 2, 2014--ISIS and the Threat from Foreign 
Fighters. (Jointly held with the Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and North Africa.) The Honorable Robert Bradtke, Senior 
Advisor for Partner Engagement on Syria Foreign Fighters, U.S. 
Department of State; and Mr. Tom Warrick, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy, U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security.
    December 10, 2014--Russian Arms Control Cheating and the 
Administration's Responses. (Jointly held with the Armed 
Services Committee's Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.) The 
Honorable Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary for Arms Control 
and International Security, U.S. Department of State; and the 
Honorable Brian McKeon, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for 
Policy, U.S. Department of Defense.

               G. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

    January 25, 2014--NAFTA at Twenty: Accomplishments, 
Challenges, and the Way Forward. The Honorable Carla A. Hills, 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company 
International Consultants; The Honorable David Dreier, 
Chairman, Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands; Mr. Eric 
Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas and 
Americas Society; Mr. Mark T. Elliot, Executive Vice President, 
Global Intellectual Property Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; 
and Duncan Wood, Ph.D., Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow 
Wilson International Center for Scholars.
    March 25, 2014--U.S. Disengagement from Latin America: 
Compromised Security and Economic Interests. The Honorable Otto 
J. Reich, President, Otto Reich Associates, LLC; Mr. Ilan I. 
Berman, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council; Mr. 
Mauricio Claver-Carone, Executive Director, Cuba Democracy 
Advocates; and Mr. Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American 
Dialogue.
    April 9, 2014--Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western 
Hemisphere: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget. The Honorable 
Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Elizabeth 
Hogan, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America 
and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development.
    April 29, 2014--Confronting Transnational Drug Smuggling: 
An Assessment of Regional Partnerships. (Jointly held with the 
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.) General John F. 
Kelly, USMC, Commander, Southern Command, U.S. Department of 
Defense; Admiral Robert J. Papp Jr., USCG, Commandant, Coast 
Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and the Honorable 
Luis E. Arreaga, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
    June 25, 2014--Children Migrating from Central America: 
Solving a Humanitarian Crisis. Mr. Francisco Palmieri, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Central America and the Caribbean, 
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
and Mr. Mark Lopes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
    July 23, 2014--U.S.-Dominican Republic Relations: 
Bolstering Economic Growth and Energy Independence. Andrees R. 
Gluski, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, The AES 
Corporation; Mr. Roberto AAlvarez (former Ambassador of the 
Dominican Republic on the Council of the Organization of 
American States); Mr. Santiago A. Canton, Executive Director, 
RFK Partners for Human Rights, Robert F. Kennedy Center for 
Justice and Human Rights; and Flavio Dariio Espinal, Ph.D., 
Founder and President, Flavio Dariio Espinal & Asociados 
(former Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United 
States).
    July 30, 2014--Building Prosperity in Latin America: 
Investor Confidence in the Rule of Law. The Honorable James K. 
Glassman, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute 
(former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State); Mr. Paul M. Barrett, 
Author; and the Honorable Jose W. Fernandez, Partner, Gibson, 
Dunn, & Crutcher LLP (former Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State).
    October 1, 2014--Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi: Our Marine in 
Mexican Custody. Mrs. Jill Tahmooressi, mother of Sergeant 
Andrew Tahmooressi; Lieutenant Commander Montel B. Williams, 
USN, Retired, Veterans Advocate; Sergeant Robert Buchanan, 
USMC, Retired (served with Sergeant Tahmooressi in 
Afghanistan); and Mr. Pete Hegseth, Chief Executive Officer, 
Concerned Veterans for America.
    November 18, 2014--Unaccompanied Alien Children: Pressing 
the Administration for a Strategy. The Honorable Roberta S. 
Jacobson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Ms. Elizabeth Hogan, Acting 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the 
Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development; Mr. 
Robert N. Kaplan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Inter-
American Foundation; and Ms. Catherine Wiesner, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and 
Migration, U.S. Department of State.

                H. Waste, Fraud, Abuse, Mismanagement, 
                         and Oversight Hearings

    January 15, 2014--Full Committee: South Sudan's Broken 
Promise? The Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 
and the Honorable Earl W. Gast. Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development.
    January 25, 2014--Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere: 
NAFTA at Twenty: Accomplishments, Challenges, and the Way 
Forward. The Honorable Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief 
Executive Officer, Hills & Company International Consultants; 
The Honorable David Dreier, Chairman, Annenberg-Dreier 
Commission at Sunnylands; Mr. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, 
Council of the Americas and Americas Society; Mr. Mark T. 
Elliot, Executive Vice President, Global Intellectual Property 
Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Duncan Wood, Ph.D., 
Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center 
for Scholars.
    January 28, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Trade: Implementation of the Iran Nuclear Deal. The Honorable 
Mark D. Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, United Against 
Nuclear Iran (former United States Ambassador to the United 
Nations); Mr. Gregory S. Jones, Senior Researcher, 
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Mr. Olli Heinonen, 
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International 
Affairs, Harvard University (former Deputy Director General of 
the International Atomic Energy Agency); and Mr. David 
Albright, Founder and President, Institute for Science and 
International Security.
    February 5, 2014--Full Committee: Al-Qaeda's Resurgence in 
Iraq: A Threat to U.S. Interests. Mr. Brett McGurk, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    February 26, 2014--Full Committee: International Wildlife 
Trafficking Threats to Conservation and National Security. The 
Honorable Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State; The Honorable Daniel M. Ashe, 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of 
the Interior; and Mr. Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice.
    March 6, 2014-- Full Committee: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward 
Ukraine. Mr. Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The 
Honorable Paige Alexander, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development; 
and Mr. Daleep Singh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and 
Eurasia, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
    March 11, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and 
Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats: The 
Northern Ireland Peace Process Today: Attempting to Deal with 
the Past. The Honorable Richard N. Haass, Chair, Panel of 
Parties in the Northern Ireland Executive; Ms. Geraldine 
Finucane, wife of slain human rights attorney Patrick Finucane; 
Mr. Eugene Devlin, victim of the Military Reaction Force; Ms. 
Julia Hall, Expert on Criminal Justice and Counter-Terrorism in 
Europe, Amnesty International; and The Baroness Nuala O'Loan, 
former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (appearing via 
videoconference).
    March 13, 2014--Full Committee: Advancing U.S. Interests 
Abroad: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget. The Honorable John 
F. Kerry, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
    March 14, 2014--Full Committee: The Promise of the Taiwan 
Relations Act. Mr. Kin Moy, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    March 25, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations: The First 
One Thousand Days: Development Aid Programs to Bolster Health 
and Nutrition. Ms. Tjada D'Oyen McKenna, Acting Assistant to 
the Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Ms. Lisa Bos, Senior Policy Advisor 
for Health, Education, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, 
World Vision; Henry Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Associate, 
Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, 
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; 
Ms. Carolyn Wetzel Chen, Chief Grant Development Officer, Food 
for the Hungry, Inc.; Sophia Aguirre, Ph.D., Chair, Integral 
Economic Development Management Program, Catholic University of 
America; and Mehret Mandefro, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Health 
Policy, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George 
Washington University.
    April 2, 2014--Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
and Trade: The Crude Truth: Evaluating U.S. Energy Trade 
Policy. The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate; Mr. 
Michael Jennings, Chief Executive Officer and President, 
HollyFrontier Corporation; Mr. Erik Milito, Director, Upstream 
and Industry Operations, American Petroleum Institute; Kenneth 
B. Medlock III, Ph.D., Senior Director, Center for Energy 
Studies, James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy; and Ms. 
Deborah Gordon, Senior Associate, Energy and Climate Program, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    April 8, 2014--Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
and Trade: Is al-Qaeda Winning? Grading the Administration's 
Counterterrorism Policy. The Honorable Joseph Lieberman (former 
United States Senator); The Honorable Jane Harman Director, 
President, and Chief Executive Officer, The Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars (former Member of Congress); 
Seth Jones, Ph.D., Associate Director, International Security 
and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation; Frederick W. 
Kagan, Ph.D., Christopher DeMuth Chair and Director, Critical 
Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute for Public 
Policy Research; and Mr. Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, 
Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution.
    April 9, 2014--Full Committee: U.S. Foreign Assistance in 
FY 2015: What Are the Priorities, How Effective? The Honorable 
Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
    April 9, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa: U.S. Policy Towards Morocco. Mr. William Roebuck, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Egypt and Maghreb 
Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; and Ms. Alina Romanowski, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.
    April 9, 2014--Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere: 
Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western Hemisphere: The FY 2015 
Foreign Affairs Budget. The Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Elizabeth Hogan, Acting 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the 
Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development.
    April 29, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations: Effective 
Accountability: Tier Rankings in the Fight Against Human 
Trafficking. The Honorable Mark Lagon, Global Politics and 
Security Chair, Master of Science in Foreign Service Program, 
Georgetown University, former Ambassador-at-Large for 
Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Brian 
Campbell, Director of Policy and Legal Programs, International 
Labor Rights Forum; Mr. Blair Burns, Vice President of Regional 
Operations, Southeast Asia, International Justice Mission; Ms. 
Nathalie Lummert, Director, Special Programs, Migration and 
Refugee Services, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; and 
Wakar Uddin, Ph.D., Director General, Arakan Rohingya Union.
    April 29, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa: The Administration's FY 2015 MENA Budget Request: 
Priorities, Objectives and Challenges. The Honorable Anne W. 
Patterson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 
U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Alina L. Romanowski, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
    April 29, 2014--Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and 
the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee 
on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation: Confronting 
Transnational Drug Smuggling: An Assessment of Regional 
Partnerships. General John F. Kelly, USMC, Commander, Southern 
Command, U.S. Department of Defense; Admiral Robert J. Papp 
Jr., USCG, Commandant, Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security; and the Honorable Luis E. Arreaga, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    April 30, 2014--Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific: 
Assessing U.S. Foreign Assistance Priorities in South Asia. The 
Honorable Nisha Biswal, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South 
and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. 
Denise Rollins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Asia, 
U.S. Agency for International Development.
    May 7, 2014--Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging 
Threats: Assessing the Biological Weapons Threat: Russia and 
Beyond. Amy Smithson, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, James Martin Center 
for Nonproliferation Studies; David R. Franz, Ph.D. (former 
Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious 
Diseases); Christopher Davis, M.D. (former member, Defense 
Intelligence Staff of the United Kingdom); and Mr. Milton 
Leitenberg, Senior Research Scholar Center for International 
and Security Studies at Maryland School of Public Policy, 
University of Maryland.
    May 8, 2014--Full Committee: Russia's Destabilization of 
Ukraine. The Honorable Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; and the Honorable Daniel Glaser, Assistant Secretary, 
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department 
of the Treasury.
    May 8, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa: The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace 
Process: What's Next? Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D., Vice President 
for Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Mr. James 
Prince, Co-founder and President, The Democracy Council; and 
the Honorable Robert Wexler, President, S. Daniel Abraham 
Center for Middle East Peace (former Member of Congress).
    May 20, 2014--Full Committee: The Future of U.S.-Mexico 
Relations. The Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; The Honorable William R. Brownfield, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. 
Elizabeth Hogan, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
    May 20, 2014--Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific: 
Resourcing the Pivot to Asia: East Asia and Pacific FY 2015 
Budget Priorities. The Honorable Daniel R. Russel, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; and Ms. Denise Rollins, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Asia, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
    May 21, 2014--Full Committee: Boko Haram: The Growing 
Threat to Schoolgirls, Nigeria, and Beyond. The Honorable Sarah 
Sewall, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and 
Human Rights, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Amanda J. Dory, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs, U.S. 
Department of Defense.
    May 22, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global 
Human Rights, and International Organizations: Protecting 
Religious Freedom: U.S. Efforts to Hold Accountable Countries 
of Particular Concern. Robert P. George, Ph.D., Chairman, U.S. 
Commission on International Religious Freedom; Mr. Kenneth E. 
Bowers, Secretary, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahaa'iis 
of the United States; Mr. Amjad M. Khan, National Director of 
Public Affairs, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA; and Pastor Bob 
Fu, Founder and President, ChinaAid Association.
    June 10, 2014--Full Committee: Verifying Iran's Nuclear 
Compliance. The Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker, National 
Security Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center (former Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control & Bureau of International 
Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State); Mr. 
John A. Lauder, Senior Advisor, 20twenty Strategic Consulting, 
Inc. (former Director, Nonproliferation Center, Intelligence 
Community); Mr. Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for 
Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of 
Government, Harvard University (former Deputy Director General, 
International Atomic Energy Agency); and the Honorable Joseph 
R. DeTrani, President, Intelligence and National Security 
Alliance (former Director, National Counter Proliferation 
Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence).
    June 10, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa: Examining U.S. Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan. 
The Honorable John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction; and Mr. Charles Michael Johnson, 
Jr., Director, International Security & Counterterrorism 
Issues, International Affairs & Trade Team, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office.
    June 10, 2014--Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
and Trade: The State Department's Counterterrorism Bureau: 
Budget, Programs, and Evaluation. The Honorable Tina Kaidanow, 
Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. 
Department of State.
    June 18, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations: Human 
Rights Abuses and Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea. The 
Honorable Andrew Natsios, Co-Chair, The Committee for Human 
Rights in North Korea; Shin Chang-hoon, Ph.D, Director, Center 
for Global Governance, Asan Institute for Policy Studies; Mr. 
Shin Dong-hyuk, Survivor of North Korean prison camp; and the 
Honorable Lee Jong Hoon, Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights, 
Republic of Korea.
    June 18, 2014-- Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade and Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and North Africa: The Bergdahl Exchange: Implications for U.S. 
National Security and the Fight Against Terrorism. Mr. Mike 
Waltz, Senior National Security Fellow, New America Foundation 
(commanded a Special Forces' Company in Eastern Afghanistan in 
2009); Spc. Cody Full, USA, Retired (served with Sgt. Bergdahl 
in Blackfoot Company, Second Platoon); Mr. Andy Andrews, father 
of deceased Second Lieutenant, USA, Darryn Andrews; and Mark 
Jacobson, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Truman National Security 
Project.
    June 19, 2014-- Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa and Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations: One Year Under 
Rouhani: Iran's Abysmal Human Rights Record. Robert P. George, 
Ph.D., Chairman, U.S. Commission on International Religious 
Freedom; Ms. Cler Baheri, member of the Baha'i Community; Mr. 
Hossein Alizadeh, Regional Program Coordinator for the Middle 
East and North Africa, International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights 
Commission; and Mr. Amir Hossein Etemadi, former Iranian 
political prisoner.
    June 25, 2014--Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats: Reviewing the Administration's FY 2015 Budget 
Request for Europe and Eurasia. Mr. Dan Rosenblum, Coordinator 
of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, Bureau of European 
and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Jonathan 
Katz, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and 
Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development; and Ms. 
Denise Rollins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Asia, 
U.S. Agency for International Development.
    July 10, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations: Human 
Rights Vetting: Nigeria and Beyond. Colonel Peter Aubrey, USA, 
Retired, President, Strategic Opportunities International; Ms. 
Lauren Ploch Blanchard, Specialist in African Affairs, 
Congressional Research Service; Ms. Elisa Massimino, President 
and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First; Mr. Stephen 
Rickard, Director, Washington Office, Open Society Foundations; 
and Ms. Sarah Margon, Washington Director, Human Rights Watch.
    July 23, 2014--Full Committee: Terrorist March in Iraq: The 
U.S. Response. Mr. Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Iraq and Iran, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State; and Ms. Elissa Slotkin, Performing the Duties of the 
Principle Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. 
Department of Defense.
    July 23, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations: The 
Troubling Case of Meriam Ibrahim. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., 
Commissioner, United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom; The Honorable Tony Perkins, President, 
Family Research Council; The Honorable Grover Joseph Rees, 
former General Counsel, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization 
Service; and Mr. Omer Ismail, Senior Policy Advisor, Enough 
Project.
    July 24, 2014--Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific: U.S.-
India Relations Under the Modi Government. The Honorable Nisha 
Biswal, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and the Honorable Arun 
Kumar, Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial 
Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.
    July 29, 2014--Full Committee: Iran Nuclear Negotiations: 
From Extension to Final Agreement? The Honorable Wendy R. 
Sherman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department 
of State; and the Honorable David S. Cohen, Under Secretary for 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
    July 30, 2014--Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific: 
Twenty-Years of U.S. Policy on North Korea: From Agreed 
Framework to Strategic Patience. The Honorable Glyn Davies, 
Special Representative, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and the Honorable Robert 
King, Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights, Office of 
the Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea, U.S. 
Department of State.
    September 10, 2014--Full Committee: Libya's Descent. The 
Honorable Gerald Feierstein, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State.
    September 18, 2014--Full Committee: The ISIS Threat: 
Weighing the Obama Administration's Response. The Honorable 
John F. Kerry, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
    September 18, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa and Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging 
Threats: The Struggles of Recovering Assets for Holocaust 
Survivors. Mr. Jack Rubin, Holocaust survivor; Ms. Klara 
Firestone, daughter of Holocaust survivors; Barbara Paris, 
M.D., physician who focuses on the care of Holocaust survivors; 
and Ms. Eugenie Lieberman, daughter of Holocaust survivor.
    November 13, 2014--Full Committee: Combating Ebola in West 
Africa: The International Response. The Honorable Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; The 
Honorable Bisa Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; The Honorable 
Michael D. Lumpkin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special 
Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, U.S. Department of 
Defense; Major General James Lariviere, USMC, Deputy Director 
for Politico-Military Affairs (Africa), Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
U.S. Department of Defense; and Major General Nadja Y. West, 
USA, Joint Staff Surgeon, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. 
Department of Defense.
    November 18, 2014--Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere: 
Unaccompanied Alien Children: Pressing the Administration for a 
Strategy. The Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State; Ms. Elizabeth Hogan, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; Mr. Robert N. Kaplan, 
President and Chief Executive Officer, Inter-American 
Foundation; and Ms. Catherine Wiesner, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. 
Department of State.
    November 19, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa: Next Steps for U.S. Foreign Policy on Syria and 
Iraq. The Honorable Robert Stephen Ford, Senior Fellow, Middle 
East Institute (former U.S. Ambassador to Syria); The Honorable 
Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, 
Council on Foreign Relations, Kimberly Kagan, Ph.D., Founder 
and President, Institute for the Study of War; and Steven 
Heydemann, Ph.D., Vice President of Applied Research on 
Conflict, United States Institute of Peace.
    November 20, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa: Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for 
Global Security. General Michael Hayden, USAF, Retired, 
Principal, The Chertoff Group (former Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency); Mr. Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, 
Foundation for Defense of Democracies; and Mr. Karim 
Sadjadpour, Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace.
    December 4, 2014--Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations: Is 
Academic Freedom Threatened by China's Influence on U.S. 
Universities? Perry Link, Ph.D., Chancellorial Chair for 
Innovative Teaching, University of California, Riverside; 
Thomas Cushman, Ph.D., Deffenbaugh de Hoyos Carlson Chair in 
the Social Sciences, Wellesley College; Xia Yeliang, Ph.D., 
Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato 
Institute; and Sophie Richardson, Ph.D., China Director, Human 
Rights Watch.
    December 10, 2014--Full Committee: Countering ISIS: Are We 
Making Progress? The Honorable Brett McGurk, Deputy Special 
Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, 
U.S. Department of State.
    December 10, 2014--Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa and Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific: After 
the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan 
(Part III). The Honorable Jarret Blanc, Deputy Special 
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of 
State; The Honorable Donald L. Sampler, Assistant to the 
Administrator, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; and Mr. James Soiles, 
Deputy Chief of Operations, Office of Global Enforcement, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice.

                 I. Committee-Hosted Dignitary Meetings

    Members Meeting with the President of the Republic of 
Haiti, His Excellency Michael Martelly (February 5, 2014)
    Members Meeting with the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan, His Majesty Abdullah II (February 11, 2014)
    Members Meeting with the Minister of Strategic Affairs and 
Intelligence Affairs of the State of Israel, His Excellency Dr. 
Yuval Steinitz (March 5, 2014)
    Members Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 
State of Israel, His Excellency Avigdor Lieberman (April 8, 
2014)
    Members Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs for 
the Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Nabil Fahmy (April 
28, 2014)
    Members Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of 
Latvia, Her Excellency Laimdota Straujuma (April 29, 2014)
    Members Meeting with a Child Survivor of Boko Haram Attack 
(May 21, 2014)
    Members Meeting with Ambassador Adel A. Al-Jubeir of the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba of the 
United Arab Emirates (June 23, 2014)
    Members Meeting with Ambassador Ron Dermer of the State of 
Israel and Israel Defense and Armed Forces Attachee Major 
General Yaacob Ayish (July 11, 2014)
    Members Meeting with the State Department's Special Envoy 
and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, Honorable 
Carlos Pascual (July 17, 2014)
    Members Meeting with Ambassador Francisco Altschul of the 
Republic of El Salvador, Ambassador Julio Ligorriia of the 
Republic of Guatemala, and Ambassador Jorge Milla Reyes of the 
Republic of Honduras (July 22, 2014)
    Members Meeting with the senior staff of the White House 
National Security Council (July 23, 2014)
    Members Meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 
Honorable Caroline Kennedy (July 23, 2014)
    Members Meeting with Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir of the 
Foreign Relations Department of the Kurdistan Regional 
Government and Fuad Hussein, Chief of Staff to President Masoud 
Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government (September 17, 
2014)
    Member Meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, 
Honorable Geoffrey Pyatt (December 9, 2014)
                                     

                                APPENDIX

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

                                     

    Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
                      International Organizations


Karen Bass, CA, Ranking Member       Christopher H. Smith, NJ, Chairman
David Cicilline, RI                  Tom Marino, PA
Ami Bera, CA                         Randy K. Weber Sr., TX
                                     Steve Stockman, TX
                                     Mark Meadows, NC

                  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS, Ranking Membere Chabot, OH, Chairman
Ami Bera, CA                         Dana Rohrabacher, CA
Tulsi Gabbard, HI                    Matt Salmon, AZ
Brad Sherman, CA                     Mo Brooks, AL
Gerald E. Connolly, VA               George Holding, NC
William Keating, MA                  Scott Perry, PA
                                     Doug Collins, GA
                                     Curt Clawson, FL

         Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats

William Keating, MA, Ranking Member  Dana Rohrabacher, CA, Chairman
Gregory W. Meeks, NY                 Ted Poe, TX
Albio Sires, NJ                      Tom Marino, PA
Brian Higgins, NY                    Jeff Duncan, SC
Alan S. Lowenthal, CA                Paul Cook, CA
                                     George Holding, NC
                                     Steve Stockman, TX

            Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa

Theodore E. Deutch, FL, Ranking Memberleana Ros-Lehtinen, FL, Chairman
Gerald E. Connolly, VA               Steve Chabot, OH
Brian Higgins, NY                    Joe Wilson, SC
David Cicilline, RI                  Adam Kinzinger, IL
Alan Grayson, FL                     Tom Cotton, AR
Juan Vargas, CA                      Randy K. Weber Sr., TX
Bradley S. Schneider, IL             Ron DeSantis, FL
Joseph P. Kennedy III, MA            Trey Radel, FL
Grace Meng, NY                       Doug Collins, GA
Lois Frankel, FL                     Mark Meadows, NC
                                     Ted S. Yoho, FL
                                     Sean Duffy, WI
                                     Curt Clawson, FL

         Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

Brad Sherman, CA, Ranking Member     Ted Poe, TX, Chairman
Alan S. Lowenthal, CA                Joe Wilson, SC
Joaquin Castro, TX                   Adam Kinzinger, IL
Juan Vargas, CA                      Mo Brooks, AL
Bradley S. Schneider, IL             Tom Cotton, AR
Joseph P. Kennedy III, MA            Paul Cook, CA
                                     Scott Perry, PA
                                     Ted S. Yoho, FL

                 Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

Albio Sires, NJ, Ranking Member      Matt Salmon, AZ, Chairman
Gregory W. Meeks, NY                 Christopher H. Smith, NJ
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS            Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, FL
Theodore E. Deutch, FL               Michael T. McCaul, TX
Alan Grayson, FL                     Jeff Duncan, SC
                                     Ron DeSantis, FL
                                     Sean Duffy, WI