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1 Union Calendar No. 494 108TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108–809 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS A REPORT FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 136 OF THE LEGISLATIVE REORGA- NIZATION ACT OF 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d), AS AMENDED BY SECTION 118 OF THE LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1970 (PUB- LIC LAW 91–510), AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 92–136 JANUARY 3, 2005.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 39–006 WASHINGTON : 2005 VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 E:\Seals\Congress.#13 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 108TH CONGRESS HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman (26–23) JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa TOM LANTOS, California CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey HOWARD L. BERMAN, California DAN BURTON, Indiana GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York ELTON GALLEGLY, California ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, AS ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey DANA ROHRABACHER, California SHERROD BROWN, Ohio EDWARD R. ROYCE, California BRAD SHERMAN, California PETER T. KING, New York ROBERT WEXLER, Florida STEVE CHABOT, Ohio ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York AMO HOUGHTON, New York WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York ROY BLUNT, Missouri BARBARA LEE, California THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York RON PAUL, Texas JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL, Pennsylvania NICK SMITH, Michigan EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada JEFF FLAKE, Arizona GRACE NAPOLITANO, California JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia ADAM B. SCHIFF, California MARK GREEN, Wisconsin DIANE E. WATSON, California JERRY WELLER, Illinois ADAM SMITH, Washington MIKE PENCE, Indiana BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota THADDEUS G. MCCOTTER, Michigan BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida VACANCY THOMAS E. MOONEY, Sr., Chief of Staff/General Counsel ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director Rep. Doug Bereuter resigned from the Committee September 1, 2004. Rep. Ben Chandler was appointed to the Committee March 31, 2004. Rep. Chris Bell resigned from the Committee March 30, 2004. Rep. Roy Blunt was appointed to the Committee January 28, 2004. Rep. William J. Janklow resigned from the Committee January 21, 2004. (II) VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC, January 3, 2005. Hon. JEFF TRANDAHL, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. TRANDAHL: I enclose herewith a report of the Legisla- tive Review Activities of the Committee on International Relations for the 108th Congress in accordance with section 136 of the Legis- lative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, as amended by Public Law 92–136. With best wishes, Sincerely, HENRY J. HYDE, Chairman. (III) VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 FOREWORD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC, January 3, 2005. Under rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Com- mittee on International Relations is authorized to exercise contin- uous surveillance of the execution by the executive branch of laws within the committee’s jurisdiction. The review of ‘‘oversight’’ ac- tivities of the Committee on International Relations was aug- mented by the adoption of section 118 of the Legislative Reorga- nization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–150), as amended by Public Law 92–136. This provision requires standing committees of the House and the Senate after January 1, 1973, to make reports to their respective Houses on their activities in reviewing and study- ing the ‘‘application, administration, and execution of those laws or parts of laws, the subject of which is within the jurisdiction of that committee.’’ House committees are required to file such reports ‘‘not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year.’’ It is in fulfillment of the obligation of the Committee on International Relations to ac- count to the House for its legislative review activities during the 108th Congress that this report has been prepared and submitted. The report was prepared by Laura L. Rush, Legislative Coordi- nator for the Committee. (V) VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 C O N T E N T S Page Letter of Transmittal ............................................................................................... III Foreword ................................................................................................................... V I. Introduction: Oversight in the foreign affairs field ....................................... 1 A. Authorities for legislative review ..................................................... 1 B. Oversight developments in the Committee on International Re- lations .............................................................................................. 3 C. Oversight activities and criteria ...................................................... 5 D. Oversight Activities of the Committee—108th Congress .............. 6 II. General review activities of the committee .................................................... 17 A. Executive branch reports ................................................................. 17 B. Reference documents: 1. Legislation on Foreign Relations .................................................. 18 2. Legislative Calendar ...................................................................... 18 C. Study missions and participation in international conferences and events ....................................................................................... 18 III. Summaries of legislative activities by the committee ................................... 19 IV. List of hearings and markups by full committee and subcommittees ......... 34 A. Full committee .................................................................................. 34 B. Subcommittee on Africa ................................................................... 40 C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific ............................................ 43 D. Subcommittee on Europe ................................................................. 46 E. Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights ................................................................................. 49 F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia ..................... 52 G. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere ................................... 55 H. Protocol Meetings ............................................................................. 57 Appendixes: I. Witnesses before full committee and subcommittees during the 108th Congress ........................................................................................................ 61 II. Committee Origins and History ...................................................................... 77 III. Members of the subcommittees of the Committee on International Rela- tions (108th Congress) .................................................................................. 81 IV. Chairmen of the House International Relations Committee ........................ 83 (VII) VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 VerDate Aug 04 2004 07:26 Jan 12, 2005 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR809.XXX HR809 Union Calendar No. 494 108TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108–809 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES JANUARY 3, 2005.—Committed to the Committee on the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. HYDE, from the Committee on International Relations, submitted the following R E P O R T I. INTRODUCTION: OVERSIGHT IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIELD A. Authorities for Legislative Review The responsibilities and potentialities of legislative review are re- flected in the multiple authorities which are available to the Com- mittee on International Relations. The most prominent is section 118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91– 510): LEGISLATIVE REVIEW BY STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (a) Scope of assistance. In order to assist the Congress in— (1) Its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the application, administration, and execution of the laws enacted by the Con- gress, and (2) Its formulation, consideration, and enactment of such modifications of or changes in those laws, and of such addi- tional legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate, each standing committee of the Senate and the House of Represent- atives shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the appli- cation, administration, and execution of those laws, or parts of laws, the
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