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1 Union Calendar No. 479 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105±838 !" LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ONE HUNDRED FIFTH 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 2, 1999ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 69±006 WASHINGTON : 1999 COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York, Chairman WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois TOM LANTOS, California DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska HOWARD L. BERMAN, California CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American ELTON GALLEGLY, California Samoa ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina DONALD PAYNE, New Jersey DANA ROHRABACHER, California ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey DONALD MANZULLO, Illinois ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey EDWARD R. ROYCE, California SHERROD BROWN, Ohio PETER T. KING, New York CYNTHIA A. MCKINNEY, Georgia JAY KIM, California ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida STEVE J. CHABOT, Ohio PAT DANNER, Missouri MARSHALL ``MARK'' SANFORD, EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama South Carolina BRAD SHERMAN, California MATT SALMON, Arizona ROBERT WEXLER, Florida AMO HOUGHTON, New York STEVE ROTHMAN, New Jersey TOM CAMPBELL, California BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee* JON FOX, Pennsylvania BILL LUTHER, Minnesota* JOHN MCHUGH, New York JIM DAVIS, Florida* LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina LOIS CAPPS, California* ROY BLUNT, Missouri KEVIN BRADY, Texas* RICHARD BURR, North Carolina* RICHARD J. GARON, Chief of Staff LAURA L. RUSH, Professional Staff Member * These members did not sit for the entire 105th Congress. (II) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC., January 2, 1999. Hon. JEFF TRANDAHL, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. TRANDAHL: I enclose herewith a report for the 105th Congress of the Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on International Relations 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, BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, Chairman. (III) FOREWORD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC, January 2, 1999. Under rule X 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 continu- ous 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 105th Congress that this report has been prepared and submitted. The report was prepared by Laura L. Rush, Professional Staff Member. (V) 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. Recent oversight development in the Committee on Inter- national Relations ........................................................................... 3 C. Oversight activities and criteria ...................................................... 5 D. Oversight activities of the committeeÐ105th Congress ................ 6 II. General review activities of the committee ................................................. 12 A. Executive branch reports ................................................................. 12 B. Reference documents: 1. Legislation on Foreign Relations .............................................. 13 2. Legislative Calendar .................................................................. 13 C. Study missions and participation in international conferences and events ....................................................................................... 13 III. Summaries of legislative activities by full committee and subcommittees 14 IV. List of hearings and markups by full committee and subcommittees 23 A. Full committee .................................................................................. 23 B. Subcommittee on Africa ................................................................... 29 C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific ............................................ 31 D. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade ........ 33 E. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights .. 35 F. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere .................................... 37 Appendixes: I. Hearings published by the Committee on International Relations during the 105th Congress .................................................................................... 39 II. Witnesses before full committee and subcommittees during the 105th Congress ...................................................................................................... 49 A. CongressionalÐ1997 ......................................................................... 49 B. Executive BranchÐ1997 .................................................................. 50 C. Non-GovernmentalÐ1997 ................................................................ 56 D. Foreign Dignitaries and U.S. OfficialsÐ1997 ................................ 70 E. CongressionalÐ1998 ......................................................................... 71 F. Executive BranchÐ1998 ................................................................... 72 G. Non-GovernmentalÐ1998 ................................................................ 77 H. Foreign Dignitaries and U.S. OfficialsÐ1998 ................................ 89 III. Committee Origins and History ................................................................... 93 IV. Meetings of the Committee on International Relations from 64th Con- gress through 105th Congress ................................................................... 97 V. Members of the subcommittees of the Committee on International Rela- tions ............................................................................................................. 101 VI. Chairmen of the House International Relations Committee ...................... 103 VII. Committee on International Relations legislative progress chart ............. 105 (VII) Union Calendar No. 479 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105±838 "! LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES JANUARY 2, 1999.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. GILMAN, from the Committee on International Relations, submitted the following REPORT 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 inÐ (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 subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of that committee. Such committees may carry out the required analysis, appraisals, and evaluation themselves, or by contract, or may require a Government agency to do so and furnish a 2 report thereon to the Congress. Such committees may rely on such techniques as pilot testing, analysis of costs in compari- son with benefits, or provision for evaluation after a defined period of time.1 A second