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1 Union Calendar No. 436 111TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 111–713 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH 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, 2011.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 99–006 WASHINGTON : 2011 VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS E:\Seals\Congress.#13 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 111TH CONGRESS HOWARD L. BERMAN, California, Chairman (28–19) GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York JIM COSTA, California ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, AS KEITH ELLISON, Minnesota DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona BRAD SHERMAN, California RON KLEIN, Florida ROBERT WEXLER, Florida ** ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts DAN BURTON, Indiana GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York ELTON GALLEGLY, California DIANE E. WATSON, California DANA ROHRABACHER, California ADAM SMITH, Washington ** DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri EDWARD R. ROYCE, California ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey RON PAUL, Texas GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia JEFF FLAKE, Arizona MICHAEL E. MCMAHON, New York MIKE PENCE, Indiana THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida ** JOE WILSON, South Carolina JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas GENE GREEN, Texas J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California **** CONNIE MACK, Florida SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska BARBARA LEE, California MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada TED POE, Texas JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York BOB INGLIS, South Carolina MIKE ROSS, Arkansas LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico BRAD MILLER, North Carolina GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida DAVID SCOTT, Georgia RICHARD J. KESSLER, Democratic Staff Director YLEEM D.S. POBLETE, Republican Staff Director * Rep. Wexler resigned December 31, 2009 ** Rep. Smith resigned February 9, 2009 *** Rep. Deutch appointed May 6, 2010 **** Rep. Woolsey appointed March 12, 2009 (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Washington, DC, January 2, 2011. Hon. LORRAINE C. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MS. MILLER: I enclose herewith a report of the Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 111th Congress in accordance with section 136 of the Legislative Reorga- nization 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, HOWARD L. BERMAN, Chairman. (III) VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS FOREWORD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Washington, DC, January 2, 2011. 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 Foreign Affairs was augmented by the adoption of section 118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–150), as amended by Public Law 92–136. This provision requires standing committees of the House and the Sen- ate after January 1, 1973, to make reports to their respective Houses on their activities in reviewing and studying the ‘‘applica- tion, 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 Foreign Affairs to account to the House for its legislative review activities during the 111th Con- gress that this report has been prepared and submitted. (V) VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS 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 Foreign Affairs ..... 3 C. Oversight activities and criteria ...................................................... 5 D. Oversight Activities of the Committee—111th Congress .............. 6 II. General review activities of the committee .................................................... 31 A. Executive branch reports ................................................................. 31 B. Reference documents ........................................................................ 31 C. Study missions and participation in international conferences and events ....................................................................................... 32 III. Summary of legislative activity ....................................................................... 52 A. Full Committee Markup Summaries ............................................... 63 IV. List of hearings and markups by full committee and subcommittees ......... 65 A. Full committee .................................................................................. 65 B. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health ................................... 71 C. Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment 75 D. Subcommittee on Europe ................................................................. 79 E. Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight ................................................................................. 80 F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia ........................ 83 G. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade ............ 85 H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere ................................... 87 I. Protocol Meetings ............................................................................... 90 Appendixes: I. Committee Origins and History ...................................................................... 95 II. Members of the subcommittees of the Committee on International Rela- tions ................................................................................................................ 99 III. Chairmen of the House International Relations Committee ........................ 101 (VII) VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:19 Jan 27, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS Union Calendar No. 436 111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 111–713 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES JANUARY 3, 2011.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BERMAN, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Foreign Affairs. The most prominent is section 118 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–510): LEGISLATIVE REVIEW BY STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (a) Scope of assistance. In order to assist the Congress in— (1) Its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the application, administration, and execution of the laws enacted by the 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,