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Legislative Calendar S. Prt. 106–79 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR (CUMULATIVE RECORD) ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS CONVENED JANUARY 6, 1999 FIRST SESSION ! ADJOURNED NOVEMBER 19, 1999 CONVENED JANUARY 24, 2000 SECOND SESSION ! ADJOURNED DECEMBER 15, 2000 December 31, 2000 (No. 1) 70–820 DTP U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 2001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 12:56 May 04, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7800 Sfmt 7800 70820.001 SFRELA2 PsN: SFRELA2 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 12:56 May 04, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7800 Sfmt 7800 70820.001 SFRELA2 PsN: SFRELA2 COMMITTEE JESSE HELMS, NORTH CAROLINA, Chairman RICHARD G. LUGAR, INDIANA JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., DELAWARE PAUL COVERDELL, GEORGIA1 PAUL S. SARBANES, MARYLAND CHUCK HAGEL, NEBRASKA CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONNECTICUT GORDON H. SMITH, OREGON JOHN F. KERRY, MASSACHUSETTS ROD GRAMS, MINNESOTA RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, WISCONSIN SAM BROWNBACK, KANSAS PAUL D. WELLSTONE, MINNESOTA CRAIG THOMAS, WYOMING BARBARA BOXER, CALIFORNIA JOHN ASHCROFT, MISSOURI ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, NEW JERSEY BILL FRIST, TENNESSEE LINCOLN D. CHAFEE, RHODE ISLAND 2 JAMES W. NANCE, Staff Director 3 STEPHEN E. BIEGUN, Staff Director 4 EDWIN K. HALL, Minority Chief Counsel & Staff Director —————— 1 Reassigned to the Committee on Finance, November 9, 1999. 2 Appointed November 9, 1999. 3 Deceased May 11, 1999. 4 Appointed May 24, 1999. 3 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 12:56 May 04, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7801 Sfmt 7801 70820.001 SFRELA2 PsN: SFRELA2 EXTRACT FROM S. RES. 274, 96TH CONGRESS, AGREED TO NOV. 14, 1979 (Senate Rule XXV(j)) ‘‘(j)(1) COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, to which shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: ‘‘1. Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations in foreign countries. ‘‘2. Boundaries of the United States. ‘‘3. Diplomatic service. ‘‘4. Foreign economic, military, technical, and humanitarian assistance. ‘‘5. Foreign loans. ‘‘6. International activities of the American National Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross. ‘‘7. International aspects of nuclear energy, including nuclear transfer policy. ‘‘8. International conferences and congresses. ‘‘9. International law as it relates to foreign policy. ‘‘10. International Monetary Fund and other international organizations established primarily for international monetary purposes (except that, at the request of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, any proposed legislation relating to such subjects reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations shall be referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs). ‘‘11. Intervention abroad and declarations of war. ‘‘12. Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad. ‘‘13. National security and international aspects of trusteeships of the United States. ‘‘14. Oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy. ‘‘15. Protection of United States citizens abroad and expatriation. ‘‘16. Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally. ‘‘17. Treaties and executive agreements, except reciprocal trade agreements. ‘‘18. United Nations and its affiliated organizations. ‘‘19. World Bank group, the regional development banks, and other international organizations established primarily for development assistance purposes. ‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to the national security policy, foreign policy, and international economic policy as it relates to foreign policy of the United States, and matters relating to food, hunger, and nutrition in foreign countries, and report thereon from time to time.’’ 4 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 12:56 May 04, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7801 Sfmt 7801 70820.001 SFRELA2 PsN: SFRELA2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Subcommittees (and jurisdictions) ........................................................................................................................ 7 Dates of Members’ Appointment to the Committee on Foreign Relations ......................................................... 9 Treaties ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Presidential Messages ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Executive Communications ................................................................................................................................... 27 Senate Bills ............................................................................................................................................................ 49 House Bills ............................................................................................................................................................. 67 Senate Joint Resolutions ........................................................................................................................................ 75 House Joint Resolutions ........................................................................................................................................ 77 Senate Concurrent Resolutions .............................................................................................................................. 79 House Concurrent Resolutions .............................................................................................................................. 89 Senate Resolutions ................................................................................................................................................. 95 Nominations ........................................................................................................................................................... 107 Activities of the Committee .................................................................................................................................. 129 Committee Publications: Executive Reports .......................................................................................................................................... 139 Senate Reports ............................................................................................................................................... 140 Hearings ......................................................................................................................................................... 140 Committee Prints ........................................................................................................................................... 143 Public Laws .................................................................................................................................................... 144 House Documents and Reports ..................................................................................................................... 145 Subject Index ......................................................................................................................................................... 147 Rules of the Committee on Foreign Relations ..................................................................................................... 167 5 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 12:56 May 04, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7801 Sfmt 7801 70820.001 SFRELA2 PsN: SFRELA2 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 12:56 May 04, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7801 Sfmt 7801 70820.001 SFRELA2 PsN: SFRELA2 SUBCOMMITTEES (The chairman and ranking minority member of the full committee are ex officio members of each subcommittee on which they do not serve as members.) (Subcommittees are listed in the order of the chairmen’s seniority within the full committee as of January 6, 1999.) SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PEACE CORPS, NARCOTICS AND TERRORISM POLICY, EXPORT AND TRADE PROMOTION PAUL COVERDELL, CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CHUCK HAGEL, PAUL S. SARBANES, Chairman * Ranking Chairman Ranking JESSE HELMS BARBARA BOXER CRAIG THOMAS JOHN F. KERRY RICHARD G. LUGAR ROBERT G. TORRICELLI BILL FRIST BARBARA BOXER JOHN ASHCROFT RICHARD G. LUGAR Jurisdiction: Jurisdiction: The geographic scope of this subcommittee extends from the Arctic The subcommittee’s responsibilities encompass U.S. foreign eco- Ocean to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean. Problems which nomic policy, including export enhancement and trade promotion, and are of concern to the subcommittee include relations between the international economic growth and development. The subcommittee’s American nations, U.S.-Canadian affairs, boundary matters, the imple- jurisdiction includes measures that address: mentation of various treaties and conventions, economic relations and (1) the enhancement of American exports and promotion of security matters affecting the Western Hemisphere, and the Organiza- U.S. trade opportunities and commercial interests abroad; tion of American States. (2) the promotion of and protection of economic interests This subcommittee’s responsibilities include all matters, problems of U.S. citizens abroad; and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and export; crime; (3) international investment, management, intellectual prop- and oversight
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