1 Union Calendar No. 449 109TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 109–747 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ONE HUNDRED NINTH 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, 2007.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 59–006 WASHINGTON : 2007 VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:10 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS E:\Seals\Congress.#13 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 109TH CONGRESS HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman (27–23) 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, American ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida Samoa DANA ROHRABACHER, California DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey EDWARD R. ROYCE, California ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey* PETER T. KING, New York SHERROD BROWN, Ohio STEVE CHABOT, Ohio BRAD SHERMAN, California THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado ROBERT WEXLER, Florida RON PAUL, Texas ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York JEFF FLAKE, Arizona WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York MARK GREEN, Wisconsin BARBARA LEE, California JERRY WELLER, Illinois JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York MIKE PENCE, Indiana EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon THADDEUS G. MCCOTTER, Michigan SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida GRACE NAPOLITANO, California JOE WILSON, South Carolina ADAM B. SCHIFF, California JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas DIANE E. WATSON, California J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina ADAM SMITH, Washington CONNIE MACK, Florida BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky MICHAEL MCCAUL, Texas DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California TED POE, Texas RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri** THOMAS E. MOONEY, Sr., Chief of Staff/General Counsel ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director *Rep. Menendez resigned from the House of Representatives January 16, 2006. **Rep. Carnahan was appointed to the Committee February 15, 2006. (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:10 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC, January 2, 2007. Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MS. HAAS: I enclose herewith a report of the Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on International Relations for the 109th Congress in accordance with section 136 of the Legisla- tive 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 31 2005 02:10 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:10 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS FOREWORD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC, January 2, 2007. 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 109th 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 31 2005 02:10 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:10 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS 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—109th Congress ............. 6 II. General review activities of the committee .................................................... 21 A. Executive branch reports ................................................................. 21 B. Reference documents: ...................................................................... 22 1. Legislation on Foreign Relations .............................................. 22 2. Legislative Calendar ................................................................. 22 C. Study missions and participation in international conferences and events ....................................................................................... 22 III. Summaries of legislative activities by the committee ................................... 23 IV. List of hearings and markups by full committee and subcommittees ......... 30 A. Full committee .................................................................................. 30 B. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and Inter- national Operations ........................................................................ 33 C. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific ........................................... 35 D. Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats ......................... 36 E. Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation 36 F. Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia .................... 37 G. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ............................ 38 H. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere .................................. 39 I. Protocol Meetings .............................................................................. 40 Appendixes: I. Witnesses before full committee and subcommittees during the 109th Congress ........................................................................................................ 45 II. Committee Origins and History ...................................................................... 57 III. Members of the subcommittees of the Committee on International Rela- tions (109th Congress) .................................................................................. 61 IV. Chairmen of the House International Relations Committee ........................ 63 (VII) VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:18 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:10 Jan 14, 2007 Jkt 059006 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR747.XXX HR747 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REPORTS Union Calendar No. 449 109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 109–747 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW ACTIVITIES JANUARY 2, 2007.—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