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VARIOUS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
MARKUP
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
ON
H.R. 860, H.R. 5247, H.R. 5333, H. Con. Res. 338,
H. Con. Res. 408, H. Con. Res. 409, H. Res. 608,
H. Res. 784, H. Res. 792, H. Res. 794,
H. Res. 799, H. Res. 804, and H. Res. 828
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MAY 25, 2006
Serial No. 109–226
Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations
Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/international—relations
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman
JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey,
Vice Chairman
DAN BURTON, Indiana
ELTON GALLEGLY, California
ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida
DANA ROHRABACHER, California
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California
PETER T. KING, New York
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado
RON PAUL, Texas
DARRELL ISSA, California
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JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia
MARK GREEN, Wisconsin
JERRY WELLER, Illinois
MIKE PENCE, Indiana
THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan
KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida
JOE WILSON, South Carolina
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina
CONNIE MACK, Florida
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
MICHAEL McCAUL, Texas
TED POE, Texas
TOM LANTOS, California
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American Samoa
DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio
BRAD SHERMAN, California
ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
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GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
BARBARA LEE, California
JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
DIANE E. WATSON, California
ADAM SMITH, Washington
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California
RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Staff Director/General Counsel
ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director
DANIEL FREEMAN, Counsel/Parliamentarian
JEAN CARROLL, Full Committee Hearing Coordinator
C O N T E N T S
MARKUP OF
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H.R. 860, To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District, El Paso County, Texas
H.R. 5247, To provide assistance for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland
Amendment to H.R. 5247 offered by the Honorable Christopher H. Smith, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey and Vice Chairman, Committee on International Relations
H.R. 5333, To reduce the threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles
H. Con. Res. 338, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the activities of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere
H. Con. Res. 408, Commending the Government of Canada for its renewed commitment to the Global War on Terror
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H. Con. Res. 408 offered by the Honorable Dan Burton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana
H. Con. Res. 409, Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
Committee print showing the amendments adopted by the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations for H. Res. 608, Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China
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Amendment to H. Res. 608 offered by the Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan
H. Res. 784, Commending and supporting Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq's first and only radio station for women
H. Res. 792, Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the independence of Guyana and extending best wishes to Guyana for peace and further progress, development, and prosperity
H. Res. 794, Recognizing the 17th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H. Res. 794 offered by the Honorable Christopher H. Smith
H. Res. 799, Congratulating the people of Ukraine for conducting free, fair, and transparent parliamentary elections on March 26, 2006, and commending their commitment to democracy and reform
H. Res. 804, Condemning the unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops by the People's Republic of China
H. Res. 828, Commending the people of Mongolia, on the 800th anniversary of Mongolian statehood, for building strong, democratic institutions, and expressing the support of the House of Representatives for efforts by the United States to continue to strengthen its partnership with that country
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VARIOUS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2006
House of Representatives,
Committee on International Relations,
Washington, DC.
The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:13 a.m. in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Henry J. Hyde (Chairman of the Committee) presiding.
Chairman HYDE. The Committee will come to order. Before we commence our regular meeting, we do not often do this, but we have a very special event today.
This is the last Committee meeting for our press attaché, Sam Stratman, who has been with us 18 years and has done a simply brilliant job of conveying the facts, the law, the circumstances, the message, on a rather bipartisan basis, I must say, not embarrassingly so, but he has been bipartisan when he had to be and very, very good at that. But Sam is an institution in this Committee. He served for many years loyally and effectively, and he is going to bigger and better things.
He is going to greener fields. He is going to be with the Millennium Challenge Account, and he will bring the same skills and the same dedication, the same sense of loyalty to that institution that he has demonstrated both with the Judiciary Committee and with the International Relations Committee. All I can say to Sam is, you have done a brilliant job. You will never be forgotten. You are a part of the institution here, and come back from time to time, if only to say hello, or stick around for lunch, any way you want it.
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But, Sam, you will truly be missed. You have done a great job, and we wish you the very best in the future. Mr. Lantos would like to erase everything I have said.
Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, it comes as a crude awakening to me to be told today that Sam is on your payroll because we have assumed he was working for us diligently all through these years.
I want to echo your comments of praise and commendation for my friend, Sam, who is not only a superb communicator, a superb spin meister, but also one of the most delightful and witty and urbane people I have had the pleasure of working with during my congressional career. My wife, Annette, and I will deeply miss him. We had wonderful lunches in many places. Sam has been an enormous asset to the Committee on a solid, bipartisan basis, and we on the Democratic side wish him the very best.
[Applause.]
Chairman HYDE. The business meeting of the Committee will come to order. We have several non-controversial bills on the agenda. It is the intention of the Chair to consider these measures en bloc and, by unanimous consent, authorize the Chair to seek consideration of the bills under suspension of the rules. All Members are given leave to insert their remarks on the measures into the record, should they choose to do so.
Accordingly, without objection, the Chairman is authorized to seek a consideration of the following bills under suspension of the rules and the amendments to those measures, which the Members have before them, shall be deemed adopted: H.R. 860, To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District, El Paso County, Texas; H.R. 5247, Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2006, as amended; H.R. 5333, Shoulder-fired Missile Threat Reduction Act of 2006; H. Con. Res. 338, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the activities of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere; H. Con. Res. 408, Commending the Government of Canada for its renewed commitment to the Global War on Terror, as amended; H. Con. Res. 409, Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the throne the King of Thailand; H. Res. 608, Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China, as amended; H. Res. 784, Commending and supporting Iraq's first and only radio station for women; H. Res. 792, Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the independence of Guyana for peace and further progress, development, and prosperity, extending our best wishes to Guyana for those elements; H. Res. 794, Recognizing the 17th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in the People's Republic of China, as amended; H. Res. 799, Congratulating the people of Ukraine for conducting free, fair, and transparent parliamentary elections on March 26, 2006, and commending their commitment to democracy and reform; H. Res. 804, Condemning the unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops by the People's Republic of China; and H. Res. 828, Commending the people of Mongolia, on the 800th anniversary of Mongolian statehood. It is so ordered.
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Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman?
Chairman HYDE. The gentleman from California, Mr. Lantos.
Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I would merely like to express my appreciation to the Republican and Democratic staffs for their extraordinary work on these and all other issues that we have been considering. This is a uniquely productive group of men and women, and we are deeply in their debt, and I fully support your action.
Chairman HYDE. I thank the gentleman for his remarks. I associate myself with them, and I congratulate him for his leadership. We still have a few months to go, but it will not hurt to anticipate what we need to tell each other when that time arrives. The Committee stands adjourned.
[Whereupon, at 10:23 a.m., the Committee was adjourned.]