Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations 50-675 CC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-057528-1 COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York, Chairman WILLIAM GOODLING, Pennsylvania JAY KIM, California STEVEN J. CHABOT, Ohio MARSHALL "MARK" SANFORD, South Carolina MATT SALMON, Arizona AMO HOUGHTON, New York TOM CAMPBELL, California JON FOX, Pennsylvania JOHN MCHUGH, New York LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina ROY BLUNT, Missouri KEVIN BRADY, Texas LEE HAMILTON, Indiana MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California LOIS CAPPS, California RICHARD BURR, North Carolina 3542 11-5-98 RICHARD J. GARON, Chief of Staff MICHAEL H. VAN DUSEN, Democratic Chief of Staff HILLEL WEINBERG, Senior Professional Staff and Counsel KRISTEN GILLEY, Professional Staff PAUL BERKOWITZ, Professional Staff JOHN HERZBERG,, Professional Staff KIMBERLY ROBERTS, Staff Associate (II) KF27 144820 Сорус んん CONTENTS Page Markup of H. Con. Res. 185, Expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recommitting the United States to the principles expressed in the Universal Declaration Markup of H.R. 4083, To make available to the Ukrainian Museum and Archives the USIA television program "Window on America" Markup of H.R. 633, To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that the annuities of certain special agents and security personnel of the Department of State be computed in the same way as applies generally with respect to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Con. Res. 185 by the Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 633 by the Subcommit- tee on International Operations and Human Rights Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 633 offered by Mr. (III) MARKUP OF H. CON. RES. 185, H.R. 4083, H.R. 633, AND H.R. 4309 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1998 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 3:02 p.m., in room H139, The Capitol, Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman (chairman of the Committee) presiding. Chairman GILMAN. [presiding] The Committee will come to order. I think all of our colleagues will be joining us, and we'll try to be brief and move it right along with your indulgence. The International Relations Committee meets today in open session, pursuant to notice, to take up four items that have been approved by the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. I believe these are essentially noncontroversial items and that we ought to be able to complete our markup very expeditiously. The bills that we will be considering are H.R. 4083, to make available to the Ukrainian Museum and the Archives the USIA television program, "Window on America"; the second one, H.R. 633, to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980; H. Con. Res. 185, expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recommitting to the United States the principles expressed in the Universal Declaration; and last, H.R. 4309, the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998. We'll now turn to H. Con. Res. 185. The chair lays the resolution before the Committee. The clerk will report the title. [H. Con. Res. 185 appears in the appendix.] Ms. BLOOMER. "H. Con. Res. 185, Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recommitting the United States to the principles expressed in the Universal Declaration.” Chairman GILMAN. This resolution was referred from the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. It was reported to us in Full Committee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without objection, the Subcommittee recommended language which will be treated as the original text for the purposes of amendment. The clerk will read the preamble and operative language in the Subcommittee recommendation, in that order, for amendment. The clerk will read. Ms. BLOOMER. "Amendment in the nature of a substitute. (1) |