RECOGNIZING THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL; URGING WITHDRAWAL OF SYRIAN H. Con. Res. 149, H. Res. 273, H. Res. 282, and H. Con. Res. 153 MAY 18, 2005 Serial No. 109-53 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/international relations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 21-305 PDF WASHINGTON : 2005 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa TOM LANTOS, California CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey, HOWARD L. BERMAN, California Vice Chairman GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American ELTON GALLEGLY, California Samoa ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey DANA ROHRABACHER, California ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey EDWARD R. ROYCE, California SHERROD BROWN, Ohio PETER T. KING, New York BRAD SHERMAN, California STEVE CHABOT, Ohio ROBERT WEXLER, Florida THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York RON PAUL, Texas WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts DARRELL ISSA, California GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York JEFF FLAKE, Arizona BARBARA LEE, California JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York MARK GREEN, Wisconsin EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon JERRY WELLER, Illinois SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada MIKE PENCE, Indiana GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California THADDEUS G. MCCOTTER, Michigan ADAM B. SCHIFF, California KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida DIANE E. WATSON, California JOE WILSON, South Carolina ADAM SMITH, Washington JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Staff Director/General Counsel ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida, Chair STEVE CHABOT, Ohio, Vice Chair GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York THADDEUS G. MCCOTTER, Michigan HOWARD L. BERMAN, California JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York CONNIE MACK, Florida JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia ADAM B. SCHIFF, California MIKE PENCE, Indiana BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California DARRELL ISSA, California YLEEM POBLETE, Subcommittee Staff Director MATT ZWEIG, Professional Staff Member LEE COHEN, Staff Associate LL KF 27 .154984 2005a Copy 1 CONTENTS Page 2 5 MARKUP OF of the State of Israel port for free and fair democratic elections in Lebanon, and the development rule in Lebanon manifestations of anti-Semitism by United Nations member states and for other purposes of Afghanistan, on the occasion of his visit to the United States in May ship between the United States and Afghanistan 9 15 21 LLRARY OF CONCRT3$ RECOGNIZING THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL; URGING WITHDRAWAL OF SYRIAN FORCES FROM LEBANON, SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN LEBANON, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; EXPRESSING SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING MANIFESTATIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM BY U.N. MEMBER STATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND WELCOMING THE PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN ON HIS MAY 2005 VISIT TO THE U.S., AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2005 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND CENTRAL ASIA, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Chair of the Subcommittee) presiding. Ms. Ros-LEHTINEN. The Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia is now in session with Mr. Lantos, Mr. Mack, and Mr. Boozman present. Pursuant to notice, I call up the following measures for purposes of markup and move their recommendation to Full Committee: H. Con. Res. 149, Recognizing the 57th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel; H. Res. 273, Urging the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon, support for free and fair democratic elections in Lebanon, and the development of democratic institutions and safeguards to foster sovereign democratic rule in Lebanon; H. Res. 282, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding manifestations of anti-Semitism by United Nations member states ., and for other purposes; and H. Con. Res. 153, Welcoming His Excellency Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, on the occasion of his visit to the United States in May 2005 and expressing support for a strong and enduring strategic partnership between the United States and Afghanistan. [The resolutions referred to follow:] (1) |