EXPRESSING THE GRAVE CONCERN OF CONGRESS REGARDING OF CONGRESS MARKUP BEFORE THE FANSFER COMMITTEE ON ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. Con. Res. 18, H. Con. Res. 32, H. Con. Res. 34, and H. Res. 135 MARCH 9, 2005 Serial No. 109-1 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/international relations 99-819PDF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey, Vice Chairman DAN BURTON, Indiana ELTON GALLEGLY, California THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado DARRELL ISSA, California JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska TED POE, Texas TOM LANTOS, California DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey BRAD SHERMAN, California WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts BARBARA LEE, California JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Staff Director/General Counsel H. Con. Res. 18, Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the continuing gross violations of human rights and civil liberties of the Syrian and Lebanese people by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H. Con. Res. 18 offered H. Con. Res. 32, Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the occupation of the Republic of Lebanon by the Syrian Arab Republic. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H. Con. Res. 32 offered H. Con. Res. 34, Honoring the life and contributions of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and expressing condolences to the Sikh community on H. Con. Res. 81, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard- ing the two-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba. H. Con. Res. 82, Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the arrest of Ayman Nour, the leader of the al-Ghad party, by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the support of Congress for continued progress toward democracy in Egypt. H. Con. Res. 83, Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China, and for Amendment to H. Con. Res. 83 offered by the Honorable Christopher H. H. Res. 99, Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks in Madrid that occurred one year ago, on March 11, 2004, and expressing deepest sympathy to the individuals injured in those attacks and to the people of the Kingdom Amendment to H. Res. 99 offered by the Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter, H. Res. 101, Urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Union's wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations. Amendment to H. Res. 101 offered by the Honorable Elton Gallegly, a H. Res. 108, Commemorating the life of the late Zurab Zhvania, Prime Min- ister of the Republic of Georgia. H. Res. 120, Commending the outstanding efforts by members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development in response to the earthquake H. Res. 135, Providing for the establishment of a commission in the House of Representatives to assist parliaments in emerging democracies. (III) EXPRESSING THE GRAVE CONCERN OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE VIOLATIONS OF THE SYRIAN AND LEBANESE PEOPLE BY THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; THE OCCUPATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON BY THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; AND THE ARREST OF AYMAN NOUR; AND VARIOUS OTHER RESOLUTIONS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2004 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:25 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. We have a series of noncontroversial bills pending before the Committee, most of which have been marked up by the Subcommittees. 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. [The bills referred to follow:] (1) |