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EAST ASIA SECURITY ACT OF 2005; TORTURE VICTIMS RELIEF

REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005; CONDEMNING THE DPRK

FOR THE ABDUCTIONS AND CAPTIVITY OF CITIZENS OF

THE ROK AND JAPAN; ACKNOWLEDGING AFRICAN DESCENDANTS OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE; COMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONCLUSION OF

THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND HONORING VETERANS OF

WWII; RECOGNIZING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORKERS’ STRIKES IN POLAND; SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND

IDEALS OF A NATIONAL WEEKEND OF PRAYER AND REFLECTION FOR DARFUR, SUDAN; AND COMMENDING KUWAIT FOR

GRANTING WOMEN CERTAIN IMPORTANT POLITICAL RIGHTS

MARKUP

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 3100, H.R. 2017, H. Con. Res. 168,

H. Con. Res. 175, H. Con. Res. 191, H. Res. 328,

H. Res. 333 and H. Res. 343

JUNE 30, 2005

Serial No. 109–124

Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations

Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/international

( —relations 

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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 

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 

ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey 

SHERROD BROWN, Ohio 

BRAD SHERMAN, California 

ROBERT WEXLER, Florida 

ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York 

WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts 

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 

THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Staff Director/General Counsel 

ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director 

DANIEL FREEMAN, Counsel/Parliamentarian 

JEAN CARROLL, Full Committee Hearing Coordinator 

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C O N T E N T S 

Page

MARKUP OF 

H.R. 3100, To authorize measures to deter arms transfers by foreign countries 

to the People’s Republic of China ....................................................................... 2

H.R. 2017, To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize 

appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs 

and centers for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other purposes .. 32

H. Con. Res. 168, Condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 

for the abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of 

Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights . 36

As amended .......................................................................................................... 44

H. Con. Res. 175, Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic 

slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in 

Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by 

these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and 

the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean .................................... 52

H. Con. Res. 191, Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion 

of the war in the Pacific and honoring veterans of both the Pacific and 

Atlantic theaters of the Second World War ....................................................... 57

Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H. Con. Res. 191 offered 

by the Honorable Henry J. Hyde, a Representative in Congress from 

the State of Illinois, and Chairman, Committee on International Relations ................................................................................................................... 62

H. Res. 328, Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers’ strikes in 

Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union . 67

As amended .......................................................................................................... 71

H. Res. 333, Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Weekend of 

Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan ........................................................... 74

H. Res. 334, Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women certain 

important political rights .................................................................................... 77

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EAST ASIA SECURITY ACT OF 2005; TORTURE VICTIMS RELIEF REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005; CONDEMNING THE 

DPRK FOR THE ABDUCTIONS AND CAPTIVITY OF CITIZENS 

OF THE ROK AND JAPAN; ACKNOWLEDGING AFRICAN DESCENDANTS OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE; COMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND HONORING VETERANS OF WWII; RECOGNIZING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 

OF THE WORKERS’ STRIKES IN POLAND; SUPPORTING THE 

GOALS AND IDEALS OF A NATIONAL WEEKEND OF PRAYER AND REFLECTION FOR DARFUR, SUDAN; AND COMMENDING KUWAIT FOR GRANTING WOMEN CERTAIN IMPORTANT POLITICAL RIGHTS 

THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2005

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:40 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. The business meeting of the Committee will come to order pursuant to notice. I call up the bill, H.R. 3100, East Asia Security Act of 2005, 

for purposes of markup, and I ask unanimous consent that the bill 

be considered as read and ordered reported favorably to the House. 

[The bill referred to follows:]

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1 SEC. 2. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.

2 Congress—

3 (1) previously expressed its strong concerns in

4 House Resolution 57 of February 2, 2005, and Sen5 ate Resolution 91 of March 17, 2005, with the

6 transfer of armaments and related technology to the

7 People’s Republic of China by member states of the

8 European Union, which increased eightfold from

9 2001 to 2003, and with plans to terminate in the

10 near future the arms embargo they imposed in 1989

11 following the Tiananmen Square massacre;

12 (2) welcomes deferral of a decision by the Euro13 pean Council to terminate its arms embargo fol14 lowing adoption of those Resolutions, the President’s

15 visit to Europe, and growing concern among coun16 tries in the regions and the general public on both

17 sides of the Atlantic;

18 (3) welcomes the decision by the European Par19 liament on April 14, 2005, by a vote of 421 to 85,

20 to oppose the lifting of the European Union’s arms

21 embargo on the People’s Republic of China, and res22 olutions issued by a number of elected parliamentary

23 bodies in Europe also opposing the lifting of the

24 arms embargo;

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1 Government of the United States on the security sit2 uation in East Asia, through which it is hoped a

3 greater understanding will emerge of the con4 sequences of European assistance to the military

5 buildup of the People’s Republic of China for peace

6 and stability in that region, to the security interests

7 of the United States and its friends and allies in the

8 region, and, in particular, to the safety of United

9 States Armed Forces whose presence in the region

10 has been a decisive factor in ensuring peace and

11 prosperity since the end of World War II;

12 (5) hopes that a more intensive dialogue with

13 Europe on this matter will clarify for United States

14 friends and allies in Europe how their ‘‘non-lethal’’

15 arms transfers improve the force projection of the

16 People’s Republic of China, are far from benign, and

17 enhance the prospects for the threat or use of force

18 in resolving the status of Taiwan, a troubling pros19 pect made more ominous by recent adoption of a

20 new law by the Chinese National People’s Congress

21 expressly authorizing the use of force;

22 (6) also hopes that this dialogue will result in

23 an important new consensus between the United

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1 of democracy in the People’s Republic of China and

2 which discourage, not assist, China’s unjustified

3 military buildup and pursuit of weapons that threat4 en its neighbors;

5 (7) however, deeply regrets that none of the

6 European friends and allies of the United States

7 who have been transferring arms to the People’s Re8 public of China has announced a cessation or even

9 a temporary halt to those transfers while this new

10 dialogue with the United States ensues, and notes

11 with concern that such European friends and allies

12 have provided little, if any, transparency to the

13 United States Government into the full range and

14 capabilities of all of the armaments and related tech15 nology that they have transferred to date and con16 tinue even now to do so;

17 (8) is further troubled by public reports describ18 ing well known European companies as suppliers to

19 weapons programs of the People’s Republic of

20 China, who are also participants in numerous sen21 sitive United States Government weapons programs,

22 and the increased risks of diversion of United States

23 weapons technology to China inherent in such an

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1 (9) in view of the gravity of European arms

2 sales to the People’s Republic of China, which have

3 not abated, believes it is necessary to make provision

4 for greater scrutiny and oversight with respect to

5 those areas of international armament cooperation

6 that present increased levels of risk to the security

7 interests of the United States and to authorize ap8 propriate measures which the President may drawn

9 on in deterring foreign support for China’s military

10 buildup in order to safeguard the national security

11 interests of the United States and peace and secu12 rity in East Asia.

13 SEC. 3. REPORT ON FOREIGN MILITARY EXPORTS TO

14 CHINA.

15 (a) REPORT.—The President shall, at the times spec16 ified in subsection (b), transmit to the appropriate con17 gressional committees a report that identifies every person

18 of a member country of the European Union, and any

19 other foreign person the President may consider appro20 priate, with respect to whom there is credible information

21 indicating that the person, on or after January 1, 2005,

22 exported to—

23 (1) the People’s Republic of China any item on

24 the Wassenaar Munitions List of July 12, 1996, and

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1 (2) the military, intelligence, or other security

2 forces of the People’s Republic of China—

3 (A) any item on the Wassenaar List of

4 Dual Use Goods and Technologies of July 12,

5 1996, and subsequent revisions; or

6 (B) any other dual use item if the item is

7 intended, entirely or in part, for use with an

8 item described in paragraph (1).

9 (b) TIMING OF REPORT.—The report required under

10 subsection (a) shall be transmitted not later than 180 days

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act and not later

12 than the end of each 12-month period thereafter.

13 (c) EXCEPTIONS.—A foreign person is not required

14 to be identified in a report required under subsection (a)

15 if the person—

16 (1) was identified in a previous report trans17 mitted under subsection (a) on account of a par18 ticular export, except to the extent that the export

19 may have continued, involved additional transfers, or

20 was larger, more significant, or different in nature

21 than described in the previous report;

22 (2) was engaged solely in an export on behalf

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1 (3) was engaged in an export which, as deter2 mined by the President, would be exempt from the

3 restrictions of section 902(a) of the Foreign Rela4 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and

5 1991 (Public Law 101–246; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note),

6 if the export were subject to the jurisdiction of the

7 United States, by reason of the issuance of a report

8 under section 902(b) of such Act.

9 (d) FORM.—If the President considers it appropriate,

10 reports transmitted under subsection (a), or appropriate

11 parts thereof, may be transmitted in classified form.

12 SEC. 4. REPORT ON CHINA ARMS TRANSFER POLICIES OF

13 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN UNITED

14 STATES DEFENSE COOPERATIVE PROJECTS;

15 CERTAIN LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.

16 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress is concerned

17 with the significant additional risk of unlawful use and

18 diversion of sensitive United States weapons system re19 search, design, and development arising from cooperative

20 research and development projects with foreign govern21 ments and foreign persons who may also transfer arms

22 and related technology to the People’s Republic of China.

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1 (1) identifies every foreign government with re2 spect to which the United States is carrying out a

3 cooperative project described in subsection (d) and

4 whose policies or practices, on or after the date of

5 the enactment of this Act, permit the export of any

6 item described in paragraph (1), or subparagraph

7 (A) or (B) of paragraph (2), of section 3(a); and

8 (2) describes the cooperative projects and poli9 cies or practices referred to in paragraph (1) of

10 every foreign government identified under such para11 graph.

12 (c) TIMING OF REPORT.—The report required under

13 subsection (b)—

14 (1) shall be transmitted not later than 180 days

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act and not

16 later than the end of each 12-month period there17 after; and

18 (2) may be included in the report required

19 under section 3, as the President determines appro20 priate.

21 (d) COOPERATIVE PROJECTS.—The cooperative

22 projects referred to in subsection (b) are projects carried

23 out under section 27 of the Arms Export Control Act (22

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1 of understanding under section 2531 of title 10, United

2 States Code.

3 (e) LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.—

4 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any

5 other provision of law, a license under section 38 of

6 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) shall

7 be required for the export of defense articles or de8 fense services by any person who is not an officer or

9 employee of the Government of the United States in

10 furtherance of a cooperative project described in

11 subsection (d) with a country identified in a report

12 transmitted under subsection (b).

13 (2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The

14 issuance of a license pursuant to paragraph (1) shall

15 be subject to the same requirements as are applica16 ble to the export of items described in section 36(c)

17 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c))

18 (without regard to the dollar amount requirements

19 relating to contracts contained in such section), in20 cluding the transmittal of information and the appli21 cation of congressional review procedures in accord22 ance with such section.


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1 SEC. 5. CERTAIN FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF

2 DEFENSE ARTICLES IN THE UNITED STATES.

3 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress determines

4 that special care should be taken by the United States

5 with respect to foreign persons who sell arms and related

6 technology to the People’s Republic of China, while simul7 taneously seeking ownership of United States defense arti8 cles or defense services, including the results of United

9 States Government funded defense research and develop10 ment, through the acquisition or control of United States

11 defense firms, directly or through their subsidiaries and

12 affiliates based in the United States.

13 (b) LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.—

14 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The President shall re15 quire a license pursuant to regulations issued under

16 section 38(g)(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22

17 U.S.C. 2778(g)(6)) for the transfer of ownership or

18 control of United States defense articles or defense

19 services arising from the acquisition or control of a

20 person required to be registered under section

21 38(b)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)), or any

22 subsidiary, division, affiliate or other entity thereof,

23 whenever the person gaining acquisition or control

24 is—

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1 subject to the jurisdiction, ownership, or control

2 of the People’s Republic of China;

3 (B) a foreign person identified in a report

4 transmitted under section 3 or having its prin5 cipal place of business in a country described in

6 a report transmitted under section 4; or

7 (C) a United States person owned or con8 trolled by a foreign person, including a sub9 sidiary or affiliate of a foreign person described

10 in subparagraph (B).

11 (2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—A license

12 under section 38(g)(6) of the Arms Export Control

13 Act for a person described in paragraph (1)(A) shall

14 not be issued until 30 days after the date on which

15 the President transmits a report that contains a de16 termination of the President that—

17 (A) the Government of the People’s Repub18 lic of China meets the requirements of section

19 902(b)(1) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza20 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public

21 Law 101–246; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note); or

22 (B) it is in the national interest of the

23 United States to issue the license.

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1 to the same requirements as are applicable to the export

2 of items described in section 36(c) of the Arms Export

3 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) (without regard to the

4 dollar amount requirements relating to contracts con5 tained in such section), including the transmittal of infor6 mation and the application of congressional review proce7 dures in accordance with such section.

8 (d) EXCEPTION.—The issuance of a license pursuant

9 to subsection (b) shall not be required in the case of an

10 amendment to a munitions license or a change in registra11 tion arising from a sale or transfer of ownership or control

12 of United States defense articles or defense services to a

13 person described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of sub14 section (b)(1) that was approved prior to the date of en15 actment of this Act unless the President determines that

16 it is in the national security interests of the United States

17 to require the issuance of a new license pursuant to sub18 section (b).

19 SEC. 6. CHINESE MILITARY END USE OF DUAL USE EX20 PORTS.

21 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress welcomes the

22 understanding reached at the Wassenaar Arrangement’s

23 December 2003 plenary meeting to require governmental

24 authorization for the transfer of non-listed dual use items

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1 any relevant regional arms embargo or to any United Na2 tions Security Council resolution.

3 (b) LICENSE REQUIREMENT.—

4 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The President shall re5 quire a license under the Export Administration

6 Regulations for the export of any item described in

7 paragraph (1), or subparagraph (A) or (B) of para8 graph (2), of section 3(a) that is not subject to a li9 cense under section 38 of the Arms Export Control

10 Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) if the item is intended for

11 military end use by the People’s Republic of China.

12 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

13 Congress that the President should not approve a li14 cense pursuant to paragraph (1) unless the Presi15 dent determines that approval is important to

16 counterterrorism, nonproliferation, or other national

17 security interests of the United States.

18 (c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The issuance

19 of a license pursuant to subsection (b) shall be subject

20 to the same requirements as are applicable to the export

21 of items described in section 36(c) of the Arms Export

22 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) (without regard to the

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1 mation and the application of congressional review proce2 dures in accordance with such section.

3 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘military

4 end use’’ means, with respect to an item, the item is or

5 may be intended, entirely or in part, for use in conjunction

6 with an item described on the Wassenaar Munitions List

7 of July 12, 1996, and subsequent revisions.

8 SEC. 7. APPLICATION OF MEASURES TO CERTAIN FOREIGN

9 PERSONS.

10 (a) APPLICATION OF MEASURES.—Subject to sec11 tions 8 and 9, the President may apply with respect to

12 any foreign person (including a foreign government) iden13 tified in a report transmitted under section 3, and shall

14 apply with respect to any foreign person (including a for15 eign government) identified in more than one report trans16 mitted under section 3, any or all of the following meas17 ures:

18 (1) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Denial of

19 participation in existing and new cooperative re20 search and development programs and projects

21 under section 27 of the Arms Export Control Act

22 (22 U.S.C. 2767) or sections 2350a, 2358, or a

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1 (2) CONTROL OF UNITED STATES DEFENSE

2 FIRMS.—Prohibition of ownership and control of any

3 business organization required to be registered with

4 the United States Government as a manufacturer or

5 exporter of defense articles or defense services under

6 section 38(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22

7 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)).

8 (3) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Prohibition on

9 participation in any foreign military sales under

10 chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22

11 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) or any design and construction

12 sales under chapter 2A of such Act (22 U.S.C.

13 2769).

14 (4) MUNITIONS LIST APPROVALS.—Prohibition

15 on licenses and other forms of approval under sec16 tion 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.

17 2778) for the export of any item on the United

18 States Munitions List as in effect on August 8,

19 1995.

20 (5) DUAL USE APPROVALS.—Prohibition on li21 censes and other forms of approval for dual use

22 goods or technology, the export of which is con23 trolled under the Export Administration Act of 1979

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1 Emergency Economic Powers Act) or the Export

2 Administration Regulations.

3 (b) APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES.—Sub4 ject to sections 8 and 9, and notwithstanding any other

5 provision of law, the President may, with respect to any

6 foreign person (including a foreign government) identified

7 in a report transmitted under section 3, and shall, with

8 respect to any foreign person (including a foreign govern9 ment) identified in more than one report transmitted

10 under section 3—

11 (1) suspend the use of any license exemption

12 and expedited license procedure established in the

13 International Traffic in Arms Regulations or other

14 provisions of law for the export or temporary import

15 of defense articles and defense services;

16 (2) require the execution of a non-transfer and

17 end use certificate for the export of any defense arti18 cles and defense services; and

19 (3) require, as a condition of issuance of any li20 cense for the export of defense articles and defense

21 services, United States access to and verification of

22 the items after the export of the items or alternative

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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF MEASURES.—Measures ap2 plied pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall be effective

3 with respect to a foreign person (including a foreign gov4 ernment) no later than—

5 (1) 30 days after the report identifying the for6 eign person is transmitted, if the report is trans7 mitted on or before the date required by section

8 3(b); or

9 (2) on the date that the report identifying the

10 foreign person is transmitted, if the report is trans11 mitted more than 30 days after the date required by

12 section 3(b).

13 (d) DURATION OF MEASURES.—Measures applied

14 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be for a period of 2 years

15 or longer, as the President determines appropriate. Meas16 ures applied pursuant to subsection (b) shall be, at a min17 imum, consistent with the duration of the license and the

18 normal requirements for record keeping established in the

19 International Traffic in Arms Regulations or longer, as

20 the President determines appropriate.

21 (e) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The ap22 plication of measures to a foreign person pursuant to sub23 section (a) or (b) shall be announced by notice published

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1 that doing so would be inconsistent with the protection

2 of classified information.

3 SEC. 8. PROCEDURES IF DISCRETIONARY MEASURES ARE

4 NOT APPLIED.

5 (a) REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS.—If the

6 President does not exercise the authority of subsection (a)

7 or (b) of section 7 to apply any or all of the discretionary

8 measures described in such subsection with respect to a

9 foreign person identified in a report transmitted under

10 section 3, the President shall so notify the appropriate

11 congressional committees not later than the effective date

12 under section 7(c) for measures with respect to that per13 son.

14 (b) WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION.—Any notification

15 transmitted by the President under subsection (a) shall

16 include a written justification describing in detail the facts

17 and circumstances relating specifically to the foreign per18 son identified in a report transmitted under section 3 that

19 support the President’s decision not to exercise the au20 thority of subsection (a) or (b) of section 7 with respect

21 to that person.

22 (c) FORM.—If the President considers it appropriate,

23 the notification of the President under subsection (a), and

24 the written justification under subsection (b), or appro25 priate parts thereof, may be transmitted in classified form.


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1 SEC. 9. DETERMINATIONS EXEMPTING FOREIGN PERSONS

2 FROM MANDATORY MEASURES.

3 (a) WAIVER.—Any mandatory measure described in

4 section 7 shall not apply with respect to a foreign person

5 if the President transmits to the appropriate congressional

6 committees a report that contains a determination of the

7 President that—

8 (1) on the basis of information provided by that

9 person or the foreign government having primary ju10 risdiction over the person, the person did not, on or

11 after January 1, 2005, knowingly export to the Peo12 ple’s Republic of China the item the apparent export

13 of which caused the person to be identified in a re14 port transmitted under section 3; or

15 (2) the foreign government having primary ju16 risdiction over the person has entered into a written

17 agreement with the United States which—

18 (A) is binding under international law;

19 (B) prohibits further exports of any item

20 described in paragraph (1), or subparagraph

21 (A) or (B) of paragraph (2), of section 3(a) by

22 any person subject to its jurisdiction;

23 (C) is supported by the foreign govern24 ment’s adoption of policies and procedures pro25 viding for credible implementation of the re26 quirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B);


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1 (D) does not constrain the President’s au2 thority to impose measures under this act in

3 the event of a future export of concern by the

4 same or other persons subject to the jurisdic5 tion of the foreign government party to the

6 agreement; and

7 (E) is submitted to the appropriate con8 gressional committees 30 days prior to its entry

9 into force.

10 (b) ADDITIONAL WAIVER.—Any mandatory measure

11 described in section 7 shall not apply to a foreign person

12 if the President determines that it is important to the

13 counterterrorism, nonproliferation, or other national secu14 rity interests of the United States and transmits to the

15 appropriate congressional committees a report in writing

16 that contains such determination.

17 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that the President should—

19 (1) strengthen international coordination and

20 execution of arms export policy through the develop21 ment of bilateral and multilateral agreements under

22 subsection (a)(2), particularly with member states of

23 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),

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1 waivers provided under this section in all appro2 priate instances that further this objective; and

3 (2) whenever the President determines that the

4 measures described in section 7 should be applied,

5 that the measures be applied comprehensively with

6 respect to the affected foreign person’s affiliates and

7 subsidiaries, wherever located, in order to deter to

8 the fullest extent possible a recurrence or continu9 ation of the export giving rise to the President’s de10 termination.

11 (d) FORM.—If the President considers it appropriate,

12 the determination and report of the President under sub13 section (a), or appropriate parts thereof, may be trans14 mitted in classified form.

15 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

16 In this Act:

17 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’ means—

20 (A) the Committee on International Rela21 tions and the Committee on Armed Services of

22 the House of Representatives; and

23 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations

24 and the Committee on Armed Services of the

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1 (2) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERV2 ICES.—The term ‘‘defense articles and defense serv3 ices’’ has the meaning given the term in section

4 47(7) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.

5 2794 note).

6 (3) DUAL USE.—The term ‘‘dual use’’ means,

7 with respect to goods or technology, those goods or

8 technology that are specifically designed or devel9 oped for civil purposes but which also may be used

10 or deployed in a military or proliferation mode. Such

11 term does not include purely commercial items.

12 (4) EXPORT.—The term ‘‘export’’ has the

13 meaning given that term in section 120.17 of the

14 International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and in15 cludes re-exports, transfers, and retransfers by any

16 means.

17 (5) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.—

18 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’

19 means those regulations contained in sections 730

20 through 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations

21 (or successor regulations).

22 (6) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘for23 eign government’’ has the meaning given the term in

24 section 38(g)(9)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act

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3 38(g)(9)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (22

4 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(C)).

5 (8) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning

6 given the term in section 16(3) of the Export Ad7 ministration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415(3)).

8 (9) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULA9 TIONS.—The term ‘‘International Traffic in Arms

10 Regulations’’ means those regulations contained in

11 sections 120 through 130 of title 22, Code of Fed12 eral Regulations (or successor regulations).

13 (10) ITEM.—The term ‘‘item’’ means any good

14 or technology, defense article or defense service sub15 ject to the export jurisdiction of the United States

16 under law or regulation.

17 (11) LICENSE.—The term ‘‘license’’ means an

18 official written document of the United States Gov19 ernment issued pursuant to the Export Administra20 tion Regulations or the International Traffic in

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1 tion, rule or exemption contained in any statute or

2 regulation that permits an export without a license.

3 (13) OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL.—The term

4 ‘‘ownership or control’’ has the meaning given the

5 term in section 122.2(c) of the International Traffic

6 in Arms Regulations.

7 (14) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the

8 meaning given the term in section 38(g)(9)(E) of

9 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.

10 2778(g)(9)(E)).

11 (15) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’

12 has the meaning given the term in section 16(4) of

13 the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.

14 App. 2415(4)).

15 (16) UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.—The

16 term ‘‘United States Munitions List’’ means the list

17 referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export

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Chairman HYDE. H.R. 3100 would address the serious and continuing concerns with European transfers to China of arms and related technology. 

Previously, the House agreed to Resolution 57 on February 2, 

2005, by an overwhelming vote of 411 to 3. That resolution called 

upon the European Union to do two things, to maintain its arms 

embargo on China and to eliminate loopholes in the EU embargo 

and in the national policies of EU member states, which have permitted European arms sales to China to escalate to alarming levels 

in recent years. 

The European Union has apparently decided, for now, not to terminate the arms embargo. This is a welcome development. But the 

EU Council of Ministers and its member states have remained silent on actually stopping the supply of weapons systems technology 

in China and to China. This implies that EU member states who 

have been aiding China’s threatening military buildup may continue to do so, even while a strategic dialogue has begun with the 

United States on security and East Asia. This is disappointing and 

troubling. 

The supply of European weapons technology to China has been 

increasing steadily in recent years, both in quantity and sophistication. In the 3-year period between 2001 and 2003, European sales 

increased eight-fold to $540 million. This figure, more than half a 

billion dollars, exceeds the arms sales which the United States licenses on an annual basis to more than 85 percent of the member 

states of NATO. 

It also covers the sale of a number of systems, which increased 

the range, reliability and lethality of China’s attack aircraft and 

submarines. The implications of these sales are uniformly negative 

for the security of our armed forces in East Asia, for the defense 

of friends and allies in the region, and for regional stability more 

broadly. 

China itself faces no threat from any of its neighbors that could 

justify the acquisition of threatening military capabilities. 

While we continue to be hopeful that Europeans will approach 

this matter with an abundance of restraint and concern for United 

States security interests, Congress cannot turn a blind eye to these 

potentially dangerous developments. 

H.R. 3100 would accomplish several important objectives. First, 

it would ensure Congress has the information it needs from the Executive Branch and on a timely basis to perform its constitutional 

duties. There is little transparency in the European arms-related 

transfers to China since 2003, and the available data for transfers 

before 2003 is mostly at a high level of generality. Henceforth, 

there would be annual reports required by the President on European companies who sell arms to China and on European governments whose policies condone these sales. 

Second, for those European countries and governments who continue dangerous arms relationships with China, the bill would establish additional U.S. Government oversight requirements. Because such persons would be given access to sensitive U.S. weapons 

technology in the future, there would be mandatory export licenses 

and congressional notification procedures for certain types of transactions. 

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Thirdly, the President will be given new authority to help deter 

future European arms sales. The bill would provide a menu of 

measures or restrictions the President could draw on in limiting 

the access of culpable persons to United States weapons technology. 

The measures would be discretionary to begin with, but would 

become mandatory for repeat offenders. Even then, however, the 

President would be given wide latitude to waive application of the 

measures if he determines it is important to U.S. national security 

to do so. If he does not, he would have not only the authority under 

United States law, but also the flexibility to select the combination 

of measures to be imposed and to establish their duration. 

Finally, the bill would not have a retroactive character, it would 

not reach back to cover European arms sales prior to January 1, 

2005, however egregious they may have been, because the main 

purpose of the bill is not punitive, but to deter future dangerous 

conduct and to improve future policy coordination between the U.S. 

and EU member governments. 

In this sense, the optimal report Congress could receive under 

the bill’s provisions is one under which no European company or 

government is named. However, if our European friends do not 

make it possible for this to happen, the President would then be 

in a position to take other necessary steps in consultation with the 

Congress to safeguard vital security interests in the United States. 

Mr. LANTOS. Will the Chairman yield? 

Chairman HYDE. Are there any other Members who would like 

to speak on this bill? 

Mr. Lantos. 

Mr. LANTOS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let me first 

commend you for taking yet another leadership role in protecting 

United States national security interests. You and I successfully 

changed the policy of the European Union, which was all set to be 

put in concrete to lift sanctions against dangerous weapons sales 

to China. Europe made a 180-degree turn. So our initial effort was 

successful. 

But, clearly, that resolution, which as you cited was passed overwhelmingly by our colleagues in the House, is not enough. You are 

now proposing a major piece of legislation, of which I am proud to 

be the Democratic lead co-sponsor, which will make this an established permanent policy of the United States. 

Our European friends and our European non-friends must understand that Congress stands united in its opposition to an attempt 

by some European arms merchants to provide high-technology to 

China at a time when the peace in the region is far from being assured. 

I want to commend you on this legislation, Mr. Chairman, and 

I want to assure you that we on our side will do our utmost to 

bring it to quick passage. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman HYDE. Thank you, Mr. Lantos. 

Any other further comments? 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chairman? 

Chairman HYDE. Mr. Rohrabacher. 

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Mr. ROHRABACHER. Of course, I join Mr. Lantos in his accolades 

and praise on your leadership on this issue. I remember going to 

Hong Kong with you when you first raised the issue of the Communist Chinese proliferation of nuclear weapons, which was an 

issue which was ignored for so long, that the Chinese are probably 

the source of so much of our proliferation to Pakistan, et cetera, 

even North Korea. 

I am totally in support of this resolution, but I would just like 

to note, I understand why our European allies are a bit confused 

as to our policy where we have a policy that seems to be approaching China as a potential enemy, at least as an adversary of what 

our fundamental beliefs are in terms of military sales that we are 

talking about here, but at the same time, we are pumping in billions of dollars of investment into that country every year, even 

though we are treating that government as a potential enemy. 

This is a dichotomy that is hard for people to understand. We 

just refused to pass a—or what we actually—what we did was we 

passed a bill that prevented a subsidy by the Export-Import Bank 

to an English company, now Westinghouse, to build nuclear power 

plants just 2 days ago. 

But the Export-Import Bank continues to subsidize the investment of big business manufacturing interests in China. So this dichotomy—no wonder our European allies and people in the world 

and even in China are a bit confused as to where we are going to 

draw the line. 

But I commend you, Mr. Chairman, for at least stepping forward 

and saying, Well, at the very least, we are going to draw the line, 

but we are not going to give them sophisticated weapons. And we 

are going to try to prevent that from happening. Thank you very 

much, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman HYDE. Thank you. The bill has been considered as 

read and ordered reported favorably to the House by unanimous 

consent. 

So without objection, it is so ordered. The staff is directed to 

make any technical and conforming changes. Any Member who 

wishes to insert their remarks in the record may do so. 

We also have a series of noncontroversial bills on the agenda. It 

is the intention 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 remarks on the measures 

into the record, should they choose to do so. 

Accordingly, without objection, the Chairman——

Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman? 

Chairman HYDE. Mr. Lantos. 

Mr. LANTOS. Reserving the right to object—I will not object. I 

wish to make some comments concerning H. Con. Res. 191. 

Chairman HYDE. The gentleman is recognized. 

Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I strongly support this resolution, 

and I urge all of my colleagues to do so as well. 

Some 60 years ago, a young naval officer was preparing for the 

most important battle of his life. On January 9, 1945, he was piloting a landing craft into the Lingayen Gulf as part of a massive 

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land of Luzon. The mission was to help liberate the people of the 

Philippines from Japanese occupation. Though in hindsight, the liberation of the Philippines and the eventual victory of allied forces 

in the war in the Pacific seemed predetermined, it was anything 

but decided during this important moment in global history. 

Fortunately for all of us, Mr. Chairman, this young naval officer 

survived the battle of Lingayen Gulf. For his exemplary service to 

his Nation, he was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, 

the World War II Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, 

and the Philippines Liberation Medal. 

Mr. Chairman, we all know that the service of this young officer 

to his Nation did not end with the battle of Lingayen Gulf. He was 

elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and you, Mr. Chairman, continue your extraordinary service to our Nation as Chairman of our Committee. 

Mr. Chairman, one of our Nation’s greatest American military 

leaders, General Douglas MacArthur, once said the soldier, above 

all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the 

deepest wounds and scars of war. 

As we gather for this meeting of the International Relations 

Committee today, I think I speak for everyone in this room in expressing our great admiration for the enormous sacrifices you made 

for our Nation in the Pacific theater and in the many years since. 

I have the greatest respect and admiration for the sacrifices of 

American soldiers then and now, many of whom gave their lives in 

this epic battle against the evil forces of fascism. 

As you know, Mr. Chairman, I owe my life to the American military and the military forces of other allied countries who liberated 

Europe at enormous cost, including the lives of millions. 

There are millions of citizens of the Asia/Pacific region from the 

Philippines to South Korea who also hold their freedom to brave 

soldiers such as yourself. In many ways, Mr. Chairman, the victory 

over Japan was more of a beginning than an end. 

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States developed 

strong alliances across the Asia/Pacific region which has stood for 

more than 50 years. The United States and Japan have developed 

the strong multifaceted relationship based on shared democratic 

values and mutual interest in Asian and global stability and economic development. The strength of our relationship in Japan 

today and the relative peace of the Asia/Pacific region for over 50 

years, demonstrates that the sacrifices made by brave American 

soldiers in the Pacific theater were not in vain. 

With the passage of this resolution, we commemorate these enormous contributions and commit ourselves to never forgetting those 

who made the ultimate sacrifice for their Nation then and now. 

Mr. Chairman, I strongly support this resolution. I urge all of my 

colleagues to do so. I withdraw my reservation. 

Mr. BURTON. A round of applause. 

Chairman HYDE. Thank you. Well, ladies and gentlemen, an inkling of what was going to happen filtered over to our side. In anticipation, I have a little statement I would like to make about Mr. 

Lantos. This is against his wishes, but he can’t have his way all 

the time. 

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Hitler’s forces occupied Hungary on March 19, 1944. Along with 

Nazi invaders came the notorious Adolf Eichmann, whose orders 

were to exterminate the Jewish population of Hungary. A 16-yearold boy viewing these somber events decided he had to take a 

stand. He joined the Hungarian Underground, a loose-knit group 

which was made up of small clusters of individuals. Sent to a work 

camp to perform forced labor to maintain a railway bridge, this boy 

was the sole survivor of an allied bombing raid. 

‘‘I was convinced I wouldn’t survive,’’ the boy recalled. 

But fate had far greater things in store for this young hero. Escaping from the camp, the young man made his way to Budapest 

where he joined Swedish Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in his rescue 

operation to save much of the Jewish community of Hungary. The 

young man ran operations for the Underground, carrying food and 

medicine through Nazi lines to Jews hiding throughout the city. 

After the war, the young man was reunited with his childhood 

friend, who was to become his wife, Annette. Together, they immigrated to America to start a new life. Fortunately for all of us here 

on the International Relations Committee, that brave lad from Budapest is here with us today. After a distinguished academic career 

in California, the same determination which kept him alive at the 

bombed-out railway bridge has now brought him to the Congress 

where he serves as the Ranking Member of this Committee. 

For his courage in war and for his service in peace, especially 

here in the Congress, I would like to express my deep appreciation 

to my friend and colleague, Tom Lantos. 

Let me just say one more thing. If ever there was a Committee 

that ought to be partisan, bitterly political, it is this one. If ever 

there was a Committee that is just the opposite, that looks ahead 

for what is best, it is this one. I congratulate all the Members of 

this Committee. 

Now, onward and upward. We have a series of noncontroversial 

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 remarks on the measures 

into the record, should they choose to do so. Accordingly, without 

objection, the Chairman is authorized to seek consideration of the 

following bills under suspension of the rules and the amendments 

to which measures, which the Members have before them, shall be 

deemed adopted: H.R. 2017, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization 

Act of 2005; H. Con Res. 168, Condemning the Democratic People’s 

Republic of Korea for the abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and 

gross violations of human rights, as amended; H. Con. Res. 175, 

whereas during Black History Month, it is important we not forget 

that African-Americans are not the only survivors of the transatlantic slave trade; H. Con. Res. 191, Commemorating the 60th 

anniversary of the conclusion of the war in the Pacific and honoring veterans of both the Pacific and the Atlantic theaters of the 

Second World War, as amended; H. Res. 328, Recognizing the 25th 

anniversary of the workers’ strikes in Poland in 1980 that led to 

the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union, as amended; H. 

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Res. 333, Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Weekend 

of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan; and H. Res. 343, Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women certain important 

political rights. 

[The bills referred to follow:]

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109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2017

To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations

to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers

for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 28, 2005

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. WOLF, Mr. CARDIN,

Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. PITTS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.

RAMSTAD, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. KIRK, Mr.

ACKERMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. PALLONE,

Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. TERRY, Mr. SABO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. OLVER,

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. ZOE

LOFGREN of California, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr.

FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ALLEN, Mr.

MCNULTY, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr.

DEFAZIO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. LEE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr.

GRIJALVA, and Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in

addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Torture Victims Relief

5 Reauthorization Act of 2005’’.

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

7 It is the policy of the United States—

8 (1) to ensure that, in its support abroad for

9 programs and centers for the treatment of victims of

10 torture, particular incentives and support should be

11 given to establishing and supporting such programs

12 and centers in emerging democracies, in post-conflict

13 environments, and, with a view to providing services

14 to refugees and internally displaced persons, in areas

15 as close to ongoing conflict as safely as possible; and

16 (2) to ensure that, in its support for domestic

17 programs and centers for the treatment of victims of

18 torture, particular attention should be given to re19 gions with significant immigrant or refugee popu20 lations.

21 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DOMES22 TIC TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF

23 TORTURE.

24 Section 5(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of

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1 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of

2 the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the

3 Department of Health and Human Services for fis4 cal years 2006 and 2007, there are authorized to be

5 appropriated to carry out subsection (a)

6 $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and

7 2007.’’.

8 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOR9 EIGN TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF

10 TORTURE.

11 Section 4(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of

12 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of

14 the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal

15 years 2006 and 2007 pursuant to chapter 1 of part

16 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are

17 authorized to be appropriated to the President to

18 carry out section 130 of such Act $12,000,000 for

19 fiscal year 2006 and $13,000,000 for fiscal year

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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE

2 UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO THE

3 UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR

4 VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

5 Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fis6 cal years 2006 and 2007 pursuant to chapter 3 of part

7 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are author8 ized to be appropriated to the President for a voluntary

9 contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for

10 Victims of Torture $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and

11 $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.

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[COMMITTEE PRINT]

JUNE 23, 2005

[Showing the Amendment Adopted by the Subcommittee on

Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations]

109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 168

Condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the abductions

and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan

as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 26, 2005

Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.

PITTS, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for

the abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the

Republic of Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and

gross violations of human rights.

Whereas since the end of the Korean War, the Government

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as a hundred Japanese citizens, including Rumiko

Masumoto, Megumi Yokota, and Reverend Kim Dongshik;

Whereas the forced detention and frequent murder of those

individuals abducted by North Korea have caused untold

grief and suffering to their families;

Whereas on September 17, 2002, after considerable pressure

from the Government of Japan, North Korean leader

Kim Jong-il admitted that agents of his government had

abducted thirteen Japanese citizens in the 1970s and

1980s and assured Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro

Koizumi that this would never happen again;

Whereas despite assurances to the contrary, North Korea

continues to order and carry out abductions, and, as recently as August 8, 2004, North Korean agents operating

along the Chinese border kidnapped Ms. Jin Kyung-sook,

a former North Korean refugee and South Korean passport-holder;

Whereas the abduction policy of North Korea has been integral to its espionage and terrorist activities, and

abductees have been kidnapped to work as spies, to train

North Korean agents in language, accents, and culture,

and to steal identities, as in the case of Mr. Tadaaki

Hara;

Whereas the Pyongyang regime used abductee Ms. Yaeko

Taguchi as the Japanese language instructor for North

Korean terrorist Kim Hyon-hee, who was caught carrying

a Japanese passport after planting a bomb on Korean

Air Lines flight 858 that killed 115 people in 1987;

Whereas many victims of North Korean abduction have been

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South Korean planes in 1958 and 1969, and, decades

later, Pyongyang continues to hold twelve passengers of

a hijacked Korean Air flight, including passenger Mr.

Chang Ji-young and flight attendant Ms. Song Kyong-hi,

who has since been allowed a brief visit by her South Korean family;

Whereas North Korean agents have hijacked numerous South

Korean ships and kidnapped the seamen and fishermen

aboard the vessels, such as Choi Jong-suk, Kim Soonkeun, and ten other crewmen of the Dongjin 27, a ship

that was seized in 1987, and Seoul estimates that hundreds of these abductees are still alive in North Korea;

Whereas boat hijackings and the kidnapping of fishermen

have devastated South Korean fishing communities, such

as Nongso village on the southern island of Geoje, a community of 210 people that lost 14 sons, husbands, and

fathers when North Korea seized three ships in 1971 and

1972;

Whereas the North Korean authorities conspired with members of the Japanese Red Army, a group designated as

a terrorist organization by the United States Department

of State, to kidnap Keiko Arimoto, a young Japanese

woman studying abroad;

Whereas the Unification Ministry of the Republic of Korea

has confirmed that 486 abduction cases involving South

Korean citizens remain unresolved, and that these cases

include fishermen, seamen, airline passengers, teachers,

students, and pastors, many of whom are still alive and

being held in North Korea;

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with the uncertainty of what has happened to their child,

as in the cases of Takeshi Terakoshi, a thirteen-year-old

boy kidnapped from a fishing boat with his two uncles,

and Lee Min-gyo and Choi Seung-min, two seventeenyear-old friends abducted off a beach in South Korea;

Whereas North Korean agents kidnapped thirteen-year-old

Megumi Yokota, as she was walking home from school,

and subsequently reported that she married and had a

daughter in North Korea before committing suicide in

1993, and that Megumi’s daughter remains there separated from her family in Japan;

Whereas on April 5, 1971, North Korean agents abducted Yu

Song-gun, a South Korean diplomat stationed at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in West Germany, his

wife, and two young daughters, ages 7 and 1, while the

family was believed to be in Berlin;

Whereas the Pyongyang regime has abducted a number of

South Korean ministers who were bravely working to rescue North Koreans escaping on the underground railroad

through China, including Reverend Ahn Seung-woon and

Reverend Kim Dong-shik, the latter of whose welfare is

of particular importance to representatives of the State

of Illinois;

Whereas on April 21, 2005, the Seoul Central District Court

convicted Chinese citizen Ryu Young-hwa of assisting

North Korean agents in the abduction of Reverend Kim

and, further, that a Chinese court convicted a North Korean citizen of masterminding the abduction of Reverend

Ahn, and deported the agent to North Korea in July

1997 following a two-year prison term;


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Whereas some of the abductees have risked their lives in trying to escape North Korea, as in the case of South Korean fisherman Im Kuk-jae, who has twice attempted to

escape since his kidnapping in 1987, and is now believed

to be imprisoned in one of North Korea’s notorious labor

camps;

Whereas the North Korean regime continues to deceive the

international community regarding its ongoing abductions

and has furnished false information concerning eight

Japanese abductees, including suspicious accounts of

their supposed premature deaths;

Whereas the Government of North Korea has never convincingly accounted for Ms. Rumiko Masumoto and Mr.

Shuichi Ichikawa, kidnapped by Pyongyang agents from

a beach in Japan on August 12, 1978, and claims that

Mr. Ichikawa drowned in the sea, despite his dislike of

swimming, and that the formerly healthy Ms. Masumoto

died of a heart attack at the age of 27;

Whereas North Korea claims abductees Mr. Toru Ishioka and

Ms. Keiko Arimoto, who were kidnapped separately in

Europe and later married, supposedly died together with

their small daughter of gas poisoning in 1988, two

months after they were successful in getting a letter out

of North Korea to family members in Japan;

Whereas although the Pyongyang regime claimed to return

the alleged cremated remains of Mr. Kaoru Matsuki and

Ms. Megumi Yokota to Japanese officials, both remains

appear not to be authentic, and, according to Pyongyang,

the bodies of the six remaining Japanese abductees have

conveniently been washed away during flooding and cannot be recovered to verify the causes of their untimely

deaths;


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•HCON 168 IH

Whereas despite the efforts of the Japanese Government, the

Pyongyang regime continues to deny any knowledge of

the abductions of Mr. Yutaka Kume, Mr. Minoru Tanaka, and Ms. Miyoshi Soga, the mother of another acknowledged abductee, despite overwhelming evidence of

North Korean collusion in their disappearances;

Whereas North Korean abductions have not been limited to

northeast Asia and many documented abductees have

been kidnapped while abroad, such as Mr. Lee Chaehwan, a young MIT graduate student traveling in Austria, and Mr. Ko Sang-moon, a South Korean teacher

kidnapped in Norway, making the issue of serious concern to the international community;

Whereas there have been credible reports that North Korea

may have abducted citizens from many other countries in

addition to South Korea and Japan, including persons

from China, Europe, and the Middle East;

Whereas North Korea routinely engaged in the kidnapping of

South Korean citizens during the Korean War from 1950

to 1953, and, according to a 1956 survey conducted by

the Korean National Red Cross, 7,034 South Korean civilians were abducted during the conflict;

Whereas Pyongyang has refused to allow the release of a single wartime abductee despite a provision allowing civilian

abductees to return home in Article III of the Korean

War Armistice Agreement, a document signed by representatives from the United States, North Korea, and

China;

Whereas for more than fifty years, North Korea has held

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War Armistice Agreement signed on July 27, 1953, and

the South Korean Ministry of National Defense estimates

that 542 captives are still alive in North Korea, according to testimony given before the National Assembly in

February 2005;

Whereas according to the testimony of prisoners-of-war who

have successfully escaped from North Korea, South Korean prisoners-of-war have been forced to perform hard

labor for decades, often in mines, and are harshly treated

by the Pyongyang regime;

Whereas after being forcibly held in North Korea for fiftyone years, South Korean prisoner-of-war Han Man-taek,

age 72, escaped to China, was detained by Chinese police

and forcibly repatriated to North Korea earlier this year,

where he inevitably faced punitive measures and possible

execution; and

Whereas these South Korean prisoners-of-war served under

the United Nations Command, fighting alongside their

American and Allied fellow soldiers, and therefore are the

direct concern of the Allied nations who contributed

forces during the Korean War: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That Congress—

3 (1) condemns the Government of the Demo4 cratic People’s Republic of Korea for the abduction

5 and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of

6 Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross vio7 lations of human rights;


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1 (2) calls upon the North Korean Government to

2 immediately cease and desist from carrying out ab3 ductions, release all victims of kidnapping and pris4 oners-of-war still alive in North Korea, and provide

5 a full and verifiable accounting of all other cases;

6 (3) recognizes that resolution of the nuclear

7 issue with North Korea is of critical importance,

8 however, this should not preclude United States

9 Government officials from raising abduction cases

10 and other critical human rights concerns in any fu11 ture negotiations with the North Korean regime;

12 (4) calls upon the United States Government

13 not to remove the Democratic People’s Republic of

14 Korea from the Department of State’s list of State

15 Sponsors of Terrorism until such time that North

16 Korea renounces state-sponsored kidnapping and

17 provides a full accounting of all abduction cases; and

18 (5) admonishes the Government of the People’s

19 Republic of China for the forced repatriation to

20 North Korea of Han Man-taek, a South Korean

21 prisoner-of-war and comrade-in-arms of the United

22 States, and for its failure to exercise sovereign con23 trol over teams of North Korean agents operating

24 freely within its borders.

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109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 168

Condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the abductions

and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan

as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 26, 2005

Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.

PITTS, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for

the abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the

Republic of Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and

gross violations of human rights.

Whereas since the end of the Korean War, the Government

of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has kidnapped thousands of South Korean citizens and as many

as a hundred Japanese citizens, including Rumiko

Masumoto, Megumi Yokota, and Reverend Kim Dongshik;

Whereas the forced detention and frequent murder of those

individuals abducted by North Korea have caused untold

grief and suffering to their families;


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Whereas on September 17, 2002, after considerable pressure

from the Government of Japan, North Korean leader

Kim Jong-il admitted that agents of his government had

abducted thirteen Japanese citizens in the 1970s and

1980s and assured Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro

Koizumi that this would never happen again;

Whereas despite assurances to the contrary, North Korea

continues to order and carry out abductions, and, as recently as August 8, 2004, North Korean agents operating

along the Chinese border kidnapped Ms. Jin Kyung-sook,

a former North Korean refugee and South Korean passport-holder;

Whereas the abduction policy of North Korea has been integral to its espionage and terrorist activities, and

abductees have been kidnapped to work as spies, to train

North Korean agents in language, accents, and culture,

and to steal identities, as in the case of Mr. Tadaaki

Hara;

Whereas the Pyongyang regime used abductee Ms. Yaeko

Taguchi as the Japanese language instructor for North

Korean terrorist Kim Hyon-hee, who was caught carrying

a Japanese passport after planting a bomb on Korean

Air Lines flight 858 that killed 115 people in 1987;

Whereas many victims of North Korean abduction have been

seized during terrorist attacks, as in the hijacking of

South Korean planes in 1958 and 1969, and, decades

later, Pyongyang continues to hold twelve passengers of

a hijacked Korean Air flight, including passenger Mr.

Chang Ji-young and flight attendant Ms. Song Kyong-hi,

who has since been allowed a brief visit by her South Korean family;


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•HCON 168 IH

Whereas North Korean agents have hijacked numerous South

Korean ships and kidnapped the seamen and fishermen

aboard the vessels, such as Choi Jong-suk, Kim Soonkeun, and ten other crewmen of the Dongjin 27, a ship

that was seized in 1987, and Seoul estimates that hundreds of these abductees are still alive in North Korea;

Whereas boat hijackings and the kidnapping of fishermen

have devastated South Korean fishing communities, such

as Nongso village on the southern island of Geoje, a community of 210 people that lost 14 sons, husbands, and

fathers when North Korea seized three ships in 1971 and

1972;

Whereas the North Korean authorities conspired with members of the Japanese Red Army, a group designated as

a terrorist organization by the United States Department

of State, to kidnap Keiko Arimoto, a young Japanese

woman studying abroad;

Whereas according to the records of the Unification Ministry

of the Republic of Korea, 486 South Korean abductees

are still alive and being held in North Korea, and among

these individuals are fishermen, seamen, airline passengers, teachers, students, and pastors;

Whereas North Korean agents have abducted children, causing unimaginable anguish to parents who live decades

with the uncertainty of what has happened to their child,

as in the cases of Takeshi Terakoshi, a thirteen-year-old

boy kidnapped from a fishing boat with his two uncles,

and Lee Min-gyo and Choi Seung-min, two seventeenyear-old friends abducted off a beach in South Korea;

Whereas North Korean agents kidnapped thirteen-year-old

Megumi Yokota, as she was walking home from school,


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and subsequently reported that she married and had a

daughter in North Korea before committing suicide in

1993, and that Megumi’s daughter remains there separated from her family in Japan;

Whereas the Pyongyang regime has abducted a number of

South Korean ministers who were bravely working to rescue North Koreans escaping on the underground railroad

through China, including Reverend Ahn Seung-woon and

Reverend Kim Dong-shik, the latter of whose welfare is

of particular importance to representatives of the State

of Illinois;

Whereas on April 21, 2005, the Seoul Central District Court

convicted Chinese citizen Ryu Young-hwa of assisting

North Korean agents in the abduction of Reverend Kim

and, further, that a Chinese court convicted a North Korean citizen of masterminding the abduction of Reverend

Ahn, and deported the agent to North Korea in July

1997 following a two-year prison term;

Whereas some of the abductees have risked their lives in trying to escape North Korea, as in the case of South Korean fisherman Im Kuk-jae, who has twice attempted to

escape since his kidnapping in 1987, and is now believed

to be imprisoned in one of North Korea’s notorious labor

camps;

Whereas the North Korean regime continues to deceive the

international community regarding its ongoing abductions

and has furnished false information concerning eight

Japanese abductees, including suspicious accounts of

their supposed premature deaths;

Whereas the Government of North Korea has never convincingly accounted for Ms. Rumiko Masumoto and Mr.


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Shuichi Ichikawa, kidnapped by Pyongyang agents from

a beach in Japan on August 12, 1978, and claims that

Mr. Ichikawa drowned in the sea, despite his dislike of

swimming, and that the formerly healthy Ms. Masumoto

died of a heart attack at the age of 27;

Whereas North Korea claims abductees Mr. Toru Ishioka and

Ms. Keiko Arimoto, who were kidnapped separately in

Europe and later married, supposedly died together with

their small daughter of gas poisoning in 1988, two

months after they were successful in getting a letter out

of North Korea to family members in Japan;

Whereas although the Pyongyang regime claimed to return

the alleged cremated remains of Mr. Kaoru Matsuki and

Ms. Megumi Yokota to Japanese officials, both remains

appear not to be authentic, and, according to Pyongyang,

the bodies of the six remaining Japanese abductees have

conveniently been washed away during flooding and cannot be recovered to verify the causes of their untimely

deaths;

Whereas despite the efforts of the Japanese Government, the

Pyongyang regime continues to deny any knowledge of

the abductions of Mr. Yutaka Kume, Mr. Minoru Tanaka, and Ms. Miyoshi Soga, the mother of another acknowledged abductee, despite overwhelming evidence of

North Korean collusion in their disappearances;

Whereas North Korean abductions have not been limited to

northeast Asia and many documented abductees have

been kidnapped while abroad, such as Mr. Lee Chaehwan, a young MIT graduate student traveling in Austria, and Mr. Ko Sang-moon, a South Korean teacher

kidnapped in Norway, making the issue of serious concern to the international community;


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Whereas there have been credible reports that North Korea

may have abducted citizens from many other countries in

addition to South Korea and Japan, including persons

from China, Europe, and the Middle East;

Whereas for more than fifty years, North Korea has held

South Korean prisoners-of-war captured during the Korean War, in clear violation of Article III of the Korean

War Armistice Agreement signed on July 27, 1953, and

the South Korean Ministry of National Defense estimates

that 542 captives are still alive in North Korea, according to testimony given before the National Assembly in

February 2005;

Whereas according to the testimony of prisoners-of-war who

have successfully escaped from North Korea, South Korean prisoners-of-war have been forced to perform hard

labor for decades, often in mines, and are harshly treated

by the Pyongyang regime;

Whereas after being forcibly held in North Korea for fiftyone years, South Korean prisoner-of-war Han Man-taek,

age 72, escaped to China, was detained by Chinese police

and forcibly repatriated to North Korea earlier this year,

where he inevitably faced punitive measures and possible

execution; and

Whereas these South Korean prisoners-of-war served under

the United Nations Command, fighting alongside their

American and Allied fellow soldiers, and therefore are the

direct concern of the Allied nations who contributed

forces during the Korean War: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That Congress—


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•HCON 168 IH

1 (1) condemns the Government of the Demo2 cratic People’s Republic of Korea for the abduction

3 and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of

4 Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross vio5 lations of human rights;

6 (2) calls upon the North Korean Government to

7 immediately cease and desist from carrying out ab8 ductions, release all victims of kidnapping and pris9 oners-of-war still alive in North Korea, and provide

10 a full and verifiable accounting of all other cases;

11 (3) recognizes that resolution of the nuclear

12 issue with North Korea is of critical importance,

13 however, this should not preclude United States

14 Government officials from raising abduction cases

15 and other critical human rights concerns in any fu16 ture negotiations with the North Korean regime;

17 (4) calls upon the United States Government

18 not to remove the Democratic People’s Republic of

19 Korea from the Department of State’s list of State

20 Sponsors of Terrorism until such time that North

21 Korea renounces state-sponsored kidnapping and

22 provides a full accounting of all abduction cases; and

23 (5) admonishes the Government of the People’s

24 Republic of China for the forced repatriation to

25 North Korea of Han Man-taek, a South Korean


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•HCON 168 IH

1 prisoner-of-war and comrade-in-arms of the United

2 States, and for its failure to exercise sovereign con3 trol over teams of North Korean agents operating

4 freely within its borders.

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109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 175

Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all

of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America

and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African

descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant

communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 8, 2005

Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LEE, Mr. MEEKS of New York,

and Mr. JEFFERSON) submitted the following concurrent resolution;

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave

trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the

international community work to improve the situation

of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and

the Caribbean.

Whereas during Black History Month it is important that we

not forget that African-Americans are not the only survivors of the transatlantic slave trade;


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•HCON 175 IH

Whereas like the United States, many European nations benefited greatly from the colonization of Latin America and

the Caribbean and their participation in the slave trade;

Whereas the story of African descendants in all of the Americas remains untold, leading them to be forgotten, made

invisible, and allowed to suffer unjustly;

Whereas it is important to acknowledge that as a result of

the slave trade and immigration, approximately

80,000,000 to 150,000,000 persons of African descent

live in Latin America and the Caribbean, making them

the largest population of persons of African descent outside of Africa;

Whereas Afro-descendants are present in most all Latin

American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,

Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela;

Whereas the size of Afro-descendant populations vary in

range from less than 1 percent in some countries to as

much as 30 percent in Colombia and 46 percent in Brazil

and make up the majority in some Spanish speaking Caribbean nations, such as Cuba and the Dominican Republic;

Whereas Afro-descendant populations have made significant

economic, social, and cultural contributions to their countries and the Western Hemisphere from their unfortunate

involvement in the transatlantic slave trade to their recent contributions to trade, tourism, and other industries;

Whereas although persons of African descent have made significant achievements in education, employment, economic, political, and social spheres in some countries, the

vast majority are marginalized—living in impoverished


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communities where they are excluded from centers of

education, government, and basic human rights based

upon the color of their skin and ancestry;

Whereas Afro-descendants have shorter life expectancies,

higher rates of infant mortality, higher incidences of

HIV/AIDS, higher rates of illiteracy, and lower incomes

than do other populations;

Whereas Afro-descendants encounter problems of access to

healthcare, basic education, potable water, housing, land

titles, credit, equal justice and representation under the

law, political representation, and other economic, political, health, and basic human rights; and

Whereas skin color and ancestry have led African-Americans

in the United States and African descendants in Latin

America and the Caribbean to share similar injustices,

leading to economic, social, health, and political inequalities: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That Congress—

3 (1) recognizes and honors African descendants

4 in the Americas for their contributions to the eco5 nomic, social, and cultural fabric of the countries in

6 the Americas, particularly in Latin American and

7 Caribbean societies;

8 (2) recognizes that as a result of their skin

9 color and ancestry, African descendants in the

10 Americas have wrongfully experienced economic, so11 cial, and political injustices;


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1 (3) urges the President to take appropriate

2 measures to encourage the celebration and remem3 brance of the achievements of African descendants

4 in the Americas and a resolution of injustices suf5 fered by African descendants in the Americas;

6 (4) encourages the United States and the inter7 national community to work to ensure that extreme

8 poverty is eradicated, universal education is

9 achieved, quality healthcare is made available, sus10 tainable environmental resources, including land

11 where applicable, is provided, and equal access to

12 justice and representation under the law is granted

13 in Afro-descendant communities in Latin America

14 and the Caribbean; and

15 (5) encourages the United States and the inter16 national community to achieve these goals in Latin

17 America and the Caribbean by—

18 (A) promoting research that focuses on

19 identifying and eradicating racial disparities in

20 economic, political, and social spheres;

21 (B) promoting, funding, and creating de22 velopment programs that focus on Afro-de23 scendant communities;

24 (C) providing technical support and train25 ing to Afro-descendant advocacy groups that


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1 work to uphold basic human rights in the re2 gion;

3 (D) promoting the creation of an inter4 national working group that focuses on prob5 lems of communities of Afro-descendants in the

6 Americas; and

7 (E) promoting trade and other bilateral

8 and multilateral agreements that take into ac9 count the needs of Afro-descendant commu10 nities.

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109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 191

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the war in the

Pacific and honoring veterans of both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters

of the Second World War.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 24, 2005

Mr. HYDE (for himself and Mr. LANTOS) submitted the following concurrent

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of

the war in the Pacific and honoring veterans of both

the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of the Second World

War.

Whereas on December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States was suddenly and deliberately

attacked at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, resulting in the

loss of over 2,400 American lives, the greatest such loss

of life in a single attack before September 11, 2001;

Whereas the United States joined with allies from 32 countries to fight the common foe of fascist militarism in a

war in which over 16,000,000 Americans served in the

military;


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•HCON 191 IH

Whereas the United States suffered over 670,000 casualties,

with more than 400,000 deaths, while over 105,000

Americans were held as prisoners of war, many of whom

were forced to participate in the infamous Bataan Death

March or were forced to work on the construction of the

Siam-Burma Railway;

Whereas two former Presidents, John F. Kennedy and

George H. W. Bush, served with particular distinction

and valor in the Pacific theater during the Second World

War;

Whereas the sea battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, Leyte

Gulf—the greatest naval battle in history—and Lingayen

Gulf turned the tide of the war in the Pacific and led to

ultimate victory;

Whereas the Sullivan family of Waterloo, Iowa, who lost five

sons in a single morning when the USS Juneau was sunk

in the Battle of Guadacanal, came to symbolize for the

United States the grief felt by American families over the

loss of loved ones during the Second World War;

Whereas on May 14, 1943, the Australian hospital ship Centaur, in transit to New Guinea to pick up the wounded,

was sunk fifty miles East-Northeast of Brisbane, Australia, resulting in 268 dead, representing the highest

number of casualties of any merchant vessel sunk by a

submarine in the Pacific theater;

Whereas General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise of

‘‘I shall return’’ to the Philippine people by leading the

successful campaign for the liberation of the Philippines,

part of a wider campaign which freed much of Asia from

militarist occupation;


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Whereas more than 20,000 Japanese and 7,000 Americans

died in the battle of Iwo Jima, which raged on the small

island of Iwo Jima for over one month between February

and March 1945, the fierceness of which was captured in

the historic photo of five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi;

Whereas the Battle of Okinawa, waged between April and

June 1945, was the largest sea-land-air battle in history,

with more than 38,000 Americans wounded and 12,000

killed or missing, more than 107,000 Japanese and Okinawan conscripts killed, and perhaps 100,000 Okinawan

civilians who perished in the battle;

Whereas millions of people died in Hawaii, Guam, the Coral

Sea, Midway, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands,

Wake Island, Guadacanal, Nanjing, Harbin, Beijing,

Shanghai, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya,

Indonesia, Burma, Bataan, Corregidor, Manila, Luzon,

Leyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf, New Guinea, Korea, Saipan,

Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki;

Whereas the Second World War led to dramatic social

changes in the United States as more than 19,500,000

women joined the American workforce at defense plants

and 350,000 women joined the Armed Forces;

Whereas the roles of minorities in both the Armed Forces

and industry were changed forever as greater opportunities for employment and service in the defense of the

United States presented themselves;

Whereas Japanese-Americans, including Senator Daniel

Inouye, served with courage and valor in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated regiment in

United States military history;


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•HCON 191 IH

Whereas the people of the United States and Japan worked

together after the Second World War to reconstruct

Japan and to ensure the post war emergence of Japan

as a beacon of democracy and economic liberalization in

the Asia-Pacific region, and the United States and Japan

further solidified the post war security relationship by

signing the Security Treaty of 1951 and the Treaty of

Mutual Cooperation and Security in 1960;

Whereas the sacrifices in the Pacific of United States veterans and veterans of United States allies during the

Second World War led to the emergence of an Asian region where democratic institutions and free market

economies have taken hold, contributing greatly to the

peace and prosperity of the region; and

Whereas, on May 29, 2004, the United States gratefully dedicated the World War II Memorial, honoring both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with decorated World War II hero Senator

Robert Dole giving the dedication speech: Now, therefore,

be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That Congress—

3 (1) honors all veterans, living and deceased, of

4 the Second World War in both the Pacific and At5 lantic theaters on the 60th anniversary year of the

6 war’s conclusion and expresses the deep appreciation

7 and gratitude of the United States for their valor

8 and selfless service to their country;


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1 (2) calls upon the people of the United States

2 to commemorate September 2, 2005, the 60th anni3 versary of the final surrender of the Second World

4 War aboard the USS Missouri, as a day of remem5 brance and appreciation for the members of the

6 greatest generation who, through their sacrifices

7 both in the Armed Forces and on the homefront,

8 preserved liberty for future generations and rescued

9 the world from the scourge of fascist militarism;

10 (3) reaffirms the judgment in Tokyo rendered

11 by the International Military Tribunal for the Far

12 East of 1946–1948 and the conviction of certain in13 dividuals as war criminals for their crimes against

14 humanity; and

15 (4) recognizes that the alliances formed in the

16 Asia-Pacific region following the Second World War,

17 including those with Australia, Japan, the Phil18 ippines, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand, have

19 contributed immeasurably to the continued peace

20 and prosperity enjoyed throughout the region.

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H.L.C.

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

TO H. CON. RES. llll

OFFERED BY MR. HYDE OF ILLINOIS

Strike the preamble and insert the following:

Whereas on December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States was suddenly and deliberately

attacked at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, resulting in the

loss of over 2,400 American lives, the greatest such loss

of life in a single attack before September 11, 2001;

Whereas the United States joined with allies from 32 countries to fight the common foe of fascist militarism in a

war in which over 16,000,000 Americans served in the

military;

Whereas the United States suffered over 670,000 casualties,

with more than 400,000 deaths, while over 105,000

Americans were held as prisoners of war, many of whom

were forced to participate in the infamous Bataan Death

March or were forced to work on the construction of the

Siam-Burma Railway;

Whereas two former Presidents, John F. Kennedy and

George H. W. Bush, served with particular distinction

and valor in the Pacific theater during the Second World

War;

Whereas the sea battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, Leyte

Gulf–the greatest naval battle in history–and Lingayen

Gulf turned the tide of the war in the Pacific and led to

ultimate victory;


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Whereas the Sullivan family of Waterloo, Iowa, who lost five

sons in a single morning when the USS Juneau was sunk

in the Battle of Guadacanal, came to symbolize for the

United States the grief felt by American families over the

loss of loved ones during the Second World War;

Whereas on May 14, 1943, the Australian hospital ship Centaur, in transit to New Guinea to pick up the wounded,

was sunk fifty miles East-Northeast of Brisbane, Australia, resulting in 268 dead, representing the highest

number of casualties of any merchant vessel sunk by a

submarine in the Pacific theater;

Whereas General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise of

‘‘I shall return’’ to the Philippine people by leading the

successful campaign for the liberation of the Philippines,

part of a wider campaign which freed much of Asia from

militarist occupation;

Whereas more than 20,000 Japanese and 7,000 Americans

died in the battle of Iwo Jima, which raged on the small

island of Iwo Jima for over one month between February

and March 1945, the fierceness of which was captured in

the historic photo of five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi;

Whereas the Battle of Okinawa, waged between April and

June 1945, was the largest sea-land-air battle in history,

with more than 38,000 Americans wounded and 12,000

killed or missing, more than 107,000 Japanese and Okinawan conscripts killed, and perhaps 100,000 Okinawan

civilians who perished in the battle;

Whereas millions of people died in Hawaii, Guam, the Coral

Sea, Midway, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands,

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Shanghai, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya,

Indonesia, Burma, Bataan, Corregidor, Manila, Luzon,

Leyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf, New Guinea, Korea, Saipan,

Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki;

Whereas the Second World War led to dramatic social

changes in the United States as more than 19,500,000

women joined the American workforce at defense plants

and 350,000 women joined the Armed Forces;

Whereas the roles of minorities in both the Armed Forces

and industry were changed forever as greater opportunities for employment and service in the defense of the

United States presented themselves;

Whereas Japanese-Americans, including Senator Daniel

Inouye, served with courage and valor in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated regiment in

United States military history;

Whereas the people of the United States and Japan worked

together after the Second World War to reconstruct

Japan and to ensure the post war emergence of Japan

as a beacon of democracy and economic liberalization in

the Asia-Pacific region, and the United States and Japan

further solidified the post war security relationship by

signing the Security Treaty of 1951 and the Treaty of

Mutual Cooperation and Security in 1960;

Whereas the sacrifices in the Pacific of United States veterans and veterans of United States allies during the

Second World War led to the emergence of an Asian region where democratic institutions and free market

economies have taken hold, contributing greatly to the

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Whereas, on May 29, 2004, the United States gratefully dedicated the World War II Memorial, honoring both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with decorated World War II hero Senator

Robert Dole giving the dedication speech: Now, therefore,

be it

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the

following:

1 That Congress—

2 (1) honors all veterans, living and deceased, of

3 the Second World War in both the Pacific and At4 lantic theaters on the 60th anniversary year of the

5 war’s conclusion and expresses the deep appreciation

6 and gratitude of the United States for their valor

7 and selfless service to their country;

8 (2) calls upon the people of the United States

9 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the final

10 surrender of the Second World War aboard the USS

11 Missouri as a day of remembrance and appreciation

12 for the members of the greatest generation who,

13 through their sacrifices both in the Armed Forces

14 and on the homefront, preserved liberty for future

15 generations and rescued the world from the scourge

16 of fascist militarism;

17 (3) reaffirms the judgment in Tokyo rendered

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1 East of 1946–1948 and the conviction of certain in2 dividuals as war criminals for their crimes against

3 humanity; and

4 (4) recognizes that the alliances formed in the

5 Asia-Pacific region following the Second World War,

6 including those with Australia, Japan, the Phil7 ippines, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand, have

8 contributed immeasurably to the continued peace

9 and prosperity enjoyed throughout the region.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Concurrent resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the war in the Pacific and honoring veterans of

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[COMMITTEE PRINT]

JUNE 21, 2005

[Showing the Amendment Adopted by the Subcommittee on

Europe and Emerging Threats]

109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 328

Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers’ strikes in Poland in 1980

that led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 17, 2005

Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.

KANJORSKI, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

International Relations

RESOLUTION

Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers’ strikes

in Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the

Solidarity Trade Union.

Whereas, although Victory in Europe on May 8, 1945, resulted in liberty and democracy in many nations, Poland

and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe fell

behind the repressive Iron Curtain of the Soviet Union;


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Whereas for more than four decades Poland and the nations

of the Soviet Bloc struggled under authoritarian rule;

Whereas in June 1979, Pope John Paul II, the former Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, returned to his homeland for the

first time and exhorted his countrymen to ‘‘be not

afraid’’ of the Communist regime;

Whereas in July and August of 1980, Polish workers in the

shipyards of Gdansk and Szczecin went on strike to demand greater political freedom;

Whereas workers’ committees, led by electrician Lech Walesa,

coordinated these strikes and ensured that the strikes

were peaceful and orderly;

Whereas in August 1980, the Communist government of Poland yielded to the 21 demands of the striking workers,

including the release of all political prisoners, the broadcasting of religious services on television and radio, and

the right to establish independent trade unions;

Whereas the Communist government of Poland introduced

martial law in December 1981 in an attempt to block the

growing influence of the Solidarity movement;

Whereas the Solidarity Trade Union and its 10,000,000

members became a great social movement committed to

promoting fundamental human rights, democracy, and

Polish independence from the Soviet Union;

Whereas in February 1989, the Communist government of

Poland agreed to conduct talks with the Solidarity Trade

Union that led to elections to the National Assembly in

June of that year, in which nearly all open seats were

won by candidates supported by the Solidarity Trade

Union, and led soon after to the election of Poland’s first


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non-Communist Prime Minister in the post-war era, Mr.

Tadeusz Mazowiecki;

Whereas the Solidarity movement ended communism in Poland without bloodshed, inspiring other nations under Soviet control to do the same and playing an important role

in the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe;

Whereas on November 15, 1989, Lech Walesa gave an historic speech before a joint meeting of the United States

Congress with the opening remarks ‘‘We the People. . .’’, which stirred a standing ovation from the Members of Congress;

Whereas on December 9, 1990, Lech Walesa was elected

President of Poland;

Whereas the support of the United States and the PolishAmerican community was essential to the survival and

success of the Solidarity movement; and

Whereas a bond of friendship exists between the United

States and Poland, which is among the strongest allies of

the United States, a contributing partner in the North

Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a reliable partner

in the Global War on Terrorism, and a key contributor

in Iraq and Afghanistan: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

2 (1) recognizes the 25th anniversary of the

3 workers’ strikes in Poland that led to establishment

4 of the Solidarity Trade Union;

5 (2) honors the struggle and sacrifice of the citi6 zens of Poland who risked their lives to restore deVerDate Mar 21 2002 10:48 Apr 04, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\109TH_~1\TEXT_F~1\22263.000 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL

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1 mocracy to their country and to return Poland to

2 the democratic community of nations; and

3 (3) offers Poland as a model for other nations

4 struggling to emerge from authoritarian rule and es5 tablish a flourishing representative government.

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109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 328

Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers’ strikes in Poland in 1980

that led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 17, 2005

Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.

KANJORSKI, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

International Relations

RESOLUTION

Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers’ strikes

in Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the

Solidarity Trade Union.

Whereas, although Victory in Europe on May 8, 1945, resulted in liberty and democracy in many nations, Poland

and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe fell

behind the repressive Iron Curtain of the Soviet Union;

Whereas for more than four decades Poland and the nations

of the Soviet Bloc struggled under authoritarian rule;

Whereas in June 1979, Pope John Paul II, the former Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, returned to his homeland for the

first time and exhorted his countrymen to ‘‘be not

afraid’’ of the Communist regime;


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Whereas in July and August of 1980, Polish workers in the

shipyards of Gdansk and Szczecin went on strike to demand greater political freedom;

Whereas workers’ committees, led by electrician Lech Walesa,

coordinated these strikes and ensured that the strikes

were peaceful and orderly;

Whereas in August 1980, the Communist government of Poland yielded to the 21 demands of the striking workers,

including the release of all political prisoners, the broadcasting of religious services on television and radio, and

the right to establish independent trade unions;

Whereas the Communist government of Poland introduced

martial law in December 1981 in an attempt to block the

growing influence of the Solidarity movement;

Whereas the Solidarity Trade Union and its 10,000,000

members became a great social movement committed to

promoting fundamental human rights, democracy, and

Polish independence from the Soviet Union;

Whereas in February 1989, the Communist government of

Poland agreed to conduct talks with the Solidarity Trade

Union that led to elections to the National Assembly in

June of that year, in which nearly all open seats were

won by candidates supported by the Solidarity Trade

Union, and led soon after to the election of Poland’s first

non-Communist Prime Minister in the post-war era, Mr.

Tadeusz Mazowiecki;

Whereas the Solidarity movement ended communism in Poland without bloodshed, inspiring other nations under Soviet control to do the same and leading to the fall of the

Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989;


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Whereas on November 15, 1989, Lech Walesa gave a historic

speech before a joint meeting of the United States Congress with the opening remarks ‘‘We the People . . .’’,

which stirred a standing ovation from the Members of

Congress;

Whereas on December 9, 1990, Lech Walesa was elected

President of Poland;

Whereas the support of the United States and the PolishAmerican community was essential to the survival and

success of the Solidarity movement; and

Whereas a bond of friendship exists between the United

States and Poland, which is among the strongest allies of

the United States, a contributing partner in the North

Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a reliable partner

in the Global War on Terrorism, and a key contributor

in Iraq and Afghanistan: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That, the House of Representatives—

2 (1) recognizes the 25th anniversary of the

3 workers’ strikes in Poland that led to establishment

4 of the Solidarity Trade Union;

5 (2) honors the struggle and sacrifice of the citi6 zens of Poland who risked their lives to restore de7 mocracy to their country and to return Poland to

8 the democratic community of nations; and

9 (3) offers Poland as a model for other nations

10 struggling to emerge from authoritarian rule and es11 tablish a flourishing representative government.

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109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 333

Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Weekend of Prayer and

Reflection for Darfur, Sudan.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 20, 2005

Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CONYERS, and Ms.

LEE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Weekend of

Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan.

Whereas, on July 22, 2004, Congress declared that genocide

was taking place in Darfur, Sudan;

Whereas, on September 9, 2004, Secretary of State Colin L.

Powell testified to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that ‘‘genocide has been committed in Darfur’’;

Whereas, on September 21, 2004, President George W. Bush

stated to the United Nations General Assembly that ‘‘the

world is witnessing terrible suffering and horrible crimes

in the Darfur region of Sudan, crimes my government

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Whereas Article 1 of the Convention on the Prevention and

Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, done at Paris December 9, 1948, and entered into force January 12,

1951, states that ‘‘[t]he Contracting Parties confirm that

genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time

of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish’’;

Whereas fundamental human rights, including the right to

freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, are protected in numerous international agreements and declarations;

Whereas the United Nations Security Council, in Security

Council Resolution 1591, condemned the ‘‘continued violations of the N’djamena Ceasefire Agreement of 8 April

2004 and the Abuja Protocols of 9 November 2004 by

all sides in Darfur and the deterioration of the security

situation and negative impact this has had on humanitarian assistance efforts’’;

Whereas scholars estimate that as many as 400,000 have

died from violence, hunger, and disease since the outbreak of conflict in Darfur began in 2003, and that as

many as 10,000 may be dying each month;

Whereas it is estimated that more than 2,000,000 people

have been displaced from their homes and remain in

camps in Darfur and Chad;

Whereas religious leaders, genocide survivors, and world leaders have expressed grave concern over the continuing

atrocities taking place in Darfur; and

Whereas it is appropriate that the people of the United

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people of Darfur and reflect upon the situation in

Darfur: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of a National

3 Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur,

4 Sudan;

5 (2) encourages the people of the United States

6 to observe that weekend by praying for an end to the

7 genocide and crimes against humanity and for last8 ing peace in Darfur, Sudan; and

9 (3) urges all churches, synagogues, mosques,

10 and religious institutions in the United States to

11 consider the issue of Darfur in their activities and

12 to observe the National Weekend of Prayer and Re13 flection with appropriate activities and services.

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109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 343

Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women certain important

political rights.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 27, 2005

Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. DAVIS of California,

Mr. ENGEL, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. KELLY, Ms. LEE, Mrs. MALONEY, Mrs.

MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. PITTS, Mr. RANGEL, Ms.

ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WILSON of

South Carolina, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin,

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PALLONE, Ms.

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. WATSON, Mr. ISSA,

and Ms. WATERS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred

to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women certain

important political rights.

Whereas on May 16, 2005, the Parliament of the State of

Kuwait amended Article 1 of the Election Law 35 of

1962, providing female citizens of Kuwait the right to

vote and run in the 2007 elections;

Whereas the rights of women are of paramount importance

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Whereas the active advancement of women’s rights throughout the world is and remains an important policy priority

of the United States; and

Whereas the Department of State recognizes that the Kuwaiti parliamentary vote of May 16, 2005, was an important step forward for the women of Kuwait and the nation as a whole, and the United States views this step as

a positive development on the road to political reform,

serving as a positive example for other governments and

societies in the region that are on the path to political

freedom, inclusion of women, and full democratization:

Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That House of Representatives—

2 (1) commends the Government and Parliament

3 of the State of Kuwait for providing female citizens

4 of Kuwait the right to vote and hold public office;

5 (2) urges the full participation of Kuwaiti

6 women in the political life of their country; and

7 (3) encourages the Government of Kuwait to

8 continue taking positive steps to achieve full mod9 ernization of its political system and lasting demo10 cratic reform.

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Chairman HYDE. If there is no further discussion, the Committee 

stands adjourned. 

[Whereupon, at 11:05 a.m., the Committee was adjourned.]

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