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TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL AND COLLABORATIVE RESOLUTION OF

MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN THE SOUTH CHINA

SEA AND ITS ENVIRONS AND OTHER MARITIME AREAS

ADJACENT TO THE EAST ASIAN MAINLAND

MARKUP

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 6313

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Serial No. 112–179

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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida, Chairman 

CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey 

DAN BURTON, Indiana 

ELTON GALLEGLY, California 

DANA ROHRABACHER, California 

DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois 

EDWARD R. ROYCE, California 

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio 

RON PAUL, Texas 

MIKE PENCE, Indiana 

JOE WILSON, South Carolina 

CONNIE MACK, Florida 

JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska 

MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas 

TED POE, Texas 

GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida 

JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio 

BILL JOHNSON, Ohio 

DAVID RIVERA, Florida 

MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania 

TIM GRIFFIN, Arkansas 

TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania 

JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina 

ANN MARIE BUERKLE, New York 

RENEE ELLMERS, North Carolina 

ROBERT TURNER, New York 

HOWARD L. BERMAN, California 

GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York 

ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 

Samoa 

BRAD SHERMAN, California 

ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York 

GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York 

RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri 

ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey 

GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia 

THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida 

BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky 

BRIAN HIGGINS, New York 

ALLYSON SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania 

CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut 

FREDERICA WILSON, Florida 

KAREN BASS, California 

WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts 

DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island 

YLEEM D.S. POBLETE, Staff Director 

RICHARD J. KESSLER, Democratic Staff Director 

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C O N T E N T S 

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MARKUP OF 

H.R. 6313, To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime 

territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other 

maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland ...................................... 2

Amendment to H.R. 6313 offered by the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 

a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, and chairman, 

Committee on Foreign Affairs ......................................................................... 18

LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD 

APPENDIX 

Markup notice .......................................................................................................... 20

Markup minutes ...................................................................................................... 21

Markup summary .................................................................................................... 23

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TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL AND COLLABORATIVE RESOLUTION OF MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN THE 

SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ITS ENVIRONS AND OTHER MARITIME AREAS ADJACENT TO THE EAST ASIAN MAINLAND

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 

Washington, DC. 

The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 o’clock a.m. in room 

2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 

(chairman of the committee) presiding. 

Chairman ROS-LEHTINEN. The committee will come to order. Before we begin today’s markup and hearing, I would like to ask my 

colleagues and all who are joining us today to please stand for a 

moment of silence to honor United States Ambassador to Libya, 

Chris Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management Officer 

Sean Smith, and two other fellow Americans killed in Libya yesterday. [Moment of silence.] 

Please be seated. I know I speak for all of the members of our 

committee when we say that our prayers go out to their families 

and their friends. They died in service of our Nation, and we are 

forever grateful. They risked their lives to help the people of Libya 

free themselves from the oppression of Ghadafi and rebuild their 

nation. Yet on a day marking the 11th anniversary of the deplorable attacks against our Nation on September 11, 2001, radicals 

chose to attack and kill our diplomats in Benghazi. 

Similarly, I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of our 

committee to thank the men and women serving in our Embassy 

in Egypt, who also came under attack yesterday by those who continue to seek the support of, and assistance from, the United 

States. Let us be clear, there is no justification for the murder of 

our diplomats and attacks on our Embassies. We have nothing for 

which to apologize. We must ensure that the perpetrators of this 

recent round of 9/11 attacks are held accountable. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 

And before we begin today’s hearing, pursuant to notice, the committee meets to consider H.R. 6313 sponsored by our colleague, Mr. 

Faleomavaega. It is a bipartisan measure to promote peaceful and 

collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the 

South China Sea. Without objection, all members may have 5 days 

to submit statements and extraneous material on this bill for the 

record. According to the expedited procedures sent to all member 

offices yesterday, we will now move immediately to adoption of the 

bill. 

[H.R. 6313 follows:]

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Chairman ROS-LEHTINEN. Without objection, the bill and the 

Ros-Lehtinen amendment, number 132 which merely fixes two typographical errors, which all members have before them, will be 

considered as read and considered en bloc. 

[The amendment referred to follows:]

I ask unanimous consent that H.R. 6313, as amended, be agreed 

to by the committee. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. Without 

objection, the chair is authorized to seek consideration of H.R. 

6313, as amended, under suspension of the rules, and staff is directed to make any technical or conforming changes. With a concluding thank you to the ranking member, and especially to Mr. 

Faleomavaega for authoring the bill, the markup is adjourned. 

[Whereupon, at 10:06 a.m., the committee proceeded to other 

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