Survey of Activities

FOREWORD

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

Washington, D.C.

Since the 81st Congress the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives has compiled and published a documented survey of its activities at the close of each session of Congress. This survey covers the work of the committee during the 97th Congress, 1st session.

The purpose of the report is to provide the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the membership of the House with a record of the activities through which the committee has discharged its responsibilities for legislative and oversight matters affecting the international relations of the United States. It also makes available to the Congress, the executive branch, the press, and the public, a document which may be used as a handy guide and reference.

This survey has been prepared, on my instructions, by Emily C. Howie, a staff associate for the full committee, under the supervision of Robert K. Boyer, senior staff consultant.

Nothing contained in or omitted from the survey should be interpreted as indicating legislative intent with respect to the legislative and oversight matters covered. That intent, where expressed, will be found in the appropriate hearings, reports, files, debates, and statutes.

CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Chairman.

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CONTENTS

Foreword

I. Organization of the Committee on Foreign Affairs:

A. Members of the committee

B. Committee staff.

C. Standing subcommittees

D. Conference committees

E. Dates of members' appointment to the Committee on Foreign

Affairs

II. Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs:

A. Committee origins and history

B. Power of the purse

C. Committee jurisdiction

D. Oversight functions..

E. Study missions and participation in international conferences and

events......

F. Funding of investigations and studies

G. Subcommittee structure.....

H. Publication of documents

I. Change of the committee name

III. Legislation Considered by the Committee

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IV. Measures Enacted Into Law:

1. International Security and Development Cooperation Act of

1981

2. Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of

1981

3. Export Administration Amendments Act of 1981

4. Czechoslovakian Claims Settlement Act of 1981

5. Proclaiming Raoul Wallenberg To Be an Honorary Citizen of the

United States....

6. International Investment Survey Act of 1976, Amendment

7. International Investment Survey Act of 1976, Technical Amend-

ment

8. Multilateral Force and Observers Participation Resolution.............

V. Concurrent and House Resolutions Adopted:

1. Expressing the Sense of the Congress With Respect to Viktor

Brailovsky and the Continued Suppression of Human Rights in

the Soviet Union.....

2. Expressing the Sense of the Congress With Respect to Implement-

ing the Objectives of the International Year of Disabled Persons

3. Congratulating the Government and People of Spain on Their

Commitment to Democracy

4. Calling for an Indefinite Moratorium on the Commercial Killing

of Whales

5. Expressing the Sense of the Congress With Respect to the Impris-

onment of Yuriy Shukhevych.

6. Commemorating the American Red Cross Upon Its Centennial

7. Disapproving the Proposed Sales of AWACS to Saudi Arabia

8. To Express the Deep Regret of the Congress Over the Assassina-

tion of President Anwar el-Sadat

9. Expressing the Sense of the Congress With Respect to the Impris-

onment of Alexander Paritsky by the Soviet Union..

10. To Express the Support of the Congress for the President's Initia-

tives for Peace

11. With Respect to the Scheduled Presidential Elections in

Honduras....

12. Reaffirming the Support of the Congress for the People of Poland ..

13. Hostage Release Commendations...

14. Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives With Re-

spect to the Situation in Poland

15. Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives With Re-

spect to Democracy in the Philippines

V. Concurrent and House Resolutions Adopted-Continued

16. Expressing the Continued Opposition of the United States to the

Imprisonment of Anatoly Shcharansky.

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17. Expressing Support for the Efforts of Special Envoy Philip C.

Habib

18. Calling for the Development and Implementation of a United

States Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy

19. Concerning the Safety and Freedom of Soviet Citizen Yuri

Badzyo.

20. Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives With Re-

spect to the Hunger Strike Protest of Andrei Sakharov

VI. Other Legislative Actions:

A. Measures Reported but Not Receiving Final Action:

1. Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years

1982-83, International Communication Agency Authori-

zation Act, Fiscal Years 1982-83, and Board for Interna-
tional Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1982-83

2. Arms Control and Disarmament Amendments Act of 1981

3. To Provide for the Distribution Within the United States of

the International Communication Agency Film Entitled

"In Their Own Words"

4. In Support of the Implementation of the World Health

Organization Voluntary Code on Infant Formula

5. Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives That

UNESCO Should Cease To Attempt To Regulate the

Flow of News and Information Around the World.

6. International Communications Reorganization Act of

1981..

7. With Respect to the Proposed Agreement for Cooperation

Between the United States and Egypt Concerning Peace-

ful Uses of Nuclear Energy

8. Condemning South Africa's Invasion of Angola

9. Expressing the Sense of the Congress With Respect to the

Elections in El Salvador

B. Resolution of Inquiry:

Directing the Secretary of State To Provide the House of Rep-

resentatives Certain Information Concerning the Pending

Extradition Proceedings Against Ziad Abu Eain .....

C. Committee Resolution:

Resolution in Honor of Tennyson Guyer

D. Other Measures Considered by the Committee:

1. Expressing the Sense of the Congress that the National

Rugby Team of South Africa Should Not Play in the

United States

2. Disapproving the Proposed Sale to Pakistan of F-16 Air-

craft

3. With Respect to the Prohibitions in the Foreign Assistance

Act of 1961 Relating to Nuclear Enrichment and Reproc-

essing Transfers and Nuclear Detonations

VII. Subcommittee Activities-Continued

A. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs

Hearings:

1. Oversight of U.S. Participation in the UNESCO 1980
General Conference

2. Authorization of Appropriations for the Department of
State, the International Communication Agency,
the Board for International Broadcasting, and the
Inter-American Foundation for Fiscal Years 1982
and 1983.

3. Region 2 Administrative Radio Conference on Medium
Wave Frequency (MF) Broadcasting

4. International Communication Act of 1981

5. Oversight of Consular Affairs Bureau of the Depart-
ment of State

Resolutions:

1. H.R. 2884

2. Oversight of U.S. Participation in UNESCO, H. Res.
142

Other Activities:

1. International Conference

2. Delegations.....

C. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East:

Hearings:

1. Aid Requests and Other Legislation: