IX. MEETINGS OF COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FROM 64TH CONGRESS THROUGH 95TH CONGRESS 71st Cong. (1929-30): Committee. Subcommittee. 72d Cong. (1931-32): Committee. Subcommittee. 73d Cong. (1933-34): Cornmittee. Subcommittee. 74th Cong. (1935-36): Committee. Subcommittee. 75th Cong. (1937-38): Committee. Subcommittee. 76th Cong. (1939–40): Committee. Subcommittee 77th Cong. (1941-42): Committee. Subcommittee_ 78th Cong.(1943-44): Comm ittee. Subcommittee. 79th Cong. (1945-46): Committee. Subcommittee. 80th Cong. (1947-48): Committee. Subcommittee. 81st Cong. (1949-50): Committee. Subcommittee. 82d Cong. (1951-52): Committee. Subcommittee. 83d Cong. (1953-54): Committee. Subcommittee. 84th Cong. (1955-56): Committee. Subcommittee. IX. MEETINGS OF COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FROM 64TH CONGRESS THROUGH 95TH CON 1 The above figures include the combined number of hearings, briefings, and meetings with distinguished visitors and delegations. APPENDIX I. TEXT OF MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW PUBLIC LAW 95-12 [H.R. 1746] AN ACT To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to halt the importation of Rhodesian Chrome Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 27c) is amended (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new sentences: "Any Executive order which is issued under this subsection and which applies measures against Southern Rhodesia pursuant to any United Nations Security Council Resolution may be enforced, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law. The President may exempt from such Executive order any shipment of chromium in any form which is in transit to the United States on the date of enactment of this sentence."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) (1) During the period in which measures are applied against Southern Rhodesia under subsection (a) pursuant to any United Nations Security Coun cil Resolution, a shipment of any steel mill product (as such product may be defined by the Secretary) containing chromium in any form may not be released from customs custody for entry into the United States if "(A) a certificate of origin with respect to such shipment has not been filed with the Secretary; or "(B) in the case of a shipment with respect to which a certificate of origin has been filed with the Secretary, the Secretary determines that the information contained in such certificate does not adequately establish that the steel mill product in such shipment does not contain chromium in any form which is of Southern Rhodesian origin; unless such release is authorized by the Secretary under paragraph (3) (B) or (C). "(2) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for carrying out this subsection. "(3) (A) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Any such subpena may, upon application by the Secretary, be enforced in a civil action in an appropriate United States district court. "(B) The Secretary may exempt from the certification requirements of this subsection any shipment of a steel mill product containing chromium in any form which is in transit to the United States on the date of enactment of this subsection. “(C) Under such circumstances as he deems appropriate, the Secretary may release from customs custody for entry into the United States, under such bond as he may require, any shipment of a steel mill product containing chromium in any form. "(4) As used in this subsection "(A) the term 'certificate of origin' means such certificate as the Secretary may require, with respect to a shipment of any steel mill product containing chromium in any form, issued by the government (or by a designee of such government if the Secretary is satisfied that such designee is the highest available certifying authority) of the country in which such steel mill product in such shipment contains no chromium in any form which is of Southern Rhodesian origin; and "(B) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.". SEC. 2. (a) Upon the enactment of this Act, the President may suspend the operation of the amendments contained in this Act if he determines that such suspension would encourage meaningful negotiations and further the peaceful transfer of governing power from minority rule to majority rule in Southern Rhodesia. Such suspension shall remain in effect for such duration as deemed necessary by the President. (b) If the President suspends the operation of the amendments contained in this Act, he shall so report to the Congress. In addition, the President shall report to the Congress when he terminates such suspension. (c) If the President suspends the operation of the amendments contained in this Act, any reference in those amendments to date of enactment shall be deemed to be a reference to the date on which such suspension is terminated by the President. Approved March 18, 1977. Legislative history House Report No. 95-59 (Comm. on International Relations). Senate Report No. 95-37 accompanying S. 174 (Comm. on Foreign Relations). Congressional Record, vol. 123 (1977): Mar. 11, S. 174 considered in Senate. Mar. 14, considered and passed House; S. 174 considered in Senate. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, vol. 13, No. 12: PUBLIC LAW 95-21 [H.R. 5717] AN ACT To provide for relief and rehabilitation assistance to the victims of the recent earthquakes in Romania Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 9 of the part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as amended) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 495D. ROMANIAN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION.- (a) The Congress, recognizing that prompt United States assistance is necessary to alleviate the human suffering arising from recent earthquakes in Romania, authorizes the President to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees and other earthquake victims in Romania. "(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1977, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, not to exceed $20,000,000, which amount is authorized to remain available until expended. "(c) Assistance under this section shall be provided in accordance with the policies and general authority contained in section 491. "(d) Obligations incurred prior to the date of enactment of this section against other appropriations or accounts for the purpose of providing relief and rehabilitation assistance to the people of Romania may be charged to the appropriations authorized under this section. "(e) Not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of appropriations to carry out this section, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the President shall transmit reports to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding the programing and obligation of funds under this section. "(f) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as endorsing any measure undertaken by the Government of Romania which would suppress human rights as defined in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (Helsinki) Final Act and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights, or as constituting a precedent for or commitment to provide United States development assist |