Markup of Various Measures Part 1, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Full Committee

Chair Gregory W. Meeks

Measures:

- H.Res. 895, Strongly condemning ongoing violence and human rights abuses stemming from Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis

- H.Res. 896, Condemning the Burmese military for perpetrating gross violations of human rights as part of its brutal campaign to suppress the democratic aspirations of the people of Burma, a year after the coup d'etat on February 1, 2021

- H.Res. 892, Calling on the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to release Paul Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds

- H.R. 6600, Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act

- H.Res. 907, Reaffirming our commitment to support progress toward transparency, accountable institutions, and other tenets of good governance in the Republic of Liberia as it approaches the Bicentennial of the Arrival of the First Free Black Americans to Providence Island, Liberia

- H.R. 6552, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022

- H.R. 4821, To hold accountable senior officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China who are responsible for, complicit in, or have directly persecuted Christians in China, and for other purposes

Amendments:

- Perry Amendment #504 to H. Res. 892

- Steube Amendment #50 to H.Res. 895

- Bass Amendment #65 to H.Res. 895

- Steube Amendment #49 to H. Res. 896

- Perry Amendment #511 to H. Res. 896

- Perry Amendment #512 to H. Res. 896

- Perry Amendment #521 to H. Res. 896

- Perry Amendment #520 to H. Res. 907

- Perry Amendment #510 to H. Res. 907

- Mast Amendment #78 to H.R. 4821

- Perry Amendment #508 to H.R. 4821

- Perry Amendment #509 to H.R. 4821

- Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 4821

- Perry Amendment #517 to H.R. 6552

- Perry Amendment #518 to H.R. 6552

- Mast Amendment #79 to H.R. 6552

- Sherman Amendment #70 to H.R. 6600

- Omar Amendment #83 to H.R. 6600

- Perry Amendment #513 to H.R. 6600

- Perry Amendment #515 to H.R. 6600

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is responsible for oversight and legislation relating to:

- Foreign assistance - including development assistance, Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 programs abroad

- National security developments affecting foreign policy

- Strategic planning and agreements

- War powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the deployment and use of United States Armed Forces

- Peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and enforcement of United Nations or other international sanctions

- Arms control and disarmament issues

- The International Development Finance Corporation, the United States Agency for International Development

- Activities and policies of the State, Commerce, and Defense Departments and other agencies related to the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act, including export and licensing policy for munitions items and technology and dual-use equipment and technology

- International law

- Promotion of democracy

- International law enforcement issues, including narcotics control programs and activities

- International cyber issues

- U.S. Agency for Global Media

- Embassy security; international broadcasting

- Public diplomacy, including international communication and information policy, and international education and exchange programs; and all other matters not specifically assigned to a subcommittee.

- The Export Administration Act, including the export and licensing of dual-use equipment and technology and other matters related to international economic policy and trade not otherwise assigned to a subcommittee, and with respect to the United Nations, its affiliated agencies, and other international organizations, including assessed and voluntary contributions to such organizations.